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Bad pricing is a great way to destroy your company's value, revenue, and profits. With 10 simple rules, this audiobook shows you how to deliver both healthy profit margins and robust revenue growth while kicking the dreaded discounting habit. The authors destroy the conventional wisdom that you have to trade margins for revenues and show you how to fully exploit the value your company offers customers. This is a proven plan for increasing sales without sacrificing profits.

Winnie Louie and Helen Kwong have always shared secrets, but now Helen wants to reveal them. Helen is convinced she is dying and decides to celebrate what might be her last Chinese New Year by telling all the secrets of her life, as well as Winnie Louie's and those of Winnie's daughter Pearl. There are some things, however, that Pearl would rather her mother didn't know. The result of Helen's tell-all mood is a series of comic misunderstandings and heartbreaking realizations about luck, loss, and trust.

Twelve-year-old Alia has always had the worst luck. Whether it’s her parents moving her all the way from Kuala Lumpur to a tiny village or her shoes constantly coming untied, Alia can’t help but feel as if the universe has it out for her. To top it all off, her estranged older sister, Ayu, has just reappeared in their lives after years away. Alia’s parents are delighted, but Alia is not so sure. She remembers the fights, the tears, the pain her sister caused. Then Alia’s school fills with rumors of a horrifying creature spotted flying in the night sky.

On Hamra's thirteenth birthday, she receives nothing but endless nagging and yet another errand to run in the Langkawi jungle that looms behind her home. No one has remembered her special day. And so, stifled and angry, Hamra ignores something she shouldn’t: the rules of the jungle.

Maya Lin is known throughout the world as the creator of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. But many people weren’t happy when she was chosen to design the memorial, objecting to her gender, age, race, and more. Still, she persisted, and her design stands out today as one of the most memorable monuments in the country. Her creations, which were always connected to surrounding landscapes and nature, have inspired many to follow in her footsteps and follow their creative dreams. Learn about the amazing life of Maya Lin—and how she persisted.

The descendant of Cherokee ancestors who had been forced to walk the Trail of Tears, Wilma Mankiller experienced her own forced removal from the land she grew up on as a child. As she got older and learned more about the injustices her people had faced, she dedicated her life to instilling pride in Native heritage and reclaiming Native rights. She went on to become the first woman Principle Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

A naughty white kitten, Sagwa, comes from a long line of royal Chinese cats. Her mischief changes the spirit of a cruel magistrate and helps shape the future for her ancestors. This beautiful story illustrates why Siamese cats are really Chinese cats and why their faces, ears, paws, and tails turn darker as they grow up.

Eric is an operating system that was designed to be human. Recently, he was placed inside a large ABD-1250 Battle Droid and sent to the front lines of a drug war. There, he has to make choices that his all-machine counterparts wouldn't have to - including whether or not he feels his life is worth less than a human's.

For decades — in China and in San Francisco — Winnie Louie and Helen Kwong have kept each other's confidences, but those secrets are about to be revealed. Convinced that she is dying, Helen decides to celebrate the Chinese New Year by unburdening herself of hidden truths — not only hers, but those of Winnie and of Winnie's daughter, Pearl.

God loves the world, but only a portion of the whole world is aware of his love. This story of salvation was written in the theme of love. It takes an awareness of God's love to be saved and to live differently. This is enough to inspire young minds to develop an intimate relationship with God. Jesus Loves Me, paints the picture of a relationship with God as one that exists between the shepherd and the sheep. This relationship didn't start in the New Testament; it started from the garden, when God got dirty, planting a garden for his choicest creature. How he loves him!

In the tradition of Calvino’s Italian Folktales, Greg Sarris, author of the award-winning novel Grand Avenue, turns his attention to his ancestral homeland of Sonoma Mountain in Northern California. In 16 interconnected original stories, the twin crows Question Woman and Answer Woman take us through a world unlike yet oddly reminiscent of our own: one that blooms bright with poppies, lupines, and clover; one in which Water Bug kidnaps an entire creek; in which songs have the power to enchant; in which Rain is a beautiful woman who keeps people’s memories in stones.

The McIntyre family makes an obscene amount of income every holiday season off the slaughter of thousands of turkeys. But, the amount of money isn't the only thing obscene about their deceptive family farm. The conditions are inhumane. Their practices are unsanitary. And the methods they utilize in cultivating their annual poultry genocide are beyond cruel and unusual. Staunch vegan and proud standing member of PETA Rebecca has had enough. And this year she is serving up a heaping dish of Old Testament justice that will give the McIntyre family a long overdue wake up call.

Popular narratives of American history conceal as much as they reveal. They present a national identity based on harvesting the treasures that lay in wait for European colonization. In Whose Ruins tells another story: Winding through the US landscape, from Native American earthworks in West Virginia to the Manhattan Project in New Mexico, this history is a tour of sites that were mined for an empire’s power. Showing the hidden costs of ruthless economic growth, particularly to Indigenous people, this book illuminates the myth-making intimately tied to place.

During a stormy night, Clare heard a thud. She peaked out. A bubble of green light floated in the air.When it burst, a white horse appeared with gold wings and a black diamond on its forehead. Raphael the magic horse took her to visit heaven before she found out about Mary Ellen, her best friend’s accident. He told Clare that she would be a secret agent of God. She would teach others about the healing powers of heaven. Her assignment was to help Mary Ellen’s mom cope with her death.

There are destinies locked in hatred, fear, doubt, ignorance, folly, laziness, and weakness. Because of this, many people are incapable of discovering the keys required to release their destinies from the bondage of impossibility and fulfilling their potential. Divine Keys to Unlock Your Destiny is a book for anyone who desires to journey through the divine keys that the Bible recommends for every great destiny.

What is an alkaline vegan diet? It is eating foods that create an alkaline environment in your body which allows your body's cells to function optimally and aid in preventing diseases like heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure to name only a few. It is the acidity of the compounds your food breaks down into and how that affects your body in turn. The recipes lovingly created for you in this audiobook will help you find not only alkaline foods but delicious options that keep your body, mind, and spirit in tip top shape both inside and out.

Pippy and Beth is a charming tale, despite the subject being the emotive subject of pet loss. A book to help your child deal with dog loss and pet grief in a positive and sometimes even amusing way. In the story, Beth finds a way to handle the death of her beloved dog, Pippy. Her dog loss is supported with the help of an assortment of friends.

With the right dialogue, people will be more accepting, and give a more friendly response.

You should have experienced situations when people do not understand you when you are in a foreign country. Especially when you are ordering food, you probably want to go to the kitchen and instruct on how to cook or even cook for yourself. This happens even more when you are asking for direction. People give you a random answer and try to get over it.

The Winter Years of Life is a collection of compelling and thought-provoking poems written by Marjorie Delores. The author’s aesthetic mind captures the beauty in everyday life and its complexities. In this fascinating and busy world, it is unique to sit back and absorb life’s realities that sometimes we unintentionally shut out or overlook.