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Praise and Reviews "I am delighted that a new generation of entrepreneurs is emerging whose ideas and innovation will provide the momentum to drive business in this country forward. Rachel Bridge's inspiring book has perfectly summed up the passion, the commitment and the sheer excitement of being an entrepreneur and will help encourage many others to do the same."- Sir Richard BransonEvery year thousands of hopeful entrepreneurs decide to take the plunge. Many fail but equally many go on to achieve great success and huge profits.So what is it that marks the line between success and failure? Why is it that some race ahead to glory whilst others fall at the first hurdle?In this fascinating new book, 40 successful entrepreneurs explain how they managed to defy the odds and turn their dreams into reality. They tell how they decided what to do, how they got started, how they found the money they needed and how they went about it. But they also reveal how they had doubts, made stupid mistakes and encountered overwhelming frustrations along the way.Gutsy, inspiring and life affirming...if you have ever dreamt of starting up a business of your own, this book is for you.
Growing up in the beauty of the mythical Evald, Tanya and her sisters enjoy a life of secrets and magical friends. The Mist keeps strangers at bay, as the childlike innocence of Tanya's refuge is often lost on the modern world. When her father and brother die, Tanya's mother and sisters give up their fabled existence, keeping with them secrets of the woods and characteristics they must hide in order to protect themselves in Lockwood, New York. When Tanya transitions into the real world and falls for Aaron Sands, she finds that life outside of Evald offers more tears than retribution. Tanya's fauth, M****, and familiars visit Tanya often, but as she ages, it becomes harder for the young fairy...
What happens when someone accepts a job position according to an interview and the job description, but it turns out not to be what the company advertized? What if your new supervisor instructed that the work he assigned was to be done only according to his methods which violate Occupational Saftey and Health Standards? What would you do if the supervisor harasses you for using saftey gear? What if your supervisor gave other employees your paycheck stub for their review? Defamation and Gossip in the Workplace, Bad Attitude in the Workplace, Depravation of Character, Wrongful Termination, Discrimination? Should violations aginst empoyees like these be pursued?
Mark and Ellie Gibbins moved to the country to leave their demons behind, and for a better life for their unborn son, but nothing could compare to the demons they were about to face.
We’re all lying in the gutter, but some of us are staring at the spaces between the stars. Seatown may not have a lot going for it – apart from the Roy Orbison lookalikes and Super Seventies Special every Thursday night, of course – but it's the place Mark Hammonds calls home. And after a decade away, it's the place he returns to when he has nowhere else to go. From dead bikers to dodgy drug deals, from one downbeat bar to another, from strippers to gangsters and back again: the luckless former musician bounces from one misdeed to the next along with a litany of old acquaintances, almost as though he never left. And if only he can shake off everybody who wants to kill, maim or otherwise hurt him, maybe he could even think about staying. After all, there’s no place like home...
I would like to introduce you to a novel about the World Series of Poker main event in the year 2013 and beyond. The reader will play in this coveted tournament through the eyes of an aging professional poker player, who learns to never give up, when it no longer seems possible to continue, as he comes full circle with his past. It soon becomes apparent that this man has more to worry about than being eliminated from this tournament, as his past could eliminate him from life itself The events leading up to our "heros" unpredictable performance, revolves around the union of a Jewish New Yorker and a Christian Arkansan Coal Miners daughter. All of this set against the excitement of Las Vegas and the "poker god's" latest creation, the Final Table Resort.
Retired FBI agent Dr. Beau Peterson’s strange psychic ability enables him to connect with murder victims after their deaths, a talent that aided him in capturing the infamous Ryland Ripper. Now teaching criminal psychology at a local college, he is asked to work with his former partner, Cody Taylor, on a baffling new case—someone, whom the media dubs “Ripper Junior,” is mimicking the Ryland Ripper. With each of Junior’s kills, Jordan Stafford falls into a trance, forcing her to see every hideous detail through his eyes. Beau reluctantly accepts her assistance in pursuing the dangerous serial killer, but in a macabre twist of fate, she becomes Junior’s new target. Beau, Jordan, and Cody must utilize all of their skills to prevent her from becoming Junior’s next victim.
Through the Darkness is the story of the author’s childhood on a rural North Dakota farm, shadowed by her father’s suffering from mental illness. The book follows the author as she leaves the farm for school, and then marries and moves to urban California. There were happy and stressful years in California as the author and her husband raise a family of four children. Over time, they are faced with the growing realization that their eldest son is having more than normal difficulties. His diagnosis of schizophrenia shattered the family, and the book goes on to chronicle the ensuing years of grief and eventual coming to terms with the loss of the son to mental illness. The book is a testimony to the resilience of the human spirit. A “must read” for anyone with mental illness in the family.
Inspired by the Hank Williams and Leadbelly recordings he heard as a teenager growing up outside of Boston, Jim Rooney began a musical journey that intersected with some of the biggest names in American music including Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Bill Monroe, Muddy Waters, and Alison Krauss. In It for the Long Run: A Musical Odyssey is Rooney's kaleidoscopic first-hand account of more than five decades of success as a performer, concert promoter, songwriter, music publisher, engineer, and record producer. As witness to and participant in over a half century of music history, Rooney provides a sophisticated window into American vernacular music. Following his stint as a "Hayloft Jamboree" hillbi...
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