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Nonprofit Startup Assessment is a free resource to get you started.
Business Books
Asset Liability Management Optimisation : A Practitioner's Guide to Balance Sheet Management and Remodelling
An advanced method for financial institutions to optimize Asset Liability Management for maximized return and minimized risk Financial institutions today are facing daunting regulatory and economic challenges. As they manage bank regulation and competition, institutions are also optimizing their Asset Liability Management (ALM) operations. The function of the ALM unit today goes beyond risk management related to the banking book into managing regulatory capital and positioning the balance sheet to maximize profit. Asset Liability Management Optimization: A Practitioner's Guide to Balance Sheet Management and Remodelling offers a step-by-step process for modeling and reshaping a bank's balance sheet. Based on the author's extensive research, it describes how to apply a quantifiable optimization method to help maximize asset return and minimize funding cost in the banking book. ALM ranks as a key component of any financial institution's overall operating strategy. Now, financial professionals can use an advanced solution for optimizing ALM. This book takes a closer look at the evolving role of the ALM function and the target position of the banking book. It provides strategies for active management, structuring, and hedging of a bank balance sheet, while also exploring additional topics related to ALM. - A description of the Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) process related to a bank's target position - Detailed examinations of interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB) - Discussion of Basel III regulatory requirements and maturity gap analysis - Overview of customer behavior, along with its impact on interest rate and liquidity risk - Practical spreadsheet models (NII sensitivity and EVE volatility IRRBB model, simplified optimization model for minimization of average funding cost for a bank and an example of behavioral model for Non-Maturing Deposits) - Explorations of model risk, sensitivity analysis, and case studies The optimization techniques found in Asset Liability Management Optimization can prove vital to financial professionals who are tasked with maximizing asset return and reducing funding costs as a critical part of business objectives
Working Scared : Blueprints for Employees and Leaders to Succeed During Turbulent Times
Transform workplace uncertainty into career confidence with proven strategies that work for both employees and organizations In Working Scared: Blueprints for Employees and Leaders to Succeed During Turbulent Times, authors Stanley B. Silverman, Kenneth N. Wexley, and David H. Wexley deliver a comprehensive roadmap for navigating today's volatile work environment. Drawing on decades of consulting experience across organizations ranging from small companies to Fortune 500 corporations, combined with extensive research and executive coaching credentials that establish them as leading authorities on workplace dynamics, the authors directly address eight primary sources of job insecurity plaguing the modern workforce. They discuss AI transformation, arrogant leadership, hybrid work challenges, economic turmoil, and more, providing dual-perspective solutions that empower both individual employees seeking career advancement and leaders working to optimize team effectiveness. The book systematically examines each workplace challenge through a structured framework that combines data-driven analysis with real-world case studies, revealing how successful employees and leaders have navigated similar situations. Avoiding boilerplate, generalized advice, the authors identify ten overarching Keys for Success that create resilience and adaptability in the face of organizational uncertainty. Each chapter delivers actionable strategies grounded in practical experience, moving readers from reactive anxiety to proactive confidence in their professional lives. You'll find: An original, dual-perspective approach: Unique strategies tailored specifically for both employees and leaders facing the same workplace challenges Eight critical workplace scenarios: Comprehensive coverage of an AI organizational transformation, difficult leadership, team dynamics, hybrid work, restructuring, mergers, economic instability, and personal well-being Ten universal success principles: Overarching keys for success that apply across all workplace uncertainties and organizational changes Real-world case studies: Practical examples from the authors' experience with diverse industries and organizational levels, from front-line workers to C-suite executives Evidence-based solutions: Strategies validated through extensive consulting work and research across small companies to global organizations An essential resource for all employees, including mid-career professionals, emerging leaders, and managers navigating workplace uncertainty or leading teams through organizational change, Working Scared is also the perfect guide for HR professionals, executive coaches, and business consultants required to solve problems for both individual workers and organizations
The Conversion Code : Stop Chasing Leads and Start Attracting Clients
The new edition of the bestselling book for real estate agents, loan officers, SaaS and small businesses. In this revision, The Conversion Code: A Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing and Sales that Will Grow Your Business Faster, Second Edition, digital marketing and lead conversion expert Chris Smith delivers the ultimate exploration of the marketing and advertising tactics that are successfully generating higher quality leads that are easier for salespeople to convert. Smith researches and tests the latest and most popular platforms, including TikTok, YouTube and Instagram, while also studying the most effective sales techniques, tools, and scripts. In this book, you'll learn to: - Increase your lead conversion rate, reduce your cost per lead and improve your overall ROI from marketing and sales - Generate an endless supply of high-quality leads from social media that are easy to convert into closed sales - Stop chasing leads and start attracting clients with amazing marketing and clever ads - Adapt to the consumer privacy changes that have made targeting ads and getting leads to answer the phone harder than ever - Differentiate your brand in a way that positions you as the authority and gets people contacting you who are already sold An invaluable reference and easy to follow guide for real estate agents, loan officers, SaaS and small businessescompeting in the hyper-competitive online environment. The Conversion Code, Second Edition, is also a fantastic resource for sales leaders, marketing managers, business owners and anyone else with a team who is responsible for growing revenue
