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Rising author Mohamed Akl has given a detailed guide to making presentations in his latest book, Time to Captivate: Insider Tactics for Compelling Presentations. Whether you are a student or a professional in any field, you may need to make presentations from time to time as part of a school project or to pitch your ideas to your team. Not knowing how to make these presentations is not only embarrassing, but it can also be damaging to your career. But worry not! With Mohamed Akl's guidance, you can learn to be a pro.

Based on two years of fieldwork and interviews with 71 Midwestern Americans, the Waskuls' book is a reflexive ethnography that examines how people experience ghosts and hauntings in everyday life. The authors explore how uncanny happenings become ghosts and the reasons people struggle with or against a will to believe. They present the variety and character of hauntings and ghostly encounters, outcomes of people telling haunted legends, and the nested consequences of ghostly experiences.

It's time to start budgeting like a bossy boss! This book contains actionable information on how to budget and manage your finances like a pro. Many people are neck deep in debt and have very bad credit reports today because of lack of proper financial planning. You see, the difference between the rich and the poor is that the rich have been able to quickly learn and understand that money management is a skill that must be carefully mastered.

John A. Thompson takes a long view of America's dramatic rise as a world power, from the late 19th century into the post-World War II era. He shows how American leaders from Wilson to Truman developed an ever more capacious understanding of the national interest, and why by the 1940s most Americans came to support the price tag, in blood and treasure, attached to strenuous efforts to shape the world. The beliefs and emotions that led them to do so reflected distinctive aspects of U.S. culture, not least the strength of ties to Europe.

What do motivational speakers, salespeople, preachers, and lawyers have in common? They are all in the business of convincing people, and they do it well. In fact, they do it so well, that this is their job - to persuade people to "buy" what they are selling, whether it's an actual product, or a concept, a story, an ideology, etc.

Dillon Bledsoe has been in prison for seven years. In this continuation of The Stranger, Dillon is lost, searching for hope and determined to uncover the truth about the night several high school girls were murdered. He meets the mysterious Jonathan Maynard who offers assistance in exonerating him, but one startling revelation after another cause Dillon to question the man's motives. Confused and unsure who to trust, Dillon returns to Seal Bay in an attempt to clear his name and leave the past where it belongs.

In Hear My Sad Story, Richard Polenberg describes the historical events that led to the writing of many famous American folk songs that served as touchstones for generations of American musicians, lyricists, and folklorists. Those events, which took place from the early 19th to the mid-20th centuries, often involved tragic occurrences: murders, sometimes resulting from love affairs gone wrong; desperate acts born out of poverty and unbearable working conditions.

A lot of what happens in your life is mostly determined by what you are thinking. Your state of mind clearly gives way to the realization of capabilities, opportunities, and goals. Goals are affected by how tough your mind is, and how you will use its powers. Even if many of us realize how important it is to work toward the development of mental power through training, only a few gets real results. The fault is obviously on the fact that they don't know the ways and means of proper mental training.

The words "Kama Sutra" tend to invoke scenes of erotic decadence to the minds of the people of these modern times, something that seems to be alluring to the point of being almost illicit. After being translated into thousands of various texts, this manual of the sexual experience from the country of India that addresses not just the different practicalities of sexuality but even the courtesies the way of living as well as how to successfully relate with the sexual partner in the deepest and most meaningful manner.

Are you planning to buy a property as a source of additional income? Discussing about the financial concerns will definitely give lots of questions and headache. It is very important that you are equipped with reliable ideas rather than mere fantasies. Curiosity must lead to search for answers, not further questioning without effort to solve ignorance.

Bianca can't imagine herself falling in love. After fleeing from an abusive husband, the last thing on her mind is romance. Then, she goes to work for James, the tall, dark, and handsome doctor who treated her when she first arrived in town. Suddenly, her heart can think of nothing but him.

Five years after the malicious attack by the unknown dark ships, Tora has achieved an unparalleled military buildup. The Torians are now the alpha male of the Erobian Sphere and have taken to making regular patrols in whatever regions they see fit - but especially along the outer rim, where the High General has come to "sense" covert enemy activity. When a fresh piece of happenstance intelligence only further fans those flames of suspicion, he convinces his old Earthling friend, Brandon Foss, to undertake a special mission.

It's been 25 years since the Earthlings were resuscitated and Brandon Foss's unique set of skills became the deciding factor in Tora's first interstellar war. A second-generation of Torian humans is now in young adulthood, including Derek's thrill-seeking son Jumper - whose insatiable thirst for adventure often entangles him and his friends in the darker shenanigans of their home world's fallen culture.

Having left the ship and crew behind, Rosh has spent years alone in the void, working for the highest bidder. Plagued by memories of his former friends, lessons learned, and loves lost, the cursed warrior struggles to find a purpose for his enduring existence. Stumbling into a plot to usurp a throne, Rosh inadvertently becomes the master of a powerful demoness.

Saving Dexter and his crew from the doldrums of an honest living, the elves have returned seeking retribution. It's fight or flight time for Dexter and Jenna, and fighting against the entire elven armada makes for long odds. With the rest of the crew refusing to abandon the unlikely couple what awaits is a voyage through space and time to a world forgotten by the void.

Logan Mitchell doesn't mess around when it comes to business. He is a rarity, a half-breed human/alien who has survived the purge. The product of an illicit affair between a charismatic human rebel and a sympathetic female alien from the planet Lonegal, he is an outsider. He is a bounty hunter, and he is the best at what he does. Enslaved from the age of fifteen, Alabama Newsome is a half-breed who's managed to escape once and exact her revenge on the killer of her human mother and Lonegal father.

Lean core idea is to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. Simply, lean means creating more value for customers with fewer resources. "More for less" Lean has a very extensive collection of tools and concepts. In this book we discussed the importance of these tools and our understanding of what they are and how they can help. This is an excellent way to get you started on your Lean Journey.

This audiobook is an attempt to summarise five Christian values and may be meaningful to maintain a prayerful life. The events were generalised and subdued. These are based on personal reflections and experiences.

Problems facing the transition from discharge from outpatient and residential treatment to home life or another program are prolific. This article reviews the most pronounced problems patients and their caregivers encounter along the precarious path of recovery in the natural environment.

This book is for you only if you gamble to make money. If your idea of "fun""and "entertainment" includes giving away your hard-earned money to casinos, I can't help you. If you enjoy sitting in a mindless, bright lights/dinging trance while you drop quarters down a slot, this book is not for you. If you think casinos are built and run by stupid people, you better stay out of them. If you think you can beat a blackjack dealer by wild-assed guessing, think again.