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Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies and studied each in direct comparison to one of its top competitors.

The story of the Burgundian elite and its remarkable court and culture, a medieval and early modern epic of dynastic struggle, artistic achievement and eventual extinction. A History of 1111 Years and One Day.'A sumptuous feast of a book' The Times, Books of the Year

Ash, Jace, and Gabe: three of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the country. They’re accustomed to getting anything they want. Anything at all. For Ash, it’s the woman who changes everything he’s ever known about dominance and desire...

A feisty yet heart-breaking love story from New York Times bestseller Colleen Hoover

Humanity clings to life on a dying Earth in an epic, far-future science fiction novel from an award-winning author.

It’s the summer of 1973, and Joe Castle is the boy wonder of baseball, the greatest rookie anyone has ever seen. The kid from Calico Rock, Arkansas, dazzles Chicago Cubs fans as he hits home run after home run, politely tipping his hat to the crowd as he shatters all rookie

Floss’s parents are divorced, and she divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her new stepdad and her baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run his greasy spoon cafe. But their simple arrangement is thrown into disarray when Floss’s mum decides to move to Australia. 

As the owner of a flourishing Latin American crafts boutique, Karina Strauss should be basking in her success. Instead she’s worried about her troubled sister, the girlfriend—and prisoner—of drug lord Carlos Moreno. Kari wants no part of that life, but when she helps a friend cross into the United States illegally, two men on opposite sides of the law take Moreno and Adam Cortez, the handsome border protection officer who lets Kari off the hook. It’s not just Kari’s tantalizing flash of skin that catches Adam’s attention—her drug cartel connections bring back the demons of his past.

Chakrol the Ocean Hammer is the fourth book of Series 3: The Pride of Blackheart (and twelfth book overall) of Sea Quest. The fight against Cora Blackheart and her crew reaches its thrilling conclusion. As they face the deadly Ocean Hammer, can our heroes deliver justice and restore harmony to the seas?

Part of the Ladybird 'Picture Books' series, this wonderful book is a perfect introduction to fairy tales for pre-schoolers - it contains amusing pictures and lots of funny rhythm and rhyme to delight young children.