Geoffrey Ellis spent forty years in themusic business,
working closely with the Beatles and Brian Epstein during
the 60s, and Elton John and his management in the 70s.
From an unrivalled position he has written a highly
informed account of the music busines from the 60s to the
mid 90s and an insider's view of the careers of many of
the most ......
This is a goldmine of ideas, advice and techniques from
one of the world's leading writers on management and
leadership. It brings together all of John Adair's
thinking on leadership, teambuilding, creativity and
innovation, problem-solving, motivation, communication
and time-management. Full of practical guidance
experience and insight, ......
Some years ago, journalist Nicholas Webley stumbled
across a remarkable find during a routine investigation
in a small house in Norfolk - a diary kept during the war
years and scribbled for the most part in school exercise
books and scraps of decomposing paper, written as it
turned out by a seamstress born in the 1880's. Betty
Armitage was a ......
Smarten Up the Way You Think to Achieve the Goals You Want
A perceptive guide and set of techniques on how to get
rid of messy, negative thoughts from your mind and how to
ensure that it's clear and receptive to positive ones.
Rid yourself of low esteem and obsessions, learn to
manage your own through processes and emotions.
Understand how others see you. Present, negotiate and
influence others ......
Achieving a Golden Goodbye Realising Maximum Value for Your Business
A clear and canny explanation of all the steps required
to maximise your profit on selling all or part of your
business: deciding on the route and timing, how to choose
advisers, grooming your business for sale, valuing the
business, finding prospective purchasers, negotiating the
sale, steering safely to completion and how to ......
This book has the power to guide, to motivate and to inspire you to become seriously richer and happier, regardless of whether you are in dire financial straights or already wealthy.
In this true crime story, investigative journalist David Williams unravels the 60-year old mystery of who murdered wealthy Suffolk business-man and womaniser William Murfitt.
A miscellany of several examples of consumption, corruption, greed, vanity, waste and stupidity, including: the GBP 1m chest-hair insurance policy from Lloyds; the Alsatian dog with assets of GBP 90m; the GBP 1,700 glass of Cognac; and the $1,000 omelette.
... the number of people able to give a first hand
account of day-to-day life in the early part of the last
century naturally diminishes. The small but telling
detail disappears. Ethel May Elvin was born in 1906; she
recalls her father's account of standing sentry at Queen
Victoria's funeral, the privations and small pleasures of
a ......