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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE #BOOK ● ▸▸▸Ambition: The Missing Attribute in Your Employees by Cheryl Johnson

Do you run a business where your employees lack ambition?
Do you understand why it is missing?
Would you like to encourage that ambition to return and improve your workplace?

There is a disparity between employers and employees when it comes to what each one wants in the workplace. This gap can be filled with a new and innovative approach to learning that promotes it through curiosity and a willingness to seek answers, rather than simply bombarding employees with endless information products. By creating varied formats to deliver information, businesses can keep their skills relevant and remain competitive.

This book, "Ambition: The Missing Attribute in Your Employees", seeks to help your business turn ordinary employees into extraordinary ones, with chapters that cover:
EQ, IQ, Ambition Quotient and how they differ
The importance of teamwork in any business
What employees want from you as an employer
How to find ambition in an interview
Communicating with your team
Why failure can be good
Developing resilience to cope with demands
How you can create an ambitious workplace
And more…

The world has changed irrevocably in the way we learn in just the last few years and it will continue to change as we adapt to the new challenges we face. Learning must adapt to keep pace and your business must adapt so that your employees retain the ambition that will make it a success.

"Ambition: The Missing Attribute in Your Employees", will show you how to find the decisive components that will reignite the ambition in your workforce.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE #BOOK ● ▸▸▸📸 Badass Pix With A Cheap-Ass Camera 📸 by Annie Mack

Badass and Badass Pix is not a genre. It's an attitude, an approach, a vibe. More than anything, it's Art Photography, which is a h-u-g-e and diverse categorization. It's you being a photoartist, not just a photographer. It's having the self-confidence to take risks, break the rules, and venture outside norms. It's rebellion! Anarchy! A fight for freedom! But you know: without jail time, a rap sheet, a prison tattoo, or stitches. Badass can be photojournalism, scenery, portraits. It is fun to screw around with all of those and add twists that baffle viewers. Badass is futzing around outside the boundaries of technology, good taste, or conventional artistic theory. Badass uses your tools, skills, and heart to make Art -- not just 'nice' photos. Badass Pix are squinted at, disqualified from contests, or vaguely labeled "mixed media," "digital graphics," or "weird sh*t. "Most of the work I call Badass, illustrated here, is found-art photography, which more-or-less means art made by recording the image as one finds it. Simply…as is. Now I can imagine you saying, "Well, duh, that's pretty much all photography, now isn't it?" Not really: here's some help. Badass is trying to find images that most people miss or never see at all because it takes imagination (some might say awareness. Or both) to recognize them.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE #BOOK ● ▸▸▸ The Cold Case (Billy Jo McCabe Mystery Book 3) by Lorhainne Eckhart

What happens when you stumble across a case that should never have been closed?



Detective Mark Friessen uncovers a disturbing mystery: A little girl was taken, but when evidence disappeared, the case was closed.

While cleaning out closed cases, Mark discovers a file on a missing toddler, Gabby Martin. After reading the two pages within, he realizes evidence is missing. The only interviews, by the detective who previously had Mark’s job, was conducted with a bitter ex-wife and a former business partner, both of whom pointed at the father.

It appears to have been an open and shut case. The father took Gabby in retaliation for a bitter custody dispute with her mother, and then he killed her. Although no body was found, the father was charged and convicted, and the case was closed.

However, an old woman the town has dubbed Crazy Carla disagrees. She says she saw everything, and she contradicts the investigating detective’s notes, yet the local cops pursued only one lead, the father.

As Mark secretly delves into the closed case and realizes that nothing adds up, he reaches out to social worker Billy Jo McCabe. Did social services receive any suspicious reports about the girl or her parents? What Billy Jo soon discovers is a family of secrets, a volatile marriage, and a forbidden relationship—and the mystery of the missing girl, whose body has never been found, becomes a case that should never have been closed.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE #BOOK ● ▸▸▸ Mom, Dad...Can We Talk?: Helping Our Aging Parents with the Insight and Wisdom of Others by Dick Edwards

