Download or read book Chief Financial Officers Act Oversight written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Like A Brother written by Maurice M Gray Jr and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeremiah McAllister lost his entire family before he turned eighteen, but was blessed with another one. As the oldest of more than a dozen young adults mentored by CC Dawson and her husband Thurman, Jeremiah takes his role as oldest brother within their chosen family seriously. To his siblings, he is confidante, emergency contact, babysitter and family ATM; whatever they need, he provides, no questions asked. However, some among them push his largesse to its limits.Jenisse Anderson uses Jeremiah as a surrogate man on her arm for social events when she's between boyfriends and as her personal 911 (she calls him to help her deal with anything she deems an emergency). Despite Jeremiah's consistently being there for her, she will neither reciprocate nor discuss his feelings for her, or even deal with the issues of her past.Erik Dawson (CC and Thurman's only biological child) is currently estranged from his parents, and uses Jeremiah as a go-between so he knows they're okay and vice-versa. Jeremiah's repeated pleas for Erik to go to his parents and reconcile fall on deaf ears. Between Jenisse and Erik and the constant requests from the others, Jeremiah is pulled in too many different directions all at once.As he reaches his breaking point, Jeremiah finds himself at a crossroads in his life. How can he break out of an emotional prison he didn't even realize he was in until recently? Can he face his own history in order to embrace a better future?

Download or read book Working Mother written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magazine that helps career moms balance their personal and professional lives.

Download or read book Bringing Home the Bachelor written by Sarah M. Anderson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Bolton Brothers novel, Sarah M. Anderson shows how one single mom at a bachelor auction can bring home the wildest ride of her life! Jenny Wawasuck knows that "Wild" Billy Bolton is all wrong for a good girl like her. But then she sees the bond Billy forms with her son?and feels how Billy's touch burns her skin, how his kiss ignites desires she's long ignored. So she brings him home from the charity bachelor auction. Now Billy has one night to stake his claim. But in a world filled with blackmailers and gold diggers, can a millionaire bad boy and a sweet single mom turn one chance into forever?

Download or read book Chasing Hope written by Nicholas D. Kristof and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and best-selling author Nicholas D. Kristof, an intimate and gripping memoir about a life in journalism Since 1984, Nicholas Kristof has worked almost continuously for The New York Times as a reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and now columnist, becoming one of the foremost reporters of his generation. Here, he recounts his event-filled path from a small-town farm in Oregon to every corner of the world. Reporting from Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo, while traveling far afield to India, Africa, and Europe, Kristof witnessed and wrote about century-defining events: the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, the Yemeni civil war, the Darfur genocide in Sudan, and the wave of addiction and despair that swept through his hometown and a broad swath of working-class America. Fully aware that coverage of atrocities generates considerably fewer page views than the coverage of politics, he nevertheless continued to weaponize his pen against regimes and groups violating basic human rights, raising the cost of oppression and torture. Some of the risks he took while doing so make for hair-raising reading. Kristof writes about some of the great members of his profession and introduces us to extraordinary people he has met, such as the dissident whom he helped escape from China and a Catholic nun who browbeat a warlord into releasing schoolgirls he had kidnapped. These are the people, the heroes, who have allowed Kristof to remain optimistic. Side by side with the worst of humanity, you always see the best. This is a candid memoir of vulnerability and courage, humility and purpose, mistakes and learning—a singular tale of the trials, tribulations, and hope to be found in a life dedicated to the pursuit of truth.

Download or read book Working Mother written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magazine that helps career moms balance their personal and professional lives.

