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Chris Boyd

I was convinced it would work. Point the device at the right star, and I would return to my home. I was standing outside the front of my house on a cold winters evening. The sky was ablaze with sparkling lights you could almost touch. I aimed the device and waited to be lifted up to the stars. I was excited, but also vaguely apprehensive of the journey ahead, after all I was only 3. Then, my father called me back into the house. I wasn't to see the "device" again until I returned to my hom...

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Jerry Boyd

Narrated by

Chris Ciulla

Audiobook 1 -

Fat Man's Gift

Mark was happy enough, working as a mechanic.He didn't know that he was more than that until his mother gave him some keepsakes from his grandfather. Those opened his eyes to a whole world that he hadn't realized he had a place in. Watch him learn to use his new skills.

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Jerry Boyd

Narrated by

Chris Ciulla

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Bob and Nikki

Contains Bob's Saucer Repair (book one), Whammo Ranch (book two), and Shady Oaks (book three) of the Bob and Nikki series!Bob thought he was doing fine on his own. Then the love of his life fell out of the sky. Can he get her back in the air with auto parts and a cutting torch? If he does, will she ever come back?Nikki took a job before she saw the equipment. Can she keep her passengers alive on a strange planet? Are the natives f...

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Toby Brown, Michael Roster, Jack Bostelman, Chris Boyd, Jim Hassett, Wendy Chang, Timothy B Corcoran, Anthony Davis, Keith Maziarek, David J Parnell, James G Perkins, Steven Petrie, Mark Voigtmann, Tom Snavely, Vanessa Savoie

Many law firms today are far too focused on increasing market share; they should be paying attention to what makes them a more profitable business. Market share doesn't matter much if you're not profitable, and firms cannot simply grow their way to prosperity by undercutting the competition. Instead, firms must focus on value creation and increasing clients' willingness to pay for their services. The question should be: "What can your firm do better, or more efficiently, and more profitabl...

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Nick Milton, Chris Boyd, Amy Halverson, Ian Rodwell, Joe Cohen, Andrea Miskolczi, Jonna Vainikainen, Elisabeth Cappuyns, James Loft, Jon Beaumont, James G Perkins, Gordon Vala-Webb, Mark Gediman, Kevin Miles, Tara Pichardo-Angadi, Orla Bingham, Katherine Lang, Kathy Skinner, Anthony J Rhem, Tiffany M. O’Neil

Strategies for gathering and harnessing knowledge have existed in law firms for decades. However, knowledge management suddenly found itself in the spotlight as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Enforced remote working reduced opportunities for knowledge sharing between colleagues and this gap was filled with knowledge databases and experienced knowledge lawyers. Now that hybrid and virtual workforces are here to stay, these new working practices have combined with technological developme...

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Oz Benamram, Hélène Russell, Jack Bostelman, Chris Boyd, Mark Gediman, Harriet Creamer, Andrea Miskolczi, Cyndi Murphy, Cynthia Brown, James Loft, Kathy Skinner

The discipline of knowledge management (KM) continues to evolve along with our ability to record larger and more varied kinds of information than ever before. Since its inception in the 1990s, it has passed through several stages, quickly becoming a credible field, and now an integral part of major businesses worldwide. Now, many have started to argue that KM is undergoing resurgence, possibly even transforming into KM 3.0, thanks to developments in artificial intelligence (AI). And, while...

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Jerry Boyd

Narrated by

Chris Ciulla

Audiobook 4 -

Bob and Nikki

Contains books four and five of the Bob and Nikki series!Starfoot, book fourAre Jim and Molly okay? John's old friend Steve needs help. Can the crew take care of his problem? Can he help with some of their problems? Bob gets caught, loading a saucer. Will it mean big trouble, or a new crew member? Max finds marooned saucers on the Moon. What new adventures do they contain?Charlie's Planet, book five

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Andrew Boyd

Narrated by

Chris Baetens

An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomersWith global warming projected to rocket past the 1.5°C limit, lifelong activist Andrew Boyd is thrown into a crisis of hope, and off on a quest to learn how to live with the "impossible news" of our climate doom.He searches out eight of today's leading climate thinkers — from activist Tim DeChristopher to collapse-psychologist Jamey Hecht, grassroots strategist adrienne ...

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Jerry Boyd

Narrated by

Chris Ciulla

Audiobook 21 -

Bob and Nikki

Bob wanted to take a few days off to chill after spending so long in the black.Letting go of his stress turns out to be harder than he thought it might be, and of course, Murphy gets to have a say.Come along, and see how Bob handles trying to stay out of trouble.

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Jerry Boyd

Narrated by

Chris Ciulla

Audiobook 27 -

Bob and Nikki

Bots get lonely, too.Topper and the crew of the Gene take a long trip to find the one that got away.Ever wonder what the other captains in BSR get up to? Follow along as Joshua of the BS Rocket J goes looking for love and new trading partners.Watch Dingus of the BS Armstrong make friends by doing a good deed.Three stories for the price of one! What a deal!

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Jerry Boyd

Narrated by

Chris Ciulla

Audiobook 25 -

Bob and Nikki

Andre runs into trouble riding with Rachel while he's on leave.By the time he's back on duty, Rachel has decided to join up with BSR. Her first job is a doozy, though. She has to keep the twins out of trouble. Slavers show up again with hopes of getting the company out of the way. After the fleet explains the error in their ways, they head out to check on a new planet. A stowaway causes trouble for Topper, but it turns out for the best.

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Jerry Boyd

Narrated by

Chris Ciulla

Audiobook 26 -

Bob and Nikki

Firestarter does her best to fit in on the Gene, but it's a long jump from stone-tipped spears to starships.Janet and the other girls do their best to help her fit in. Eve and Aika have trouble getting to know a new AI, and Topper's past brings a new problem for the crew to work on. Come along while they work it all out.