In a world starved for ethical leadership, Just Lead challenges change-makers and trendsetters to lead with clarity, courage, and character.Drawing on two decades of leadership spanning the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets to Capitol Hill and the frontlines of entrepreneurship from Romania to Costa Rica, Michael Simmons unpacks the real cost of ethical drift. Through the lens of a cadet's no-win hazing decision, a high-stakes legal standoff with a billionaire oil tycoon, and the quiet her...

On 15 May 1957 Vickers Valiant V-Bomber X.D.818 under the command of Wg. Cdr. Kenneth Hubbard, O.C. 49 Squadron R.A.F., dropped Britains first live thermonuclear bomb. The success of Operation Grapple broadcast to the world that the UK had the resolve and the capability to protect her own democracy and that of her Commonwealth. It was a major breakthrough that ensured Britain maintained her place in the most senior influential positions of the United Nations and other corridors of world po...

Derik lives in his anger. A young adult male who as a child suffered psychological abuse and trauma, now he lets his anger control his life. Derik has no clue of how to have a healthy relationship, his latest girlfriend is now his ex. Nadine, a young adult female, intelligent and beautiful, knew how to call it quits in no uncertain terms. There are things Derik doesn't know about Nadine. Seething with resentment and a damaged ego from being dumped, Derik assaults Ruby, a young adult transg...

In a world starved for ethical leadership, Just Lead challenges change-makers and trendsetters to lead with clarity, courage, and character.Drawing on two decades of leadership spanning the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets to Capitol Hill and the frontlines of entrepreneurship from Romania to Costa Rica, Michael Simmons unpacks the real cost of ethical drift. Through the lens of a cadet's no-win hazing decision, a high-stakes legal standoff with a billionaire oil tycoon, and the quiet her...

Insight into collateral management and its increasing relevance in modern bankingIn the wake of recent financial crises, firms of all sizes have adjusted their policies to incorporate more frequent instances of collateral management. Collateral Management: A Guide to Mitigating Counterparty Risk explains the connection between the need for collateral management in order to alleviate counterparty risk and the actions that firms must take to achieve it. Targ...

Reefer Madness, a classic in the annals of hemp literature, is the popular social history of marijuana use in America. Beginning with the hemp farming of George Washington, author Larry "Ratso" Sloman traces the fascinating story of our nation's love-hate relationship with the resilient weed we know as marijuana.Herein we find antiheroes such as Allen Ginsberg, Robert Mitchum (the first Hollywood actor busted for pot), Louis Armstrong (who smoked pot every day), the Beatles...

This inspiring memoir by Michael Simmons highlights his mothers efforts to protect her children from her alcoholic, abusive husband. After a DWI results in him losing his job, Michaels father moves his family from Arkansas to Missouri, where losing another job means the family moves to a small house in the Arkansas countryside. His mother takes on picking cotton to earn money for the childrens Christmas presents. Another job loss, another move: the stress and uncertainty in his familys lif...

This book is a tool to assist you in your journey towards your destiny. It identifies perfection and how it relates to every individual. Hopefully you will begin to see yourself different once you understand what God has done for you. I believe that God will reveal things to you, and you will be able to handle the obstacles that have bound and prevented you from moving forward. Everyone has hopes, dreams, and visions of whom or what they would like to become and or do. Somewhere along the ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Everything I've learned about foraging for edible wild plants over the past years is contained in this book, including how to find, identify, and harvest them so you may have your mouthwatering "wild" meals whenever you want.Foraging for wild edible plants can seem like an adventurous, dangerous activity. However, it can be simple and safe if you do your research and prepare yourself with the proper knowledge an...

Fifteen-year-old Brett Gerson is the kind of kid you love to hate. He's smug, arrogant, rude, and filthy rich. When his dad is jailed for insider trading, his family loses everything and Brett has to face life without the mansion, the Mercedes, and his beloved $5,000 stereo. But his attitude begins to change when he's forced to take a summer job assisting Alfie Moore, the seventy-year old guy who used to clean his swimming pool . . .Told in the first person and set in a fictional C...

Glenda Jackson stars in this compelling drama series inspired by Émile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, highlighting different aspects of contemporary BritainIn 2015, double Oscar winner Glenda Jackson made a triumphant return to acting in Radio 4's Blood, Sex and Money, a radical reimagining of Émile Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle. Now, she reprises her role as matriarch/narrator in this eclectic mix of dramas inspired by Zola's novels, but s...

A thrilling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag, “one of the most intense suspense writers around” (Chicago Tribune).Dana Nolan was a promising young TV reporter until a notorious serial killer tried to add her to his list of victims. Nearly a year has passed since she survived her ordeal, but the physical, emotional, and psychological scars run deep. Struggling with the torment of post-traumatic stress syndrome, plagued by f...