Ditmarsh Penitentiary holds many secrets within its walls. A maximum-security prison, it contains every breed of hatred, self-destruction, greed, and regret. Its inmates aren't the only ones who grapple with these emotions. Under constant threat yet given absolute authority, the guards routinely cross the divide between law enforcement and criminality.
Corrections Officer Kali Williams takes pains to avoid the complicated traps of inmates and guards alike. Then a young inmate named Joshua comes to her for help. He claims that another prisoner has drawn an elaborate comic book, which holds a guide to the illicit underworld of Ditmarsh. The struggle to obtain the information encoded in its pages has been the cause of ever-increasing violence throughout the prison.
At first Kali can't take Joshua seriously. But soon afterward, the artist-inmate disappears completely. As she retraces his steps, she enters a labyrinthine world inside the prison with unexpected connections to the outside world. Along the way, she uncovers the most bewildering secret of all – the mystery of human compassion, the twisted forms it can take, and the violence and redemption it makes possible.

The Four Stages of Cruelty: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Hollihan, Keith

United States

Thomas Dunne Books

Praise For The End of Energy Obesity "Peter Tertzakian has succeeded once again. He outlines a visionary approach to meeting the serious challenges of the world's projected population growth, continued economic growth, and increasing living standards. This book is a clarion call to policymakers, business leaders, and energy consumers everywhere." —Guy Caruso, Senior Advisor, CSIS, Washington, D.C. (former Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration) "Peter Tertzakian is one of the great energy thinkers of our time. In this compelling book, he examines the factors that will drive global energy demand and addresses the critical energy issue of our time: How can mankind bring its ever-growing demand for energy under control?" —Hal Kvisle, CEO, TransCanada Corporation "Anyone interested in understanding the forces that drive conflict and instability when it comes to energy should read Peter Tertzakian's important book, The End of Energy Obesity. Mr. Tertzakian makes it clear that the road ahead is difficult but not impossible. For those interested in how to attack the energy problem today for a better future, this is a must-read book." —General John P. Abizaid (Ret.), former Combatant Commander, U.S. Central Command, and member of the SAFE Energy Security Leadership Council "The End of Energy Obesity is a fresh look at a pressing problem . . . thought-provoking writing that's a must-read for those concerned about the way forward for the industrialized world." —The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, Government of Canada "Peter Tertzakian's prose is fun to read, and the analogies are so apt. For anyone concerned about how we go on an energy diet, this book is a must-read." —Matthew R. Simmons, Chairman, Simmons &amp; Company International, author of Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy "This book explores the critical role networked IT solutions play in changing the way energy is used and delivered. The network truly becomes a platform for monitoring and managing energy consumption in a much more efficient way, and we expect the benefits to accelerate as the network becomes more pervasive. Tertzakian shows the reader how networked collaboration technologies such as TelePresence can enable powerful, face-to-face interactions while reducing our energy appetite and carbon footprint." —John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco

The End of Energy Obesity: Breaking Today's Energy Addiction for a Prosperous and Secure Tomorrow

Business & Money

Tertzakian, Peter

Economics

wiley

A fascinating look at ESPN and its success as a brand ESPN The Company reveals the inside scoop on the biggest business story in sports, detailing the creative and innovative spirit and practices that drove the programming, products, and services of the most powerful and prominent name in sports media. The authors provide a behind-the-scenes perspective on how ESPN dealt with their many partners and how they handled mistakes and missteps along the way-from the humble beginnings of ESPN as an underrated startup to the pinnacle of their success as a major industry player. ESPN and other great organizations invest in their people. They train them. They believe that if you spend the time and resources turning talented performers into leaders, you're going to get better organizational performance and engender higher levels of commitment and sweat. ESPN The Company <ul>
<li>Explores the dedication to excellence that makes ESPN the "Worldwide Leader in Sports"</li> <li>Reveals how the steps ESPN has taken to excel can be applied to whatever type of business you're in</li> <li>Shares the lessons learned at ESPN about launching and growing a wildly successful enterprise</li> </ul>
Engaging and informative, this entertaining guide reveals how any company can benefit by embracing the best practices of ESPN.

ESPN The Company: The Story and Lessons Behind the Most Fanatical Brand in Sports

Smith, Anthony F.

Biography & History

An inside look at one of the world's most successful real estate companies 
RE/MAX was founded over 30 years ago in Denver, Colorado, based upon a revolutionary idea for a new system of selling real estate. Since then, RE/MAX has experienced over 380 straight months of explosive growth. In Everybody Wins, authors Phil Harkins and Keith Hollihan reveal how RE/MAX has achieved such phenomenal success by examining the company's strategy, culture, and leadership. Harkins -- with the full cooperation of RE/MAX -- led a research team that closely studied RE/MAX as well as comparable fast-growing companies. The team observed critical meetings, attended conventions, dug through historical archives, and conducted extensive interviews with more than 50 key RE/MAX leaders. The outcome is an insightful and engaging account of one of the world's most successful companies. Order your copy today.

