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- The outsider : my life in intrigue / by Forsyth, Frederick,1938-author.(CARDINAL)147670;
Whispered words -- A large jar of talc -- A little boy's dream -- Learning French -- Learning German -- Back to Germany -- Languages -- A step nearer to the stars -- A long hike -- A silly revenge -- A gentleman of Clare -- Learning Spanish -- Tangier and commandos -- Leopard-skin solution -- I'm Jesus Christ -- Vampire -- King's Lynn -- Fleet Street -- Paris aflame -- Big brother -- The death of Kennedy -- Helping out the cousins -- Outbreak of war -- Headlights -- Beer with a camp guard -- A very unwise choice -- A mistake with Auntie -- A day with the Arrows -- A taste of Africa -- End of career -- Farewell, Auntie -- Living history -- Eilat -- Jerusalem -- Confession -- Of mice and moles -- A media explosion -- A useful certificate -- Mr. Sissons, I presume -- Worth a large one -- Bits of metal -- Of more mice--and mercs -- Memories -- Flight out -- An unwanted manuscript -- The ODESSA -- Dogs of war -- An unusual dinner -- Perfect joy -- Friends and opponents -- Five years in Ireland -- A neat trick -- The amazing Mr. Moon -- Back to zero--start again -- The passing of Humpy -- A very burning question -- From Maiko to monks -- A very untidy coup -- Peace Hotel and tracers -- Dream come true."From Frederick Forsyth, the grand master of international suspense, comes his most intriguing story ever--his own"--He was the RAF's youngest pilot at the age of nineteen, barely escaped the wrath of an arms dealer in Hamburg, got strafed by a MiG during the Nigerian civil war; the Stasi arrested him, the Israelis feted him, the IRA threatened him. And that's just for starters. Forsyth has been writing extraordinary real-world novels of intrigue for over forty years-- but what most people don't know is that some of his greatest stories of intrigue have been in his own life.- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Forsyth, Frederick, 1938-; Novelists, English;
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- Brief : make a bigger impact by saying less / by McCormack, Joseph,1965-author.(CARDINAL)405936;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Get heard by being clear and conciseThe only way to survive in business today is to be a lean communicator. Busy executives expect you to respect and manage their time more effectively than ever. You need to do the groundwork to make your message tight and to the point. The average professional receives 304 emails per week and checks their smartphones 36 times an hour and 38 hours a week. This inattention has spread to every part of life. The average attention span has shrunk from 12 seconds in 2000 to eight in 2012.So, throw them a lifeline and be brief.Author Joe McCormack tackles the challenges of inattention, interruptions, and impatience that every professional faces. His proven B.R.I.E.F. approach, which stands for Background, Relevance, Information, Ending, and Follow up, helps simplify and clarify complex communication. BRIEF will help you summarize lengthy information, tell a short story, harness the power of infographics and videos, and turn monologue presentations into controlled conversations. Details the B.R.I.E.F. approach to distilling your message into a brief presentation Written by the founder and CEO of Sheffield Marketing Partners, which specializes in message and narrative development, who is also a recognized expert in Narrative Mapping, a technique that helps clients achieve a clearer and more concise message Long story short: BRIEF will help you gain the muscle you need to eliminate wasteful words and stand out from the rest. Be better. Be brief.--- Subjects: Business communication.;
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- Ultimate rock-opedia : the most complete rocks & minerals reference ever / by Tomecek, Steve,author.(CARDINAL)317413;
Includes bibliographic references (pages 264-265) and index.Ch.1: There's no place like home! (Our rocky world, What is a rock?, Stacking stones, Much ado about minerals, Some really classy crystals, Ancient artwork) -- Ch.2: Earth is rockin' (Dynamic planet, Getting the inside story, Shaking all over, Do you know your faults?, Thar she blows!, Majestic magma mountains, Big happenings under the sea, A rip in the ocean floor, Drifting continents and shifting plates, All cracked up!, Onward and upward, Weathering away, The world down below, Big MACs impact Earth) -- Ch.3: The life and death of rocks (Some like it hot, Rocky transformers, Tearing down and building back up, Unreal landscapes, Fantastic fossils, Forward into the past, What goes around comes around, Gearing up) -- Ch. 4: Smokin' hot: igneous rocks (Getting the scoop on igneous rocks, The devil is in the details, Granite, Diorite, Gabbro, Lots of lava, Obsidian, Pumice, Extusive exclusive!, Rock-solid heads of state) -- Ch 5: Masters of change: metamorphic rocks (The squeeze on metamorphic rocks, White gold from Italy, Marble, Quartzite, Amphibolite, Pressure cooker, Hornfels, Soapstone, One magnificent metamorphic mountain) -- Ch 6: Reassembled rocks: sedimentary rocks (Digging on sedimentary rocks, Rockin' cotton castles, Limestone, Chalk, Time to make the beds, A range of rocks, Discovering dinosaurs, Chert & Flint, The grandest of all canyons) -- Ch 7: The building blocks of rocks (Breaking down some mineral properties, Welcome to the class, Native sulfur, Native gold, The rush is on!, Native silver, Native and rare, Native copper, Diamond, Digging up diamonds, Danger! Toxic rocks ahead, Galena, Pyrite, Marcasite, Super sulfides!, Corundum, Hard-nosed gemstones, Spinel, Magnetite, Metalmaking minerals, Limonite/Goethite, Uraninite, Chrysoberyl, Some really cool crystals, Salt of the earth, Halite, Fluorite, Calcite, Some seriously classy carbonates!, Dolomite, Borax, Turquoise, Gypsum, Cave of the crystals, Super silicates!, Quartz, Nature's surprise packages, Opal, Phenomenal feldspars!, Cooking up some feldspathoids, Marvelous Micas!, The serpentine group, Talc, Born to be beautiful, Powerful pyroxenes!, Jadeite, Awesome amphiboles!, Beryl, Tourmaline family, Olivine, Zircon, Topaz, Magical metamorphic minerals!, A gaggle of garnets, Frozen in stone, Wonders from down under) -- Ch 8: Rockin' resources (Rock around the block, Rockin' resources from around the world, Mock rocks, Thar be fossils in this fuel!, Rockreation, Meet a geologist)Beginning with an introduction to the origin of our rocky planet, the book explores the world of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, including how they form, what makes them unique, and most importantly, how to identify them in your own backyard.Ages 7-10.Grades 2-3.- Subjects: Illustrated works.; Instructional and educational works.; Reference works.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Rocks; Rocks; Geology;
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