Mom, Dad...Can We Talk? is for the tens of millions of people dealing with concerns for aging parents. It is controversial, sometimes humorous, often poignant, encouraging -- and always helpful. The book is rich with stories of adult children who have been challenged and rewarded in this final stage of the parent-child relationship. It includes tips for initiating caring conversations like: "Mom, we're worried about you living alone." “Sis, I need your help with all this.” And, “Dad has a lady friend!” There are also helpful hints on how to understand and manage the realities of dementia, drinking, depression, and driving. In this newly revised edition, Guest Contributors address new topics like: helping grandchildren understand their aging grandparent; helping families with aging parents who have a special needs adult child; and, adapting to the complications imposed by the sudden intrusion of a reality like a pandemic. Also included is a new discussion guide as a bonus! Mom, Dad…Can We Talk? is the how-to book you need to help successfully manage these challenging times in family life.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE & #PAPERBACK #BOOK ● ▸▸▸ The Silver Stallion - Catalan Chronicles Book 4 by Bestselling Author Peter Darman

The dogs of war have been muzzled, and now they will be destroyed.
Luca Baldi has some very prestigious enemies – the emperor’s wife, the Queen of Thessaly, Dario Spinola (the richest man in the eastern Mediterranean), the Duke of Athens, and the entire French aristocracy. This is a remarkable achievement for a landless, penniless peasant. Unfortunately, they all want him dead, along with the rest of the Catalan Company.
Luca and his mercenary companions have no allies, no money and no land, and as their many enemies close in on them, it appears their days are numbered. The scene is set for a final apocalyptic battle that will decide the fate of Luca Baldi, the Catalan Company, the Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Thessaly and the Latin lords of southern Greece.
‘The Silver Stallion’ is the final volume in the Catalan Chronicles series – the adventures of Luca Baldi and a band of Catalan mercenaries in the Byzantine Empire at the beginning of the fourteenth century.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE #BOOK ● ▸▸▸Aspen: a Love Story by T. K. Lucaith

Can the demons of our past ever be completely silenced?
Or are we doomed to carry them into every one of our relationships?

Devastated by the death of his wife, middle-aged businessman Marc Gray sells the development company they built together and moves his life to Aspen, Colorado. Leaving the business behind is easy; but the loss of his wife follows him as closely as a shadow.

On his first night in Aspen, Marc meets Susan. A graphic artist working for a NYC advertisement firm, she’s waiting tables to help support herself and her teenage daughter when Marc walks into her restaurant.

There’s something charming about the way Susan lives her life; ever on the edge financially, ever in search of her happy ending. Marc can’t help but find himself irresistibly drawn to her creative magnetism.

But as they dance around the beginnings of a cautious relationship, Marc and Susan struggle with past hurt and loss; as feelings grow between them, so do questions. Questions with difficult answers.

If they face the truth with honesty, could they finally yield to passion?

A poignant novel that explores the life experiences that follow us into new scenarios and leave their indelible mark on our interactions with others.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE #BOOK ● ▸▸▸As Dust to the Wind - Crusader Chronicles Book 6 by Best-selling Author Peter Darman

Conrad and the Sword Brothers are now masters of all they survey. The crusader state they have created by the sword is strong and prospering but peace is only temporary. The riches of Novgorod, now threatened and weakened by the Mongols, is an irresistible target for Bishop Hermann and the Papacy, leading to a new and bloody crusade against the Russians.
For Conrad the appearance of an enemy from his past will reawaken old wounds and a thirst for revenge. But his actions will have a catastrophic effect on the Sword Brothers and will set in train a sequence of events that will lead to a final confrontation between East and West on the frozen surface of Lake Peipus. This battle will be a defining moment not only for Conrad Wolff and the Sword Brothers but also for European history.
This, the final volume in the Crusader Chronicles series, sees Conrad and the Army of the Wolf embark upon their final, fateful campaign.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE & #PAPERBACK #BOOK ● ▸▸▸ Your Next Big Idea: Improve Your Creativity and Problem-Solving by Samuel Sanders

Featured by Yahoo!, Advertising Week, Thrive Global, Booklist Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Market Watch and multiple affiliates of CBS, Fox, and NBC and awarded BlueInk Review Notable Book Seal and IndieReader Approved Designation, this non-fiction business and self-help creativity guide encourages innovation in aspiring entrepreneurs and business leaders. Have you ever looked at a product and thought, 'Why didn't I think of that?' or, 'I'm just not a creative person!' Improve problem-solving skills and increase the effectiveness of knowledge management in your organization to come up with the next game-changing idea to hit the market!
In this book you will:
* Learn how others innovate by examining the world around them
* Practice asking questions, and see how to recognize details in observations
* Complete creative exercises to get into the right mindset
* Understand the importance of sharing ideas, and assess their feasibility

