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This game-changing book, How to Untie a Balloon, was written by former hostage negotiator and founder of Conflictish®, Ryan Dunlap. He guides listeners into the messy world of human interaction and behavior. Listeners will gain practical tips to navigate some of the problematic behaviors they experience with others that contribute to conflict.

In this incisive new work, Adrian Daub analyzes the global spread of cancel culture discourse as a moral panic, showing that, though its object is fuzzy, talk of cancel culture in global media has become a preoccupation of an embattled liberalism. There are plenty of conservative voices who gin up worries about cancel culture to advance their agendas. But more remarkable perhaps is that it is centrist, even left-leaning, media that have taken up the rallying cry and really defined the outlines of what cancel culture is supposed to be.

After six years at Saint Balthazar's Academy of Magic, Wil McKenzie has returned to his hometown a bewitching but humble Mr. Fix-It. The farming community of Harper Valley has its fair share of problems, and it's counting on Wil's sigils—and dazzling flicks of the wrist—to solve them. After all, the whole of Harper Valley funded his education. Now, Wil's back in the family fold and working to fill the needs of his neighbors, who all seem to want a fast return on their investment. But whether it's mending fences, ridding a house of vermin, boosting crops, or finding lost children, Wil is ready.

With the relations between humans and their new fae neighbors as fraught as ever, Wil and his girlfriend, Darlene, have stepped into the realm of the faerie. They're forging a path to its capital, Oakheart Spiral, to talk peace and diplomacy with only the best of intentions. They also have the best of guides: Syl, a cloven-hooved, goat-headed healer, protector, and mediator, who knows the people and the land. And more importantly, he knows the dangers and the centuries of bad blood that lie between them and their destination.

This is not a typical investment book. It is an experiential guide on cultivating the mindset and behavior necessary to weather inherently uncertain and unpredictable markets. It doesn’t just tell you how to invest but how to think better about investing. Referencing studies on psychology, decision making, and investment behavior, Jennings provides a no-nonsense analysis of the financial markets and a road map to navigating its inevitable twists and turns.

Are you tired of cold calls and the constant pressure of chasing new leads? In Sell Less, Earn More discover a revolutionary approach to sales that transforms how you do business. Instead of transactional encounters with strangers, learn how to double your income by deepening relationships with people you already know. This book is your cure for the common cold call. Imagine never having to pitch to a stranger again. Instead, what if you could naturally attract more business and boost your income by focusing on genuine connections with your existing network?

Master advanced .NET techniques with a focus on actual value delivered by working within a modular, clean architecture. Microsoft Data Platform MVP Dino Esposito explains key clean architecture concepts with a mix of pragmatism and design discipline and helps you solidify your knowledge through a real-world project.

Regardless of industry, position, age, experience, or geography, Anderson’s guidelines are proven techniques to make excellence an innate part of your personal brand. Whether you’re running a household or building a corporate culture, the game-changing action items in this book will inspire you to do and be better—and will truly elevate your excellence.

Vinyl Record Collecting For Dummies teaches you how to start a collection, grow your collection, and make that collection sound excellent. You'll learn how to shop for new, used, and rare records, and how to select the turntable that's right for you. Learn how to determine a record's value, build your collection on a budget, and properly store and maintain your records.

All Wil McKenzie wanted was to be Harper Valley's small-town wizard, bettering lives with benevolent magic and illusions. But that ship has sailed—literally. The Flying Calypso has transported Wil and his telepathic wampus cat to the port town of Manifee City to face a tribunal. Here, among the greatest movers and shakers of the wizarding world, Wil is expected to explain why brokering a peace treaty back home ended in chaos, among the outcomes his alleged alliance with the enemy and the death of a mage.

Gershon Baskin's memoir of 38 years of intensive pursuit of peace begins with a childhood on Long Island and a bar mitzvah trip to Israel with his family. Baskin joined Young Judaea back in the States, then later lived on a kibbutz in Israel, where he announced to his parents that he had decided to make aliya, emigrate to Israel. They persuaded him to return to study at NYU, after which he finally emigrated under the auspices of Interns for Peace. In Israel he spent a pivotal two years living with Arabs in the village of Kufr Qara.

Finally get results. Many teens know that establishing proactive habits is the first step toward personal success, but often don't know how to implement these habits. Between the pressures of school, social life, and overburdened schedules, it’s no wonder that the average teenager is stressed. In this condensed guide, bestselling FranklinCovey author Sean Covey breaks down the timeless wisdom of the 7 Habits into a realistic weekly format for busy teens.

The battle with Wilson Ames continues to rage. Jacobs worries about the safety of Tiffany and her parents. Concerned about having a repeat of what happened to his family, he hires a bodyguard to protect them. Nathan Thrower, an ex-Navy SEAL, is the man Jacobs chooses. But Thrower has his hands full trying to thwart off repeated attempts at their lives.

In a red brick house on a tree-lined street, DC homicide detective Alex Blum stares at the bullet-pocked body of Chris Doyle. As he roots around for evidence, he finds an old polaroid: the decedent, arm in arm with Arthur Holland, Blum's informant from years ago when he worked at the Narcotics branch. But Arthur has been missing for days. Blum’s only source: Arthur’s girl, Celeste—beautiful, seductive, and tragic—whom he can’t get out of his head. Blum is drawn to her and feels compelled to save her from Arthur’s underworld.

Jacobs finds he's still not done with Mallette’s bunch. Lawrence Wiggins, Mallette’s lawyer, is found dead, leading the imprisoned crime boss to getting a new attorney appointed from New York. Roger Alexander is not only Mallette’s new lawyer, but he’s also taking over his organization.

This collection includes books 7-9 in The Eliminator Series, including: The Contract, The Connection, The Conflict.

If you’re an entrepreneur whose hard work and grit have gotten your business off the ground and ready for the next stage, this book will get you there, enhancing your chances of success, happiness, and accomplishment with your company and journey in life.

Here’s something new and adventurous to try. From the Offroad Monks—Bryan Bernard and Tommy Stoffel, the guys behind Zen 4-Wheeling Soul Outing expeditions—comes Take the Wheel, a practical guide to explore the wilderness within, calm the chaos between your ears, and create a life in alignment with your true self. With logical and soulful lessons from both the trail and life, Take the Wheel is an inner compass you’ll turn to in times of high stress and overwhelming pressure to not only quiet your mind, but also, quite possibly set it free.

Jonas is a transient: a human spy living as an eternal. His mission is simple: always learn, never get caught. In the year 2578, an immortal regime controls the planet. Endless war has pushed humanity to the brink of extinction. Desperate to survive, the remaining factions deploy teenage spies, hoping to defeat the enemy from within. After years in the lion's den, Jonas has grown to admire the eternal civilization. He is learning to love what he blindly hated, blurring the mission and himself.

Fears and discomfort slow us down and sometimes completely derail our personal progress. As leaders at work, we can similarly be knocked off course by the conflict, personality differences, motivational issues, and performance problems within our teams. These obstacles are the monsters in our lives. In Dancing with Monsters, globally recognized leadership educator, author, and speaker Todd Dewett, PhD, offers an enthralling, fast-paced fable that examines how to embrace those monsters in order to harness you and your team’s true power.