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Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics

From America’s preeminent columnist, named by the Financial Times the most influential commentator in the nation, the long-awaited collection of Charles Krauthammer’s essential, timeless writings.

A brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenges conventional wisdom at every turn, Krauthammer has for decades dazzled readers with his keen insight into politics and government. His weekly column is a must-read in Washington and across the country. Now, finally, the best of Krauthammer’s intelligence, erudition, and wit are collected in one volume.

Listeners will find here not only the country’s leading conservative thinker, offering a passionate defense of limited government, but also a highly independent mind whose views – on feminism, evolution, and the death penalty, for example – defy ideological convention.

Things That Matter also features several of Krauthammer’s major path-breaking essays – on bioethics, on Jewish destiny, and on America’s role as the world’s superpower – that have profoundly influenced the nation’s thoughts and policies. And finally, the collection presents a trove of always penetrating, often bemused reflections on everything from border collies to Halley’s Comet, from Woody Allen to Winston Churchill, from the punishing pleasures of speed chess to the elegance of the perfectly thrown outfield assist.

With a special, highly autobiographical introduction, in which Krauthammer reflects on the events that shaped his career and political philosophy, this indispensable chronicle takes the listener on a fascinating journey through the fashions and follies, the tragedies and triumphs, of the last three decades of American life.

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Its Not Over Until You Win: How to Become the Person You Always Wanted to Be No Matter What the Obstacle

Les Brown is one of the most popular motivational speakers in the world today. In It’s Not Over Until You Win!, Brown offers a powerful and inspirational plan to help people overcome any obstacle in their lives.

Les Brown himself has been through countless ups and downs, suffering through personal and career crises, including the cancellation of his television show and the death of his beloved mother. In this unique book, Brown tells you how he rose from those depths and how you can, too.

Filled with the passion and exuberance that will empower you to overcome any obstacle, It’s Not Over Until You Win! captures the amazing spirit of Brown’s electric speaking style in a sure-fire empowerment guidebook that will galvanize anyone to take their lives to a higher level of satisfaction and fulfillment. “If you’ve got potential, inspirational speaker Brown can help you reach it” (Library Journal).

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Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter

“If you watched the entire election cycle and concluded that Trump was nothing but a lucky clown, you missed one of the most important perceptual shifts in the history of humankind. I’ll fix that for you in this book.”

Adams was one of the earliest public figures to predict Trump’s win, doing so a week after Nate Silver put Trump’s odds at 2 percent in his FiveThirtyEight.com blog. The mainstream media regarded Trump as a novelty and a sideshow. But Adams recognized in Trump a level of persuasion you only see once in a generation.

Trump triggered massive cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias on both the left and the right. We’re hardwired to respond to emotion, not reason. We might listen to 10 percent of a speech – a hand gesture here, a phrase there – and if the right buttons are pushed, we decide we agree with the speaker and invent reasons to justify that decision after the fact.

The point isn’t whether Trump was right or wrong, good or bad. Win Bigly goes beyond politics to look at persuasion tools that can work in any setting – the same ones Adams saw in Steve Jobs when he invested in Apple decades ago. For instance:

If you need to convince people that something is important, make a claim that’s directionally accurate but has a big exaggeration in it. Everyone will spend endless hours talking about how wrong it is and will remember the issue as high priority. Stop wasting time on elaborate presentation preparations. In this book you’ll learn which components of your messaging matter and where you can wing it. Planting simple, sticky ideas (such as “Crooked Hillary”) is more powerful than stating facts. Just find a phrase without previous baggage that grabs your audience at an emotional level.

Adams offers nothing less than “access to the admin passwords to human beings”. This is a must-listen if you care about persuading others in any field – or if you just want to resist the tactics of emotional persuasion when they’re used on you.

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Positive Thinking Express: Know How to Think Positive No Matter What (KnowIt Express)

Get on the EXPRESS for “Positive Thinking”

Know How to Think Positive No Matter What

It’s always sunny in Philadelphia, but why aren’t you? Not feeling the sunny side are you now? Well, don’t let this dark cloud looming over your head ruin your day!

