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Young Samurai: The Ring of Fire is the sixth book in this blockbuster series by Chris BradfordJACK FLETCHER FACES HIS TOUGHEST CHALLENGE YET.After a snowstorm forces him to take shelter, Jack comes across a village in need of protection from raiding mountain bandits. Torn between moving on or helping, Jack is persuaded to stay and fight the villagers' cause.But Jack is the first and only samurai to do so. Now he must enlist other warriors to the villagers' aid before the bandits return to steal their harvest. No easy task when the reward is so little and he is a foreigner. If only he had his friends to call on...Using the Ring of Fire, can Jack overpower the bandits and win?'A fantastic adventure that floors the reader on page one and keeps them there until the end' - Eoin Colfer***You can learn more about Chris Bradford and his books at www.youngsamurai.com.***

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The ultimate business how-to book by the icon of American business and one of the world's most revered and respected leaders, Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric. Winning explores the changes of recent times and the new economic realities, and more than that, it identifies the central, immutable principals of doing business right and doing it well. "Winning is a book for the people in business who sweat, get their nails dirty, hire, fire, make hard decisions, and pay the price when those decisions are wrong," said Welch. "I see this book as a handbook for people in the trenches, turning their companies and the economy around, not just today, but for years to come. I think it will be useful for people just starting their careers or their own businesses to seasoned managers running multi-billion dollar enterprises. I've learned an enormous amount about what works and what doesn't work throughout my career and I'm very excited about sharing it in Winning." Welch will teach people how to win in business by distilling his experience in three critical areas: working within an organization, dealing with competitors, and handling matters of life and career. Critical to Welch's writing such an accessible, useful guide is his unique collaboration with his wife, Suzy, the former editor of the Harvard Business Review, who brings expertise in management, writing talent and a woman's sensibility to articulating the components of Welch's success.

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Every church congregation encounters challenging situations, some the same the world over, and others specific to each church. Richard Osmer here seeks to teach congregational leaders -- including, but not limited to, clergy -- the requisite knowledge and skills to meet such situations with sensitivity and creativity. Osmer develops a framework for practical theological interpretation in congregations by focusing on four key questions: What is going on in a given context? Why is this going on? What ought to be going on? and How might the leader shape the context to better embody Christian witness and mission? The book is unique in its attention to interdisciplinary issues and the ways that theological reflection is grounded in the spirituality of leaders. Useful, accessible, and lively -- with lots of specific examples and case studies -- Osmer's Practical Theology effectively equips congregational leaders to guide their communities with theological integrity.

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'Sublime... completely gripping... a wonder' MARK HADDON'Her best book yet. Completely extraordinary' DAISY JOHNSONA mesmerising portrait of an ageing man’s last pilgrimage, from the bestselling author of The Girls and The Guest A private plane cuts through the winter night, somewhere over Greenland. David, a retired executive, sits back in his leather seat, playing solitaire on his phone. Click. Click. Drag. Click. The notebook in his jacket pocket is filled with familiar phrases, urgent reminders to himself, but he struggles to recognize his own handwriting.A mystery, among many mysteries. The world, once so knowable, has been rendered inscrutable.This is what David knows: Cody, his assistant, asleep in the seat next to him, will shepherd him along the voyage. A stopover in London. Dinner with his adult daughter. A meeting in France with an old friend, estranged for decades.His final destination is Zurich.David glides through hotel rooms and airports and foreign cities, running out the clock on his mortal life. His grasp on the present slips away, and the past rushes in: the Sunday roasts of childhood. The stiff clothes meant only for church. A summer at a school friend’s house. The losses and missteps that punctuate a life.As David’s arrival in Zurich looms, an exquisitely rendered portrait of an unravelling mind emerges, both darkly humorous and profoundly moving. Hypnotic and startlingly original, Switzy probes the depths of human consciousness, revealing what a man is left with when the accomplishments and compromises that have defined him, and the illusions he's relied on, vanish.

