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Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, internationally recognized experts in the field of leadership and authors of the best-selling Leadership Challenge, explore the important notion of legacy and the critical questions any leader must ask him or herself in order to leave a lasting impact. In a series of 22 short essays, grouped into four parts (significance, relationships, aspirations, and courage), the authors explore the thorny and often ambiguous issues that today's leaders grapple with.

Z. Z. Packer's first collection of short stories is rich with unexpected turns, indelible images, and penetrating insight that belies someone so young. Her stories plunge us into the worlds of people living on the edge and to the flashpoints that make or break them, that shape their worldviews forever.

A retired marine, Logan is methodical and conservative. Richard is a liberal pacifist who is pathologically afraid of guns. Yet the minute Logan sets eyes on Richard, his heart turns over like an old car engine, and it isn't long before his motor is revved and Richard is in the driver's seat - even if it seems like each man is driving a different car. Richard Hunter is parenting his grandson, and the kid - Nick - has had it rough. Richard vows nothing will stop him from creating a loving and stable home.

Every month Ms. Madeleine creates a special cookie of the month for her bakery. And her best customer, a little girl named Cookie, is always the first to try it. Ms. Madeleine’s sweet treats never disappoint. When June arrives, Cookie and her two moms stop in and taste the best cookie yet: a heart-shaped, rainbow-striped, crunchy, frosted confection that Ms. Madeleine baked especially for Pride.

A podcast dedicated to people who are currently (or eventually going to be) retired. After years of running on the hamster wheel, it is time to embrace the golden years. We're going share stories, observations, topics, tips, tricks, and traps of being out of the workforce. It is about living a happy, healthy, and productive post career life!

In Stop Selling & Start Leading, you'll discover that the very same behaviors that make leaders more effective also work to make sellers more effective, too. This critical shift in the selling mind-set, and in the sales role itself, is the key to boosting your overall sales effectiveness.

Ryan Keller has it all: a great supportive family, friends, and no limit to his self-confidence. Coming out of the closet was not as traumatic as he would have thought. Navigating through life isn't easy for any man, let alone a gay one. Rest assured that Ryan has it handled. Brandon Ford comes from the wrong side of the tracks. With a dark past, he doesn't have much going for him, no money, no friends, definitely no charisma, and his family makes people on Jerry Springer look like total winners.

Nineteen-year-old Mercy Habernackle is a witch gone off the rails. Causing problems with the law in her hometown, she's faced with two options. Go to a correctional institution or get shipped off to witch boarding school, or as her mother prefers to call it, finishing school. Choosing the latter, Mercy's mother, Linda, drives her daughter cross country to the Paranormal Institute for Witches, situated high in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains in cozy Aspen Falls, Pennsylvania.

Lyndon B. Johnson is president, Beatlemania is in overdrive, and gasoline costs 30 cents a gallon when Ned Parker retires as constable in Center Springs, Texas. But his plan to live a quiet life as a cotton farmer is torpedoed. A phone call leads Ned to a body in the Red River and into the urgent investigation headed by his nephew, the newly elected constable Cody Parker. Together they work to head off a multistate killing spree that sets northeast Texas on fire.

A collection of five erotic stories with mixed and varied lesbian themes from Xcite Books, winners of ETO Best Erotic Book Brand 2010 and 2011. Included is 'Waiting for Isabella' by Amy Eddison: All work and no play has gotten too much for Rose, and on her day off, she is feeling horny and self-indulgent. Isabella calls asking for an emergency massage appointment, and Rose cannot resist her husky voice; she agrees to see her, but has much more than just a massage on her mind. .

When the UN invaded the Freehold of Grainne, the intent was simple: Force a noncompliant star nation back into the collective. What the politicians hadn't accounted for was that the Freehold had spent 200 years as the haven for every independent, rebellious, self-reliant adventurer in human space. Its military are scattered remnants, its bases smoking ruins, its cities occupied. But Grainne and its space habitats have resources beyond measure.

While Erik Z. Severinghaus has been to the top of the physical world (literally climbing Everest) and the business world (exiting companies for hundreds of millions of dollars), what has defined his journey is not the successes...but rather, the hard times of loneliness and self-doubt that nearly cost him his accomplishments and his life. This guidebook passes along the lessons needed in those dark times, with the hope that it will help every entrepreneur who is going through this struggle understand their journey and build the mental resiliency to succeed.

Feb-ibig : Beyond the Reality of Love

Join us for the AI Standards Stack podcast series, hosted by Professor Michael Mainelli (Z/Yen Group) and Adam Leon Smith (AIQI). This podcast series examines the latest developments in AI assurance, alignment, governance, and responsible innovation. Each session features expert guests from around the world who are shaping standards, ethics, regulation, and best practices for trustworthy artificial intelligence.

Dave's life turned upside down the day his dad passed away. He's not sure how to move forward, until he inherits an antique hand mirror with a mysterious inscription. When the mirror begins to glow and a woman speaks to Dave through the glass, he finds himself transported to sixth-century England. Thrust into a world full of danger and dragons, Dave will need to rearrange everything he thought he knew about life in general, but more specifically, he'll have to admit he didn't know his dad as well as he thought he did.

After too many close calls during his adventures in ancient England, Dave is happy to be safe back home in 1990s Pennsylvania. But that doesn’t mean he’s ready to leave Merlyn and his other friends behind forever. In fact, it would probably be best if he kept his family’s magic mirror close by at all times, just in case. Merlyn could need his help at any moment! Unfortunately, that moment comes when Dave least expects it, and his decision to keep the mirror on hand leads to dire consequences. This time, Dave isn’t the only one pulled through the mirror’s glossy surface.

A series of podcasts to help students and everyday individuals with proper thinking and ethics. Sometimes the best decision an ethical person can make is to just stay silent, detached, and mind their own business. The podcasts include material on other courses such as security analytics and networks and security.

Leadership will always come with pressure, but pressure is a privilege. As leaders, we don’t run from pressure; we press into it. Because it's in the pressing that oil is produced, and through pressure, that purpose is revealed.

A magical new cozy adventure in the Fables of Finlestia series from Z.S. Diamanti, perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes, Assassin in the Alehouse is a quaint quest to find the place that feels like home, and the ones who make it so. From cloaks and daggers to mugs and flagons … Hazkul Bern...

1002 Podcast is rooted in Luke 10:2, where Jesus reminds us that the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. This podcast is about sharing the gospel boldly, faithfully, and relationally—encouraging believers to step into their calling to reach others with the love and truth of Jesus.