Sycamore Books Press
THE BOOKS
Sycamore Books Press looks for books with carefully crafted characters whose actions and speech carry the story. They are short on narrative and long on letting you into the world of cast. See for yourself. Feel what they feel. The journey is the focus and the ending not usually what you'd expect. Read and enjoy.
In Cool Blood
ISBN-13-978-0-9892428-4-4
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Nolan Dollarhide found that kidnapping Winona Lovejoy was harder than riding any bull he’d ever rode. Before he knew it, it was him who was up for a ransom, Winona in the saddle. Follow this twisting tale of hilarity and drama through the turns shaped by greed, love and clever ingenuity.
How to Be a Project Manager without Getting Killed
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Richard Morrow never asked to be a project manager. His desperate company is submerged in countless failed projects and needs new leadership in the project manager position. Richard agrees to the take on the challenge with Silverstruk Industries, only to find this complex project is seeded with disastrous factors that erupt in an overwhelming sequence of events. He is struggling to bring order to the project by enforcing a methodology on his undisciplined project team when the assignment takes an ominous turn. The merciless patriarch of the family business secretly coerces the unsuspecting manager into a devilish contract where success is the only outcome that will save him from the father's revenge. The objective: deliver a full functioning ERP software system. Operating under the constant fear of death, Richard develops the skills the project manager needs to deal with an unruly team driven by greed, survivalism and a history of bad practices that are hard to redirect into professional methodologies. The twists and turns in the project keep Richard Morrow alternating between hope and terror until the final face-off with his antagonist. A Quick Reference section summarizes all principles presented in the book. Want to talk to the author: phone 630-791-9810.
How to Succeed in Sales without Getting Killed
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Loaded with wit and ability but nothing to show for it, twenty-four-year-old Peyton Banks moves to the big city hoping to distinguish himself. His goal: get into the world of sales where the commissions are high as his confidence to be the best. The opportunity comes when the powerful and alluring Demi Bonet dangles the prospect of making it big with her firm, a place where only the superstars get a chance to join. His challenge: first prove his credentials by closing the biggest deal of his life. Demi points Peyton to one of her father’s secret operatives who offers him the chance to make the big sale, but not one without risk, he’s warned. Peyton takes up the challenge, certain he can succeed, but unaware that he has been lured into an intricate business deal meant to even old scores.
Looking: Panic Visions
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He was only looking when the panic hit, and he didn't know why. (6 pages)
