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From the big bang to the origin and evolution of intelligent life in a search for the meaning of human existence, Why Are We Here?, by author Bruce Brodie, offers a look at evolution and the future of life on the planet.

Lukas' Maiden Voyage was written as a fable in which animals speak and act like people. The target audience ranges from nine-year-olds to teenagers, even moms and dads who may take delight in listening to this story with their young children. The story revolves around the Passover celebration and Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem as seen through the eyes of the young burro that carried him.

Meditations of the Overcomer takes you through the process of effective meditation of God’s Word, revealing keys to being an overcomer through Christ. This how-to-guide is intended to impart faith, hope, and love to your position as an overcomer in Christ Jesus. Filled with prayers, discussion questions, points on meditation, and insights from the author, this book will challenge how you view, think, and respond to your experiences in life.

This book intends to detail the global situation in all its intricacies and complexity, and present a roadmap or way out for humanity. Basically, we, as a species, are at a crossroad, a fork in the road. If we choose wisely, we can create a livable, sustainable future for humanity. If we don’t make the necessary changes, we are headed towards a potential disaster of unimaginable consequences. Basically, the likely end of human civilization.

This audiobook arose from a conversation between Hugh Cameron, an orthopedic surgeon, and Edna Quammie, an OR nurse, reminiscing about their shared memories. It was proposed at a dinner meeting of the Dinosaur Club, a group of doctors and nurses and technicians who worked in the operating room in Toronto General Hospital in the 70s and 80s. It tells of the thrills and spills - sometimes funny, sometimes sad - about life in the OR at that time which followed Woodstock, which, in a sense, changed a North American generation.

If you’re reading this, it’s likely that either you didn't get an interview, or you feel "Residency Match Day" was one of the worst days of your life. However, there is, if you get an interview invitation, a one-in-five chance to still earn a residency position this year. That number goes up dramatically if you use some of the techniques in this book that puts you not only ahead of the game, but ahead of the curve.

Believing Is Real is about a struggling family from the South who thought that life was exactly what they were experiencing. This family was led by parents whose faith was phenomenal. When the young adults’ parents died, God began speaking to them as a family and they heard the Voice of God to do his will.

After listening to this audiobook, you will do one of two things - dismiss it as fiction or accept it as a cop’s living testimony about the power of God; a power you can harness by exercising your faith in Jesus Christ! A must-listen for every law enforcement officer!

In Activate Human Capital, author Richard N. Morrison outlines the eight "People-Focused Principles of Management", and he explains them in terms of the values that motivate people to want to do the work given to them. And even more, he shows how these values will actually get employees to initiate their work because they will see how it contributes to the overall purpose of the business. Each principle is linked to a component of human fulfillment, and then through research, personal experience, and shared stories.

10 Letters to a Stranger is a book that hopes to enlighten people's lives. It is a booklet that one may carry around and open up to seek hope and optimism whenever they feel like life is tightening up from all corners. When life seems like it is not going anywhere, this tiny manual aims to remind you and I that there is always light at the end of the tunnel. This book acts as a prompt that there is no such thing as a dead end. To never ever give up, no matter how tough things get.

Developing a cybernetic model of subjectivity and personhood that honors disability experiences to reconceptualize the category of the human.

What is property, and why does our species have it? In The Property Species, Bart J. Wilson explores how humans acquire, perceive, and know the custom of property and why this might be relevant to understanding how property works in the 21st century. Arguing that neither the sciences nor the humanities synthesizes a full account of property, the book offers a cross-disciplinary compromise that is sure to be controversial: Property is a universal and uniquely human custom.

Failures are a common phenomena in civilization. Things fail and society responds, often very slowly, sometimes inappropriately. What kinds of things go wrong? Why do they go wrong? How do people and organizations react to failures, and what are the best ways to react? William B. Rouse takes an analytic approach to these questions and addresses 18 well-known cases of high-consequence failures. He employs a multi-level framework to integrate findings across the case studies, and, in turn, uses these to outline a conceptual approach to integrated failure management.

Dr. Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. is a nationally recognized expert on the psychology of relationships. In his first book, he blends hot-off-the-press science, engaging writing, impactful examples, and fascinating stories to present an impressive range of refreshing and eye-opening set of insights.

Transfluence shows leaders how they can have transformative influence by overcoming their fears and pride, building transparency into their leadership, developing a strong core of authentic values, and passionately pursuing a meaningful purpose. When leaders do this, they seize opportunities, embrace challenges, and make their organizations and communities greater than ever.

The book covers numerous tech entrepreneurial founders and software developers, and the exciting brands or products that they created. It goes deep on a handful of them, narrowly divulging exactly how a few software developers and startup founders created breakthrough tech products like Gmail, Dropbox, Ring, Snapchat, Bitcoin, Groupon, and more. It highlights and unpacks the general hero-worship that the media and our own minds practice about tech founders and tech entrepreneurs.

As the pandemic is exacting its toll on our lives and wreaking havoc in the global economy, forward-looking organizations are moving past crisis management and positioning themselves to leap ahead when the economy turns around. What should you and your business be doing now to stay afloat today - while planning for tomorrow so you can come out of the crisis stronger?

Mastering communication skills is a lifelong process. In From the Board Room to the Living Room, corporate trainer David A. Hiatt shares a lifetime of experience in helping people communicate better and create win/win situations. Hiatt captures the essence of the powerful communication tactics he trains business leaders to deploy in sales and negotiation settings...and shows how to use these same techniques to improve relationships, deepen conversations, move past drama and games, and achieve more positive outcomes at home and in the workplace.

Until you harness the power of your own purposeful intention as a sales leader, your people will never deliver on their full potential. The Intentional Sales Manager shows how to launch, and sustain, the all-important process of personal and organizational transformation that drives the most successful sales teams.

Do you feel like you are in a cocoon and trapped by the systems, at large, like you want to get out so badly, but you can’t? You really want to be yourself and be set free, so you can live your life as your true conscious self. Well, you are in the right place at the right time. Welcome to the awakening party. You are about to see beyond the veils of deception that the system mentalities of the world have deceived humanity into a subservient and boxed-in reality, away from their true self.