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Critically acclaimed author Dana Haynes pulls listeners into a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse with this globe-trotting thriller. En route to a conference, three NTSB experts are aboard a twin-turbo prop plane when it crashes into a thickly forested mountainside. But the crash isn’t an accident. The plane was brought down on purpose - and the NTSB experts weren’t the real target.

In this discussion, Simpson outlines the core questions you can ask yourself to lessen short-term distractions and focus on strategic clarity.

With this program you will acquire the skills necessary to coach your employees from the ground up, maximizing their potential on a personal level, as members of the team, and as contributors to the organization as a whole.

In this discussion learn to inspire your team by creating a high degree of inspiration, trust, and support.

Principles are natural laws, independent of our current belief systems. In this talk, learn the important distinction between living a principle-centered life and a value-centered life. Module 9 of 20.

Wilson has spent his entire life under the radar. Few people know who he is, and even fewer know how to find him. Only two people even know his real occupation: carrying out confidential - and illegal - jobs for a very bad man. But one day he crosses the line, saving his friends and earning the hatred of a vengeful mob boss.

A shaven-headed man finds himself in a strange, four-sided chamber with no recollection of how he got there or who he is. The only thing of interest in this chamber is a gargantuan ladder that stretches far beyond the eye can see. There are no doors or windows, no means of escape but upwards. So he begins to climb.

There’s a hot rod race today at noon! But before the hamster can enter the big race, he must first find his perfect hot rod. Where will he ever find a car small enough for a hamster? Of course - at Dog’s Junk Yard! Dog tries to help Hamster, but there are so many cars for Hamster to choose from. Old car? New car? Or a shiny, glittering blue car? How will Hamster ever decide which is best for burning rubber?

At once a political adventure, a portrait of a passionate but imperiled marriage, and an acrobatic novel of ideas, Mortals marks Norman Rush’s return to the territory he has made his own, the southern African nation of Botswana. Nobody here is entirely what he claims to be. Ray Finch is not just a middle-aged Milton scholar but a CIA agent. His lovely and doted-upon wife, Iris, is also a possible adulteress. And Davis Morel, the black alternative physician who is treating her - while undertaking a quixotic campaign to de-Christianize Africa - may also be her lover.

During Christmas, four ghosts intervene in the life of an odious, greedy, hard hearted, miser to save him from eternal damnation.

Character alone cannot build trustworthiness. This lesson explains that to affect real change in yourself and others, you must also be competent. Module 5 of 20.

The New York Times says Robert J. Kriegel "spurred a revolution in performace practice" with his studies of productivity and the psychology of change. In How to Succeed... he debunks the commonly held belief that working harder is always better, and offers a saner alternative to the 100-hour work week.

Pages magazine says this collection represents “the absolute best in short literary fiction.” This installment exhibits a fresh batch of immensely talented writers, all of whom exemplify the level of accomplishment that has kept this acclaimed series running strong since 1985. Comprising 20 stories, this rich and varied collection features everything from a fresh take on the classic Southern gothic to a velvet-smooth work of erotic suspense.

Forced to retire from his job as a scout for the Yankees, Jack Barrett is just getting by in a small Florida town when his daughter drags him to watch the local minor league team play. On the field, he spots a remarkable player, Mikey Clement, a kid whose amazing natural skill on the field is overshadowed by his bad attitude and solitary habits.

New York City newspaper columnist Carter Ransom returns home to Mississippi to face his difficult past, his father's unwavering disapproval, and new evidence in a 25-year-old bombing case.

Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight by Rosa Hartwick Thorpe: Through an act of heroism a woman saves her lover, who was destined to be executed in The Tower of London at the ringing of the curfew. Towser Shall Be Tied Tonight by Unknown: A Parody of Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight. Instead of taking place in the majestic and historic Tower of London, the story takes place on a farm in Kansas and the threat to Love is the dreaded dog Towser.

Being loyal to the absent requires speaking to someone instead of about them. Keep listening to learn the dangers of forging relationships based on shared criticism, and the duplicity that often follows. Module 19 of 20.

Dr. Ed's head is spinning: a long-lost 'son' has just been sent over to his office by the temp agency, his shopping-addicted wife seems to have disappeared, and the clinical trial that he is running for a revolutionary new anti-depressant might well be going off the rails. But we needn't worry about Dr. Ed: he is in control of everything, including himself.

In the pulsepounding thriller White, Whitcomb unleashes a jawdropping account of terrorist plots, CIA executions, and a trail of clues that stretches all the way to the Oval Office.

In this discussion, Simpson introduces the concept of giving effective feedback as well as how to handle reactions to negative feedback.