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"Fascinating" - Maria Popova "Illuminating" - Cory Doctorow As I turned forty I decided to reach out to and converse with a remarkable group of Americans whose work had inspired and helped me over my younger years (and will continue to do so into my future). I was extremely fortunate in being able to secure all the people I really wanted to interview and ask them my specific questions. As I wrapped up the series I wanted to collect the interviews in a handy format. This ebook is the result. It includes interviews with: Ted Chiang on Writing Daniel Kottke on Searching for Magic with Steve ...

While the conflict over slavery was a factor in the Civil War, the abolition of slavery did not become a stated objective until President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which went into effect on January 1, 1863. Freeing the slaves held in the still Confederate controlled states, it is heralded as one of America's most significant documents.

This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production featuring digitally enhanced performances of some of history's greatest speeches - all presented as they might have originally been heard. The immersive audio experience presented here - complete with sound effects, music, and atmospherics - allows the listener to feel as if they were in attendance when these speeches were first delivered.

In 1999, I became a notary and did nothing with my commission for a year. Then I met a lady who was a full-time notary. She showed me how she made money and that was how I started my notary career. Twenty years later, I continue to make an independent living in the notary industry and want to share my journey and experiences with you. This show is dedicated to sharing ideas, strategies and techniques to help grow your business and improve your life. I will share stories, answer questions, give advice, cover notary related news and share my personal philosophy on business and life. Support this...

A woman retains the services of private investigator Nick Petrov, who achieved celebrity status after apprehending serial killer Gerald Reasoner. She wants him to track down her missing daughter, but Nick senses all is not as it seems. Then he suffers a severe head trauma, and large gaps appear in his memory. Bizarre clues lead him to believe that he must revisit the Reasoner case to solve the mystery he's been plunged into.

Middle age happens to everyone, and for us men, it comes with all the consequences: the "dad bod", lost energy, diminished mental focus, reduced ambition, adopting an apathetic approach to life rather than taking it by the horns. The good news is this: you can do something about it! Author Abraham LaVoi began a journey to better health in his mid-40s and has now put his plan out to the world. This 10-minute-a-day plan includes recipes, exercise tips, and other important ideas!

In The Abraham Method, listeners are taught how to shift their vibration and apply the law of attraction to attract anything they want into their lives: love, relationships, money, wealth, health, sex, happiness. The value of these timeless techniques is that they work every time, no matter what. Learn the secret technique of Abraham as well as a special way of writing down your desires to guarantee that they will manifest.

She was born to right a wrong and to serve justice. Torn from her deceased mother’s womb, she knows what is expected of her even before she takes her first breath. Her quest for vengeance starts as a child, and determined to see her task to the end, she acts as opportunities present themselves. She is Naranda, daughter of Mysteria and Trance, last of the royal line of Dragon.

The big thug Okina caught his boss Aruji and his little brother in a compromising situation. He's come demanding retribution for his sullied sibling. Aruji decides to humor him, but just how far is he planning to take this?

Lord Elentinus may be one of the alien tyrants who has enslaved planet Earth, but he's shown his captive human bride Maritza nothing but kindness and compassion. She feels ready to yield to his formidable sexual desire.

High-ranking yakuza member Aruji rebuffed the advantage of his female boss. As punishment he's been demoted to run a small-time operation with five misfits as his crew.

As the inhabitants of Tantalus work together to create a new home, the Arc Royal travels closer to the planet. No one is surprised to find out that the man that they call the Witch Hunter is on board and in command, although not visibly so. He doesn't wait very long to make his presence known. The Tantalarians continue to do what they can to help their new neighbors including guarding those in need from danger. While this happens, new friendships develop, old ones strengthen, and the two species begin to form more meaningful bonds.

Aura is her mother's love child, a living memory of the biggest mistake she ever made, and she never lets Aura forget it. Shunned by her mother, dismissed by her stepsisters, Aura drifts through life. She has little to sustain her miserable existence but her dreams. Until fate takes a hand and tosses her far into the past, a past she must learn to survive in. Alone with nothing but a couple of pets Aura learns what it is like to be on her own. She learns how to make a life for herself in a time where she does not belong. Or maybe she does. Thorn is the right hand of the Duke Vernon.

By day he ran the royal confectioners. By night, a den of debauchery where he extracted the weaknesses of powerful men. His blackmail box made him untouchable until his success turned him into a mass murderer. Killer Desserts is based on the bewildering true story of Udo Proksch. An extraordinary tale of greed, power, perfect pastries and Viennese decadence no one could invent. It's the story of a man who could seduce any woman and overcome any problem - that is, until his ship went down.

During the Civil War, Union supporters in President Abraham Lincoln's hometown of Springfield, Illinois, asked him to speak at a rally on September 3, 1863. Lincoln could not attend but wrote this letter to be read at the gathering by his long-time friend, James C. Conkling.

Last October, the European Court of Justice struck down the Safe Harbor agreement, a 15-year-old transatlantic arrangement that permitted US companies to transfer data, such as people’s Google-search histories, outside the EU. In invalidating the agreement, the ECJ found that the blurry relationship between private-sector data collection and national security in the United States violates the privacy rights of EU citizens whose data travel over-seas.

Megalomaniac Maximus always achieves his goals. Right now, his goal is to destroy a massive army that tried to draft him using a mind control device. The only way Maximus can accomplish this is with a Rig-mertian: an alien that can transform into an invincible monster. Zolabarth is the Rig-mertian lent out to Maximus. Since Zolabarth is so destructive, his master cursed him with a weaker form. Every time Zolabarth takes his monster form, he has to become a female afterward.

We think of Lincoln as a great president, but he was also an eloquent and expressive writer and speaker. The superb performance by George Vail conveys Lincoln's depth of thought and feeling through these extraordinary pieces of literature.

Lincoln: In His Own Words includes his thoughts on his life and those of his time. This includes his most famous five speeches, The House Divided, Eulogy of Henry Clay, two Inaugurals, and The Gettysburg Address as well as the Emancipation Proclamation. The perfect audiobook for a discussion of the time between the Declaration and his death.

Follower-ship, the other side of Leader-ship Followership, a valuable skill no one teaches about! "A leader without followers is just someone out for a walk." - John C. Maxwell "Followership is not about being weak or submissive, but about being strong and supportive." - Erika Andersen If you've ever wondered why some leaders have more influence and followers than others, this well-researched and unique book offers answers. It provides a fresh perspective on followership as the other side of leadership. Since leadership is about influence, you can't influence the people that you don't ...