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Take Me To Your Leader

Practical Advice for Your First Alien Encounter

by Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 5 min

***NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*America's favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with extraterrestrials."Close encounters of the hilarious kind." —Kirkus Reviews"It's the perfect pocket-sized [book] ... Read more

$19.99 USD

***NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*America's favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with extraterrestrials."Close encounters of the hilarious kind." —Kirkus Reviews"It's the perfect pocket-sized [book]
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Profit First

Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine

by Mike Michalowicz ...

Narrated by Mike Michalowicz ...

Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

Author of cult classics The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur offers a simple, counterintuitive cash management solution that will help small businesses break out of the doom spiral and achieve instant profitability.Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed) formula: Sales - Expenses = Profit. The problem is, businesses are run by humans, and humans aren't always ... Read more

$20.00 USD

Also available as: eBook

Author of cult classics The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur offers a simple, counterintuitive cash management solution that will help small businesses break out of the doom spiral and achieve instant profitability.Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed) formula: Sales - Expenses = Profit. The problem is, businesses are run by humans, and humans aren't always
... Read more

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Never Pay the First Bill

And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win

by Marshall Allen ...

From award-winning ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen, a primer for anyone who wants to fight the predatory health care system--and win.Every year, millions of Americans are overcharged and underserved while the health care industry makes record profits. We know something is wrong, but the layers of bureaucracy designed to discourage complaints make pushing back seem impossible. At least, this is ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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From award-winning ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen, a primer for anyone who wants to fight the predatory health care system--and win.Every year, millions of Americans are overcharged and underserved while the health care industry makes record profits. We know something is wrong, but the layers of bureaucracy designed to discourage complaints make pushing back seem impossible. At least, this is
... Read more

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First Among Equals

How to Manage a Group of Professionals

by Patrick J. McKenna, David H. Maister ...

Professional service gurus David Maister and Patrick McKenna have created a practical handbook on how to lead professional colleagues or peers when you lack formal authority. Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge calls it “a timely, easy to read work leavened with action plans and examples.”Whether you have recently been appointed as a group leader or are a battle-scarred veteran, you know ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Professional service gurus David Maister and Patrick McKenna have created a practical handbook on how to lead professional colleagues or peers when you lack formal authority. Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge calls it “a timely, easy to read work leavened with action plans and examples.”Whether you have recently been appointed as a group leader or are a battle-scarred veteran, you know
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Learn to Read with Tug the Pup and Friends! Set 2: Books 1-5

5 stories in 1 Ebook for Beginning Readers; Reading Level C-E

Illustrated by Sebastien Braun ...

by Dr. Julie M. Wood ...

Series series My Very First I Can Read
Build your child's beginning reading success with this set of 5 simple and fun storybooks plus a separate parent guide!Written by educator and reading specialist Dr. Julie M. Wood, with lively illustrations by Sebastien Braun, this set of books stars Tug the Pup and an endearing group of characters who will lead beginners through the proven steps for successful reading.The Learn to Read with Tug ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Build your child's beginning reading success with this set of 5 simple and fun storybooks plus a separate parent guide!Written by educator and reading specialist Dr. Julie M. Wood, with lively illustrations by Sebastien Braun, this set of books stars Tug the Pup and an endearing group of characters who will lead beginners through the proven steps for successful reading.The Learn to Read with Tug
... Read more
If You're Not First, You're Last

Sales Strategies to Dominate Your Market and Beat Your Competition

by Grant Cardone ...

During economic contractions, it becomes much more difficult to sell your products, maintain your customer base, and gain market share. Mistakes become more costly, and failure becomes a real possibility for all those who are not able to make the transition.But imagine being able to sell your products when others cannot, being able to take market share from both your competitors, and knowing the ... Read more

$17.00 USD

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During economic contractions, it becomes much more difficult to sell your products, maintain your customer base, and gain market share. Mistakes become more costly, and failure becomes a real possibility for all those who are not able to make the transition.But imagine being able to sell your products when others cannot, being able to take market share from both your competitors, and knowing the
... Read more

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First Sentences For Network Marketing

How to Quickly Get Prospects on Your Side

by Tom "Big Al" Schreiter ...

