Download or read book The Janus Effect written by Jan Coffey and published by MM Books. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PEACE AND WAR, FRIEND AND FOE, LIFE AND DEATH… A PERILOUS JOURNEY HOME! Fahimah Banaz has been wrongly held in a CIA “black site” for over five years. Now, as cases of unexplained deaths—marked by rapid decomposition—are cropping up across the U.S., Homeland Security is willing to bend any rule to find the source of the deadly infection, even if it means resurrecting a "dead" Iraqi biochemist. Fahimah’s sister risked her life trying to destroy the super-microbe that causes the flesh-eating disease. Fahimah tried, too, but landed in prison. Austyn Newman was sent to gain the cooperation of the scientist. Arriving in Afghanistan, he recognizes that the CIA has been holding the wrong sister all these years. They need her, but how will he gain her trust? With time running out, Austyn must help Fahimah find her way through war-ravaged Iraq and Kurdistan…for the answer lies at the end of her journey home. Winner: Connecticut Press Club — Best Book of the Year: Adult Fiction ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you enjoy the Jack Ryan novels by Tom Clancy, you’ll want to try this exciting suspense novel. This heart stopping, action-packed thriller will provide frayed nerves for fans of Barbara Freethy, Laura Griffin, Karen Rose, D.V. Berkom, Kristi Belcamino, Dan Alatorre, Ethan Jones, Janey Crouch, Megan Mitcham, Willow Rose, JD Robb, Karen Robards, Michael Connelly, Susan Stoker, Heather Graham, Sharon Sala, Ann Rule, Jennifer Ruff, L.T. Ryan, Jason Kasper, Marc Cameron, Saul Herzog, Auston King, Brad Thor, Ken Fite. Keywords – well-researched fast-paced gripping white-knuckle read, emotional exciting page-turner, twisty action, pulse-pounding romantic thrillers, off-the-charts chemistry, smart sophisticated, fast-moving romantic suspense, believable love story, satisfying and complex mystery, romance and terror, strong female heroines and intense male leads, domestic thriller, international thriller, fierce women seeking justice, mind blowing thought provoking suspense, great summer read, wounded hero, female leads, heart-pounding fast-paced action, desperation, acts of revenge, redemption and revenge, murder mystery, forced proximity, dangerous games series, bestselling whodunit, sexual intrigue, ticking clock suspense, domestic thriller, common threat, shared enemy, chilling villains, award winning whodunit, suspense books to read, mental health issues, books to keep you up all night, action, adventure; bioterrorism novels, bioterrorism fiction, pandemic fiction, pandemic fiction books, national security threat novels, national security threat fiction, Iraq war novels, ghost prison fiction, CIA fiction, bioweapons fiction, bioweapons novels, contagion fiction, woman scientist fiction, genocide novels, biotech novels, biotech fiction, corporate intrigue, corporate corruption suspense, Homeland Security novels, techno thriller books, techno thriller fiction, techno-thriller suspense, military thrillers. Covid Pandemic fiction

Download or read book The Janus Effect written by Mike Oakwood and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-02 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spend three consecutive minutes within ten feet of ten-year-old Emily Anderson, and one is cured of any disease in three days.Spend three consecutive minutes within ten feet of her father, Travis Anderson, and one is dead in three days.If it had only stayed that way.Jennifer Anderson is the wife and mother who is running out of time to redeem her husband while the power that is in her daughter is growing out of control. Is it a curse or a cure? The Janus Effect. Joy shared is joy increased.

Download or read book The Janus Effect written by Alan Cash and published by Ylolfa. This book was released on 2005 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling novel of a future Britain, one that could too easily come true. In 2040 Britain is at war - with itself. A military dictatorship rules from London. There is only one TV channel - English TV - controlled by the government. Overhead, in geostationary orbit, squats Eurocom One, a space station run by joint European and Russian big business, from whom the British government has rented space for secret experiments on population and crowd control. Compulsory identity cards are a reality. Information in them is unknown to the bearer. It can be altered to suit the government's purposes. In the south, on the Isle of Wight, is a huge concentration camp of economic migrants waiting to be forcibly shipped home. In the West is fortress Anglesey, an island wide prison for political prisoners. The East End of London is flooded, following a massive swell in the North Sea in the winter of 2039. The sea level has risen, drowning parts of the south coast. On Guernsey, buried deep in the caves tunneled by the Nazis in the second World War, is Project Alpha. A man wakes up in a military prison hospital. 20 years have been a wiped from his memory. He is a 40 year old man with the memories of a man in his twenties. Sprung from captivity by people who claim he is their leader, but dubbed terrorists by the government, he is given the chance to recover his lost years - at a price. He is the only one to have penetrated Project Alpha.. If only he could remember what he'd done......

