Jim just demobbed from the army and seeking employment, inadvertently finds himself working for a black marketeer.He descends into the grimy twilight world of his employer and is soon engaged in the same criminal pursuits. Then, upon meeting a respectable girl, he resolves to leave the clutches of his ruthless employer and make a fresh start.But that has its difficulties and his subsequent actions and that of his employer, result in a totally unexpected conclusion. Bob Chapman's gritty look at a post World War II Britain is both riveting and disturbing, based on the truth, it is not for the prudish or faint hearted.

'If you're ready for a new way of doing business, this is the book for you' Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human and Drive 'Bob Chapman is on a mission to change the way businesses treat their employees' Inc.magazine Do you want to boost the morale, loyalty, creativity and performance of your employees? In Everybody Matters, CEO Bob Chapman and bestselling author Raj Sisodia challenge traditional thinking about how to run a business and show you how to lead your company so that everyone feels valued. As CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, Bob Chapman has pioneered a dramatically different approach to leadership that has created a high performing and happy culture. At Barry-Wehmiller, every single person matters, just like in a family. That's not a cliche; it's the bedrock of the company's success. In Everybody Matters, Chapman shows how any organization can stop viewing its employees are simply func tions, to be moved around, 'managed' with carrots and sticks, or discarded at will. By doing so, disengaged workers begin to share their gifts and talents toward a shared future. Uninspired workers stop feeling that their jobs have no meaning. And everyone stops counting the minutes until it's time to go home. Everybody Matters provides clear steps to transform your own workplace, whether you lead two or two hundred thousand people.

This guidebook on Belize is about taking a week or more and immersing yourself in the culture, back roads, language barriers, scenery, and the close up and personal side of just going to a far away land with a rough itinerary of where you might want to go, and then just allowing it to happen. It's not for everyone, but more and more, travelers are seeking their own timelines, not wanting to be rushed or pressed into being somewhere at a certain time (other than maybe hotel check-ins), and learning more about what a country is really like instead of just seeing the "tourist attractions" or a hotel beach courtesy of an "all-inclusive" resort stay.

On a distant land the new king transcends to rule his beleaguered lands. There are many that would rather see him fail so they can carry out their agenda, and will stop at nothing to destroy Lord Valnor. In the end, Valnor's reality is that although the effort is valiant, sometimes the world as we see it is much different than we envisioned it to be.

Miaplacidus--a once serene and philosophic world, devoted to the proliferation of academia and the arts, now finds itself in turmoil. The sphere is on the verge of extinction, brought about from scientific circumstance, and rumor of coup d'etat is in the cinder-choked air. Rasalhague, Al Na'ir of the foresaken Regime is left no alternative but to deploy his most trusted emissary across the galaxies to seek out a viable homeland for the doomed legion's relocation. Enter Canopus, successor to the sovereignty, only offspring to the reigning emperor. He is sent to a prototypic world known as Earth to obtain a peaceful accord with its inhabitants. The people of Earth are not yet ready to be introduced to an "off-worlder," and quickly, Canopus--the Lavender Man, is hunted and captured as a psychotic lunatic and finds himself imprisoned in the Federal Phenomenon Research Facility, where he is tested and prodded, befriended by some, especially Professor Martin Sandusky, and loathed by everyone else, being considered an enormous security risk to the safety of the planet. After a year of incarceration, Sandusky aids in his escape and the pursuit begins, spearheaded by a cantankerous Viking-like "Facility" employee, Ross "Rock" Vandermir, who teams up with a local cop, Dave Lomax. Together the hell-bent duo track the exploits of the Lavender Man across the rural eastern seaboard, seemingly always two steps behind, as he searches for a means to establish a venue of cohabitation, recruiting a vivid cast of characters along the way. The Chiefs of Security for the Facility, Goldstein and Walsh, are dispatched to silence the troublemaking Vandermir and Lomax, which leads to a violent and dramatic ending. On Miaplacidus, the coup succeeds courtesy of two vile menaces, Aldebaran and Hadar. They assassinate Rasalhague and launch their tele-cruisers to Earth as their planet explodes into gaseous ash, the intent, to take over Earth by force and destroy the last remaining Al Na'ir in the process. Dissention brews among the "off-worlders" as Hadar leads a rebellion against Aldebaran and plans to enslave the people of Earth with the horrific psychic powers he possesses, but Canopus knows a secret. With the help of Old Chelsea, he employs an international army of the insane to rise up against the Miaplacidine Reclamation Forces, their psychologically-unacceptable-to-normal-human-standard minds immune to the psychic tauntings of the alien invaders. The hunt continues as the varied cast of supporting characters--human and non-human alike--cross paths in a twisting mesh of mere coincidences and sheer destiny, all in a gut-wrenching, explicit race to access Canpus, who desperately searches for the "General," the mysterious dark horse government operative who may hold the key, in his ditch effort to attain a peaceful resolution and avoid total enslavement of humankind, courtesy of his kindred. Throughout the tale we see how the characters interact, and, most importantly, deal with change, both internal and external, as each undergoes a transformation of their basic moral fabric, and we notice the subtle similarities, that regardless of our origin or heritage, when faced with profound revelations and adversities, we are all of the same virtual composition. We share corresponding time and space, and when the shit hits the proverbial fan we are all apt to get sprayed in the face and reek with the odor of our deeds. It is a classic yarn of good versus evil, justice against injustice, where villains can become heroes and heroes confused. It is a world where nothing is certain and everything is not what it seems to be when viewed through the eyes of the beholder, and the reader. Prepare to become entangled in the graphic web where trickery and deceit are commonplace, and discover that history can be a carefully planned experiment in which we are all glass-encased subjects of diabolic folly.

The Middle Man, which can be categorized as Suspense Fiction, is meant for mature audiences. It is a grim tale of clairvoyance, perversion, murder, betrayal and greed. The tale reveals the effects of those in a state of continuous want, from the treacherous dead to the paranoid living, and the extremes to which they will go in order to attain their desires. Adversaries and allies alike find themselves caught in a realm of deliberate coincidence-in the middle-and it is a place that evokes ghastly consequences.

The absence of effective business leaders invariably leads to failed strategic execution, but learning to be a better leader takes time. Foundational Leaders focuses on leadership that is required for success in strategic execution to help you achieve extraordinary business results in your organization. This book was written for those of you who would like to learn more about how to be a better leader, but are just too busy to read. Each chapter is a white paper on leadership. You can read this book in short intervals and skip around to focus in on your specific areas of interest. Think of this book as your personal mentor, someone you meet for coffee a couple of times a week so that you can receive provocative and inspiring coaching on leadership. Foundational Leaders offers practical advice for someone "in the trenches" of working to implement strategic execution - from someone who has also been working in similar trenches for over 25 years.

Chapman provides a guide for those who believe in the reality of living for Jesus 24/7 and want to experience that powerful, effective life in God's kingdom--at home, at work, at college, and at church.