Virtual Culture

Hollywood, the late 1940's. Actress and stuntwoman Alivia Chambers is brought in to the police for questioning on account of a witness observing something humanly impossible on the set while filming a rather unusual motion picture. As things begin to unfold, Los Angeles police detective Alan Madison becomes privy (for a time at least) to certain details of a story which has its origins long ago... once upon a realm... a story of two extraordinary women... a story you likely wouldn't believe. Ariel Archer and C.J. Pearson bring you a Kindle Vella original with connections to both the Once ...

The Proven Playbook for Building Championship Teams and Cultures Looking for the secret to what makes a team that wins? Award-winning author and championship coach Lee M.J. Elias has the proven blueprint. In How to Win: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Championship Culture for Your Team, Lee expands on his acclaimed 2017 release with fresh insights, updated strategies, and practical tools. This new edition delivers more than just theory—it’s a hands-on guide filled with real-world examples, leadership lessons, and a winning mentality that any team in any sport can adopt. Whether ...

The events of September 11, 2001 changed our nation, and the world, forever. For our nation, these attacks signaled the realization of the quintessential struggle for this generation. A conflict not between nations whose borders are delineated on a map or between groups of nations diametrically opposed in their political philosophies, but a conflict of ideologies transcending recognized borders. Understanding the Threat of Radical Islam provides a cursory examination of violent Islamism and how this radical ideology threatens Western Civilization; perfect as an introduction to the issue or ...

Why do people fake hate crimes against themselves? Why do college students become violent when a speaker with opposing views is invited to campus? Why do so many insist on changing the definitions of words and policing the language of others in recent years? Why must our history be rewritten? Why does the news media insist on ignoring or justifying violent protests? As readers will know from previous books in this series, the social justice movement creates a form of mass hysteria that overtakes those who ingest its ideology. The most ardent defenders cannot be reasoned with, but you can ...

The untold story behind Virtual Tour Profit is now available as an audiobook, narrated by the author, Zach Calhoon, Co-Founder of CloudPano.com. In this audiobook, you will get an inside look at the creation and growth of CloudPano and its unique VR Agency business model.

Much like Chicken Soup For The Soul, this book is filled with feel-good, bite-sized stories about people down on their luck, facing financial disaster—or worse—until a credit union comes to the rescue and saves the day. No matter how bad things get—and as you’ll see, they can get really bad—there is always hope when you have someone in your corner you can count on and who cares… about you. This book is about credit unions, and so much more. It’s about people helping people and an approach to life and business that encourages us to think about what we can give instead of what ...

The organizations we work for destroy confidence We starve professionals of information, direction, psychological safety, and purpose by isolating workers in cubicles, teams into silos, and decisions into oblivion. Individuals drift and become alienated, waiting for direction that never comes. This way of working…is not working. When individuals work in teams, they create value The Collaboration Equation helps individuals be professionals, teams take pride in their work, and companies become more resilient. This guide enables you to build visual systems where people can see their work ...

When he falls, he falls hard and deep. She literally drives away from every relationship she's ever had. Can Ward somehow get Dot to stay this Christmas? Ward Glover is now the foreman at Shiloh Ridge Ranch. He loves his new job, though he's over a lot more at a shallower depth. He's been on the fence with diving back into the dating pool, but when Santa drops a beautiful woman straight into his front yard on Christmas Eve, Ward sits up and takes notice. Dorothy Crockett owns and operates a landscaping and design company in Three Rivers. When she's not ordering new textiles and paint colors...

“Mark writes about place with such care and consideration – there's a richness and beauty to his descriptions, such that his setting becomes a key character…” – Kind words from an editor at one of the world’s biggest publishing houses. The life- and death-cycles of an idyllic Balinese village have been going on, almost undisturbed, for generations – but when the bodies of two foreigners are discovered life for the entire village is altered forever. Driftwood Chandeliers is set in a traditional village in rural Bali, where Brazilian surfer Natalia de Souza has been hired to ...

When corruption poisons the throne and rebellion ignites the land, who will rise as a hero—and who will fall as a tyrant? China is falling apart in the last days of the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE). Behind the grand palace walls, scheming eunuchs hold all the power. Secret plots grow in the shadows and threaten the throne. Grand General Dou Wu risks everything to rid these corrupt forces, but the Empress Dowager’s attitude sets the stage for a storm of bloodshed and betrayal. The people’s anger reaches its breaking point outside the palace. Furious at the corruption, the Yellow ...

