John Case Boeken

Alex Callahan is als televisiecorrespondent in alle hoeken van de wereld geweest om verslag te doen van de vreselijkste rampen. Maar op een schijnbare rustige zomermiddag is hij miet langer alleen toeschouwer van de duistere kant van de wereld. Hij is met zijn zes jaar oude tweeling op een feest als de twee opeens verdwijnen. Ieder spoor ontbreekt tot Callahan een telefoontje krijgt. Aan de andere kant is een beklemmende stilte te horen, dan een langzame ademhaling, en een klagende, bekende kinderstem " papa? ". De nachtmerrie is voor Callahan nu compleet en hij stort zich in een wanhopige zoektocht naar zijn zoons.

Wannabe artist Miranda Blair is named the sole heir to the estate of her estranged grandmother, Gertrude, but as a prerequisite she must spend a hundred days at Gertrude's New England cottage. The handsome next-door neighbor seems determined to turn Miranda's resented countdown into a purpose- driven season of possibilities; will she discover her true colors and ensure a paint-worthy future?

Explains what business numbers mean and why they matter, and addresses issues that have become more important in recent years, including questions about the financial crisis and accounting literacy.

Companies expect managers to use financial data to allocate resources and run their departments. But many managers can't read a balance sheet, wouldn't recognize a liquidity ratio, and don't know how to calculate return on investment. Worse, they don't have any idea where the numbers come from or how reliable they really are. In "Financial Intelligence", Karen Berman and Joe Knight teach the basics of finance - but with a twist. Financial reporting, they argue, is as much art as science. Since nobody can quantify everything, accountants always rely on estimates, assumptions, and judgment calls. Savvy managers need to know how those sources of possible bias can affect the financials - and they need to know that sometimes the numbers can be challenged. While providing the foundation for a deep understanding of the financial side of business, the book also arms managers with practical strategies for improving their companies' performance - strategies such as "managing the balance sheet" that are well understood by financial professionals but rarely shared with their nonfinancial colleagues. Accessible, jargon-free, and filled with entertaining stories of real companies, "Financial Intelligence" will help nonfinancial managers be smarter and more confident in their everyday work

Open-book management transforms the workplace by engaging employees in the company's financial health, fostering motivation and accountability. John Case explores the shift from traditional management styles that treat workers as mere "hired hands" to a more inclusive approach that encourages collaboration and problem-solving. He analyzes the competitive landscape and critiques outdated management techniques, highlighting the need for a more responsible and informed workforce to thrive in today's global economy.

There's nothing in a glorious summer's day to suggest anything even remotely sinister. In fact, Alex Callahan, a news correspondent, surprises himself by enjoying the Renaissance Faire that his six-year-old twins, Kevin and Sean, have forced him to visit. The boys are delighted by the jugglers and magicians, jesters and foodmongers dressed in full Elizabethan costume. But it's the joust that the boys have really been waiting to see. Alex takes a break to watch, while keeping half an eye on the twins, but when he turns to see how they are enjoying themselves, they're nowhere to be seen. The perfect day has turned into every parent's nightmare. His sons have disappeared, and Alex is an immediate suspect. But no one can explain the bizarre origami figure he finds after he returns to his empty house. Or the bowl of water that has been left on the top shelf of the wardrobe. Or, the T-shirt soaked in blood... As police attention to the case wanes, Alex's own investigations uncover a sinister, underground world that he never dreamed existed. A world where reality is portrayed as illusion, and where the reason behind the twins' disappearance is more terrifying than anything Alex can imagine...

'Dante's Equation' is a thriller combining cutting-edge science and an extraordinary secret buried in the past.

Joe Lassiter is an ex-FBI investigator bent on revenge . The confession belongs to the late Dr Franco Baresi, and concerns the work at his fertility clinic - a fertility clinic that Lassiter's sister attended and, as he horrifyingly discovers, all the other victims in a recent series of murders that have swept the world.

Dr. Jeff Duran suffers from severe panic attacks whenever he ventures outside his home office. And he is inexplicably haunted by mysterious memories. Then, after a troubled patient commits suicide-and her half sister, Adrienne Cope, blames Duran-his life spirals out of control.Suddenly targeted by unknown assassins, he and Adrienne must run for their very lives. Forced to trust each other, they must now work together to unlock the reason why one or both of them is marked for death. For beneath the intrigue lies a dark conspiracy that stretches halfway around the world-and a sinister plot that could change the course of history.

Reporter Frank Daly misses a scientific voyage to the Arctic. Catching up with the scientists on their return, he finds them reluctant to talk, and he probes until he discovers the shocking truth.