![]() ![]() It amounts to some 10,000 words, comprising a fable concerning two mice and two littlepeople of 7,000 words, which is nested in a frame story of some 3,000 words. Size: The book itself is a mere 94 pages in very large print. The quantity and the endurance of its popularity have no equal in business books. Published in 1998, this slender tale continues to sit triumphant at or near the top of the best-selling business books, reflecting sales amounting to many millions. Rank: Cheese is currently #2 on BusinessWeek's "Long-Running Best ellers". When we approach Spencer Johnson's Who Moved My Cheese? we are confronting, not so much a book, as a financial phenomenon. (as in other parts of the book market, "best-selling" does not correlate closely with "most interesting".) Today I start with the blockbuster, Who Moved My Cheese? Over the coming days, I will be reviewing some of the best-selling books, and also some of the more interesting books in the genre. It will be discussing how and why did business fiction emerge? Where will it lead? ![]() The panel will be chaired by Hardy Green of BusinessWeek. I'll be on a panel on June 5, 2004, at the Book Expo of America in Chicago, discussing the emergence of business fiction. Storytelling In The News: #162 A review of "Who Moved My Cheese? A book by Spencer Johnsonīusiness fiction is a big part of the bookselling marketplace, and Squirrel Inc is only the latest example. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Danny continues pursuing his medical career despite having dreams of following in his father’s footsteps by buying real estate, and Maeve works as an accountant. Part 2 covers the lives that Danny and Maeve build in the 1970s and 1980s following their expulsion from the Dutch House. Eager to get what little revenge she can by draining the educational trust, Maeve compels Danny to go to an expensive boarding school, pre-med at Columbia, and medical school. Andrea forces Danny to leave the house two weeks after Cyril’s death, forcing Maeve to raise him. In 1963, Cyril dies of a heart attack, and Andrea inherits everything except for an educational trust for the children. ![]() Within two years of meeting the Conroy children, Andrea marries Cyril, and her two daughters Norma and Beatrice (called Bright) move into the Dutch House. Elna left years before to do charity work in India after she couldn’t acclimate to the sudden wealth and living in the Dutch House, a large, overwhelming mansion where the remaining Conroys are living at the start of the novel. Cyril is divorced from Elna, Danny and Maeve’s mother. In Part 1, Danny and Maeve meet Andrea, the new girlfriend of their father, Cyril, a self-made man whose real estate business helped him and his family rise from poverty to wealth. ![]() ![]() ![]() Is this the epilogue tale where H&h live happily ever after? Can I read this book before reading Born, Darkly? ![]() I know what you want to know though, and before I start off with my ranting I tend to call a review, let me answer those: But that’s not to say this book did not give another layer to an already deeply layered story. And if you read my review for Born, Darkly, then you know that I already did before even starting this. Warning: This review/rant is a bit weird now that I read it, but I promise- no spoilers.ĭo NOT ask me if I love this book. Are they partners, lovers, or enemies? One final trap will reveal all. London Noble probes deep into the mind of the killer she’s fallen for, searching for answers, as a copycat killer threatens their unity. A buried past is unearthed, and Grayson Sullivan-AKA The Angel of Maine-retaliates against the system who made him, deploying psychological warfare on the woman who initially set him free. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, Mom and Dad weren't with us. That was why we were packed like sardines in the DSV. We still needed Storm's photographic memory if we wanted to go back to the pair of sunken Spanish galleons off the coast of Florida that our father, the world-famous treasure hunter Dr. See, Storm doesn't dive, because the last time she climbed into a rubber scuba suit, some mean old geezer on a yacht called her a "shrink-wrapped whale." Obviously, that little comment wasn't his best idea, because the next time he went to take his fancy yacht for a spin, the fish-head-in-your-bedsheets smell was getting pretty bad. My big sister, Storm, was convinced we needed the submarine to help us in our continuing quest to bring home the two most important treasures in the world: our missing mom and dad. We'd purchased it at an auction with the half-million-dollar reward we collected on our last adventure. The four of us were crammed inside a twoperson mini-sub (what the US Navy calls a DSV, or Deep Submergence Vehicle), our newest piece of high-tech treasure-hunting gear. All my life, we Kidds have lived on the sea. ![]() ![]() ![]() The insurance industry is starting to pick up design methods, and companies are seeking to undergo digital transformation projects or learn how to nurture an internal culture that allows for innovation and change. We’re asked to help organizations make better digital experiences, experiment with new service models and establish more regular, meaningful contact with customers that they can learn from. Change is coming, however, driven by challenger startups and rising customer expectations. ![]() It’s common for us to see different customer service departments working in silos and legacy systems severely hampering what can be offered by way of insurance products. The insurance firms we work with have often been operating in the same way for years, and they know there’s ahuge opportunity for them in innovation. Matt Corrall, Design Director at Pancentric Digital, explains how new approaches can transform a conservative industry. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Amp It Up provides the first principles to guide that change, and the tactical advice for organizing a company around them. Leading for unprecedented growth means declaring war on mediocrity, breaking the status quo, and making conflicted choices daily, all with a relentless focus on the mission. What they do need is to align people around what matters and execute with urgency and intensity every day. ![]() Slootman shows that most leaders have significant room to improve their organization's performance without making expensive changes to their talent, structure, or fundamental business model - and they don't need to bring in an army of consultants to do it. In Amp It Up, he shares his leadership approach for the first time.