Download or read book Janus Effect written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janus was the Roman God who looked both ways and embodies the idea of someone who appears to hold different and contradictory ideas at the same time. Filmmaker Malcolm Hossick explores how this affected the lives of three remarkable men - Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson and Charles Darwin.

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Download or read book The Janus Point written by Julian Barbour and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a universe filled by chaos and disorder, one physicist makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time -- and shapes the destiny of the universe. Time is among the universe's greatest mysteries. Why, when most laws of physics allow for it to flow forward and backward, does it only go forward? Physicists have long appealed to the second law of thermodynamics, held to predict the increase of disorder in the universe, to explain this. In The Janus Point, physicist Julian Barbour argues that the second law has been misapplied and that the growth of order determines how we experience time. In his view, the big bang becomes the "Janus point," a moment of minimal order from which time could flow, and order increase, in two directions. The Janus Point has remarkable implications: while most physicists predict that the universe will become mired in disorder, Barbour sees the possibility that order -- the stuff of life -- can grow without bound. A major new work of physics, The Janus Point will transform our understanding of the nature of existence.

Download or read book Destination Unstoppable written by Maureen Electa Monte and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-08 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is more than a sports success story - it is a team success story. The world runs on teams yet only a few reach their full potential. This is a story of how to build a winning team by mining and aligning human treasure so that your group discovers Destination Unstoppable. This book is for any coach or leader who seeks to achieve a competitive advantage by harnessing the full capabilities of every person in the locker room or the conference room. How many times have we been told, "Fix your weaknesses and you'll be a rock star!" No. Hone your strengths and you'll be a rock star. Peak performance lies in fully understanding what you do best, making your weaknesses irrelevant. This fascinating approach is explored in the true story of an unlikely partnership between business consultant Maureen Electa Monte and veteran coach Andrew Weidenbach to help the talented but struggling Cranbrook boy's high school varsity hockey team. When Monte's strengths-based success program was deployed, magic happened. Untapped talent was discovered and utilized on and off the ice. No teammate was left behind. Momentum grew with compounded interest. Six weeks later they were state champions.

Download or read book The Janus Aspect written by John Tusa and published by Methuen Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the success of his On Creativity, John Tusa's new book draws on his acclaimed BBC Radio 3 series of interviews with a range of internationally distinguished artists. In video, music, dance, theatre, architecture, painting and sculpture, these remarkable practitioners work in forms that challenge and break traditional limits, crossing the boundaries between the arts to create new ways of expression and new kinds of meaning in a world transformed by multimedia. An invaluable insider's guide to their work and lives, Crossovers includes eight pages of illustrations and a substantial introductory essay by Tusa himself. Interviewees: Bill Viola (video), Michal Rovner (video and prints), Bernardo Bertolucci (film director), Atom Egoyan (film and stage director), Heiner Goebbels (director/composer), Simon McBurney (director/creator), Gilbert and George (artist), Merce Cunningham (choreographer), William Forsythe (choreographer), Anish Kapoor (sculptor), Richard Serra (sculptor), Renzo Piano (architect), Rachel Whiteread (sculptor) and Michael Craig-Martin (artist).

