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Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk. After four decades spent ascending to the top of the investment management profession, he is today sought out by the world's leading value investors, and his client memos brim with insightful commentary and a time-tested, fundamental philosophy. The Most Important Thing explains the keys to successful investment and the pitfalls that can destroy capital or ruin a career.

During the mid-1980s, Howard Marks had 43 aliases, 89 phone lines, and owned 25 companies throughout the world. Whether bars, recording studios, or offshore banks, all were money-laundering vehicles serving his core activity: dope dealing.

Understand and take advantage of the fluctuations of markets and come out ahead by learning when and where to invest your money. Economies, companies and markets operate in accordance with patterns which are influenced by naturally occurring events combined with human psychology and behaviour. The wisest investors learn to appreciate these rhythms and identify the best opportunities to take actions which will transform their finances for the better. 

The last pill and testament from Britain's most famous and well-loved drug smuggler, Howard Marks. Howard Marks is the most famous drug smuggler of his age and a hero to a generation. On his release from one of America's toughest prisons, Howard made a promise to himself to go straight. No more drugs, no more smuggling, no more fake passports. He would retire to a quiet life with his family in the Balearic Islands of Spain. It didn't quite work out that way.

Howard Marks' Book of Dope Stories will take you on an electrifying journey through the discovery, consumption, and trade of mind-altering substances. Since the Stone Age, drugs have been sniffed to induce sleep, mixed to cure ills, swallowed to stimulate creativity, snorted to increase sexuality, popped for the hell of it and smoked to see God. Natural or synthesized, they have been smuggled for all kinds of reasons from saving the world to becoming stinking rich.

Yig, known as the Serpent God, is older than humanity, and Yig’s reptilian children once ruled the Earth. Now they are stirring in their caves, walking the Earth in forms not quite human, slowly and patiently preparing their plans. Those who stumble on their secrets are in deadly danger...but only they can prevent the return of our darkest fears. 

Mark Howard, a record producer/engineer/mixer and a trailblazer in the industry, will take you through the star-studded world of recording and producing Grammy Award-winning artists. Listen Up! is an essential book for anyone interested in music and its making. Along with the inside stories, each chapter gives recording and producing information and tips with expert understanding of the equipment used in making the world's most unforgettable records and explanations of the methods used to get the very best sound. 

Have you ever wanted to learn how to better use your data? Are you interested in the works of machine learning? If you answered yes to these questions, then this audiobook is for you. Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence are powerful data tools that can help improve businesses.

The Amazon Fire HD is the latest in a long line of eReaders designed by Amazon, and it offers up far more functionality than its predecessors. That doesn’t mean the functionality is necessarily easy to find or as intuitive as it might be, however, which is where Kindle Fire HD 8 & 10 Tablet with Alexa comes into play. It offers up a complete overview of everything this complex tablet has to offer in clear, easy-to-understand language.  

A gripping collection of outstanding American classic short stories by some of America's greatest writers: 'A Ghost Story' by Mark Twain; 'Pomegranate Seed' by Edith Wharton; 'Pigeons from Hell' by Robert E. Howard; 'Pickman's Model' by H. P. Lovecraft; 'The Adventure of the German Student' by Nathaniel Hawthorne; 'Absolute Zero' by Morgan Robertson; and many more.

Stock investing is more prevalent than ever, whether directly or indirectly through brokerage accounts, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), mutual funds, or retirement plans. Despite this, the vast majority of individual investors have no training on how to pick stocks. And, until now, there hasn't been a truly accessible, easy-to-understand resource available to help them. The Little Book of Investing Like the Pros was written to fill this void.

Amazon’s Alexa system is one of the most exciting pieces of technology released in the last several years. This audiobook contains a detailed guide to setting up and best using your Echo.

This is part of a series and will be easy to sell due to the person we are featuring. Jonathan Edwards is known through the churches due to his huge impact he made in his life. The Sermon Series features the sermons of pastors and evangelists from the revivals that took place around the globe.

An enthralling collection of creepy and mysterious stories. From classic detective stories to spine-tingling horror and scary ghost stories, these tales will make your flesh crawl.... 1. 'A Ghost Story' by Mark Twain. 2. 'The Silver Mask' by Hugh Walpole. 3. 'The Cactus' by O. Henry. 4. 'Dead of Night' by W. F. Harvey. 5. 'The Terrible Old Man' by H. P. Lovecraft. 6. 'Rattle of Bones' by Robert E. Howard. 7. 'The Last Leaf' by O. Henry. 8. 'The Magnet' by Barry Pain. 9. 'Pickman’s Model' by H. P. Lovecraft.

The legendary investor shows how to identify and master the cycles that govern the markets. We all know markets rise and fall, but when should you pull out, and when should you stay in? The answer is never black or white, but is best reached through a keen understanding of the reasons behind the rhythm of cycles. Confidence about where we are in a cycle comes when you learn the patterns of ups and downs that influence not just economics, markets and companies, but also human psychology and the investing behaviors that result.  

Learn how to use your Kindle Fire 10; if the Kindle Fire 10 is right for you; what to do when things go wrong; how to get the most out of your device; little tricks and tips; and more.

An exciting journey through the huge - and varied - world of the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite! The Kindle Paperwhite is an incredibly useful, versatile piece of technology, considered both on its own and as an e-reader. It is like an entire library’s worth of knowledge  that can fit in your backpack, briefcase, or purse! Within these (digital) pages you’ll find easy-to-understand explanations and descriptions of your machine’s abilities, functions, and protocols.

Even though Alexa opens up a whole new world of possibilities and can make everyday life much more convenient and much less of a hassle, it can seem bewildering and intimidating to new users. There’s just so much you can do with the Echo alone and so many products you can control with Alexa beyond that - cooking appliances, speakers, home lighting, and much more! There’s no need to worry, though - with this audiobook, you’ll be able to make the most of this digital assistant within a very short span of time.

It is time for you to start learning what machine learning and artificial intelligence are all about. Learn about neural networks, Python and machine learning, examples of machine learning, how machine learning is beneficial to you, cognitive NLP chatbots, cognitive NLP algorithms, and more.

Machine learning and deep learning are amazing tools when you want to use data in an effective manner. Data is important to many different areas in life, so it’s important you know how to use it. Don’t let all of your data go to waste. Get this audiobook today and improve the way your business works.