Changewyx
Uma história que tu próprio decides 3 vezes. W Baseado neste livro, está a ser feita uma longa-metragem americana em que o público votará no desenrolar da história. Como é que votaria? Leia a nossa história
Don't Talk for Free
Sales is an art and it is a passion. Those who are in sales are a different breed of people who are ambitious, determined, and self-driven. Closing a sale is a yearn, and salesmen do everything they can to achieve it. Do you know what it takes to be the greatest salesman? Don't Talk for Free is a book that focuses on three main points to close a successful sale. John Reger gives us his secret techniques in Don't Talk for Free. John started his first business at age 18 and made millions of dollars. He built detailed systems in the art of selling. This book is a glimpse into the numerous years of skills he has accumulated and the selling techniques he teaches in his companies. This book will help you put more money into your pocket. A step-by-step guide to getting the best bang for your buck. These new tactics and skills will help you refine your sales techniques to exceed your expectations. Become a true salesman
The trusted advisor fieldbook : a comprehensive toolkit for leading with trust
A practical guide to being a trusted advisor for leaders in any industry In this hands-on successor to the popular book. The Trusted Advisor, you'll find answers to pervasive questions about trust and leadership-such as how to develop business with trust, nurture trust-based relationships, build and run a trustworthy organization, and develop your trust skill set. This pragmatic workbook delivers everyday tools, exercises, resources, and actionable to-do lists for the wide range of situations a trusted advisor inevitably encounters. The authors speak in concrete terms about how to dramatically improve your results in sales, relationship management, and organizational performance. Your success as a leader will always be based on the degree to which you are trusted by your stakeholders. Each chapter offers specific ways to train your thinking and your habits in order to earn the trust that is necessary to be influential, successful, and known as someone who makes a difference. - Self-administered worksheets and coaching questions provide immediate insights into your current business challenges - Real-life examples demonstrate proven ways to "walk the talk." - Action plans bridge the gap between insights and outcomes. Put the knowledge and practices in this field book to work, and you'll be someone who earns trust quickly, consistently, and sustainably-in business and in life
The 1-Hour Learning Day : Master Anything Without Burnout (systems For Busy People To Continuously Grow)
What if mastering new skills didn't require endless hours, burnout, or sacrificing your peace of mind? What if all it took was one focused, intentional hour a day? This groundbreaking book offers a 1-hour learning system designed for real people with real lives-those juggling careers, families, and ambitions, but still hungry for growth. It's not another hustle manual or lifehack collection. It's a sustainable, soul-centered guide to daily learning rituals that actually stick. Whether you're a creative professional, lifelong learner, or someone trying to reclaim your focus, this book is your invitation to grow without burnout, master new ideas with clarity, and transform how you learn-so you can transform how you live. Inside, you'll discover: - How to build a habit of lifelong learning that fits into even the busiest schedule - Why intentional learning for busy people leads to deeper mastery than cramming ever could - Systems rooted in mindful productivity, cognitive science, and personal renewal - How to design your own deep work for real life routine-one that energizes rather than depletes You don't need more time. You need a better relationship with it. This is your invitation to rethink growth-not as pressure, but as presence. Let this book become your daily return to clarity, focus, and sustainable personal growth
Transience and Permanence in Urban Development
Temporary urban uses-innovative ways to transform cities or new means to old ends? The scale and variety of temporary-or meanwhile or interim-urban uses and spaces has grown rapidly in response to the dramatic increase in vacant and derelict land and buildings, particularly in post-industrial cities. To some, this indicates that a paradigm shift in city making is underway. To others, alternative urbanism is little more than a distraction that temporarily cloaks some of the negative outcomes of conventional urban development. However, rigorous, theoretically informed criticism of temporary uses has been limited. The book draws on international experience to address this shortcoming from the perspectives of the law, sociology, human geography, urban studies, planning and real estate. It considers how time-and the way that it is experienced-informs alternative perspectives on transience. It emphasises the importance, for analysis, of the structural position of a temporary use in an urban system in spatial, temporal and socio-cultural terms. It illustrates how this position is contingent upon circumstances. What may be deemed a helpful and acceptable use to established institutions in one context may be seen as a problematic, unacceptable use in another. What may be a challenging and fulfilling alternative use to its proponents may lose its allure if it becomes successful in conventional terms. Conceptualisations of temporary uses are, therefore, mutable and the use of fixed or insufficiently differentiated frames of reference within which to study them should be avoided. It then identifies the major challenges of transforming a temporary use into a long-term use. These include the demands of regulatory compliance, financial requirements, levels of expertise and so on. Finally, the potential impacts of policy on temporary uses, both inadvertent and intended, are considered. The first substantive, critical review of temporary urban uses, Transience and Permanence in Urban Development is essential reading for academics, policy makers, practitioners and students of cities worldwide
Unleashing Your Hero Rise Above Any Challenge, Expand Your Impact, and Be the Hero the World Needs
