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Purchases Orders emphasizes a missing focus in most business training and objectives: You have to get the order to get your business started and keeping it moving forward whether a small company or Apple. Getting the order is a skill and this audiobook addresses it. Critical for budding entrepreneurs and all sales people.

Dr. Johnson was the great wit of his age and all ages. He is as widely quoted today as in his time. He had the most pity and appropriate comments of any man of any age. All contained herein.

The 251 poems are read in entirely, with a light commentary at the end. Wilfred Campbell focuses on the English Canadian tradition since French Canadians had their own history & influences, though Montreal & Quebec loom large in many poems. Women poets are not specifically recognized though authoring 40% of the poems.

This is a Dickens Christmas story of remembrance, in the tradition of people remembering their past. In this case, the poor relation at a holiday feast given by a rich relation tells the story of his life, dominated by his being his own worst enemy through being soft and credulous as opposed to hard and sharp. The rich relation funds him in a meager amount and Michael, the poor relation, thinks he should not go first in anything, including telling stories around the Christmas fire, but is encouraged to do so.

The Red Badge of Courage was Stephen Crane's best known novel. It was one of his two great ones, the other being the underrated Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, which was also a ground-breaking work, taking up the subject of women's plights in industrial society as Red Badge takes up men's plight in wartime.

A story that blends practical joking with death; the irony of the Devil's Dictionary is a live and well in this story. A jewel.

Learn the art of selling in 60 minutes of conversation and instruction.

"A Dark Brown Dog" is an unexpected Stephen Crane jewel. Crane is best known for three short stories, "The Open Boat", thought by many to be the best short story ever written; "The Blue Hotel"; and "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky". "A Dark Brown Dog" is the first cousin of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, in being set in the rough, tough world of the New York Bowery of the late 19th century.

Mediation expert Sam Margulies explodes the 6 key myths about divorce. He helps you avoid the pitfalls of the adversary process, long time, withering attacks, and similar things through recommending a positive mediation approach.

George Washington was the Mozart of American politics who succeeded in ways no President since has. He was the head of the military and resigned when the war was over; George III, his opponent, called him "the greatest man of our age" for voluntarily giving up power. Washington set the precedent of serving only two terms that was not broken until FDR, and then a Constitutional Amendment was passed to prevent that temptation in the future. Washington was nominated by John Adams to run the Constitutional Convention and was later elected unanimously by the Electoral College to be president.

This audiobook focuses first on the strategic issues concerning your organization with regard to its development and what tactics are most productive regarding your office space (including home offices as well). The author points out that most organizations just "get an office" without thinking through their requirements for the people who will populate that office. Much management and employee effectiveness is lost in this way; it is also a huge waste of money and resources....

The Man Without a Country is a short story by American writer Edward Everett Hale, first published in The Atlantic, during the height of the Civil War. It is the story of American Army lieutenant Philip Nolan, who gets entangled with Aaron Burr in 1807 and renounces his country during his trial for treason, saying he never wants to hear about the United States again.

Self publishing is the way to get into the marketplace these days. Jenny Hudson is an expert at it and provides a succinct way to get started, develop your writing plan, work on editing, prepare your cover, promote, and get reviews and support for your activities. A must listen for all people interested in self-publishing.

Market Your Book points out that even the best-selling authors, such as James Patterson, must do this. To succeed you must too. This one-hour audiobook, by expert Jenny Hudson of Merrimack Media, leads starting and self publishing authors through the steps. It starts with how to make your book fly in the marketplace and includes tips and tools for creating interest, developing a marketing plan, building your audience, and promoting through social media. It also includes an excellent checklist. A must listen for all authors.

This audiobook provides a general approach to leveraging tech to be more effective, profitable, and have a better life. It provides general principles as well as specific things to do. Best audiobook on the subject and will make you money right away.

> Conflict Resolution, Volume 2: More Training emphasizes more in-depth identifying and solving of conflicts. The basic plan continues from Volume 1: how to work to see if you can conclude by saying, "Let it Be as You Say," in order to build a bridge to the other side.This volume is more complete than Volume 1. If you wish to buy only one, we would suggest Volume 2 for those who want more in-depth analysis and Volume 1 for those who want a quicker listen.

The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of 828,000 square miles (2,140,000 sq km) of the French territory Louisiane in 1803. The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, parts of Minnesota, most of North Dakota, nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, northern Texas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide, and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River.

This story wonderfully combines a murder trial and apparitions - or more plainly, ghosts. It describes a moment in the life of a bored bank official who has an alarming experience. A great story, smoothly presented by the pen of Dickens. (American accent narration.)

Steve Jobs visited the author in the 1970s to find out what it was like to be an entrepreneur. It was still a pre-tech age with computer companies being like other corporations of the era, complete with suits and ties. Steve was the new wave; he sought out the author because his company was different than the old line companies but not what Steve imagined. The conversations were scintillating and imaginative.

Paulette Ensign came up with 110 ideas and tips; Simply added seven more plus added thoughts to many of her ideas. These tips include both large and small ways to increase your effectiveness, efficiency, and promotability. They dovetail nicely with other Simply titles, such as Sell Anything, Finance Anything, and Negotiate Anything—all meant to strengthen your career, make you more money, and get you promoted.