Best Selling Books by John Brooks

This volume is made up of a series of biographical-genealogical monographs on the ancestors of Thomas Bradbury (1611-1695) and his wife Mary Perkins (1615-1700) who left England and settled in Salisbury, Mass. about 1635/6.

The Girl Behind The Door chronicles John Brooks? life as an adoptive father and his search for answers to his daughter Casey?s suicide. Through intensive research and interviews with experts in the U.S., Canada and Poland following her death, he learned about the devastating effects of abandonment and institutionalization on orphaned children, and the effects on behavior, socialization and self-image?attachment disorder?a condition common to orphans that can cut them off from the comfort of others. It explained everything about Casey. Many books have been written about adoption and attachment from a clinical perspective, while others have been personal stories about the ordeal of adoption and the difficulties of raising these children. The Girl Behind The Door integrates a tragic personal experience with vital information from the experts to teach other families what the Brookses learned too late.

This new edition provides students with a balanced perspective on doing business in a global environment, covering both developed and emerging markets.

Ghosts, witches, unexplained mysteries, and the supernatural are the basis for this fascinating Ghost Series which relates ghost stories from Great Britain.

Summoned to Rome by an old friend, a Jesuit scholar finds himself using a code discovered in the Bible to unearth an ancient, hidden chapel in the catacombs under the city. When a rogue force of Vatican security officials are alerted to his discovery, the priest flees to the Holy Land with a clue ... a clue that will lead him and a team of Israeli Christians to a much larger secret in the middle of the barren Negev Desert. Meticulously researched and drawing on scientific fact, John Lyman''s intriguing story takes readers into the world of scholars, archaeologists, code-breakers, and intelligence specialists who have discovered a prophetic code hidden within the Old Testament that authenticates the Bible as a book of supernatural origin and points to a divine plan. This gripping novel is truly a thought-provoking and action-packed thriller with implications for our future.

Michel deVaux was born in about 1663 in France. He married Marie-Magdaleine Martin in about 1693 in Beaubassin, Acadia. They had six children. Traces the descendants of their grandson, Charlemagne, who was born 20 July 1719 in Beaubassin. His parents were Pierre DeVaux and Marie Caissie. He married Anne Doucet in about 1739 and they had three children. He married Marie Gaudet in about 1748 and they had four children. Their families escaped the deportation of Acadians from 1755 to 1763 and settled in Bras d''Or, Nova Scotia.

Published by Jarrold Publishing and the Ordnance Survey, each of these guides contains 20 car tours.

Em artigo para o Wall Street Journal, Bill Gates diz que mais de duas décadas depois de Warren ter lhe indicado o livro, ele permanece como o melhor livro de negócios que leu na vida. Em um dos cases, John Brooks usa a política de preço fixo da General Electric para detalhar a falta de comunicação nos diversos níveis hierárquicos. Outra história emblemática é a da Xerox, que deveria ser estudada por todos que trabalham na indústria da tecnologia. Eles ignoraram a área de pesquisa que desenvolveu o início da rede Ethernet e a primeira interface gráfica – que hoje conhecemos como Windows ou OS X –, pois acharam que esses produtos estavam fora do core business da empresa. Há também o rombo de US$350 milhões que atingiu a Ford Motor Company, ao desenvolver o Edsel, modelo de carro de passeio que foi um fracasso monumental, por não avaliarem corretamente o nome e o design, entre outras falhas de caráter intuitivo que desconsideraram as pesquisas de opinião. Os temas incluem inovação, estratégia, dinâmica de mercados, ética, câmbio. São 12 histórias atemporais que não se limitam a um país nem a uma área de negócios.

¿Qué tienen en común el fiasco del modelo de coche Ford Edsel, el fulgurante ascenso de Xerox y el increíble escándalo de General Electric? Pues que todas ellas son empresas emblemáticas que, en un momento dado, saltaron a la fama por algún hecho concreto y que John Brooks recoge en este libro. Historias sobre Wall Street, sobre sus defectos y sus excesos, con personajes fascinantes que entrelazan drama y aventura, y revelan las maquinaciones y la naturaleza volátil del mundo de las finanzas. Es irrelevante si Brooks nos está contando el asombroso desplome del mercado bursátil de 1962, los defectos del impuesto federal sobre la renta o el audaz intento por parte de los banqueros estadounidenses para salvar la libra esterlina, uno tiene la sensación de que la historia se repite en la actualidad.

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«Raccontare l''economia come lo faceva Brooks nell''America degli anni Sessanta è un''arte. Brooks era un umile artigiano del reportage, senza aspirazioni letterarie: fatti, solo fatti. Ma che goduria». Federico Rampini