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50 Shades of Leadership

Every day, millions of businesses around the world experience the same leadership problems: the managers, doers and wannabes who seek to lead run into traps, pitfalls and stumbling blocks. Whether corporations or startups, whether in Brazil or Berlin.Jan Myszkowski knows many of them. All over the globe. A top manager himself, he has spent many years on the road, working in the corporate world. During breaks between meetings, in airport and station lounges, and when he has a free evening, he draws. His experiences serve as his inspiration. What emerges is an irrepressible passion for cartoons which seek to capture the little contradictions of leadership.In his first book, the author has depicted 50 deputy managers from around the globe, staging each of them in typical and true-to-life cartoons. A collection of global curios of leadership. With a clear purpose: those who are familiar with them gain confidence. Those who take them into consideration can train their own personal leadership abilities.Every first time offers the possibility of a second chance! This is the motto of the manager with the unmistakable penwork and the brilliant "aha!" moments, whose cartoons makes readers smile, while at the same time, in their own inimitable style, teaching them about leadership.

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A Margin for Murder: A Charming Bookish Cozy Mystery

In Lauren Elliott's eighth Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery, a murder and a missing first edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses send rare bookstore owner Addie Greyborne on an investigation to challenge even the most distinguished of bibliophiles… Bookshop owner Addie Greyborne must put the brakes on a killer after a death occurs behind the wheel of a bookmobile… Addie leaves her Greyborne Harbor bookstore, Beyond the Page Books and Curios, in the capable hands of her assistant while she travels to the neighboring town of Pen Hollow to attend a book sale at a library that is closing due to lack of funding. But the real find is a bookmobile bus, which she's excited to refit as a traveling bookstore to hit all the summer festivals. The bookmobile also holds a surprising treasure: several classic first editions and an early edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses. But before the bookmobile can be delivered to Addie, a fatal car crash occurs. When an autopsy reveals poison in the victim's system and the first editions go missing, it's up to Addie to determine what would drive someone to murder. If she's not careful, however, she may be the next one to be dead on arrival . . .

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Any Day of the Week: A Collection of Five Erotic Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 86min, (USK 18)

A collection of five erotic stories with varied themes. 'The Blue Roman' by Cathryn Cooper: At the Blue Roman speakeasy jazz bar, anything goes. Owner Blue is trying to keep in with the law by seeing to it that this cop gets only the best service, whether that’s under the table or up on the stage. It’s amazing just how much a reputation can get you.... 'Netsuke' by N. Vasco. While looking around a mysterious oriental curios shop, Jim is led by the sultry shop-woman to a section dedicated to erotic figurines and somehow ends up being given one as a gift. While the detailed figure is attractive in the cold light of day, it’s only when he falls asleep that its true beauty reveals itself. 'Any Day of the Week' by Jeremy Edwards: Bernard has been seeing Nadine for three years now, and while he loves her like crazy, during that time it’s been like dating two separate women. At weekends, the sex is mind-blowing, but during the week, Nadine refuses to be distracted from her work. Bernard makes it his mission to spice up their weeknights. 'Rock Hard' by Kristina Wright: Carly has always been a huge fan of rock star Damien; in fact he’s on her “list”. When her husband surprises her with backstage passes to meet her celebrity stud, along with her friend Lydia, she can’t believe her luck. Who knew being a groupie could be this much fun? 'The V.I.P.' by Phoebe Grafton: On a business trip to New York, Hilary is given the full V.I.P. treatment by the company, which includes chauffeurs, a penthouse at the Waldorf and not one, but two of the hunkiest escorts to see to her every desire. American hospitality doesn’t come any hotter. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Katy Anderson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/summ/000308/bk_summ_000308_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Margin for Murder (eBook, ePUB)

Bookshop owner Addie Greyborne must put the brakes on a killer after a death occurs behind the wheel of a bookmobile . . . Addie leaves her Greyborne Harbor bookstore, Beyond the Page Books and Curios, in the capable hands of her assistant while she travels to the neighboring town of Pen Hollow to attend a book sale at a library that is closing due to lack of funding. But the real find is a bookmobile bus, which she's excited to refit as a traveling bookstore to hit all the summer festivals. The bookmobile also holds a surprising treasure: several classic first editions and an early edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses. But before the bookmobile can be delivered to Addie, a fatal car crash occurs. When an autopsy reveals poison in the victim's system and the first editions go missing, it's up to Addie to determine what would drive someone to murder. If she's not careful, however, she may be the next one to be dead on arrival . . . Praise for A Page Marked for Murder "Her highly organized approach to sleuthing will be a hit with cozy fans who like a strong emphasis on the puzzle." -KirkusReviews "If you love good books and cozy mysteries, A Page Marked for Murder may just be your cup of tea!" -Fresh Fiction

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I'd Die for You: And Other Lost Stories

