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Are your people excited to come to work? Are they passionate about your team's purpose? In Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Your Employees, leadership expert Lee J. Colan reveals the necessary steps to inspire and engage everyone on your team. By fully engaging your employees, you'll ignite stellar team performance and customer service.

The story begins in the midst of World War I, in the middle of naval attacks between the armies of various nations. On a submarine that had been captured in the English Channel, the combatants from several countries fight for the ownership of the vessel. After a series of unfortunate circumstances, the submarine is sent off-course into the South Pacific and then is even further rerouted to Antarctica.

Not being formally educated does not mean that you don't have what it takes to fulfill your lifelong objectives, dreams, and desires. You need knowledge, courage, strength, perseverance, determination, commitment, and confidence to become successful, and these things are learned and developed from different experiences in life and not just college. If you are dedicated to your goals and want to actualize them but cannot attend college, then you have landed at the right place.

Learn how blockchain works, where to use it within your organization, and how it will impact data management. This audiobook contains three parts. Explanation: Part I will explain the concepts and principles within blockchain. A precise definition is provided along with an example illustrating how blockchain works. Usage: Now that you understand blockchain, where do you use it? Impact: Now that you know where to use blockchain, how will it impact your existing IT (Information Technology) environment? Part III explores how blockchain will impact data management.

Bitcoin has already changed the world of finance and continues to grow in popularity, impacting other industries and areas of life.

Bitcoin is not only a new currency, but an entirely new technology that is causing a revolution as big as the internet once did.

While people have dismissed bitcoin as a fad that will pass, the internet was also dismissed in its early days with Bill Gates stating Microsoft had no interest in the internet.

Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrency may seem like technical jargon that only computer or finance experts can understand.

Begin. I am 10 now. Ten, two times, five times, one a million times over if I want. Or 10, 10 ones are 10 every time. Ten. Dad says it's Asperger's, syndrome is a sickness, not like a bellyache but sometimes an earache or a brainache. AS means that some things that other kids think are easy are not so easy for me, and some things that other people think are hard are simple as pie for me. Look, look, look. Follow me, do not follow, look. That is what they say. They: Jan, Mom, Dad, Lucy. Look. They want to know what I remember.

We live in a world of vast collaborative potential. Yet all too often, powerful boundaries create barriers that can splinter groups. And this can lead to uninspiring results. To transform borders into frontiers in today's global, multistakeholder organizations, you need Boundary Spanning Leadership. Powered by a decade of global research and practice by the top-ranked Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), this book takes you from rural towns in the US to Hong Kong's skyline, showing you how to build bridges across boundaries.

America at the Brink of Empire explores the foreign policy leadership of Dean Rusk and Henry Kissinger regarding the extent of the United States' mission to insure a stable world order. Lawrence W. Serewicz argues that in the Vietnam conflict the United States experienced an identity crisis whereby America came close to assuming an imperial role, stretching the country to the limits of its identity as a republic. Serewicz offers a revealing look at the parts played by Rusk and Kissinger - and President Lyndon Johnson - in bringing the nation to the brink of empire.

This historical fiction novel gives a riveting account of what life was like before the LGBTQ community had the same civil rights as other citizens - with a twist! In this alternate reality tale, only 10 percent of the population is heterosexual, and the only difference in the course of history over the past 100 years is that the majority of the population is gay, instead of straight. The love story is based in Southern California. Marcus is a 79-year old straight man whom against all odds, finds the woman of his dreams.

The Audacity to Spy, written by an attorney with an interest in privacy laws and legislation and her grandmother who is an experienced Information Analyst, reveals the ways in which your identity and personal data have been stolen by various sources.

I want to give you my 10-step system to reducing stress and living a happier life. This book goes over three simple areas: health, wealth, and happiness. I believe if you can master these three areas, a lot of the stress in your life will reduce. Habits are the actions that make us who we are. The only way to change your life is to change your daily habits, and this book has 10 of the most effective habits.

In today’s world, people are challenging the old patriarchal and chauvinistic definitions of manhood, and discarding many of them as outdated. In their place, new definitions of manhood are being written, and rightfully so. Yet, during this period of transition, men are struggling to maintain their footing on the paths of masculinity they’re walking today. For those men seeking a more positive and powerful expression of manhood, Triumphant: The Journey to Healthy Manhood is a must-listen.

Doctor John Dolittle is a physician living in England who loves animals. He acquires many animals in his small home, but the volume of animals causes his human patients to be uncomfortable and seek out other practitioners. Doctor Dolittle does the most sensible thing in that situation - learns to speak to the animals from his pet parrot and takes up veterinary medicine instead of human medicine.

Twenty-first-century America finds itself divided between two fairly extreme ideals - Democrats and Republicans. The two sides find it difficult to agree on much of anything, but one thing that they do agree on is that America is headed down a bad road, although they have difficulty determining a common agreement on what that bad road looks like. In his first political book, Randal Schaffer takes a look at some of the places in America where the nation can improve and strive toward the promise of the founders of becoming "one nation".

Occam's razor is a filter for logical arguments. It states that the simplest solution that fits all the facts is usually the correct one. The Occam's Razor series will attempt to apply the razor to some of the arguments that plague our modern world.

There are always choices to be made. Just because events change your original goals doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It simply means you now have a different set of choices to make about how you’ll keep moving toward your goals. The power to shape your own life into exactly the way you want it to look is within you. It all comes down to the choices you make.

This Christian collection includes: Destined to Win: Inspiration for Winning in Turbulent Times. The Power of Positive Affirmations: Each Day a New Beginning.

He lied. He cheated. Whatever he needed to do to make sales and to satiate his desires, he did. Women were his playthings. Until he met Lily Ardat....

On the small island town of Fairfields, Russell Dickie is looking forward to the long summer break ahead of him. Provided his grades are good enough that is. But, there is an evil that is waking up. An evil that wants to get out of its prison below the Dumiere house.

Please note: This leadership book also contains Bible references and powerful Christian prayers, decrees, and declarations that will empower you. The ability for managers and business owners to effectively lead people can be a crucial element in the success of the organization. So how does an average manager become a strategic leader, capable of transforming a business or organization into an astounding success?