Michael Armstrong is an internationally respected writer on management topics. His Kogan Page titles include: Performance Management, Reward Management, Strategic Human Resource Management, Handbook of Management and Leadership, Handbook of Employee Reward Management and Practice, Job Evaluation and How to be an Even Better Manager. 957 Pages · 2007 · 3.89 MB · English

This collection of short stories bridges the gaps between the Jeff Resnick novels of suspense and intrigue.When The Spirit Moves You: Does Jeff believe in ghosts?Bah! Humbug: Christmas with his girlfriend Maggie’s family is anything but merry.Cold Case: A small boy is missing. Can Jeff find him?Spooked!: A malevolent spirit visits for Halloween.Crybaby: Have diaper bag—will travel!Eyewitness: Jeff can’t move ahead in live until he finds out who murdered his wife.

Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing. Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn’t one of them. As the impulsive, artistic daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, she’s the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. Where they’re long-stemmed roses, she’s a dandelion: an adorable bloom that’s actually a weed, born to float wherever the wind blows. In her bones, Ricki knows that somewhere, a different, more exciting life awaits her.

“A gripping story of troubled relationships, mental illness and buried secrets with a murder at its heart. . . . Clever, twisty and chilling.” —Shari Lapena, #1 bestselling author of Everyone Here is Lying.

“Dripping with bloody opulence, A Multitude of Dreams creeps up on you like a sly shadow. I couldn’t guess at the horrors until it was too late to look away! I loved this book.” —Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrow.

The latest novel in the award-winning Bangalore Detectives Club series finds amateur sleuth Kaveri Murthy involved in a dangerous plot that endangers the life of the visiting Prince of Wales.

Perhaps the main difference between Buddhism and other religions is its understanding of our core identity.  The existence of the soul or self, which is central in different ways to Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, is actually denied in Buddhism.  Even further, belief in a “self” is seen as the main source of our difficulties in life.  Yet a true understanding of this teaching does not lead one to a despairing, cynical worldview with a sense that life has no meaning—Far from it, a genuine understanding leads to authentic happiness for an individual and the greatest source of compassion for others. 162 Pages · 2011 · 4.5 MB · English

From the New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling novel of family, following a troubled mother and her two daughters over forty years through a swiftly changing American landscape as they seek lives they can fully claim as their own.