Want to know how to build a great company? Then buy and read "Rock Solid." Not only will it help you lay a firm foundation, it will help you build a future that will be rock solid and sound. Isn t that what we all want? -Peter Legge, OBS, LL.D (HON), D. Tech. Chairman/CEO-Canada Wide Media Limited

If you re in business and you d like to build a strong company then " Rock Solid-How to Strengthen Your Company" was written with you in mind.

It is a practical, how to guide for achieving success in business. It s packed full of down to earth, common sense advice and innovative new concepts that were born and raised in the trenches of small business.

"Rock Solid" delivers ideas that genuinely work in today s business world. If you aren t getting business results you want or you plan to grow your business then this book will be an extraordinarily interesting read.

"Rock Solid" is a fable that follows Jen Russell s journey as she discovers and documents the Company Strength Program developed by Mark McKinley a savvy, community minded business veteran who now lives in a rest home.

This book is a comparative study of a number of dependent and independent tropical islands and archipelagos. Its contributors seek to answer a number of vital questions affecting the security, political status and economic development of some of the world's smallest and most remote communities.

Contributions by
Robert Aldrich, John Cameron, John Connell, Fred Constant, Henrique Pinto da Costa, Mike Faber, David Hamilton-Jones, Helen M. Hintjens, Jean Houbert, David Lowenthal, David Marlow, Malyn Newitt and Gordon Titchener

Acclaimed drama from director Ken Loach following a young boy from a working-class Northern town who begins training a falcon to find relief from his problems. Billy (David Bradley) appears to have little hope in his life. He is bullied by his brother and neglected by his mother, while his inability to pay attention at school suggests he is destined for a future spent working in the harsh conditions of the local mine. The discovery of a young kestrel falcon is an important event in his life. Caring for and training Kes becomes a positive way for him to express himself and, with the help of his English teacher, Mr Farthing (Colin Welland), Billy even begins reading books on falconry so he can take better care of his pet. However, as the problems at home continue, will Billy be allowed to develop his natural affinity with Kes?

'Truth telling and truth recovery have seldom been as heart-breaking or necessary as in this powerful story of human vulnerability and failure - and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.' JOE DUFFY At only five months old, John Cameron was abandoned in a Dublin orphanage, and fostered out as a child labourer by age three. In 1944 when he turned eight, he was incarcerated in Artane Industrial School, where he became boy 11963. Now in his mid-eighties, John Cameron tells his shocking but inspirational story for the first time. As a child, reduced to a number, he survived savage assaults, sexual abuse and the tragic deaths of children around him. Along with other forgotten boys, he battled for his life against the heartless adversity of the church and the Irish state. As a young man - a much-loved schoolteacher devoted to his growing family - John was haunted by his unknown past and embarked on a lifelong quest to unravel the truth about his origins. Buried in a labyrinth of lies, he finally uncovered a story of forbidden love and passion that scandalised rural Ireland and made national headlines in the 1930s. Boy 11963 is a unique account of overcoming almost insurmountable obstacles to find out who you truly are.

Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart star as a bereaved couple in this tear-jerking drama adapted by David Lindsay-Abaire from his own Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Becca and Howie Corbett (Kidman and Eckhart) are a happily married couple whose lives are shattered when their four-year-old son is killed in a car accident. The film, which picks up the story eight months after the accident, charts the very different and often unexpected ways in which the pair go through the painful and messy process of acceptance and healing. Sandra Oh and Dianne Wiest co-star.

Also Authored By John Geddie And William Cowan.

Also Authored By John Geddie And William Cowan.