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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.

While Erik Z. Severinghaus has been to the top of the physical world (literally climbing Everest) and the business world (exiting companies for hundreds of millions of dollars), what has defined his journey is not the successes...but rather, the hard times of loneliness and self-doubt that nearly cost him his accomplishments and his life. This guidebook passes along the lessons needed in those dark times, with the hope that it will help every entrepreneur who is going through this struggle understand their journey and build the mental resiliency to succeed.

Fading are the days of direct communication by phone or in person, which have immediate responses and clarifications. The immediate feedback loop has been replaced by "broken loops" of communication. Now, due to hundreds of emails and texts, endless waiting, perpetual unreturned messages, and unlimited misunderstanding, we are in a Dyscommunication Crisis. This gives rise to the "Dyscommunication Syndrome" - a cluster of symptoms that comes together and repeats when our message is not returned, including anxiety, worst-case scenarios, catastrophizing, and negative loops of thinking.

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.

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.

Steer is a short but power-packed listen for any leader or aspiring leader, filled with real-life stories and step-by-step application. In Steer, Joel Wayne lays out eight key practices that are essential for leading with greater influence. Each section has key takeaways and questions to consider. It’s a great read to inspire leaders and people within organizations in order to focus on what’s most important and minimize leadership distractions. If you feel stuck in a leadership rut, Steer will kick you into gear for greater leadership impact.

Nick Seratino is a vibrant, handsome young man starting college when he receives a terrible diagnosis. He has end stage renal disease, requiring dialysis and ultimately a new kidney, and is placed on a transplant waiting list. Emilio Seratino is not willing to watch his son waste away. There are “many options” for a new kidney, and Emilio plans to utilize them all. When patients ahead of Nick on the waiting list start mysteriously dying, the authorities are called in to investigate. Meanwhile, Nick’s condition digs up family secrets better left buried.

Enter the world of a business person whose company just lost their largest customer. Having recently succeeded Fred Taylor, his old boss, as the head of the company, it was evident that Fred was the company. What should he do? Could they recover? Something was missing. It was a common purpose, a reason to work at the company....

This short part is for you moms and dads that are dealing with the common fears of children from about two to seven years of age. The fears that your child goes through are normal; just relax and let Grandpa help. Its pretty normal for children to go through phases, being afraid of different things at different times. Alli and I will deal with the most common: monsters, the dark, clowns or people in costume, insects, medicine, and shots.

Let the business reformation begin. The premise of this audiobook’s message and movement is simple. The title and role of a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is obsolete. CEOs are command and control holdouts based on the archaic thinking and ways of the Industrial Age. We're well into the Digital Age and heading into the Age of Purpose and Meaning. We need a reformation in business. New times call for new leadership.

Most pirates have a parrot on their shoulder. Have you ever wondered how they find them? In this story, Captain John, a bad, mean old pirate, tries to plunder a very nice, posh ship. But the posh ship’s parrot takes a fancy to a watch on a long gold chain and takes some coaxing from Captain John to give it up.

On August 15, 1965, the life of Nils Henrik Ellefsrud is forever changed when two police officers show up at his door with bad news. His cabin on Patricia Lake in Alberta, Canada, has exploded and burned down, two people are missing, and the only survivor is his daughter, TJ. A short time later as he sits by his daughter’s hospital bed, Nils has no idea what has happened to his wife and TJ’s nine-year-old twin brother.

In Inside the Box: The Power of Complementary Branding, Greg Sausaman shows you how to add high margin new sales to help solve the pressures of increasing costs such as big minimum wage hikes through smart and strategic complementary branding. Greg combines his 15 years of experience in complementary branding with the expertise of industry leaders to provide a comprehensive guide on how to successfully increase sales with a robustly profitable complementary brand partner.

This audiobook elaborates on contentedness, one aspect of the mindfulness philosophy that emerges from Buddhism. The areas of deep relaxation, calm, and still awareness of the immediate moment, a virtuous lifestyle, and an appropriate and authentic worldview are discussed.

70 Best Instant Pot Recipes Cookbook will show you how to cook easy daily meals with simple ingredients. We will show you the best instant-pot tips, explain how instant pot is healthy, and much more!

Do you know Weefeefee? He is a happy mouse living in a green-aqua valley with his friends. This is a story about a mouse fairy and a cherry fairy who fell in love. Join Weefeefee on his adventures, and meet his cherry mouse babies! This audiobook is designed for children's learning.

Great companies know that attracting and retaining the best people requires having a great business culture in place. Keith Hertling, a lifelong leader and the vice president of leadership, coaching and culture for Jersey Mikes Franchise Systems, the popular sandwich chain, explores how to create and maintain a great culture in this guide for business owners, managers, and employees.

Breaking In is the must-have handbook for aspiring entertainers who want to avoid the pervasive pitfalls and myths of the industry while accelerating their opportunities to become superstars. It is also the first audiobook of its kind to address the mental preparation, skills, traits, and specific actions required to break in to any aspect of the entertainment industry.