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Paulette Ensign came up with 110 ideas and tips; Simply added seven more plus added thoughts to many of her ideas. These tips include both large and small ways to increase your effectiveness, efficiency, and promotability. They dovetail nicely with other Simply titles, such as Sell Anything, Finance Anything, and Negotiate Anything—all meant to strengthen your career, make you more money, and get you promoted.

Learn what it takes to start your own business and launch your dream in 60 minutes of conversation and instruction.

Considered one of the great American short stories; Kurt Vonnegut said it was the best. Set in the Civil War with a Southwestern humor twist worthy of Mark Twain, but much grimmer. The story of betrayal as a Northern Scout in the Civil War lures a planter to blow up a bridge so he can be caught and hanged. Short, concise, worthy.

"The Signal Man" is a magnificent, tightly focused ghost story. Dickens' charm pervades this mysterious and ominous tale. Various grim events occur but feel somewhat calm - not bloody or appalling, but enthralling and other worldly. Dickens invests the signal-man with education beyond his station. This adds to the credibility of the story as well as impressing the narrator. A must-listen for Dickens fans. An American voice at the request of our listeners.

> Being the Boss starts and ends with doing the work. The role models should be Jack Welch, ex-CEO of GE; Steve Jobs at Apple; and Jeff Bezos at Amazon. They get out in front of the work and lead the charge. Only then do they assess their talent to see who to enlist to help them. This audiobook emphasizes that, even if you get the boss job because you get along with people, have leadership skills, or network well, the key is doing the work - getting the job done.

This book presents the historical context of the UN, the League of Nations which preceded it, the Republicans' stance against it, and the Democrats' for it.

This title describes how the fourth age, unregulated populism, took over from third age, regulated populism from FDR to Obama, and how the Democrats need to focus on not going out of business like the Federalists and Whigs.

A companion and guide to using Uber and Lyft as a driver, a passenger, and an observer of this phenomenon in modern life....

Agatha Christie was born in 1890 and created the detective Hercule Poirot in her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920). She achieved wide popularity with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and produced a total of 80 novels and short story collections over six decades.

Co-parenting is critical for successful divorces, and yes, Sam Margulies, an expert mediator of over 4,000 divorces, there are successful, as well as unsuccessful, divorces defined as everyone adapting and moving on productively with their lives. These co-parenting skills and help by each spouse for the other is important to achieve this end. A short must hear audiobook for those with children in a post divorce situation and family members of either couple.

Lincoln: In His Own Words includes his thoughts on his life and those of his time. This includes his most famous five speeches, The House Divided, Eulogy of Henry Clay, two Inaugurals, and The Gettysburg Address as well as the Emancipation Proclamation. The perfect audiobook for a discussion of the time between the Declaration and his death.

Simply works to liberate yoga from being held a cultural hostage to a sociopolitical agenda. How to do it? Just exercise for good health with the poses and exercises developed in Asia and the U.S. over the last several hundred years. What to do first? Get started on day one, whether for one minute or 10.

"The Men in the Storm" is a warm story by Stephen Crane relating to the struggles of homeless men against the cold, the elements, and hunger, while trying to keep a certain level of human dignity and optimism.

This title is laser-focused on making you sound smarter and becoming more respected by using a larger, more sophisticated vocabulary. Simply has systematically excluded words here that did meet this goal - words that are perfectly good in some contexts, but will not make you sound smarter. Included words sound appropriate in conversation, work seamlessly, and will not be interpreted as "show off" words.

This audiobook was created based on Peter Drucker's long business, consulting, and writing career. He focuses on what to do, what not to do, and how to keep a clear corporate identity and mission. He addresses how all organizations eventually go obsolete and their theory of their business no longer works.

With this audio, you will learn about Thomas Jefferson through a compilation of original readings and commentary, such as the Declaration of Independence, the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, Jefferson's 10 Canons for Observation in Practical Life, his various correspondence and quotes, details on his presidential campaign, and his first and second Inaugural Address. Also included is an overview of his education and early life.

Irrational is the 10th mystery in the Tom Walker series. This book is about a young woman who tries to get a rich man to marry her for his money. Her plans work out. But she doesn't realize he has one, too. In the Patricia Highsmith ironic sense seen in Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Writing Effective Business Proposals is all about using Power Points to make your point and close the deal, whether internally or externally. This audiobook tells you what is important, what isn't, and how to craft the most effective presentation for the audience you are addressing. Then it describes the specifics to make your presentation sizzle and close. A must-listen.

Eighty to 90 percent of candidates fail this test. This test prep helps guide you through the process to increase your chances for success in interviewing and getting hired. The author points candidates to three websites that can help the candidate do better, all free at the first level.

Willa Cather was perhaps most famous for her great novels such as My Antonia and Death Comes to the Archbishop. However, her short stories were enchanting and practical, local and cosmopolitan. Of the great American writers of the early part of the twentieth century she stood alone in her vision. No American writer ever had her breadth of experience and knowledge of people and places, relating to farmers in Nebraska, to barons in New York, and artists in Paris.