Akron's Daily Miracle begins with the death of the heir to John S. and James Knight's newspaper empire and ends with the demise of Knight Ridder Newspapers but also with a note about how the Knight spirit lives on in Akron and elsewhere. The Beacon Journal staff discuss how they came together to produce the Pulitzer Gold Medal-winning series A Question of Color; what it was like to walk behind Akron's Lebron James in the parade of champions in Cleveland; and the impact of being th...

***‘***It would be such a waste, dying before he understood what he was meant to be doing with his life.’Rural Wales, 1990. Jack Knight is in desperate need of change. Moving back to the small town of his birth to take over the family accounting business is proving a dreary mistake. But when a young woman asks him to track down a valuable heirloom, missing for twenty years, the quest reignites a fire he feared was lost forever.With his late father the last ...

A fatal car crash… An anonymous tip-off... Jack Knight investigatesSmall-town accountant Jack Knight receives an anonymous note implicating one of his friends in a fatal road crash. The crash that killed his girlfriend’s grandfather. It happened twenty years back and no witnesses came forward at the time. Why is he the only person in town to get this note and what’s he meant to do about it?Jack is reluctant to get involved and some friends counsel him to le...

The finance basics that experts and top professionals understand.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Finance.Includes how to:• Analyse a business from its financial reports• Understand a Profit and Loss account• Make sense of accounting jargon• Build a financially sound business plan• Deal with revenue, profit and cashflow

There once was a magical place called WriterL where hundreds of journalists, freelancers, editors and educators from around the world gathered to share their thoughts and insights about the craft of Literary Journalism. It was the kind of place that an article in The New York Times referred to as "the Paris of the 1920s" for nonfiction writers.But this place existed only on the internet, on a site founded in 1994 and hosted by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Franklin and his wif...

‘This was going to look bad when Sid Harrington saw it. Jack should have escaped while he had the chance.’A small town in Wales, 1990. Peace-loving accountant Jack Knight wants to scupper his money-grabbing uncle’s property development scheme – for the sake of his struggling small-town community. But there are other factors in play and he has to appear neutral.Jack’s problems multiply when a local newspaper reporter snaps him with the wrong people....

This self-test book of self-assessment questions and quizzes that is designed to both test paramedic students learning pathophysiology and help them understand their knowledge gaps by explaining the answers to the questions included.

This self-test book of self-assessment questions and quizzes that is designed to both test paramedic students learning and help them understand their knowledge gaps by explaining the answers to the questions included.

The finance basics that experts and top professionals understand.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Finance.Includes how to:• Analyse a business from its financial reports• Understand a Profit and Loss account• Make sense of accounting jargon• Build a financially sound business plan• Deal with revenue, profit and cashflow

The management secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Management.Includes how to:• Build a goal-oriented team• Successfully manage individuals, teams and projects• Set clear goals and give quality feedback• Get things done on time and on budget• Deal with difficult situations

The leadership secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Leadership.Includes how to:• Understand and develop your leadership style• Identify strategic goals for your department• Motivate and manage teams of all sizes• Build a culture of results and responsibility• Lead the way out of a crisis

The time management secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Time Management.Includes how to:• Identify your biggest priorities and find time to achieve them• Deal with the biggest hidden time-wasters• Communicate effectively with colleagues and clients• Cope with information overload• Take control of your inbox and voicemail