Author: Dawn Blair
Publisher: Morning Sky Studios
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
Tales are meant to be told. Some get forgotten. Some change with each telling. Some adapt from history to fairytales. It can’t be proven if Quanst lived or not, but if he did, these are tales spoken about him. And truth be told, some stories he’d like forgotten. Did anyone recall the time he’d ended up flat on his back during the swordfight? Or when he was homeless and he became a thief? Or the job he had to take? Tales like this could happen to anyone. But he wasn’t anyone. He was Quanst the Mouse. Very few ever knew he was there. Mentioned as forgotten history in the Sacred Knight series, Quanst’s tales beg to be told. Join Dawn Blair as she begins to uncover the stories of the boy who wanted to be a warrior but became a better-known thief instead.
The Tales of Quanst the Mouse
Author: Dawn Blair
Publisher: Morning Sky Studios
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
Tales are meant to be told. Some get forgotten. Some change with each telling. Some adapt from history to fairytales. It can’t be proven if Quanst lived or not, but if he did, these are tales spoken about him. And truth be told, some stories he’d like forgotten. Did anyone recall the time he’d ended up flat on his back during the swordfight? Or when he was homeless and he became a thief? Or the job he had to take? Tales like this could happen to anyone. But he wasn’t anyone. He was Quanst the Mouse. Very few ever knew he was there. Mentioned as forgotten history in the Sacred Knight series, Quanst’s tales beg to be told. Join Dawn Blair as she begins to uncover the stories of the boy who wanted to be a warrior but became a better-known thief instead.
Publisher: Morning Sky Studios
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
Tales are meant to be told. Some get forgotten. Some change with each telling. Some adapt from history to fairytales. It can’t be proven if Quanst lived or not, but if he did, these are tales spoken about him. And truth be told, some stories he’d like forgotten. Did anyone recall the time he’d ended up flat on his back during the swordfight? Or when he was homeless and he became a thief? Or the job he had to take? Tales like this could happen to anyone. But he wasn’t anyone. He was Quanst the Mouse. Very few ever knew he was there. Mentioned as forgotten history in the Sacred Knight series, Quanst’s tales beg to be told. Join Dawn Blair as she begins to uncover the stories of the boy who wanted to be a warrior but became a better-known thief instead.
I Moved Your Cheese
Author: Deepak Malhotra
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1609940679
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
The author of Negotiating the Impossible “tackles our assumptions about business and life with humor, zest, and wisdom in this delightful fable” (Daniel H. Pink, New York Times-bestselling author). If you were a mouse trapped in a maze and someone kept moving the cheese, what would you do? In a world where most mice dutifully accept their circumstances, ask no questions, and keep chasing the cheese, Deepak Malhotra tells an inspiring story about three unique and adventurous mice—Max, Big, and Zed—who refuse to accept their reality as given. I Moved Your Cheese reveals what is possible when we finally discard long-held and widely accepted assumptions about how we should live our lives. After all, achieving extraordinary success, personal or professional, has always depended on the ability to challenge assumptions, reshape the environment, and play by a different set of rules—our own. But rejecting deeply ingrained beliefs is not easy. As Zed explains, “You see, Max, the problem is not that the mouse is in the maze, but that the maze is in the mouse.” “Deepak Malhotra allows you to glimpse a world of your own making without the limits and barriers that others create.” —Stephen R. Covey, New York Times-bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People “A magnificent story with a powerful message. As someone who has encouraged scores of professionals into breaking through the maze and defining their own pursuits, I find this to be a gem of a book.” —Vinod Khosla, cofounder, former CEO and Chairman, Sun Microsystems, and founder, Khosla Ventures “This book’s message is both profound and durable. Malhotra has left the maze, and so can we.” —Foreword Reviews
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1609940679
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