Read by the author. Develop, expand, and share your gifts as a leader to inspire others to use their own individual talents in extraordinary ways—from one of the country’s most sought-after motivational speakers with a 30+ year career in franchise development. In Unleashing Your Hero, renowned speaker Kevin Brown shares how the heroes who transformed his life are people just like you. People who stepped up and used their talents to make a positive difference within the hectic moments of everyday life. The same person your employees are looking to and trusting in for guidance and support. Through his real-life examples and stories, Kevin will: Provide you with a new definition of what it means to be a hero who inspires others to rise above and beyond in extraordinary ways. Unpack the four characteristics of a hero, based on the entertaining and enlightening true stories of heroes who entered and forever enriched his life. Help you recognize the extraordinary gifts within you and learn how to share those gifts to make life better for yourself and those you influence. The unconventional yet probable path to business and personal success outlined in Unleashing Your Hero will help you and those you lead build extraordinary, fulfilling, impactful lives—at a time when your employees and your organization need the hero within you more than ever
The M.O.D.E.R.N. Office: Motivating, Organized, Distinguishable, Encouraging, Re-Energizing, Neat
With today's fast-paced and stressful business environment, an organized office is a factor in your business success. Some people think they are too busy to get organized, while others believe they don't have to skills to create an orderly and motivating workspace. The truth is that everyone can create an organized, productive, and energizing workspace by applying the tools and techniques described in this book. We will teach you how to manage space, clutter, interruptions, and time regardless of your physical office situation
Ensaios Experimentais Para Definição Do Modelo De Cap - Colapso De Poros
O livro Ensaios Experimentais para Definição do Modelo de Cap - Colapso de Poros lança um novo olhar sobre o comportamento das rochas-reservatórios ao longo de sua vida produtiva. Os engenheiros de reservatórios consideram, para efeitos de simplificação de seus modelos, que a rocha não se deforma. Consideram apenas a compressibilidade de poros. Por outro lado, a geomecânica considera que a rocha tem um comportamento linear elástico antes de atingir o patamar de ruptura da rocha. O que o estudo verificou é que as componentes plásticas estão sempre presentes e que dependem dos parâmetros de resistência e rigidez da rocha. Outro ponto importante são as trajetórias de tensões. Foram consideradas diferentes trajetórias de tensões para se obter a região do fechamento da envoltória de ruptura (modelo de cap). Muitos estudos têm baseado seus modelos em trajetória de tensões hidrostática, o que pode embutir um erro inicial ao modelo, se essa trajetória não representar o que ocorre no campo. O estudo em questão não se preocupou em obter um modelo específico para os ensaios, baseando-se apenas no critério de Mohr-Coulomb como uma referência, sendo então puramente experimental. Por esse motivo, muitos outros trabalhos utilizaram os resultados dos experimentos para seus fins específicos. Além das medições de tensão e deformação, também foram medidas velocidades de ondas cisalhantes e compressionais e fluxo de fluido, tornando o seu conteúdo completo e que poderá fornecer dados para um modelo de sistemas complexos
The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook : Ideas into Practice
Following Karl Kapp's earlier book The Gamification of Learning and Instruction, this Fieldbook provides a step-by-step approach to implementing the concepts from the Gamification book with examples, tips, tricks, and worksheets to help a learning professional or faculty member put the ideas into practice. "The Online Workbook", designed largely for students using the original book as a textbook, includes quizzes, worksheets and fill-in-the-blank areas that will help a student to better understand the ideas, concepts and elements of incorporating gamification into learning
Summary of Ashley Whillans's Time Smart
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Time poverty is when you have too many things to do and not enough time to do them. It affects all cultures and economic strata. #2 The pervasiveness of time poverty is a serious problem that is affecting all aspects of life, from the economy to our health. It is causing individuals and societies to compromise, and it is forcing us to choose between eating healthy food or being able to exercise. #3 The most common cause of time poverty is that we spend more time working than we used to. However, this isn't the only cause. It's also because we have been taught that time is valuable, and we feel as if we need to spend every moment working or appearing to work. #4 We have more leisure time than we did fifty years ago, but this leisure is never more relaxing because of the disintermediating effects of our screens. We adopt mobile technologies to gain autonomy over when and how long we work, but we end up working all the time
Learning Powercli
VMware vSphere PowerCLI, a free extension to Microsoft Windows PowerShell, enables you to automate the management of a VMware vSphere or vCloud environment. This book will show you how to automate your tasks and make your job easier. Starting with an introduction to the basics of PowerCLI, the book will teach you how to manage your vSphere and vCloud infrastructure from the command line. To help you manage a vSphere host overall, you will learn how to manage vSphere ESXi hosts, host profiles, host services, host firewall, and deploy and upgrade ESXi hosts using Image Builder and Auto Deploy. The next chapter will not only teach you how to create datastore and datastore clusters, but you'll also work with profile-driven and policy-based storage to manage your storage. To create a disaster recovery solution and retrieve information from vRealize Operations, you will learn how to use Site Recovery Manager and vRealize Operations respectively. Towards the end, you'll see how to use the REST APIs from PowerShell to manage NSX and vRealize Automation and create patch baselines, scan hosts against the baselines for missing patches, and re-mediate hosts. By the end of the book, you will be capable of using the best tool to automate the management and configuration of VMware vSphere
F**kup & Forward : Female Power. Haltung zeigen. Anders führen
