Showing results by narrator "Andrew Rowe" in All Categories

A superstar American athlete is on the cusp of breaking an iconic sport’s record when he is gunned down! The murder is declared a hate crime, but no suspect is ever captured. His tragic shooting is the last straw; public upheaval forces the country to divide into two massive states: the super-progressive Frontier State and the ultraconservative Pilgrim State. Sixty years later, Pilgrim State’s Detective Merit decides to crack the historic shooting. Can this gun-toting, God-fearing detective survive the culture shock of Frontier’s lawless society in time to unravel the mystery?

While financial statements are important, they don't show how much revenue and profit was lost because of broken processes, poor business strategies, open positions, poorly performing employees, and so on. A seemingly successful business can be leaking millions. And the bigger the business, the bigger the leaks. Your Business Is A Leaky Bucket introduces you to the many ways leaders cause or allow their own businesses to squander resources and opportunities and then provides a detailed guide on how to fix those leaks.

Sooner or later, every business owner finds themselves working too much in the business rather than on the business. Despite working harder than ever, they know their organization could be growing faster and generating greater profits. To stimulate the traction and significant growth that leaders seek, they need strategies to create and sustain a successful business as well as ways to break through the invisible barriers that prevent forward movement.

Discover the Alfa philosophy. Learn seven simple rules, which if you trust and believe in, can transform your life and business. Alfa is a science-based methodology designed to help you unlock your true potential, so that you can go out and live the life you’ve always dreamed of. Written by Alfie G. Whattam - founder of Alfa, business leader, speaker, author, and podcast host.

An abandoned boy at birth, sold into slavery, and trained as a warrior to kill, decides to take his own path and do good in the world. But the world is a hard-evil place, and he must learn to lead and conquer without losing his own humanity. As he walks life's path with nothing but his sword and wits, he must make hard decisions on who he is, who he will become, and what he is willing to do for the woman he loves. All paths are full of danger and may end up costing him his life and the lives of the people he cares about. But a man must walk the path put in front of him.

As a university music professor, I have found myself addressing students who wish to play music professionally with certain issues that do not come up in classes and too many times are learned on the job - the hard way. This book is a collection of thoughts I put together over years of performing and teaching.

Happy, a Golden-mix mutt, is clearly no ordinary dog. One day, her owner begins hearing her voice inside his head. With wit and wisdom, Happy begins to guide her owner through his mid-life crisis and major life challenges. Gradually, she teaches him how to live each moment with gusto, optimism, and love.

Skipper Matthews has an obsession - burgers. It’s all he ever eats. And not just any burgers, Burger Flip burgers - the most famous burger franchise in the world. For the last 11 years, Skip has only eaten at Burger Flip. He even has a life-sized figure of Harry B, the Burger Flip mascot in his living room, not to mention walls of memorabilia and vintage Funny Meal toys. On the heels of his girlfriend Sophia leaving him over his passion and his mom threatening to send him to a shrink, he finally has a choice to make.

It’s Christmas time in New York City, and the bottom of the ninth in Maximilian Clark II’s life. His father, Max Senior, just passed away from cancer. Meanwhile, Max lost his job selling pizza during Knicks' games at Madison Square Garden, and his fake watch collection he usually sells on the corner of Times Square was stolen from his beat-up Chevy van later that same day. Unable to pay rent, his wife left him with their two kids after they were served an eviction notice to be out of their Harlem apartment in just two weeks.

Big John Hoover and his wife Angela have just moved to Key West from Big Sur, California, for John to pen a book. But John has traded his bad food addiction for Cuban coffee, rum, and cigars. Out of the blue, he gets attacked in his sleep by a shadow being, which sends him and his wife running to a Voodoo Queen for help. Meanwhile, Maggie May flies down from Vermont for a dose of sunshine, staying with her friend Hank Thomas. Everyone is seeing ghosts and John must figure out how to protect himself and his wife before it's too late. Will they see the light before Halloween eve?

In Beginners Guide to Investing and Understanding How to Invest for the Non-Finance Person, I will take you through everything you need to know about investing for the first time. That includes taking you through all of the different tips and tricks at your disposal to find the perfect investment for you, giving you the very best chance of making a profit.

Set in north-central Pennsylvania at the turn of the 20th century, Heartwood is an inspiring and heart-rending novel that traces the intertwined lives of two men with common roots in the rugged timbering industry, but whose destinies and love for Cassandra Erhart, daughter of an industrialist, turn them against each other. Heartwood is a loving and careful preservation of a precious part of American history that has all but vanished.

Long called by some the “Andersonville of the North”, the prisoner of war camp in Elmira, New York, is remembered as the most notorious of all Union-run POW camps. It existed for only a year - from the summer of 1864 to July 1865 - but in that time, and for long after, it became darkly emblematic of man’s inhumanity to man. Confederate prisoners called it “Hellmira”. Derek Maxfield contextualizes the rise of prison camps during the Civil War, explores the failed exchange of prisoners, and tells the tale of the creation and evolution of the prison camp in Elmira.

A 258-pound teenager named Big John from Los Angeles has a ravenous appetite for bad food. Eating it is the only thing that stops the warmth and tingling in his hands. The only problem is his dream girl, Maggie May likes dream guys. One day, John and his crew, The Zoo Crew, wander into a Madame Bernadette’s Fortune Telling shop in Venice and the psychic gives John the key to winning Maggie’s heart, but when he starts to get what he wants, he finds he no longer wants it.

You will discover all the proven insider beagle secrets you’ll need to have the very best experience with your beagle. The beagle breed is very unique, as is about to be revealed. Everything is covered from beagle history, finding the best beagle for you, beagle puppies, how to pick the best and avoid the worst! Beagle care and keeping your beagle healthy, ensuring great behavior, is all covered. Importantly, beagle life stages are all covered from puppies to adolescence, training, to adulthood.

Beau Dawson never saw eye to eye with his father, so he left home to live with his Uncle James in Texas, years ago. James taught him how to be a bounty hunter, and Beau has been content with his life. When Beau gets word his father has died, he travels back home to Arkansas to see his mother and brother. Upon arrival, he learns of his father’s will, demanding that Beau marry within 90 days of the elder Dawson’s death. He even ordered his attorney to place an advert for a mail order bride for his youngest son.

This is celebrated architect Ken Tate’s creative memoir about his life. Beginning with his days growing up in Columbus, Mississippi, where he was surrounded by beautiful Greek Revival houses, the book journeys through Ken’s upbringing as a creative adolescent to his early days at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta where he started his architectural collegiate career. There, Ken struggled to keep up with the hard-edged modernism being taught in school and longed to design beautiful houses with soul.

The story of a search for Armenian identity. Join the author as he examines what it is to be Armenian in an entirely non-Armenian world, exploring the alienation of being different.

In this book bundle, we presented what we have learned from the famous Dutch fitness guru and his method. Here we are going to refer to it as the homo arcticus method, the way he often calls himself. It's a very simple method that lies on three pillars: breathing, cold therapy, and commitment. It takes only 15-20 minutes a day and brings significant positive changes in our mental and physical health. It's a method that has changed many lives and is becoming more and more popular every day. So, we encourage you to try it. There is nothing you can lose, but you can gain a lot.

Manipulation is controlling or using someone with covert emotional manipulation. Learn the manipulator’s game. Often those they abuse are only vaguely aware of what is happening to them. Identifying covert emotional manipulation can be difficult. You get that feeling that something is wrong but not quite sure why.