Quercus: 997 books
The Universe
In 100 Key Discoveries
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
This stunning collection of images and essays surveys the key breakthroughs that have shaped our understanding of the universe around us - from the discovery of the solar system, to Supermassive black holes and the remote depths of the cosmos.
Beginning with the theories put forward for the...
by Chris Salewicz
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
James Marshall 'Jimi' Hendrix is the most famous and perhaps the most innovative guitarist in music history. He died aged 27.
In this thought-provoking mini-biography, acclaimed author Chris Salewicz attends not just to Hendrix's virtuoso skill, but also to his enigmatic and unpredictable character....
The Villa
Escape to Sicily with the Number One Bestseller
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
THE #1 KINDLE BESTSELLER. An unforgettable story set off the sun-soaked coast of Sicily for fans of Dinah Jefferies, Victoria Hislop and Santa Montefiore.
'The perfect holiday companion' - Heat
'The ultimate feel-good read' - Candis
'Sun-soaked escapism' - Best
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by Chris Salewicz
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Janis Joplin, singer-songwriter, counterculture icon, the Queen of rock and roll, died aged just 27. During a short four-year career, blighted by alcoholism and drug abuse, she changed the face of music, carving out opportunities for a generation of female talent. Her powerful, raw vocals touched...
Richer Than God
Manchester City, Modern Football and Growing Up
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Richer Than God is an authoritative, provocative, investigative account of Manchester City's history, culminating in its transformation as Sheikh Mansour seeks to spend the formerly miserable Manchester club into the European elite. When Conn asked an American working in Abu Dhabi whether its economy...
When Cultures Collide
Leading Across Cultures 4th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
"An invaluable tool to help in planning practical strategies to work successfully across increasingly diverse business cultures. Riveting and thoroughly researched." - Daily Telegraph
A major new edition of the classic work that revolutionized the way business is conducted across...
Communication Highwire
Leveraging the Power of Diverse Communication Styles
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2005
Step right up to the exciting three-ring circus of Communication Styles ...
No matter where we live of what we do, we deal with people using a wide variety of communication styles every day. At work, in the marketplace and at home, diversity in communication styles presents rich opportunities,...
The Expertise Economy
How the smartest companies use learning to engage, compete, and succeed
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
As seen in Fast Company, Inc., Entrepreneur, Quartz at Work, Big Think, Chief Learning Officer, Chief Executive Officer, and featured in the Financial Times, and Forbes Recommended Reading for Creative Leaders.
Keeping people's skills in sync with fast-changing markets is the biggest challenge...
Kill Bad Meetings
Cut 50% of your meetings to transform your culture,improve collaboration and accelerate decisions
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Are you ready to save a day a week? Make meetings matter again. This book could be the best investment in your productivity and engagement that you ever make.
Meetings are probably the largest unmanaged cost area in large organizations. Today meetings consume about 40% of working time for managers...
The Character of Organizations
Using Personality Type in Organization Development
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2000
A classic work on organizational character - once again in the forefront of new ideas
An organization's character shapes how decisions get made and new ideas are received. In this book, William Bridges identifies 16 organizational character types using the framework of MBTI (Myers-Briggs) personality types and shows how these influence an organization's growth and development.
by Helen Wattley-Ames
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1999
Now in an updated second edition
Seven years after the publication of the first edition, Spain is still different, but it is changing, too - modernizing rapidly and participating as an active member of the European Union.
While thoroughly updating her original work, Helen Wattley-Ames...
YOU, Incorporated
Your Career is Your Business
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
From career transition expert and bestselling author Ines Temple comes a concise, practical guide for job-seekers, career-changers, and career-builders on how to manage your career like a business with YOU as its most valuable asset.
Organized into 5 digestible chapters*, You, Incorporated*...
Defining You
How to profile yourself and unlock your full potential
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
Professional profiling is normally for the privileged few. This book opens it up to EVERYONE who aspires to improve their performance by becoming more self-aware.
Take the online psychometric test and receive a full professional report!
Have you ever wondered what a profiling session...
by Rob Moore
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
If you have a burning ambition, brilliant business idea or creative passion: What are you waiting for? Now is the time to get going!
Hardly anyone gets it right the first time, but many of us are crippled by indecision and fear of failure. The desire to get it right can inhibit us from getting...