Leadership conversations

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Danièle Henkel

Danièle Henkel a créé un lien unique avec le public québécois qu'elle a su toucher. Ses valeurs prennent racine dans les expériences qui ont fait d'elle une femme remarquable. À partir de son riche parcours d'immigrante, d'entrepreneure, de femme, de mère et de grand-mère, elle nous livre ses réflexions sur des sujets qui lui tiennent à coeur: les jeunes, la famille, l'amitié, les relations entre les générations, les femmes dans le monde des affaires ... En toutes choses, Danièle Henkel nous invite à réfléchir aux choix que nous faisons et au sens que nous leur donnons. C'est le défi qu'elle nous lance dans ce nouvel ouvrage empreint d'humanité et de sensibilité.

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Michael P. Malone

In this volume, Michael P. Malone provides a succinct interpretive biography of James J. Hill, the "Empire Builder" - so called for his work in developing the region of the United States between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Northwest. Hill was born near Rockwood, Ontario, in 1838. At age sixteen, following his father's death, he left home for St. Paul, Minnesota Territory. There he found work in the steam boating trade along the Mississippi River. By 1865 he was a freight agent, by 1877 a major coal dealer, and soon thereafter he owned a lucrative steamboat service along the Red River. From these beginnings in transportation, Hill eventually realized his dream of building a transcontinental railroad to the Pacific Ocean. Taking over the bankrupt Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad, which ran between St. Paul and Winnipeg, Hill spent fifteen years constructing what would become the Great Northern Railway. Nor did he stop then. Until his death, in 1916, he continued building and directing his ever-growing business empire. Like most other leaders in the history of American industry, Hill gained loyal partners and avid critics. He was a man of remarkable abilities, determination, and drive, but he could be equally ruthless, overbearing, and politically domineering. . The Hill story touches every aspect of the regional economy: transportation, agriculture, mining, lumbering, maritime trade, and town building. Malone explores Hill's complex life and personality, his activities and interests, and recreates both the story of the railroad race to the Pacific and the complex interactions involved in the development of the region.

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Marvin Karlins and Stephen John

Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth, Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Peter Eastgate, Tom Durrr Dwan, Jennifer Harman, Johnny Chan, David Devilfish Ulliott, Chau Giang, Annette Obrestad, Erik Seidel, Howard Lederer, Allen Cunningham, Chad Brown, Layne Flack, and Carlos Mortensen in the new poker book Deal Me In : Twenty of the world's best poker players tell the colorful and inspiring stories of how they turned pro, from their local poker games all the way to World Series of Poker (WSOP) and WPT poker championships. A page-turner about the world's most powerful poker players, unforgettable stories and valuable tips.

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Martin Wallace

With the collapse of the Roman Empire, it was the Celtic Church which kept the flames of Christianity burning. This gift book tells the story of those missionaries who, throughout the sixth and seventh centuries, travelled throughout Europe in their battle against paganisim. Most of the saints in this book belong to that golden age of the Celtic Church. Their stories can only be a mixture of fact and legend. Fact is certainly discernible in the stone remains of their buildings, less often in the fanciful biographies written centuries after their deaths. But who knows where truth ends and myth begins? The stories of Patrick of Ireland and Brendan the Navigator may be the best known, but those of Columba of Iona, David of Wales and Aidan of Lindisfarne are, amongst others, equally fascinating. Each has been beautifully illustrated by Ann MacDuff. Christianity. History. Celts.