Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy.
Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable? What crop was buried with the Egyptian pharaohs? When is a nut not a nut? What are tubers? In Food Plants, you’ll discover answers to these questions and many more. Through pictures, articles, and fun facts, you’ll learn about the great diversity of plant life found around the world.
How can you draw with light? What was Gutenberg’s gift? Where does medicine come from? Can eyes ever hear? In Technology and Inventions, you’ll discover answers to these questions and many more. Through pictures, articles, and fun facts, you’ll learn about the great inventors and inventions that have changed our lives.
Hot English Magazine is dedicated to improving your English the fun and easy way. Hot English is available every month (except August) and is perfect for all levels from pre-intermediate to advanced. It is also very popular with English language teachers because it has so much great material ready to use in class.
Frank Budgen's "James Joyce and the Making of Ulysses", first published in 1934, is the only first-hand account we have of the growth of Joyce's great work. The record of the painter's friendship with Joyce in Zuerich in 1918-19, when Ulysses was being written, it is also an acute critical commentary on the novel itself.
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