Chris May - Böcker

In the summer of 1962, the peripatetic and irrepressible Pete Gill was hired on a whim to coach basketball at tiny Ireland High School. There he would accomplish, against enormous odds, one of the great small-town feats in Indiana basketball history. With no starters taller than 5'10", few wins were predicted for the Spuds. Yet, after inflicting brutal preseason conditioning, employing a variety of unconventional motivational tactics, and overcoming fierce opposition, Gill molded the Spuds into a winning team that brought home the town's first and only sectional and regional titles. Relying on narrative strategies of creative nonfiction rather than strict historical rendering, Mike Roos brings to life a colorful and varied cast of characters and provides a compelling account of their struggles, wide-ranging emotions, and triumphs throughout the season.

A high concept, upmarket, thought-provoking mystery thriller ideal for book clubs"Both intellectually stimulating and genuinely enjoyable" Amazon UK review"It's brilliant. Like nothing else I've ever read" Goodreads review"Beautifully written and captivating" Amazon Australia review"5 out of 5 for ambition" Netgalley review"Surprised me in the best way" Amazon Canada review"I was left wanting more and more and more..." Amazon UK review"Sits with you long after the last page" Goodreads review"A compelling blend of mystery and philosophical inquiry" Amazon US reviewIn the near future, with the energy crisis solved and the world powered by artificial and quantum intelligence, a devastating disease is spreading across the globe. The cause is a mystery, and a cure remains stubbornly elusive.At Fermilab 5, west of Chicago, a team of physicists experiences a shocking result when an experiment appears to go rogue, defying all logic. Yet in trying to solve the conundrum, the team edges ever closer to uncovering the fundamental secrets of the universe.For the Church, the former is its salvation, the latter an existential threat.But now there is a further complication. The Church appears to have incontrovertible evidence that the Messiah has returned. And he is not what anyone expected.Grappling with the human condition, the timeless themes of love and sacrifice, and the tensions that arise between science and faith, The Son of Man is a near-future mystery thriller building toward a shocking revelation.

Can we manage without managers? Brought to life through the true stories of the real people who work there, Made Without Managers shares one companys eye-opening experiences of a different way of working. Concerned that the constraints of conventional line-management structures might stand in the way of exceptional innovation and unrivalled customer service, the team at Mayden decided to break free from traditional approaches to people hierarchies and take a liberating, exciting and sometimes rocky journey into the extraordinary instead. What they created was a successful, dynamic, future-focused company that no longer relies on an outdated blueprint of traditional hierarchical management to get things done. What they learned can benefit any business thats looking for more forward-thinking ways of working ways that have the potential to unlock remarkable levels of empowerment, creativity, collaboration and productivity. This authentic and compelling account provides an unprecedented opportunity to go behind closed doors and discover the truth about the realities of working in and running a self-managing organisation, directly from the people that have lived and worked through it themselves. Learn about the pitfalls as well as the possibilities, experience the struggles alongside the successes and shine a light on what it really takes to achieve, prosper, survive and thrive in a business thats made without managers.