David Osborne Knihy

COVID-19 is real. Twenty is an imagined outbreak that could be unleashed on the Earth's population. We could even be at threat from otherworldly contamination. Labs exist for research everywhere, mostly driven by greed, which is a basal instinct of human nature. There are some who believe the COVID-19 epidemic was wrought on civilization either by intentional or accidental release from a laboratory funded in most part by the United States in Wuhan, China. The ensuing ineptitude of all parties involved should convince someone their safety is most definitely at risk from future disease mutations and creation in the incubator the global population provides. Trust in governments, drug companies, and major corporations to ensure your ultimate protection is doubtful at the very best. This novel portrays one of the possible scenarios that could happen. All you need is to turn the first and the journey thereafter will hook and lead you to the explosive finish.

The author of the 1992 bestseller Reinventing Government goes a step further, focusing on strategic levers for changing public systems and organizations on a permanent basis to achieve dynamic increases in effectiveness, efficiency, adaptability, and capacity to innovate.

"A landmark in the debate on the future of public policy."—The Washington Post.

"Ons is ses wat in die kliphuis woon: ek en my Franse man Alain, en vier kinders tussen die ouderdomme van drie en sewentien. Syne, myne, ons s’n. Dis ons. Maar dis nie al nie. In die somer word ons getalle op ‘n daaglikse basis aangevul. Provence in die somer is soos Stilbaai in Desember: groot pret vir vakansiegangers, minder pret vir permanente inwoners. Laas somer het ons drie maande lank elke enkele nag oorslaapgaste gehad. Soms tot vyf, ses op ‘n slag. Saam met on ses gesinslede, die tienderjarige Neef uit die Noorde wat elke somer hier deurbring, en Daniel se maats wat soos potplante voor die Playstation in sy slaapkamer rondhang, beteken dit gróótskaalse etes elke dag. Kos soos vir ‘n kerkbasaar. Gelukkig hou Alain van koskook. Gelukkig is hy die soort kok wat met drie uie en ‘n wortel ‘n pot sop vir twintig mense kan optower. Ek het ook geleer om van koskook te hou (wat anders kon ek doen?), maar ek háát alles wat daarmee saamgaan. Die inkopies voor die tyd, die skoonmaak na die tyd, die skottelgoed, die skottelgoed, die skottelgoed. Dis ons. Dis nie so erg soos dit klink nie. Aangename kennis."