The Reality TestHow is it that the most carefully laid business strategies can go horribly wrong when put into practice? Robert Rowland Smith's answer, based on years of experience in high level consultancy, is that 'reality eats strategy for breakfast': strategy, based on projections and assuming business is a rational pursuit, can't deal with the messy reality of life. More helpful are these practical questions that can help you plan what to do when your business

The transfer of power

The subject is fiercely debated on street corners and in cafes

In that frozen moment

the 'real' Katherine Solomon

there was a need of a practical treatise for quite a long time

America is a whole new world to the McKinley family and in spite of the hospitable welcome they receive from Gordon McKinley the scale of the country and hard realities of ranch life come as a shock to the family who pine for the things and people they left behind in Scotland

being Shakespeare

Thursday Murder Club

which we should avoid - and why

Cancer treatment tested her but Carley was fearless and strong

and her dad - an MP - seems intent on thwarting the investigation

Rebecca Schroeter was an attractive and educated Scottish heiress who always had a weakness for musicians as they did for her