An introduction to Putin’s formidable intelligence and security organization
Since its founding in 1995, the FSB, Russia’s Federal Security Service, has regained the majority of the domestic security functions of the Soviet-era KGB. Under Vladimir Putin, who served as FSB director just before becoming president, ......
What it takes to have a psychologically safe workplace with happy and productive employees
The go to book to understand what Psychosocial Safety, the Science of Happy Employees is about and what it takes have a great hazard free workplace. Trying to keep up with is a constant battle particularly the changes in what is expected of you to build a business culture that supports that psychological wellbeing can be confusing and exhausting.
How to Become Powerful, Masterful, & in Control of Your Life in a World
Success is a daily decision for pursuing your dreams. When coupled with persistence it's a formula for obtaining higher and higher levels of success, tapping into your limitless potential and maintaining the life you truly desire. The Secret to Knowing It's Already Done may not be the key to overnight riches, but it will definitely help you lay ......
A challenging backpacking route from Rubha Hunish to Broadford
This guidebook describes The Skye Trail, a challenging week-long trek across the largest island in Scotland's Inner Hebrides, the Isle of Skye. From Rubha Hunish in the north, the Skye Trail heads along the Trotternish Ridge and past the Cuillin to Broadford in the south. Suitable for experienced backpackers and mountain walkers.
The Sentimental Bloke tells the story of Bill, a member of a larrikin push (or gang) in Melbourne's Little Lonsdale red-light district, who encounters Doreen, a young woman "of some social aspiration", in a local market. Narrated by Bill, the poems chronicle their courtship and marriage, detailing his transformation from a violence-prone gang ......
Four leadership factors that will make or break your organisation
Become a leader who can work with change to realise the leadership potential in yourself, your team and your organisation. Leading a business has never been more challenging, and continual change can leave leaders ungrounded, distracted and unsure of the way forward. The Stability Effect leads you on a four-part pathway that gives you alignment ......
Poppy is gazing out of the window at the snow when suddenly she sees that the snowflakes are really snow children, dancing and whirling in the garden. Excitedly Poppy joins them for an adventure in the Snow Queen's wintry kingdom where she visits a shimmering ice castle and dances at the Princess's birthday celebrations until it is time for her to ......
The Complete Story of the World's Most Famous Artwork
If you read one book on the Mona Lisa, let this be it. From the artwork to its theft and role in popular culture, The Thefts of the Mona Lisa provides the complete story, as written by a best-selling, Pulitzer finalist. Leonardo da Vinci's portrait, called the Mona Lisa, is without doubt the world's most famous painting. It achieved its fame not ......
The first book written on the natural history of life on the Nullabor Plain, was written by station-master A. G. Bolam and first published in 1923. The author recollects his times with Aboriginal trackers and workers in and around Ooldeah, as the great railway progressed from South Australia across to Western Australia, and in doing so looks at ......
