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There’s a massive problem in the way we run our largest and most powerful organisations. Short-termism and herd mentality is endemic. It’s reinforced by investors, LTIP models, and group think. As we grapple with the economic consequences of Brexit and design a bounce-back from the Covid-19 pandemic, we need to embrace a bolder, more ambitious model for leadership.

In this audiobook narrated by the author, Peter Baker explains everything you need to know about creating, recording, editing, and uploading your own podcasts, recorded at your home or office. In weeks from now, your podcasts could be subscribed to by thousands all over the world via Apple podcasts, Spotify, Google podcasts, and all the other directories!

If you want to make a healthy passive income while you continue to live and enjoy your life, this three-book audiobook can show you how. With this three-in-one audiobook, you'll learn everything you need to know about different dropshipping models. If you’re ready to take control of your financial future with three proven methods that require very little upfront work but yield great rewards, this three-book audiobook will teach you everything you need to know and offers proven tips to make the process fun smoothly for you.

No one in the sleepy little town of South Dedham seemed to like Andy Bogan much. Then, he was gunned down. This was no ordinary murder. Someone was sending a message.

Reggie Westgate is just another hard-boiled gumshoe living and working in post-war Hollywood. He doesn't even keep books because so few of his clients can pay. He just wants to help people. Then a local politician hires him to handle a blackmail case, and Westgate finds himself involved with more than simple extortion. He stumbles into the center of a mob war, and it almost costs him his life.

Lars and Loris Harding continue their adventure. The missing pieces of their family mystery are finally added when they team up with their nemesis-turned-pal, Sir Donald Badminton. Once again, they prove to be the luckiest men in England.

Lars, it seems, now has the brawn, brains, and bravery (as well as the money) to do anything he wants, so he decides to open a detective agency in London. While chasing miscreants and cheating husbands, he soon finds himself entangled inside the web of Germany's most dangerous spy.

In Dying Horribly at Harding Hall, Book 1 of the Harding Hall Mystery Series, we meet a wealthy, aristocratic English family — generation after generation — of lecherous and greedy muttonheads. The story focuses on 11 mysterious deaths, with several extras along the way. There’s dry and sly humor from the start, but it’s only as the tapestry unfolds that we realize the truth — and the truth is becoming more and more crazed.

Lieutenant Desmond L.S. Arthur was an Irish aviator in No.2 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. In the early morning of Tuesday, 27th of May, 1913...while flying over the Scottish North-East coastal town of Montrose, during a routine training flight from Upper Dysart to Lunan Bay, the right wing of his B.E.2 biplane No.205 suddenly collapsed due to a broken spar, which had hitherto remained unseen...as it had been concealed under the plane’s fabric...possibly on purpose. Lt. Arthur was the first Irishman to be killed in an aircraft accident.

Crowleigh Manor House stands baleful and aloof amid the bleak, undulating landscape of Hiraeth Heath. The unimaginable ancient secrets...and horrors held and buried within its archaic walls will eventually be uncovered...revealed...and ultimately...released!

Clara receives a nutcracker from her godfather Drosselmeyer on Christmas Eve. That night she dreams the nutcracker is fighting with toy soldiers against the army of the Mouse King. Clara helps the nutcracker and it transforms into a prince. Together they travel to the land of sweets and celebrate a wonderful sweet festival with the Sugar Plum Fairy. It was all just an amazing dream - or was it...?

Prince Siegfried comes of age and celebrates his 21st birthday in the palace gardens. The next day he is to finally choose his future bride at the court ball. Near the castle, on the shores of Swan Lake, the beautiful swan girl Odette emerges from the water in the moonlight. She is actually a princess transformed by the magician Rothbart. Siegfried is overwhelmed by her beauty and immediately swears his eternal love and loyalty. The curse of the evil wizard Rothbart is now supposed to be broken, but he has his own plans for Odette.

Hansel and Gretel are sent into the forest by their mother to collect berries as a punishment. The siblings get lost in the twilight and discover the gingerbread house of an old ugly witch. She enchants the children and wants to bake them into gingerbread. Hansel and Gretel use their wits to save themselves and push the wicked old woman into her own oven. The children are finally found by their worried parents, who are looking for them in the forest. In the end the family is happily united.

A dangerous snake attacks Prince Tamino in the forest but three noble ladies protect him. Together with the bird catcher Papageno, Tamino is supposed to free Princess Pamina because the dreaded Sarastro has imprisoned her in his castle. Tamino and Papageno receive a magic flute and a glockenspiel from Pamina's mother, the Queen of the Night. The brave rescuers must overcome difficult tests, but the daring rescue plan succeeds. In the end, Tamino and Pamina, Papageno and his new girlfriend Papagena are happily in each other's arms.

"Hansel and Gretel" - a full cast audio play featuring famous melodies and beautiful arias. Experience Engelbert Humperdinck's world-renowned opera "Hansel and Gretel" as an audio play, performed by esteemed actors, complemented by intricate sound designs and effects as well as plenty of original opera music. Each act is introduced with interesting facts about the life of Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921).

Swan Lake - a full cast audio play featuring famous melodies and beautiful music. Swan Lake tells the love story of Prince Siegfried and Odette, who has been magically transformed into the queen of swans. Prince Siegfried comes of age and celebrates his 21st birthday in the palace gardens. The next day he is supposed to choose his future bride at the court ball. Near the castle, on the shores of Swan Lake, the beautiful swan girl Odette emerges from the water in the moonlight. She is actually a princess transformed by the magician Rothbart. Siegfried is overwhelmed by her beauty and immediately swears his love and loyalty.

Louisiana, 2065. A lot has changed in the 43rd of the Kurian Order. Possessed of an unnatural and legendary hunger, the bloodthirsty Reapers have come to Earth to establish a New Order built on the harvesting of enslaved human souls. They rule the planet. They thrive on the scent of fear. And if it is night, as sure as darkness, they will come. On this pitiless world, the indomitable spirit of mankind still breathes in Lieutenant David Valentine. Brought into the Wolves - an elite guerrilla force sworn to win back Earth - Valentine leads his first command in the Kurian Zone.

Riding swift o’er moor and dale: a moonlit silhouette; With surcoat sailing on the wind...a tricorne and gorget. With collar high and mask affixed; knife, sword and pistol armed.... Moongraven is a highwayman: Undauntable and charmed! Decaying noble bloodline bred, he haunts the shadowed lanes.... Awaiting wealthy quarry quiet, till nought of worth remains! With derring-do adventures...amid Regency romance, This tale of twilight tour de force would make the Devil dance!

Ravensbrooke Hall lies empty. It has been looking more derelict with every passing year...since being abandoned; gathering layers of dust, ivy, and cobwebs, while the owner, Sir Sébastien de Ravensbrooke, travels alone abroad...or so it is believed. Sir Sébastien is known as a mountaineer, chess master, artist, yogi, social provocateur, occultist, drug addict, and libertine. The locals accused him of being a "black magician", but this is inaccurate...for in truth, what he actually is, would defy description, belief, and comprehension.

Through love, joy, hope, disillusionment, trial, and tribulation...this is a journey of revelation...and awakening. The experiences and lessons of every life possess profound relevance and value. Whether funny, sad, shocking, or bizarre...this transatlantic memoir promises laughter, tears, insight, and hopefully...a small measure of wisdom.