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Organizations succeed when staff are doing their jobs effectively.
For this to occur, employees must be well-trained. Group training,
involving two or more people, enables a collaborative approach to
working and problem-solving, and ensures that participants share
best practice and a consistent learning experience. Now in its
third edition, The Group Trainer's Handbook is a condensed source
of practical advice for anyone involved in group training. Updated
with the latest thinking in group training methods, it is
particularly useful for managers who are responsible for a team's
professional development. It breaks down the stages of designing
and developing a successful training course and all the key skills
needed to deliver effective group training. Formerly published as
Designing and Delivering Training for Groups .
At a time of hyper-partisanship, media fragmentation and "fake
news", the work of investigative journalism has never been more
important. This book explores the history and art of investigative
journalism, and explains how to deal with legal bullies, crooked
politicians, media bosses, big business and intelligence agencies;
how to withstand conspiracy theories; and how to work
collaboratively across borders in the new age of data journalism.
It also provides a fascinating first-hand account of the work that
went into breaking major news stories including WikiLeaks and the
Edward Snowden affair. Drawing on over 40 years of experience with
world-leading investigative teams at newspapers including the
Guardian and The Washington Post, award-winning journalist David
Leigh provides an illuminating insight into some of the biggest
news events of the 20th and 21st centuries. This book is essential
reading for anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes work of
journalists and news organizations. It also acts as an essential
practical toolkit for both aspiring and established investigative
journalists.
*New and Updated edition* It was the biggest leak in history.
WikiLeaks infuriated the world's greatest superpower, embarrassed
the British royal family and helped cause a revolution in North
Africa. The man behind it was Julian Assange, one of the strangest
figures ever to become a worldwide celebrity. Internet messiah or
cyber-terrorist? Information freedom fighter or sex criminal? In
this newly updated edition, award-winning Guardian journalists
David Leigh and Luke Harding follow the story as it takes on
ever-weirder twists and turns. In London, Assange went to ground in
the back bedroom of the Ecuadorian embassy. Meanwhile, in a
courtroom near Washington, the fate of the US army whistleblower
Bradley Manning hung in the balance. And in Hawaii, a young man
named Edward Snowden, working as a contractor for the National
Security Agency, was about to take WikiLeaks into even darker
territory. 'A rip-roaring narrative of secrets, tantrums,
technological wizardry, personal betrayal and vengeance.' Irish
Independent 'Excellent.' Sunday Times 'Enjoyable... The WikiLeaks
founder comes across as a shadowy, manipulative character with the
habits of a tramp and the brain of a chess grandmaster.' Spectator
'Superbly narrated...unputdownable.' Observer
David J. Leigh explores the innovative influences of the Book of
Revelation and ideas of an end time on fiction of the twentieth
century, and probes philosophical, political, and theological
issues raised by apocalyptic writers from Walker Percy, C. S.
Lewis, and Charles Williams to Doris Lessing, Thomas Pynchon, Don
DeLillo. Leigh tackles head on a fundamental question about
Christian-inspired eschatology: Does it sanction, as theologically
sacred or philosophically ultimate, the kind of "last battles"
between good and evil that provoke human beings to demonize and
destroy the other? Against the backdrop of this question, Leigh
examines twenty modern and postmodern apocalyptic novels,
juxtaposing them in ways that expose a new understanding of each.
The novels are clustered for analysis in chapters that follow seven
basic eschatological patterns-the last days imagined as an ultimate
journey, a cosmic battle, a transformed self, an ultimate
challenge, the organic union of human and divine, the new heaven
and new earth, and the ultimate way of religious pluralism. For
religious novelists, these patterns point toward spiritual
possibilities in the final days of human life or of the universe.
For more political novelists-Ralph Ellison, Russell Hoban, and
Salman Rushdie among them-the patterns are used to critique
political or social movements of self-destruction. Beyond the
twenty novels closely analyzed, Leigh makes pertinent reference to
many more as well as to reflections from theologians Jurgen
Moltmann, Zachary Hayes, Wolfhart Pannenberg, and Paul Ricoeur.
Both a guidebook and a critical assessment, Leigh's work brings
theological concepts to bear on end-of-the-world fiction in an
admirably clear and accessible manner.
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Out of My Depth (Paperback)
Anne Darwin; As told to David Leigh
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When Anne Darwin told the world and her family that her husband,
John, had disappeared while canoeing in the North Sea, her life
changed forever. She had just lied to the police, the press, her
friends and neighbours, insurance companies and her own sons. While
her husband hid in a bedsit in their rental house next door, Anne
had to face the music. She claimed the life insurance payouts,
endured the police questioning, accepted the consolations and left
the country she loved to start her life again. But why, when she
had been perfectly happy with her lifestyle, knowing her actions
would hurt those she held most dear, did she do it? After years of
remaining silent, Anne Darwin finally reveals the truth behind the
crime that tore her family apart.
