Business Fiction

This is the second edition of Odyssey which is a collection of Meredith Coleman McGee’s writings from 1994 to 2018. The book includes poems, speeches, articles, and a leadership study comparing the leadership styles of Ray Kroc (McDonald’s), Sam Walton (Walmart), and Dave Thomas (Wendy's) with 12 business leaders from the southern United States. Odyssey’s poetry is based on family experiences, personal pain, and African American history.

The Making of a CEO is the result of interviews and analysis of top-level CEOs across various sectors. The audiobook explores nuances of leading in different contexts like start-ups, large corporations, family businesses, educational institutions, not-for-profits, public sector, and the government. The journey to the top involves three key aspects - building professional credibility, managing your career, and managing yourself.

The scholarly discipline of Bullshit Studies has blossomed in the last several years, fertilized by a number of critical works on the subject and the growing importance of the issue across a wide range of professions. Now, best-selling author and lifelong practitioner Stanley Bing enters the field with a comprehensive look at the many attractive jobs now available to those who are serious about their bullshit and prepared to dedicate their working life to it.

Paradoxe entre l’abondance pour le consommateur et ses choix de plus en plus restreints ; mépris  de la propriété intellectuelle, donc incapacité  d’assurer un revenu décent aux créateurs ; modèle  d’affaires ne servant que les monopoles (70 % à  85 % des revenus publicitaires engrangés par  Google, YouTube, Facebook, Netflix… ) ; "indifférence" politico­juridique, car les gouvernements  ne semblent pas vouloir remédier à cette situation.

A mystery illness is making people bake ancient cakes, speak dead languages and then fall asleep and never wake up. When Trilby Moffat's mother catches this strange sickness, Trilby must find her only other surviving relative, a 300-year-old aunt who lives in a secret antique shop on the edge of time. Ahead of Trilby lies an unusual inheritance, an opportunity that will never be repeated and a man in a top hat who will try to kill her...more than once.

Write cleaner. Write better stories. Write compelling fiction. With over 150 books published, Larry Martin and Craig Martelle bring their fiction writing horsepower to you. From plot to characters to pace to description, strengthen your writing to engage your readers on a whole new level. Keep them turning the pages, and when they’ve finished, they’ll be asking you for the next book.

Welcome to the Bottom Dollar Emporium of Cayboo Creek, South Carolina, where everything from coconut mallow cookies to Clabber Girl Baking Powder costs only a dollar and coffee and gossip are free. For Elizabeth, Mavis, and Attalee, the Bottom Dollar Girls, logging nine to five at the Bottom Dollar is not just work time, it's family time. So when news gets out that the Super Saver Dollar Store chain plans to set up shop and run the Bottom Dollar out of town, things go cattywampus.

Colton, Montana, 1931: Struggling through the Great Depression, Maddy Aldridge agrees to run an illegal speakeasy in order to save her family's mercantile store. Keeping her dangerous new business partner at arm's length is no easy task, but her bravery faces its biggest test when Jack Rucker unexpectedly comes home. He left town seven years ago, breaking his promise - and her heart. Now Jack is willing to do anything to earn her forgiveness...anything except reveal one important truth: that he's a Prohibition agent on an undercover assignment.

Scott Wilkinson is a young advertising executive on his way to the top. Christopher Miller is an FBI legend who has been willing to do whatever it takes to see that justice is done. Two weeks before Christmas, Wilkinson goes on a business trip that will forever entangle their two lives. It starts like so many others. Wilkinson calls for a car service to take him to the airport. But the driver drives like a maniac, and Wilkinson feels fortunate to reach the airport alive. Then he makes a big mistake.

An irresistible novel brimming with wit, warmth, and Irish humor, about the married owners of a friendly tavern in Belfast and the intimate lives of the customers and employees who band together to save it from demolition.

Someone is trying to sabotage Ashworths, the exclusive department store set up by Laura Beaumont. Is the company about to be taken over? The timing is bad for the Beaumont family because Laura's health is declining and they desperately need to find a successor to the business. Caroline, Laura's eldest daughter, is a concert pianist in search of a new career; perhaps at Ashworths. But her ambitious sister Michaela has her eye on the top job and is suspicious of Caroline's motives. Meanwhile, Joel, Laura's son, has to deal with his own problems before he can pursue his career as a doctor.

Designed to be a simple, “real life” guide to help people with or without the disease of addictions. How to live a happier life, combining logic, human nature, along with spiritual awareness as a way to eternal contentment.

Il cibo è cultura perché ha inventato e trasformato il mondo. È cultura quando si produce, quando si prepara, quando si consuma. È il frutto della nostra identità e uno strumento per esprimerla e comunicarla. Una grande opera di sintesi da uno dei massimi storici dell'alimentazione. Massimo Montanari insegna Storia medievale e Storia dell'alimentazione all'Università di Bologna.

The Spirit of Creativity: Embodying Your Soul's Passion is a timely audiobook that addresses our growing need to live the creative life. It reminds us that creativity is the energy of our life force, and exists within every aspect of our lives. Creativity is not something you learn, it is something you are.

Unlock the transformative power of resilience and overcome the shackles of fear to embark on a journey of personal growth and self-discovery. In a world where the comfort zone often holds us back from pursuing our dreams, this book serves as a guide to navigating the terrain of failure with grace and determination.

Feeling stressed about not living your best life is no way to live. It's exhausting and feels like there's no way out. It's time to rise! In this book, author Ravi Rothenberg reveals a path of less resistance. A journey that is uniquely yours and leads to inner peace and outer purpose. He's searched the far corners of the world for this path and is ready to share his insights. Committing to this path will lead you to the greatest gift you've ever given yourself. Are you ready to rise and claim the adventure of your lifetime?

Rock Bottom Is Where Bad Bitches Are Built is a unique memoir, chronicling the author’s journey from rock bottom to resilience that will inspire listeners to find their own path to healing. Dr. Adkins takes you on the journey of her life. Of her pain. She shows you that pain and trauma can happen to anyone and that you can not only heal but you can grow and thrive following horrific incidents.

Lead to Serve and Serve to Lead, Leading Well in Turbulent Times is written for leaders at all levels to equip them with the skills needed to succeed in today’s challenging world. The authors are practitioners who offer a book that combines leadership characteristics with real-life experiences to equip anyone who desires to serve others well as their leader. The book is clearly formatted with the “bottom-line up front” and leads off each chapter with the key points.

Drop-dead-gorgeous Ethan Chambers loves his life as Hollywood's most eligible—and elusive—bachelor. Plus, the talented actor has just gotten an offer he can't refuse: a starring role on TV's hit medical drama. But it's the show's sultry makeup and wardrobe director who's got his pulse racing—and making him think twice about staying single.

Generation Blend ventures deep into the technology age gap and provides real-world solutions to combine the best that younger and older workers have to offer. It explores how generational attitudes toward technology affect issues as diverse as recruitment and retention, employee training, management decision-making, collaboration, knowledge sharing, work/life balance, and ordinary workday activities.