Bøger af Stephen Wilson

"The safest drivers on the road are those who are transporting a corpse to a discreet location while avoiding the notice of law enforcement."John Riley Hubbard is a young farmer and part-time reporter in a small southern town. After the body of an Arab college student is found near his home, Hubbard reluctantly agrees to cover the grisly story for the town's paper. When he discovers there might be a surprising link from this crime to his father's unsolved murder, he becomes obsessed with uncovering the killer's identity. Since he was a child, Hubbard has been haunted by nightmares and suspicions that his father's killer may be the man closest to him - his wealthy uncle.As his investigation progresses, he must face mounting threats from an unseen adversary and manage his growing attraction to Maria, a young Latino woman who might be part of the conspiracy.The White River Killer is an exciting mixture of mystery, dark humor, and the supernatural.

This book provides you with the distinct opportunity to tell yourself emphatically whether or not you are praying as God Almighty requires you to pray according to His Holy Word. Before you begin reading, note that this is not a critique of your prayer life. Hopefully, by the end of this reading, you will have determined whether your prayer life is producing God's desires for your life, or you will know if you need to stop at Heaven's prayer shop for a prayer life tune-up. Don't be shy, test-drive your prayer life!

After robbing a bank, the Colter Gang stumble on the scene of the massacre of a Cherokee tribe by Calvary soldiers intent on "pacification". The sole survivor of the raid is a young Indian baby. Even with a posse hot on their trail, young outlaw Frank Palmer refuses to simply leave the child to die from exposure to the cold. He pledges to join up with the gang as soon as he can find a place to drop off the child. His plans go awry and he finds himself joining a wagon train to avoid the lawmen closing in on him. Still with the baby as his responsibility, he forms close ties with a preacher's family and their beautiful young daughter. Palmer finds it difficult to leave both the girl and his young charge to their fate when the Cherokee target their wagons in retaliation for the massacre. To survive, the wagon train needs the help that only an experienced gunman can provide. But will Palmer take on the responsibility as protector or take flight to rejoin his gang?

Social Media marketing does not have to be overwhelming, mysterious, or immeasurable, as a promotional tactic for small business. Most business books about social media marketing tend to focus on the variety and types of online media (Facebook, Twitter et al), instead of focusing on developing Social Media marketing plans. It's no wonder that small business is reluctant to get involved with social media. It seems most Social Media marketing books have lost their business focus and adopted a simple mantra: Be everywhere and do everything - Online videos! Podcasts! Blogs! Mobile Marketing! Those are impossible, meaningless recommendations for a small business owner already overwhelmed with responsibilities The process of developing workable Social Media plans relies less on utilizing multiple Social Media outlets and more on developing marketing goals appropriate for this promotional channel that measurably improve profits. Developing a plan with built-in metrics gives your project energy and momentum; for if you really knew you could reach your customers and measure your success; would you still be ambivalent about pursuing Social Media marketing? In truth, most small business people feel a certain amount of "push" and "pull" about Social Media. They have heard the hoopla and read the breathless stories. Stunning case studies abound in the current crop of Social Media marketing books. These sagas often profile a bootstrap marketer climbing from obscurity to national success through adept Social Media marketing. Although these stories are engaging, a typical small business owner needs something far more direct and real than a case study. He or she wants to know - Is Social Media marketing a good choice for my business, in my city, and with my customers? Helping you answer that question is the mission of this book.