The author of Negotiating the Impossible “tackles our assumptions about business and life with humor, zest, and wisdom in this delightful fable” (Daniel H. Pink, New York Times-bestselling author). If you were a mouse trapped in a maze and someone kept moving the cheese, what would you do? In a world where most mice dutifully accept their circumstances, ask no questions, and keep chasing the cheese, Deepak Malhotra tells an inspiring story about three unique and adventurous mice—Max, Big, and Zed—who refuse to accept their reality as given. I Moved Your Cheese reveals what is possible when we finally discard long-held and widely accepted assumptions about how we should live our lives. After all, achieving extraordinary success, personal or professional, has always depended on the ability to challenge assumptions, reshape the environment, and play by a different set of rules—our own. But rejecting deeply ingrained beliefs is not easy. As Zed explains, “You see, Max, the problem is not that the mouse is in the maze, but that the maze is in the mouse.” “Deepak Malhotra allows you to glimpse a world of your own making without the limits and barriers that others create.” —Stephen R. Covey, New York Times-bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People “A magnificent story with a powerful message. As someone who has encouraged scores of professionals into breaking through the maze and defining their own pursuits, I find this to be a gem of a book.” —Vinod Khosla, cofounder, former CEO and Chairman, Sun Microsystems, and founder, Khosla Ventures “This book’s message is both profound and durable. Malhotra has left the maze, and so can we.” —Foreword Reviews
Dragons of Wellsdeep
Author: Dawn Blair
Publisher: Morning Sky Studios
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Born a champion. Destined for even more. Moonhunter’s dragon mother gifted him the last of her magic when she died giving birth to him and left him in the hands of his dragon brother, Balthier, to train. But when a botched recovery mission leaves Moonhunter and Balthier hiding information from each other, it jeopardizes the next assignment, one that Balthier himself already failed once. Now Balthier faces the demons of his past and the prospect of Moonhunter leaving him, while Moonhunter no longer has Balthier’s tough protection keeping him from those who want to use Moonhunter’s special powers. Separated, they must both draw deep down on their individual strength reserves to survive this operation. Even dragon born can die. Welcome to the Wells of the Onesong, where not even sanctuaries are safe and lies held silent can tear even the tightest of dragon brothers apart.
Publisher: Morning Sky Studios
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Born a champion. Destined for even more. Moonhunter’s dragon mother gifted him the last of her magic when she died giving birth to him and left him in the hands of his dragon brother, Balthier, to train. But when a botched recovery mission leaves Moonhunter and Balthier hiding information from each other, it jeopardizes the next assignment, one that Balthier himself already failed once. Now Balthier faces the demons of his past and the prospect of Moonhunter leaving him, while Moonhunter no longer has Balthier’s tough protection keeping him from those who want to use Moonhunter’s special powers. Separated, they must both draw deep down on their individual strength reserves to survive this operation. Even dragon born can die. Welcome to the Wells of the Onesong, where not even sanctuaries are safe and lies held silent can tear even the tightest of dragon brothers apart.
Dressed to the 9's
Author: Dawn Blair
Publisher: Morning Sky Studios
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Some days are just not worth getting out of bed. For Loki, Norse god of Mischief, today happens to be one of those days. He woke up as a woman. Not surprising. It happens sometimes. But why today? Top it off with Jason bringing bad news. Now Loki wishes he’d never woken up from his dreamless sleep. Some days are like that. Might as well get dressed to the nines and conquer the world. Will looking fashionable solve Jason’s newest problems, or will it just make things worse as Midgard sees a new side of Loki?
Publisher: Morning Sky Studios
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Some days are just not worth getting out of bed. For Loki, Norse god of Mischief, today happens to be one of those days. He woke up as a woman. Not surprising. It happens sometimes. But why today? Top it off with Jason bringing bad news. Now Loki wishes he’d never woken up from his dreamless sleep. Some days are like that. Might as well get dressed to the nines and conquer the world. Will looking fashionable solve Jason’s newest problems, or will it just make things worse as Midgard sees a new side of Loki?
Riding Thunder
Author: Dawn Blair
Publisher: Morning Sky Studios
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
No doubt, Death’s presence lay here. Buried in the thick forest, the cabin rested alone and undisturbed far from any trail. A hiker really had to want to get there. Now, Harkness stands with her hand on the door handle. What secrets await? Too bad the corpse only started her problems. A bone-chilling tale about an anthropology student whose curiosity gets the best of her. May that be all that takes offense at her snoopiness.
