Warner Books

You can sit there and analyse the whole book from a literary & gramatical point of view to death... but some books simply touch us deep inside. They seem to shake our emotions and somehow we connect... maybe we all wish we had a story to tell!

Totally recomend it if anyone wants to read a book that is short and sweet!

Its a great book, very emotional so prepare yourself for tears. The movie is fab too.

Admiral Daniel V. Gallery earned himself a special place in the annals of naval history when he captured a German submarine in 1944. The U-505, the first enemy warship taken by the United States since 1815, is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, dedicated as a memorial to all who lost their lives defending this country at sea.

Although he retired from the Navy in 1960, Admiral Gallery is still pursuing his second highly successful career -- as an author. Since World War II he's published dozens of articles and stories, two paperback originals and five books, which include Stand By To Start Engines. 8 Bells And All's Well, and Now Hear This.

The Brink is fiction. Some terrible tomorrow it could become fact, just the way it happens here...

In the icy gray reaches of the Polar Seas an American nuclear submarine confronts a Russian destroyer. There are feints and dodges; ominous maneuvers above and below the polar ice cap. And then, in one searing second, a ship is atomized into a cloud of radioactive debris...

In Washington, as the maneuvers become political and the stakes astronomical, men in high places must carefully assess their public images, their personal loyalties, their private ethics. These men will decide the fate of a world teetering on the brink...

This is a frightening, suspenseful novel, full of the lore of modern naval warfare and the intricacies of modern world politics, all underscored by emotions as old as man himself.

"The Brink makes The Bedford Incident, Red Alert and Fail Safe take a back seat for its ability to engross the reader in the dangerous dilemma of mutual nuclear holocaust." -- Library Journal

"Admiral Gallery takes you into the control room of the USS Nemo on station a hundred fathoms beneath the surface of the Norwegian Sea and you're there... the only reason you are glad to come to the end of the book is that you do find out that you have not yet been blown to smithereens."-- Shipmate

"Much salty talk, a great deal of action and suspense -- not a dull page." -- Toledo Sunday Blade

"A humdinger, a cliff-hanger which most people will find difficult to put down unfinished." -- Army Times

"Powerful... a book you will want to read without interruption." -- Sacramento Bee

Admiral Daniel V. Gallery earned himself a special place in the annals of naval history when he captured a German submarine in 1944. The U-505, the first enemy warship taken by the United States since 1815, is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, dedicated as a memorial to all who lost their lives defending this country at sea.

Although he retired from the Navy in 1960, Admiral Gallery is still pursuing his second highly successful career -- as an author. Since World War II he's published dozens of articles and stories, two paperback originals and five books, which include Stand By To Start Engines. 8 Bells And All's Well, and Now Hear This.

The Brink is fiction. Some terrible tomorrow it could become fact, just the way it happens here...

In the icy gray reaches of the Polar Seas an American nuclear submarine confronts a Russian destroyer. There are feints and dodges; ominous maneuvers above and below the polar ice cap. And then, in one searing second, a ship is atomized into a cloud of radioactive debris...

In Washington, as the maneuvers become political and the stakes astronomical, men in high places must carefully assess their public images, their personal loyalties, their private ethics. These men will decide the fate of a world teetering on the brink...

This is a frightening, suspenseful novel, full of the lore of modern naval warfare and the intricacies of modern world politics, all underscored by emotions as old as man himself.

"The Brink makes The Bedford Incident, Red Alert and Fail Safe take a back seat for its ability to engross the reader in the dangerous dilemma of mutual nuclear holocaust." -- Library Journal

"Admiral Gallery takes you into the control room of the USS Nemo on station a hundred fathoms beneath the surface of the Norwegian Sea and you're there... the only reason you are glad to come to the end of the book is that you do find out that you have not yet been blown to smithereens."-- Shipmate

"Much salty talk, a great deal of action and suspense -- not a dull page." -- Toledo Sunday Blade

"A humdinger, a cliff-hanger which most people will find difficult to put down unfinished." -- Army Times

"Powerful... a book you will want to read without interruption." -- Sacramento Bee

Admiral Daniel V. Gallery earned himself a special place in the annals of naval history when he captured a German submarine in 1944. The U-505, the first enemy warship taken by the United States since 1815, is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, dedicated as a memorial to all who lost their lives defending this country at sea.

Although he retired from the Navy in 1960, Admiral Gallery is still pursuing his second highly successful career -- as an author. Since World War II he's published dozens of articles and stories, two paperback originals and five books, which include Stand By To Start Engines. 8 Bells And All's Well, and Now Hear This.

The Brink is fiction. Some terrible tomorrow it could become fact, just the way it happens here...

In the icy gray reaches of the Polar Seas an American nuclear submarine confronts a Russian destroyer. There are feints and dodges; ominous maneuvers above and below the polar ice cap. And then, in one searing second, a ship is atomized into a cloud of radioactive debris...

In Washington, as the maneuvers become political and the stakes astronomical, men in high places must carefully assess their public images, their personal loyalties, their private ethics. These men will decide the fate of a world teetering on the brink...

This is a frightening, suspenseful novel, full of the lore of modern naval warfare and the intricacies of modern world politics, all underscored by emotions as old as man himself.

