Teri Schnaubelt
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Eighteen stories of Christmas horror from bestselling, acclaimed authors, including Scott Smith, Seanan McGuire, Josh Malerman, Michael Koryta, and Sarah Pinborough. That there is darkness at the heart of the Yuletide season should not surprise. Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is filled with scenes that are unsettling. Marley untying the bandage that holds his jaws together. The hideous children-Want and Ignorance-beneath the robe of the Ghost...
Author
Language
English
Description
"From her silver Mercedes to her designer kitchen, Molly's life is gleaming and beautiful, at least on the surface. Married to Tanner, a top cosmetic dentist, she has a wonderful daughter finishing high school and twin stepsons from Tanner's first marriage. No one in her exclusive neighborhood in Goldenhills, Massachusetts, knows what living with the demanding Tanner is really like. They know even less about the life she left behind in Florida almost...
3) No one knows
Author
Language
English
Description
The day Aubrey Hamilton's husband is declared dead by the state of Tennessee should bring closure so she can move on with her life. But Aubrey doesn't want to move on; she wants Josh back. It's been five years since he disappeared, since their blissfully happy marriage -- they were happy, weren't they? -- screeched to a halt and Aubrey became the prime suspect in his disappearance. Five years of emptiness, solitude, loneliness, questions. Why didn't...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (10 hr., 28 min.))
Language
English
Description
Why work from home when you can work anywhere? Not all who wander are lost! Digital Nomads For Dummies answers all your questions about living and working away from home, short term or long term. Become a globetrotter or just trot around your home country, with the help of experienced digital nomad Kristin Wilson. Millions of people have already embraced the lifestyle, moving around as the spirit takes them, exploring new places while holding down...
Author
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (4 hr., 23 min.))
Language
English
Description
It's time for you to own your financial power and learn to make smarter, and more profitable, business decisions. Let's start with a question ... Do you know why 82 percent of new businesses fail? Poor money management. To focus on profit and wealth building, entrepreneurs need to become confident about understanding their business finances as well as their ability to manage them. Everything in business affects your bottom line, as do all your decisions....
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 sound file)
Language
English
Description
Rapid economic development has been a boon to human well-being. It has lifted millions out of poverty, raised standards of living, and increased life expectancies. But economic development comes at a significant cost to natural capital-the fertile soils, forests, coastal marshes, farmland-that support all life on earth, including our own. Green Growth That Works is the first practical guide to bring together pragmatic finance and policy tools that...
8) Haptics
Author
Publisher
Gildan Audio
Pub. Date
Â2019
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (3 hr., 24 min.)
Language
English
Description
An accessible, nontechnical overview of active touch sensing, from sensory receptors in the skin to tactile surfaces on flat screen displays. Haptics, or haptic sensing, refers to the ability to identify and perceive objects through touch. This is active touch, involving exploration of an object with the hand rather than the passive sensing of a vibration or force on the skin. The development of new technologies, including prosthetic hands and tactile...
Author
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (18500 pages)
Language
English
Description
Bring nuance, depth, and meaning to every conversation you have The Art of Communication is for anyone who senses that they could be communicating on a deeper level. Perhaps you are a confident communicator but suspect there may be more to the art of conversation that you have not yet been able to access. Or perhaps you feel that your conversations lack depth and meaning and that you'd like to enrich your relationships with others, if only you knew...
Author
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (17560 pages)
Language
English
Description
Many people know the benefit of finding a sponsor-someone who goes beyond traditional mentorship to partner with a junior-level employee to help build their skills, advocate for them when opportunities arise, and open doors. But few realize that being a sponsor is just as important to career growth as finding one. According to new research from economist and thought leader Sylvia Ann Hewlett, senior executives who sponsor rising talent are 53 percent...
Author
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (25941 pages)
Language
English
Description
This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical, and anthropological aspects of the debate. The transition to an automated society brings with it new challenges and a consideration for what has happened in the past; the editors of this book carefully steer the listener through future possibilities and policy outcomes, all...
Author
Publisher
McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Ninth edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (51 hr., 29 min.))
Language
English
Description
Thoroughly updated for the latest release of the Certified Information Systems Security Professional exam, this comprehensive resource covers all objectives in the 2021 CISSP exam developed by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2®. CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, Ninth Edition features learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, practice questions, and in-depth explanations. Written by leading...
13) Busting silos
Author
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (7 hr., 2 min.))
Language
English
Description
Unify your teams and go to market like the best in the business Hillary Carpio and Travis Henry of Snowflake helped scale the go-to market program behind one of the fastest growing software companies in history. Not satisfied with the traditional model of separate sales and marketing functions, they married both into integrated, account-based, cross-functional teams that targeted and closed business at historic rates-what they call "one-team GTM."...
Publisher
Gildan Audio
Pub. Date
Â2019
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Michael E. Porter to Katrina Lake and company examples from Alibaba to 3M, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations right to your fingertips. This book...
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (03 hr., 15 min.))
Language
English
Description
A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech-all in one place. From quantum computing to VR training and from 3D-printing to brain-computer interface, new technologies are reshaping business on the factory floor and in the C-suite. What should you and your company be doing now to take advantage of the new opportunities these technologies are creating-and avoid falling victim to disruption? The Year in Tech, 2022: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business...
16) Virtual EI
Series
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 39 min.)).
Language
English
Description
Be mindful, empathetic, and authentic-even on-screen. Managing your team, building relationships and trust, and facilitating effective meetings in a hybrid or fully remote workforce is challenging. Virtual EI explores how to develop, practice, and demonstrate your emotional intelligence and social skills in a virtual or hybrid setting. You'll learn how to make your team feel heard, draw everyone's voice into the conversation, and make real connections....
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 sound file (1 hr., 27 min.))
Language
English
Description
Make anxiety work for you. Work is stressful: We race to meet deadlines. We extend ourselves to return favors for colleagues. We set ambitious goals for ourselves and our teams. We measure ourselves against metrics, our competitors, and sometimes, our colleagues. Some of us even go beyond tangible metrics to internalize stress and fear of missing the mark-ruminating over presentations that didn't go according to plan, imagining worst-case scenarios,...
Series
Publisher
Gildan Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (5 hr., 52 min.))
Language
English
Description
Use design thinking for competitive advantage. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you use design thinking to produce breakthrough innovations and transform your organization. This book will inspire you to: understand the transformative potential of design thinking; proceed from idea to product at lightning speed; iterate with rapid customer feedback; fail small and win big;...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 sound file)
Language
English
Description
Over the course of a generation, algorithms have gone from mathematical abstractions to powerful mediators of daily life. Algorithms have made our lives more efficient, more entertaining, and, sometimes, better informed. At the same time, complex algorithms are increasingly violating the basic rights of individual citizens. Allegedly anonymized datasets routinely leak our most sensitive personal information; statistical models for everything from...
Author
Publisher
Gildan Audio
Pub. Date
Â2020
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (5 hr., 47 min.)
Language
English
Description
Are you a good boss-or a great one? Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you master the innumerable challenges of being a manager. With insights from leading experts including Marcus Buckingham, Michael D. Watkins, and Linda Hill, this book will inspire...