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Amazon is the fastest company ever to reach $100 billion in sales
and they didn't reach that landmark by staying in their comfort
zone. Risk taking is the key that unlocked the door to growth at
Amazon, but those risks were (and are) intentional, calculated, and
strategic. Thomas Edison believed, "I have not failed. I've just
found 10,000 ways that won't work." and Amazon's founder, Jeff
Bezos, has always linked experimentation and failure with growth
and success. But "risk taking" can be costly (even disastrous) if
you don't know how to use it to your advantage. Fortunately, Bezos
has provided every business owner a "hidden in plain sight" roadmap
for how he grew Amazon through his Letter to Shareholders (or as he
named them, share owners) that he has written annually for the past
20 years. For the first time, Technology and Risk expert Steve
Anderson has analyzed and distilled these letters to reveal the key
14 Growth Principles that unlock the lessons, mindset, and steps
Bezos has used to make Amazon the massive success it is today. Now,
business owners, leaders, CEOs, employees, and managers can apply
these same principles to grow their business to be more efficient,
productive, and successful - fast!
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Seat 7a (Paperback)
Sebastian Fitzek; Translated by Steve Anderson
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R288
R237
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Germany's king of the thriller takes to the skies with a terrifying
and twisted new novel. Psychiatrist Mats Kruger knows that his
irrational fear of flying is just that - irrational. He knows that
flying is nineteen times safer than driving. He also knows that if
something does happen on a plane, the worst place to be is seat 7A.
That's why on his first plane journey in 20 years - to be with his
only daughter as she gives birth - he's booked seat 7A, so no one
else can sit there. If no one is sat there, surely nothing will go
wrong. But shortly after take-off, Mats receives a worrying phone
call. The caller has kidnapped his daughter and will murder her -
and her unborn child - unless Mats convinces the pilot to crash the
plane, killing everyone on board. As the plane nears its
destination, Mats must make an impossible choice and face the fact
he might be the arbiter of his own worst fear.
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Seat 7a (Hardcover)
Sebastian Fitzek; Translated by Steve Anderson
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R589
Discovery Miles 5 890
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Germany's king of the thriller takes to the skies with a terrifying
and twisted new novel. Psychiatrist Mats Kruger knows that his
irrational fear of flying is just that - irrational. He knows that
flying is nineteen times safer than driving. He also knows that if
something does happen on a plane, the worst place to be is seat 7A.
That's why on his first plane journey in 20 years - to be with his
only daughter as she gives birth - he's booked seat 7A, so no one
else can sit there. If no one is sat there, surely nothing will go
wrong. But shortly after take-off, Mats receives a worrying phone
call. The caller has kidnapped his daughter and will murder her -
and her unborn child - unless Mats convinces the pilot to crash the
plane, killing everyone on board. As the plane nears its
destination, Mats must make an impossible choice and face the fact
he might be the arbiter of his own worst fear.
Part sea yarn, part guide book, part history, part culinary
journal, this book relates a couple's experiences and impressions
during a five-year, 16-country circumnavigation of the
Mediterranean Sea in their sailboat. Here you will read of the
compromises and surprising benefits of living in a small space
afloat, of the tight-knit but welcoming community that is cruising
sailors, of unexpected and wonderful encounters with locals, of
Mediterranean food in all its magnificent variations, and of
adventures ashore like camel riding in Tunisia, ballooning in
Cappadocia, and camping with Bedouins in Jordan. Running throughout
are the challenges of maintaining a yacht and sailing it into
unfamiliar waters, told in non-technical language through anecdotes
sometimes harrowing but more often merely amusing. It's all here.
The Bezos Letters lays out the fourteen growth principles that
Amazon uses every day by examining Jeff Bezos’ personal letters
to shareholders. Jeff Bezos created Amazon, the fastest company to
reach $100 billion in sales ever, making him the richest man in the
world. Business owners marvel at Amazon’s success, but don’t
realize they have the answers right at their fingertips as Bezos
reveals his hidden roadmap in his annual letters to shareholders.
For the first time, business analyst Steve Anderson unlocks the key
lessons, mindset, principles, and steps Bezos used, and continues
to use, to make Amazon the massive success it is today. Steve shows
business owners, leaders, and CEOs how to apply those same
practices and watch their business become more efficient,
productive, and successful—fast!
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The Losing Role
Steve Anderson
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R505
Discovery Miles 5 050
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A German actor conscripted into WWII will play the role of his life
as he makes a daring escape in this espionage thriller inspired by
true events. When the SS orders banned entertainer Max Kaspar to
impersonate a US officer during the Battle of the Bulge, Max
devises his own secret mission to escape the war and flee to
America. With his career in Germany over, this plan is his big
break--and his last chance. But Max's mission is doomed from the
start. Trapped between the lines in the freezing Ardennes Forest,
he must summon all of his acting talents and newfound courage to
evade perilous traps laid by both sides. Inspired by a real-life
1944 operation, this gripping wartime thriller is the first book in
the Kaspar Brothers series.
A Portland activist ventures into rural militia country to face a
threat from his past in this crime thriller by the author of the
Kaspar Brothers series. Greg Simmons is an idealist. From his home
in Portland, he's a major proponent of the Cascadia independence
movement. All of which makes him an unlikely informant for the FBI.
But when the Bureau calls on Greg to investigate a dangerous
militia group in rural Oregon, he knows exactly why: his old friend
Donny Wilkie is likely involved. Greg and Donny have been estranged
for years. But if Donny's involved in something dangerous, Greg
intends to pursue the threat on his own--because he needs to make
sure Donny never unearths the dark secrets they buried years ago.
In the remote town of Pineburg, Greg is a fish out of water. As he
grapples with dangers both old and new, he and Donny must come to a
new understanding . . . or face the deadly truth of their shared
past.
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Liberated
Steve Anderson
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R745
R657
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An American captain in post-WWII Germany must stop a criminal
conspiracy by his fellow officers in this historical thriller by
the author of The Losing Role. Germany, May, 1945. With the war
just over, Capt. Harry Kaspar is about to take a new posting in the
US occupation--running a Bavarian town named Heimgau. When Harry
loses the command to a rival, he'll do almost anything to win the
job back. Then Harry discovers a horrific scene: three German men
tortured and murdered. Solving the crime could teach the locals
about American justice--and help him reclaim his posting. But as
Harry's quest for the killer leads him back to American officers,
he uncovers a criminal network plundering the war-torn land for all
its worth. Now, for justice to mean anything at all, Harry must
fight back.
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Lost Kin
Steve Anderson
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R772
R679
Discovery Miles 6 790
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Brothers divided by WWII reunite on a mission of justice in the
chaos of early Cold War Europe in this historical espionage
thriller. Occupied Munich, 1946: Irina, a Cossack refugee,
confesses to murdering a GI, but American captain Harry Kaspar
doesn't buy it. As Harry scours the devastated city for the truth,
it leads him to his long-lost German brother, Max, who returned to
Hitler's Germany before the war. Max has a questionable past, and
he needs Harry for the cause that could redeem him: rescuing
Irina's stranded clan of Cossacks. Disowned by the Allies, they are
now being hunted by Soviet death squads--the cold-blooded upshot of
a callous postwar policy. As a harsh winter brews and the Cold War
looms, Harry and Max embark on a desperate rescue mission along the
German-Czech border. As a mysterious figure shadows them, everyone
is suspect--even those who have pledged to help. But before the
Kaspar brothers can save the innocent victims of peace, grave
secrets threaten to damn them all.
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