Publisher: Morning Sky Studios
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
No doubt, Death’s presence lay here. Buried in the thick forest, the cabin rested alone and undisturbed far from any trail. A hiker really had to want to get there. Now, Harkness stands with her hand on the door handle. What secrets await? Too bad the corpse only started her problems. A bone-chilling tale about an anthropology student whose curiosity gets the best of her. May that be all that takes offense at her snoopiness.
Give Up the Ghost
Author: Dawn Blair
Publisher: Morning Sky Studios
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
The ghosts ignored her. If Susan had left well enough alone, it might have stayed that way. But she had to laugh at their antics and reveal that she could see them. Now they want her attention. Just how far will they go to communicate with her? A light, paranormal story about a woman accepting her friendships with the dead still existing in the world. If you enjoy ghost whisperer fiction, then you’ll delight with this hide-and-go-seek tale.
Publisher: Morning Sky Studios
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
The ghosts ignored her. If Susan had left well enough alone, it might have stayed that way. But she had to laugh at their antics and reveal that she could see them. Now they want her attention. Just how far will they go to communicate with her? A light, paranormal story about a woman accepting her friendships with the dead still existing in the world. If you enjoy ghost whisperer fiction, then you’ll delight with this hide-and-go-seek tale.
The Quants
Author: Scott Patterson
Publisher: Currency
ISBN: 0307453383
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
With the immediacy of today’s NASDAQ close and the timeless power of a Greek tragedy, The Quants is at once a masterpiece of explanatory journalism, a gripping tale of ambition and hubris, and an ominous warning about Wall Street’s future. In March of 2006, four of the world’s richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with million-dollar stakes, but those numbers meant nothing to them. They were accustomed to risking billions. On that night, these four men and their cohorts were the new kings of Wall Street. Muller, Griffin, Asness, and Weinstein were among the best and brightest of a new breed, the quants. Over the prior twenty years, this species of math whiz--technocrats who make billions not with gut calls or fundamental analysis but with formulas and high-speed computers--had usurped the testosterone-fueled, kill-or-be-killed risk-takers who’d long been the alpha males the world’s largest casino. The quants helped create a digitized money-trading machine that could shift billions around the globe with the click of a mouse. Few realized, though, that in creating this unprecedented machine, men like Muller, Griffin, Asness and Weinstein had sowed the seeds for history’s greatest financial disaster. Drawing on unprecedented access to these four number-crunching titans, The Quants tells the inside story of what they thought and felt in the days and weeks when they helplessly watched much of their net worth vaporize--and wondered just how their mind-bending formulas and genius-level IQ’s had led them so wrong, so fast.
Publisher: Currency
ISBN: 0307453383
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
With the immediacy of today’s NASDAQ close and the timeless power of a Greek tragedy, The Quants is at once a masterpiece of explanatory journalism, a gripping tale of ambition and hubris, and an ominous warning about Wall Street’s future. In March of 2006, four of the world’s richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with million-dollar stakes, but those numbers meant nothing to them. They were accustomed to risking billions. On that night, these four men and their cohorts were the new kings of Wall Street. Muller, Griffin, Asness, and Weinstein were among the best and brightest of a new breed, the quants. Over the prior twenty years, this species of math whiz--technocrats who make billions not with gut calls or fundamental analysis but with formulas and high-speed computers--had usurped the testosterone-fueled, kill-or-be-killed risk-takers who’d long been the alpha males the world’s largest casino. The quants helped create a digitized money-trading machine that could shift billions around the globe with the click of a mouse. Few realized, though, that in creating this unprecedented machine, men like Muller, Griffin, Asness and Weinstein had sowed the seeds for history’s greatest financial disaster. Drawing on unprecedented access to these four number-crunching titans, The Quants tells the inside story of what they thought and felt in the days and weeks when they helplessly watched much of their net worth vaporize--and wondered just how their mind-bending formulas and genius-level IQ’s had led them so wrong, so fast.
