Bøker av Patrick McHugh

Laughs. Adventure. Magic. Seaweed...What's the best thing about living on an island covered with wild grapes? If it's not the fish stories, treasure hunts, clambakes, beach parties, sandcastle competitions, lighthouse lookouts, sea monster watching, or all the grape jam on graham crackers you can eat, it's got to be having the island's only purple pig as a best friend. Join Mudwig and his best friend Martha on The Grape Adventure as they set out to discover their island home for the very first time.

An old journal. An ancient monastery. A secret worth killing for......The year is 1936, and as a world war looms on the horizon, a young Italian fighter pilot is shot down over the mountains of Ethiopia. Despite suffering what should have been fatal injuries, he is rescued by members from a secret monastery and miraculously healed. He is quietly returned to the Italian lines without even knowing who had saved him and where he had been. In present day Boston, college professor Francis "BB" McFadden receives the pilot''s battered journal from Tommy Marino, the nephew of the pilot. He and Marino set out to find the answers to the recovery, and possibly the location of a religious artifact lost for millennia. Their return to Ethiopia pits them against a secret religious sect determined to protect the monastery at any cost...including murder!But what ancient secret hides in the mountains? And why have they found themselves the target of men determined to stop their efforts. The Lost Gospel is a thrilling action adventure where things are not always as they seem. In this tale of long-lost secrets and shadowy figures, you will be drawn into an adventure that begins in the clear blue sky, and ends on a dangerous mountain trail.

Focusing on the effectiveness of Business Process Reengineering (BPR), this book shows how companies can streamline operations, and inevitably cut costs, on the way to creating process excellence in key aspects of the organization.

'The 99 Essential Business Questions' will provide you with the answers you're looking for - but it only contains questions and scenarios, ideas and strategies. The right questions, and your answers, provide you with the insight to take the right decisions and act in a way that goes beyond the blatantly obvious.

Internationally renowned experts, with worldwide consulting expertise, chart a dynamic new trend that promises to go beyond current thinking on BPR and virtual companies. Discusses the competitive advantages of holonic systems, demonstrating what enterprises must do to become viable holonic players.