Author: Robert Riche
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 9781477275689
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
"Brock Downsized" the story When the prostheses and condom manufacturing factory where Bill Brock has been Communications Manager goes belly-up Brock finds himself out on the street. In this comic but ultimately serious novel, Brock is obliged to take up the somewhat undignified role of wedding videographer. At the same time he is suddenly faced with a series of mid-life setbacks. His prostate goes floppy down, and the jolly, high-spirited doctors prescribe every type of wrong medication, while at the same time the nutty sexy wife of his nutty psychiatrist tries to seduce him, his aged father is dying in a nursing home, his nextdoor neighbor draws him unwittingly into a kiddyporn ring, and his artist son is implicated as a terrorist storing fertilizer and metal bomb parts in the family's backyard, while his daughters infatuation with a married man is about to drive him crazy. After all this, and quite a bit more, Brock finds himself, one could say, a bit discomfitted. Brocks spirit is indomitable, however, as he flounders about attempting to gain control over his life. The humor is laugh-out-loud comical, and yet the book has moments that are often deeply moving, while eschewing false sentimentality.
Brock Downsized
Author: Robert Riche
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 9781477275689
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
"Brock Downsized" the story When the prostheses and condom manufacturing factory where Bill Brock has been Communications Manager goes belly-up Brock finds himself out on the street. In this comic but ultimately serious novel, Brock is obliged to take up the somewhat undignified role of wedding videographer. At the same time he is suddenly faced with a series of mid-life setbacks. His prostate goes floppy down, and the jolly, high-spirited doctors prescribe every type of wrong medication, while at the same time the nutty sexy wife of his nutty psychiatrist tries to seduce him, his aged father is dying in a nursing home, his nextdoor neighbor draws him unwittingly into a kiddyporn ring, and his artist son is implicated as a terrorist storing fertilizer and metal bomb parts in the family's backyard, while his daughters infatuation with a married man is about to drive him crazy. After all this, and quite a bit more, Brock finds himself, one could say, a bit discomfitted. Brocks spirit is indomitable, however, as he flounders about attempting to gain control over his life. The humor is laugh-out-loud comical, and yet the book has moments that are often deeply moving, while eschewing false sentimentality.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 9781477275689
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
"Brock Downsized" the story When the prostheses and condom manufacturing factory where Bill Brock has been Communications Manager goes belly-up Brock finds himself out on the street. In this comic but ultimately serious novel, Brock is obliged to take up the somewhat undignified role of wedding videographer. At the same time he is suddenly faced with a series of mid-life setbacks. His prostate goes floppy down, and the jolly, high-spirited doctors prescribe every type of wrong medication, while at the same time the nutty sexy wife of his nutty psychiatrist tries to seduce him, his aged father is dying in a nursing home, his nextdoor neighbor draws him unwittingly into a kiddyporn ring, and his artist son is implicated as a terrorist storing fertilizer and metal bomb parts in the family's backyard, while his daughters infatuation with a married man is about to drive him crazy. After all this, and quite a bit more, Brock finds himself, one could say, a bit discomfitted. Brocks spirit is indomitable, however, as he flounders about attempting to gain control over his life. The humor is laugh-out-loud comical, and yet the book has moments that are often deeply moving, while eschewing false sentimentality.
Dream Man Box Set Books 1-4
Author: Kristen Ashley
Publisher: Forever
ISBN: 1538700395
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1630
Book Description
Meet the intense and sexy men of the Dream Men series from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Rock Chick Series! Mystery Man Gwendolyn Kidd has met the man of her dreams. He's hot, he's sexy, and what started as a no-names-exchanged night of passion has blossomed into a year and a half-long pleasure fest. Hawk Delgado has demons that keep him from connecting with anyone. But when Gwen is threatened, Hawk's protective nature comes out in full force. The problem is, when Gwen gets a dose of Hawk's Alpha attitude in the daylight, she's not so sure he's the one anymore. Wild Man Tessa O'Hara never expected the man of her dreams to walk into her bakery. Within thirty seconds he asks her out for a beer. But when she discovers he's an undercover DEA agent-and he's investigating her possible role in her ex-husband's drug business, Tess declares their relationship is over. Brock disagrees. He's committed to his mission, but he's fallen in love with the beautiful woman who's as sweet as her cupcakes-and he'll do anything to win her back. Law Man Sweet, shy Mara Hanover is in love with her neighbor. For four years, she has secretly watched her dream man from afar. Handsome police detective Mitch Lawson is way out of her league. She's a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, and there's no way a guy like Mitch would want anything to do with her. But when Mara gets pulled back into the life she's tried so hard to leave behind, it's Mitch who comes to her rescue. Motorcycle Man Tyra Masters has had enough drama to last a lifetime. Now she's back on track and looking forward to her new quiet life. Until she meets the man of her dreams. The tattooed, muscled biker plies her with tequila-and the best sex of her life. She knows Kane "Tack" Allen is the kind of man she's always wanted. UnfortunatA name=_GoBack/aely, he's also her new boss . . .