Download or read book The Janus Face of Commercial Open Source Software Communities written by Ann Westenholz and published by Copenhagen Business School Press DK. This book was released on 2012 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen years ago software was primarily developed either within an organizational field of voluntary open source software communities or within an organizational field of commercial companies. Within the organizational field of open source software, participants looked upon themselves as programmers and users modifying and sharing codes, making them available to everyone for free. Within the field of commercial companies, managers and employees perceived software as a commodity that could be bought and sold, and the development of the software was wrapped in copyrights and licenses. Today, commercial companies are involved in activities within open source software communities in many different ways. How did people start to co-operate with the enemy on software development is the leading question in the book. The answers are based on in-depth studies of three empirical cases showing different variations of successful co-operation. In all three cases the development has raised serious identity questions like: Who am I? Who are my friends and enemies? And what is the right thing for me to do in the future? The book is for everyone interested in software development and/or open innovation processes and will be of particular interest for organizational scholars as it draws heavily on sociological concepts like institutional logics, institutional work and institutional actors.

Download or read book Special Effects Make up written by Janus Vinther and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special effects have become an increasingly important part of both film and theatre production. With storylines becoming more sensational and technology more sophisticated, the market for high-quality special effects is huge. In this book Janus Vinther provides step-by-step guidelines for achieving a wide variety of grotesque and outlandish effects, including bullet holes, body fluids and burns. In addition there is a chapter on specialised character make-up, ranging from Dracula to the Terminator. With detailed explanation of techniques and materials and illustrated throughout, this book contains everything you need to know to look your worst.

Download or read book The Leadership Challenge written by James M. Kouzes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most trusted source of leadership wisdom, updated to address today's realities The Leadership Challenge is the gold-standard manual for effective leadership, grounded in research and written by the premier authorities in the field. With deep insight into the complex interpersonal dynamics of the workplace, this book positions leadership both as a skill to be learned, and as a relationship that must be nurtured to reach its full potential. This new sixth edition has been revised to address current challenges, and includes more international examples and a laser focus on business issues; you'll learn how extraordinary leaders accomplish extraordinary things, and how to develop your leadership skills and style to deliver quality results every time. Engaging stories delve into the fundamental roles that great leaders fulfill, and simple frameworks provide a primer for those who seek continuous improvement; by internalizing key insights and putting concepts into action, you'll become a more effective, more impactful leader. A good leader gets things done; a great leader aspires, inspires, and achieves more. This book highlights the differences between good and great, and shows you how to bridge the chasm between getting things done and making things happen. Gain deep insight into leadership's critical role in organizational health Navigate the shift toward team-oriented work relationships Motivate and inspire to break through the pervasive new cynicism Leverage the electronic global village to deliver better results Business is evolving at an increasingly rapid rate, and leaders must keep pace with the changes or risk stagnation. People work differently, are motivated differently, and have different expectations today—business as usual is quickly losing its effectiveness. The Leadership Challenge helps you stay current, relevant, and effective in the modern workplace.

Download or read book Beginner s Guide to Reflective Practice in Nursing written by Catherine Delves-Yates and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is reflective practice and why is it important? How do I write my first reflection? Learn how to carry out reflective practice quickly and easily with this beginner’s guide for nurses. Written for nursing students and registered nurses, this book helps build confidence in writing reflectively by using clear step-by-step guidance, insightful case studies, learning activities, and by addressing commonly asked questions from nurses and nursing students. The book has three sections; the first starts with a simple model to help students practice a first reflection and explains how to use reflection as part of assessed work at university. The second section focuses on reflecting in practice and finding the time to do it in busy work situations. The final section helps students to think more deeply about models and theories of reflection, to develop the skills they will need to pass the final year of their course. Essential reading for any nursing student new to reflective practice or registered nurse wanting to improve their reflective writing skills.

Download or read book The Janus Factor written by Gary Edwin Anderson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tap into feedback loops to unravel market trends and discover profitable trading opportunities The Janus Factor presents an innovative theory that describes how feedback loops determine market behavior. The book clearly shows how the theory can be applied to make trading more profitable. The metaphor of the two-faced god Janus is used to reflect alternating market environments, one dominated by trend followers and the other by contrarian bargain hunters. In this book, author Gary Anderson puts forth a systematic view of how positive and negative feedback drive capital flows in the stock market and how those flows tend to favor either sector leaders or sector laggards at different times. Discusses how to find better performing stocks Outlines when and how to use momentum strategies for big profits Addresses when and how to use contrarian strategies Gary Anderson is the winner of the 2003 Charles H. Dow Award, presented by the Market Technicians Association Intellectually challenging and highly practical, The Janus Factor offers insight into market behavior and new methods for capturing stock market trends.

