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Artificial Intelligence is infiltrating our workplaces rapidly. It's not only changing how we work, but how you must lead, too! INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP & FOLLOWERSHIP IN THE AGE OF AI is an authoritative guide propelling you into the future of leadership and followership, offering the vision and tools you need to meld human intention and action with machine intelligence.

The final novel in the exciting Zombie Dawn trilogy that follows the outbreak of a deadly worldwide zombie plague. This epic finale concludes the story 10 years on from Zombie Dawn Outbreak.

Hi! I'm Michael 'Chgowiz' and I podcast about my love for running role playing campaigns using older versions of RPGs from the 70s and 80s!

The second novel in the exciting Zombie Dawn series that follows the outbreak of a deadly zombie plague and the people who are left, fighting to survive. This book continues the story one year on from Zombie Dawn Outbreak. The world is now a very different place, far from the disorganized and desperate struggle to simply survive an hour. The remnants of humanity have formed new communities with their own unique approaches to survival in a zombie-dominated world.

Professor Vlad Smith is on a terrifying quest, one that will take him from the halls of our most hallowed institutions to the most run-down of old houses in blighted neighborhoods. A mysterious committee, shredded yellowed newspapers, a daguerreotype of a Confederate soldier, a headless corpse, and a corpseless head.... These are the clues that Smith must piece together to save his sanity and his daughter and uncover the terrible secret of the Boss in the Wall.

Educating for Purposeful Life documents positive change within the Anaheim Union High School District, whose overarching mission is to prepare high school graduates who possess a clear sense of purpose and the capacity to achieve their goals This work illuminates the district's Career Preparedness Systems Framework, which integrates affective and cognitive development opportunities, trade and professional development programs, and community engagement efforts.

Using Sun Tzu's revered The Art of War as a point of inspiration and reference, Michael Waddington offers up bite-size pieces of advice, snippets of strategy, and countless nuggets of wisdom he's accumulated over hundreds of trials. Instead of dwelling on the logistics and technicalities of trial practice, The Art of Trial Warfare illustrates the habits of a successful trial attorney. It speaks eloquently to the art of attack, of exploiting weaknesses, and of leveraging each success.

In this sweeping book, Michael S. Roth narrates a vivid and dynamic history of students, exploring some of the principal models for learning that have developed in very different contexts, from the sixth century BCE to the present. Beginning with the followers of Confucius, Socrates, and Jesus and moving to medieval apprentices, students at Enlightenment centers of learning, and learners enrolled in twenty-first-century universities, he explores how students have been followers, interlocutors, disciples, rebels, and children becoming adults.

It's been more than a year since the Earth saw its last pandemic, yet things still aren't right in the world. Human births have slowed to a virtual crawl, and birds - along with most large mammals - are becoming extinct at an alarming rate. In addition to these odd happenings, people all over the globe are starting to act strange...as if their personalities have been changed. Some of these altered individuals go into wild tirades trying to destroy everything around them. Whereas others...others affected by this alteration simply curl up in place and die.

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson insisted that "the policeman is the frontline soldier in our war against crime", and police forces, arms makers, policy makers, and crime experts heeded this call to arms, bringing weapons and practices from the arena of war back home. The Punitive Turn in American Life offers a political and cultural history of the ways in which punishment and surveillance have moved to the center of American life and become imbued with militarized language and policies.

There's Something About That Chair invites listeners to embark on a journey of faith and redemption, where the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and miracles abound. Through tears and triumphs, doubts and revelations, the transformative power of prayer is revealed in all its glory, offering hope to the hopeless and redemption to the lost. Discover the untold story of the prayer chair and witness the transformative power of prayer. Join in the call to unlock the biblical keys to divine intervention and embrace the promise of hope.

It’s hard to identify more important, or more intricate, places to work than the U.S. Army’s Tank-automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM). "In General Terms'', with Major General Lalor, not only gives listeners an appreciation for TACOM’s history and its commitment to the future, it also shares the General’s unique perspective of what it’s like to have the responsibility over a $5 billion dollar company that generates nearly 60 percent of the Army's total equipment. If you ever wondered what goes into ensuring our military forces are prepared when it comes to impending warfare, join ...

In The Methuselah Gene, Michael S. Maurer’s mesmerizing medical thriller, Alex Morton, a talented but unorthodox scientist, undertakes the care of little Jimmy Higgins who suffers from one of the rarest diseases in the world, progeria, a genetic mutation that grossly accelerates the aging process. Alex’s study of progeria yields staggering discoveries about the mother of all diseases, aging. What Alex does not know is that Mother Nature jealously guards her secrets and that his newly developed therapies will lead to calamitous unintended consequences.

After spending my last 58 years on this planet as a student at the School of Hard Knocks, I decided to jot down—spill my guts, really—all the pain and joy I've experienced throughout life. And I decided to call this little gem of wisdom The Way of the Ray. Starting with the trials and tribulations that formed my existence here on Mother Earth, I try to dissect and explain why I came to be where I am in life. And maybe how you, with a little understanding of your fellow humans, can make a path for yourself in this crazy and less than perfect world.

For Alina LaRosa, what was supposed to be the start of a glorious new life at a new life at Ravenswood Academy quickly spirals into a disaster. Bullies, rich arrogant guys, and to top it off, she discovers she's homeless! With no one to turn to and no where to go, until who should offer a helping hand but her teacher...Mister Thorburn.

A fully immersive audiobook featuring original music and sound effects, You and Me is a laugh-out-loud compilation of travel stories written and narrated by husband and wife creatives, Michael S. Ryan and Kristen Herrington. From the textured rainforest of Costa Rica to the streets of Bangkok, this book is about the journey of falling in love, at times beautifully evocative and at others wildly amusing. The authors give tips for wary travellers, and show quite definitely how wandering down the street following your nose is better than following the guidebook every time.

Too often we think and teach in ways that reinforce a mind-body split. This can lead people to self-alienation, impeding holistic, healthy relationships between people, God, and each other. Body Connections takes a different approach, teaching us to see the connections between our embodied experience and faithful spiritual care.

Forty-seven years ago, Michael discovered his soulmate Deborah on a dance floor in Keene, New Hampshire. It took her soul a few years and an around-the-world bike trek to fully reciprocate. Riding the Edge is the astonishing tale of the six-month odyssey that profoundly shaped the next 564 months of their lives together.

Ravenna has returned to the Secret City to warn her people of the rebirth of Gilliath, but she does not find the welcome she expected. Danger stalks the streets of her home. A danger that she alone must fight. In the ragged hills the town of Keller is besieged by monsters who have already left a trail of desolated towns in their wake. Caught between the monsters and his friends, Harlon, Cora, and their friends must find a way to survive.

Women can be a man's greatest ally or his worst enemy. He chooses which path he goes down by the women he chooses to let in his life, or if he chooses one at all. Society would have you believe that; she chooses you, you must serve her without question and as a man you must surrender to her. What if I told you that you're being lied to and hold the power to control what type of women you allow in your life and which ones are worthy of your devotion? This audiobook will open your eyes to treacherous path that ruined our fathers lives and will ruin yours.