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A companion to three of the most innovative modern apps that help you become more independent and save money on alternative approaches, giving you the background on Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, and MyFitnessPal.

Learn about the history of Fort Ticonderoga, the gateway to North America in the late 18th Century. It was a pivotal place where the French stopped the British from taking over Canada. Then, later, the British stopped the Americans from doing so. Playing a key role in both the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War, Ticonderoga is an important part of American and European history.

Purchases Orders emphasizes a missing focus in most business training and objectives: You have to get the order to get your business started and keeping it moving forward whether a small company or Apple. Getting the order is a skill and this audiobook addresses it. Critical for budding entrepreneurs and all sales people.

VC Money describes the best approach to interest VCs in your business venture and what steps to take, in what order, to gain their increasing commitment to your concept as well as to invite them in to be a trusted advisor. The 12 Steps come from the writings of many VCs about what they want to learn about prospective ventures and what are the most important answers they seek. A must-listen for any budding entrepreneur.

This title emphasizes the 10 rules you should follow to keep your job, make more money, and get promoted. It is focused on the employed and how they can do better to succeed and avoid being laid off or otherwise terminated. A must-read for all employees and single-organization contractors.

In an age of credit cards, when there is so much to buy and so much that can easily be bought, how do you teach your children about money? Learn how in 60 minutes of conversation and instruction.

This title is laser-focused on making you sound smarter and becoming more respected by using a larger, more sophisticated vocabulary. Simply has systematically excluded words here that did meet this goal - words that are perfectly good in some contexts, but will not make you sound smarter. Included words sound appropriate in conversation, work seamlessly, and will not be interpreted as "show off" words.

How do you hire and train sales people, and how do you use them effectively? In only 60 minutes of conversation and instruction, learn the answer to this question from the author of The Entrepreneur's Guide. He helped bring American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) public in 1988, a company that recently sold for $6.1 Billion.

The Truckers Health Guide was suggested by a number of truckers who used the CDL to study for their tests as well as those who read our general health guides. This audiobook is specifically focused on the constraints drivers suffer from: long rides, being away from home, tempted by comfort food and drink, and a lack of easy exercising opportunities. A must read for drivers as well as sales people with many of the same issues.

This audiobook focuses first on the strategic issues concerning your organization with regard to its development and what tactics are most productive regarding your office space (including home offices as well). The author points out that most organizations just "get an office" without thinking through their requirements for the people who will populate that office. Much management and employee effectiveness is lost in this way; it is also a huge waste of money and resources....

Learn the art of selling in 60 minutes of conversation and instruction.

Agatha Christie was born in 1890 and created the detective Hercule Poirot in her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920). She achieved wide popularity with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and produced a total of 80 novels and short story collections over six decades.

95 Habits of Healthy People is the result of extensive research in the habits and lifestyle of healthy people. The first point is they focus on satisfying themselves not other standards of health. A must listen for all interested in long term healthy and productive lifestyles.

The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of 828,000 square miles (2,140,000 sq km) of the French territory Louisiane in 1803. The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, parts of Minnesota, most of North Dakota, nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, northern Texas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide, and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River.

Learn the art of negotiating in 60 minutes of conversation and instruction.

Describes the ambivalence of observers that the Civil War was won by automation and mechanization, not heroism and gallantry. Discusses many of the same issues many people have with internet efficiencies conquering many fields and delivering outsized profits with employees being unimportant to the success, profits, and growth of these companies.

Five best-selling vocabulary test, job, and life preparation titles combined for deeper learning through variety and repetition. Here are 100 and 300 core SAT and GRE words - 100 and 300 words to sound smarter and be more accepted in the workplace and in all of your activities, as well as in your career development. Few things impress as much as a good word in the right spot. The last is a complete vocabulary with 1,500 words. All have been-best sellers on Audible.com and elsewhere.

Eight core titles for lawyers and the rest of us: Bill of Rights and Constitution, on which the law is based; Criminal Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence Simplified; Legal Survival Kit and Legal Proceedings; and 1100 Legal Words; How to Hire a Lawyer, especially in Divorce matters.

Common Sense inspired average Americans to evolve from being neutral about the American Revolution to being backers of it. Thomas Paine, an ordinary man himself, brought his intelligence and emotions to bear, inspiring Americans as 500,000 copies were sold. This analysis describes its historical influences, its background, Paine's personal history, his quotations, and his importance worldwide.

638 Canadian Words & 23 Phrases extends the Sound Smarter and Be More Respected series into Canada. Over 500 of these uniquely Canadian words do not appear in standard American dictionaries. Listening to these words you get a flavor for the brevity and wit of Canadian speech. In fact, as the author comments, no other dialect of English has such a strong sense of humor.