Always Day One by Alex Kantrowitz (2020)
The inner workings of some of the most powerful companies in the world and behind the scenes with: Amazon and Jeff Bezos, Google and Sundar Pichai, Facebook and Mark Zuckerburg, Microsoft and Satya Nadella. Day One is code for work inventively and urgently. Keep ahead of the competition via a new leadership model. It’s Always Day One.
The Covenant by James Michener (1980)
This historical 900 page blockbuster novel is about the emigration of 12,000-14,000 Boers from Cape Colony in South Africa in search (the Great Trek) of new pasturelands in rebellion against the British government. Regarded by Afrikaners as a central event of their 19th century history and the origin of their nationhood. Three imaginary families are mingled with some outstanding historic figures of the time.
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