Owen: 1427 books
Perfect Quality
:All You Need to Get it Right First Time
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
The need for quality has never been greater. Advertising, corporate image, mission statements and league tables all place emphasis on quality. But there are numerous different approaches to quality, and many gurus show the way. Total Quality Management, SPC, QED, Zero Defects, Right First Theme, Katzen...
Born to Receive
Seven Powerful Steps Women Can Take Today to Reclaim Their Half of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Discover the seven secrets women can use to get ahead in the world!
This book from consultant-coach Amanda Owen (author of The Power of Receiving) presents self-improvement strategies for women and a radically different approach to helping them achieve their goals, reduce stress, and create...
The Relationship Revolution
Are You Part of the Movement or Part of the Resistance?
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Any relationship can work.
In The Relationship Revolution, Owen Williams calls on couples to stop working in their relationship and start working on it.
When couples work in their relationship, they compete against each other. They justify themselves, play the blame game, and compare...
A Way Out
America's Ghettos and the Legacy of Racism
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
After decades of hand-wringing and well-intentioned efforts to improve inner cities, ghettos remain places of degrading poverty with few jobs, much crime, failing schools, and dilapidated housing. Stepping around fruitless arguments over whether or not ghettos are dysfunctional communities that exacerbate...
by Gordon Owen
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2013
The Internet can provide generous donors with a wide range of opportunities to help others quickly and easily.
To help ensure that your gift does not go to the wrong organisation and to help ensure that your gift goes directly to the organisation you want to support, here are 10 tips...
by Owen Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Based on a real love triangle, this fascinating novel is by one of New Zealand's most-loved respected authors.'Dougie's story and mine is not told in the history of William Larnach. It is our private journey, and only we understand how it came about; only we know the fitness and the wonder of it.'...
Barbarians in the Boardroom
Activist Investors and the battle for control of the world's most powerful companies
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Activist investors have sent shockwaves through corporations in recent years, personally targeting directors and executives at some of the world’s largest companies. No longer satisfied with operating on the fringes of business, they are now a firm fixture in the boardroom.
Up...
Resilient Me
How to worry less and achieve more
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
A practical guide to building everyday resilience in just 4 weeks.
Facing challenges in your relationships, career, health or well-being? Worried important life goals seem to be slipping away? Whether you're faced with day-to-day irritations or facing a larger setback, sometimes life can test...
Complete Loft Conversion Book
Planning, Managing and Completing Your Conversion
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Loft conversions are one of the most popular types of home alteration and, as this book shows, they can be an enormously useful and stylish addition to a house. If you have not been involved in a building project before, The Complete Loft Conversion Book guides you through the entire process with...
Probable Tomorrows
How Science and Technology Will Transform Our Lives in the Next Twenty Years
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 1997
A fascinating look at near-future advances, inventions, products, services, and everyday conveniences that will change how we live and work. Marvin Cetron and Owen Davies explore these changes and the impact they will have on everyday life. For example, by the year 2010:
-Personal computers...
Myths of Leadership
Banish the Misconceptions and Become a Great Leader
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
The best leaders are born, not made. The best leaders are always in control. The best leaders are those with the highest IQs. But are they really?
The thinking surrounding what makes the greatest leaders is increasingly muddled by stereotypes, snake oil promises and pseudo-science. The best...
We Lead
How women become leaders
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2019
Too often women’s aspirations as leaders are falling short. The numbers of those in power in large organizations is flatlining at best. Policies, programmes and pipelines are only taking us so far. It’s time for a change in our approach, says Hilarie Owen.
In this book, she combines a lifetime’s...
Blundering to Glory
Napoleon's Military Campaigns
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2006
Renowned for its accuracy, brevity, and readability, this book has long been the gold standard of concise histories of the Napoleonic Wars. Now in an updated and revised edition, it is unique in its portrayal of one of the world's great generals as a scrambler who never had a plan, strategic or tactical,...
Leadership Rules
50 Timeless Lessons for Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
From the man behind the bestselling How to series comes more essential business wisdom…and this time, it's nicely broken up into 50 digestible nuggets. This is dip-in, dip-out content – easily read, understood and implemented and complete with engaging illustrations.
There are a handful...