Basically, you are controlled by your moods and because of the daily grind of everyday life, your moods can spiral out of hand and fill you with negativity: “What if this goes bad?”, “What if they don’t like me?” “What if I mess up?”, etc. Such negative thoughts can only have negative consequences of needless distraction, poor productivity, and wasted energy and time upon your day. Thus, don’t let negativity beat you around!

The good news is, you can always redirect how you feel from negative to positive. We’re talking about “positive thinking.” If you are controlled by your moods, your moods can be controlled by your thoughts at will.

By thinking positively you can neutralize any and all sorts of negativity from your life because…why settle for negative thoughts when you can them replace for positive ones.

Those who have mastered the ability to controlled their moods and channeled their thoughts have gone on to great length and achieve great things in life…because what do successful people have in common? The confidence to get things started and see things through with their positive outlook. Now you can too!

By taking the “Positive Thinking,” your destination includes:

– How to effectively block out all your negative thoughts with the “Negativity Factory Filtration” technique.

– How to use this one mental remedy to hack your mind to immediately be upbeat and positive again.

– How to counter all the petty annoyances that irk you by another person so you can go on about your day.

– How to use the “Refreshing Reset Castle” method to cleanse your mood to feel reenergized new.

– How can imperfection and flaws counterintuitively help you live a more positive happy life everyday.

– Also, personalized hands-on exercises and applications to put everything into action on how to be a positive person.

…and much more.

You ARE what your thoughts ARE, and you can choose them as choices. If you could choose, would you rather be a positive person or pessimistic person. We’ll leave that up for you to decide now whether you aboard the “Positive Thinking Express.”

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The Heart of Matter (Odyssey One)

On her epic maiden voyage, the NAC spacecraft Odyssey introduced Earth to the wonders of an untouched universe―and the unimagined horrors lurking in the black. Now the Odyssey’s second voyage will carry Captain Eric Weston and his crew back to a familiar battlefield, to face an enemy unlike any they have ever known.

For on war-torn Ranquil, homeworld of Earth’s newest ally the Priminae, the invading Drasin are but foot soldiers for a powerful unseen force. Unmasking the mysterious puppet masters means defying orders and venturing into deep space, a voyage only the Odyssey’s crew would dare undertake. But soon they will learn that some secrets are better left hidden….

Part old-school space opera, part modern military epic, The Heart of Matter is an exhilarating new sci-fi adventure, a pulse-pounding sequel to Into the Black: Odyssey One that will echo long after its thrilling conclusion.

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Dark Matter: A Novel

A brilliantly plotted, relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy


“Are you happy with your life?”
 
Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.
 
Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.
 
Before a man Jason’s never met smiles down at him and says, “Welcome back, my friend.” 
 
In this world he’s woken up to, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.
 
Is it this world or the other that’s the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could’ve imagined—one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe.
 
Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human—a relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we’ll go to claim the lives we dream of.

From the Hardcover edition.An Amazon Best Book of July 2016: Blake Crouch is back with a science-fiction thriller that is fantastically terrifying. His story of Jason Dessen, an instantly relatable husband and father, quickly sucks you in as you follow him to an innocent evening at a local bar where circumstances abruptly shift and Jason begins a battle to make sense of a series of mind-bending realities that provoke past fears, both realized and unknown. Dark Matter will not just hold your attention cover to cover, but will continue to confront you far past the last sentence. –Penny Mann, The Amazon Book Review

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The Biology of Belief 10th Anniversary Edition: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles

It has been ten years since the publication of The Biology of Belief, Bruce Lipton’s seminal book on the relationship between mind and body that changed the way we think about our lives, our health, and our planet. During that time, research in this field has grown exponentially—Lipton’s groundbreaking experiments have now been endorsed by more than a decade of rigorous scientific study.

In this greatly expanded edition, Lipton, a former medical school professor and research scientist, explores his own experiments and those of other leading-edge scientists that have unraveled in ever greater detail how truly connected the mind, body, and spirit are. It is now widely recognized that genes and DNA do not control our biology. Instead, they are controlled by signals from outside the cell, including energetic messages emanating from our thoughts.

