 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
CHASING DAYLIGHT
HOW MY FORTHCOMING DEATH TRANSFORMED MY LIFE : A FINAL ACCOUNT |
| By: |
Eugene O'Kelly |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£12.99 |
| Our price: |
£9.48 |
| Discount: |
|
| You save:
|
£3.51 |
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
0077118472 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780077118471 |
| Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-2 days.
 Delivery
rates
|
| Stock: |
Currently 9 available |
| Publisher: |
MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION - EUROPE |
| Pub. date: |
1 December, 2007 |
| Edition: |
UK Ed |
| Series: |
UK Professional Business Management / Business |
| Pages: |
201 |
| Description: |
A memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, completed in the three and a half months between his diagnosis with brain cancer and his death in September 2005. It offers a glimpse of the strategies Gene embraced to accept and live the final stages of his life with vibrancy and calm - and what his preparations for death taught him about life. |
| Synopsis: |
The international bestseller - "Chasing Daylight" is the honest, touching, and ultimately inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, completed in the three and a half months between his diagnosis with brain cancer and his death in September 2005. It's haunting yet extraordinarily hopeful voice reminds us to embrace the fragile, fleeting moments of our lives: the brief time we have with our family, our friends, and even ourselves. Glimpse the strategies Gene embraced to accept and live the final stages of his life with vibrancy and calm - and what his preparations for death taught him about life. This paperback edition features a new foreword by his wife, Corinne O'Kelly and a readers' group guide and questions."A moving memoir" - "The Times. "Challenging and thought-provoking" - "The Financial Times". "[A] well-written and moving book." - The Economist.com. "Voicing universal truths not often found in business or how-to tracts...[O'Kelly] made a success out of his final mission." - Janet Maslin, "The New York Times". |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
McGraw Hill Higher Education |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB)
Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
|
|
All the Things We Carry PB
What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
|
|
|
|