Female Leadership heißt auch: Scheitern dürfen - und daraus wachsen Fuckup & Forward ist ein mutiger Aufruf zu einer neuen Führungskultur - reflektiert, ehrlich und offen für Veränderung. Autorin Marinka Zeiß zeigt, wie echte Führungspersönlichkeit entsteht: durch Haltung, durch den Umgang mit Fehlern - und durch den Mut, weiterzugehen. Gerade Frauen stehen in Führungsrollen oft unter doppeltem Druck - zwischen eigenen Ansprüchen und äußeren Erwartungen. Dieses Buch macht deutlich: Scheitern ist kein Makel, sondern kann ein Motor für persönliches und berufliches Wachstum sein. Leadership neu denken - mit Klarheit, Erfahrung und Persönlichkeit Mit vielen persönlichen Erlebnissen und echten Geschichten von Führungskräften verbindet Marinka Zeiß psychologisches Know-how mit wirtschaftlichem Verständnis. Das Ergebnis ist ein praxisnaher Ratgeber für authentisches Führen, der zum Umdenken anregt - individuell wie strukturell. Für Frauen in Führung und alle, die es werden wollen Persönliche Erfahrungen & echte Beispiele aus der Führungswelt Impulse für den Führungsalltag - konkret, reflektiert, ermutigend Fuckup & Forward ist ein inspirierendes Buch für alle, die Führung neu definieren - mit mehr Menschlichkeit, Lernbereitschaft und Haltung. Ideal für Coaching, als Geschenk für Freundinnen und Führungskräfte von heute und morgen
Hardwired Humans : Successful Leadership Using Human Instincts
Offices are not our natural habitat. Leadership is easier when we understand the nine instincts that still drive human behavior. With the Industrial Revolution only 250 years ago, we left our hunting, gathering and village societies to work in offices and factories. The behavior that ensured our ancestors' survival on the savannah plains of Africa over the millennia is alive and well in today's workplaces. The nine instincts explain the reasons, and the solutions, to the challenges that leaders commonly face. Based on the author's wide experience in large organizations combined with witty true stories of chimps from Gombe, Tanzania and Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Hardwired Humans explains the psychology behind the human instincts of social behavior. As you read this entertaining book, you will learn how the instincts of clan connections, hierarchy, gossip, politics, snap judgments, status displays and sexual competition continue to drive modern office interactions just as they have driven human interaction for millennia. The book shares a practical framework that helps makes sense of human behavior and allows leaders to manage more effectively. In a note introducing the book, Dr. Jane Goodall calls it a compelling book
The Baby His Secretary Carries : Bound by a Surrogate Baby
A temporary engagement is made complicated when this CEO's PA reveals she's expecting! Secrets, longing and passion are to be found in the new romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Dani Collins. The Italian boss's proposal… The secretary's secret! Faced with a hostile takeover, tycoon Gio must strengthen his claim on the Casella family company with a fake engagement. He'll never commit to a real one again. Despite his forbidden attraction, his dedicated PA, Molly, is ideal to play his adoring fiancée. The only problem? Molly is pregnant! Secretly carrying a surrogate baby, Molly can't reveal the truth of her pregnancy. But knowing Gio's protecting his legacy, she agrees to the ruse temporarily. Until pretend passion becomes red-hot reality! Will innocent Molly walk away from Gio unscathed or forever burned by his irresistible touch…? From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds. Read all the Bound by a Surrogate Baby books: Book 1: The Baby His Secretary Carries Book 2: The Secret of Their Billion-Dollar Baby
Axe me no questions
"In the quaint mountain town of Pine Bluff, Oregon, fall has arrived and it's time for the annual Timber Festival, complete with Lumberjack and Lumberjill contests, and booths serving spicy chili and creamy pumpkin pies. Dawna and her daughter April have plans to watch the logging contest together. She's looking forward to soaking in all her favorite things about the season, which includes having a conversation with her deceased husband, who she is certain is still hanging around the house. But when Dawna falls over the body of one of the lumberjacks, with his own throwing axe embedded in his chest, her focus turns to murder. With the town in turmoil, Dawna takes Chief Dallas's request to keep her ears open as a full license to snoop. Who had an axe to grind with the charismatic lumberjack? Dawna had better stay sharp, or she might be the next one to get the axe"--Provided by publisher
El Libro Que Tu Jefe No Quiere Que Leas
ESTE ES EL MANUAL LABORAL QUE TE CONVERTIRÁ EN TU MEJOR GESTOR. Tania Delgado, una de las mayores expertas en relaciones laborales, nos descubre en este libro las claves imprescindibles para fortalecer y alcanzar nuestras metas y elevar nuestro posicionamiento en el mundo profesional. Tipos de despidos, contratos, prestaciones y permisos de maternidad y de paternidad, nóminas o IRPF son algunos de los temas sobre los que la autora arroja luz para estar al día, despejar dudas y conocer todos nuestros derechos como trabajadores y trabajadoras. La guía definitiva para tomar las riendas de nuestro presente y futuro laboral y triunfar en el trabajo
The inheritance
"A billionaire is primed to announce the succession plan for his company to his family at a lavish reunion, but at least one person won't This one will end in murder. Meet the Agarwals, who have gathered on a private, luxury island off the west coast of Scotland for a much-anticipated family reunion."--
The inheritance
"A billionaire is primed to announce the succession plan for his company to his family at a lavish reunion, but at least one person won't make it through the week alive. . . Most family reunions end in tears. This one will end in murder. Meet the Agarwals, who have gathered on a private, luxury island off the west coast of Scotland for a much-anticipated family reunion: Raj, the patriarch and a business tycoon, is about to announce to his wife and three surviving children the succession plan for his billion-dollar Delhi-based company. Shalini, the fragile matriarch and protector, is ready to have her husband to herself after years of sacrifice to the family business. Myra, the golden child, owner of the island, and host of the reunion, is, unbeknownst to her family, on the brink of bankruptcy. Aseem, the son and supposed heir, is torn between his love for his wife and duty to his family. Aisha, the youngest, a party girl whose antics are legendary, can't pass up an opportunity to wreak chaos. And then there's Zoe, Aseem's wife, the outsider whose #Instaperfect life is built on a foundation of lies. They've all got secrets that they would die to protect. Who will survive this high-stakes reunion, and who will become a victim of their own greed? One thing is certain: this family gathering will shatter more than just their illusions of unity"--
Essence
