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America was the undisputed world power in 1947, just after the War, and New York was the center, and the center of everything from the arts, business, culture, and just living. The ambitious came here to get their start and it was the age of the New Yorker, at its finest. By 1963, marked by the Kennedy Assassination, that power drifted away with the Dodgers and Giants to California and Fortune 500 companies to Texas and elsewhere. But in this period, New York was the City of Ageless Grace.

"An Experiment in Misery" in a story similar to "The Men in the Storm" except that it focuses on one character, and a new fellow traveler called the Assassin, who struggle for warmth and a place for the night. The main character stops first at a saloon for free soup with a beer, where he meets the Assassin. The Assassin accosts the man seeking a few cents for a room.

"The Holly Tree" is a warm Christmas story by Charles Dickens and a listening treat for adults during the holiday season or almost any time of year. Full of wonderful Dickensian words, phrases, and irony. The story contains a strain of great truth, and love for Americans, who Dickens depicts over-friendly but warm, kindly, generous, and warm hearted.

Children are what divorcing spouses say they are most concerned about, but they usually don't act upon that thought. Here, Sam Margulies lays out a plan to protect children from being injured in the divorce process. The first step is to view the client as a family, which includes all members and prospective mates, rather than as plaintiff or defendant. This audiobook is a must listen for divorcing couples with children. It is also a great listen for friends and family of divorcing couples who wish to help the family stay on track.

Learn about the history of Fort Ticonderoga, the gateway to North America in the late 18th Century. It was a pivotal place where the French stopped the British from taking over Canada. Then, later, the British stopped the Americans from doing so. Playing a key role in both the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War, Ticonderoga is an important part of American and European history.

>"The Queer Client" is a desolate story about death and revenge. The tragedy of the story is that every character in the story dies or loses - or both. "The Queer Client" is a remarkable and powerful work about the grim realities of debtor's prison and the fertile ground for despair and revenge found therein. Read by an American voice, by listener request.

Enthusiast is the sixth book in the Tom Walker mystery series, introducing Sarah Logan as a fellow traveler. This mystery starts with Sarah having to make her own way in her teenage years after her dad dies and her mother leaves for another life. Sarah pulls herself up by her bootstraps to avoid being sent to foster care. She leverages the little bit of property left to do this. Her ninth-grade Englishteacher, Joan Barker, spots her as a promising student and person to dispose ofher blackmailer, one way or another.

Persuade suggests five categories of persuasion and 54 elements that will work "magically" to persuade people of your point of view - as long as you have a basic foundation of authenticity as well as truthfulness in your beliefs. The five categories are: Trust and Support, Motivation, Finances, Winners, and Technique.

A short audiobook on how to recycle and save money. Featured tracks include:

1. Recycling & Saving: Family & Office
2. Food, Liquids, Meals & Food Shopping
3. Composting
4. Furniture, Objects and Other Shopping
5. Reading and Communication
6. Bills, Banking and Mail
7. Cars, Driving and Travel
8. Home Office and at Work
9. Children
10. Community
11. Take Notice of Your Results and Celebrate!

Collections presents the approach that gets the most collection dollars and has the highest percentage ability to keep your late customers and get them out of the bad pay habit. Collections is about selling companies and people to pay you. Have the end in mind: they have the money; your job is to get them to send their money to you. A must listen for all business people involved in finance and collections.

The focus here is entirely on the employee who is trying to keep his or her job in the face of downsizing, productivity gains, and outsourcing. It includes Ten Rules to keep your job when others lose theirs. This is a realistic, hard hitting title to help employees protect their incomes and livelihood. An eye opener.

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.

If you are an Entrepreneur, how do you write Executive Summaries & Business Plans to get the money from an Investor? If you are an Investor, how do you read Executive Summaries & Business Plans to know whether or not to invest? In only 60 minutes of conversation and instruction learn the answer to this question from the author of The Entrepreneur's Guide who helped bring American Power Conversion (APCC-NASDAQ) public in 1988, a company that recently sold for $6.1 Billion.

In only 60 minutes of conversation and instruction, learn what it takes to survive and win in the Legal System.

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.

"The Veteran" features Henry Fleming as a grandfather, many years after he appeared as the 18-year-old Yankee first-time soldier in The Red Badge of Courage. He retells the story succinctly and honestly about how he ran from his first battle as so many did. His grandchild is alarmed, as children are when they learn that adults are not perfect in what they do.

>"Killed at Resaca" is the story of a brave man, loved by his fellow soldiers and driven by a heartless, beautiful woman. Full of Bierce's infamous sense of outrage and morality, this is a classic Civil War story.

Collection of American thought; Hebrews, Greeks & Romans; allegory of the cave from The Republic by Plato; and 19 great works of ancient times summaries.

A companion and guide to using Airbnb as a host, guest, and observer of this phenomenon in modern life.

Sherwood Anderson was cited by Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Cather, and others as a major influence in the writing of short stories. "Winesburg, Ohio" is a landmark work many of us encounter as students. Anderson, in many ways, is best experinced in audio. He believed stories were meant to be told, as they are in the stories themselves. These nine are his best: "Brothers", "The Door of the Trap", "The Dumb Man", "The Egg", "Motherhood", "The New Englander", "The Other Woman", "Seeds", and "War."