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The skills, knowledge, and attributes that you need to be successful as the leader of an information technology team are often considerably different from the skills, knowledge, and attributes needed to excel in traditional business leadership roles. In most companies, IT is a critical catalyst for empowering the rest of the functional groups in the business to be successful.

Eversley is a quiet humble town with citizens who are perfectly content being left alone. Cynical insurance investigator, Harley Cawthorne, is one such inhabitant...It appears that a serial killer has picked the town as his hunting grounds. Left with little choice but to try to find this maniac themselves, the four loners who have spent most of their lives distrusting, will have to trust each other. And leading the investigation, Harley isn't sure who is the bigger mystery: the killer...or her partners.

Middle-aged 17-year-old Malila Chiu has no choice but to escape her homeland. Making common cause with the strange subterranean workers of the beltways, Malila perseveres toward freedom in the scorched fields of America. Nearly naked, with no friends, no resources, and only a scant idea of the route, Malila's only real information comes from time in the outlands. While a captive of the old, harsh-and-tender-by-turns Jesse Johnstone, Malila learned of the lies told her by her homeland and the truths shown her by the arrogant and contradictory Jesse. She thinks she may love him.

Christina must try and survive the torture methods of man and demons if she wants to see her beautiful girls again. The FBI is hunting him to save her and a local detective must hide his connection while tracking her down. His fight is with her mother and a past wrapped around the unknown killer. Will he beat the FBI in saving her ensuring his dream of becoming Chief in the small town or does the killer get to him first?

Meet Dave. Dave has been a vampire for two days. By accident. He thought the first day was fabulous; now, not so much. Dave is thirsty but can't stand the sight of human blood. Oh, what he wouldn't do for a pizza or a cheeseburger.... In his hunt, he meets James, a resident illusionist in one of the town's hotels. James has his own problem. He had met a witch at the local coffee shop, but in a moment of weakness, he refused her advances and fled. Now he badly wants to find her to ask for a second chance.

These tales aren’t the dramatic re-enactments of kidnappings, pieced together from sloppy clues that you’d hear about on the news or Unsolved Mysteries. Be it human, alien, ghost, or monster perpetrator, this collection of weird and frightening disappearances, assembled from true reports, proves unexplainable kidnappings happen more than we like to admit - and no one knows what really happened.

Bodies in the Woods shares unsolved and true accounts from nature lovers who stumbled upon desecrated corpses in the great outdoors but were denied closure by resistant and evasive law-enforcement officials.

Gene Roddenberry has long been painted as the visionary who made Star Trek possible. Yet not much has been written on Gene L. Coon. The real workhorse behind The Original Series. This man built the universe around Roddenberry's initial concept we all know today. He almost single handed created The Klingons. Had a hand in creating the franchise's greatest villain...Khan! Any notion of Starfleet Command, The United Federation of Planets, warp technology, and its fictional creator Zefram Cochrane all belong to him.

Venture into the heart of a unique spiritual landscape with "Against The Current: The Unyielding Path of Amish Spirituality." This book unveils the serene yet resilient world of the Amish, a community that stands as a living testament to a different rhythm of life—one rooted in faith, simplicity, and communal harmony. Amidst the rapid pace of modernity, discover a culture that has preserved the timeless virtues of humility, community, and a close communion with nature.

Young Malila Chiu, once a hero of the Unity, emerges from the jungle to deliver a dire message to a beleaguered America: the Deep Scorch, a polyarchy of sentient plants, declares itself to be a potent ally - or a dangerous foe. Familiar and distrustful of the Scorch for much of his long life, Jesse Johnstone stays by Malila’s side for the sake of their love. The grand architect of the war, Unity General Eustace Jourdaine, recovering from grievous injuries, rallies to lead his troops into battle in the hopes of winning a new empire - but for whom?

Dreamland Tales: A Collection of Bedtime Stories for Dreamy Sleep is an enchanting collection of original bedtime stories designed to inspire, soothe, and send young minds off to the world of dreams. Each story in the book presents a unique, engaging tale, filled with a variety of charming characters and moral lessons.

A message seen by millions but misread by all has been found well hidden for more than 35 years at Elvis Presley's home - Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. It has been discovered and now deciphered. This mysterious message contains a key that, when properly used, will open a door, revealing one lonely candle burning in a darkened room. This candle sheds much light on what is hidden in that room.

Commander Donald Castillo is the commander of the Virginia-class fast attack nuclear submarine, Kansas. It is the latest and best that the US Navy has to offer. He is asked to test a new ground-breaking countermeasure that will revolutionize naval warfare. Its code name is Apparition. This is game-changing technology born of the Hadron Collider, and the Navy brass are hungry for it.

Underwood, Scotch, and Wry is a humorous look at social media through the eyes of a Luddite college professor. Arthur enjoys drinking, the company of his female TAs, and generally being a pain in the butt for the dean of the English department. He has tenure. He hates computers. The dean hates him. Watch as Arthur and the dean engage in an angst filled battle to end (or save) his job. This humorous fiction will keep you listening. If you like social media, blogging, and mockery, you'll enjoy my first satire novel Underwood, Scotch, and Wry.

Over the centuries the West has become fascinated by the Vikings, one of the most mysterious and interesting European civilizations. In addition to being perceived as a remarkably unique culture among its European counterparts, what's known and not known about the Vikings' accomplishments has added an intriguing aura to the historical narrative. Were they fierce and fearsome warriors? Were they the first Europeans to visit North America?

Beyond the Heavenly Kingdom is the second book in a series set in the mid-19th century and follows Tienkuo: The Heavenly Kingdom, which traced the lives of Jason Brandt; his wife, Black Jade; and his scholar friend Wu Sek-chong during the Chinese Civil War. In this second novel, Brandt and Black Jade travel from Shanghai to Boston in the years following the American Civil War. Americans of that era, increasingly anxious about competition from lower wage Chinese immigrants, demanded an end to all immigration from China.

The strange day, as told from the point of view of a mom heading to work. After leaving her son alone with her mother, she is troubled by the emptiness and lack of people at her job. Traffic is almost nonexistent, not to mention the elevator coming down quickly. However, it’s in the disturbing call from her scared mother that alarms her. And she realizes this might not just be a strange day.

Renowned technology and economics forecaster Mark Anderson reveals hidden patterns beneath the art and science of predicting the future. Through a series of personal vignettes, Anderson exposes a complex web of causes, influences, and effects that propel today’s world, then describes strategies that he employs to lay bare new trends, to make new discoveries in a wide variety of disciplines, and to accurately foresee future events.

In this second installment of the Man Hunt trilogy, we see the organization behind Monroe's Island and watch Josie come to terms with and confront her former boyfriend and rapist, Charles. Obe, meanwhile, is thrust deeper into the prison-like atmosphere of The Family of Blue and learns there is a whole other faction of men who are less numerous but even more dangerous. New characters Elton and Heather each have their own challenges to face and find their own paths to the island.

Jim Morgan is living the life he always wanted. He's a promising young entertainment lawyer, on the verge of representing the Hollywood elite, and engaged to Emily, a beautiful, smart lawyer at his firm. He's so happy, he almost doesn't think about Amanda, the girl who ripped his heart out 8 years ago.