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The year was 1961, a year marking the start of the racial unrest that would last throughout the decade. Living in a trailer camp in Maryland with his wife and children, Fred Engh’s future seemed bleak - that is, until he heard a college football coach being interviewed on a local radio show talking about becoming a physical education teacher. The coach’s words would inspire him enough to register at Maryland State College, a then all-black college.

Fred Schebesta is a futurist and serial entrepreneur with an obsession for start-ups and developing businesses. He is the founder of global fintech Finder, which helps millions of people around the world save money and make money. For the first time, Fred shares the stories, mistakes, and insights from his incredible business journey to inspire you to kick-start your business idea and reach unimaginable success. He describes the highs and lows of starting a business, and reveals his 10 guiding principles to build a "phoenix" company that leaves behind a legacy.

Changing Minds provides what you need to know about psychology, psychographics, linguistic programming, absence of information, modalities, accessing and representational preferences, typology, conditioning, behavioral attitudes, controlling eye movements, and advertising strategies.

Have you ever wondered why you never see any cats in a nativity scene? Well, we now know the real story. Our friend T.C. shares with us the real story, as passed down through cats from generation to generation. One special cat WAS there in the stable with Baby Jesus, and he had a VERY special assignment that night. So sit back, and get ready to listen to A Cat’s Nativity Tale....

If you have listened to A Cat's Nativity Tale, then you'll be excited to hear that there is more to the story. Join again as T.C. shares the details...passed down through generations of cats...from Chatool, then a very old cat at 34 human years old. Through a chance meeting with Jesus, years after witnessing His birth, Chatool is propelled into witnessing events that would shape history for all eternity.

It is the start of the First World War. Sherlock Holmes is coaxed out of a short-lived retirement to track down an exotic dancer to retrieve a secret accidentally given to her by a young patent clerk before it falls into the hands of a hostile government.

The shout "giddap" starts the oxen down a path to the end of the world. For five months and 2,000 miles, the wagon train lumbers toward California on the Oregon Trail and into big trouble. The emigrants endure disease, dirt, and attacks from outlaws, and invaded Indians. Bitter strife erupts between ill-matched pioneers forced together by necessity.

This audiobook is inspired by the life and eventual death of author, Fred R. Kuester’s father. He was an atheist who rejected the entire Bible and the existence of God because of what he regarded as the absurdities of the Book of Genesis. In this audiobook the first chapter represents a rational concept that everyone will agree is correct. Thus the title: Adam and Eve for Atheists. Kuester offers these concepts which he regards as truths: There is an afterlife, and there is a God in charge of that afterlife.

This book is a clear and informative introduction to cryptography and data protection - subjects of considerable social and political importance. It explains what algorithms do, how they are used, the risks associated with using them, and why governments should be concerned. Important areas are highlighted, such as Stream Ciphers, block ciphers, public key algorithms, digital signatures, and applications such as e-commerce.

It’s the year 1949. The war is over. NYC Detective Johnny Verohas been promoted to lieutenant, partly as a result of capturing the serial killer Jean-Paul Vincent in France the previous year with the help of Interpol.

The Adventures of Carmelo is a series of children’s learning stories. These stories help children understand new adventures, teaching respect, listening, following instructions, to be brave, and that it’s okay to be scared when facing a new adventure like going to the hospital.

Fred M. Haney, an experienced venture capitalist, angel investor, and company founder, explains start-up strategies that will help you understand the thinking of investors, build a “virtual team”, create initial value in a product or prototype, and recruit management that will help you raise capital. The Fundable Startup contains eight personal interviews with executives and entrepreneurs that will change the way founders think about managing a start-up company.

In Last Train to Texas, author Fred W. Frailey examines the workings behind the railroad industry and captures incredible true stories along the way. Come along with Frailey as he travels the world, one railroad at a time. Whether it's riding the Canadian Pacific Railway through a blizzard, witnessing a container train burglary in the Abo Canyon, or commemorating a poem to Limerick Junction in Dublin, Ireland, Frailey's journeys are rife with excitement and the occasional mishap.

This is a splendid classic book on stage fencing by a real master - both as military instructor and as a specialist in this special skill adapted to the theatre. Contains as well some fascinating information on the old real-life fencing, the duels, the battles, the famous fencing masters, and schools. Easy to understand, easy to remember, easy to learn.

Con una sabiduría simple y cordial, Fred aporta una perspectiva extraordinaria con principios ordinarios y desafía la suposición generalizada de que en lo que nos convertimos en la vida está predeterminado.

A fundamentally different approach to self-development, The Emotion Solution challenges our culture’s belief that we should shun the full range of our emotions. Rejecting this notion, gestalt therapist and social worker Fred Carlisle undertook years of research and experimentation to explore the emotions we usually avoid. What he uncovered is a disregarded emotional force that rapidly resolves inner turmoil through expanding consciousness.

What do you do when life unexpectedly throws you a curveball and turns your whole world upside down? For many people, one bad life experience is all it takes for them to call it quits. Although it can be difficult getting back on your feet after life deals you a blow, you should not give up too quickly. With homespun and heartfelt wisdom, Fred Gatty brings extraordinary insights into ordinary principles and challenges the widely-held assumption that what we become in life is predetermined.

Back when country singer Bobby Wayner was 12, he’d told a lie that was partly to blame for the death of his older brother Eldon, who was shot by a neighboring farmer. Bobby couldn’t bear his grief and the guilt he felt for his lie, so he ran away. And for 38 years, he stayed away and never reached back. This happened in Kentucky, 1944, during the Second World War.

In this compelling historical novel by former Associated Press reporter and entertainment writer and book author Fred Yager, Cambodia is still a war-ravaged country, even though the Vietnam War has ended. Esther, a recent college graduate and an American volunteer, is trying to make the lives of Cambodian refugees better. But with more recent news that Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge's plan to create a new revolutionary nation may actually be turning into mass genocide, she decides she must find a way to speak up about these killings to the refugee commissioner.

Introducing a revolutionary method to master persuasion. A must-have audiobook, Dark Psychology & Manipulation comes with the insight and ideas that every leader needs to know. Learn about the secrets of body language and mind control your teachers wouldn't tell you, but author Fred Hansen will reveal to you soon inside the audiobook. Get your copy and discover the NLP secrets and hypnosis techniques that ANYONE can follow.