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Forbes editor John Tamny uses entertaining stories from sports, movies, popular culture, and famous businesses to demonstrate the basic principles of economics. The Rolling Stones, the Dallas Cowboys, and Paris Hilton become examples of good and bad tax policy. The Godfather, Gone With the Wind, and The Sopranos reveal the downside of antitrust regulation while the Michigan Wolverines' 2007 loss to Appalachian State explains why regulations often fail to achieve their intended purposes.

In an era where we are bombarded by a thousand advertisements each day, what makes a business stand out in the mind of its potential customers? What makes you different from your competitors? Too many business owners and entrepreneurs have fallen victim to the "bells and whistles" mentality and end up wasting their time, money, and focus on fancy marketing to sell their mediocre products and services. They forget what is most important: being remarkable.

Turn every corner and you'll easily find someone ready to tell you what to do, but you won't find many willing to tell you what NOT to do. WHY? Because it would show vulnerability and may even be a little embarrassing. That's where F-BOMB YOUR LIFE COMES IN.

Riders Where There Are No Roads is the first full novel in the Riders of the Weird West series. There's roping, riding, an interdimensional badass, shootouts, demon cowboys, a dragon, a pickup that's really a horse (or is it the other way around?) and a mystical biker/cosmic marshal who might just be orchestrating it all!

The devil has always been an expert in marketing, but the old-fashioned way of recruiting souls just won’t work in a modern technological age. Have you ever been invited to a guest event for one of those courses? One that promises you everything? Well, you haven't been invited to this one yet. Here's the ultimate deal with the devil story - sacrilegious, disturbing, and ultimately poignant. 

The United States conducted highly classified atomic testing in the Marshall Islands. One of the ships used in the mock up fleet was a captured Japanese Battleship, the Nagato. These ships were equipped with an array of equipment, from cameras to Geiger counters, as well as various farm animals. These tests were intended to determine "Fleet Survivability" in the face of a thermonuclear implosion. Unfortunately, no one fully understood, or could even begin to imagine, the utter devastation about to be unleashed...or the consequences!

You know the drill. Rub the magic lamp and a genie appears, promising to grant you three wishes. But the wishes always have a trap in them. What happens when a Hollywood lawyer draws up the contract? This notorious little short by the Hugo and Nebula award-winning author David Gerrold ("The Trouble With Tribbles" episode of Star Trek) is a delicious tale of well-deserved revenge. 

Bib’s semi-retirement from killing for the gods isn’t going so well. So when he’s asked to help an angry 12-year-old girl with out-of-control powers, he embarks on a quest hoping for some redemption. But as Bib takes his sassy young charge under his wing, a voyage to the temple almost ends in disaster after a deadly ambush. 

In this instant Amazon-bestselling guide to entrepreneurship and personal finance, teen entrepreneur Nathan Sykes pulls back the curtain on the same journey he's using to attempt the impossible - retiring before 25 years old; younger than 99 percent of the population. In Retire Before College, Sykes shares how high school and college students can transform the way they think about entrepreneurship.

Beyond Anger Management: Master Your Anger as a Strategic Tool is an easy-to-understand guide that picks up where typical anger management books end. It explains what your anger is and why you have it and shows you how to identify and master your anger. Beyond Anger Management: Master Your Anger as a Strategic Tool empowers you to apply your anger as a strategic tool to improve your life and your relationships.

The Highland games are one of the major historical traditions in Scotland. Spectacular events celebrating the history of Scotland in unique style and a major tourist attraction as well. In this audiobook, you will be introduced to the history and the main events of the Scottish Highland Games. All the favourites are included such as tossing the caber, hammer throw, athletics, and the whole spectacle.

What happens when a science-fiction writer takes a wrong turn? David Gerrold writes to his editor about his bizarre journey through the Northwest wilderness, his encounter with one of the legendary "green people," and his even more bizarre trek to uncover the truth behind the mystery. Originally published in two parts in the January 2007 and the April 2007 issues of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, this novelette reveals the author's keen eye for detail as well as his mordant sense of humor.Warning: There are terrible pun s in this tale.

Right now, you may have the secret to changing the way people look at your business. If you are looking for new ways to drive traffic to your business, this is the book for you. It may be you want an understanding of how the video marketplace works and how to improve your current business processes. This book will reveal many great ways to make your business better and to expand your viewership in short order.

Bib has retreated home, wracked with grief. After dooming his own daughter, he’s unwillingly dragged into a conflict with the demonic son of the God of War. And though he saves his town from the petulant deity, his tragic miscalculation allows the sadistic fiend to make off with a hoard of kids.

The Seven Victories of the Divine Child is a thought-provoking spiritual guide which introduces real-life, practical, and proven universal wisdom tools which can be used to overcome the seven battles we all come face-to-face with throughout our lives. By shining a light on common myths and misconceptions that many people have accepted for centuries, this step-by-step guide provides answers we've been searching for regarding our soul's purpose, forgiveness, and finding inner peace to name a few.

If you have been struggling financially and have been faithful in your walk with the Lord, but continue to struggle day in and day out, then there is a door that has not as yet been opened to you. The principles in this book will guide you to use the right key to unlock your financial blessings.

What if you knew that God really "gets it" about you? What if you could get it about God? How could you know? What if there were a belilevable answer - an answer with actual evidence - about where you will be on the day you die? What if the goal of the Christian life isn't "being good", or even "going to heaven when I die"? What if avoiding all suffering is a bad idea? What if there were more to say about suffering than "make it go away!"  

Welcome to Mackurd. When the Collapse made the simple things complicated and the complicated things man-eating monsters, most people ran around like sissies and got eaten. This is not the story of those people. This is the story of unlikely heroes kicking undead pelvises and shooting monsters before their names become an issue, all while trying to keep the squad mascot from stealing all the beer. It's a short story of the Collapse, set in the world of the Black Year Series.

Are you hosting a volunteer from Workaway, HelpX, Volunteers Base, or another work exchange service? This short audiobook will help you figure out what you want from a work exchange while avoiding issues and problems. You'll learn strategies for recruiting, screening, preparing for arrival, and working effectively with your volunteers, including support and supervision. This audiobook even guides you on how to wrap up the experience.

A high school teacher begins to question the course of his life after a famous young actress moves into town. In the starlet's shadow, his girlfriend, his mother, his neighbor, and his students take on strange new dimensions. Told in a series of snapshots, Understudies presents a sharp, funny, and heartbreaking study of beauty, celebrity, and everyday needs.