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Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption
Par Patrick Alley. 2022
*****'Reads like a John le Carré novel but is, in fact, very real.' - The Big Issue'Very Bad People would…
be a hugely enjoyable thriller if it wasn't all true.' - Isabella Tree, author of Wilding'Global Witness are fearless.' - Gordon Roddick, Campaigner and Co-Founder of the Body Shop'Part true crime tale, part investigative procedural, this is the account of the brilliant and necessary superheroes of Global Witness, whose superpower is the truth.' - Edward Zwick, Director of Blood Diamond 'Very Bad People reads like a non-stop high-speed chase as our fighters against corruption hunt down a litany of criminals and con-men, some on the fringes of our society, some embedded high up within it. It's a great story and an important one.' - David Farr, Screenwriter, The Night Manager'The story told in this book of three youthful idealists who go from eating cold baked beans in a drafty London flat to the Thai-Cambodian border where they posed as traders in illegally felled timber is simply riveting. Don't miss it.' - Misha Glenny, author of McMafia'Alley has produced a clear-eyed account of a world poisoned by dark money, and a welcome reminder that resistance is possible. As it turns out, his book is even more timely than he could have hoped.' - Irish Times'This book is inspirational. It shows how young people with sufficient passion and intelligence have the capacity to go after some of the most powerful governments and corporations and shame, humiliate and just push governments to support important reforms that can make this a more decent world.' - Frank Vogl, Co-Founder of Transparency InternationalArms trafficking, offshore accounts and luxury property deals. Super-yachts, private jets and super-car collections. Blood diamonds, suspect oil deals, deforestation and murder. This is the world of Global Witness, the award-winning organisation dedicated to rooting out worldwide corruption. And this is co-founder Patrick Alley's revealing inside track on a breath-taking catalogue of modern super-crimes - and the 'shadow network' that enables them. VERY BAD PEOPLE is about following the money, going undercover in the world's most dangerous places, and bringing down the people behind the crimes. Case by case we see maverick investigators pitched against warlords, grifters and super-villains who bear every resemblance to The Night Manager's Richard Roper. One dictator's son spent $700 million in just four years on his luxury lifestyle.As they unravel crooked deals of labyrinthine complexity, the team encounter well-known corporations whose operations are no less criminal than the Mafia. This network of lawyers, bankers and real estate agents help park dirty money in London, New York, or in offshore accounts, safe from prying eyes.Patrick Alley's book is a brilliant, authoritative and fearless investigation into the darkest workings of our world - and an inspiration to all of us who want to fight back.Your Hidden Superpower: The Kindness That Makes You Unbeatable at Work and Connects You with Anyone
Par Adrienne Bankert. 2020
Kindness isn&’t merely about getting along with people and being nice. It&’s a game changer in business, the door-opener to…
opportunity, and the key to authenticity and confidence. Discover the true potential of kindness and harness its power.Through years of developing her own kindness practices and studying those of others, Good Morning America correspondent and ABC News journalist Adrienne Bankert has experienced firsthand the unbeatable power of kindness and witnessed its transformative impact on others.Adjusting our perspective from being closed off and self-centered to a mindset of kindness ripples into a staggering amount of personal fulfillment and growth.No matter our age or ethnicity, where we come from, or how much money we make, every one of us can be kind. Every one of us can be a change agent.In Your Hidden Superpower, Adrienne will help you:See simple acts of kindness from a new and empowering perspective;Learn how to make kindness a habit and experience more peace, inspiration, and impact;Engage kindness at work and enjoy remarkable opportunities—plus, know how to get from &“here&” to &“there&” quickly; and Activate kindness as a force to reconnect you to your authentic self, replenish your passion and creativity, and find your voice.Your Hidden Superpower describes how kindness is a superpower that can be honed through an intentional lifestyle of kindness and is especially important in these divisive times.Deeper Than Money: Ditch Money Shame, Build Wealth, and Feel Confident AF
Par Chloe Elise. 2023
A guide for women to find financial confidence, say goodbye to guilt, and finally get ahead with money without sacrificing…