The Future of Newspapers
Author: Bob Franklin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317990536
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
The future of newspapers is hotly contested. Pessimistic pundits predict their imminent demise while others envisage a new era of participatory journalism online, with yet others advocating increased investment "in quality journalism" rather than free gifts and DVDs, as the necessary cure for the current parlous state of newspapers. Globally, newspapers confront highly variable prospects reflecting their location in different market sectors, countries and journalism cultures. But despite this diversity, they face similar challenges in responding to the increased competition from expansive radio and 24 hour television news channels; the emergence of free "Metro" papers; the delivery of news services on billboards, pod casts and mobile telephony; the development of online editions, as well as the burgeoning of blogs, citizen journalists and User Generated Content. Newspapers’ revenue streams are also under attack as advertising increasingly migrates online. This authoritative collection of research based essays by distinguished scholars and journalists from around the globe, brings together a judicious mix of academic expertise and professional journalistic experience to analyse and report on the future of newspapers. This book was published as special issues of Journalism Practice and Journalism Studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317990536
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
The future of newspapers is hotly contested. Pessimistic pundits predict their imminent demise while others envisage a new era of participatory journalism online, with yet others advocating increased investment "in quality journalism" rather than free gifts and DVDs, as the necessary cure for the current parlous state of newspapers. Globally, newspapers confront highly variable prospects reflecting their location in different market sectors, countries and journalism cultures. But despite this diversity, they face similar challenges in responding to the increased competition from expansive radio and 24 hour television news channels; the emergence of free "Metro" papers; the delivery of news services on billboards, pod casts and mobile telephony; the development of online editions, as well as the burgeoning of blogs, citizen journalists and User Generated Content. Newspapers’ revenue streams are also under attack as advertising increasingly migrates online. This authoritative collection of research based essays by distinguished scholars and journalists from around the globe, brings together a judicious mix of academic expertise and professional journalistic experience to analyse and report on the future of newspapers. This book was published as special issues of Journalism Practice and Journalism Studies.
American Stories
Author: Jason Ripper
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 0765629046
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Suitable for an introductory American history instructor who wants to make the subject more appealing, this book focuses on "personalized history" presented through biographies of famous and less-well-known figures from 1865.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 0765629046
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Suitable for an introductory American history instructor who wants to make the subject more appealing, this book focuses on "personalized history" presented through biographies of famous and less-well-known figures from 1865.
Sweet Sunday
Author: John Lawton
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802192378
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
1969 is a time of turmoil and murder for a New York PI in this “twisty, sometimes terrifying” novel from the author of the acclaimed Inspector Troy Novels (Kirkus Reviews). New York PI Turner Raines is a has-been—and the things he has been include a broken civil rights worker, a second-rate lawyer, and a tenth-rate yippie reporter. But in 1969, as the USA is about to land a man on the moon and the Vietnam War is ripping the country to pieces, Raines is working as a skip tracer, making sure draft-dodgers are safe and sound in Canada. When Raines returns from Toronto, he discovers that his oldest friend, a left-wing journalist, has been murdered, and has taken his latest powder keg of a story to his grave. Following the trail of his buddy’s death, Turner hits the road for the Texas of his childhood, confronted anew with his divided family, and blown into the dangerous path of a band of brothers from ’Nam whose secrets could not only change Turner’s life but the country itself. “Atmospheric . . . absorbingly intelligent.” —Financial Times “John Lawton writes great thrillers. . . . He can hold his own with contemporaries Alan Furst and Phillip Kerr.” —Boston Herald
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802192378
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
1969 is a time of turmoil and murder for a New York PI in this “twisty, sometimes terrifying” novel from the author of the acclaimed Inspector Troy Novels (Kirkus Reviews). New York PI Turner Raines is a has-been—and the things he has been include a broken civil rights worker, a second-rate lawyer, and a tenth-rate yippie reporter. But in 1969, as the USA is about to land a man on the moon and the Vietnam War is ripping the country to pieces, Raines is working as a skip tracer, making sure draft-dodgers are safe and sound in Canada. When Raines returns from Toronto, he discovers that his oldest friend, a left-wing journalist, has been murdered, and has taken his latest powder keg of a story to his grave. Following the trail of his buddy’s death, Turner hits the road for the Texas of his childhood, confronted anew with his divided family, and blown into the dangerous path of a band of brothers from ’Nam whose secrets could not only change Turner’s life but the country itself. “Atmospheric . . . absorbingly intelligent.” —Financial Times “John Lawton writes great thrillers. . . . He can hold his own with contemporaries Alan Furst and Phillip Kerr.” —Boston Herald