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One of Oscar Wilde's most charming stories, combining art, painting, wit, love, romance, and generosity. English wit, American vigor, and Irish sentimentality too - all part of Wilde's makeup. Hard to hear without tearing up a bit at the end.

Why the Republicans will presumably win forever.

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.

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.

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.

Over 25 percent of Americans work out of a home office and of those who do not, many see it as a future goal. The question is, how do you make it work? What materials are needed and what discipline is required? Learn the answer to these questions in only 60 minutes of conversation and instruction from the author of The Entrepreneur's Guide and and co-founder of the Umbroller Stroller Company, the first folding baby stroller.

The Sloan Wall Street bank gets caught up in their mortgage commitment to a new apartment building in a closely tied community that opposes it because it displaces a long-important local parochial school. Emotions run high, but John Putnam Thatcher cuts through them to solve the murder for financial purposes.

This audiobook provides a general approach to leveraging tech to be more effective, profitable, and have a better life. It provides general principles as well as specific things to do. Best audiobook on the subject and will make you money right away.

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.

Sam Margulies describes how the best divorce lawyer is one that seeks an amicable divorce, not one who seeks to beat up the other party. After 30 years as a divorce lawyer and mediator, Sam outlines how to make your divorce work for you, not against you. Sam's advice on navigating your divorce is stunningly correct.

Hiring Do-ers for Success emphasizes the importance of hiring job candidates who can get the work done, not sing around the campfire in your culture. In describing his own hiring practices, Steve Jobs once said, “We hire do-ers to get things done.” This is the NFL way as well: “You don't know how they'll do until they are on your field.” You and your company will benefit from adopting a similar hiring philosophy. Test and calibrate. Have your star employees interview candidates to see if they qualify.

"The District Doctor" is a wonderful Turgenev short story that appealed and influenced American authors, such as Henry James and F. Scott Fitzgerald for its writing style, and Sherwood Anderson and Ernest Hemingway for its focus on moments. As the Doctor says to a new acquaintance, "Sometimes you know people for a long time and never talk about anything that touches the soul; sometimes you start there on the first conversation."

This is the third of the best Stephen Crane short stories, with "The Open Boat" and "The Blue Hotel" being the other two. The story starts in an interesting way as the older sheriff has gone to another town to marry a not so young and not so beautiful woman who he is obviously devoted to.

Learn what it takes to finance your business in 60 minutes of conversation and instruction.

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.

Steve Jobs visited the author in the 1970s to find out what it was like to be an entrepreneur. It was still a pre-tech age with computer companies being like other corporations of the era, complete with suits and ties. Steve was the new wave; he sought out the author because his company was different than the old line companies but not what Steve imagined. The conversations were scintillating and imaginative.

"The Christmas Tree and the Wedding" is a bittersweet story written in 1848, the year of revolutions throughout Europe. The story has an undercurrent reflecting the tumultuous changes of that year. The narrator, attending a Christmas party with the Christmas tree referenced in the title, sees the Guest of Honor take an undue interest in a young girl, the daughter of his host....

Learn the art of good manners in only 60 minutes of conversation and instruction.

This audiobook describes why and how to get stuff done, and what every employer wants. It describes how to align with your bosses and organization to get promotions and more money. It also lists the skills required and the personal issues for people seeking this career path. It provides tips, tactics, and strategies to make this work for you and avoiding pitfalls. A must listen for all workers.

Death Shall Overcome: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! This is the fifth of 37 Emma Lathen best sellers, featuring John Putnam Thatcher, SVP of the Sloan Guaranty Trust. A rollicking and witty adventure about a Wall Street brokerage firm that puts up its first Black partner for the first seat on the New York Stock Exchange to be held by a Black American. Fascinating, witty, humorous, with the elegant light touch of Emma Lathen.