"The Brink makes The Bedford Incident, Red Alert and Fail Safe take a back seat for its ability to engross the reader in the dangerous dilemma of mutual nuclear holocaust." -- Library Journal

"Admiral Gallery takes you into the control room of the USS Nemo on station a hundred fathoms beneath the surface of the Norwegian Sea and you're there... the only reason you are glad to come to the end of the book is that you do find out that you have not yet been blown to smithereens."-- Shipmate

"Much salty talk, a great deal of action and suspense--not a dull page." -- Toledo Sunday Blade

"A humdinger, a cliff-hanger which most people will find difficult to put down unfinished." -- Army Times

"Powerful... a book you will want to read without interruption." -- Sacramento Bee

BRITAIN'S WITHDRAWAL FROM ASIA: Its Implications for Australia.

Proceedings of Seminar Conducted by the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, The Australian National University, 29 - 30 September, 1967.

This book captures the history behind Bugs Bunny and all of the other Warner Bros. characters. It provides interesting information on how and why these horrorshow cartoons were made. A few in-depth sections may bore the average reader, but for the most part, the book is filled with intersting tales of car wax.

This is really hard to find. It is out of print, and I get letters all the timne asking me if I have any. I don't. This is the Third in the Hey Kid how to Build a Model Aeroplane series. Takes you from intermediate to building a NATS winning scale model ...

Bill Warner

This is the first in the Toby Peters books and it is excellent. And, the Blackstone Audio Books version is both well read and faithful to the original book. The breaks on the cassettes are handy. Do yourself a favor and check out the later titles Blackstone offers. You'll be glad.

Purpose: 1.the project focused on the methods and means by which executives make business decisions. The research group discovered that executive decision makers use their intuition or past experiences as the chief influence in their decision making. Personal rules of thumb were the overwhelming favorite instrument used by these executives in navigating through business life.

Starting a Business
1. Limit the number of primary participants to people who can consciously agree upon and contribute directly to that which the enterprise is accomplish, for whom, and by when.
2. Define the business of enterprise in terms of what is to be bought, precisely by who, and why.
3. Concentrate all available resources on accomplishing two or three specific, operational objectives within a given period of time period.
4. Prepare and work from a written plan that delineates who in the total organization is to do what, by when.
5. Employ key people with proven records of success at doing what needs to be done in a manner consistent with the desired value system of the enterprise.
6. Reward individual performance that exceeds agreed upon standards.
7. Expand methodically from a profitable base toward a balanced business
8. Project, monitor, and conserve cash and credit capability.
9. Maintain a detached point of view
10. Anticipate incessant change by periodically testing adopted business plans for consistency with realities of the world marketplace.

Other Starting Business Rules:
1. The less time and money it takes to start and manage a company, the more likely it is too survive.
2. In starting a new business select a small or medium community where reputation can be built quickly.
3. Happiness is a positive cash flow
4. The key elements for a successful new venture: 1. Experienced management team 2. Potential for becoming a significant company 3. Technical excellence 4. Sound, sensible business-plan 5. Focused strategy 6. Sense of urgency.
5. Venture capitalist rank of importance: 1. Management team (30-50% Local, 60-90% National, and 50-60% manufacturing) 2. Location 3. Product/services 4. Marketing/Finance plans
6. Fear engenders conformity and is a powerful barrier to creativity. Try to reduce the importance of fear of failing on your career.
7. Venture capitalist are typically looking to liquidate small company investments three to seven years down the road at a return of 35 to 60 percent annually.
8. A startup company should never be in more than one market.
9. The combined costs of sales and marketing should not exceed 5 percent of net profits.

Sales
1. Put the biggest enticement in the headline
2. Be repetitive

Product maturity
1. A product may be mature, as indicated by, weakening brand preference
2. Narrowing physical variation
3. Entry in force of private-label competitors
4. Market saturation
5. Stabilization of production methods.

Strategy
1. You only have to be 1 percent better than your competition in order to succeed. In the mind of the customer you will seem 10 percent better.
2. A company, which has high fixed costs and low variable costs, will be more likely to stress high volume sales and an increasing market share.
3. Price increase should be publicized if the company can make a well-reasoned, cost-driven case for the increase
4. Pull out of a declining company if one or more companies with significant resources are committed to staying in.
5. The three basic strategies to cope with fierce competitive forces are: overall cost leadership, differentiation, and focus.
6. If a company has money, it will be much less expensive to penetrate a new market during a weakening in the economy.
7. A consumer product should sell for four or five times the cost of the manufacturer's labor and materials. A service should sell for at least three times the labor cost to the firm.

I can't believe there are no reviews of this delightful tome. Although it's not indispensable to the enjoyment of the Chronicles themselves, it's actually enjoyable as read-by-itself item. Anyhow, how can anyone fail to want this delightful book after reading through 20 chronicles and one prequel! One's library would not be complete without it. It's full of wonderful "chronicle" information as well as historical information; it answers questions you didn't even think to ask. ONE CAUTIONARY REMARK: Whiteman does "give away" some of the endings in his explanation of who's who, what's what, and where's where; therefore, it's not suitable for looking things up while one is actually in the midst of one of Brother Cadfael's investigations. Otherwise, get it, read it, enjoy it!