Shed Revenue-Draining Complexity Costs by Thirty Percent!"This is an ambitious book packed with insight and fresh thinking. Separating good from bad complexity costs is a critical task facing companies today, and the authors provide a compelling roadmap for solving the problem."Michael B. McCallister, President and CEO, Humana Inc."Waging War on Complexity Costs examines an incredibly important and often overlooked aspect of business and organizations in general--regulators and government officials should read this book and take notice. Complexity dramatically increases costs and risk of failure. It is like a cancer that eats away at efficiency and profitability."Andy Beal, Chairman and CEO, Beal Bank"This is by far the best and most useful explanation of how to address complexity in a business.Waging War on Complexity Costs frames the issue in a way that companies can finally tackle the problem--this book delivers."Ahmad R. Chatila, CEO, MEMC Electronic Materials Inc."This is the first book that really targets organizational complexity in a compelling way, making this a must-read for any organization that is looking to distance itself from the competition. After years of cost-cutting, many companies are realizing that they still don't have a discernable cost advantage. This book provides the platform to achieve just that, by attacking the complexity that bogs them down."Tom DiDonato, EVP Human Resources, American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.About the Book: Complexity costs are the single biggest determinant of your company's cost competitiveness. For the past two decades the pursuit of growth has created massive complexity in processes, product portfolios, and organizations, adding costs that companies can ill afford. The only good news is that your competitors may be carrying as much complexity as you are. Learn how to eliminate this complexity, and you can create a tremendous cost advantage over your competition.In Waging War on Complexity Costs, Stephen Wilson and Andrei Perumal deliver a powerful and practical approach for reclaiming your cost advantage. This executive-level resource presents a wealth of insight and new research to definitively answer key questions such as: How can I quantify the cost of complexity without getting lost in a sea of data?Where are the biggest opportunities for reducing product, process, and organizational complexity, and how can I cut through the interdependencies that trap these costs?How can I see results quickly by taking targeted actions against key levers?How do I keep complexity costs at bay?It is not enough to attack bloated product portfolios.Substantive cost improvements require addressing the complexity in the underlying processes and organizational structures. Waging War on Complexity Costs provides a wealth of relevant case studies with examples from Kraft, Tesco, Fiat, and the U.S. Navy and highlights specific strategies for reducing costs by 15-30%in significant portions of your business.Tomorrow's consumers are emerging as wellinformed customers who know what they want and the price they're willing to pay for it. Complexity not only drives costs; it creates a barrier between you and the customer.Declare a war on complexity costs and prepare for profitable growth.

Our concern with the mind and how the hurt mind can be healed has led to a massive growth of interest in psychology and the way our brains work. This work brings together key writings on the mind from Plato and the Buddha, through Shakespeare, Descartes and Freud, to the discoveries in neuroscience.

The first part records the basics of chemistry and of computational science that are essential to an understanding of the methods of computational chemistry.

The first part records the basics of chemistry and of computational science that are essential to an understanding of the methods of computational chemistry.

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Bad Winsheim, Germany, 12-22 August 1996

This collection of essays focuses on the unconscious roots of human behaviour in a range of settings: the consulting room, the small group, the workplace, the therapeutic community and the GP's surgery. The author observes that in violence there is an attack not only on the victim, but on the perpetrator's own universe of meaning and value.

Offers an overview of the art being made at the cutting edge of scientific research. This book shows how some of the world's most dynamic art is produced not in museums, galleries and studios but in the laboratory, where artists probe cultural, philosophical and social questions connected with scientific and technological advances.

This book provides a descriptive and analytical account of the behaviour of coverbs in Wagiman.

This volume provides an introduction to many-body methods in electronic structure theory. It also offers an account of Brillouin-Wigner methodology as it has been developed in recent years to handle the multireference correlation problem.

Corsica is associated in many people's minds with vendetta and banditry, but these phenomena have not been studied systematically. Using accounts by visitors and officials and particularly judicial records, this book provides such a study for the nineteenth century.

Compact INTRODUCING guide on the debates surrounding psychoanalysis's most contested figure. Freud is universally recognised as a pivotal figure in modern culture. Yet the man and his work continually attract scandal, outrage and scientific suspicion. Was he a psychological genius or a peddler of humbug? Despite his atheism, did he invent a new religious cult? Is he to blame for disguising the prevalence of sexual abuse? Is there an Oedipus Complex? Was he a drug addict? A wittily illustrated glimpse behind the demonised myths to the heart of a red-hot debate.