Fueling You to Find: Your Next Big Idea
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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE & #PAPERBACK #BOOK ● ▸▸▸ The Silver Stallion - Catalan Chronicles Book 4 by Bestselling Author Peter Darman

The dogs of war have been muzzled, and now they will be destroyed.
Luca Baldi has some very prestigious enemies – the emperor’s wife, the Queen of Thessaly, Dario Spinola (the richest man in the eastern Mediterranean), the Duke of Athens, and the entire French aristocracy. This is a remarkable achievement for a landless, penniless peasant. Unfortunately, they all want him dead, along with the rest of the Catalan Company.
Luca and his mercenary companions have no allies, no money and no land, and as their many enemies close in on them, it appears their days are numbered. The scene is set for a final apocalyptic battle that will decide the fate of Luca Baldi, the Catalan Company, the Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Thessaly and the Latin lords of southern Greece.
‘The Silver Stallion’ is the final volume in the Catalan Chronicles series – the adventures of Luca Baldi and a band of Catalan mercenaries in the Byzantine Empire at the beginning of the fourteenth century.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE #BOOK ● ▸▸▸Ambition: The Missing Attribute in Your Employees by Cheryl Johnson

Do you run a business where your employees lack ambition?
Do you understand why it is missing?
Would you like to encourage that ambition to return and improve your workplace?

There is a disparity between employers and employees when it comes to what each one wants in the workplace. This gap can be filled with a new and innovative approach to learning that promotes it through curiosity and a willingness to seek answers, rather than simply bombarding employees with endless information products. By creating varied formats to deliver information, businesses can keep their skills relevant and remain competitive.

This book, "Ambition: The Missing Attribute in Your Employees", seeks to help your business turn ordinary employees into extraordinary ones, with chapters that cover:
EQ, IQ, Ambition Quotient and how they differ
The importance of teamwork in any business
What employees want from you as an employer
How to find ambition in an interview
Communicating with your team
Why failure can be good
Developing resilience to cope with demands
How you can create an ambitious workplace
And more…

The world has changed irrevocably in the way we learn in just the last few years and it will continue to change as we adapt to the new challenges we face. Learning must adapt to keep pace and your business must adapt so that your employees retain the ambition that will make it a success.

"Ambition: The Missing Attribute in Your Employees", will show you how to find the decisive components that will reignite the ambition in your workforce.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE #BOOK ● ▸▸▸📸 Badass Pix With A Cheap-Ass Camera 📸 by Annie Mack

Badass and Badass Pix is not a genre. It's an attitude, an approach, a vibe. More than anything, it's Art Photography, which is a h-u-g-e and diverse categorization. It's you being a photoartist, not just a photographer. It's having the self-confidence to take risks, break the rules, and venture outside norms. It's rebellion! Anarchy! A fight for freedom! But you know: without jail time, a rap sheet, a prison tattoo, or stitches. Badass can be photojournalism, scenery, portraits. It is fun to screw around with all of those and add twists that baffle viewers. Badass is futzing around outside the boundaries of technology, good taste, or conventional artistic theory. Badass uses your tools, skills, and heart to make Art -- not just 'nice' photos. Badass Pix are squinted at, disqualified from contests, or vaguely labeled "mixed media," "digital graphics," or "weird sh*t. "Most of the work I call Badass, illustrated here, is found-art photography, which more-or-less means art made by recording the image as one finds it. Simply…as is. Now I can imagine you saying, "Well, duh, that's pretty much all photography, now isn't it?" Not really: here's some help. Badass is trying to find images that most people miss or never see at all because it takes imagination (some might say awareness. Or both) to recognize them.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE #BOOK ● ▸▸▸Aspen: a Love Story by T. K. Lucaith

Can the demons of our past ever be completely silenced?
Or are we doomed to carry them into every one of our relationships?

Devastated by the death of his wife, middle-aged businessman Marc Gray sells the development company they built together and moves his life to Aspen, Colorado. Leaving the business behind is easy; but the loss of his wife follows him as closely as a shadow.

On his first night in Aspen, Marc meets Susan. A graphic artist working for a NYC advertisement firm, she’s waiting tables to help support herself and her teenage daughter when Marc walks into her restaurant.

