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Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory
New York Times bestselling author Tilly Bagshawe, who delivered the late beloved author’s brilliance in Sidney Sheldon’s After the Darkness, is back with an addictive, edge-of-your-seat thriller filled with shocking twists, money, power, and betrayal involving an influential family and the beautiful and formidable woman at its center whose dark secrets can destroy them all.The conservative party's newest superstar, Alexia De Vere has worked hard to realize her political ambitions. The brilliant and ruthless wife of wealthy aristocrat Teddy De Vere, Alexia relishes her power and the control it gives her to shape and destroy lives.Yet success has also demanded sacrifice. Her daughter, Roxie, a bitter young woman confined to a wheelchair after a failed suicide attempt, blames Alexia for ruining her life. Alexia's dashing son, Michael, is risking the family's good name to jump-start his entre-preneurial dreams. Thankfully, Alexia has Teddy, her devoted husband who will stop at nothing to protect her.But beneath Alexia De Vere's gilded life and formidable facade lie secrets that are ugly, dirty, and deadly. When long-buried mistakes of her youth begin to resurface, old hatreds are rekindled and Alexia finds herself on the brink of losing everything—her power, her family, and even her own life. Now the woman who rose so high is on the brink of a perilous fall. For when the tides of memory rise, the only thing that might save her is the truth. . . .
Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark
Once again, author Tilly Bagshawe takes up the mantle of the late, great Sidney Sheldon—and again, she succeeds magnificently. Written in the inimitable Sheldon style and based on extensive, never before published material from his private archives, Sidney Sheldon’s Angel of the Dark is a thrilling tale of murder, lies, and lust that the master storyteller—the bestselling author of Master of the Game, The Other Side of Midnight, and so many other beloved classics—would have been proud to have called his own. With Sidney Sheldon’s Angel of the Dark, a gripping, stylish, sexy and surprising story of a son’s globe-hopping hunt for answers about his wealthy father’s brutal death, confirmed Sheldon fans have good reason to rejoice. The legacy truly lives on.
Sidney Sheldon’s The Silent Widow
New York Times Bestselling Author Sweeping from Mexico City to the dark underbelly of LA, The Silent Widow has all the trademark glamour, suspense and unexpected twists of a classic Sidney Sheldon novel. A young American au pair, Charlotte Clancy, vanishes without a trace in Mexico City. The case is left cold, but its legacy will be devastating. A decade later, LA is shaken by a spate of violent murders. Psychologist Nikki Roberts is the common link between the victims, her patients at the heart of this treacherous web. When someone makes an attempt on Nikki’s life, it’s clear she is a marked woman. Nikki makes a living out of reading people, drawing out their secrets, but the key to this shocking pattern eludes her. With the police at a dead end Nikki drafts in Derek Williams, a PI who isn’t afraid to put his hand into the hornet’s nest. Williams was thwarted in the notorious Charlotte Clancy case all those years ago, but what he unearths in LA – and the mention of one name in particular – leaves him cold, and takes him on a dangerous path into the past. A shadowy manipulator has brought his deadly game to the streets of LA. In a crime spanning generations, it seems Nikki Roberts knows all too much – and a ruthless killer knows the price of her silence. In this crooked city, where enemies and friends are one and the same, Nikki must be the master of her own escape . . .
The Phoenix
The New York Times Bestselling Author Thrilling and nail-biting, The Phoenix has all the trademark glamour, suspense and unexpected twists of a classic Sidney Sheldon novel. A deadly enemy will rise again... Ella Praeger has always felt like an outsider. So when she is called to join the ranks of The Group, a force for good operating in the shadows, her world shifts. She is gifted a purpose – and a dangerous legacy. Years ago, The Group rid the world of one of its most powerful criminal masterminds. Yet when a child washes up on a beach in Greece, a mysterious symbol tattooed on its heel, it is a clear warning: impossibly, Athena Petridis has returned to reclaim her empire. Ella’s connection to Athena is deeply personal. Thrown into an underworld of treachery and corruption, and haunted by the tragedies of her own past, Ella is reborn as an agent, chasing a villain risen from the ashes. But only one of them can fulfil their destiny...