An old family secret. A handsome Formula 1 race car driver. Can Dahlia handle the dangerous curves ahead when their worlds collide? A fun, circle-of-friends book from a USA Today bestselling author. When indie perfumer Dahlia Dubois steps in to lead the iconic, international perfume house her grandmother founded, she soon discovers that nothing is as it seems-including the intriguing man she met in Cannes, France.Soon, tensions rise in Monaco, where Dahlia juggles a search for her missing mother, a corporate takeover, and a volatile, passionate relationship with Alain, a legendary Formula 1 race car driver-all just days before the glamorous Monaco Grand Prix race. As long-held family secrets emerge and threaten her future, Dahlia must find the courage to face the dangerous truth.Essence is part of the Love, California series of linked, stand-alone novels that can be ready in any order. Set in Southern California with international travel, this fun, heartfelt series features a group of best friends determined to live the lives of their dreams while navigating the turbulences of dating and family life.Tasteful Women's Fiction. Also available in audiobook. Visit JanMoran.com."Jan Moran gives fans of romantic sagas a compelling voice to follow." Booklist"An engrossing view into the world of 'beautiful people' with an ending that will leave you wanting more." - New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Melissa FosterTHE LOVE CALIFORNIA SERIESFLAWLESS (Verena and Lance in Beverly Hills and Paris)BEAUTY MARK (Scarlett and Johnny in Beverly Hills and Spain)RUNWAY (Fianna and Niall in Malibu and Ireland)ESSENCE (Dahlia and Alain in Paris and Monaco)STYLE (Penelope and Stefan in New York and Copenhagen)SPARKLE (Elena and Jake in LA and Sydney)
The Spiked Heel
A struggle for control of a shoe company becomes a battle between good and evil in this corporate thriller by the author of the 87th Precinct series. For three generations, footwear company Julian Kahn has been synonymous with high fashion. And for Raymond 'Griff' Griffin, head of Kahn's cost department, it would be a perfect place to work were it not for Mr. Kurz. A petty tyrant installed by the bank when ownership's grip on the company began to slip, Kurz has made the life hell for every one of his employees. When he's fired, Griff and the other executives rejoice, unaware that things are about to get a whole lot worse. The Kahns are selling the company to multinational conglomerate Titanic Shoe, and to oversee the transition, Titanic sends the devil in the form of Jefferson McQuade. A brute of the boardroom whose specialty is psychological warfare, McQuade hasn't come to oversee a merger, but to break the company's soul. His first target is Griff, but this exec has never been one to back down. In the battle for Julian Kahn, the stakes are far higher than the cost of a simple shoe factory: Griff will have to fight for his life
Secrets
From beloved storyteller and #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels comes the second in the Lost and Found series, as siblings Cullen and Luna Bodman uncover the secrets behind a long-lost diary. Every antique tells a story. Cullen and Luna Bodman learned that through their parents’ furniture business. Now, with their restoration shop and café, they often find themselves at the center of those stories, unraveling mysteries for their clients. The old steamer chest that Cullen receives from an anonymous source is fascinating in its own right. But inside, Cullen discovers more—a locked diary accompanied by a letter, asking for the diary to be restored to its rightful owner. Also in the trunk is a wooden box containing ticket stubs and an undated carnival flyer. But everyone isn’t thrilled with Luna’s quest. Her budding relationship with U.S. Marshal Christopher Gaines comes under strain as he tries to talk her out of a wild goose chase. But intuition pushes her on, unveiling a surprising modern-day connection, and leading Cullen and Luna to wonder if the diary’s secrets still hold power today . .
Free Trade Reimagined : the World Division of Labor and the Method of Economics
Free Trade Reimagined begins with a sustained criticism of the heart of the emerging world economy, the theory and practice of free trade. Roberto Mangabeira Unger does not, however, defend protectionism against free trade. Instead, he attacks and revises the terms on which the traditional debate between free traders and protectionists has been joined. Unger's intervention in this major contemporary debate serves as a point of departure for a proposal to rethink the basic ideas with which we explain economic activity. He suggests, by example as well as by theory, a way of understanding contemporary economies that is both more realistic and more revealing of hidden possibilities for transformation than are the established forms of economics. One message of the book is that we need not choose between accepting and rejecting globalization; we can have a different globalization. Traditional free trade doctrine rests on shaky empirical and theoretical ground. Unger takes a new approach to show when international trade is likely to be useful or harmful to the socially inclusive economic growth that every nation wants. Another message is that the movement of people and ideas is more important than the movement of things and money, and that freedom to change the institutions defining a market economy is just as important as freedom to exchange goods on the basis of those institutions. Free Trade Reimagined ranges broadly within and outside economics. Presenting technical issues in plain language, it appeals to the general reader. It puts a disciplined imagination in the service of rebellion against the dictatorship of no alternatives that characterizes life and thought today
Coffee shop : love is brewing
When a young coffee shop owner is threatened with repossession she must take a chance with life and love as she fights to save her business
Julie and Romeo get lucky
The Inheritance
“With echoes of the TV dramas Succession and The White Lotus. . . . Sakhlecha displays a Christie-like knack for misdirection.” —The Sunday Times “A peek behind the velvet curtain of extreme wealth and privilege.” —The Washington Post Most family reunions end in tears. This one will end in murder. Meet the Agarwals, who have gathered on a private, luxury island off the west coast of Scotland for a much-anticipated family reunion. Raj, the patriarch and a business tycoon, is about to announce to his wife and three children the succession plan for his multimillon-dollar Delhi-based company. Shalini, the fragile matriarch, is ready to have her husband to herself after years of sacrifice to the family business. Myra, the golden child, owner of the island and host of the reunion, is, unbeknownst to her family, on the brink of bankruptcy. Aseem, the son and supposed heir, is torn between his love for his wife and his duty to family. Aisha, the youngest, a party girl whose antics are legendary, can’t pass up an opportunity to wreak havoc. And then there’s Zoe, Aseem’s wife, the outsider whose #InstaPerfect life is built on a foundation of lies. They’ve all got secrets they would die to protect. Who will survive this high-stakes reunion, and who will become a victim of their own greed? One thing is certain: this family gathering will shatter more than just their illusions of unity
