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Kris Kringle has awakened from his yearly slumber. What has passed by for him in the blink of an eye has been a year-long struggle for survival in the world of man as a plague tears through the masses turning everyday people into flesh-eating fiends. Santa has one night: one night to make a difference, one night to help man turn the tide against the undead. Will he succeed?

For millennia, they have stared through the invisible force separating their world from ours, and grew hungry. Now, they've found a way through. Darkness from their side swallows our skies, their diseases eat through our human bodies, leaving behind soulless husks... and worse. Only two things can save us: a mysterious power locked in a small chest covered with undecipherable glyphs, and the seven-year-old girl it chose as its protector.

Bio-Weapon or plague of Mother Nature, Kyle Walker holds the key. He just doesn't know it yet. Hunted by his own government, stalked by the people he once protected, Kyle is faced with an impossible choice: save all of humanity, or rescue the family that he loves. What would you do?

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.

The incident was not particularly gruesome or harrowing, compared to most. It was a brief, solitary encounter, one that ended with Travis Kelly still alive and his enemy counterpart, an NVA officer, dead on a trail near the Cambodian border. It was the aftermath - as chilling as it was distressing - that stays with Travis, now a retired tool and die operator and part-time farmer in North Carolina. Just feet away from the slain officer lay a young boy, no more than ten, trembling and hiding in the underbrush.

Four emotional and physically entangled couples explore the hopelessness of their involvements through their liaisons within the same motel room.

A warm, personal portrait of Ronald Reagan, A Different Drummer brims with recollections from a relationship that has spanned three decades. A former aide and longtime family friend, Michael Deaver worked with the former chief executive for 20 consecutive years. Now he offers his memories of Ronald Reagan as governor, president, and friend.

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

In this discussion, Simpson details the importance of accountability and what can be done to make sure all team members meet their goals.

In this discussion, learn the seven key coaching skills and support your team by building a clear vision and strategy to achieve goals.

It is vital for you not to live with chronic pain. By taking your life into your own hands, you can start living a healthier, pain-free life. Simply by following the steps in this book, you can start on the path of being heartburn free. The very first step is to learn about your disorder and how you can change your life. No longer do you have to be one of the 60 million American adults who suffer from heartburn once a month. It is time to live better and live healthy!

New Saucerian unveils its latest ufological classic, Gray Barker's Book of Adamski, an in-depth look at George Adamski, perhaps the most famous UFO contactee who ever lived. The Book of Adamski contains writings by George Adamski and various ufologists who knew him personally, such as Gray Barker, Desmond Leslie, Alice K. Wells, and Michael G. Mann.

In Presidents in Crisis, a former director of the Situation Room takes the listener inside the White House during 17 grave international emergencies handled by the presidents from Truman to Obama: from North Korea's invasion of South Korea to the revolutions of the Arab Spring, and from the 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the taking of American diplomats hostage in Iran and George W. Bush's response to the attacks of September 11, 2001.

In this discussion, Simpson shares his thoughts on how to get middle-level performers to become high-level achievers.

What is the arrogance cycle? We've just lived through it. As market bubbles build, our confidence level rises (dis)proportionately. Everyone wants in on the action. We want to believe Wall Street, and once we do, the inevitable happens. Like Dr. Frankenstein breathing life into inanimate flesh, investment professionals sought ever more novel ways to create wealth. The only problem was that it was all artificial.

In this discussion learn how to create a vision that includes a strategic attack to accomplish team and individual goals.

In this discussion create a continuous effort to reach team and individual goals by creating a powerful and purposeful flow with full engagement and optimal energy.

There is a river that flows through the misty landscape of imagination, seeping up through the rocky earth high in the Appalachian Mountains. It winds southward through the foothills and the piedmont: It tumbles past the fall line, widens and deepens, and then meanders across the coastal plain until it finally reaches the gulf of Mexico.And all along its length the great river inspires stories to tease listeners into wonder, or send a shiver down their spines.