The Wreckage of Intentions offers a comprehensive account of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century projects—concrete yet incomplete efforts to advance British society during a period defined by revolutions in finance and agriculture, the rise of experimental science, and the establishment of constitutional monarchy.

Volume 24 features commentary on a range of Johnsonian topics: his reaction to Milton, his relation to the Allen family, his notes in his edition of Shakespeare, his use of Oliver Goldsmith in his Dictionary, and his always fascinating Nachleben. The volume also includes articles on topics of strong interest to Johnson: penal reform, Charlotte Lennox's professional literary career, and the "conjectural history" of Homer in the eighteenth century.

Life has never been so deadly. Ben Reed’s search for the truth of his identity has hit a snag. The one person who knows anything refuses to talk. When an old enemy of the city of Ashdale emerges, Ben is thrown into the chaos of a violent and lethal danger. Shocked by the cruelty of man, he begins to care more than he thought possible. When visions of old memories impose on him with more force than ever before, he begins to suspect the body he occupies can take no more of his presence. Peter’s familiar and safe world changed the day Ben lost his memory. Now he must face not only the prospect of his friend never coming back but the existence of people with otherworldly abilities as well. Peter must put his doubts aside, or embrace them fully, to aid Ben in his fierce quest to corner the richest man in the city. But as Evy, an elusive and distrustful woman on the run, gets entangled in their mission, Ben and Peter find themselves hunted by people with mystical skills and dangerous employers. While on the run in a scarred and wounded city, Ben and his friends must work together to survive. As Ben can’t contain his increasing powers, the body begins to give in. With the imminent threat, Ben is unsure if dying will send him back to his old existence or somewhere else entirely. Can he even survive death? Grave Intent is the second novel in the Ashdale Reaper Series, a tale of loyalty and friendships, strength, the search for truth, and souls refusing to stay all that dead.

The damage that incompetent managers do is incalculable. Every year they wipe tens of billions off the value of companies around the world. But the routinely incompetent behaviour that leads to failure is often covered up, incompetent managers are paid off and the causes of failure are swept under the carpet. Yet, most of these failures could have been avoided if only we knew how to spot the signs of incompetence in advance, and take steps to prevent it happening. Prevention is always better, and cheaper, than cure. Morgen Witzel tackles the problem of incompetence in the round by exploring the political, cultural, psychological and personal factors that lead to incompetency at every level of business. Arrogance, excessive reliance on formal plans and metrics, lack of professional pride, and poor and misguided business education and training are among the problems that drag businesses down. Using international case studies from Ford Motor Company, Royal Ahold and Lehman Brothers, practical solutions are provided for avoiding incompetence by changing the culture within organizations and the ways in which managers are trained and developed to truly manage for success and minimise failure.

TheWreckWind– a period drama ready to fill the big screen – is the engrossing story of a simple country parson in 18th Century England, who finds a lady cast ashore on the beach near his quiet parish: she is the wife of a lord of the realm, a ruthless man who will stop at nothing to achieve his objectives. The lives of many are bound in turmoil as a result, until a twist of fate turns events around in a most unexpected way. Romance, glamour and the hand of fate clearly play their part, until the intervention of the simple vicarage housekeeper confounds the agenda of wickedness… Follow the story from England to the snow-capped peaks of the Scottish highlands, where destiny awaits.