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An insightful and devastating account of how Wall Street lost its way from an insider who experienced the culture of Goldman Sachs first-hand.On March 14, 2012, more than three million people read Greg Smith's bombshell Op-Ed in the New York Times titled "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs." The column immediately went viral, became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter, and drew passionate responses from former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, legendary General Electric CEO...

'A fast-paced, entertaining will-they-won't-they that kept me on tenterhooks to the end' Phoebe MacLeodThe moment you stop looking, that’s when Prince Charming will come knocking on your door!Summer Knowles does not want a boyfriend. Relationships have caused enough problems in her life. As bridesmaid at her sister’s wedding, she’s going to avoid all things romantic – especially the brawny, hipster best-man who has commitment-phobe written all ov...

Organisations invest time, money, resources, and personnel into trying to ensure that their workplaces are safe. Very often, the output of all this expenditure is injury rate data, which has, time and again been discredited as a measure of safety. In response, many organisations have adopted so called "lead" indicators to supplement injury rate data. Unfortunately, lead indicators take the question of safety no further. Almost universally, lead indicators are no more than a measur...

Koala Tricks and Bamboo Sticks: Journeys of Self Enablement is not your typical self-help book.It's a candid, irreverent, and deeply personal manifesto for anyone looking to take control of their career, creativity, and confidence in a world that no longer plays by old rules. With a blend of personal anecdotes, sharp social commentary, and stories from real people who've built things from nothing, Greg Smith explores what it really means to self-enable-and why it might be the most ...

A laugh-out-loud festive adventure from the bestselling authors of The Twits Next Door. The perfect stocking filler this Christmas! Illustrated by Emily Jones.Santa Claus… kindly old man with a flying sleigh, who delivers presents to kids each Christmas Eve . . ? OR a cool, suave super-spy?In this story, he’s both! Discover how Santa Claus gets recruited by the Secret Service one dark and cold December as their newest secret agent, Treble-Ho Seven....

'Sexy, funny, romantic and heartfelt - this book has it all. A must read' Sandy BarkerShe didn’t go to the jungle to meet the man of her dreams. Luckily, Dr Logan Spencer is NOT the man of her dreams!As epic meet-cutes go, travel photographer, Winter Knowles thinks finding a gorgeous naked man outside her Thailand villa is pretty perfect. But then she discovers the naked heartthrob is none other than Dr Logan Spencer, her gruff standoffish (but s...

Shunned from his tribe, a young Native American named Turok fights to survive, making a lonely life for himself in the unforgiving forest. But his hard-won cunning and survival skills face the ultimate test when man-eating Thunder Lizards attack his people! Why are dinosaurs here? How have they survived? And will Turok use his abilities to save a society that's taken everything away from him? Prepare for history-twisting carnage from superstar Greg Pak (Batman/Superman) and Mirko Colak (Co...

‘Angus had never been very interested in history until he visited it by accident one Tuesday night.’History has always seemed pretty boring to Angus. Who cares about things that happened thousands of years ago? Totally pointless! That’s what Angus thinks until the day he accidentally falls into a shopping trolley and ends up travelling through time with Marge, the lady who runs the cheese counter at the local supermarket, and who is also FROM THE FUTURE.And so begi...

Do you size, design, or sell solar and storage systems? Would your customers consider those systems 100 percent successful? Pick up The Battery-Powered Home and turn your solar and storage customers into the best lead generators you could ask for. Written by a solar-and-storage technical trainer with more than thirteen years of experience, The Battery-Powered Home identifies the most common industry mistakes that lead to unhappy customers, lost revenue, and diminished reputation. Learn how...

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward." -Vernon Law You don't know what you don't know. So how do you know what not to know? Experiences. Filled with experiences and lessons learned through a life in public education and athletics. Using metaphors of doing dirty laundry to inspire ourselves to lead by example. It's a reminder that no task is too small or beneath us when we're committed to servant leadership, both at work and in life. By embrac...

Finally a book that helps you pay down and control your credit card debts. A simple formula. Simple steps. Written by money expert, best selling author and founder of budgetblitz.com.au Greg Smith. This e-book will change the way you look at credit cards forever. Come discover the secrets banks don't want you to know.

Devotions from Oakdale are to encourage the reader with daily inspirational and motivational encouragement from the writer, Greg Smith, while serving a prison sentence in Oakdale Federal Correctional Institute in Oakdale, Louisiana. Greg wants to uplift and share his positive attitude even under adverse times to show that anyone can overcome anything in life if you allow God to be the center of your daily walk.