The coaching profession is on the rise. Recent su... more

The coaching profession is on the rise. Recent surveys have shown that more and more executives and managers are seeking coaching for increased self-awareness, a more balanced life, better goal setting, and less stress. Do you have what it takes to be the coach these individuals are looking for?Written by three leading authorities in the field of professional coaching, Co-Active Coaching offers a new model of practice for coaches as well as for all those who want to integrate coaching into their consulting practice. Authors Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House, and Phil Sandahl describe the principles and components of co-active coaching, a ground-breaking technique founded on interactive participation and collaboration, and thoroughly examine the skills needed for practice. With over two dozen instructive coaching dialogues and examples, eighteen skill-building exercises to develop co-active coaching techniques, and a comprehensive coachs toolkit, this hands-on reference gives you the critical foundation and practical guidance you need to succeed as a professional coach.... less

Ronald Holbrrok is a fifty-seven-year-old bachelo... more

Ronald Holbrrok is a fifty-seven-year-old bachelor who has lived in the same house for twenty years. Jane Doughty, the daughter of his next-door neighbours, is seventeen. She suddenly decides she is inlove with Ronald and wants to marry him. Everyone is amused at first but then events take a disturbingly sinister turn and Ronald finds himself enmeshed in a potentially tragic situation... less

Roger Thursby is prospering in the legal professi... more

Roger Thursby is prospering in the legal profession and is about to be made a Queens Council. In this brilliantly funny sequel to -Brothers in Law - we follow him through a further series of hilarious legal highs and lows.... less

When Basil Merridew and his nephew. Nicholas Drew... more

When Basil Merridew and his nephew. Nicholas Drewe, arrive in the prosperous village of tapworth Magna their neighbours are unprepared for the upheaval that is to follow. The new arrivals short period of residence in the village ends when Basil takes out a slander action against twenty-two of his neighbours and pockets GBP 10,000 as settlement.... less

Mrs Vernay and her husband live in a flat above t... more

Mrs Vernay and her husband live in a flat above the chambers of Brian Culsworth QC in the Temple. One day Mrs Vernay receives a visit from a Mr. Sampson and she gets the impression that he is a blackmailer. She immediately seeks advice from Mr. Culsworth in his chambers below. Mr. Curlsworths client, a Mr baker, is bringing an action to recover his share on a win on the pools. The story of these people becomes inextricably linked in a brilliant novel of suspense and humour.... less

Judge Julian Whitehall is a man of the highest mo... more

Judge Julian Whitehall is a man of the highest moral integrity. He is approaching retirement age but still has a little time to serve. Suddenly, to the enormous surprise of everybody, he retires early. It transpires that an old friend has asked him to lie on his behalf. Deciding that loyalty to a friend is more important than loyalty to the public, he helps his friend but immediately resigns.The Judge cannot get used to retirement so he spends his time studying cases of possible miscarriages of justice. The drama which then unfolds makes a formidable and fascinating adventure which has twists and turns right to very last page.... less

When Norman Partridge moves to Little Bacon, a pr... more

When Norman Partridge moves to Little Bacon, a pretty country village, he proves to be a kind and helpful neighbour and is liked by everyone. Initially it did not seem to matter that no one knew anything about his past or how he managed to live so comfortably without having to work.... less

Lucy Meeson-Smith works at a big bookmakers and a... more

Lucy Meeson-Smith works at a big bookmakers and always manages to back the winners. Her employers become suspicious and take her to court for fraud. At her trial it is revealed that her father, a vicar, studies form avidly and is a brilliant tipster. The Judge in the case, Mr. Justice Painswick is most intrigued by the evidence. His won personal lofe is complicated by his son - a thoroughgoing cad who is deeply in debt. Find out how these personalities are brought together in a lively and inexpected way on this witty, upheat novel.... less

Imagine a situation where a judge hand out a leni... more

Imagine a situation where a judge hand out a lenient sentence because he is suddenly filled with love for his fellow man. Think of a world where trade union leaders fully support their bosses, high salaries and here policemen hug and kiss drivers stopped for speeding. The Secret of this strange behaviour is nothing less than buttercup pollen. It appears to contain the formula to make people love their fellow man.................. less

Harry Woodstock is a lazy but amiable criminal wh... more

Harry Woodstock is a lazy but amiable criminal who would rather live by fraud than by working. Understandably, Harry feels safer in prison so, when not dodging his enemy, he spends his time thinking up ways to get himself inside again. His amusing story ends with an ingenious solution for them all.... less