Semco is one of Latin America's fastest-growing companies, acknowledged to be the best in Brazil to work for, and with a waiting list of thousands of applicants waiting to join it. Here, the author shares his secrets, and tells how he tore up the rule books.

A lively history of Maverick family and a cultural exploration of the iconic word

All successful leaders have a secret power - where's yours? When leadership becomes a byword for control, and trust is outdated - how should YOU respond? 'Believe nothing, test everything'. This is the war cry of the maverick. This scream, an essential cornerstone of the maverick mindset. Leadership and maverick expert Judith Germain provides the blueprint to becoming a successful leader. - Discover the 5 maverick attributes all 'natural leaders' possess - Master the 8 maverick capabilities that all successful leaders demonstrate - Extend your influence by utilising the 3 key power bases - Become a transformational leader by deploying the Maverick DRIVEN Leadership(TM) Methodology 'Judith is one of those rare people who actually knows what she's talking about. She provides results based on good research and a professional approach'. Peter Clayton, author of 'Body Language at Work' and body language consultant for the BBC and ITV

Maverick Black is beautiful chaos. He is fire and night. Maverick burns with the intensity of a wildfire yet hides deep within his own darkness - dangerous and mysterious. As he struggles to come to terms with a deep secret he harbours, Maverick flees - determined to escape his self-built prison and embark on a new journey. Maverick finds himself in a small coastal town, a haven as he slowly tempers his anger and reignites his passion through the kindness of a stranger and the sounds of his guitar. However... something haunts Maverick. His path inevitably collides with Isabelle and passion sparks as Isabelle finds herself inexplicably drawn to Maverick. Her heart and soul connect with him through his music, although, unbeknownst to Isabelle - Maverick conceals his tragic secret. A secret that Maverick knows will ultimately break Isabelle...

The long-awaited biography of a colorful and enterprising civil rights leader

John McCain is one of the most familiar, sympathetic, and overexposed figures in American politics, yet his concrete governing philosophy and actual track record have been left curiously unexamined, mostly because of the massive distractions in his official biography, but also because of his ingenious strategy of talking ad infinitum to each and every access-craving media person who happens by. The more he has spouted, the less journalists have bothered trying to see through the fog. McCain gives the public what it wants but can't find -- a flesh-and-bones political portrait of a man onto whom people are forever projecting their own ideological fantasies. It is a psychological key for decoding his allegedly ‘maverick' actions. McCain will quickly lay out in overlapping detail the root cause of the senator's worldview: his personal transformation from underachieving punk to war hawk uber-patriot, in which he used the "higher power" of American nationalism to save his life and soul. McCain looks behind the war hero, behind the maverick reformer. Journalist and pundit Matt Welch brings to this project an investigative eye and a coolly analytical mindset to provide Republicans, Democrats and Independents a picture of the man.