Conquering Complexity in Your Business: How Wal-Mart, Toyota, and Other Top Companies Are Breaking Through the Ceiling on Profits and Growth
Conquering the complexity in products and services can generate larger contributions to profits and growth than nearly any other business strategy Here's a guarantee: Somewhere in your business, there is too much complexity. You may also be losing out by having too little complexity where it counts - in the products, services and options you offer to customers. Either way, the impact of complexity is enormous in terms of lost profit and missed growth opportunities. Conquering Complexity in Your Business shows how to break through the ceiling on profits and growth by implementing the three rules for conquering complexity: Eliminating complexity that customers will not pay for Exploiting the complexity that customers will pay for Minimizing the costs of the complexity you offer You'll find methods and tools you need to: Identify the offering and process complexity in your business Quantify the impact of that complexity Decide which complexity you want to keep and which to eliminate Select specific approaches to eliminate different kinds of complexity This knowledge will significantly improve your ability to grow profit, revenue, and shareholder value.
Fast Innovation: Achieving Superior Differentiation, Speed to Market, and Increased Profitability
“How can I create an innovation engine that will consistently deliver substantial organic growth?” This question is the number-one issue for most CEOs and senior executives today. Innovation is a critical driver of organic growth, yet based on the authors' research, only a small percent of companies effectively use innovation to sustain long-term, profitable growth. And the stakes couldn't be higher-failure to create successful new products, services, and business models causes stagnating or declining profits. Now, for the first time, experts Michael George, James Works and Kimberly Watson-Hemphill explain the surprising and significant gap between the CEO's growth goals and actual performance. The authors, who are experts at connecting strategy to execution, give you a complete blueprint for exploiting the strategic and operational dimensions of innovation. Using fresh insights about the true drivers of fast time-to-market and the inadequate success rate of innovation, Fast Innovation reveals: Why current approaches to innovation fail A new strategic and tactical plan that will help your company dramatically reduce time-to-market by 50 to 80 percent The secret for finding out what your customers really want (not just what they say they want) Tools and methods for turning customer insights into ideas that will generate significant ROI The key levers that senior leadership must engage to create innovation capability across the business You'll receive specific actionable solutions for driving disruptive and sustaining innovation at the strategic, portfolio and project level. You'll also learn how to improve how much time your innovation teams actually spend innovating, and discover the changes that must be launched at the corporate level in order to enable the whole business to embrace and get results from this approach.
Lean Six Sigma in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing the Power of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The world’s leading expert on Lean Six Sigma provides the missing link for reducing waste and taking operations to the next level: Artificial Intelligence“Whatever the industry, there is an executive with the grit and determination to apply AI to attain the fastest growth, the highest investment returns, to dominate that industry. The only question is: will it be you?” –from Lean Six Sigma in the Age of Artificial IntelligenceCombine the power of AI and LSS to seize the competitive advantage—quickly, decisively, and permanentlySince 2001, business leaders have been using Lean Six Sigma (LSS) to drive improvements across industries, enabling their companies to reduce cycle time and waste, thus improving revenue and profits. Now they can finally unlock their company’s full potential by combining LSS and AI. In Lean Six Sigma in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, the world’s most respected expert on LSS, Michael L. George, Sr., shows how to harness the power of the technology that promises changing everything as we know it—Artificial Intelligence—to dramatically enhance any LSS management program. This game-changing guide takes you through the process of using AI to unlock maximum speed, solve complex manufacturing challenges, reduce waste, increase company profits, and ultimately outflank your competition at every turn. With Lean Six Sigma in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, you’ll take this revolutionary approach to its limits—and that will make all the difference between business success and failure in the coming decades.