There’s something charming about the way Susan lives her life; ever on the edge financially, ever in search of her happy ending. Marc can’t help but find himself irresistibly drawn to her creative magnetism.

But as they dance around the beginnings of a cautious relationship, Marc and Susan struggle with past hurt and loss; as feelings grow between them, so do questions. Questions with difficult answers.

If they face the truth with honesty, could they finally yield to passion?

A poignant novel that explores the life experiences that follow us into new scenarios and leave their indelible mark on our interactions with others.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE #BOOK ● ▸▸▸ Schism (Crusader Chronicles Book 5) by Peter Darman

A new Papal Legate has come to Livonia but he is no friend of Conrad Wolff or the Sword Brothers. Grave charges are levelled against the commander of the Army of the Wolf, leading to a series of events that threatens to rip apart the crusader state in the Baltic.

For Conrad these are strange times as former enemies become allies and erstwhile allies seek to take advantage of Livonia’s weaknesses to further their own ends. This, the penultimate volume in the Crusader Chronicles series, sees Conrad fighting for his life and the Sword Brothers battling for their very existence against a backdrop of intrigue, international politics and betrayal.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE & #PAPERBACK #BOOK ● ▸▸▸ The Silver Stallion - Catalan Chronicles Book 4 by Bestselling Author Peter Darman

The dogs of war have been muzzled, and now they will be destroyed.
Luca Baldi has some very prestigious enemies – the emperor’s wife, the Queen of Thessaly, Dario Spinola (the richest man in the eastern Mediterranean), the Duke of Athens, and the entire French aristocracy. This is a remarkable achievement for a landless, penniless peasant. Unfortunately, they all want him dead, along with the rest of the Catalan Company.
Luca and his mercenary companions have no allies, no money and no land, and as their many enemies close in on them, it appears their days are numbered. The scene is set for a final apocalyptic battle that will decide the fate of Luca Baldi, the Catalan Company, the Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Thessaly and the Latin lords of southern Greece.
‘The Silver Stallion’ is the final volume in the Catalan Chronicles series – the adventures of Luca Baldi and a band of Catalan mercenaries in the Byzantine Empire at the beginning of the fourteenth century.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE #BOOK ● ▸▸▸Aspen: a Love Story by T. K. Lucaith

Can the demons of our past ever be completely silenced?
Or are we doomed to carry them into every one of our relationships?

Devastated by the death of his wife, middle-aged businessman Marc Gray sells the development company they built together and moves his life to Aspen, Colorado. Leaving the business behind is easy; but the loss of his wife follows him as closely as a shadow.

On his first night in Aspen, Marc meets Susan. A graphic artist working for a NYC advertisement firm, she’s waiting tables to help support herself and her teenage daughter when Marc walks into her restaurant.

There’s something charming about the way Susan lives her life; ever on the edge financially, ever in search of her happy ending. Marc can’t help but find himself irresistibly drawn to her creative magnetism.

But as they dance around the beginnings of a cautious relationship, Marc and Susan struggle with past hurt and loss; as feelings grow between them, so do questions. Questions with difficult answers.

If they face the truth with honesty, could they finally yield to passion?

A poignant novel that explores the life experiences that follow us into new scenarios and leave their indelible mark on our interactions with others.

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BLOG POST > #FEATURED #KINDLE #BOOK ● ▸▸▸ Master of Mayhem by Peter Darman

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Estonia may be at peace but Conrad Wolff, now a master of the Sword Brothers, seethes with anger against a wrong committed against him and his friends. The aftermath will lead to Livonia and Estonia being dragged into international politics as the Papacy intervenes in the affairs of the Sword Brothers and Livonia.
Meanwhile a frustrating war continues against the pagan Lithuanians in the south, a conflict that puts a severe strain on the resources of the Sword Brothers. But it is in the north where a crisis suddenly develops, resulting in Conrad and his order facing annihilation in the freezing wastes. Against this dire backdrop Conrad is forced to make a decision that will have major ramifications for both him and the Sword Brothers. And in the aftermath of that decision a giant of the crusader kingdom in the Baltic leaves the stage.
‘Master of Mayhem’ is the fourth volume of the Crusader Chronicles and continues the story of Conrad Wolff and the Baltic Crusade in the first half of the thirteenth century.

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