Christopher Burns Livres

Like a seashell, when you hold it to your ear, poetry resonates with the beating of your heart ...

Exploring the roots of contemporary financial crises, the book delves into historical disasters like Enron, the Iraq War, and the Challenger Shuttle explosion to uncover how informed decision-makers can misjudge reality. Christopher Burns, an expert in information management, examines the biology of the brain, group dynamics, and organizational structures to explain the phenomenon of "virtual truth." He seeks to provide practical insights into why well-intentioned experts often arrive at catastrophic conclusions based on flawed assumptions.

Sophie Parnaby was the surviving sister of Dexter Parnaby, a celebrated missionary and explorer whose plane had crashed into the South American jungle twenty years before. When Toby Savage landed the job of cataloguing her library he was delighted.Until now his life had been dull and here was a challenging assignment, a chance to rub shoulders with the wealthy, even to experience a little secondhand adventure amongst the dusty anthropological volumes.But Sophie needed a biographer for her sainted brother. That task would take Toby into the dense rainforests in search of clues and make his name. Meanwhile there were mysteries closer to home. What were the strange markings on the wrists of Sophie s Indian servant Jorge, for example?Jorge had been plucked from the jungle as a child-rescued or kidnapped, _ depending on your point of view-and civilized in the West. But Jorge had plans of his own, as Toby was soon to discover ...The range of character and location highlight the confidence and strength with which Burns is writingTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTAn ingenious anthropological mystery story... bringing a freshness to contemporary British fictionINTERZONE

It begins on a quiet city street. A young woman is robbed, with the crime witnessed by a man holding a camera. In the aftermath, victim and voyeur meet. It ends six months later, by which point both their lives - and the way they choose to live them - have changed irrevocably. This is the story of what happened in between.

This spellbinding thriller offers a different explanation as to what has happened to the natives in Africa. What program, if any, has eradicated the natives? Will the white man succeed at taking over? Have they already killed the native population of the future? When will the fighting end? When will people be able to live in peace? Will it take Death on the Zambezi to stop the bloodshed, once and for all? Reading the book will answer some questions and raise some others. Enjoy the twist of this African tale!