what they care about, from money expert, podcaster, and CEO Chloe Elise.This is not your average finance book. Like most people these days, Elise went to college not only with student loans, but also completely clueless as to how debt even worked. Instead of abiding by restrictive, guilt-filled advice, she set off on a new debt-payoff journey where she made the rules. Fast-forward eighteen months, and not only did she become completely debt-free, paying off more than $36,000 of debt, but she did it while traveling and enjoying life in her twenties. And now she&’s sharing how you can do it, too. In Deeper Than Money, Elise demystifies finance for anyone who feels stuck in cycles of guilt around spending. Part practical guide to finance and part motivational kick in the butt to set yourself up for success, this book is all about showing how to live your life, love your finances, and make money matter less. It&’ll have you ready to talk about money at brunch with your friends, and finally allow you to get ahead with money—without skipping the mimosa. Deeper Than Money will help you level up not only your finances, but also your life. Because in order to enjoy the wealth you&’re building, you also need to enjoy the life you&’re living.The Power of Flexing: How to Use Small Daily Experiments to Create Big Life-Changing Growth
Par Susan Ashford. 2021
A leadership and learning expert shows you how to change your behavior, develop soft skills, and achieve personal and professional…
growth through a series of small experiments she calls “Flexing.” A personnel shift at your organization puts you into a leadership role you don't feel prepared for. Your boss tells you that you seem aloof and unapproachable in client meetings. You need to win the support of the members of a local community group for a project you feel passionate about.Addressing these diverse issues depends on improving your soft skills—such as time management, team building, communication and listening, creative thinking, and problem-solving. But this isn’t as easy as it may seem.Sue Ashford, the chair of the Management and Organizations group at the Ross School of Business, has the solution. In this timely book, she introduces Flexing—a technique individuals, teams, and entire organizations can use to learn, grow, and develop their skills and knowledge with every new project, work assignment, and problem. Flexing empowers you to embrace any challenge and adapt to any change, yielding practical, valuable takeaways that ensure growth.Flexing helps you move ahead when you’re confronted with a new challenge, or simply want to develop a vital skill. It’s a journey that begins with setting a flex goal—stating explicitly what you want to learn and how you want to grow. Once that flex goal is set, you then begin to run experiments, solicit feedback from peers or colleagues, and monitor and tweak your progress on the way to achieving your goal. Flexing can be tailored to each person, allowing you to reflect on your own experiences and incorporate the lessons you learn in the next project you tackle. It’s a growth mindset that will help you become the best version of yourself.Flexing also works with teams and organizations. Ashford teaches small groups and large how to implement flexing to ensure their members are ready for new challenges. With more people moving to remote working full-time and developing new ways of collaborating in teams, this warm and practical guide will help every professional and any organization on the journey to greater effectiveness.A researcher and consultant burrows deep inside the heads of one modern two-career couple to examine how each partner processes…
the workday—revealing how a more nuanced understanding of the brain can allow us to better organize, prioritize, recall, and sort our daily lives.Emily and Paul are the parents of two young children, and professionals with different careers. Emily is the newly promoted vice president of marketing at a large corporation; Paul works from home or from clients' offices as an independent IT consultant. Their days are filled with a bewildering blizzard of emails, phone calls, more emails, meetings, projects, proposals, and plans. Just staying ahead of the storm has become a seemingly insurmountable task.In Your Brain at Work, Dr. David Rock goes inside Emily and Paul's brains to see how they function as each attempts to sort, prioritize, organize, and act on the vast quantities of information they receive in one typical day. Dr. Rock is an expert on how the brain functions in a work setting. By analyzing what is going on in their heads, he offers solutions Emily and Paul (and all of us) can use to survive and thrive in today's hyperbusy work environment—and still feel energized and accomplished at the end of the day.In Your Brain at Work, Dr. Rock explores issues such as:why our brains feel so taxed, and how to maximize our mental resourceswhy it's so hard to focus, and how to better manage distractionshow to maximize the chance of finding insights to solve seemingly insurmountable problemshow to keep your cool in any situation, so that you can make the best decisions possiblehow to collaborate more effectively with otherswhy providing feedback is so difficult, and how to make it easierhow to be more effective at changing other people's behaviorand much more.Becoming a Master Communicator: Balancing New School Technology with Ol' School Simplicity
Par Renée Marino. 2022
