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Presenting an autobiography of a Travel PR guru, this work takes us on a ride from poor boy growing up gay in a small town on the west coast of Scotland to the five-star lifestyle of a PR guru in the fledgling travel industry of the early seventies in London.

As a writer on leadership topics, John Adair has been described as "without doubt one of the foremost thinkers on the subject in the world" (Sir John Harvey-Jones). Packed with valuable insights and advice, this book presents John Adair's classic theory on Team, Task and Individual.

Set on the beguiling Atlantic Ocean island of Bermuda, this thriller reveals financial scams, deceit and crimes that lie beneath the surface of respectability.

The Shorter MBA is a practical and succinct book which presents all the essential theory, practice and techniques taught to MBA students and is ideal for the busy practising executive. The book is divided into three main parts: personal development, management skills and business development.

Are you satisfied with the way your life is going - personally and financially? Do you want to life-coach yourself to success? In this inspiring book you will find techniques you can use now for achieving success in all areas of your life.

A brilliant summary of all John Adair's ideas, advice and techniques. A goldmine of ideas, advice and techniques from one of the world's leading writers on management and leadership. It brings together all of John Adair's thinking on leadership, teambuilding, creativity and innovation, problem-solving, motivation, communication and time-management.

JOHN ADAIR poses the questions, who are the great leaders in history and what have they got to teach us today about the nature and practice of leadership? In asking to what degree true leadership can be identified and developed, he explores the make-up and achievements of leaders as diverse as Lao Tzu and Machiavelli, Margaret Thatcher and Mandela.

An intriguing crime mystery - the disappearance of an Englishman in France. Perfect for fans of Maigret. Set in St Remy de Provence, Southern France, 2006, an expat Englishman is missing. After a false start by the local police, Avignon's answer to Maigret, Commandant Ruppert, is brought in to pick up the investigation.

The Concise Adair on Leadership encapsulates John Adair's writing on how to develop your own leadership potential, to motivate your colleagues and to build a creative and high- performing team.

This book encapsulates all of John Adair's writing on how to recognise and enhance creativity in your organisation. It focusses on team training, generation of ideas, communication and overcoming obstacles, the key characteristics of innovators and how to organise and use them to best effect.

A fast-paced story of an ordinary man who becomes accidentally involved with villains in business and government in Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore. With a background of intrigue, corruption and tax avoidance, this intricate novel is set against events in the early 1980s in Britain's Hong Kong, the Manila of Marcos and Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore.

If you are considering setting up your own business, you certainly need information and some hard facts. This book will provide you with essential guidance in areas such as funding, tax, accounts and much more! You will also appreciate an insight into useful character traits and the attributes necessary for success, as well as such things as the advantages and disadvantages of working from home.

This tale of Welsh drovers taking a large herd of cattle from the 'wild west' of North Wales to London in the 1790s and stakes a claim for these interesting characters to be the first cowboys. What happens in Westerns happened here to Welsh drovers on their cattle drives.

Set in a private school a little in the past - at a time of turbulence following the death of the old headmaster - a sinister thread runs through the attempts to take the school forward, where issues of child protection risk being buried in the protection of profits.

Presents a one-stop guide to the world's key writers on leadership, their thought and contribution. This book is a listing of the main leadership gurus from Adair to Sun Tzu, their main concepts and approaches. It is a guide to some of the world's business leaders, who they are, what they've done, and their beliefs.

More than a time management philosophy or system, this text outlines a way of approaching life, work and goals. It is written in an informal, conversational style, enhanced by numerous quotations and anecdotes. The approach is designed to be sustainable over time.

This text includes over 50 activities and assignments designed to increase personal effectiveness. Key information is provided under easily identifiable icons and skills covered include: setting goals; managing time; putting stress to work; becoming a leader; and balancing work and home.