Blue Valentine
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It was supposed to be a night to get drunk, a night to get stoned, a night to get laid.But at an after-hours party in a house on the rich side of town, an old acquaintance walks out of the darkness, dragging the past with him. The meeting is no chance affair, and it can only mean that someone is gunning for Nicki Valentine, someone who's used to getting what he wants and who has the means to take it, no matter the cost.In a town where few things are secret and nothing is forgotten, the truth is a game whose rules are exploited by the majority and rewritten by the powerful. Down-and-out, down-and-dirty, Nicki's going to have to figure out the game before she's the one who's played.She's got brains and fight and unhealed rage on her side. She's got her half-brother, Quinn Halliday, at her back. And she's got a wickedly sharp straight razor in her hand.She knows the deck is stacked against her and that she may have only one option left: Cut and run.
Thomas Cummings
Thomas G. Cummings is Professor of Management and Organization, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. He received his B.S. and MBA from Cornell University, and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles. He has authored over 70 articles and 22 books and was formerly President of the Western Academy of Management, Chair of the Organization Development and Change Division of the Academy of Management, and Founding Editor of the Journal of Management Inquiry. Dr. Cummings was the 61st President of the Academy of Management, the largest professional association of management scholars in the world with a total membership of over 20,000. He is listed in American Men and Women of Science and Who's Who in America. His major research and consulting interests include designing high-performing organizations and strategic change management. He has conducted several large-scale organization design and change projects, and has consulted to a variety of private and public-sector organizations in the United States, Mexico and Europe.
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