Kirjahaku

Paul Janson, a character first featured in Robert Ludlum's bestselling novel The Janson Directive, has a new goal: save the world, one operative, one mission, one redemption at a time. Reformed from his days of covert-operations, Paul Janson has set a new mission for himself. Working in partnership with champion sharpshooter Jessica Kincaid, he rehabilitates disenchanted agents and helps them create new lives outside of the violent intelligence sector. These former operatives then form a network of support for Janson when it comes to his other job--Janson also takes on independent assignments. For a fee, he'll use his skills to resolve international crises. But only those actions that he believes contribute to the greater good of all. Whether he's rescuing an American doctor from Somalian pirates, attacking militant thugs intent on murdering a West African public servant agitating for human rights, or hunting the money-lenders who capitalize on barbaric civil war, Janson stays honest with three simple rules: 1) No torture. 2) No civilian casualties. 3) No killing anyone who doesn't try to kill them. Yet with his commitment to doing what is right--while facing canny intelligence operatives, ruthless warlords, deep sea marauders, or brutal dictators--Janson finds that his most difficult task is figuring out if he's fighting for the good side.

To atone for the sins he committed serving his country, ex-covert government agent Paul Janson is determined to save the world: one person, one mission, one redemption at a time. The Janson Option Paul Janson--a former Consular Ops legend known as "The Machine" for his deadly speed and accuracy--has a new mission. Sickened by the "sanctioned serial killings" ordered by the state department, Janson has left covert operations and is now a private security consultant. In partnership with deadly sharpshooter Jessica Kincaid, he only takes assignments that he believes will lead to the greater good. When American Synergy Corporation oil executive Kingsman Helms begs Janson to rescue his wife, Allegra, from Somali pirates, Janson and Kincaid view it as the perfect opportunity to infiltrate ASC and disrupt the company's scheme to subvert independent oil-rich African countries into wholly-owned ASC subsidiaries. Once on the ground, Janson and Kincaid discover that the pirates may be the least lethal threat in the violent chaos of anarchic Somalia. Is Allegra's kidnapping for real, or is she merely a pawn in her husband's machinations for control of the country? Janson and Kincaid quickly find themselves embroiled in a bewildering storm of plots and counterplots, and their fight to survive threatens to disrupt the entire region, and beyond...

The state of marketing has been in need of an upgrade for years and nowhere is that upgrade more needed, and more appropriate, than in rapidly changing markets. Veteran marketing professional Paul Garrison takes on the task by challenging readers to think less about catching up and more about leaping ahead. In an environment of continuous change, Garrison builds his Exponential Marketing case on a solid foundation of deeper customer insights, more meaningful brand benefits and clear business objectives - and then boldly takes us further than we may have previously thought possible. Rather than accepting business results based on past performance, Garrison challenges us from the very beginning to think in terms of a destination model, about what success could be, and then looks backward to remove any potential barriers standing in our way, or to seize the most important opportunities to get us there faster. Although Garrison offers many new ideas and concepts to capture top-line business growth, he does not go out of his way to destroy many of the so called 'tried and true' marketing approaches of the past. Instead, he recognizes what has worked well from some of these processes and techniques and then evolves them upward to an entirely different level of thinking more appropriate to today's marketplace, and consequently, better prepare you to capture future growth.

This comprehensive two book set vividly captures the complex story of a one country's involvement in the Second World War. Although focused on events in Hungary during much of the book, it is an international story with international implications. The characters are a mix of real life historical figures such as Raoul Wallenberg, Adolf Eichman, General Heinz Guderian, Regent Miklos Horthy, and others, who intermingle with the fictional characters to propel the complex story of one country and its people so tragically caught in the middle. The Distance takes the reader on an incredible journey through the pivotal years of 1941-1945. While most accounts of these years focus on either the miltary, political, or on the Holocaust, the story Garrison painstakingly pieces together links these very interwoven events as they impacted one another with such catastrophic effect. Not unlike the epic struggle of Ulyysses, the Hungarians find themselves caught in a giganic struggle that was not necessarily their own making, but one that they must confront and somehow endure.