Publisher: Forever
ISBN: 1538700395
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1630
Book Description
Meet the intense and sexy men of the Dream Men series from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Rock Chick Series! Mystery Man Gwendolyn Kidd has met the man of her dreams. He's hot, he's sexy, and what started as a no-names-exchanged night of passion has blossomed into a year and a half-long pleasure fest. Hawk Delgado has demons that keep him from connecting with anyone. But when Gwen is threatened, Hawk's protective nature comes out in full force. The problem is, when Gwen gets a dose of Hawk's Alpha attitude in the daylight, she's not so sure he's the one anymore. Wild Man Tessa O'Hara never expected the man of her dreams to walk into her bakery. Within thirty seconds he asks her out for a beer. But when she discovers he's an undercover DEA agent-and he's investigating her possible role in her ex-husband's drug business, Tess declares their relationship is over. Brock disagrees. He's committed to his mission, but he's fallen in love with the beautiful woman who's as sweet as her cupcakes-and he'll do anything to win her back. Law Man Sweet, shy Mara Hanover is in love with her neighbor. For four years, she has secretly watched her dream man from afar. Handsome police detective Mitch Lawson is way out of her league. She's a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, and there's no way a guy like Mitch would want anything to do with her. But when Mara gets pulled back into the life she's tried so hard to leave behind, it's Mitch who comes to her rescue. Motorcycle Man Tyra Masters has had enough drama to last a lifetime. Now she's back on track and looking forward to her new quiet life. Until she meets the man of her dreams. The tattooed, muscled biker plies her with tequila-and the best sex of her life. She knows Kane "Tack" Allen is the kind of man she's always wanted. UnfortunatA name=_GoBack/aely, he's also her new boss . . .
Food FAQs
Author: Linda Resnik
Publisher: FAQs Press
ISBN: 9780966717907
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Everyday, novice and experienced cooks confront such questions as How many onions must I chop to get 2 cups? and I dont have any sour cream --what can I use instead? For the first time, these questions and hundreds more are answered in one handy volume. Food FAQs, a necessary resource for every kitchen, contains more than 1100 entries covering foods used most often in American kitchens.
Publisher: FAQs Press
ISBN: 9780966717907
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Everyday, novice and experienced cooks confront such questions as How many onions must I chop to get 2 cups? and I dont have any sour cream --what can I use instead? For the first time, these questions and hundreds more are answered in one handy volume. Food FAQs, a necessary resource for every kitchen, contains more than 1100 entries covering foods used most often in American kitchens.
The Nanny from the White Legume
Author: Linda Rees Seger
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481779370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Brock is a good boy; a teacher-pleaser and a straight-A studentbut, unfortunately, a control freak. Nanny is very much a lady... with impeccable manners and sees no reason why others should not also conform to a large measure of civility. Brock is a smart, autonomous learner; but has missed the very important concept of not having the right to control others... (or passively-aggressively bully them). Nanny is committed to young people mastering the art of introspection, self-reflection, and self-correction. Brock is happy-go-lucky, confident, never experienced failure... but is quickly traveling down a self-destructive path toward a warped ego... until... Nanny introduces a soft, mooshey 'wake-up' call... a.k.a. 'consequences' to his over-inflated sense of self. Nanny has the wisdom of generations and accesses every amelioration possible to solve this family's problems.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481779370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Brock is a good boy; a teacher-pleaser and a straight-A studentbut, unfortunately, a control freak. Nanny is very much a lady... with impeccable manners and sees no reason why others should not also conform to a large measure of civility. Brock is a smart, autonomous learner; but has missed the very important concept of not having the right to control others... (or passively-aggressively bully them). Nanny is committed to young people mastering the art of introspection, self-reflection, and self-correction. Brock is happy-go-lucky, confident, never experienced failure... but is quickly traveling down a self-destructive path toward a warped ego... until... Nanny introduces a soft, mooshey 'wake-up' call... a.k.a. 'consequences' to his over-inflated sense of self. Nanny has the wisdom of generations and accesses every amelioration possible to solve this family's problems.