HONORABLE MAN PART 10
HONORABLE MAN PART 10Chapter 273: Sacrifice and di"I hear that the king is benevolent, then I am righteous. Dai Thuan can become a saint, because he can hide evil but show good. I see that the priest of ceremony and seal Liu Can ordered the Western Han eunuch to explain the words of the Nanjing mandarins to protect the science Lieutenant Dai Tien entered the city. I don't know if what he said was appropriate or not, but I guess he meant to offend the captain and make people angry. If your words are not good, please be tolerant and forgive, to pave the way for the Central Party. Now suddenly ordering, from afar, arresting and imprisoning, in Your Majesty's heart, I just want to teach you a lesson, for later. do not dare to be careless..."The document left the deepest traces in history and was spread throughout the royal court at the fastest speed.To be fair, the expression in the chapter is very gentle, there is no criticism or insults towards Liu Can, the tone of dissuading Zhou Hau Chieu is timid, afraid of offending Long Nhan, what Vuong Thu Nhan wants. expressed very clearly, requesting His Majesty the Emperor to be diligent in government affairs, not to indulge in fun and pleasure, since the founding of the country of Dai Minh until now, he
HONORABLE MAN PART 6
HONORABLE MAN PART 6Chapter 153: Murderous intent appearsTan Kham threw the net, the match officials also threw the net, the two sides were on an invisible battlefield, the winner's trophy was the life of the opponent's family.After a few days, an official of Thuan Thien Phu "accidentally" discovered that the two masterminds and three treasurers of the Ministry of Health were closely interacting with the mandarin. After the murder case arose, the masters The mandarin of the Dao Nha Mon was afraid of committing suicide. The mandarin in their house discovered correspondence between these Household Ministry officials and them, so he reported it to Thuan Thien palace, and Thuan Thien palace hurriedly Moved to Dai Ly pagoda and Xing department.The two heads of the Household Department and the three treasury servants were arrested and imprisoned by the Eastern Han, and the court also erupted in horror.The Do Sat Court's palace supervisors seemed to have gone crazy and continuously presented more than ten petitions, asking His Majesty to immediately execute those officials from the Ministry of Health, like a chain effect, many officials. The members of the court all
HONORABLE MAN PART 11
HONORABLE MAN PART 11Chapter 305: Nghiem Ninh's majestic outfitThe loyal guard Nghiem Ninh was defeated by Tan Kham. When Wei Duong hid in the marshal's tent and cried for Tan Kham's lying behavior, Dinh Thuan's patience was completely lost, two cannons of Phat Lang Co were lost. Aiming at the empty space next to the commander's tent, he fired two shots. The explosion was as strong as ice, causing everyone to change color.In the blink of an eye, Wei Duong held his head and walked out of the tent, his face as if he had received a huge blow.This is probably the most unique way of welcoming the envoy's officials ever.As usual, Dinh Thuan loudly proclaimed the edict. Wei Duong knelt down to listen with a miserable face. Waiting for the edict to finish reading, Wei Duong's face turned pale, but he did not dare to say anything. When he stood up, the two men The soldiers of the brave warrior's camp
HONORABLE MAN PART 13
HONORABLE MAN PART 13Chapter 357: Nghiem Tung breaks the problemAfter coming to Qin Palace to live, this Mongolian girl was always opposed to Do Yen, on the contrary, she was close to Dinh Thuan and the men. Considering the kindness of Thap Na leading the soldiers to save them, Dinh Thuan was also very considerate. Thap Na, every day the guards danced with swords or gathered to gamble, but did not forget to call her. The capital's environment was very strange to Thap Na, and her status was awkward, Thap Na only had time to practice. Martial arts or gambling with them can bring back some joy.From afar, Tan Kham looked at Thap Na's red face from excitement and gently exhaled.In the future, we should treat this girl a little better. I don't want to say whether she will get married or not. At least her heart is pure. Now she is in a foreign land, a girl of seventeen or eighteen. Only she understands her age and the loneliness in her heart.Quietly walking forward, bending down to look down, everyone was indeed gambling, and the bet was very large, the betting was very focused, no one noticed that Tan Kham was quietly approaching.
HONORABLE MAN PART 8
HONORABLE MAN PART 8Chapter 215: The Qin family says goodbyeThe courtiers in the Phung Thien Palace cried and sacrificed to Emperor Hoang Tri, Zhou Hau Chieu was like a wooden puppet being played with over and over again, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were still busy with other things, something that seemed completely opposite. with the funeral atmosphere of Emperor Hoang Tri.Zhou Hau Chieu is about to get married.The first emperor just died, according to the rules, the subjects must be filial for three years, during three years of national mourning, people ban alcohol, ban fun, ban marriage, in short, all entertainment is banned, otherwise it will be a crime. a huge disrespect to the deceased emperor, after being denounced, the government can punish the crime according to the law.The common people do not allow marriage, but the heavenly family is different, especially the Chu Hau Chieu, the old Chu family has only one tree in a thousand plots of land, a new king ascends the throne, the country has a monarch, how can it be without a future? Okay, this