This profoundly hopeful synthesis of the latest and best research in cell biology and quantum physics puts the power to create a healthy, joyous life back in our own hands. When we transform our conscious and subconscious thoughts, we transform our lives, and in the process help humanity evolve to a new level of understanding and peace.
 


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Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful – No Matter What

Learn to create resilience and happiness no matter what’s going on in your life

In these tough times, there are few people who are completely happy with the current conditions. From business executives to the everyday Joe or Jane, everyone seems to be going through a rough economic and personal crunch. But acclaimed business school Professor Srikumar Rao says that we can learn to create joy no matter what else may be going on around us.

Rao shows you that it isn’t the negative thing that happens to you that causes your unhappiness, it’s how you see it. Happiness at Work is a thought-provoking new title that moves the mind away from negativity and forces you to resist labeling situations as “bad”, but rather seeing them as neutral.

Happiness at Work provides: Surprising ways of looking at change and problem-solving Exercises that shift one’s perspective

Learn the vital wisdom necessary to achieving a joyful, successful life as you define it through greater resilience and a strong inner core. Get it now with The Happiness Choice.

“Follow Srikumar Rao’s instructions and you will enjoy the journey to more happiness and meaning in your life, no matter what!”
–Marshall Goldsmith, author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

“Happiness at Work brings new understanding of the essential role happiness plays in workplace learning and performance. Srikumar Rao’s guidelines for our journey to leadership include aspects rarely explored and newly significant.”
–Frances Hesselbein, chairman and founding president, Leader to Leader Institute/Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management

“This book is a treasure chest full of wisdom. Each and every one of its 34 chapters introduced me to or reminded me of a very important principle for living a happy and successful life.”
–Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series and coauthor of The Success Principles

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Pitching and Closing: Everything You Need to Know About Business Development, Partnerships, and Making Deals that Matter

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BUILD REVENUE-GENERATING PARTNERSHIPS

Corporations have profited from strong business development strategies for years. So it’s no surprise that of the half-million new businesses created each year, the most successful ones are driven by business development. Now, savvy professionals on the business side of a startup have a reliable guide to perfecting the partnership strategies that will quickly add value to any company.

Pitching & Closing gives you concrete action steps for mastering the specific skill set today’s business-development professionals need to define their roles and meet revenue expectations. Written in practical terms by playmakers at Twitter and SocialRank, this A-to-Z guide walks you through forging relationships, pitching a company’s product, building a network, sourcing deals, making rejection positive, and staying cool while closing large deals. Firsthand accounts from business development executives across many industries, from tech to television to finance, bring to life such topics as: How to consistently identify and land the best strategic alliances for your business Why people say “yes” and why they say “no” Etiquette for making introductions and reaching out to people in ways that elicit responses Monitoring core metrics to know where to invest your time

In addition to implementable advice and techniques from the top minds in the industry, this complete resource features an entire section of best practices for every step of the partnering process. Make your moves with the confidence of having a team of experts at your back.

The road from startup to IPO starts with Pitching & Closing.

PRAISE FOR PITCHING & CLOSING

“This book is a must-read for anyone in the business of transforming professional relationships into powerful strategic partnerships.” — Adam Bain, President of Global Revenue at Twitter

“Pitching & Closing does a phenomenal job of giving you a seat in the room during some of the biggest business development deals of late. Anyone who reads this book will come away with a deep understanding of business development in the world of startups.” — Dylan Smith, CFO of Box

“Pitching & Closing is the definitive guide to partnerships for the next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders.” — Adam Braun, Founder and CEO of Pencils of Promise

“An honest and insightful look at the delicate and complex handling of business development [that] guides readers on how to turn good ideas into great partnerships.” — Kyle Kelly, Business Development & Analysis at Zappos.com

“Alex Taub and Ellen DaSilva have written the bible for business development in startup land–a well-researched, easily accessible accounting of best practices and tips of the trade from the people who are leaders in opening and closing deals that define some of the most exciting new companies on the landscape.” — Laurie Racine, Board Member, Creative Commons

“I never thought I’d read a book that not only explains how nuanced business development can be, but also actually gives you what you need to take teams big and small to grow their business through partnerships. Impressive and fun to read.” — Paul Murphy, CEO of Dots and Partner at Betaworks