A USA Today BestsellerA leading global consulting firm on how to achieve new product launch success rates far above industry averages.New product launches are risky. But disciplined innovation practices lead to success rates well above industry benchmarks. Predictable Winners is a comprehensive handbook of best practices for improving the odds of success at every step of the innovation journey—from concept development thro...

A Captain shielded by his mother's rank. An enemy determined to buy freedom with blood. A battle no one expected to fight. Captain Isaac Gallant is the only son of the dictator of the Confederacy, his career slowed by a dozen measures to protect his reputation and safety alike—but he has no intention of being a pampered child and is determined to do his duty. An attempt to force his crew to acknowledge their own duties puts his ship in a unique position to intervene when an overwhelming re...

Off the barren west coast of Tasmania a fishing boat crew drag two sailors from the ocean. The only clue as to why they were there is held in a sailor's diary – written in a foreign language. Unravelling the mystery, the Australian authorities must find the vessel on which the sailors had sailed before other interested parties get to it first.The discovery of the vessel becomes a deadly race when a saboteur is despatched to ensure that it will be destroyed, regardless of who or wha...

Mid-Infrared Fibre Photonics: Glass Materials, Fibre Fabrication and Processing, Laser Sources and Devicess combines the latest glass chemistry, fibre fabrication and post processing techniques to provide a comprehensive reference on the fundamental science and latest research in fibre photonics for the mid-infrared range. The book systematically reviews the key glass materials systems including fluorides, chalcogenides, and oxides. Each materials chapter includes discussion of composition...

There are many books about long-distance sailing. At one extreme these often involve sailors in traditional cruising boats taking years to achieve their adventures after cutting their ties to family and homes on land. At the other extreme, there are all-out racers who cross oceans with little time to appreciate the extraordinary oceans and lands they pass through. This book describes one attempt at a middle ground involving a short sailing sabbatical on a modern sailing yacht configured fo...

History tells us that the Second World War broke Britain as a great power, diminishing its military strength, ruining its economy, and precipitating a striking wave of decolonization. Nationalists and new superpowers dominated the post-war landscape, and the country was on the slide. But no one knew this in 1945 - the leading politicians, the top civil servants, and the most knowledgeable experts, all expected the British Empire to remain intact long into the future. There was no hint of i...

The poppy.Opium. Morphine. Heroin.The Sumerians — thousands of years before the birth of Christ — knew of the powers of the wild poppy plant. Today 40% of the world's production is grown in Tasmania.The Poppy fields of this island state are the most secure in the world. Or are they?David Barron of the Federal Police is sent to check security and uncovers a seemingly simple plan to steal from the protected fields. Soon the simple plan becomes complex — murder...

A shackled Earth, ruled by an unstoppable tyrant. An exiled son, and a one-way trip across the galaxy. A perfect world, their last hope for survival.Vice admiral Isaac Gallant is the heir apparent to the First Admiral, the dictator of the Confederacy of Humanity. Unwilling to let his mother's tyranny stand, he joins the rebellion and leads his ships into war against the might of his own nation.Betrayal and failure, however, see Isaac Gallant and his allies ...

This volume includes 21 Classic Western Stories by American authors:A DAUGHTER OF RAASAY BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINEBLAZED TRAIL STORIES BY STEWART EDWARD WHITETHE SHORT CUT BY JACKSON GREGORYWINNING THE WILDERNESS BY MARGARET HILL McCARTERJUDITH OF BLUE LAKE RANCH BY JACKSON GREGORYTHE BONDBOY BY G. W. OGDENTHE MOUNTAIN DIVIDE BY FRANK H. SPEARMANCLAIM NUMBER ONE BY G. W. OGDENTHE RANCHMAN BY CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER

In late August 1862 Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia and John Popes Army of Virginia found themselves fighting over nearly the exact same land the South and North fought over in the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the Civil War. Fresh off forcing George McClellans Army of the Potomac to quit its Peninsula Campaign, Lees army struck north, and John Pope hoped to smash Stonewall Jacksons corps before James Longstreets could link back up with it. However, miscomm...

The global political environment in the twenty-first century is proving dynamic and challenging for Australian policymakers and political institutions. Australian Politics in the Twenty-first Century contextualises the Australian political landscape through an institutional lens. It examines the legislative and judicial bodies, minor parties, lobby groups, the media and the citizenry, providing historical and contemporary facts, explaining political issues and examining new challenges. The...

Who can forget the first time they heard the story? Considered one of the masterpieces of American literature, “The Lottery” created a sensation when it was first published in the New Yorker. Since then it has become one of the most anthologized stories in American literature.Powerful and haunting, subtle and horrifying, the tale demonstrates Shirley Jackson’s mastery of storytelling. This one-of-a-kind audio collection, from the only anthology published during the author’...