Win or Die

Author: Bruce Craven
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN: 1250301173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 303

Book Description
“When it comes to the most-anticipated business books of 2019, Win or Die: Leadership Secrets From Game of Thrones is the one to beat.”—Inc. A guide to leading without losing your head, inspired by the bestselling books and smash television series Game of Thrones. "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground." —Cersei Lannister One of the great joys of Game of Thrones is strategizing what bold moves you'd make in this bloody, volatile world—from the comfort of your living room. And one of the great terrors of being a leader is knowing your real world can be just as brutal—and offices bring no comfort. Every day you're presented with opportunities and challenges, and must decide which roads to follow, which risks to confront, when to deny an opportunity and when to pursue the call to adventure. And you won't know whether you'll profit or fail while you're in the thick of it. In Win or Die: Leadership Secrets from Game of Thrones, Bruce Craven brilliantly analyzes the journeys of the best and worst leaders in Westeros, so that leaders can create their own narratives of success. Craven considers beloved characters such as Ned Stark, Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, and Tyrion Lannister as they make terrible decisions and fatal mistakes, but also achieve incredible victories and surprising successes, learning and growing along their (often bloody) ways. Readers will learn how to face conflict and build resilience, develop contextual and emotional intelligence, develop their vision, and more. This entertaining and accessible guide will show readers how to turn danger into opportunity, even when dragons threaten.

Che Guevara

Author: Stuart A. Kallen
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
ISBN: 0822590352
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
October 9, 1967. World-renowned revolutionary Che Guevara is dead at 39. The charismatic Argentinian had been leading guerrilla fighters in Bolivia and was captured by the Bolivian army. A sergeant volunteered to execute the prisoner. Around the globe, reactions to the assassination were mixed. In Cuba, where Guevara had helped overthrow a brutally repressive dictatorship in 1959, more than a million people mourned openly. But elsewhere, many business leaders and government officials were relieved. To the rich and powerful, Guevara was dangerous. His anti-capitalist movement sought to strip big businesses of their land and power. He wanted to set up socialist systems to spread wealth and resources among ordinary workers--in Latin America and all around the world. How did the fiercely independent and internationally admired revolutionary leader end his life as a captive in a tiny Bolivian village? Why did he die a hunted man, without a fair trial, at the hands of a Bolivian soldier? And how did his story become a legend?--From publisher description.

Win, Lose Or Die

Author: Diane Hoh
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780590486491
Category : Horror stories.
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
Accepting a scholarship to the Salem tennis team, Nicki realizes that someone is sabotaging her play, and when an accident meant for her claims the life of another girl, Nicki realizes that not everybody loves a winner. Original.

You Win or You Die

Author: Ayelet Haimson Lushkov
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786722135
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303

Book Description
If the Middle Ages form the present-day backdrop to the continents of Westeros and Essos, then antiquity is their resonant past. The Known World is haunted by the remnants of distant and powerful civilizations, without whose presence the novels of George R. R. Martin and the ever popular HBO show would lose much of their meaning and appeal. In this essential sequel to Carolyne Larrington's Winter is Coming: The Medieval World of Game of Thrones, Ayelet Haimson Lushkov explores the echoes, from the Summer Islands to Storm's End, of a rich antique history. She discusses, for example, the convergence of ancient Rome and the reach, scope, and might of the Valyrian Freehold. She shows how the wanderings of Tyrion Lannister replay the journeys of Odysseus and Aeneas. She suggests that the War of the Five Kings resembles the War of the Four Emperors (68-69 AD). She also demonstrates just how the Wall and the Wildlings advancing on it connect with Hadrian's bulwark against fierce tribes of Picts. This book reveals the remarkable extent to which the entire Game of Thrones universe is animated by its ancient past.

Before I Die

Author: Jenny Downham
Publisher: David Fickling Books
ISBN: 0375849378
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
For the many readers who love The Fault in Our Stars, this is the story of a girl who is determined to live, love, and to write her own ending before her time is finally up. Tessa has just months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, and drugs with excruciating side effects, Tessa compiles a list. It’s her To Do Before I Die list. And number one is Sex. Released from the constraints of “normal” life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up. Tessa’s feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, and her new boyfriend, are all painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa’s time runs out. A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year A Booklist Editors’ Choice A Book Sense Children’s Pick A Kirkus Reviews Editors’ Choice A Publishers Weekly Flying Start Author An ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults The newly released feature film Now Is Good, starring Dakota Fanning, is based on Jenny Downham's intensely moving novel.

Differentiate Or Die

Author: Jack Trout
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
Now that product differences are rapidly and easily copied, or are perceived to be minimal, differentiating a company's products and services from the competition has become key to corporate survival. Marketing guru Jack Trout delivers a practical guide for businesses on developing powerful differentiation strategies.

James Bond in Win, Place, Or Die

Author: R. L. Stine
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345324047
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Book Description
James Bond, secret agent 007, is pitted against ruthless, power-hungry industrialist Max Zorin, who has developed a mysterious device designed to affect the outcome of a horse race.

Win, Place Or Die

Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN: 9780671716622
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
From forgetting names and numbers to whole conversations, memory loss is an inevitable part of growing older. By age 50, you generally remember 30% less than you did at age 20. But what if there was an entirely safe, natural pill that could reduce memory loss -- and the related stress and plummeting self esteem that usually accompanies it? Luckily, now there is. Phosphatidylserine -- PS for short -- combined with a revolutionary new diet outlined step-by-step in "The Memory Cure", can dramatically improve memory retention by supplementing the brain's natural structure to keep memory capacity strong. Backed by years of clinical research, and presented in an accessible manner, "The Memory Cure" will provide solace and relief to the millions who are concerned about the health of their most vital resource -- their memory.

Last One to Die

Author: Cynthia Murphy
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0593705556
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
From TikTok's "CEO of plot twists" comes a supernatural thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end. Packed with voice-driven whodunit storytelling, and a classic slasher-movie feel, this dark, pacy, and irresistibly creepy thriller really has something for everybody! 16-year-old, Irish-born Niamh has just arrived in London for the summer, and quickly discovers that girls who look frighteningly like her are being attacked. Determined to make it through her Drama Course, Niamh is placed at the Victorian Museum to put her drama skills to the test, and there she meets Tommy: he’s kind, fun, attentive, and really hot! Nonetheless, there's something eerie about the museum... As present-day serial attacker and sinister Victorian history start to collide, Niamh realizes that things are not as they seem. Will she be next?

Win the Race Or Die Trying

Author: Jack B. McGuire
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781496807632
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
How one of the last Louisiana Longs escaped a mental institution and died after winning election to Congress