Download or read book Inconveniently Yours written by Ian O. Lewis and published by Cruz Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Swear to God, his nose is so high in the air he could drown in a rainstorm.” Chase is a country boy living the dream, though most people would call it a nightmare. He’s the personal assistant to a powerful executive of a global conglomerate, a man so cold you’ll be forgiven for thinking ice water flows through his veins. When he first meets his boss he is smitten by him, but after two years of what can only be called low-paid slavery, he’s had enough. On the verge of quitting, disaster strikes, and Chase finally discovers a way to climb the corporate ladder. Unfortunately for him, that means marrying the boss. Everyone loathes Juan, and he doesn’t give a damn. His only desire is to succeed, and he doesn’t care who he steps on to achieve his goals. When it’s discovered he has violated the terms of his visa, he’s threatened with deportation. Juan will do anything to stay in the United States, and not lose his powerful and lucrative job. Panicked, he tells the board of directors he’s marrying his assistant, Chase, who promptly blackmails Juan into promoting him. Unable to say no, the two embark on a road trip to meet Chase’s eccentric southern family, and end up discovering there’s more between them than they've ever thought possible. Inconveniently Yours is the second book in the Southern Discomfort series. Prepare yourself for sweet tea and sour words, served alongside men discovering their deepest desires. Inconveniently Yours has it all; enemies to lovers, a fake relationship, and two men falling in love for the first time. So relax on your porch swing with a mint julep and a slice of pecan pie, and enjoy the journey to true love. This romantic comedy is the perfect fit for fans of Lauren Blakely, Andrew Gray, and Felice Stevens.

Download or read book Twelve Angry Librarians written by Miranda James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series is back with more Southern charm and beguiling mystery as Charlie Harris and his cat Diesel must find a killer in a room full of librarians... Charlie is stressed out. The Southern Academic Libraries Association is holding this year’s annual meeting at Athena College. Since Charlie is the interim library director, he must deliver the welcome speech to all the visiting librarians. And as if that weren’t bad enough, the keynote address will be delivered by Charlie’s old nemesis from library school. It’s been thirty years since Charlie has seen Gavin Fong, and he’s still an insufferable know-it-all capable of getting under everyone’s skin. In his keynote, Gavin puts forth a most unpopular opinion: that degreed librarians will be obsolete in the academic libraries of the future. So when Gavin drops dead, no one seems too upset... But Charlie, who was seen having a heated argument with Gavin the day before, has jumped to the top of the suspect list. Now Charlie and Diesel must check out every clue to refine their search for the real killer among them before the next book Charlie reads comes from a prison library...

Download or read book Fabulous Jane written by Dudley Peters and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman with exceptional IQ and photographic memory enters the big world. She proves herself in every endeavor she gets involved with. Along the way, she meets and impresses those people she meets. She has a mind of her own and makes many amazing and subtle, unexpected decisions. With her, there is always a surprise around every corner. This book delivers to you an exciting and fun read.

Download or read book Federal Housing Administration written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Troupers written by Richard Scarsbrook and published by Cormorant Books. This book was released on 2021-10-02 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trouper-Royale Orpheum Galaxie Theatre is a jewel in the entertainment crown of Niagara Falls. At least, that’s what the marquee out front says. To the Fabulous Trouper Quintuplets their family’s old theatre is a thorn in the crown of their adolescent memories. Under their famous-child-actor-turned-director father’s overbearing, and narcissistic eye, the quintuplets are raised on a strict diet of Golden Age entertainment and homeschooling to mold them into the best actors of their generation. But through a series of hilarious and tragic events, the siblings begin to develop their own personalities and ambitions, rebelling against their father’s aspirations for them. The tension rising from the quintuplets’ newfound individualism sparks an onstage brawl during a performance on their 18th birthday that changes the trajectory of all their lives. Twenty years later, the quintuplets reunite for the reading of their father’s will and his demand for one last performance.

Download or read book If You Could See What I See written by Cathy Lamb and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A widow finds solace working in her family’s lingerie shop in this heartwarming novel by the author of A Different Kind of Normal. For decades, the women in Meggie O'Rourke’s family have run Lace, Satin, and Baubles, a lingerie business that specializes in creations as exquisitely pretty as they are practical. The dynamic in Meggie’s family, however, is perpetually dysfunctional. In fact, if Meggie weren’t being summoned back to Portland, Oregon, by her grandmother, she’d be inclined to stay away all together. Since her husband’s death a year ago, Meggie’s emotions have been in constant flux, and so has her career as a documentary filmmaker. Finding ways to keep the family business afloat—and dealing with her squabbling sister and cousin—will at least give her a temporary focus. To draw customers to their website, Meggie decides to interview relatives and employees about their first bras and favorite lingerie. She envisions something flip and funny, but the confessions that emerge are unexpectedly poignant. There are stories of first loves and aching regrets, passionate mistakes and surprising rendezvous. And as the revelations illuminate her family’s past, Meggie begins to find her own way forward. With warmth and unflinching humor, If You Could See What I See explores the tender truths we keep close—and what can happen when we find the courage to bare them to the world. Praise for Cathy Lamb “This finely pitched family melodrama is balanced with enough gallows humor and idiosyncratic characters to make it positively irresistible.” —Publishers Weekly on Henry’s Sisters

