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This practical business book by an internationally acclaimed time management expert helps listeners understand why they're not finishing projects and what to do about it, including using Dr. Yager's unique F-I-N-I-S-H technique. It also goes beyond a "do this, not that" approach to help you develop a deeper insight into what you should be committing to in the first place!

The audiobook is based on the second edition of 125 Ways to Meet the Love of Your Life, which is being finalized. The core of the audiobook is 125 annotated ways to meet the love of your life, organized into nine categories, such as introductions by friends and family, dating services, trips, at work, cybermatching, online dating, singles clubs, parties, and lots more. Inspiring examples of successful matches based on original research throughout the book; Dr. Yager and her husband Fred even share their own "how we met" story.

In this compelling historical novel by former Associated Press reporter and entertainment writer and book author Fred Yager, Cambodia is still a war-ravaged country, even though the Vietnam War has ended. Esther, a recent college graduate and an American volunteer, is trying to make the lives of Cambodian refugees better. But with more recent news that Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge's plan to create a new revolutionary nation may actually be turning into mass genocide, she decides she must find a way to speak up about these killings to the refugee commissioner. 

Louis Parker is the divorced father of two teenagers who is still trying to find his life's purpose. After losing his job, Louie' financial situation convinces him he has nothing to lose if he agrees to test out a radical new virtual reality video game for a substantial fee. But Louie quickly learns that virtual reality is a lot more complicated than he realized. By the end of his seven days, is Louie trapped in virtual reality forever? If he is able to return to his own reality, is it the same one he started from, or has it immeasurably changed.

"Friendshifts" is a word Dr. Yager coined to denote how sometimes our friendships may shift throughout our lives, and even how we define a friend. Fortunately, in some instances, lifelong friendship does happen. The examples, anecdotes, quotes, and studies cited throughout the audiobook reinforce the notion that the right friends will help you get ahead or be happy in life, and even live a longer life; whereas the wrong friends can sabotage you or even get you hurt or killed.

Seth Alan Barkas was a film critic for Baltimore Magazine when he died, as well as a freelance theater reviewer for one of the two leading theater newspapers at the time. These four unique plays are the work of an aspiring, talented playwright whose career was tragically cut short by his death following a senseless mugging. Each of the one-act plays collected in In the Great Together resonates with sharp, memorable dialogue and diverse and powerful themes, plots, and characters.

This English translation of the best-selling Vietnamese novel by acclaimed author Nguyen Nhat Anh explores childhood and coming of age of teenagers in Vietnam. Its insights into friendship, love, and family are simultaneously unique and universal.

Lucky the Orphan takes you back in time to an orphanage in the 1980s. You will experience what it was like to a 13-year-old orphan whose everyday life would be hard for most anyone to endure. He is terrorized by at least one of the orphanage's strict nuns and by too many rough peers, but Lucky still makes friends to help him through it all. 

Take a journey into the magical, creative world of Doodles Lanhorn, a 14-year-old boy gifted with exceptional Wizartry powers, where the art of drawing makes something come to life just with the whirl of his hand! In this latest adventure, Doodles takes an action-packed trip to China to compete in the annual Wizartry Competition, determined to win a seat on the Wizartry Council even though he is the youngest contestant, so he could change the realm for the better. 

This prescriptive self-help book by acclaimed friendship coach, expert, and sociologist Dr. Jan Yager, author of the international hit titles When Friendship Hurts (in 29 languages) and Friendshifts (in nine languages) now looks at how the right friends can extend your life and even delay or avoid the onset of dementia and how the wrong ones can have catastrophic effects.

This fast-paced novel combines two genres - coming of age and crime. It is initially set in Texas but the action moves on to Nevada and Arizona. On the Run has strong themes and occasional violent confrontations as the author explores the motivations behind the characters and the events they find themselves in as well as the aftermath. The two main characters, Angelina and Steven, are 17-year-olds who have grown up in very different worlds. 

This practical step-by-step guide shows you everything you need to know about selling or buying foreign rights. Written by an international foreign rights expert, this useful book provides the information you need so your book can be translated or sold into additional English language markets. Aimed at authors, publishers, foreign rights managers, literary agents, and even those aspiring to enter the foreign rights field, Foreign Rights and Wrongs goes beyond just describing the do’s and don’ts of selling or buying rights.

This concise guide offers suggestions as well as additional resources to help you deal more effectively with your money challenges and where to seek out further assistance.

In this debut novel, a self-righteous team of vigilantes don luchador masks and bring their own swift brand of violent justice to anyone who would dare harm a child. Their actions however are quickly misinterpreted by the media and attention-starved online followers, and what was originally meant to halt the cycle of violence, only perpetuates it. 

Art comes to life as Doodles uses his exceptional Wizartry skill to hunt for the prized artifact that holds the key to Inner Earth. But there is a detective who is convinced that Doodles is the actual thief. Doodles enlists the help of his old and new friends, including his unique sidekick Boogly. Will Doodles recover the stolen artifact or will the malicious Mr. Derringer outwit him?

In Put More Time on Your Side: How to Manage Your Life in a Digital World, sociologist, business, and relationship expert Dr. Jan Yager helps you to become more efficient in a work world that is more demanding and 24/7 than ever before.

This is a choice collection of 150 movie reviews of classic and contemporary timeless movies by international syndicated film critic Susan Granger. It includes films from the earliest days to today, from the Russian film Battleship Potemkin (1925) and Gone With the Wind (1939) to Bridge of Spies (2015) and Zootopia (2016). 150 Timeless Movies includes reviews reprinted from Granger's popular website, www.susangranger.com, as well as more than two dozen new reviews of English and foreign film classics.

Positive statements related to key relationships including parent-child, sibling, extended family, friend, romantic partner, neighbors, co-workers, or service providers. Includes an introduction by relationship and business coach and author/sociologist, Dr. Jan Yager as well as activities in the back of the book on how to improve your relationships at work and in your personal life.

Transform your nonfiction writing now! Through concrete examples and clear guidelines, seasoned and prolific writer, teacher, and coach Jan Yager gives solid advice on how to create business and nonfiction writing that will help you to get ahead in your career. Originally published by Arco with the title, How to Write Like a Professional, this practical and extremely useful book provides guidelines for improved nonfiction writing including a self-evaluation to access your current writing skills.

Have you ever had a piece of clothing, or an object, that you thought brought you luck? Keenan, a college student, finds the red hat that his Dad originally bought for him at a flea market when he was twelve. But can a hat really be lucky?