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Bagpuss, created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin, is no ordinary cat. In Emily's magical shop, Bagpuss the cloth cat and his friends wake up whenever Emily brings them something to mend. Professor Yaffle, Madeleine, Gabriel, and the mice all work together to discover the hidden stories behind the objects Emily finds. Bagpuss leads them with a gentle touch, guiding them through music, stories, and a bit of fun. The shop is full of wonder, where even the simplest item can spark a grand adventure. Emily finds a broken toy elephant and brings it to Bagpuss.

In November 2012, Showtime debuted a ten-part documentary series based on Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick’s The Untold History of the United States. The book and documentary looked back at human events that, at the time, went underreported, but also crucially shaped America’s unique and complex history over the 20th century. The book and documentary looked back at human events that, at the time, went underreported, but also crucially shaped America’s unique and complex history over the twentieth century.

Operations Management is a skillset of management focused on business process flows. It is a set of tools with which you can understand and quantify the process from raw material to finished good or service. The main goals of operations management are making sure business operations are efficient and effective. These are terms you’ll read about later in this book and are central to making sure costs are as low as they can be, profits are as high as they can go, and the business still maintains or improves the quality of its product and the loyalty of its customers. In this guide you will ...

Consulting frameworks are what consultants use to frame a problem as well as its solution. Consulting is a specialty of problem solving, and these frameworks act as shortcuts to problem solving. It doesn't mean that they are exclusive to consulting! anyone can learn them to help improve their problem solving skills! For the ones interested in joining consulting, practicing 1000 cases doesn’t help if you don’t use a framework consistently. Therefore a better approach for preparation is to understand and memorize the frameworks followed by a few cases only to store the framework in your ...

Aided by the latest archival findings and recently declassified documents and building on the research of the world’s best scholars, Stone and Kuznick construct an often shocking but meticulously documented "people’s history" of the American empire that challenges the notion of American exceptionalism. Stone and Kuznick will introduce listeners to a pantheon of heroes and villains as they show not only how far the United States has drifted from its democratic traditions but the powerful forces that have struggled to get us back on track.

A businessman discovers he has a ghostly twin whose presence may be far more ominous than he had thought.... Mischievous children learn that supernatural forces are nothing to toy with, after a Halloween prank goes wrong. And holiday festivities set the backdrop to a terrified teen’s worst fears, when his grandmother’s corpse comes looking for revenge....

JACOB - Hiring a rent boy to get over my sexual hang ups is either the most brilliant idea I’ve ever had, or the worst. It’s hard to tell. I mean, what do I know? I’m an almost 30-year-old virgin. Everyone else makes it look so easy, but my head makes it the most complicated thing in the world. And then I book Evan for an evening, and everything gets infinitely more complicated. It’s not anything he does. He’s perfect. Being with him is perfect. Touching him comes naturally. Flirting with him is effortless.

The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. Lean & Lean Six Sigma Introduction: "To produce only what is needed, when it is needed and in the amount needed" -- Taiichi Ohno In ...

*Blockchain for the non-developer Book 1: Blockchain 101: Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Book 2: Blockchain 101: Forking, Smart Contracts, Scaling, & Permissioned States This Concise Reads series is set up in short 1-hour explanations of blockchain technology to educate the general public and students planning to make a career in this exciting new field. As it was in the early 2000s when students were foregoing careers in banking for careers in internet startups, today students are doubling down on blockchain classes and internships to build an exciting career for themselves. This ...

The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. The Art of Communication: "To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world ...

I’m a responsible guy, so I’m the logical choice to get custody of my niece and nephew when my sister and her husband die in a car accident. What were they thinking to have me share custody with Patton? He’s impulsive, laidback, and an actor, of all things. We have nothing in common, and I don’t see how this arrangement is going to work. Living with him and raising two children? It’s crazy - so why does it seem to make more and more sense the longer our arrangement lasts? I’m falling for a guy who doesn’t do responsible or committed, and I can’t seem to stop.

When Sam Carlisle was called away to the Navy SEALs, he left behind his family and the man he was falling for. Though he promised he’d come back, he never expected it to be like this: Half-dead, bloodied, and terrified to say anything to the man he left behind. Wes Adams loved his town, his job, his best friend - and his best friend’s brother. But Sam is gone and hasn’t tried to reach out to him since their fateful first kiss. When Sam comes back from a dangerous mission, Wes embarks on his own: Falling in love with a man who has already broken his heart.

This audiobook will walk us through initial simple two party negotiations to multi-party negotiations, disputes, and mediation. These are basic principles taught in business school, in management seminars, and in leadership programs. Many of the principles are derived from countless books on the subject matter that were prolific in the 1980s and 1990s, and some as far back as the turn of the 20th century. You should be able to listen through this in one day, but make sure to bookmark the sections that you want to come back to, and come back to them often.

*Blockchain for the non-developer Book 1: Blockchain 101: Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Book 2: Blockchain 101: Forking, Smart Contracts, Scaling, & Permissioned States This Concise Reads series is set up in short 1-hour explanations of blockchain technology to educate the general public and students planning to make a career in this exciting new field. As it was in the early 2000s when students were foregoing careers in banking for careers in internet startups, today students are doubling down on blockchain classes and internships to build an exciting career for themselves. This ...

The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. Agile Software Development: It wasn't until 2001 when seventeen software developers met at the Snowbird resort in Utah and put ...

The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. Problem Solving Introduction: If you are or aspire to become a business executive then you cannot escape being confronted with ...

Save my inheritance or follow my heart? My Internet-order husband is the key to both. Unless he succumbs to the schemes of our enemies. I didn’t realize I loved Nolan until he betrayed me and left. I won’t accept his resignation from my company - I’ll track him down and make him mine. Even if the marriage of convenience that will save my family estate is on the line. Fate must be laughing at me, though. I discover Nolan is the answer to both my dilemmas. I refuse to relinquish what is mine - even though an enemy is whispering in Nolan’s ear, sabotaging my plans.

So here I am, about to ask my buddy Leo if he'll pretend to be my spouse for a few weeks until Mom buzzes off. My mother, the matchmaker...I just never thought she'd turn that gaze on me. Thank God he needs the money, or else... well, no "or else". Leo's a great guy. He'd do this for me, money or not. I know he would. It's the whole reason I'm asking him and not some random guy off the street. There's definitely no other reason.

How do you teach leadership? You could take a class, buy several opinionated books by authors who've "been there", or participate in leadership seminars, workshops, or programs sponsored by your company - if they are available. These cost too much, and in the end the principles of leadership are the same ones taught decades ago. This audiobook is all you need to learn the key principles of leadership and for pennies on the dollar compared to what's out there. In this audiobook you'll learn the theories and principles of motivation, decision making, influencing others, and more.

Andreas betrayed me once, and I walked away. Now he’s returned, asking me for protection from a stalker. I have to throttle anger, restrain lust - just focus on the job. But he’s not just a job. He’s the man I refuse to let get away a second time. If I have to guard him with my body, then in return I want his soul. We were friends then enemies, but now I must try and forgive past sins.