Black Knight : Sin
"Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory." ̃ John Steinbeck, The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights. When the secrets of Donovan's past sins are revealed, his and Julia's snow globe is threatened. With both personal and business endeavors at stake, he and Julia are forced to face the threats and dangers head-on, recognizing that villains don't always lurk in the shadows and allies come from the most unexpected of places.Who will be left standing when the final curtain falls?Will what started on a dark, snowy night survive the sun's light?Don't miss a second of the much-anticipated conclusion to the Sin series. From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a brand-new age-gap, family saga, chance meeting, contemporary romantic-suspense novel in the world of high finance, where success is sweet and revenge is sweeter. Have you been Aleatha'd? *BLACK KNIGHT, a full-length novel, is book four, the final novel in the Sin Series. Join the emotional ride along the white ribbon: begin with RED SIN, continue with GREEN ENVY and GOLD LUST, and find the dramatic conclusion in BLACK KNIGHT
Bob's Burgers. Season 6
Bob's Burgers serves up a sizzling sixth season of well-done comedy that features voices of Cloris Leachman, Paul Rudd, Wanda Sykes and more! The Belcher children put on a musical spectacular to earn their spot on the Nice List of a grumpy mall Santa, Linda hopes her "wine shoe" promotion is a perfect fit for the restaurant, and the whole town gets involved when Bob lands in a sticky situation in the show's milestonre 100th episode. It's a mouth-watering feast of outrageous fun!
Inbound Marketing for Dummies
Don't chase business-bring new customers to you! Outdated sales tactics have you chasing leads and fishing for new business. In today's competitive world, nobody has time for that! Inbound Marketing For Dummies is a one-stop-shop for everything you need to know about inbound marketing techniques that attract the attention of your target audience. Whether you have a small or large business, this approachable text offers insight into creating, executing, promoting, and measuring inbound marketing tactics through easy-to-follow instructions on setting up and implementing a new strategic approach. With the information in this book, you can increase brand awareness, enhance brand loyalty, engage with target audience members, and attract new buyers all by leveraging your website, social media, blog, and other resources that are, most likely, already at your fingertips. A breath of fresh air brought on by the Digital Age, inbound marketing is a holistic, data-driven marketing approach that calls upon digital-based resources, such as your website, social media platforms, blogging, search engine optimization, etc., to establish your company as an authority in its industry-and to help customers find you, instead of require your sales team to chase after each and every customer. - Build a reliable inbound marketing team - Develop deeper relationships with your customers - Convert inbound traffic into revenue - Combine inbound and outbound marketing strategies to optimize your business' resources Inbound Marketing For Dummies is an essential guide for anyone looking to leverage tried and true inbound marketing strategies within their business
Summary of Walter Kiechel's the Lords of Strategy
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The rise of strategy as the framework through which companies understand what they're doing and want to do has eclipsed any other change in the intellectual landscape of business over the past fifty years. #2 The secret intellectual history of the new corporate world is as much about the challenges companies faced, from competing with the Japanese in the 1970s to surviving a crisis in the global financial system in the twenty-first century. #3 The strategy revolution was led by management consultants, who were able to put together all the elements that determined a company's corporate fate. They lacked a rigorous sense of the dynamics of competition, though. #4 The book is an essay rather than a history, meaning it incorporates the personal observations of the author. It is an account of the ideas behind the strategy revolution, and it includes interviews with several of the lords of strategy
Creative Calling : Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life
Life isn't about "finding" fulfillment and success - it's about creating it. Why then has creativity been given a back seat in our culture? No longer. ** A Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Publishers Weekly Bestseller ** Creativity is a force inside every person that, when unleashed, transforms our lives and delivers vitality to everything we do. Establishing a creative practice is therefore our most valuable and urgent task - as important to our well-being as exercise or nutrition. The good news? Renowned artist, author, and CreativeLive founder, Chase Jarvis, reminds us that creativity isn't a skill-it's a habit available to everyone: beginners and lifelong creators, entrepreneurs to executives, astronauts to zookeepers, and everyone in between. Through small, daily actions we can supercharge our innate creativity and rediscover our personal power in life. Whether your ambition is a creative career, completing a creative project, or simply cultivating a creative mindset, Creative Calling will unlock your potential via Jarvis's memorable "IDEA" system: · Imagine your big dream, whatever you want to create-or become-in this world. · Design a daily practice that supports that dream-and a life of expression and transformation. · Execute on your ambitious plans and make your vision real. · Amplify your impact through a supportive community you'll learn to grow and nurture
Summary of Rubén Villahermosa's Wyckoff 2.0
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 El método Wyckoff ha cambiado poco en los últimos 70 años, y aunque algunas herramientas han sido introducidas, considero que no son la mejor manera de analizar el mercado porque no tienen en cuenta el volumen. #2 El método Wyckoff, no es solo buscar los eventos clave que componen la Fase A, sino que realmente lo importante es la acción en su conjunto. #3 La manera en que se desarrollan estos procesos de precios no debe ser algo determinante. Si queremos evitar una gran estafa, debemos estar preparados para verlas igualmente. #4 El mercado tiene una tendencia a crecer en volumen durante las primeras horas de la sesión, aunque tarde en volver a prestar atención a la composición de precios