Set in the multi cultural society of Perth, Western Australia,
Eucharist is a unique story of diversities and contradictions. Dhul
Fiquari is a young West Australian scientist, born of Iraqi
parents. His best friend Josh is Jewish and born of Israeli
parents. Dhul is also a pacifist and an idealist. A Roman Catholic
priest, a Muslim Cleric and an unorthodox Jew are good friends of
Dhul's father, also a Muslim. They form a quirky backdrop to Dhul's
own journey, creating a mixture of love and hatred, peace and war.
Events from distant shores impact on the community of Western
Australia in ways never imagined and have disastrous effects on the
lives of many. Dhul's peaceful nature is tested to the extreme and
found wanting.
Born of Iraqi parents, Dhul Fiquari or Duzza, to his mates, is a
West Australian. He drinks alcohol, eats pork and his best friend
is Jewish. He is Islamic by faith but not practicing and in the lay
back world of the Perth suburbs, nobody cares. He works as a
scientist, on genetically modified proteins and has discovered a
rogue protein that will increase the nutritional value of foods
such as rice. Dhul is an idealist and believes he can feed the
starving third world with his discovery. He is also a pacifist and
abhors violence of any kind. Set against a backdrop of ethnically
populated Northbridge and with the unlikely regular meetings of
four middle-aged men from varying faiths, what turns this
mild-mannered man into a bio-terrorist?
Tasmania is known worldwide for its clean, green and pristine
environment. It is a place where discerning and environmentally
savvy tourists visit. The largest tract of temperate rainforest in
the southern hemisphere and the last known wilderness areas exist,
alongside some of the finest wines, cheeses and produce anywhere on
earth. Unfortunately, the big end of town moved in and using money
from ill informed investors and taxpayer funded schemes,
destruction those forests took place on a massive scale. The
poisoning, shooting and habitat removal of unique and endangered
species of wildlife was secondary only to the clear felling of wild
forests and subsequent conversion to monoculture plantations. The
irony is that the Australian Federal Government was paying to
prevent similar destruction taking place in Indonesia and Malaysia,
whilst funding the destruction in Tasmania. This is the people's
story of courage and determination in the face of a huge
corporation that had an unhealthy relationship with a state
government organisation. It tells of the suffering of individuals
from chemical invasion, the poisoning of drinking water and death
on the roads from overloaded log trucks. It shows how thinking
people united to overturn the regime and restore Tasmania to peace
and harmony once again.
Named best UK cocktail book by the 2014 World Gourmand Awards, "The
Complete Guide to the Drinks of James Bond" takes a comprehensive
look at the drinks consumed by 007 in both Ian Fleming's novels and
the Eon movies. In this new expanded edition you'll find details of
everything James Bond drinks, whether cocktails, Champagne or even
beer, a beverage certainly enjoyed by 007 on occasion in the books.
You can also learn the first film in which he drinks beer (and it
wasn't Skyfall). Naturally it includes details of the vodka
martini, shaken, not stirred, as well as the Vesper, which first
appeared in Casino Royale. As well as providing background details
to 007's drinks, including a look at some of the best-known
Champagne houses, it includes cocktail recipes so that you can mix
drinks in the comfort of your own home to enjoy either by yourself,
while you savour a 007 moment, or with family and friends. So,
scroll to the top and click Add to Basket to get started.
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WikiLeaks (Paperback)
David Leigh, Luke Harding
bundle available
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R550
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A team of journalists with unparalleled inside access provides
the first full, in-depth account of WikiLeaks, its founder Julian
Assange, and the ethical, legal, and political controversies it has
both uncovered and provoked.
NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES STARRING MONICA DOLAN (AS 'CANOE WIDOW' ANNE
DARWIN) AND EDDIE MARSAN How did the most ordinary of couples pull
off one of the most outrageous frauds of modern times? And why did
they carry on with the lie for so long? Drowning in debt and facing
almost certain bankruptcy, John Darwin did the unthinkable - he
paddled out to sea in his red canoe and disappeared. After a
massive search and rescue operation failed to find his body, he was
assumed dead, lost in the bleak North Sea. But everything was far
from what it seemed. Nearly six years later, after John
miraculously returned from the dead with a strange tale of
'amnesia' and sporting a suspicious golden tan, the police and the
Press were desperate to discover the truth behind his remarkable
resurrection. Journalist David Leigh was despatched to Panama,
where he tracked down John's wife, Anne Darwin, who had started a
secretive new life with the insurance money claimed from her
husband's 'death'. But what lay behind her decision to move to
Central America, thousands of miles away from her family and
friends? The truth would gradually unravel during an astonishing
week of jaw-dropping revelations. The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe
is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of this true story of
audacious deception and coercion, offering an unprecedented insight
into a mind-boggling story that gripped the nation - and into the
inscrutable minds of 'Canoe Man' John and Anne Darwin, his
long-suffering partner in crime. Perfect for fans of ITV true crime
dramas such as Quiz, Des, Manhunt and The Pembrokeshire Murders
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