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Start-ups rarely survive their second birthday. Even established firms in the UK and the US average a life of only fifteen years. So how can your company build and sustain success for decades to come?Professor Alex Hill has conducted thirteen years of groundbreaking research into a clutch of organisations that have outperformed their peers for over 100 years - from NASA to the New Zealand All Blacks, from Eton College and the Royal College of ...

The Haven is a smart, fierce thriller about an unravelling family, a corrupted utopia, and the wild hearts of teenage girls. I couldn't look away' Lauren Beukes, internationally bestselling author of The Shining Girls The Haven is a taut and propulsive story of a family in crisis, a shattering of innocence, and a savage fight for survival. I couldn't put it down. - Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Perry 'Wow - what a book. I could not put...

Medea longs for a different life. Since childhood, she has been separated from her sister, shunned by her mother, and persecuted and tormented by her brother and father. All because of a unique and dangerous gift: witchcraft.But when a dashing young hero, Jason, arrives to claim the famed Golden Fleece that her father protects, Medea sees her opportunity to escape. Her offer to help Jason overcome the trials set by her father sets in motion a ...

Powerful' LIT HUB'Absorbing' KIRKUS'Poignant, arresting and ultimately affirming' BOOKLISTLucy Sante has often felt like an outsider. Born in Belgium to conservative Catholic working-class parents, she was transplanted to the United States without ever entirely settling here. But a feeling of home finally arrived when she moved to New York City in the early 1970s amidst her fellow bohemians. Through those electric years, some of her friends wo...

AD 406. Abandoned by friends and hounded by enemies, Roman cavalry commander Marcus Flavius Victor and a small band of loyal warriors know that the time has come to leave an increasingly fractured Britannia.Their journey takes them across the bleak, pirate-infested seas of the Mare Germanicum to Saxonia and on into the dark heart of barbarism. It seems the Britons' only salvation lies with an old comrade, General Stilicho - based far to the ea...

Can amateurs transform politics? And what do they tell us about what politics is? This book is based on a rare social experiment. In 2017, in the aftermath of Macron's election in France, over 100 novices were elected to the French parliament. The author followed their steps during these five years. The result is a gripping story about their discovery of this peculiar world, which sheds lights on pressing contemporary debates about democratic ...

To anyone familiar with the French political scene, the 2017 election season felt atypical. Normally, during these moments of intense attention on politics, the main issues often revolve around broader issues. Security, taxation, immigration, or more recently the environment, are more likely to capture the public's attention than the careers of political representatives. But not in 2017. That year the attention was focused on the biography of ...

Follows how a Gabi is made in Ethiopia from seed to harvest, to weaving to shop, to gift for Girma.

Katara, with some help from Sokka, recounts to a group of children Team Avatar's adventures and struggles in this Avatar: The Last Airbender picture book about growth and friendship"--

From the painter John Constable and the modernist writer Ford Madox Ford to the lost local women who left little trace, these electrifying encounters - spanning the Downs, Poland, Australia, Canada - inspired her to imagine lives that seemed distant, yet were deeply connected through their shared landscape.

Hit England's can't-miss art, sights, and bites in two weeks or less with Rick Steves Best of England!Strategic advice from Rick Steves on what's worth your time and money Short itineraries covering the best of London, Bath, the Cotswolds,  the Lake District,  York,  and Edinburgh,  including Windsor Castle,  Oxford, Stonehenge, Stratford-upon-Avon, Liverpool, and more Rick's tips for beating the crowds, skipping lines, and avoiding tourist tr...

Whether you're stopping for a day hike or spending a long weekend under the stars, escape to the great outdoors with Moon Best of Zion & Bryce. Inside you'll find:Easy itineraries for one to three days in Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks, from a morning hike to Weeping Rock, to a day of river rafting, to a weekend exploring both parks with mix-and-match itinerariesThe top hikes in Zion & Bryce: Whether you're looking to stretch your legs f...

Fulminant, facettenreich, faszinierend: der Bodensee von seiner dunkelsten Seite! Kommissar Marc Steingruber hat seinen letzten Fall noch nicht verdaut, da erschüttert eine Reihe kunstvoll inszenierter Morde die Bodenseeregion. Dann tauchen an den Seekunstwerken rund um das Schwäbische Meer Porzellanfiguren in Form eines Wolfs auf. Gemeinsam mit seiner neuen Kollegin Aaliyah sucht Marc fieberhaft nach Hinweisen auf den Täter, der ihnen immer ...

Frische und leichte Sommerrezepte, inspiriert vom Mittelmeer In diesen über 80 mediterranen Rezepten mit marokkanischem und orientalischem Touch dreht sich alles um die Zutaten Tomate, Olivenöl, Feta und Zitrone. Mit nur wenigen weiteren Zutaten lassen sich schnell originelle Sommergerichte wie Tartes, Salate, Suppen, Snacks zum Teilen, aber auch Hauptgerichte für Gäste und Desserts kreieren. Die frischen Mittelmeerrezepte sind simpel nachzuko...