I need your help. My daughter Janet is missing.' 'Why do you think I can help?' Kenneth asked. Mr. and Mrs. Martin exchanged brief looks. 'Our Pastor suggested that we call you.' Mrs. Martin said. They did not look up at Kenneth. 'He said you have the ability to fix things.' A diamond-smuggling plane en route to Miami is blown off course by a hurricane and crashes in the Jamaican Blue Mountains. The crew dies, and a small team of smugglers sets out for Jamaica with the cryptographic keys needed to open the state-of-the-art digital safes on the plane. In an 'it seemed like a good idea at the time' moment, the team leader gives teenager Janet Martin the bag with the keys to carry through Miami International Airport security in the hope of avoiding suspicion. After passing through security, Janet is attracted to the desk by an offer of free tickets to anywhere in the world in exchange for her seat on her overbooked flight to Jamaica. Excited, she accepts the offer and leaves the airport for a hotel, still carrying the smuggler's bag. The next morning she catches her new flight but in her haste leaves the bag at the hotel. The smugglers then spend the next three months searching for Janet. They want their bag and they desperately want their diamonds. The teenager is kidnapped from a Jamaican hotel, leaving her parents frantic with worry. A special police unit takes over the investigation, but Mr. and Mrs. Martin suspect something is wrong as the investigation stalls. With nowhere else to go and no-one else to ask, the Martins turn to The Fixer for help... The Fixer is a work of crime fiction that will be enjoyed by fans of James Patterson, Jeffrey Archer and Michael Crichton.
Beginning in the 1950s, Taiwan rapidly industrialized, becoming a tributary to an increasingly "borderless" East Asian economy. And though President Trump has called for the end of "American carnage"—the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs—domestic retailers and merchandisers still willingly ship production overseas, primarily to Taiwan. In this book, Gary G. Hamilton and Cheng-shu Kao show how Taiwanese businesspeople have played a tremendous, unsung role in their nation's continuing ascent. From prominent names like Pou Chen and Hon Hai to the owners of small and midsize firms, Taiwan's contract manufacturers have become the world's most sophisticated suppliers of consumer products the world over. Drawing on over 30 years of research and more than 800 interviews, Hamilton and Kao tell these industrialists' stories. The picture that emerges is one of agile neo-capitalists, caught in the flux of a rapidly changing landscape, who tirelessly endeavor to profit on it. Making Money reveals its subjects to be at once producers of economic globalization and its byproducts. While the future of Taiwanese business is uncertain, the durability of demand-led capitalism is not.
Program Management Offices (PgMOs) are focused on establishing processes, procedures, standard tools, and best practices for the management of programs and ensuring effective use of resources. Highlighting the factors and questions one must consider before setting up a PgMO, this book guides readers through the process of setting up a PgMO. It explains how to spot the signs of a struggling PgMO and details the actions required to rescue or retire it. Describing how team resources should be structured, it demonstrates how to set up quality processes in a PgMO.
“And they replied, ‘We both had dreams last night, but no one can tell us what they mean.’ ‘Interpreting dreams is God’s business,’ Joseph replied. ‘Go ahead and tell me your dreams.’” Genesis 40:8 Dreams. For centuries, dreams have been mysterious, haunting the soul. Can they really predict the future or reveal what is in the heart? What if dreams crossed over into reality, into the present? What if dreams from four people intersect and clash, erupting in the present, shaking the idyllic Caribbean Island of Acia Maj to its core? Without warning, rhyme or reason, Acia Maj descends into senseless violence. How can a fun-loving and friendly island fall victim to this madness? Even political and social leaders are caught up in the wave. The clock is ticking, time is running out, and two of the dreamers are in a desperate search for answers and solutions before they and their families lose their lives. The future of the island is in the balance. The future is imagined by those who dream. Can daydreamers save the future of Acia Maj?
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