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Showing how any organisation can harness the power of change by applying the cutting-edge discipline of portfolio management, this book provides a user-friendly introduction to the tremendously powerful management system.Author: Pat Durbin, Terry DoerscherPublisher: Greenleaf Book GroupPublished: 07/02/2010Pages: 361Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 9.20h x...

Soldier's Heart is a sophisticated graphic masterpiece about the damaging effects of war on soldiers and the toll it can take on families.Many soldiers come back from war and never talk about it -- especially those from the Greatest Generation. Thus was the case...

Published in cooperation with The National First Ladies Library This is the first full-length biography of Ida Saxton McKinley (1847- 1907), the wife of William McKinley, president of the United States from 1897 to his assassination in 1901. Long demeaned by history because she...

The phenomenal draftsman Gustav Klimt occupies a unique place in modern art. His extant oeuvre comprises some 250 paintings and more than 4,000 works on paper. The study of the human figure--above all female--lies at the heart of the artist's activity as a draftsman,...

The art of aneurysm microsurgery in a beautifully illustrated, step-by-step volumeFinalist in 2012 IBPA Benjamin Franklin AwardsSeven Aneurysms: Tenets and Techniques for Clipping combines the instructive nature of a textbook with the visual aspects of an atlas to guide readers through the surgical principles,...

Life gets a lot harder for Amish midwife Kristi Lapp when a buggy wreck lands her in the hospital and leaves her with a pronounced limp. Among her biggest concerns is the well-being of her dog, Chinook, as she is no longer able to...

Laura owns what might be the world's most extensive collection of BDSM lesbian erotica, but that's as close as she's gotten to the world of her fantasies. Until, that is, her friend Adele introduces her to Adele's mistress Jeanne--art collector, heiress, and experienced dominant....

Forbidden romance coupled with high-stakes courtroom drama. Two women meet in an alley and fulfill their mutual desire with a night of passion, neither expecting more than the few lusty hours they shared. Weeks later Morgan Bradley and Parker Casey meet again, but this...

Gorgeously jaw-dropping, India has been beautifully redesigned with 32 additional pages of glorious photos shot by Eric Meola since India was first published. This revised and expanded version of Eric Meola's 2008 India takes the reader on a journey through Mumbai, Rajasthan, Agra, Dungarpur,...

New in first grade, shy Layla is reluctant to participate in class activities because she feels her head scarf makes her look too different from her classmates.Author: Miriam CohenPublisher: Star Bright BooksPublished: 09/01/2009Pages: 1Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.10h x 10.20w x 0.50dISBN: 9781595721778Audience: Ages...

Anna must find the courage to tell Lukas the truth. Will he find the courage to forgive her?Anna was once betrayed by someone she loved deeply. In an attempt to never be hurt again, she and her mother relocated to Middlefield, Ohio. It was...

In the last place she ever imagined she'd be, Gabby will discover what she's made of--and for. Gabrielle Fairbanks knew her husband was upset with her. But she never expected him to change the locks on their Chicago penthouse, cancel her credit cards, and...

As a behavioral scientist, Professor Nicole Hathaway's work strips away the foolish mystique that surrounds the human mating dance. When her academic tome is treated as a viral "love manual" her ecstatic publisher books her to appear all over the U.S. and Europe. Worse...

* More than 150 sustainable resources for the Pacific Northwest* More than 90 basic home-production recipes* 75 black-and-white and 35 full color photographs* Up-to-date information on Seattle-area urban farming permits and policyIs that . . . a goat in your garage?! It might be...

Einstein is running amok Darwin is losing his head The science museum in Half Moon Bay is in big trouble because its robotic replicas of history's greatest scientists keep going kablooey As 11-year-old amateur inventors Nick and Tesla Holt try to uncover the cause,...

What do you do when your life feels as busy as a three-ring circus? Juggling Elephants tells a simple but profound story about one man with a universal problem. Mark has too much to do, too many priorities, too much stress, and too little...

Surviving WWII in Shanghai--the one place Jews without visas could escape the Nazis--a German girl chronicles her ordeal in a diary. Later, her estranged American-born daughter finds it, discovering suprises about her deceased mother, and rediscovering herself.Author: Marion CubaPublisher: Booklocker.comPublished: 02/28/2006Pages: 212Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...

What were all those fairy-tale characters thinking? Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich answer this question in paired poems, with sometimes startling results. The Princess claims all those mattresses kept her awake--not a silly pea--while the poor pea complains that the princess snores. One...

A frog full of tadpoles? Impossible! Here, for the first time, is the strange but true story of Darwin's frog. After Charles Darwin discovered the frog in 1834, other researchers found that one of his specimens was packed full of tadpoles. Was the frog...

In Sacred Therapy Estelle Frankel travels to the heart of Jewish mysticism to reveal how people of any faith can draw upon this rich body of teachings to gain wisdom, clarity, and a deeper sense of meaning in the midst of modern life. In...