Becoming a Master Communicator is a practical and exciting guidebook from the communication coach who was the female lead actress…
of Clint Eastwood’s Jersey Boys, that will transform readers into a confident, authentic communicator in their personal and professional relationships.Ignite a Shift: Engaging Minds, Guiding Emotions and Driving Behavior
Par Stephen McGarvey. 2022
Career Magic: How to Stay on Track to Achieve a Stellar Career
Par Lee Cockerell. 2016
Career Magic depicts the lessons Lee Cockerell learned during his magical and successful career with Hilton, Marriott and Disney and…
teaches how motivated individuals can achieve their dreams—no matter the obstacles!Live Your Truth: Start Your Journey to Freedom and Healing
Par Colleen Gallagher. 2017
From being diagnosed with cancer at age 14, Colleen saw many people leave this life without ever truly living, Live…
Your Truth empowers people to find the truth, fall in love with life, and intoxicate the world with love.The Art of Feminine Negotiation: How to Get What You Want from the Boardroom to the Bedroom
Par Cindy Watson. 2023
The Biggest Little Book About Hope
Par Kathryn Goetzke. 2022
With hopelessness at unprecedented levels around the world, and a key predictor of suicide, violence, self-harm, and addiction, it is…
essential to teach the ‘how’ of hope. The Biggest Little Book About Hope teaches the hope skills necessary for anyone looking to integrate hope into their everyday lives.Fit Financial Approach: The Candid Truth About Being Fit in BOTH Health & Wealth
Par Mike Broker. 2021
The Elevated Leader: Level Up Your Leadership Through Vertical Development
Par Ryan Gottfredson. 2023
The Elevated Leader is a cutting-edge leadership development book that explains how vertical development can guide leaders to effectively navigate…
the rising change, pressure, ambiguity, and complexity they are increasingly facing, while having a positive and uplifting influence on the world around them.Coach, Run, Win is one of the most complete and significant contributions to cross country training methods for a high…
school program and is as valuable an aid to the coach as the stopwatch itself.Power Up Power Down: How to Reclaim Control and Make Every Situation a Win-Win
Par Gail Rudolph. 2022
When Screams Become Whispers: One Man’s Inspiring Victory Over Bipolar Disorder
Par Bob Krulish, Alee Anderson. 2021
A real, raw telling of a man’s lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder, When Screams Become Whispers offers a better understanding…
of the disease, the extent of its reach, and the dire need for widely available treatment options.Of Song and Water: A Journey to Hope and Healing Conducted Through Music and Nature
Par Rhonda Muckerman. 2022
The Homing Instinct: Meaning & Mystery in Animal Migration
Par Bernd Heinrich. 2014
&“A noted naturalist explores the centrality of home in the lives of humans and other animals . . . A special treat for…
readers of natural history&” (Kirkus Reviews). Every year, many species make the journey from one place to another, following the same paths and ending up in the same places. Every year since boyhood, the acclaimed scientist and author Bernd Heinrich has done the same, returning to a beloved patch of western Maine woods. Which led him to wonder: What is the biology in humans of this primal pull toward a particular place, and how is it related to animal homing? In The Homing Instinct, Heinrich explores the fascinating mysteries of animal migration: how geese imprint true visual landscape memory; how scent trails are used by many creatures to locate their homes with pinpoint accuracy; and how even the tiniest of songbirds are equipped for solar and magnetic orienteering over vast distances. And he reminds us that to discount our human emotions toward home is to ignore biology itself. &“A graceful blend of science and memoir . . . [Heinrich&’s] ability to linger and simply be there for the moment when, for instance, an elderly spider descends from a silken strand to take the insect he offers her is the heart of his appeal.&” —Julie Zickefoose, The Wall Street Journal &“Deep and insightful writing.&” —David Gessner, The Washington Post&“Combines enneagram personality types with recovery movement techniques of releasing undesirable traits and affirming desirable ones.&” —Library Journal To heal,…
one must truly know, and face, one&’s self. But finding that inner, honest analysis of our own personalities is difficult to say the least. Without the right tools, it can be impossible. Since its development, the enneagram—a model of nine interconnected personality types that allows users to identify their habits and flaws—has helped countless individuals understand their hearts, bodies, and minds. Now, it can also help you change your life. In Enneagram Transformations, Don Richard Riso, one of the foremost developers of the enneagram, presents a groundbreaking contribution to the self-help field. Using releases and affirmations based on the various personalities, he shows readers how to unlock their psychological pains and strengths to promote healing, recovery, and tranquility. It&’s time to reclaim your power. Enneagram Transformations contains the meditative tools you need to do so.