Download or read book InfoWorld written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-10 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.

Download or read book CSO written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The business to business trade publication for information and physical Security professionals.

Download or read book Ministry of Justice financial management written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ministry of Justice delivers its services through a wide range of arm's length bodies and agencies, including the courts, prisons and probation services. The Ministry's Spending Review settlement requires a 23% reduction to its resource budget over the next four years. The Ministry has a range of financial management processes in place but lacks a consistent approach across its business, and to date it has not integrated financial management into its policy and operational workings. The Ministry needs to implement its Spending Review settlement on the basis of a full understanding of the cost and value of its services, so that financial cuts are best targeted to minimise the impact on frontline services. The Ministry and its arm's length bodies currently lack the detailed information they would need to do this. A comprehensive understanding of the costs and value of services must be a priority. For its arm's length bodies, having a clear direction, the details of which are formally agreed by both parties, is essential as is strong leadership and a shared sense of purpose. The Ministry now needs to oversee the performance of its arm's length bodies, such as framework documents, operational reviews, and accountability meetings. Fee recovery and fines collection have to be priority areas for improvement and the need to improve recovery rates where it does not currently recover the full cost of services provided. On fines collection, there was little sign of the sustained improvement promised when the Committee last took evidence in 2006.

Download or read book The Fall of the House of Hutton written by Donna Sammons Carpenter and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reprint of the Henry Holt edition of 1989.

Download or read book Unreasonable Leadership written by Gary Chartrand and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unreasonable Leadership provides a blueprint of how to lead and forge change in all types of economic environments. Gary Chartrand's powerful message of redefining the game, creating new pathways where there are none, leading without fear and mobilizing teams to coalesce around a goal is a timeless tool and is a must read for all who would call themselves leaders." Carla Harris, author of Expect To Win "Unreasonable Leadership should be required reading in every business school. What Gary Chartrand did to build Acosta into a industry leading sales and Marketing Juggernaut is simply remarkable and so is this book." Jon Gordon, Best-selling author of The Energy Bus and Soup "This is a smart, thought-provoking approach to leadership and how to create the ideal environment for bringing about positive change and achieving meaningful results." Mitt Romney, Former Governor of Massachusetts Gary Chartrand's Unreasonable Leadership provides a blueprint for leaders who are driving change not only in the corporate sector but in the social sector as well. Gary describes what it takes to be a true pioneer, to achieve unprecedented, ground breaking results despite the complexity of the work and the enormity of the challenges. We've learned through Teach for America that Unreasonable Leadership is exactly what is required to transform our entrenched public education systems. Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder of Teach For America Achieving a vision that seemed nearly impossible, having the courage to make difficult decisions, and leading with conviction transformed a company and its entire industry. Unreasonable Leadership charts the growth of Acosta Sales and Marketing, a food brokerage firm that grew from a one-state operation employing 11 people to an international sales and marketing agency employing a staff of more than 16,000 in the US and Canada. During a 12-year span, company sales grew from $3 billion to $60 billion. How did this happen? Acosta Chairman Gary Chartrand followed the advice of George Bernard Shaw: "All progress comes from unreasonable people." Chartrand's success as an unreasonable leader testifies to the value of setting a bold agenda, never being afraid to ask, and the critical importance of molding a corporate culture. His personal saga shows what can be accomplished no matter the odds of what "conventional wisdom" labels as impossible.