Change at Work
Author: Peter Cappelli
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195356055
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A far-reaching transformation is taking place in the US in the relationship between employers and employees. The lessons learned from Japan and from "best practice" companies like IBM about how job security, training, and internal development can improve employee commitment and performance have given way to a new set of lessons about how companies can redue fixed costs, increase flexibility, and improve performance by eliminating the elaborate employment systems that prepared employees for long careers in the company. Where the old arrangement protected employees from outside market forces, the new ones drag the market right back in through downsizing, contingent workforces, hiring on the outside for new skills, and compensation contingent on overall organizational performance. New work systems that reengineer processes and empower employees "flatten" the organizational chart, cutting management jobs in particular and reducing opportunities for career development. The new arrangements shift many of the risks of business from the firm to the employees and make employees, rather than employers, responsible for developing their own skills and careers. They also increase the demands placed on workers while reducing what they receive back for their efforts. While morale is down and stress is up, employee performance seems to be rising largely because of fear driven by the shortage of good jobs. Change at Work explores the theme that employees have paid the price for the widespread restructuring of American firms as illustrated by reduced security, greater effort and hours, and reduced morale. In this important study--commissioned by the National Planning Asociation's Committee on New American Realities--the authors consider how individuals and employers need to adapt to the new arrangements as well as the implicatioons for important policy issues such as how skills will be developed where the attachment to the firms is sharply reduced. The future is uncertain, but the authors argue that the traditional relationship between employer and employee will continue to erode, making this work essential reading for managers concerned with the profound impact corporate restructuring has had on the lives of workers.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195356055
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A far-reaching transformation is taking place in the US in the relationship between employers and employees. The lessons learned from Japan and from "best practice" companies like IBM about how job security, training, and internal development can improve employee commitment and performance have given way to a new set of lessons about how companies can redue fixed costs, increase flexibility, and improve performance by eliminating the elaborate employment systems that prepared employees for long careers in the company. Where the old arrangement protected employees from outside market forces, the new ones drag the market right back in through downsizing, contingent workforces, hiring on the outside for new skills, and compensation contingent on overall organizational performance. New work systems that reengineer processes and empower employees "flatten" the organizational chart, cutting management jobs in particular and reducing opportunities for career development. The new arrangements shift many of the risks of business from the firm to the employees and make employees, rather than employers, responsible for developing their own skills and careers. They also increase the demands placed on workers while reducing what they receive back for their efforts. While morale is down and stress is up, employee performance seems to be rising largely because of fear driven by the shortage of good jobs. Change at Work explores the theme that employees have paid the price for the widespread restructuring of American firms as illustrated by reduced security, greater effort and hours, and reduced morale. In this important study--commissioned by the National Planning Asociation's Committee on New American Realities--the authors consider how individuals and employers need to adapt to the new arrangements as well as the implicatioons for important policy issues such as how skills will be developed where the attachment to the firms is sharply reduced. The future is uncertain, but the authors argue that the traditional relationship between employer and employee will continue to erode, making this work essential reading for managers concerned with the profound impact corporate restructuring has had on the lives of workers.
Downsizing in Academic Libraries
Author: Ethel Auster
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802089755
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Ethel Auster and Shauna Taylor's Downsizing in Academic Libraries is a comprehensive study of the trials faced by Canadian academic libraries in the 1990s.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802089755
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Ethel Auster and Shauna Taylor's Downsizing in Academic Libraries is a comprehensive study of the trials faced by Canadian academic libraries in the 1990s.
Review of GSA's Reform Initiative
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legislation and National Security Subcommittee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Fiscal Year 1996 NASA Authorization
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Downsizing the News
Author: Penn Kimball
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
ISBN: 9780943875590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
ISBN: 9780943875590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Downsizing Government and Setting Priorities of Federal Programs: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and related agencies; legislative branch
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1304
Book Description