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{{newreview
|author=Gerry Brown
|title=The Independent Director: The Non-Executive Director's Guide to Effective Board Presence
|rating=4.5
|genre=Business and Finance
|summary=In the United Kingdom independent directors are usually known as non-executive directors to distinguish them from the executive – those people charged with actually running the company on a day-to-day basis - but Gerry Brown usually refers to them as independent directors, a phrase which is common in other parts of the world. Initially, I found the phrase somewhat unusual but as I read ''The Independent Director'' I came to prefer that usage as it stresses what the director must be above all else – independent and able to stand back from the management of a business and view what is happening and what is planned with a dispassionate and critical eye. There's little in the way of training and it can be argued that no one is actually qualified to do the job, but Brown's book is as good as you're going to get in terms of spelling out the responsibilities and pitfalls.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>113748053X</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Jean Ravencourt
|summary=Eva Tilling comes from a wealthy, influential family and reigns supreme at school - she is well thought of and has expectations to live up to - nothing ever changes for her, but that’s just how things are in obsolete Jessup: nothing unusual or unexpected ever happens…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007584202</amazonuk>
}}