Be the Boss is a compilation of lessons learned throughout my professional life. Although Ive started many businesses, my greatest success was founding Medicine Shoppe International, Inc., a franchisor of more than a thousand retail pharmacies, with 2004 collective revenues in excess of $2 billion. In 1995, Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) acquired Medicine Shoppe in a transaction valued at approximately $360 million. Every business I started was exactly that, a startupand all startups are smal...

Following more than ten years in England, the Busch family, with the exception of Mary, who was already at university, returned in 1958 to live in Germany, where Wilhelm had a job with Massey Ferguson, the Canadian manufacturer of agricultural machinery. Michael and his younger brother Nicholas entered the German school system and, in due course, became fluent in both English and German. Sadly, Patricia died in 1994, leaving Wilhelm living alone in his little wooden house near the town of ...

WikiLeaks came to prominence in 2010 with the release of 251,287 top-secret State Department cables, which revealed to the world what the US government really thinks about national leaders, friendly dictators, and supposed allies. It brought to the surface the dark truths of crimes committed in our name: human rights violations, covert operations, and cover-ups.The WikiLeaks Files exposes the machinations of the United States as it imposes a new form of imperialism on the ...

Reflecting the increasing recognition of the importance of the spiritual in healing, Spirituality and Art Therapy is an exciting exploration of the different ways in which the spiritual forms an essential, life-enhancing component of a well-rounded therapeutic approach. The contributors are leading art therapists who write from diverse perspectives, including Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and shamanic. They explain how their own spiritual and creative influences interact, finding expression ...

Three siblings. Three love stories.At the end of Yours for the Holiday, Jerrica is at a crossroads. Her father wanted her to return home, and her heart wanted to stay with whom she had fallen for.Krue Francis.Choosing Krue may mean cutting ties with everything she's ever known... and risking everything for a love that might destroy them both.Karsyn has her own forbidden love to protect. Falling for him was never in her plans, espec...

Jerrica CarellaMy father's gambling got out of control. I had no idea he had gotten a loan from the devils—Kyro and Krue Francis. One evening, they paid my father an unexpected visit, wanting their money. Somehow, I ended up in the middle of my father's mess and arranged to be at Krue's home by midnight. If not, it would cost my father's life...Krue FrancisWhen Kyro and I paid David Carella a visit about our bread, I was expecting t...

Four popular authors—including #1 New York Times–bestselling author Fern Michaels—heat up the holiday season with festive tales of Christmas romance.“Candy Canes and Cupid” by Fern MichaelsAll private investigator Hannah Ray wants for Christmas is a quiet day at her Florida beachfront condo. When her biggest client insists she join him on a Colorado ski trip, she has little choice—but what she finds on her arrival could melt the co...

Die deutschen Klassiker, die jeder Mensch in seinem Leben erleben sollte – in dieser Sammlung finden Sie die wahren Meisterwerke der Literatur, die zeitlosen psychologischen Romane, satirischen und philosophischen Erzählungen, bahnbrechenden Schriften, bewegenden Gedichte, und Dramen, die auch heute noch aufgeführt werden: Das Nibelungenlied (Anonym) Der Weg der Welt (Hildegard von Bingen) Tristan (Gottfried von Straßburg) Parzival (Wolfram von Eschenbach) Till Eulenspiegel (Hermann Bote) ...

Der rasante Medienwandel stellt die katholische Kirche und ihren Kommunikationsauftrag vor enorme Herausforderungen. Wie kann sich Kirche in einer durch Medien bestimmten Gesellschaft noch Gehör verschaffen? Sind Kirche und Medien überhaupt kompatibel? Und wie gelingt ihr der Spagat zwischen ihrer Aufgabe authentisch zu verkündigen und sich zugleich an die Eigenlogik der Medien anpassen zu müssen? Kirche wird sich den Veränderungen stellen müssen, auch weil traditionell kirchliche Medien i...

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to Southeast Asia.Discover Southeast Asia's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from lounging on the sandy beaches of Cambodia's Koh Tonsay; to walking through the lush rainforest of Lombok's Mt Rinjani National Park; and eating your way around Hanoi's Old Quarter, which has the best street-food scene in Vietnam.

O mundo não é mais o mesmo e você sabe disso. Passamos por uma crise mundial que impactou nossas vidas como um todo. Nesse novo cenário, foi preciso reinventarmos nossa forma de trabalhar, liderar, planejar e até mesmo conviver em sociedade. Que o futuro prometia grandes transformações, especialmente na esfera dos negócios, nós sabíamos. Mas quando a mudança vem de forma tão acelerada, a incerteza sobre as tendências e habilidades necessárias surgem. O que esperar deste novo mundo?...

"Welt, bleib wach" - Ein Buch der Bücher: Und mehr als 100 gute Gründe, warum Lesen heute Sinn - und immer neu Lust auf mehr macht. Warum es uns tiefer zu uns selber und auch näher zu den Erfahrungen und Sichtweisen anderer führt. Und warum es nicht nur Klarheit und Wissen, Kenntnisse und Einsichten vermittelt, sondern auch Stoff zum Staunen, Träumen und Wundern gibt. Überraschende Einblicke in packenden Lesebiographien von bekannten Autorinnen und Autoren aus allen Bereichen unserer Gesel...