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You didn’t start your business to fail. But failure doesn’t arrive with fireworks. It creeps in quietly—through missed signs, slow leaks, and decisions made just a little too late. That’s what warning signals are for. And if you don’t have them, you're flying blind. This book shows you how to install them. Built on public-sector early warning frameworks used to prevent disasters, Early Warning Signals translates that same thinking into practical tools for business owners. You’ll learn how to spot trouble before it becomes a crisis—and how to design simple, reliable indicators ...

In the riveting second installment of the National Park Mystery Series, archaeologist Chuck Bender finds himself and his young wife and stepdaughters in the crosshairs of an unknown killer when he defends his brother-in-law from false accusations of murder in the brutal slaying of a resort worker in Rocky Mountain National Park.

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The trip quickly turns threatening when one climber never shows up, climbing equipment fails, and Chuck and his spouse, Janelle Ortega, are suspected in the shocking, present-day death of one of Chuck's former rock-climbing partners. Together, Chuck and Janelle race against time to solve the dual mysteries and prove their innocence—all while facing down a ruthless killer on the loose.

From his early days as a Baltimore cop to his time with the Department of Military Sciences and then more recently leading Rogue Team International, these stories cover the range of the Ledger timeline bringing back old favorites and introducing new ones. The stakes are as high as ever, and Joe Ledger is there to save the day!

When the Colonial Marines set out after their deadliest prey, the Xenomorphs, it's what Corporal Hicks calls a bug hunt - kill or be killed. Here are fifteen all-new stories of such "close encounters", written by many of today's most extraordinary authors. Set during the events of all four Alien films, sending the Marines to alien worlds, to derelict space settlements, and into the nests of the universe's most dangerous monsters, these adventures are guaranteed to send the blood racing - one way or another.

Canyon Sacrifice brings the rugged western landscape, the mysterious past of the ancient Anasazi Indians, and the Southwest's ongoing cultural fissures vividly to life. A deadly struggle against murderous kidnappers in Grand Canyon National Park forces archaeologist Chuck Bender to face up to his past as he realizes every parent's worst nightmare: a missing child.

Hounded by false accusations of murder, archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family risk their lives to track down an unknown killer on the loose in a rugged canyon on the remote western edge of Mesa Verde National Park, where ancient stone villages and secret burial sites, abandoned centuries ago by the Ancestral Puebloan people, harbor artifacts so rare and precious they're worth killing over.

A famed sandstone arch in Utah's Arches National Park collapses and takes a woman atop it to her death, ensnaring archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family in lethal questions of environmental monkey wrenching and political intrigue. As more deaths follow, Chuck and his wife Janelle race to uncover the killer even as they become murder targets themselves.

When Yellowstone National Park's grizzly bears and gray wolves suddenly and inexplicably go rogue, archaeologist Chuck Bender teams with his old friend, Yellowstone Chief Ranger Lex Hancock, to defend the suspect members of a group scientific expedition. Soon, Chuck finds himself defending the lives of his family as an unforeseen danger threatens in the storied national park's remote wilderness.

SPINE-CHILLING BODY HORROR FICTION Monstrous transplants. Appalling amputations. Bizarre implants. Nightmarish forms of body enhancements. Disturbing, perverse, often gut-wrenching stories--all between the covers of this anthology. Here are 20 tales by some of today's best horror, suspense, and science fiction writers. The short stories are not for those who are faint of heart or squeamish, or who are easily offended by nasty language, bloody violence, and freakish body augmentations. You've been warned! Bootstrap--The Binds of Lasolastica -- Michael Bailey Idol -- Michael Laimo Unplugged -...

When suspicious deaths befall a whitewater rafting expedition through Cataract Canyon in Canyonlands National Park, archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family recognize evil intent lies behind the tragedies.

WOMEN IN PRISON: GETTING LOCKED UP, BEING A MOTHER OR IN A MINORITY GROUP, AND GETTING OUT is the first in a series of books about women in prison; their relationships with partners, children, and parents; everyday life in prison; the experience of women from minority groups; and the reentry process. It also provides recommendations on how to improve prison conditions and what prisons can do to better prepare women to adjust to life after prison and have a better life. It includes some information about women in jails, too. The chapters in this first book in the series includes the ...

Janelle Ortega and Chuck Bender are drawn deep into a threatening web of hostility and deceit in Saguaro National Park in this must-listen mystery.

In Treatment Planning 101, you won't find a long list of potential treatment plans to cut and paste to your heart's content. What you will find is an in-depth look at proper treatment plan mechanics. This text includes a link to a free companion workbook to help the listener explore the concepts outlined in this text to his or her own life situation. This text can be used in conjunction with training or as a stand-alone process to make sure that everyone in an organization is speaking the same language and approaching treatment planning from a similar perspective.

Scott Graham, a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, provides a simple five-week program to help you strengthen your skills in motivational interviewing. Focusing on shifting select communication styles, Graham will help you develop half-a-dozen motivational interviewing habits that will improve your effectiveness with your clients. This book includes links to tracking sheets to help you monitor your progress, as well as support from the author as you grow your skills.

10 Keys to Making a Low-Cost Documentary Feature describes a low-cost approach for producing a feature-length documentary with a budget under $50,000. It features an approach I have used that combines interviews with interviewees and experts along with B-roll shots of activities to use with voice-overs from the interviews. It also suggests ways to find interviewees, obtain funding for the film, and more.The book is formatted like a journal, so readers can write down their ideas for what to do after reading each tip.

The Researcher's Bible provides a short introduction to the major concepts and approaches used in the social sciences, especially in sociology, anthropology, leisure, recreation, and tourism. It is an ideal supplement to a more detailed text on research methods and a guide to choose which research methods to use in a study. It also provides an explanation of different options for company owners and managers of organizations, who might want to do research or hire a research company to conduct a study for them.

Invite the children you love to experience God through powerful stories from the Bible. They will imagine the walls of water in the parted Red Sea, figure out why Joseph chose to forgive his brothers, hear about a paralyzed man Jesus healed, and discover God’s exciting plan for their lives. Most of all, this Bible storybook helps children understand God's incredible love for them. With Bible stories told in actual Bible text, this storybook teaches that God loves us, saves us from our sin, and invites us into a new life with Him.

Self-Publishing Your Book in Multiple Formats is designed to help writers take advantage of the many formats for publishing and selling books. This audiobook features an introduction to the different platforms and shows how to prepare and publish your manuscript in each format. By doing so, you can take advantage of the multiple approaches for selling your work to customers who like to consume books in different ways.