Alan Webb: 10 books

The concept of 'earned value' as a project management tool has been around since the 1960s; although recognized as an important technique and widely used on US Government contracts, it failed to excite much interest in the wider world because of its specifically American requirements and the cumbersome,...

Risk is a key issue for every project manager. How the various risks are handled can often define the final outcome of a project; it can determine its overall worth to both sponsors and contractors and its ultimate success or failure. Alan Webb's The Project Manager's Guide to Handling Risk is a concise,...

There is a place where mighty warriors cut their bloody way down the glory road in search of treasure, where dragons and water sprites fight vampires and elementals for the right to devour their flesh, and scheming kings bribe wizards and priests to stop the hero’s march. That place has a name…...

This comprehensive book provides a complete guide to managing projects involving the development of new products. It aims to give the practising project manager an insight into the many processes that are involved in handling one of the most complex of industrial activities. The book is arranged in...

After weeks of crossing the great Yiku-Kas desert, Alden Havenwulf and Dexter Reedman have finally reached the border of the lush Midalean lands called the Eastmarch, wanting only a full belly and a roof to sleep under. Instead they find they’ve ridden into a war between a powerful wizard and the...

WINNER OF THE 2018 DARRELL AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY NOVELLA! Nameless death haunts the foggy seaport of Custacrak, a dark presence lusting for blood. In the hinterlands, the king’s wicked brother has been slain by two wandering mercenaries. Dark rumors whispered in darker taverns speak...

A magical treasury of festive animal tales, starring a little donkey, a naughty kitten, a special reindeer and even a talking turkey. Featuring stories from celebrated authors Adele Geras, Michael Broad, Vivian French, Maeve Friel, Anna Wilson, Penny Dolan, Holly Webb, and Alan Durant.

New editions and facsimiles of Percy Bysshe Shelley's works are changing the landscape of Shelley studies by making complete compositions and fragments that have received only limited critical attention readily available to scholars. Building on the work begun in Weinberg and Webb's 2009 volume, The...

From Trumpocalypse to Brexit Britain, brick by brick the walls are closing in. But don’t despair. Bulldoze the borders. Conquer freedom not fear. EXIT EARTH explores all life – past, present, or future – on, or off – this beautiful, yet fragile, world of ours. Final embraces beneath a sky...

This timely examination of Alabama’s severely criticized state constitution will serve as an indispensable guide for legislators and citizens considering reform of the outdated document. Alabama’s present constitution, adopted in 1901, is widely viewed as the source of many, if not most,...