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The Caring Company: How to Shift Business and the Economy for Good clearly shows how businesses can choose to serve the common good as number one priority and still achieve higher performance. Rather than simply transacting with their customers, suppliers, and the local community, this book explains how companies who instead build unconditionally caring relationships with them are rewarded economically for doing so.

The story has so often been told: Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Habsburg Empire, was shot dead on June 28, 1914, in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. Thirty days later, the Archduke's uncle, Emperor Franz Joseph, declared war on the Kingdom of Serbia, producing the chain reaction of European powers entering the First World War. Contrasting the vast disproportionality between a single deadly act and an act of war that would leave ten million dead, Misfire contends that the real causes for the world war lie in "civilized" Europe rather than the assassination.

Happiness is far more than a positive feeling that comes and goes. Science is now proving that happiness is a skill that you can develop. Course objectives: List some enduring benefits of happiness. Describe the negativity bias of the brain. Summarize how our brains can make us happy and...

Musicians in progressive rock bands in Chicago are being murdered-one by one. The local police have no clues, but several of the musicians who fear they're next on the hit list claim that the killer is a ghost from the past-a woman who was reported missing and presumed dead for over thirty years! The Rockin' Security team is called into action. Spike and his partner, Suzanne, travel to Chicago to investigate the case, only to find that no one wants to talk. As Spikedigs deeper, he begins to unearth a lode of deadly secrets involving sex, psychedelic drugs, and, of course, rock ‘n' roll.

Listening to sales affirmations can be a powerful tool for boosting your sales income potential and transforming your mindset. Affirmations are positive, intentional statements designed to help you overcome self-doubt, build confidence, and stay focused on your goals. In sales, where resilience and optimism are key, these affirmations can reinforce a success-oriented attitude, helping you to handle challenges, connect with clients authentically, and close deals with confidence.

What if financial success wasn’t the finish line—but the starting point for something greater? In Beyond Wealth, seasoned advisor Rick Hadrava pulls back the curtain on what it truly takes to live a life of freedom, purpose, and lasting impact. With over 30 years of experience guiding high-achieving individuals through the complexities of wealth, Rick delivers a refreshingly personal and actionable blueprint for designing a life that goes far beyond numbers on a balance sheet. This isn’t a book about chasing market returns or maximizing portfolio performance. It’s a book about clarity.

The Principles of Finance DANTES/DSST Study Guide teaches you what you need to know to pass the DSST test. This study guide is more than just sample test questions. Our easy-to-understand study guide will teach you the information. We've condensed what you need to know into a manageable book - one that will leave you completely prepared to tackle the test.

A spiritual journey with extraordinary encounters. Yon Rou's memoir is a kaleidoscopic ride through the upper echelons of New York Society and the nature-worshipping, sword-wielding world of East Asian religious and martial arts. Monk of Park Avenue divulges a privileged childhood in Manhattan, followed by the bitter rigors of kung fu in China and meditations in Daoist temples. Join Yon Rou's adventure as he encounters kings, Nobel laureates, and the Mob. 

For fans of Graham Hancock, Joe Rogan's thought-provoking guests, and anyone trying to bridge the gap between science and religion, this groundbreaking exploration reveals how The Urantia Book anticipated major scientific discoveries decades before they occurred—offering compelling evidence of its extraordinary cosmic origins.

This book will inspire you to: overhaul performance management practices to jump-start motivation and engagement; use agile processes to transform how you hire, develop, and manage people; establish diversity programs that increase innovation and competitiveness as well as inclusion; use people analytics to bring unprecedented insight to hiring and talent management; prepare your company for the double waves of artificial intelligence and an older workforce; and close the gap between HR and strategy.

Uncover the Truth is filled with examples from many cases from Mike's career and the public eye. Learn the invaluable skills of detecting deception from someone who's been using them during his over 30-year career in law enforcement. Learn when people are truthfully deceptive and uncover the truth!

2017 Christian Book Award Finalist Thirty captivating profiles of Christians who risked everything to rescue their Jewish neighbors from Nazi terror during the Holocaust. My Brother's Keeper unfolds powerful stories of Christians from across denominations who gave everything they had to save the...

Reading and learning is absolutely essential to business success; but excuses like, "I just don't have the time!” or “I’m a slow reader” or “Reading is boring” or “I don’t know what I should be reading” are holding you back. Barrera and Simmons have solved all of these problems for you in one simple easy listen.

Roxane Quinn has worked for years toward becoming the event coordinator for the hotel her father runs in Quinn Valley. As soon as she starts the new position, she hears that the only man she has ever loved has moved back to town and is now running a business out of a taco truck. She’s worried she won’t be able to keep her heart intact with her high school sweetheart so close.

E. M. Cioran lived on the margins of the modern world. Like his friends Beckett and Ionesco, he stood apart from all the official trappings of his chosen medium of philosophy. Not since Nietzsche has a thinker revealed himself so drastically. All Gall Is Divided is a breviary of estrangement that rejoices in the contradictions and confusions of human fate. As his translator Richard Howard remarks, “You fraternize with Emil Cioran at your peril, but it is the kind of danger that keeps you alive.”

The Code of Honor: Embracing Ethics in Cybersecurity delivers a first of its kind comprehensive discussion of the ethical challenges that face contemporary information security workers, managers, and executives. Authors Ed Skoudis, president of the SANS Technology Institute College and founder of the Counter Hack team, and Dr. Paul Maurer, president of Montreat College, explain how timeless ethical wisdom gives birth to the Cybersecurity Code which is currently being adopted by security practitioners and leaders around the world.

One warm night in Chicago's Resurrection Cemetery, paranormal investigators Vaughn and Tommy accidentally summon a beautiful, transparent woman. Their search for her true identity uncovers a dark, hidden history of the city and a deadly alliance between political corruption and demonic science!

Read by the authors. Laughter is a powerful remedy to what ails today’s teams and organizations. There are a host of neuroscientific explanations for why laughter makes us feel so great. Laughter triggers "feel good" chemicals in the brain which activate opiate receptors throughout your body...

This concise, one-of-a-kind introductory guide cuts through all the nonsense and demystifies home health for the practicing physical therapist or physical therapy student. After listening to Launch into Home Health Physical Therapy, you will have all the tools you need to hit the ground running and earn a job in this growing and fulfilling setting! Written by a successful home health physical therapist and entrepreneur, this book offers an insider's perspective of the home health industry.

Timeless Wisdom for Strengthening Marriage and Families If you buy just one book on Dating, Marriage or Families, this would be the one. No other books provide such a comprehensive, helpful overview of the family life cycle from child development through the golden age of retirement.