Summary of Luke Sullivan's Hey Whipple, Squeeze This
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1The idea of Mr. Whipple, the advertiser, is not good. It is repetitive, schmaltzy, and cornball. But it is effective advertising, and it sells billions of rolls of toilet paper. #2 The public is cynical about advertising, and we send out every year the Gallup poll of most and least trusted professions. advertising practitioners trade last or second-to-last place with used car salesmen and members of Congress. #3The 1950s saw the birth of modern advertising, with the concept of the unique selling proposition. This meant that advertisers would claim their products offered a specific benefit that no other product did
Personalmanagement im Controlling : Einstieg und Entwicklungsmoglichkeiten
Personal ist die zentrale und erfolgskritische Ressource im Controllerbereich. Deshalb muss dem Personalmanagement im Controlling eine entsprechend hohe Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet werden. Das Ziel dieses AC-Bandes ist es daher, verschiedene Aspekte des Personalmanagements im Controlling detailliert zu betrachten und wesentliche Themen und Handlungsfelder aufzuzeigen. Dabei wird - zunächst anhand einer großzahligen Studie unter 1.800 Studenten - die Attraktivität des Controllerberufs generell betrachtet. Anschließend werden auf Basis von Tiefeninterviews mit Mitgliedern des Centers for Controlling & Management die beiden Kernthemen des Personalmanagements - Personalakquisition und Personalentwicklung - im Detail analysiert sowie Denkanstöße für praktische Veränderungen und konkrete Maßnahmen geliefert
Summary of Dave Ramsey's EntreLeadership
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I had to turn over more responsibility to my team, which was not easy for me. I was a control freak, and I had to let go of control. The process of turning over responsibility was extremely emotional for me, because I had to let go of someone who did things my way. #2 The qualities of a great leader are integrity, servant, humility, vision, decisive, disciplined, passionate, and loyal. You must intentionally become more of these qualities every day to grow yourself and your business. #3 I knew that I didn't want to grow my business simply with leaders. I realized that there was so much more to business than simply leadership and leadership theory. I didn't want to just learn something, I wanted to be able to apply it. #4 The Entre Leader is a combination of the personal power of the entrepreneur and the quality leadership of a big leader. They are passionate about serving others, mavericks with integrity, and courageous while humble
Der Produktlebenszyklus : Für Eine Wirkungsvolle Marketingstrategie
In nur 50 Minuten den Produktlebenszyklus verstehen In den 1960er Jahren entwickelte der amerikanische Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Raymond Vernon die Theorie des Produktlebenszyklus, die in der Folge vielfach wieder aufgenommen und ergänzt wurde. Angelehnt an den biologischen Lebenszyklus besteht auch der Produktlebenszyklus aus verschiedenen Phasen, die ein Produkt im Laufe seines Bestehens durchläuft: Einführung, Wachstum, Reife und Degeneration. Da die Rentabilität in den verschiedenen Phasen unterschiedlich ist, hilft die Einordnung eines Produkts in den Zyklus bei einer wirkungsvollen Marketingstrategie. Zu den Erfolgsfaktoren eines Produkts gehört so beispielsweise auch dessen gute Sichtbarkeit. Anhand praktischer Beispiele wird die Theorie leicht verständlich veranschaulicht. So erhalten Sie einen interessanten und praxisorientierten Überblick über das Wesentliche. Nach 50 Minuten können Sie: - die einzelnen Phasen des Produktlebenszyklus beschreiben und erkennen - langfristigen Erfolg für Ihr Produkt sicherstellen - eine optimale Marketingstrategie auswählen Der Einstieg in ein neues Kapitel Ihrer Unternehmensgeschichte! Über 50MINUTEN.DE BUSINESS - MANAGEMENT UND MARKETING Was bewegt die Wirtschaftswelt? Mit der Serie Business - Management und Marketing der Reihe 50Minuten verstehen Sie schnell die wichtigsten Modelle und Konzepte. Unsere Titel versorgen Sie mit der notwendigen Theorie, prägnanten Definitionen der Schlüsselwörter und interessanten Fallstudien in einem einfachen und leicht verständlichen Format. Sie sind der ideale Ausgangspunkt für Leserinnen und Leser, die ihre Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse erweitern möchten
The Science of Leadership : Nine Ways To Expand Your Impact
Unlock the science of exceptional leadership: Master nine powerful frameworks to inspire, innovate, and thrive in today's complex business world. Your roadmap to human-centered success!
Convinced! : How to Prove Your Competence & Win People Over
Competence does not speak for itself! You can't simply display it; you have to draw people's attention to it. World-renowned negotiation and deception detection expert, business professor, and mentalist Jack Nasher offers effective, proven techniques to convince others that we are talented, trustworthy, and yes, even brilliant. Nasher offers the example of Joshua Bell, possibly the world's most famous violinist. In January 2007, at rush hour, he stepped into a Washington, DC, subway station, dressed like any street busker, and began to play a $4,000,000 Stradivarius. It was part of an experiment staged by a journalist of the Washington Post, who expected Bell's skill alone to attract an immense, awed crowd. But Bell was generally ignored, and when he stopped, nobody applauded. He made $34.17. The good news is that you don't have to accept obscurity: you can positively affect others' perception of your talent. Whether you're looking for work, giving an important presentation, seeking clients or customers for your business, or vying for a promotion, Nasher explains how to use techniques such as expectation management, verbal and nonverbal communication, the Halo Effect, competence framing, and the power of nonconformity to gain control of how others perceive you. Competence is the most highly valued professional trait. But it's not enough to be competent, you have to convey your competence. With Nasher's help you can showcase your expertise, receive the recognition you deserve, and achieve lasting success
Summary of Bob Goff's Dream Big
Eran lo menos parecido a una pareja perfecta... Sandy Bend acababa de confirmar su reputación de alocada al acostarse con Cal Brewer. Bien era cierto que siempre había sentido cierta debilidad por el nuevo jefe de policía, pero nunca habría pensado que haría realidad la fantasía. Y la realidad le decía que aquella relación no podía continuar, lo que no sabía era que Cal también estaba viviendo su propia fantasía. Y que no podía dejar de pensar en Sandy y en pasar otra noche loca junto a ella..
