Bücher von Brian Johnson

By night, Brian Johnson sings in the biggest rock 'n' roll band on the planet. But by day, AC/DC's frontman drives balls to the wall.When he was a young boy growing up in a working-class English town, Brian developed what would become a lifelong passion for cars, trolling junkyards and even pretending to drive the family car. From there, he steamed up the windows of his old Mini Cooper as a teenager, spent untold time in hygienically challenged tour buses, was chauffeured in leather-trimmed limos, and raced cars to a checkered flag.Featuring guest stars Cliff Williams, Malcolm and Angus Young, and many, many others—even Arnold Schwarzenegger—Rockers and Rollers is a tribute to Brian's obsession with four wheels. By turns surprising, poignant, funny, and maybe a little bit bawdy, these are the stories of a man who drives as hard as he rocks.

Brian Johnson wächst in einer tiefgläubigen Familie auf. Doch bereits als Siebenjähriger erlebt er Panikattacken. Und entdeckt eine starke Waffe dagegen: Lobpreis und Gebet. Jahre später baut er das erfolgreiche Musiklabel "Bethel Music" auf und schreibt preisgekrönte Songs. Doch eines Tages kommt die Panik zurück. Sie ist stärker als alles, was er in seiner Kindheit erlebt hat. Und sie bleibt. Lobpreis und Gebet scheinen nicht zu helfen ... In seinem Buch beschreibt er den langen Weg der inneren Heilung, auf dem Gott ihm etwas Elementares schenkt: die Gewissheit, dass er da ist - trotz allem. Ein wertvoller autobiografischer Ratgeber für Betroffene und Angehörige, der aufzeigt, dass die biblischen Verheißungen Gottes wahr bleiben, auch wenn alles andere zu zerbrechen droht.

Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately replacing Bon Scott, the lead singer of one of the world biggest rock acts, AC/DC. They would record their first album together, the iconic Back in Black, which would become the biggest selling rock album of all time. Brian Johnson was born to a steelworker and WWII veteran father and an Italian mother, growing up in New Castle Upon Tyne, England, a working-class town. He was musically inclined and sang with the church choir. By the early ’70s he performed with the glam rock band Geordie, and they had a couple hits, but it was tough going. So tough that by 1976, they disbanded and Brian turned to a blue-collar life. Then 1980 changed everything. Bon Scott, the lead singer and lyricist of the Australian rock band AC/DC died at 33. The band auditioned singers, among them Johnson, whom Scott himself had seen perform and raved about. Within days, Johnson was in a studio with the band, working with founding members Angus and Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd, along with producer Mutt Lange. When the album, Back in Black, was released in July—a mere three months after Johnson had joined the band—it exploded, going on to sell 50 million copies worldwide, and triggering a years-long worldwide tour. It has been declared “the biggest selling hard rock album ever made” and “the best-selling heavy-metal album in history.” The band toured the world for a full year to support the album, changing the face of rock music—and Brian Johnson’s life—forever.

A collection of poems commenting on the absurdities of modern life, the beauty of relationships - both brief and enduring, the tyranny of conventional wisdom and the wonder of all things.

A universal service desk (USD) is the central point of contact between a service provider and users for everyday activities, and within an organisation for all requests for and enquiries about the services provided to customers, both internal and external.The USD is a concept of service delivery and resolution through different channels (Internet, post, intranet, phone, email, physical counter). It also covers account management and its focus on customer relationships at different levels in the organisation.The Universal Service Desk (USD) - Implementing, controlling and improving service delivery defines what a USD is, why it is valuable to an organisation and how to build and implement one. This practical guide gives advice about: The use of software tools; Service sites; Self-service; Call centre functionality; Account management; Processes between the USD and back office; Quality management; Competence management; Capabilities; and The service catalogue.It also discusses the evolution of the USD as part of integrated workplace management.This book is ideal for those working in service management and the service desk industry, from managers to employees, and can also be used by students to understand all the components that relate to a USD.Understand the essentials of any USD - buy this book today!

