Bøker av Michael West

This is a touching story about two teenagers leaving their homeland of Mexico to pursue their dream in America. They fall into the web of insurance scammers who want to take their lives to acquire insurance dividends of millions of dollars. The kids retaliate by killing their enemies, destroying their syndicate, and returning to their homeland to realize their dream in their own country of Mexico. A story of courage, defiance, obsession and betrayal, portrayed in a land where life has no value and death has a price.

A programme text edition of Michael West's award-winning drama, exploring the disintegrating history of one man's life through a series flashbacks.

In 1995 the Texas Historical Commission discovered the shipwreck of la Belle, the final vessel of the ill-fated venture by French explorer Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle to colonize the Texas coast. Among the items recovered was an intact chest, informally known as the Belle Mystery Chest. It contained many tools used in occupations ranging from that of French wine coopering to those of agricultural, military, and maritime endeavors. Historical research using firsthand reports of the expedition''s survivors suggest the chest was first boarded in France on one of La Salle''s other ships, unloaded prior to its wrecking at the mouth of Matagorda Bay, taken to the new settlement on la Belle, and eventually returned to the ship before its sinking. Records verify that La Salle often claimed the possessions of the dead and that he ordered the ship reloaded with his personal goods and other supplies before it sank. Along with two artifacts with differing ownership initials and the sheer diversity of the chest''s contents, these clues suggest that the chest may have been a repository for various utilitarian items collected by La Salle before the loss of la Belle in January of 1686.

'I wasn't throwing up. I was dying. I was very ill . . . And do you know what? In the middle of all that . . . malaise, I remember thinking "This is what it's like to be married." But I'd do it again'An elderly couple sit in a dark room in their house, doing the crossword, taking their tablets and knitting, all the while raking over a traumatic past that has all but destroyed them.Conservatory is a compelling play about loss and family which shows that happiness is not a necessary condition of togetherness. It premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in March 2014.

Contemporary Irish Plays showcases the new drama that has emerged since 2008. Featuring a blend of established and emerging writers, the anthology shows how Irish writers are embracing new methods of theatre-making to explore exciting new themes - while also finding new ways to come to terms with the legacies of the Troubles and the Celtic Tiger. Freefall is a sharp, humorous and exhilarating look at the fragility of a human life, blending impressionistic beauty, poignancy and comedy.Forgotten features the interconnecting stories of four elderly people living in retirement homes and care facilities around Ireland, who range in age from 80 to 100 years old.Drum Belly is a fascinating play about the Irish mafia in late 1960s' New York. It premiered at the Abbey Theatre in 2012.Previously unpublished, Planet Belfast by Rosemary Jenkinson is about a woman named Alice - Stormont's only Green MLA who must toe a delicate line between large, sectarian power bases in order to promote an environmental agenda in Northern Ireland.Desolate Heaven is a story about two young girls hoping to find freedom from home in the trappings of love. It was first performed at Theatre 503, London, in 2013Written for the 2012 Dublin Theatre Festival, and previously unpublished, The Boys of Foley Street by Louise Lowe is a piece of site-specific theatre which led audience members on a tour of the backstreets of inner-city Dublin.Edited by the leading scholar on Irish theatre, Patrick Lonergan, Contemporary Irish Plays is a timely reminder of the long-held tradition and strength of Irish theatre which blossoms even in its new-found circumstances.

Many organizations spend hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars on process improvement but never realize business performance results. Executives and organizational leaders pursue only those improvement initiatives that can yield measurable performance gains. This book defines how to achieve real business performance results from process improvement, thus filling a major information void in the economy. It explains how to set performance and process improvement goals, shows how to measure process improvement results, and details how to lead a performance culture. It also presents metrics for business performance and defines the relationship between performance and process.

Booker T Washington has held an ambiguous position in the pantheon of black leadership. This book offers a reinterpretation of one of the controversial figures in American history. It explains why Washington's ideas resonated in the post-Reconstruction era and considers their negative influence in the continuing struggle for equality in the US.

Amidst the filth and fury of Dublin 1904, the theatrical event of the century is about to explode... Will the Irish National Theatre of Ireland seize its chance for glory? This work is a gleefully innovative look at Dublin's lurid past, a rampant piece of story theatre that has delighted critics and audiences alike during its tour of Ireland.

Introducing pragmatic approaches to process improvement via CMMI, this book explores techniques for process improvement. It identifies various concepts of the CMMI and explains how to adapt those concepts to maximize improvement efforts.

Foley is the last of his family, among the last Protestants in the Republic of Ireland. He is attempting to recall his life, but memory is a fickle thing.