Books with author Charles James Collins

Built to Last was a phenomenal success: 'It is a fair assumption that as the seminal importance of this audiobook begins to permeate the upper echelons of business and business schools...Collins and Porras will emerge as the gurus to watch over the next decade.' The Director.Good to Great explores a whole new concept, backed by the rigorous research standards which gave Built to Last such an impact. 1. Good is the Enemy of Great -- the scope of the project 2. Level 5 Leadership -- the type of leader required, humble and ferocious 3. First Who ...Then What -- how companies set the foundation for their shift from good to great 4. Confront the Brutal Facts (Yet Never Lose Faith) -- the duality that leads to greatness 5.Hedgehog Concept -- how to find the one big thing your company must focus on 6. A Culture of Discipline -- the magical alchemy of great performance 7. Technology Accelerators -- technology is a trap, unless used right 8. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop -- how to build sustained momentum and avoid the 'new regime, new revolution' doom loop 9. From Good to Great to Built to Last -- how to take a company from great to enduring great. Appendices:Good to Great in: the New Economy; non-Profits; Government; Investors; outside the US.Plus four research appendices

Aneas, an Elfin boy, has to find and set free a vast treasure that belongs to his people, the Neiblings. Four nutty kids accompany Aneas on his treacherous journey, while evading evil forces bent on stopping him.Excerpt:It flapped it’s massive wings, once, twice, it’s immense bulk rising incredibly with each powerful flap. It’s heft would pull it, naturally, toward earth, but the wings would flap again - a slow, folding wave that ran from front to back - allowing it to slowly lift again. Hovering up and down like that, the dragon turned her gaze sharply toward the gunships high above. The aircraft, like black spiders suspended in the sky, were facing the dragon. A series of white flashes materialized just below each chopper. The dragon flapped those mighty wings and rose quickly, as six sidewinder missiles converged in the spot she had just vacated, and lit up the river with a great conflagration. “Guys,” Aneas said. “I say we get outta here. Now.”Nadia kicked at the broken windshield, shattering it. The kids proceeded to crawl out.Up in the air, the dragon was flapping her wings with vigor and climbing quickly, aiming for the closest gray chopper. The gunship fired off four Mistrals, two at a time, the dragon swerving and dodging each, and continuing straight at it. The chopper banked to the left, and took off. The dragon gave chase, each powerful flap of her wings drawing her closer and closer. The other two gunships tried to intervene. The second gray one got behind the dragon and opened up with it’s chain gun. Raining hellfire, the murderous sparks trailed into the back of the dragon. And the creature took notice. She spread her wings suddenly, braking her momentum, and turned to face the chopper that had done the firing. This chopper tilted back to brake, and dropped to it’s right. The dragon started toward it and the chopper swerved hard, trying to get away. The dragon flapped those massive wings twice and, reaching the aircraft, placed giant claws at it’s rotor mount, like a hawk catching a fish. The rotating airfoils disintegrated against the dragon’s limbs, and she lifted the chopper and flung it against the cliff-side. The aircraft impacted the rocks and tumbled down to the riverbank without exploding.James Collins likes to read a lot. Some of his favorite books are Jeff Kinney and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Rachel Renee Russell and the Dork Diaries, Judy Blume and Superfudge, Barbara Park and Junie B Jones, Lincoln Peirce and Big Nate, Bill Watterson and Calvin and Hobbes, Lemony Snicket and many others.

Prayer is a gift to you and a privilege. The gift is offered to all and all may become the wielders of the great power of prayer. However, the fact remains that the power of prayer is least exercised by the average believer. You will do well to learn the art of warfare prayer, the present temperature of the prayer of many Christian needs to rise if they expect serious breakthroughThe prayer points in this book are targeted at certain needs so that as you pray you will not be beating the air.

The Demon-lord's armies are on the move . . . in the North, where the dwarves are only dimly aware that something is amiss . . . in the East, where the Tundines have unwittingly handed themselves into a trap . . . in the West, where the elves and the Tuath would prefer to ignore the gathering shadows.The Age of Fellowship has passed, and the peoples of the world are much diminished. Thankfully, their adversary is diminished, as well - but if even one of Its gambits should succeed . . .

Regicide. The very word would have been unthinkable for most- but not Hendrick Lokin, Duke of Northmoor. He has done more thanthink the thought. He has done the deed. Now the only survivor ofhis treason, the king's daughter Aileen, must flee for her lifeinto the depths of a forest her countrymen fear and avoid.Worse is yet to come.Devastating as it is, Northmoor's treachery is merely the mostrecent engagement in a much more ancient conflict - one which isawakening with renewed fury after a thousand-year sleep . . .

Bloody and weary, the Free Peoples raise their eyes in relief . . . and amazement. The Demon-lord's assaults on their homes have been turned aside; Its Lieutenants are no more.Still the struggle is not ended, for a new army is marshaling in the East. The Demon-lord's puppet, the Usurper of New Tundia, is preparing to march.Staggered by the cost of their victories, the Free Peoples pull together what strength they can muster . . . hoping to stand against the fall of Night for a little longer . . . just a little longer . . .