Now, from the controversial, new, Republican Speaker of the House—Newt Gingrich, one of the most visible faces in the news today, and author of Contract with America—comes this collection of memorable quotes on topics ranging from abortion to welfare.

My marriage wasn't perfect, but my husband's unexpected death yanked away my sense of security and left me floundering.Enter Jameson Flynn, former NHL star and my late husband's sports agent, who's back in my life as the executor of the will. Things between us are as contentious as when we worked together five years ago, except now we're working together to navigate all of the secrets and deceptions my husband left behind.I remember Jameson as arrogant, con...

Fast-paced, wickedly funny and full of zest, this is popular columnist Sarah-Kate Lynch's debut novel, the first of a string of works that will make you cry and laugh out loud.Molly Brown is having what you might call a shit day. Her wedding dress has just revealed it can't contain more than one bosom and the gorgeous man she was about to marry has just revealed that more than one is his favourite number too. If you're talking about women, that is. In a desperate bid to escape her life as ...

This informative and occasionally bizarre collection of American inventions will help you discover successful and significant ideas—along with the frivolous and utterly useless ones lost to history.Innovation and entrepreneurism appear inextricably woven into the American DNA. Throughout American history, the great inventors and innovators gazed into the future and saw the products and services that would transform the world. While passionate about creating this ne...

From the wise guys behind Is Martha Stewart Living? comes a hilarious parody of the lifestyle maven's autobiography.Long before Martha Stewart's insider trading scandal, Tom Connor and Jim Downey had been spoofing her announced-then-postponed autobiography, Martha, Really and Truly. Now, in Martha, Really and Cruelly, the best-selling humor duo delivers their own version of events leading up to her sensational downfall.Written in ...

The definitive book on workplace accountability by the New York Times bestselling authors of How Did That Happen?Since it was originally published in 1994, The Oz Principle has sold nearly 600,000 copies and become the worldwide bible on accountability. Through its practical and invaluable advice, thousands of companies have learned just how vital personal and organizational accountability is for a company to achieve and maintain its best...

The Oz Principle is the groundbreaking work that demonstrated the vital role of accountability in the achievement of business results and the improvement of both individual and organizational performance. With more than a half-million copies sold, The Oz Principle has emerged as one of the most influential and useful business ideas of recent times.The Oz Principle shows how to overcome The Blame Game that is so prevalent in organizations today. By taking ...

一本書，讓人交出成果，而不是交出藉口！一本書，讓人言出必行、看見真相、有話直說！一本書，讓人從負責到當責，不只把事情做完，還能做對、做好！為什麼多年來，食品濫用塑化劑卻沒人發現？為什麼工安事件層出不窮？為什麼不該發生的事情，卻一再發生？人人都想問：「怎麼搞的？事情怎麼會變成這樣？」答案是——人們缺乏責任感、沒有盡到本分、沒有負起當責（Accountability）。本書的兩位作者羅傑．康納斯（Roger Connors）與湯姆．史密斯（Tom Smith），是美國的當責訓練專家；他們將「當責」的意義，由原本消極的「事後究責」，提升到積極且公開的「事前承擔責任」。真正的當責文化中，並非事後嚴厲地追問：「事情沒做成功，到底誰該負責？」而是在事前與工作進行中，積極且正面地問：「誰來負責把事情做對、做好？」究竟要怎麼做，才能以正面又合理的方式，在組織裡（政府、企業或非營利組織等）創造當責文化，以得到期待中的成果？本書作者們為世界各地的企業提供當責訓練超過二十年。他們的經驗...

Well, now you've gone and done it America. You've elected Donald K. Trump President and the U.S. will never again be the same! The problem for all of us is that he's got plans, lots of them--the list reads like a bad acid trip: Nominating Bernie Madoff for Secretary of the Treasury; "Trumpifying" the Constitution; making personal real estate deals with Vladimir Putin; staging a hostile takeover of one of America's great news magazines - to name just a few. In this "inaugural" (and wholly f...

The Oz Principle is the groundbreaking work that demonstrates the vital role of accountability in the achievement of business results and the improvement of both individual and organizational performance. With more than a half million copies sold, The Oz Principle has emerged as one of the most influential and useful business ideas of recent times. The Oz Principle shows how to overcome The Blame Game that is so prevalent in organizations today. By taking the Ste...

A fully revised and updated installment from the bestselling author of The Oz Principle Series.Two-time New York Times bestselling authors Roger Connors and Tom Smith show how leaders can achieve record-breaking results by quickly and effectively shaping their organizational culture to capitalize on their greatest asset-their people.Change the Culture, Change the Game joins their classic book, The Oz Principle, and their ...

Der junge Tom O‘Connor wächst in ärmlichen Verhältnissen im Irland Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts auf. Der alkoholkranke und bisweilen gewalttätige Vater versorgt die Familie nur unzureichend und so muss Tom schon früh seinen Mann stehen. Neben der harten Arbeit auf dem elterlichen Hof ist das Schreiben von Gedichten Toms Leidenschaft, die ihn immer wieder zum Träumen inspiriert. Tom O‘Connor ist Paul Juckers Romandebüt und ein raues Epos mit viel Herz und einem Blick in die stolze Seele Irlan...