Start your network marketing prospecting and presentations with first sentences that work.Your network marketing prospects pre-judge you, so manage that judgment in your favor.For many distributors, the hardest part of prospecting and presenting is the first sentence. If the first sentence is good, the prospect becomes interested and engaged. If the first sentence is bad, it is hard to recover the ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Start your network marketing prospecting and presentations with first sentences that work.Your network marketing prospects pre-judge you, so manage that judgment in your favor.For many distributors, the hardest part of prospecting and presenting is the first sentence. If the first sentence is good, the prospect becomes interested and engaged. If the first sentence is bad, it is hard to recover the
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First Light

Kanaka 'Oiwi Resistance to Settler Science at Mauna a Wakea

by Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar ...

Understanding the Hawai‘i Island summit of Mauna a Wākea as a place of ancestral connection, cultural resurgence, and political resistance for Native HawaiiansFirst Light is a site-specific study of Native Hawaiian resistance to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on the summit of Mauna a Wākea, the sacred mountain on the island of Hawai‘i. Drawing on personal interviews, oral ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Understanding the Hawai‘i Island summit of Mauna a Wākea as a place of ancestral connection, cultural resurgence, and political resistance for Native HawaiiansFirst Light is a site-specific study of Native Hawaiian resistance to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on the summit of Mauna a Wākea, the sacred mountain on the island of Hawai‘i. Drawing on personal interviews, oral
... Read more
First Casualty

The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11

by Toby Harnden ...

An award-winning journalist reveals the dramatic true story of the CIA's Team Alpha, the first Americans to be dropped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan after 9/11.America is reeling; Al-Qaeda has struck and thousands are dead. The country scrambles to respond, but the Pentagon has no plan for Afghanistan—where Osama bin Laden masterminded the attack and is protected by the Taliban. Instead, the ... Read more

$11.99 USD

An award-winning journalist reveals the dramatic true story of the CIA's Team Alpha, the first Americans to be dropped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan after 9/11.America is reeling; Al-Qaeda has struck and thousands are dead. The country scrambles to respond, but the Pentagon has no plan for Afghanistan—where Osama bin Laden masterminded the attack and is protected by the Taliban. Instead, the
... Read more
First Founding Father

Richard Henry Lee and the Call to Independence

by Harlow Giles Unger ...

Before Washington, before Jefferson, before Franklin or John Adams, there was Lee--Richard Henry Lee, the First Founding FatherRichard Henry Lee was first to call for independence, first to call for union, and first to call for a bill of rights to protect Americans against government tyranny. A towering figure in America's Revolutionary War, Lee was as much the "father of our country" as George ... Read more

$20.89 USD

Before Washington, before Jefferson, before Franklin or John Adams, there was Lee--Richard Henry Lee, the First Founding FatherRichard Henry Lee was first to call for independence, first to call for union, and first to call for a bill of rights to protect Americans against government tyranny. A towering figure in America's Revolutionary War, Lee was as much the "father of our country" as George
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The First Infantry Division and the U.S. Army Transformed

Road to Victory in Desert Storm, 1970-1991

by Gregory Fontenot ...

Series series American Military Experience
This fast-paced and compelling read closes a significant gap in the historiography of the late Cold War U.S. Army and is crucial for understanding the current situation in the Middle East.From the author's introduction:“My purpose is a narrative history of the 1st Infantry Division from 1970 through the Operation Desert Storm celebration held 4th of July 1991. This story is an account of the ... Read more

$28.79 USD

This fast-paced and compelling read closes a significant gap in the historiography of the late Cold War U.S. Army and is crucial for understanding the current situation in the Middle East.From the author's introduction:“My purpose is a narrative history of the 1st Infantry Division from 1970 through the Operation Desert Storm celebration held 4th of July 1991. This story is an account of the
... Read more
Bite-Sized Parenting: Your Baby's First Year

The Essential Guide to What Matters Most, from Sleeping and Feeding to Development and Play, in an Illustrated Month-by-Month Format

by Sharon Mazel ...

The most essential, evidence-based advice for baby’s first year in an easily digestible and full-color illustrated format designed for today’s busy parentsCongratulations! You have a new baby. But what you don’t have is a lot of time to comb through the overwhelming amount of information on caring for that baby.In Bite-Sized Parenting, Sharon Mazel, one of America’s most trusted parenting experts, ... Read more

$11.99 USD

The most essential, evidence-based advice for baby’s first year in an easily digestible and full-color illustrated format designed for today’s busy parentsCongratulations! You have a new baby. But what you don’t have is a lot of time to comb through the overwhelming amount of information on caring for that baby.In Bite-Sized Parenting, Sharon Mazel, one of America’s most trusted parenting experts,
... Read more