Résultats pour "The Business" dans Littérature du monde

Jimmy Edwards stars in this spin-off from The Navy Lark, chronicling life in and around the higher echelons of British United Plastics Ltd Following in the footsteps of The Navy Lark, The TV Lark and The Embassy Lark, The Big Business Lark aired for 13 episodes over the summer of 1969. Blending...

Just because a man cheats on his wife and makes Danny DeVito look tall, dark, and handsome, is that any reason to kill him? The reluctant and quirky PI, Lee Alvarez, doesn't think so. The 34-year old half-Latina, half-WASP and 100% detective has her work cut out for her when the man is murdered on her watch. Of all the nerve. For Lee, this has become personal. From San Francisco's famous Embarcadero to quaint Princeton-by-the-Sea, she is out to find the killer. And for the killer, this has become personal, too.

A sweeping novel of one Kentucky family’s rise and fall throughout the 1980s—a tragicomic tour de force about love and marriage, parents and children, and the perils of mixing family with business, from the acclaimed author of The Animators “This is the novel I’ve been missing: a...

Winner of CBC Canada Reads 2010 Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation Intricately plotted and shimmering with originality, Nikolski charts the curious and unexpected courses of personal migration, and shows how they just might eventually lead us to home. Spring 1989...

"Read by multiple narrators, the audiobook highlights the novel’s multiple perspectives. The use of accents helps ground the listeners in each character while helping build the tension between players." — Booklist “Isuri Wijesundara, Lipica Shah, and Vikas Adam perform the story’s...

Pascal Dennis offers a striking new perspective on global travel and business consulting with Reflections of a Business Nomad: Stories & Poems from the Road, a collection of prose, observations, and fragments of conversation heard over Dennis's many travels and unique experiences. Reflections of a Business Nomad invites the listener into the author s understanding of the world, providing opportunities to interact with the pieces and apply their insights. Business leaders, managers, and specialists at all levels will benefit from the unique perspective it offers.

Unraveling the tangled roots of her family takes her places she never expected. Veronica Stratton, a specialty food broker with a business on the cusp of brilliant success that would change the trajectory of her life, visits her parents in idyllic Estes Park for Christmas. She's fresh from a...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE “I was crying like I lost my best friend as I finished. . . . This book is an act of love . . . It will break you apart and remind you that we can all be put back together again, stronger, and wiser than before.” — XOCHITL GONZALEZ...

Dive into the heart of Japanese wisdom with this powerful 3-in-1 audiobook. Explore Ikigai to find your life’s purpose, master Kaizen to fuel continuous improvement, and embrace Hansei to lead with deep reflection and self-awareness. Perfect for anyone seeking personal growth, productivity, and authentic leadership, this audiobook offers timeless strategies for living and leading with clarity, purpose, and resilience.

White Lotus meets The Guest List in international bestselling author S. C. Lalli’s next thrilling novel, where two business moguls were set to be married in the biggest event of the year—until they’re both found murdered the day before the wedding—and a social outsider must unravel the...

From an exciting new voice in literary fiction, a transfixing story about an expatriate in southern China and his burgeoning relationship with a seamstress intent on inspiring dramatic political change Alex Cohen, a twenty-six-year-old Jewish Bostonian, is living in southern China, where his...

Independent and free-spirted Annika has no plans to settle down anytime soon… if only her parents felt the same way. But when her father unexpectedly falls ill, she’ll do anything to make things better. Even if it means suddenly blurting out she has a boyfriend. The only issue is, he doesn’t exist. Then, by chance, she bumps into handsome entrepreneur Rav, and she can’t believe her luck. He’s single, sworn off relationships and looking for a date to attend work events with. He’s the perfect solution to her troubles. Or is he?

A research trip to Guatemala illuminates truths both intimate and global for four young travelers. The graduate students arrived in Guatemala energized and ready to take on the world. They planned to follow the path of coffee beans from a peasant coffee-growing community in the western highlands through the chain of buyers, co-ops, exporters, and roasters, all the way to a café in San Francisco. As the students investigate the profit made at every link in the coffee chain, they confront a series of unexpected events that illuminate globalization in surprising ways.

The year is 1966, a time of innocence, possibility,and freedom. And for Atlanta, the country, and one woman making her way in a changing world, nothing will be the same ... After an airless childhood in Savannah, Smoky O'Donnell arrives in Atlanta, dazzled and chastened by this hectic young city...

What if your greatest leadership strength isn’t what you know—but how deeply you reflect? In Hansei Leadership Mindset Mastery, discover the transformative power of self-reflection rooted in the ancient Japanese principle of Hansei—a practice that has guided world-class leaders, innovative thinkers, and resilient organizations to lasting success. This audiobook takes you beyond theory and into practice, helping you harness failure, feedback, and emotional awareness as tools for breakthrough performance.

Although we typically first encounter them in childhood, fables teem with lessons that are relevant throughout our lives. As this retreat shows, they also illuminate the message of the Gospel. You will join one of the leading experts on fables, Rev. Gregory Carlson, on a 12-part retreat that uses the fables of Aesop, Fontaine, and others to help you deepen and enjoy your Christian spiritual life.

Life Destiny is a very interesting concept. It's a question that people often ask themselves. I've even asked myself questions about my own Life Destiny. What is my purpose here? Where is my life heading? Why do people treat me this way? Why did it happen to me? What is the meaning of it all? When it comes to Life Destiny, the questions are endless.

The most novel collection of unknown insights about Africa's consumer markets.

Mitch Horowitz provides a deep dive into the classic, The Art of War, in this fascinating discussion on its meaning and relevance to today's world and seeker. As he shows, The Art of War teaches us how to navigate a world in which friction is an inevitability in which we are all, at varying times going to find ourselves called upon to prevail. It is a guide to victory, but it is also a book both on an epic and intimate scale that is about victory with honor.

Everyone has been in a situation they needed to escape, whether it was a toxic relationship, poor living environment, or just being broke. At what point do you decide to change your situation? The answer to that last question was simple for me. Inspired to beat all odds against me, I became a risk-taker. Those risks made me an artist, author, engineer, and finally, an entrepreneur. I have learned in order to be successful, you have to be willing to take risk.