**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER** 'This belated collection shows us the depths of Fitzgerald's vision and talent. Only now are we beginning to appreciate what was lost' The PoolI'd Die for You is a collection of the last remaining unpublished short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, iconic author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. All eighteen short fictions collected here were lost in one sense or another: physically lost, coming to light only recently; lost in the turbulence of Fitzgerald's later life; lost to readers because his editors sometimes did not understand what he was trying to write. These fascinating stories offer a new insight into the arc of Fitzgerald's career, and demonstrate his stylistic agility and imaginative power as a writer at the forefront of Modern literature. Praise for I'd Die for You: 'Superbly edited and annotated, this richly fascinating miscellany is a marvellous reminder of what was lost when, at forty-four, a coronary killed Fitzgerald' Sunday Times 'Forward-thinking for their time . . . Fitzgerald was a master of short story writing' The Times 'This much-vaunted collection of stories . . . is a ragtag bundle of surprises, curios, irrelevancies and delights . . . We can marvel at the strength of his imagination, his display of elegance and precision' Sunday Telegraph 'Readers will find much to enjoy in this gorgeously produced book' New York Times 'A beguiling meditation on the dark side of wealth and the American dream' Independent

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The Methuen Drama Book of Contemporary Japanese Plays (eBook, PDF)

Published alongside Japan Foundation, this collection features five creative and bold plays by some of Japan's most prolific writers of contemporary theatre. Translated into English for the first time, these texts explore a wide-range of themes from dystopian ideas of the future to touching domestic tragedies. Brought together in one volume, introduced by the authors and Japan Foundation, this collection offers English language readers an unprecedented look at some of Japan's finest works of contemporary drama by writers from across the country. The plays include:Bacchae Holstein Milk Cows by Satoko Ichihara,This play takes themes of the ancient Greek tragedy Bacchae by Euripides to examine various aspects of contemporary society, from love and sex, man and woman, intermixture of different species, discrimination and abuse, to artificial insemination, criticism of anthropocentricism and more. It was the winner of the 64th Kishida Drama Award. One Night (hitoyo) by Yuko KuwabaraThe setting is a small taxi company run out of the home of its owner in a country town. One night the mother, KoharuInamura, decides to leave the home in order to protect her children from her husband's domestic violence,promising them that she will come back in 15 years. The play depicts the family's reunion after having to live withthe burden of that one night's (hitoyo) incident and how they restarted their lives after it. Isn't Anyone Alive? by Shiro MaedaThis laid back, absurdist work examines death through a goofy lens. In the play, strange urban legends abound ina university hospital where young people die one after another, all with mobile phones in their hands.The Sun by Tomohiro MaekawaDepicts young people torn apart in a near future setting where humanity has split into two forms: Nox humans who can only go out at night, and Curios, the original type of humans that can live under the sun.Carcass by Takuya YokoyamaThis play takes its name from the Japanese word for dressed carcasses of beef and pork that have been halved along the backbone for meat . It deals with the dignity of being alive as seen through the lives of workers in the meat industry based on interviews and research. It won the Japan Playwrights Association's 15th New Playwright Award in 2009.

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The Methuen Drama Book of Contemporary Japanese Plays (eBook, ePUB)

Published alongside Japan Foundation, this collection features five creative and bold plays by some of Japan's most prolific writers of contemporary theatre. Translated into English for the first time, these texts explore a wide-range of themes from dystopian ideas of the future to touching domestic tragedies. Brought together in one volume, introduced by the authors and Japan Foundation, this collection offers English language readers an unprecedented look at some of Japan's finest works of contemporary drama by writers from across the country. The plays include:Bacchae Holstein Milk Cows by Satoko Ichihara,This play takes themes of the ancient Greek tragedy Bacchae by Euripides to examine various aspects of contemporary society, from love and sex, man and woman, intermixture of different species, discrimination and abuse, to artificial insemination, criticism of anthropocentricism and more. It was the winner of the 64th Kishida Drama Award. One Night (hitoyo) by Yuko KuwabaraThe setting is a small taxi company run out of the home of its owner in a country town. One night the mother, KoharuInamura, decides to leave the home in order to protect her children from her husband's domestic violence,promising them that she will come back in 15 years. The play depicts the family's reunion after having to live withthe burden of that one night's (hitoyo) incident and how they restarted their lives after it. Isn't Anyone Alive? by Shiro MaedaThis laid back, absurdist work examines death through a goofy lens. In the play, strange urban legends abound ina university hospital where young people die one after another, all with mobile phones in their hands.The Sun by Tomohiro MaekawaDepicts young people torn apart in a near future setting where humanity has split into two forms: Nox humans who can only go out at night, and Curios, the original type of humans that can live under the sun.Carcass by Takuya YokoyamaThis play takes its name from the Japanese word for dressed carcasses of beef and pork that have been halved along the backbone for meat . It deals with the dignity of being alive as seen through the lives of workers in the meat industry based on interviews and research. It won the Japan Playwrights Association's 15th New Playwright Award in 2009.

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