Culture First

What separates elite teams from average ones isn't talent, resources, or strategy. It's culture. In Culture First, Jon B. Becker draws on four decades working alongside the world's most high-performing units — from special operations forces to elite law enforcement teams — to reveal the nine leadership practices that build cultures where people give everything they have.

This gut-wrenching firsthand account of the war is a classic in the annals of Vietnam literature. "Guns up!" was the battle cry that sent machine gunners racing forward with their M60s to mow down the enemy, hoping that this wasn't the day they would meet their deaths. Marine Johnnie Clark heard...

Focusing on culture eliminates ineffective patterns, sets a more positive course, and then perpetuates that course - all on its own. That's the beauty of leading a culture instead of just a company, and that is exactly what The Culture Fix is designed to show you. In just 90 days, Will Scott pulls apart nine deeds in order to bring your company's culture alive and into a thriving, driven organism that goes beyond the four walls of your building.

Funny, romantic and a little bit wicked, this is Mhairi McFarlane… with vampires! I mean hey, what’s the worst that could happen? Ok fine, the worst that could happen is that I didn’t imagine those fangs after all… Squeaky clean good girl Lucy Partridge is a sucker for heartwarming tales...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the acclaimed author of No god but God comes “a lucid, intelligent page-turner” (Los Angeles Times) that challenges long-held assumptions about Jesus. “Riveting . . . [Reza] Aslan synthesizes Scripture and scholarship to create an original account...

On Fire: The First 10 Years by Michael N. Ciampo brings together more than 15 years of real-world firefighting wisdom from his "On Fire" column in Fire Engineering magazine. Featuring tactical firefighting tips, fireground lessons, and decision-making strategies, this book is an essential guide for firefighters, truck company operators, and fire officers looking to refine their skills and enhance safety on the fireground.

Planning a Trip to China? This Book Answers the Questions You Didn't Know You Had. 🏮 Is it okay to talk politics in China? 🏠 Why is everyone obsessed with buying property? 📱 What apps do I need to survive daily life? Whether you're a tourist, business traveler, exchange student, or just China-curious, Unpacking China: 50 Essential Q&As For First-Time Visitors is your no-nonsense, culturally smart companion—full of real answers to the awkward, weird, or sensitive questions people often hesitate to ask. Written by Yuanpu Huang, a seasoned entrepreneur and bestselling author who’s...

The Ultimate Ireland Travel Guide – Discover the Heart of the Emerald Isle Like Never Before From the lively streets of Dublin to the windswept beauty of the Cliffs of Moher, The Ultimate Ireland Travel Guide is your complete companion to exploring one of the most enchanting countries in the world. Written for first-time visitors and seasoned travelers alike, this guide offers a perfect balance of must-see attractions, hidden gems, local tips, and budget-friendly strategies so you can experience Ireland authentically — without overspending. Inside, you’ll uncover: Detailed city and ...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lynn Painter comes an utterly irresistible romantic comedy about a football star and his team’s die-hard fan who find themselves entangled in a PR stunt that only one of them knows is fake. Duffy Distefano loves three things: her dad, the family cat...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this explosive, wildly entertaining memoir, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt charts his rise and fall as America’s most notorious reality TV villain on The Hills—and how, from the ashes of the Pacific Palisades fires, he’s finally ready for...

For too long, business leaders have operated under the assumption that maximizing profit requires minimizing humanity. The result is widespread employee disengagement, toxic workplace cultures, and organizations that drain rather than energize their people. A Human Business challenges this paradigm with a proven alternative. Drawing from forty years building SnapCab from a small cabinet shop to an international manufacturing company, Glenn Bostock demonstrates how modeling your organization after the human body creates communities where people thrive.

"Hamilton's novel centers on a fascinating, little-known figure from history - Elisabeth Samson emerges as intriguing and distinctive. An intriguing fictionalization of circumstances with an ample romantic angle. Hamilton's prose style is warm, even, and voice-driven." - The BookLife Prize In the 18th century Dutch plantation colony of Suriname, where wealth is measured by the number of slaves one owns, the educated Free Negress Elisabeth Samson, owner of several flourishing coffee plantations, desires the one thing her wealth cannot buy: a legal marriage with her consort, a White colonial ...

Magical Realism. Shamanism. Post-apocalyptic survival. Coming of age. Found Family. All of that and more in a short adventure in future Oregon after the great Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes have ravaged the west. Meet Rodney, a seven year old boy who can see the spirits of the dead. Meet Justin, a mostly-absent father who still wishes the best for his son. Meet AJ, the bridge between them and commander of the militia forces sent to liberate the community of Sutherlin from their evil overlords. There are three ages in the World of Paradigm Lost. The Founder's Age holds the Apocrypha of...

Narrated by Derek Perkins From a renowned historian who writes with "maximum vividness" (The New Yorker) comes the most authoritative, readable single-volume military history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land. Nine hundred years ago, a vast Christian army, summoned to holy war by the Pope...

“I am a big fan of Women and Children First . . . Alina Grabowski is an astute and limber narrative artist and I could read her prose all day long and never grow weary.”―Lorrie Moore, author of A Gate at the Stairs A gripping literary puzzle that unwinds the private lives of ten women as...

From the award-winning author of Winter Counts comes a new thriller about life—and death—on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. Virgil Wounded Horse is desperately trying to escape his past as a hired vigilante on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. But when a legendary figure from the reservation...

What if the history you were taught left out the most vital pieces of the story? From the footsteps of the First Nations who shaped the land for millennia, to the daring Viking explorers, to the clash of empires that decided the fate of an entire continent—Canada’s history is filled with untold stories waiting to be discovered. Canada’s Unwritten History brings to life the extraordinary journey of a nation forged not in a single moment, but through centuries of resilience, struggle, and cultural exchange. With vivid storytelling, this book traces the origins of Canada from its ...

Faster-than-light travel runs on a ledger. Nothing simply crosses the void—it trades places. A ship out requires an equal mass in, balanced to the gram and audited by an alien empire that has filed every stone in its sky for six thousand years. Humanity only won the stars by learning to keep honest books. Then a mining combine cooks a single entry, and fourteen farming domes on a border moon inherit the deficit. The bill arrives in the form of a target registry, a charging orbital battery, and a countdown written in a flawless, procedural alien hand. Warrant Cartographer Abeni Okafor ...

Mission matters. People matter. Leadership rarely grants the luxury of caring deeply about only one. Leadership often presents itself as a tension. Standards matter. Accountability matters. Results matter. Yet people matter too. So what happens when those responsibilities collide? In Mission First, People Always, Paul J. Ferguson reflects on one of leadership’s oldest and most difficult tensions: how leaders balance purpose and people when neither responsibility can simply be ignored. Drawing from decades of leadership experience across military service, organizational transformation, ...

2nd Esdras is one of the most powerful prophetic displays in history yet mostly hidden today from plain sight in the church. As it claims authorship from the Prophet Ezra 400 years prior to Messiah, it even foretells His birth in 400 years from that date as well as identifies Him as Yahusha in name. It preserves the trail of the Lost Tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel in which we have provided maps and charts including other scripture and history which serve as the foundation for such location. This will blow many away as we can know where the Lost Tribes migrated en masse. Experience...