The Horse Illustrated Guide to Buying a Horse
Experienced equestrians cover the fundamentals of horsemanship - from buying and caring for a horse to getting the most out of them in the saddle. Complete with step-by-step instructions, full-color photographs, and helpful glossaries, these trustworthy little guides help riders establish and maintain rewarding relationships with their horses
I Was Scammed
I Was Scammed features an overview of different types of scams, focusing on digital and internet scams. After an introduction to how the scam investigation began after experiencing a scam targeting book authors in The Big Con, the book discusses personality identity fraud, which is the root of so many scams. The book describes the growing identity theft problem, the many data breaches that have occurred, the ways scammers use your personal information, how to protect your identity from theft, and how to repair the damage after a scam. Then, the book describes these major types of scams:Merchant and customer scamsReal estate frauds, including rental scams, moving scams, home improvement and repair scams, and real estate investment scamsEmail, phone, and social media scamsGift card scamsCouponing scamsPhony contest and prize scamsPodcast participation scamsConference participation scamsPublishing and marketing services scamsThe book review scamBesides describing the scams, the book provides tips on how to avoid becoming a victim, and what to do if you are.GINI GRAHAM SCOTT, PhD, JD, is a nationally known writer, consultant, speaker, and seminar leader, specializing in business and work relationships, professional and personal development, social trends, popular culture, science, and crime. She has published over 50 books with major publishers. She is the founder of Changemakers Publishing, featuring 150+ books on work, business, psychology, self-help, and social trends. She has worked with dozens of clients on self-help, business books, memoirs, and film scripts
The Change Ninja Returns : And This Time It's Personal
If you're facing unwanted change in your life, you might be surprised to find that you already have many of the skills you need. This interactive, real-life story will help you re-purpose change-management tools and apply them to your own life challenges, allowing you to ninja your life and get the best possible outcome
Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011
The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 updates the 2008 edition of the Factbook with additional data for 71 countries collected from various sources, including national censuses, labor force surveys, population registers, and other national sources. The Factbook attempts to present numbers and facts behind the stories of international migration and remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a snapshot of statistics on immigration, emigration, skilled emigration, and remittance flows for 210 countries and 15 regional and income groups. Some interesting facts emerge: -More than 215 million people, or 3 percent of the world population, live outside their countries of birth. Current migration flows, relative to population, are weaker than those of the last decades of the nineteenth century. -The top migrant destination countries are the United States, the Russian Federation, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and Canada. The top immigration countries, relative to population, are Qatar (87 percent), the United Arab Emirates (70 percent), Kuwait (69 percent), Andorra (64 percent), Cayman Islands (63 percent), and Northern Mariana Islands (62 percent). -The United States is likely to have seen the largest inflows of migrants between 2005 and 2010, despite the global financial crisis. The expansion of the European Union led to a surge of migrant flows to Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom, with a large share from Eastern Europe. -The six Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and Kuwait) have also seen a significant increase in migrant flows in the last few years, mostly from South Asia and East Asia. However, immigrant stocks in all regions started to plateau in 2009-10 because of the global financial crisis. -The volume of South-South migration is larger than migration from the South to the high-income countries belonging to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). High-income non-OECD countries such as the Gulf countries are also major destinations for migrants from the South. South-South migration is significantly larger than South-North migration in Sub-Saharan Africa (73 percent) and Europe and Central Asia (61 percent). -According to available official data, the Mexico-United States corridor is the largest migration corridor in the world, accounting for 11.6 million migrants in 2010. Migration corridors in the Former Soviet Union - Russia-Ukraine, and Ukraine-Russia - are the next largest, followed by Bangladesh-India. In these corridors, natives became migrants without moving when new international boundaries were drawn. -Smaller countries tend to have higher rates of skilled emigration. Almost all physicians trained in Grenada and Dominica have emigrated abroad. St. Lucia, Cape Verde, Fiji, São Tomé and Principe, and Liberia are also among the countries with the highest emigration rates of physicians. -Refugees and asylum seekers made up 16.3 million or 8 percent of international migrants in 2010. The share of refugees in the population was 14.6 percent in the low-income countries-more than seven times larger than the share of 2.1 percent in the high-income OECD countries. Middle East and North Africa had the largest share of refugees and asylum seekers among immigrants (65 percent), followed by Sub-Saharan Africa (17 percent), South Asia (20 percent), and East Asia and Pacific (8.8 percent). -Worldwide remittance flows are estimated to have exceeded $414 billion in 2009, of which developing countries received $307 billion (This represents a small decline of 6 percent from the level in 2008). The true size, including unrecorded flows through formal and informal channels, is believed to be significantly larger. Recorded remittances are more than twice as large as official aid and nearly two-thirds of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing countries
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