Īmp It Up delivers an authoritative look at what it takes to transform an organization for maximum growth and scale. Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman is one of the tech world's most accomplished executives in enterprise growth, having led Snowflake to the largest software IPO ever after leading Data Domain and ServiceNow to exponential growth and the public market before that. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cucumber doesn’t want to and is not equipped to. I can picture this flying off the shelves simply because of how vibrant and dynamic the illustrations are.Ĭucumber just wants to go to school, but suddenly his father NEEDS him to go on a big, important mission. The colors in this book are just bonkers. As destiny would have it, he and his way more heroic sister, Almond, must now seek the Dream Sword, the only weapon powerful enough to defeat Queen Cordelia’s Nightmare Knight.Ĭan these bunny siblings really save the world in its darkest hour?Īdapted from the popular webcomic series, Cucumber Quest, The Doughnut Kingdom is the first graphic novel of a clever, adorable, and hilarious four-volume heroic adventure that is sure to make you hungry for sweets and action. Instead, they’ll have to settle for Cucumber, a nerdy magician who just wants to go to school. The seven kingdoms of Dreamside need a legendary hero. ![]() ![]() What happens when an evil queen gets her hands on an ancient force of destruction? ![]() ![]() ![]() Duncan paints a Gothic, icy world where shadows whisper, and no one is who they seem, with a shocking ending that will leave you breathless. In their dramatic follow-up to Wicked Saints, the first book in their Something Dark and Holy trilogy, Emily A. Kirkus Reviews Gruesome, grotesque, and so, so glorious. Book Riot Magic and romance steeped in blood and betrayal. But in the second book Ruthless Gods, Duncan took a swift turn into. EPIC READS SYFY And More Takes monstrous romance to whole new. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet-those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer. In their dramatic follow-up to Wicked Saints, the first book in their Something Dark and Holy trilogy, Emily A. The terrifying nature of gods, faith, and creation are all key to the magic of the Something Dark and Holy series. ![]() Their paths are being orchestrated by someone…or something. As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. ![]() Malachiasz is at war with who-and what-he’s become. Duncan 4.3 (52) Paperback 10.99 11.99 Save 8 Hardcover 18.99 Paperback 10.99 eBook 9. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. The stunning sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling Wicked Saints, now in paperback.Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I was reluctant to bail this woman out of her cat situation again, so I told her we would help if she would foster the kitten temporarily until I could find a place for him to go. He was starved and devoured the can of cat food I had brought with me. The fluffy black furball was very friendly even though he had had no encounters with humans. The second kitten died and she feared this one would, as well. The woman told me that the mother cat had brought the kitten and a sibling to her doorstep. This time, however, the cat in need was a small kitten, only about 5-6 weeks old with a terrible upper respiratory infection. It had been a struggle to get her to let us help her get the strays spayed and neutered. So when she called with another feline in need, I was disheartened–she always seemed to have one more cat that showed up–it was never ending. We had helped this woman with innumerable stray cats, getting them fixed to prevent more unwanted kittens. The main reason I loved this story is because I have a one-eyed kitty named Shiloh who lost his eye in the same way as Homer.Ī lady called me about four years ago from one of the local trailer parks. The book records the survival of a kitten who lost his eyes due to an infection at four weeks of age, but went on to live an inspiring life that was not limited by his handicap. I recently read the book, “Homer’s Odyssey” by Gwen Cooper. ![]() The wonderful book, Homer's Odyssey, by Gwen Cooper tells the story of Homer, a kitten who lost his eyes yet still triumphed and survived. ![]() ![]() ![]() “oh my god, murmured abraham and his voice was like a groan.” Cain retorts: “Yes, your god perhaps, but not theirs.” When Cain, puzzled, remarks on the anomaly, Abraham insists that the Lord would surely have kept his promise. He watches the Lord slaughter all those living in Sodom and Gomorrah even after assuring Abraham that he would spare any innocents found there. In Saramago’s telling, Cain witnesses most of the dramatic events in Genesis. ![]() After Abel’s murder, Cain argues that the Lord shares responsibility for the death because “you had the freedom to stop me killing abel, which was perfectly within your capabilities.” Although the Lord protests, ultimately he agrees that he bears part of the blame for Abel’s demise.Ĭain’s punishment for the murder is to wander forever as a vagabond. Although the story of Cain is still synonymous with evil, the book presents the Lord as at least as wicked the author’s lack of capitalization accentuates the parity between the two. It turns out that the novel focuses as much on God as it does on Cain, perhaps the original villain in Western literature. ![]() So what does a master writer near the end of his life, a professed nonbeliever, have to say about a seminal Biblical figure? Cain, his final novel, was published in 2009, the year before the author’s death the present translation is the novel’s first publication in the United States. He was known as a dedicated Communist and vehement atheist. José Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998, the first Portuguese writer to be so honored. ![]() |