Simons: 220 books
Six Square Metres
reflections from a small garden
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
Life lessons from the ground up.
Sometimes you reap what you sow. Sometimes you reap what other people sowed. Sometimes you haven't got a clue what you are sowing, and sometimes you just get lucky, or unlucky. All these things are true of life, as of gardening.
In this thoughtful and...
Quarterly Essay 15 Latham's World
The New Politics of the Outsiders
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
In the third Quarterly Essay of 2004, Margaret Simons takes a long hard look at Mark Latham, the self-proclaimed "club buster" and the man who would be prime minister. Few doubt Latham's intelligence and ambition, but what will this amount to in government? Simons argues that if Labor is elected,...
by J David Simons
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018
A beautiful novel about one woman's obsession with the life of a silent movie star as she struggles to accept life's compromises.
Finding herself to be on the wrong side of fifty for a female film star, Laura Scott's career is on the slide. She has an opportunity to reverse this downward spiral...
Nature, Culture & the Sacred
A Woman Listens for Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
In Nature, Culture, and the Sacred, Bioneers co-founder Nina Simons offers inspiration for anyone who aspires to grow into their own unique form of leadership with resilience and joy. Drawing on her extensive experience with women's leadership development, Simons aims to replace the old patriarchal,...
The Summer Garden
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
The epic and monumental love story Paullina Simons began with her adored international bestseller The Bronze Horseman comes to a breathtaking conclusion. The Summer Garden is the third volume in Simons’s magnificent trilogy—a Russian Thorn Birds—which follows a love that survived the terrible...
by Mel Simons
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2016
It seems there is no end to the enormous amount of material in Mel Simons’ nostalgia collection. He has written 14 books on old-time radio, old-time television, music and humor and now, his latest, The Old-Time Television Trivia Book II. Each of Mel’s books elicits the rich history of a golden...
Seven Strategy Questions
A Simple Approach for Better Execution
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive strategy into the day-to-day actions carried out in your company. That means channeling resources into the right efforts, achieving the right balance between innovation and control, and getting everyone pulling in the same...
by Professor Helen Simons
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2009
Case Study Research in Practice explores the theory and practice of case study research. Helen Simons draws on her extensive experience of teaching and conducting case study to provide a comprehensive and practical account of how to design, conduct and communicate case study research. It addresses...
Boeing 707 Group
A History
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
The Boeing 707 family - that includes the forerunner Model 367-80, the KC-135 series of military transports and the slightly smaller Model 720 - was the pioneer of the sweptback wing, incorporating podded engines borrowed from the B-47 military bomber. It was the aircraft that many regard as the design...
Changing the Food Game
Market Transformation Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
By 2050, the world’s population is estimated to grow to 10 billion. To feed everyone, we will have to double our food production, to produce more food in the next 40 years than in the whole of the last 6,000. Changing the Food Game shows how our unsustainable food production system cannot support...
Master of War
Blackwater USA's Erik Prince and the Business of War
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
“Suzanne Simons is a masterful storyteller. But make no mistake—Master of War is not a work of fiction….A powerful and true account.”
—Wolf Blitzer, anchor, CNN’s The Situation Room
Master of War is the riveting true story of Eric Prince, the ex-Navy SEAL who founded...
Operation Lusty
The Race for Hitler's Secret Technology
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
A fascinating overview of the Allies’ post-WWII program to gain access to advanced Nazi war machines and the technology they ultimately recovered.
Prior to the Allied D-Day assault on Normandy, France, rumors had already been circulating that high-tech Nazi super-weapons (wunderwaffe) had reached...
The Secret Lives of Sports Fans
The Science of Sports Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
What is happening in our brains and bodies when we feel strong emotion while watching a game? How do sports fans resemble political junkies, and why do we form such a strong attachment to a sports team? Journalist Eric Simons presents in-depth research in an accessible and brilliant way, sure to interest...
Levers of Control
How Managers Use Innovative Control Systems to Drive Strategic Renewal
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1994
Based on a ten-year examination of control systems in over 50 U.S. businesses, this book broadens the definition of control and establishes a critical bridge between the disciplines of strategy and accounting and control. In addition to the more traditional diagnostic control systems, Simons identifies...