Books with author David Allen

An old French colonial fort hidden in the jungle, a dysfunctional recon platoon, a duplicitous defector, and an Army interrogator with no combat experience: these elements combine for a surprising and hazardous patrol into enemy territory. When a Viet Cong defector told Army linguist SP4 Tom Daley about this previously unknown French fort, and what sounded like Chinese and Russian advisers working there, he knew it was a major intelligence coup. What he didn’t expect was to be ordered to escort the Chieu Hoi defector on a patrol with a Combined Reconnaissance and Intelligence Platoon to find the fort, located somewhere near the section of the Cambodian border known as the Parrot’s Beak. What they discover at the fort is far different than they anticipated, and puts them directly in the cross-hairs of a North Vietnamese Army unit determined to prevent their return to American-held territory.

'David Allen's strategies for getting on top of your workload are invaluable. Read this book!' Praise for Getting Things Done by Ken Blanchard, co-author The One Minute Manager and Whale Done! David Allen, 'the guru of personal productivity' Fast Company Magazine) and author of the business bestseller Getting Things Done, inspires us to work better, not harder, in his new book, Ready for Anything. Offering over 50 productivity principles to help you clear your head and focus, Ready for Anything enables you to identify what drives you, what holds you back and how to be ready for anything. With motivational insights and inspirational quotes, Ready for Anything shows readers how to make things happen with less effort, stress and inefficiency, and lots more energy, creativity and clarity. This is the perfect inspirational and motivational book for anyone wanting to work and live at their very best.

Discover David Allen's powerful productivity principles and vastly increase your ability to work better, not harder -- every day. The "guru of personal productivity" -- Fast Company -- asks listeners what's holding them back and shows how all of us can be "ready for anything" -- with a clear mind, a clear deck, and clear intentions. Ready for Anything offers you ways to immediately: • Clear your head for creativity • Focus your attention • Create structures that work • Take action to get things moving Allen's simple yet powerful principles help us master the mental game of productivity -- what he calls "managing your mind, not your time." In motivational, bite-size lessons, we learn how to bring the calm focus of the martial artist to the onslaught of choices, decisions, and new circumstances we are faced with daily. Each principle -- from "speed up by slowing down" to "the value of a future goal is the present change it fosters" -- encourages us to think in fresh ways and to take action in order to achieve more relaxed control, ease, and fun in all our activities. With wit, inspiration, and know-how, Ready for Anything shows us how to make things happen with less effort, stress, and ineffectiveness, and lots more energy, creativity, and clarity. This is the perfect audiobook for anyone wanting to work and live at their very best.

When a helicopter crash-lands deep in the Boi Loi Woods, Lieutenant Carr’s platoon must rush to the rescue. A swamp and mechanical problems force Carr and his platoon sergeant to send their armored personnel carriers back to the base camp and proceed on foot, hounded by Viet Cong and racing against the fall of night. They find the co-pilot dead and the pilot severely injured, but the others on board have survived, and the passengers prove difficult. Carr must deal with an obnoxious colonel, a demanding nurse, and three Japanese girls who are USO entertainers. Hunted by the enemy and unsure of their location, this motley group must survive the long rainy night in a series of running firefights until they can be rescued at dawn. Throw in a fake Viet Cong, a lost temple, and a mysterious monk, and things get even more bizarre. Intense action, constant danger, and unexpected humor make this a book you can’t put down.

Lily Easter has spent eleven of her twelve years at the Edgewood Foster Home. She has abandoned any hope of being adopted and becoming part of a real family. When five-year-old abused Angela is placed at the same Foster Home, the two girls develop a strong bond, and with the help of Lily's friend Ace, they share many dangers and adventures especially when their past meets up with their present. Lily's favorite teacher Rose Boston provides the girls with the love and direction they need and proves that "Finding Hope" is more than an expression, but a destination.

“The perfect alchemy of science fiction and magic . . . I can’t wait for the next installment!”- C. David Belt, The Arawn Prophecy and Time’s PlagueSeventeen-year-old Dana has discovered a bloodstone. It’s crystals have the power to control the magic and wills of an entire city-full of people. Used properly, the stone would give Dana nearly limitless power, but where Dana grew up, bloodstones are forbidden. She has no idea how to use one, and even if she did, using the stone without permission comes with a death penalty.Dana isn’t the only one who wants to use the bloodstone. Powerful and bloodthirsty magicians from across the sea are determined to bring it back to their supreme leader. And Dana is in their way.While Dana struggles on her home planet Xahna, the rest of the universe is at war. Unbeknownst to her and the inhabitants of her world, the entire universe is coming to use Xahna as a battlefield. Marine Jet Naman leads his advance landing team to reach the planet Xahna before their enemies.The fate of the galaxy lies in the hands of two young people who have never met. Outnumbered and outgunned, their only chance to survive is each other.

The ancient magic of Arcadia fuels a vicious attack. Dwarfholm Bastion is about to fall. Gork, the prince of the dwarves, has a plan that might just save his people and prove himself worthy to his father. As a last hope to defeat the invading orcs, Gork embarks on a dangerous mission to the deserts of Arcadia.Joining him on his quest are the famously hazardous Nyan-Nyan, the Chaos Kitty; and Terras, an inventive druid sent to find the missing Princess Ruby. The unlikely team has no idea what’s ahead of them. There’s a reason the secrets of Arcadia’s tombs have remained hidden for so long—the horrors within are fed by an ancient portal to the Dark Realm. None who enter the catacombs will return alive. Gork must balance the fate of his realm and the fates of those closest to his heart as he faces the demon within the Dungeons of Arcadia. If he succeeds, he just might turn the tide in the war against the Dark Consul.

Toran joined the five realms and tied their destinies to the survival of his secret heirs. But the king is now dead and his enemies gather. Reann, a serving girl and self-appointed librarian of Toran’s estate, has a chance to unravel the greatest mystery in the realm. On the other side of the kingdom, Terith and the other dragon riders fight to stop the invasion that would mean the fall of the empire. In this cross-country dragon race, Terith faces a black-hearted traitor with even darker purposes, to win the kingdom and the heart of the woman he loves. One rider will fall; one fate will rise.

It’s PB versus J in the greatest food fight in American history. For Peter Barnes’s whole life, all of Surly has pushed him and Jaylee “J” together to make Surly’s favorite pair: PB&J. But the town is thrown into condiment chaos when Peter decides he wants out. In retaliation for Peter’s betrayal, J turns to the work-at-home criminal mastermind, Soccer Mom. With Soccer Mom pulling the strings, the rivalry between PB & J turns into a conspiracy laced with food sabotage and wily espionage. Soon J and Peter are caught up in a war of hijinks that leads to runaway pigs, epic dance battles, and a slew of food poisoning. With the help of Guy the Guidance Counselor and a squad of misfit crime-fighting kids, Peter takes up the mantle of Pizza Boy. Now it’s up to Pizza Boy and the Super Squad to stop Soccer Mom and her criminal underworld before everything in Surly is under her control.