David Klein, the original inventor of Jelly Belly® jelly beans, shares the deeply personal and eye-opening story of his life-from humble beginnings and sweet success to betrayal and heartbreak. It's Time to Spill the Beans is more than a tale about candy; it's a revealing memoir about the man behind the beans and the high price he paid for trusting the wrong people. With raw honesty and sharp insight, Klein explores the impact of greed in business. This powerful account offers ins...

Wish you knew more about choosing wines than which one has a cool label? Follow a wine enthusiast through his personal journey into the world of red, white, and beyond.Avid taster David Klein didn't start out as a wine expert. His appreciation for spirits began with his Italian-Jewish childhood and continued through adulthood as he discovered a passion for this enduring beverage. Now 30 years later, he's here to share his tasting adventures so you can hold your own...

A riveting tale of psychological suspense about a woman who finds herselfin an impossible situationLured by the hope of a better life for herself and her son, Celeste Vanek mustdeal with the emotional and physical resistance of her compulsive gamblerhusband when she asks for a divorce. Though she hopes she is on the verge ofmaking a clean break, her husband demands his family back, and things getviolent.Ja...

Summer Fling: Tales of Seduction brings you a collection of nine short stories - from sweet to erotically steamy.Not all tales end in a happily-ever-after, but all share lessons learned. From first impressions to lasting ones ... from longing to good riddance, each story is unique.

The fourth in the readers' series Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy, The Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital analyzes the link between the strategic and operational roles of intellectual capital in the organization. The Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital is the perfect resource for the growing number of companies pursuing a strategic approach to managing their intellectual capital and harnessing and leveraging their knowledge, experience, and expertise more syste...

There has been a revolution in urban transportation over the past five years—set off by start-ups across the US and internationally. Sleek, legible mobility platforms are connecting people to cars, trains, buses, and bikes as never before, opening up a range of new transportation options while improving existing ones. While many large city governments, such as Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C., have begun to embrace creative forms and processes of government, most still operate under...

Readers say it best: "This book covers all aspects of estate settlement in a complete and thorough manner.", "The book is written in easy-to-understand terms, with lots of good practical advice.", "I actually bought it to place in my file cabinet along with my Trust documents, Living Will and other documents", "We liked it so much, I bought this book for a friend who was handling a new estate."Acting as the executor, representative, or administrator of an estate is a complicated an...

**"An absorbing tale of damaged souls struggling to heal as they track down evil." -**Kirkus Reviews**"This wildly imaginative psychological thriller is David Shawn Klein's best book yet." -**BestThrillers.comTwo damaged souls. A malevolent secret. A risky ruse to unearth the truth that could bring redemption or a brutal end...Philip Raymond grows more desperate by the minute. Suffering from agoraphobia af...

Fire Your Shrink and Read this Book Instead is a call to action. It will empower you to fix your life without getting bogged down by psychoanalysis.The time to start changing your life is now. All you need is the right mindset and the right set of tools. Fire Your Shrink and Read this Book Instead offers practical, honest, true-to-life advice, not psychoanalysis, in order to help you make changes that directly affect your happiness now. It provides you with an action-based approach...

This book presents a framework for building intelligent systems based on the mathematical decision models of Decision Analysis. The author provides new techniques for automated explanation and knowledge acquisition in formally sound systems that reason about complex tradeoffs in decisions. Also included are specifications for implementing these techniques in computer programs, along with demonstration applications in marketing, process control, and medicine.Readers with an interest...

Bless Break Share: Recipes for Faithful Living is a Lent and Easter devotional from the United Church of Canada that explores the deep connection between faith, food, and spiritual hunger. Rooted in progressive Christian theology, this devotional invites readers to reflect on hunger—not only for food, but for justice, belonging, meaning, and resurrection hope.Drawing on the image of Christ as the bread of life, Bless Break Share centers ev...

This is an innovative and collaborative life history of one of Alaska’s pioneering wildlife biologists. David R. Klein has been a leader in promoting habitat studies across wildlife research in Alaska, and this is his first-hand account of how science and biological fieldwork has been carried out in Alaska in the last sixty years. This book tells the stories of how Klein did his science and the inspiration behind the research, while exposing the thinking that underlies particular scientifi...