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This father of ten thriving children delivers knock-out advice on the art of being a dad.

George Foreman is an international symbol of a positive attitude, determination, and athleticism He's also well known for having ten children, five boys and five girls. As a man who strives to live in obedience to the Ultimate Father, Foreman has a powerful perspective on effective, godly fatherhood. Through his own experiences as a son in a single-parent home, as a faithful father, and now as a grandfather, he knows what works and what doesn't--all with a dose of humor and humility. The goal of this book is to provide commonsense fathering advice and anecdotes to a wide variety of men who themselves are encountering the challenges of fatherhood.

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Sailor's Secrets contains over 1,000 tips, suggestions, evaluations, and nuggets of hard-won advice from more than 300 seasoned veterans.

Instructive, humorous, biting, and challenging, Sailor's Secrets can be opened anywhere and enjoyed Its wide-ranging chapters cover routine maintenance, understanding weather, safety at sea, storm strategies, piloting, engine troubleshooting, gear and outfitting, and simple solutions to complex problems.

Michael Badham and Robby Robinson have created the nautical equivalent of an experts' forum. Don Casey, Dennis Conner, Bob Rice, Dave Gerr, Hank Hinckley, Bill Biwenga, Sheila McCurdy, Katy Burke, Meade Gougeon, Buddy Melges, Walter Greene, Steve Callahan, and a host of others share the insights they've developed over millions of sea miles..
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Through exclusive interviews with luminaries in everything from medicine and government to business, entertainment, and the military, Hard Won Wisdom shares the insights of female groundbreakers, dreamers, and survivors who've succeeded in their chosen fields and in life. These women know how hard life can be, but they've taken chances, confronted obstacles, and bet on themselves to win. Now they explain how others can follow in their footsteps..
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Computer programmer Alan Bartlet takes his new girlfriend to Las Vegas. There he meets Medusa, a backup singer for the now dead rock star Shane. She hints that Shane might be alive. In flashback, we see the rise and fall of Shane. Alan pursues Medusa and descends into a world of mystery, lust and murder to find out: Is Shane Alive?.
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Just because it's a great idea doesn't mean it will succeed Drawing on the expertise and first-hand experience of inventors, financiers, market researchers, psychologists and sociologists--using examples as diverse as the Classic Coke, Napster, and more. A witty, compelling and informative read..
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The last 20 years has seen one management fad after another come and go. At the behest of consultants and gurus, businesses have re-engineered, downsized, learnt excellence, developed competencies and created customer-focused strategies.

But to what avail? Despite all these fads and improvements we still find bad management, unhappy customers and companies that are extolled as excellent one day and bust the next.

There is a huge gulf between the excellence industry that is touted by the gurus and the real world of business. Hard-core Management bridges that gap. It exposes all the core assumptions made by managers and their gurus by stripping them of their fancy garb and forcing us to confront the stark, warts-and-all reality. More than 100 overdressed assumptions are presented for frank examination such as:

we know our customers;

we know our competition;

we have a strategy;

our leader knows the way;

we have a vision;

we are in control;

we can change.

This is management without its clothes on. This is the hard core of management. You might not like what you see, but at least you can now do something about it..
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