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’n Fratskoeël. Dis wat die verslaggewers dit genoem het. Die een wat hulle nefie, Jaco, in die voorkop net bo sy oog getref het. Lenore, Tarien en Bella moes verklarings aflê. Jaco se ouers het die drie niggies vir sy dood verantwoordelik gehou. Die leuens en misleiding rondom die noodlotskoeël sou egter hulle lewens onherroeplik verander.Jare later, wanneer een van Bateleur se renosterkoeie gestroop word, word Lenore se hulp ingeroep om die renosterkalfie te help versorg. Haar droom is om ’n toevlugsentrum vir diereslagoffers van wildmisdaad te stig. So beland sy weer op Bateleur. Daar waar die ongeluk gebeur het. Daar waar haar lewe so ingrypend verander het. Wie moet die skuld kry vir wat op daardie tragiese dag in die opstal op Bateleur gebeur het? Kan mens skuld aangee soos wat jy ’n baadjie oor iemand se skouers hang?Tarien droom daarvan om ’n skuilhuis vir die slagoffers van mensehandel teen die grens te vestig. Maar nou is sy al hoe minder oortuig sy is waar sy moet wees. Haar gebed is fluisterend: Vader, hierdie pad is langer as wat ek gedink het. Gee my krag. Ek het U so nodig. As sy langer hier wil bly sal sy moet vashou aan hoekom sy in die eerste plek Laeveld toe gekom het. Om van blaam vry te kom en die waarheid te laat seëvier. Tans voel sy net hoe sy haarself meer en meer skuld toe-eien.Bella is ’n misplaaste stadsmeisie in die platteland. Sy dra ontwerperspakkies. Hofsaak ná hofsaak maak sy seker die waarheid seëvier. Met Bella praat jy nie oor geloof of die verlede nie. Die tweede het haar hart vir die eerste toegemaak.Wat ’n driestuks is hulle tog nie, onlosmaaklik verbind deur ’n tragedie. En nou is hulle deur Tjaart van der Walt, wildboer en een van die rykste suikerrietboere duskant Komatipoort, bymekaar gebring om die bande te knip of te bevestig.

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You're Here for a Reason, from bestselling and beloved author Nancy Tillman, takes a universal truth and makes it accessible for readers young and old.Not only are we loved, but we also matter. In this tender and timeless read-along book, Tillman reminds us of this message in beautiful illustrations as children and animals interact with acts of kindness.Thank goodness you're here!Thank goodness times two!I just can't imagine a world without you.

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All 12 volumes of Death Note in one monstrously large edition! This hefty omnibus combines all 2,400 pages of the megahit thriller into a single massive tome, presented in a beautiful silver slipcase. A perfect collectible conversation piece and a must-have for Death Note fans. Also contains an epilogue chapter never before seen in English! Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal…or his life? All 12 volumes of Death Note in one massive book, also containing a chapter never published in English! * Netflix original Death Note movie released worldwide on August 25th, and was one of their most-watched titles over the launch weekend. * One of the most successful manga series of all time, Death Note volumes 1–12, Death Note: How to Read, omnibus Black Editions, Death Note Box Set, and two novels have sold a combined 1.8 million copies (US Bookscan 3/17); UK sales across all volumes stand at +723,000 copies, with UK Bookscan sales of +510,000 copies (08/17). * An incredible bargain at a fraction of the shelf space: less than half the price of all 12 individual volumes.

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We are built to love.Every part of our physiology and psychology is designed to attach with others and share our lives in deep and meaningful ways. As social animals we need people, this is simply our biology. But in modern life, so much has got in the way of building healthy attachments.When it comes to our intimate relationships, we are increasingly acting from a place of fear. We're scared we will choose the wrong person, or the person we are with doesn't love us enough. We're scared to get close. We're scared to be on our own. We're scared the one we love is pulling away. We are not securely attached.We have all been profoundly impacted by our experiences from childhood and previous relationships, and our need to protect ourselves can become greater than our need to love. When we love, or try to be loved, our history permeates our present in the most all-consuming and powerful ways. This book will offer tools and strategies for creating positive, secure attachments and help us create the fulfilling and nourishing relationships we need.

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