New Releases by John Burrows

Unlock your leadership potential by leveraging the power of workplace relationships to increase creativity, productivity, and genuine connection. Work has never been more connected — or more lonely. Today’s managers are told that the solution to renewing collaboration and a sense of belonging at work is to add even more tech, but endless pings, virtual meetings, and AI “copilots” leave all of us drowning in shallow interactions—and without the deeper relationships that fuel innovation and shared purpose. Drawing on decades of research and practice, organizational social scientists John Burrows and Seth Rachlin reveal how we can restore what’s been lost in our workplaces and offer a new framework for rebuilding the social infrastructure to succeed at work. In Social Capital at Work, they show us how to move beyond surface-level interaction by investing intentionally in relationships and building social capital: the web of connections that boost performance, trust, efficiency, speed, and resilience among teams. Looking ahead to a workplace we will share with agentic AI, they argue that the central risk is not replacement but substitution, and urge us as leaders to stay in the loop by designing systems and norms that preserve human judgment, self-awareness, and real connection. Filled with practical strategies grounded in the science of social networks, Social Capital at Work gives us a vital playbook for turning relationships into our greatest advantage.

We all know that stress is bad for us and this is something we get told very often. However, it''s all too easy to write this off as being a minor nuisance or frustration rather than anything to really worry about. We all get stressed from time to time, right?In reality though, this is the wrong way to think about stress. While it is fairly common place, that is not to say that it isn''t serious. In fact, stress is incredibly serious and can cause severe problems both in the short term and long term.Stress can shorten your lifespan. Ruin your enjoyment. Cause serious illness. Shrink your brain. Hurt your performance. Ruin your relationships. Cause impotence.Do those sound like small matters?To understand this better, it can help to look more closely at what precisely stress is. How it causes the problems it does and how and why you need to do everything you can to prevent and reduce it.

Saddam Hussein sought great power and prestige in the Middle East. He had been secretly researching and developing nuclear weapons for years and he was determined to use them against Israel. He started his Middle East expansion in 1990 when he invaded Kuwait. It was obvious that Saudi Arabia would be his next target. However Saudi Arabia called in their old American and British friends who, with modern weaponry put the Iraqi military and National Guard into an embarrassing and bloody retreat. It had never been the intention of America and Britain to continue on into Iraq so Saddam was allowed to have what remained of his army. Maybe we thought that that would be the end of things but we were wrong. Saddam was hatching a devilish plan which would bring Israel, America and Britain to their knees. This story starts with three, seemingly disconnected, murders in different parts of the world and it ends with a terrible race against time in London and New York.

When Cobb''s friend dies by suicide the police say that it is an open and shut case, but Cobb is far from satisfied. He follows his nose and a few psychic intuitions, and what was a simple suicide turns into a series of devilish crimes. Cobb tears himself away from his university lecturing and follows a very dangerous course to put all the clues together. He ends up asking himself the question "how can a dead man have committed these crimes?" It is a very traumatic time in Cobb''s life. Not only does he escape death by a hair''s breadth, he finds himself having a passionate but loving relationship with a younger woman

Account of Lewis and Clark''s expedition in 1804 to explore the western lands between Illinois and the Pacific Ocean.

The guide that shows you what others only tell you. Explore and enjoy 1,000 years of classical music with this unique collaboration from DK and Classic FM. From Beethoven to Tchaikovsky, Cosi Fan Tutte to Swan Lake, discover the lives and works of the great composers, performers, instruments and key works with this definitive visual guide to classical music.

This handy reference book walks you through the complete construction of a wood frame house, from excavation to the finishing touches. It is updated to the current edition of the National Building code. This is the most comprehensive, easy-to-use reference book for the construction of wood-frame houses. Canadian Wood-Frame House Construction features illustrations tables, plan ahead notes, healthy housing insights to minimize and protect occupants and environment.

The structure of this play is a loosely connected sequence of sketches, some deliberately written for great comic effect, and others pitched in a much lower key. It is about a boy growing up in the period from the end of World War Two to the late 1960s.