“A fascinating, provocative case that the metaverse will not merely transform our virtual experience—it may actually enrich the quality of our lives” (Adam Grant)—from the visionary co-founder of one of today’s most innovative technology companies.

Inspired by TRUE Events! - In a historical with romance, action-adventure, family, foreign and national intrigue between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, all kinds of exciting things...Through blizzards, gale-force winds, temperatures falling below -80, and over 700 miles of death-dealing terrain, teams of brave men and courageous and smart dogs of in dominatable fighting spirit, mush sleds across the Alaska wilderness, in an around the clock relay, race with lifesaving serum for 11,000 plague-ravaged people inaccessible by everything, but death and their determined rescuers, warring with the...

Continuity Culture: Embedding ISO 22301 into the DNA of Your Organization The Human-Centered Blueprint to Make Business Continuity Everyone’s Job, Every Day Introduction: In today's fast-paced business environment, continuity isn't just about systems and processes—it's about a mindset. "Continuity Culture" shows you how to weave the principles of ISO 22301, the global standard for business continuity management, into the very fabric of your organization. This book goes beyond the technicalities and introduces a human-centered approach to making business continuity everyone's ...

A theological exposition of the Old Testament Book of Judges. The passages are organized into six Bible studies taken from selected sequential passages of the Biblical text that are appropriate for about one hour of small-group discussion or about 30 minutes of personal devotion. The passages are presented with an emphasis on the history and context of the writings, and its application both in the early church and in the church today. Passages include: 2:7-23. Paddling Upstream in a Downstream World 4:1 - 5:3. Examples of God-Led Leadership. 6:1-16; 7:9-15. Fear to Faith 9:1-15, 56-57. The ...

Shammai is very excited about his thirteenth birthday, and when Jesus passes through his village, he sets off on the first journey of his adult life... This story retells the feeding of the five thousand from the viewpoint of the boy who provided the bread and fish. It explains, in story form, the culture of Jesus' day, and reminds readers of all ages that people who are close to Jesus can still miss what he is doing - even when it is right under their nose. ABOUT THE SERIES The "Bible Insight Stories" retell parables and biblical incidents in an accessible way. Not only are they good ...

For those concerned with establishing equity in the shared governance processes of their organization this is a handbook with information about the structure, systems, activities and roles supporting equity. Additionally, there is a section on how to deal with obstacles to an environment of equity or are behaving in ways that marginalize other members of the organization.

Deborah is happy; happier than she has ever been - until her carelessness changes everything... This story retells Jesus' parable of the lost coin (Luke 15:8-10) from the viewpoint of a woman who loses her future. It explains, in story form, the culture of Jesus' day and reminds readers of all ages that everyone is precious to God. ABOUT THE SERIES The "Bible Insight Stories" retell parables and biblical incidents in an accessible way. Not only are they good stories, they give twenty-first century readers fresh insight into biblical culture and meaning. ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Robertson is a...

When Zack offers to help Jesus, little does he realise that it will lead to the most difficult day of his life... This story retells Jesus' final Passover arrangements from the viewpoint of one of the men who helped him (Luke 22:10). It explains, in story form, the culture of Jesus' day and reminds readers of all ages that even 'ordinary' people are important in God's plan. ABOUT THE SERIES The "Bible Insight Stories" retell parables and biblical incidents in an accessible way. Not only are they good stories, they give twenty-first century readers fresh insight into biblical culture and ...

For the most part, the souls that live in the Crosswinds Apartments building in Carrefour—a small town located on the Missouri bank of the Mississippi River—form a tight knit diverse community . . . some living transparent lives while others have secrets to hide. And then there are those who have found themselves at a crossroads. The past she’d run from was about to come back to haunt Coco Lane. She’d hoped that her own personal miracle—Runner Alexander—would never find out all that she’d been through . . . what she’d done . . . bad choices she’d made . . . and where ...

Saturna has less than a day to save everyone. She's running everything smooth, her Princes are organising their people for the evacuation, but one group of armed dissenters is refusing to listen. Will she manage to get them out of their hole in time, when the ground they're stepping on is falling into a gas giant, when their leader puts up an armed resistance and when killing them means she's killing members of her new family? This is book 4 of the Saturna series. Warning: Contains explicit content.