Download or read book Adapturgy written by Jane Barnette and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dramaturg Jane Barnette has put together an essential guide for theatre scholars and practitioners seeking to understand and participate in the process of adaptation for the stage. Employing the term “adapturgy”—her neologism for the art of adaptation dramaturgy—Barnette redefines the dramaturg’s role and thoroughly refutes the commonplace point of view that adapted works are somehow less creative than “original” plays. The dual nature of dramaturgy and adaptation as both process and product is reflected in the structure and organization of the book. Part 1 explores the ways that linking adaptation to dramaturgy advances our understanding of both practices. Part 2 demonstrates three different methods—each grounded in a detailed case study—for analyzing theatrical adaptations. Part 3 offers concrete strategies for the dramaturg: dramaturgy for the adapted script; the production dramaturgy of stage adaptations; and the role of the dramaturg in the postmortem for a production. Rounding out the book are two appendixes containing interviews with adapters and theatre-makers and representative program notes from different play adaptations. Plays adapted from literature and other media represent a rapidly growing part of the theatre. This book offers both practical and theoretical tools for understanding and creating these new works.

Download or read book Channels of Discourse Reassembled written by Robert Allen and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2010-01-27 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original publication in 1987, Channels of Discourse has provided the most comprehensive consideration of commercial television, drawing on insights provided by the major strands of contemporary criticism: semiotics, narrative theory, reception theory, genre theory, ideological analysis, psychoanalysis, feminist criticism, and British cultural studies. The second edition features a new introduction by Robert Allen that includes a discussion of the political economy of commercial television. Two new essays have been added--one an assessment of postmodernism and television, the other an analysis of convergence and divergence among the essays--and the original essays have been substantially revised and updated with an international audience in mind. Sixty-one new television stills illustrate the text. Each essay lays out the general tenets of its particular approach, discusses television as an object of analysis within that critical framework, and provides extended examples of the types of analysis produced by that critical approach. Case studies range from Rescue 911 and Twin Peaks to soap operas, music videos, game shows, talk shows, and commericals. Channels of Discourse, Reassembled suggests new ways of understanding relationships among television programs, between viewing pleasure and narrative structure, and between the world in front of the television set and that represented on the screen. The collection also addresses the qualities of popular television that traditional aesthetics and quantitative media research have failed to treat satisfactorily, including its seriality, mass production, and extraordinary popularity. The contributors are Robert C. Allen, Jim Collins, Jane Feuer, John Fiske, Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, James Hay, E. Ann Kaplan, Sarah Kozloff, Ellen Seiter, and Mimi White.

Download or read book Brain Based Enterprises written by Peter Cook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brain Based Enterprises offers a unique synthesis of intelligent thought fused with pragmatic and pithy insights on the art and discipline of leading enterprises, where intelligence, ideas and innovation are the currencies of Sustainable Coopetive Advantage (SCA). From the first signs of intelligence through making axes and fire, we now have access to unprecedented powers of creation through the convergence of humanity and technology. Rapid and dramatic advances in our understanding of genomics, biotechnology, computing and robotics make it possible for us to create a better world or destroy what we have created. The author explores both sides of the Man-Machine dynamic so that you can choose wisely. Expressed clearly and concisely, this book is essential reading for busy people seeking to inform and illuminate themselves with a rich mixture of pragmatism, inspiration and wisdom. Featuring numerous micro case-ettes from enterprises ranging from biotechnology to banking and bots, Brain Based Enterprises grounds the ideas for people seeking to make the most of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Download or read book The Use and Abuse of Television written by J. Mallory Wober and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical review of the harms and benefits of television that also examines systems for maximizing television's benefits. The author breaks away from the conventional jargon of audience measurement and other traditional research methods, proposing instead new and alternative European and Australian methods of evaluating programming. Typical characterizations of the television screen – broadly defined to include television, home video, movies, games, programs and computers – as either the root of all social ills or the potential savior of society are reexamined. Wober's ultimately optimistic viewpoint seeks to trigger change in the way we think about and assess television and in turn ensure that screens will serve, rather than take advantage of, their users. Originally published in 1988, this thinking-piece concerns timeless issues still of import.