Bøker av Andrew Miller

True operational excellence is not about a method but a mindset . . . and a relentless pursuit of doing things better.

4 Brothers (originally titled 1 Brother) is an excellent childhood memoir by Andrew Miller that has been cruelly sabotaged by his three brothers. It would have been a beautifully written, insightful and amusing account of growing up in Sydney through the 60's, 70's and 80's but instead has become a questionably written, argumentative, and occasionally vulgar piece which has somehow turned out to be wholly entertaining. Few memories are agreed upon, and many are strongly, if not hotly, debated. What is, superficially at least, a nostalgic and entertaining read, also turns out to be a valuable and penetrating look into character, birth order, parenting techniques, world views and obnoxious personalities - from four brothers who remember their childhood very differently, yet who at the same time remain the closest of friends and the loyalist of companions.

God loves his children, blesses his own, rewards those who serve him, tells us to ask and receive, and heals those who believe. Really? Then why on earth am I lying in a hospital bed with cancer? So This Is Suffering... is a first-hand, real-time account of a battle with cancer over a three month period. Told with candor, insight and humour, the author shares a world of needles and nausea, fear and fatigue, and hospitals and bad haircuts. But it turns out there was more to it all. Much more. For the experience also opened up a rich world of Biblical understanding, ministry opportunities and most of all the reality of joy in even the most desperate circumstances.

One Life, many moments. One life, three possible outcomes. One life, one shot. A Moment in Time takes you into the simple life of Tony MacKenzie and with him into the underbelly of Japanese society, the mayhem of international marriage, the absurdities of English education in Japan, illicit romance, desperate comradery, the yakuza, Korean spies, God, flatulent beagles, Japanese cowboys and finely cooked ribs. It's all here. There but for the grace of God goes Tony...

Used in a wide range of situations in education, the development of mentoring and mentoring schemes in education over the last few years has been dramatic. This handbook presents mentors and anyone working with young people with a guide to effective

Dub Steps has a strange long aftertaste. It is science fiction with ordinary characters trying to understand what it is to be alive. People have gone, suddenly, inexplicably, and the remaining handful have to find each other and start again.

Poetry, Photography, Ekphrasis is a detailed study of the ekphrasis of photography in poetry since the 19th century.

Henry and Miriam were raised in East London, but their families had emigrated from Eastern Europe, and they were not to end their lives in the East End.

Mentoring is used in a wide range of situations in education: to assist learning; to help weaker students or those with specific learning needs or difficulties; to develop community or business links; to aid the inclusion of pupils otherwise at risk of exclusion; to develop ethnic links; and to enable students to benefit from the support of their peers, to name but a few.;The development and proliferation of mentoring and mentoring schemes in education over the last few years has been dramatic, and presents teachers, school managers and leaders, as well as mentors, with a challenge. This book presents mentors, plus anyone working with young people, with a guide to approaches to mentoring today. It looks at mentoring as a concept, how it is done well and how it can be made more effective.