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Renowned hikers Katie "Salty" Gerber and Heather "Anish" Anderson take what they've learned both on the trail and through teaching their online classes to a new level: preparing long-distance hikers for all the challenges—physical, emotional, and mental—they may encounter while on the trail for weeks or months. This comprehensive guide sets backpackers up for success with detailed information about everything from the basics of gear selection, navigation, safety, and trip planning to nutritional and physical preparation and body resiliency to how to readjust after returning home.

In Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn, leadership coach Katie Anderson and Toyota leader Isao Yoshino bring you a remarkable book about what it means to learn, to lead, and to care. With a career that spanned nearly four decades at Toyota Motor Corporation, Isao Yoshino’s stories help us understand how Toyota intentionally developed the culture of excellence for which it is renowned today, and how one person learned to lead so that he could lead to learn.

You’re a leader who knows that people are at the center of an exceptional organizational culture. You're excited to activate a culture of continuous learning – where everyone is capable, confident, and empowered to solve problems and innovate at all levels. This podcast is all about inspiring and equipping you to do that – through the power of learning and leading. Chain of Learning® is where the links of leadership and learning unite. Join your host, Katie Anderson, internationally recognized leadership consultant, award-winning author of “Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn”, and ...

Our podcast focuses on the success of entrepreneur couples and how they supported each other through their trials and successes.

Miriam does admire Nick Holcomb, the merchant's son, but he pays her no mind. Will no one ever see her and accept her for who she is? She refuses to change for anyone, least of all a man. But that vow is put to the test when she and Nick find themselves trapped in a cave-in, both injured and running out of air. No one knows where they are. Will they be able to save themselves? Will anyone come looking for them in time? Miriam risks everything to tell Nick how she feels. Will they have a second chance at finding love?

Doc Cyrus Hemmings anxiously awaits the arrival of his fiancée Mary Stark to Aspen Falls. However, his long-awaited reunion is marred by illness - a deadly and contagious illness that soon becomes a fight for survival for many of the town’s residents. Patients are quarantined in the town church, while Doc and Mary struggle to save lives from the deadly outbreak of diphtheria.

Travis Kendrick captures and tames wild mustangs for a living. A gelding he's named Bone Breaker is one of the most difficult he's ever dealt with. Almost as daunting as working up the courage to officially court Rebekka Miller. She's willing, but her father is not because Rebekka is Jewish, and he is not. He's hopeful, though, until the day that he's tossed from Bone Breaker's back and lands hard.

Rachael Hart, eldest daughter of the Hart family, founders of Aspen Falls, had begun to lose hope of ever marrying and having a family, when William Bly, a former suitor, returns to town, proclaiming his love and asking for her hand. Her hopes burgeon, only to be cruelly dashed when she learns she's going blind.

Susan, Aspen Falls’ schoolteacher, is determined to have a proper schoolhouse built, but nothing’s happened. Yet. Just before Christmas Eve, she sets out to convince the owners of a couple of ranches to help her achieve her goals, hoping the Yuletide Spirit will aid her. She arrives at Tucker’s ranch just as a snowstorm strikes. She’s stuck there with Tucker and his four-year-old toddlers.

Jason Hart has long wanted to be the one to take over operations of the Hart family’s sawmill at the edge of Aspen Falls. Abner, his father and founder of the town, has always hoped that his eldest son, Benjamin, will take over it, someday. However, Ben has other plans. And Jason is determined to convince his father that he has the skills and knowledge to make him proud.

Melinda is the only woman who can touch his heart. Clay yearns for a family to love. Together, they brave more than physical dangers to find what they both seek. Clay is dedicated to the people of his town, but no one knows his secrets: The nightmares that plague him every night; the roiling anger that often simmers just beneath the surface; the seemingly innocuous sounds that unexpectedly startle him. Can Clay find peace and become the man he once was? Will Melinda risk her future on a tormented man? Can Thomas Miller overcome his resentment toward the ex-Confederate soldier?

Follow Rachael Hart as she must face an unforeseeable tragedy that nearly crushes her spirit. Benjamin Hart wants nothing more than to explore the world beyond Aspen Falls, while his father wants him to take over the family's sawmill. Jason, the youngest son, wants to take over the business and expand it, but his father hasn't even considered that. Then there's Miriam, the youngest Hart daughter, the tomboy, flouting convention and prompting her mother's apoplectic fits.

Lip gloss addict Emerson Taylor and her best friend, Trina, have declared this year the Year of the Boy and vowed to find boyfriends. But for Emerson, there’s just one problem: she can read the mind of anyone whose lips touch hers. It’s totally creepy - and at first it seems like a curse. But Emerson soon realizes there are perks to her strange new talent - like the ability to steal secrets, memories, and most importantly, test answers. If Emerson doesn’t bring up her grades soon, her days at private school will be numbered.

A tragic accident threatens both their lives and that of their unborn child, forcing Benjamin to truly grasp what's most important in life: family and love. Despite numerous challenges, the young couple faces an uncertain future, turning away from dreams to deal with the demands and responsibilities of life. Will Benjamin be forced to choose between his aspirations and his love for Millie? Can his father forgive him for his mistakes?