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Ian Fleming, geboren 1908 in London als Sohn eines Bankiers, Studium der Paychologie in München und Genf. 1933 Korrespondent für die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters nach Moskau, im Zweiten Weltkrieges hochrangiger Verbindungsoffizier beim britischen Geheimdienst. 1952 erschuf er die legendäre Heldenfigur des Geheimagenten James Bond, am 13. April 1953 erschien mit Casino Royale der erste Roman dieser Erfolgsserie, gesamt wurden 14 Bond-Romane ver...

Coaching is aimed at improving performance at work. This is done by turning the activities people do into learning situations, in a planned way and under guidance. The Coaching Pocketbook defines the coach''s role and explains how coaching differs from the other ''helping skills'' of advising, instructing, counselling and mentoring. There are four key stages to coaching, namely assessing current performance levels, setting outcomes for learning, agreeing tactics/initiating action, and giving feedback. The author explains each stage and then moves on to summarise the various skills required. Next, the opportunities for coaching and the potential pitfalls are highlighted. A checklist and a case study end the Pocketbook on a practical note. ''Encapsulated my belief in the potential of people and showed me how to translate this into appropriate action'', commented one reader.

'She looked sharply up at him 'And who might you be?' 'My name's Bond, James Bond' This book celebrates the greatest of all post-war British fictional icons For too long the films of the Bond novels have overshadowed their literary source - the bizarre, baroque imagination of Ian Fleming... "Ella le dedico una aguda mirada '¿y entonces tu eres ?' 'Mi nombre es Bond, James Bond' Este libro es una celebracion de el mayor icono britanico de posguerra Demasiado tiempo han estado eclipsando las peliculas de James Bond a su verdadera fuente literaria, la barroca y extravagante imaginacion de Ian Fleming...

Many of Ian Flemingas short stories have been the inspiration for the extremely successful James Bond film franchise, and included in this collection are such stories as Octopussy, The Living Daylights, and For Your Eyes Only, The title story, Quantum of Solace, lends its name to the upcoming James Bond film, slated to release in Fall 2008. This collection will be published to coincide with the filmas release, as well as to continue Penguinas centenary celebrations of Flemingas birth.

Sexta entrega de la serie mensual que Planeta DeAgostini dedica al superagente James Bond. La primera aparición del personaje tuvo lugar en la novela Casino Royale, publicada por el escritor y también ex agente secreto Ian Fleming en 1953. El exito de sus novelas, marcadas por la Guerra Fria que por aquel entonces atravesaba Occidente, propicio que el diario ingles London Daily Express propusiera en 1957 a su autor guionizar las aventuras de Bond en tiras de prensa. La primera tira de James Bond, con guion adaptado de Anthony Hern y dibujo de John McClusky, aparecio en 1958. Otros creadores que participaron adaptando los guiones de Ian Fleming a las tiras de James Bond fueron los escritores Henry Gammidge, Jim Lawrence y Kingsley Amis. Del dibujo se encargaron, por orden de participacion, John McClusky y Yaroslav Horak.

A collection that brings together three novels featuring Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the ultimate Bond villain. It contains such novels as: "Thunderball"; "On Her Majesty''s Secret Service"; and, "You Only

Bond is sent to investigate a dangerous diamond smuggling gang which is run by the American mafia. The story begins in Africa, moves to London, and ends in Las Vegas. There Bond and the beautiful Tiffany Case must escape the fury of the gang''s leaders, the evil Spang brothers. Recommended for older readers.

Spymaster M has sent James Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called simply 'Le Chiffre' - by ruining him at the baccarat table and forcing his Soviet spymasters to 'retire' him. But some people just refuse to play by the rules, and Bond's attraction to a beautiful female agent leads him to disaster.

Octopussy and The Living Daylights is the fourteen book in Ian Fleming. James Bond series and sees the agent at his brilliant best at home and abroad … For James Bond, British secret agent 007, international espionage can be a dirty business. Whether it is tracking down a wayward major who has taken a deadly secret with him to the Caribbean.

Beautiful, fortune-telling Solitaire is the prisoner (and tool) of Mr Big - master of fear, artist in crime and Voodoo Baron of Death. James Bond has no time for superstition - he knows that Mr Big is also a top SMERSH operative and a real threat. More than that 007 has realized that Mr Big is one of the most dangerous men that he has ever faced.

Sir Hugo Drax, un empresario multimillonario y héroe nacional de pasado misterioso, comienza la construcción de Moonraker, el primer proyecto de misil nuclear de Gran Bretaña. Cuando un oficial de seguridad del proyecto es asesinado, Bond debe investigar los extraños sucesos que ocurren en la base de fabricacion de misiles. Junto a la hermosa agente especial Gala Brand, 007 ha de descubrir la peligrosa y terrible verdad acerca de Moonraker. Nazis, sovieticos, peligro nuclear, espionaje internacional y una terrible venganza se cruzaran en el camino de Bond... James Bond.Creado en 1953 por Ian Fleming, James Bond es uno de los personajes mas famosos de la iconografia popular en todos sus medios, especialmente en literatura y en cine. Maximo exponente de un genero mas vital que nunca, el agente 007 es el espia por antonomasia, aunque sus novelas, inexplicablemente, han resultado durante mucho tiempo imposibles de encontrar en el mercado español. Ahora, ECC Ediciones ofrece una nueva edicion completa de los 14 titulos que componen toda la produccion de Bond salida de la pluma de su creador literario, con nuevas y muy cuidadas traducciones.

The Diamond Smugglers is the true story of an operation responsible for smuggling millions of pounds worth of precious gems out of Africa. Ian Fleming drew on interviews with the reluctant hero of the diamond companies' counter-attack to explore the world of the real master criminals of his time. The result rivals Fleming's greatest spy novels.