This children's book transforms traditional nursery rhymes into clever sports nursery rhymes with fun illustrations for the entire family to enjoy. You will discover "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" as "Homerun, Homerun, Baseball Star", "Mary Had A Little Lamb" as "Mary Kicked the Soccer Ball", "I'm A Little Teapot as "I'm A Little Hockey Puck" and many more. Homerun, Homerun, Baseball Star(Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star) Homerun, homerun, baseball star,you hit the ball oh so far.Over the moon in the sky,watch that little baseball fly.Homerun, homerun baseball star,you hit the ball oh so far! This book contains over a dozen sports nursery rhymes which cover 10 different sports. Each sports rhyme has the same number of syllables as the original rhyme so they flow naturally as you read them. You can enjoy these rhymes all day long and before bedtime.

Learn how to integrate well-known concepts, methods and processes from ITIL(R) and COBIT(R), combining the best from each approach. IT4B is not about reinventing your favourite method, but putting it into the context of improvement and identifying any potential gaps.

Collaborative business service design (CBSD) is a methodology to help business and IT cooperate more effectively to create IT-driven business services that fully support business requirements.

Only by understanding IT-driven business services and anchoring them in a service design statement (SDS) can enterprises translate business needs into IT-intensive business services.In Collaborative Business Design - Improving and innovating the design of IT-driven business services, Brian Johnson and Léon-Paul de Rouw comprehensively explain how to use business service design (BSD) to formulate an effective SDS that will help business and IT cooperate to create robust, efficient services that support business requirements.Product overviewCollaborative Business Design delves into the inner workings of services, with the aim of making sure that each side - business and IT - understands the other's needs and drivers so that services can deliver what is required, expected and promised throughout their lifecycle. It: Examines the gap in understanding between IT and business. Introduces BSD - an analytic approach to understanding the characteristics of IT-driven business services. Provides an overview of the components and characteristics of IT-driven business services. Considers the different parts of the BSD and SDS. Offers insight into the design of IT-driven business services using BSD. Discusses practical consequences for business transformation to continuously define, develop and improve services that customers want to use.Full of useful diagrams and examples (and quotations from an unusual range of sources including Star Trek, Mick Jagger and Oscar Wilde), Collaborative Business Design explains how to guide the development, building, programme management, and maintenance of IT-driven business services.Introducing business service design (BSD)BSD is a simple approach to designing the overarching architecture of any IT-driven business service.It merges the pragmatism and logic of the UK Government Gateway method with service blueprinting and the stakeholder approach to gaining consensus.BSD is not an architecture for software development or for technology support - it complements existing frameworks such as TOGAF, IT4IT, BiSL® Next and ITIL® by focusing on business architecture, a subject rarely discussed before designing an IT-intensive, complex business service.Who should read this bookThis book is intended for anyone responsible for designing and implementing IT-driven services, or who is involved in their operation. This includes everyone on both sides of supply and demand, including: Internal and external service providers, such as service managers, contract managers, bid managers, lead architects, requirement analysts Business, financial, sales, marketing and operations managers who are responsible for output and outcome Sales and product managers who need to present and improve service offerings Developers who need to develop new and improved services Contract managers and those responsible for purchasing Consultants, strategists, business managers, business process owners, business architects, business information managers, chief information officers, information systems owners and information architectsAbout the authorsBrian Johnson has published more than 30 books, including over a dozen official titles in the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), many of which are used worldwide. He designed and led the programme for ITIL version 2. Léon-Paul de Rouw studied technical management and organisation sociology. He worked for several years as a consultant and researcher in the private sector.

This practical guide recognises that every organisation functions differently, has different goals, and faces different challenges. It will give you the tools you need to understand the factors influencing your organisation, to identify how your business must respond, and to implement the necessary changes.