When Julien Grant walks into the dentist's office one warm summer day, he expects the worst--cavities, a root canal, even oral surgery. But the doctor's orders are far more terrifying: in order to have the surgery he needs, Julien will have to attend a two-month-long conversion therapy program. His insurance provider, like most in 2040s America, allows for carriers to pull coverage from those whose "lifestyle" goes against their religious beliefs. Faced with a ticking clock and no alternat...

Since 2002, Mike Pratt and Tom Leach have been as much a part of Kentucky basketball as Rupp Arena itself, as longtime color analysts for the UK Radio Network. This collection of candid and intimate conversations between Pratt and Leach gifts fans and readers insights into every season from 2002 to 2021—observations that only they could share. Pratt and Leach cover it all here: the games, the players, the coaches, and the moments that stood out.

Seventeen of the funniest science fiction stories published in the past decade (2005-2015), featuring alien invasions, global conspiracies, time travel, and even animal uprisings. Fiction by Hugo and Nebula award winners and nominees as well as talented newcomers. Stories were selected by the Unidentified Funny Objects series curator Alex Shvartsman.

From evil overlords to bumbling henchmen, talking cats to lovelorn fishermen, mad queens to wise opossums, the collected fourteen stories subvert popular fantasy tropes in surprising and delightful ways. This book collects some of the best funny fantasy fiction published in the past decade. Included are works by Hugo and Nebula Award winners, New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors, as well as up-and-coming talented writers.Includes the following stories:“Dave the ...

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR* Aztec Astronauts* Punster Prophets* Apocalyptic Apps* Cantankerous Cryptids* and the Duck KnightFifth annual volume of the Unidentified Funny Objects anthology series features eighteen lighthearted science fiction and fantasy tales from the masters of the genre.Read about planetary adoptions, secret agent princesses, alien cooking reality shows, rigged elections, magical insurance agents, and much more.

Diecimila anni or sono, il re dei sogni ha condannato una donna che lo amava alla dannazione eterna. In Stagione delle nebbie, i suoi fratelli immortali lo convincono di aver commesso un’ingiustizia. Per riparare al suo errore, Morfeo decide di recarsi all’Inferno e salvare la donna da lui imprigionata. Ma Lucifer, il sovrano degli Inferi, ha giurato di distruggerlo e i suoi piani sono molto sofisticati…

Occasionally tear-jerking, sometimes funny, always sincere, Behind the Mic takes readers on a ride with the man who morphed from small-town boy to one of radios most prolific personalities.

Traditional cold calling is becoming less and less effective every day because the way people prefer to communicate is rapidly changing.Are you frustrated with the diminishing returns from traditional prospecting methods? Have you tried and failed to use social media and email to develop a consistent stream of quality leads? Do you have the sense that there should be a better calendar structure to your overall prospecting strategy, so that there's a clear, unfolding pattern of cont...

Why do managers usually fail when it comes to motivating employees, in particular salespeople? What should they do instead? In answering those questions, author Mike Crandall recommends many innovative strategies inspired by the work of David Sandler, creator of the Sandler Selling System.To get the most from your organization, you need to understand why people show up for work . . . and tie that reason to your company's mission. Crandall's book is about motivating yourself, your t...

Two "blue-collar bulldogs" with a combined half-century of experience share a proven twelve-point system for sales success within the complex, multi-layered, and demanding field of manufacturing and logistics.Everyone is selling, all the time—but not everyone sells well, and not everyone realizes that selling is what's happening. This is true to some degree in all aspects of business, but it is particularly true for businesses involved in the manufacturing, distrib...

A profound and unforgettable original story collection about well-being and the future of health and the planet. With a foreword by bestselling author Roxane Gay and an introduction from Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Pam Belluck. TAKE US TO A BETTER PLACE: Stories is a collection of powerful, perceptive, and seamlessly crafted fiction that tells multiple truths about the realities of our health and the world in which we live. Roxane Gay writes: “These stories are at once hopeful and ca...