Everybody Wins: The Story and Lessons Behind RE/MAX

Harkins, Phil

When an inmate goes missing inside a maximum security penitentiary, Corrections Officer Kali Williams is forced to come to terms with the cruelty and corruption around her. Ditmarsh Penitentiary holds many secrets in its walls, and contains every breed of hatred, self-destruction, greed and regret. Its inmates aren’t the only ones who grapple with these emotions. Under constant threat, yet given absolute authority, the guards routinely cross the divide between law enforcement and criminality. Kali Williams takes pains to avoid the complicated traps of inmates and guards alike. But through the unreliable stories of a young inmate named Joshua, Kali comes to believe that an elaborate comic book drawn by the missing inmate contains information in its pages that has been the cause of the increasing violence throughout the prison. Following Joshua’s clues, Kali enters a labyrinthine world inside the prison with unexpected connections to the outside world. Along the way, she uncovers the most bewildering secret of all—the mystery of human compassion, the twisted forms it can take, and the violence and redemption it makes possible. This morally complex, tensely plotted story leads to an explosive ending with no easy answers.

The Four Stages Of Cruelty

Genre Fiction

Harper-perennial

A riveting and highly entertaining novel of friendship,betrayal and armed robbery from the author of the “impossible to put down” PW Book of the Year, The Four Stages of CrueltyIn Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the late 1980s, two young university students who share a tenuous grasp on morality and a desire to lead remarkable lives convince themselves to risk everything and rob a bank. Chris, the son of a police officer and the one with the charmed life, wants to test his theory that it’s impossible to get caught. His best friend and accomplice hopes that out of the adventure he’ll get the material for the great novel he’s destined to write. Like Butch and Sundance mixed with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, they begin a crime spree that escalates in daring and comic misadventure until they collide with consequences that will mark them both for the rest of their lives.Inspired by the author’s real-life boyhood friendship with a convicted bank robber, and by the morally ambiguous philosophies of Kundera, Conrad, Greene and Nietzsche, Flagged Victor is a gripping and darkly humorous novel of the rivalries, loyalties and betrayals of male friendship and the often crippling regrets of our youth.

Flagged Victor

HarperCollins, Publishers

In Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the late 1980s, two young university students who share a tenuous grasp on morality and a desire to lead remarkable lives convince themselves to risk everything and rob a bank. Chris, the son of a police officer and the one with the charmed life, wants to test his theory that it's impossible to get caught. His best friend and accomplice hopes that out of the adventure he'll get the material for the great novel he's destined to write. Like Butch and Sundance mixed with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, they begin a crime spree that escalates in daring and comic misadventure until they collide with consequences that will mark them both for the rest of their lives. Inspired by the author's real life boyhood friendship with a convicted bank robber, and by the morally ambiguous philosophies of Kundera, Conrad, Greene and Nietzsche, Flagged Victor is a gripping and darkly humorous novel of the rivalries, loyalties and betrayals of male friendship and the often crippling regrets of our youth.

This is a double novella "flip book" pairing a modern corporate suspense story about the cover-up of a CEO's illicit affair, with a 1970s-era science fiction thriller about an oil company's environmental disaster. It is an exploration of the paranoia inherent in business and the thin line between competition and conspiracy. GAMIFICATION What would you do if you learned your corporation had killed to cover up a secret? Reid Frank was head of human development at the giant energy company, Xcelsion, until his Internet gambling addiction pulled him into an embezzlement scheme that cost him his career, his marriage, and his name. An ex-felon, abandoned and broke, Frank Reade is now answering phones at a call center, when a call from an old friend at Xcelsion pulls him back into the game. Xcelsion is under siege. Merger rumors and an environmental scandal are crippling the company, but an affair between the CEO and an executive at a rival firm might destroy it. Reade is told to make the affair disappear. He needs the money. He loves the game. Then he makes the mistake of his life and falls for the woman himself. On the run, Reade becomes lost in a double world ruled by shadow deals and murder until he discovers a pulp science fiction novel, Attack of the Sea Monkeys, about an oil company in the 1970s, that leads him to a shocking truth about Xcelsion. By the author of The Four Stages of Cruelty-the "impossible to put down" Publishers Weekly book of the year-Gamification is a conspiracy thriller that will lead you to question everything you thought you knew about the way corporations rule our lives. C-MONKEYS In 1973, Mideast strife and the oil crisis have knocked the global economy to its knees. With every company and country locked in a search for new sources of energy, the reclusive industrialist, Dr. Petr Chopek, calls the world's greatest scientists, engineers, and business leaders to his remote South Pacific island to show them what he has discovered. Pulp fiction writer, Gadsen Wells, is not a scientist but when his new companion, renowned paleo-botanist, Dr. Harold Braunhut, dies mysteriously, Wells takes his place on the decrepit prop plane flying to Chopek's island. Accompanied by Braunhut's beautiful nurse, Amber, Wells finds a paradise where scientists are engaged in experiments to learn how to exploit a new energy source linked to a species of giant salamander, long thought to be extinct. Then Wells learns Chopek's true plans. The ancient salamanders are being genetically altered, designed not to save the world but to control it. Wells and Amber escape Chopek's spies and sneak into the labyrinth beneath the island to try to stop him. As though Jules Verne had written a James Bond novel, C-Monkeys is a ripping read about a world just strange enough to be real.

Gamification/C-Monkeys

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

ChiZine Publications

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The Four Stages of Cruelty: A Novel

The End of Energy Obesity: Breaking Today's Energy Addiction for a Prosperous and Secure Tomorrow

ESPN The Company: The Story and Lessons Behind the Most Fanatical Brand in Sports

Everybody Wins: The Story and Lessons Behind RE/MAX

The Four Stages Of Cruelty

Flagged Victor

Flagged Victor

Gamification/C-Monkeys