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Sending an email plagued with typos. Rushing through a presentation. Never saying “no”. Under-dressing for a company event. What do these all have in common? Bad messaging. The Communication Clinic is a comprehensive, commonsense guide to getting the job of your dreams and presenting yourself in the best light through your writing, speaking, body language, and overall appearance. In no time, you'll begin recognizing the subtle mistakes that are holding you back, and taking steps to overcome them.

Diagnosed with a pediatric brain tumor, Patricia Walsh became blind at the age of five. As a teenager, she lost what little vision remained due to surgical complications, and the straight-A student began a downward spiral into depression and hopelessness. But Walsh eventually had an epiphany: If she didn't do something - and fast - she would doom herself to a life devoid of meaning. Drawing on her experience of great adversity - and even greater success - she shows you how to set realistic milestones and describes a simple and effective process for mapping these milestones.

With more than two decades of experience working with hundreds of thousands of women and clients including eBay, GM, Microsoft, and more, Be Leaderly CEO Jo Miller has the strategies, stories, and research to help women shift their focus from doing to leading. In Woman of Influence, she provides a practical, hands-on road map that walks you through nine specific steps to build your brand, establish your legacy, and thrive.

It's almost 3 months after the election and Facebook feeds are still being dominated by people talking about – err, screaming about-- the election results. But regardless of your political views, one thing's for certain, voter turn-out played a big role in this close election. But how do you get people to vote? In this week's lesson by Sean Young, PhD, we'll tell you about a study conducted by Stanford and Harvard researchers that discovered a simple trick that can increase voter turnout.

Vacationing in places like Myrtle Beach and Miami Beach can be exciting, but when you consider the costs of lodging and food in such high-profile areas, it isn't usually affordable to budget travelers. onsider searching for lesser-known beaches. Are the Outer Banks too expensive? Take a look at southern North Carolina beaches instead. They're less crowded, and they offer much lower prices.

Natural Beauty Recipes: 60 Best Kept Secrets to Care for the Skin has taken things a step further. The author not only explains why it is essential to take care of the skin but also highlights some great natural beauty recipes that can be used to help to keep the skin healthy. In this busy society, it can be quite easy to forget that the skin needs a bit more care than just cleaning it daily.

On April ninth, thousands of people wake from the same dream, visits from angels instructing them to build a biblical ark in their front yards or the town square or little league field - anywhere - to prepare for the worst natural disaster to strike the world since the days of Noah. A widowed California high school teacher risks everything to build a boat in the 60 days she is given. A homeless self-proclaimed prophet of God preaches across Boston's waterfront, unaware that he is not alone in his visions.

Christmas is a time for family, particularly children who keep the magic of Christmas alive. What happens though when children become nasty and fight over the wrapped presents under the tree? Six cousins find out in the Town Beneath The Christmas Tree. In the spirit of Charles Dickens, the cousins are placed into an unfamiliar, upside-down world, where they are forced to deal with - and rely on - each other.

When American historian Pandora (Dory) Ryan finds a very rare, uncataloged 17th-century nun’s diary inside a record book at the provincial archives in Avignon, she is thrilled. This is historian’s treasure. But she doesn’t know yet that it will send her on a search that brings about changes in how she feels about her profession, the irrational, and love with a sexy Frenchman. And it will take her from the archive on a dangerous adventure into the countryside of Provence, which, beautiful as it is, has a long and bloody history.

Human trafficking. It’s one of the most tragic problems in the world. But what if we could use psychology and economics to stop it? In this week's BlackBoxPhD, I'll describe a study called "Family Rewards" that might shed some light on how to do that.

Many people who would like to try veganism for environmental or ethical reasons are put off by the thought of a meat-free diet being unhealthy and nutritionally inadequate. However, this is a very long way from the truth, and turning vegan can bring a whole host of health benefits with it, ranging from the minor to the potentially life-saving. This is true for people at any stage of life from childhood to old age, and also for pregnant women and even elite athletes. In Julian's book he covers this focus entirely.

Hanney, an expatriated Scot, returns from a long stay in South Africa to his flat in London. One night he is buttonholed by an American who appears to know of an anarchist plot to destabilise Europe, and claims to be in fear for his life. Hannay lets the American hide in his flat, and returns later to find that another man has been found shot dead in the same building, apparently a suicide. Four days later Hannay finds the American stabbed to death...

The Paleo Diet is based on food from the land, offering a healthy, all natural way to lose weight, with a simple model that is easy to follow.

The Paleo Diet is more of lifestyle than a diet, based on making healthy decisions and consuming foods that were a part of the diet plan of hunters and gathers.

Sending an email plagued with typos. Rushing through a presentation. Never saying “no”. Under-dressing for a company event. What do these all have in common? Bad messaging. The Communication Clinic is a comprehensive, commonsense guide to getting the job of your dreams and presenting yourself in the best light through your writing, speaking, body language, and overall appearance. In no time, you'll begin recognizing the subtle mistakes that are holding you back, and taking steps to overcome them.

Diagnosed with a pediatric brain tumor, Patricia Walsh became blind at the age of five. As a teenager, she lost what little vision remained due to surgical complications, and the straight-A student began a downward spiral into depression and hopelessness. But Walsh eventually had an epiphany: If she didn't do something - and fast - she would doom herself to a life devoid of meaning. Drawing on her experience of great adversity - and even greater success - she shows you how to set realistic milestones and describes a simple and effective process for mapping these milestones.

Press Ganey's chief nursing officer Christina Dempsey has worked everywhere in healthcare, from the ward floor to the hospital boardroom. She has also experienced the system as a patient and as a family member of a critically ill patient. In The Antidote to Suffering, this 30-year healthcare veteran and patient-experience thought leader argues that the key to improving healthcare is to reduce the suffering - physical, psychological, and emotional - of patients and caregivers alike through Compassionate Connected CareTM.

The most comprehensive, in-depth look at Millennials to date - essential for managers, HR professionals, and global business leaders seeking to align long-term organizational goals with the realities of the new workforce.

The world of business has completely transformed in recent years. But one thing remains the same: Quality leadership is the hinge on which the fate of every organization swings. The Leadership Mind Switch provides the critical lessons you need to lead your company in a fully globalized business world where radical technologies reign supreme. Debra Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford have helped some of today's most top executives successfully position themselves and their companies for the future. Now, in this groundbreaking leadership guide, they share their insight with you.

Picture walking into work one day and trying to log into your computer. You type in your username and password the same way you do every other day, only to find an intimidating image of a digital skeleton taking over your computer screen. This was the scary reality for the victims of the big Sony hack a couple of years ago, when the information of every computer in the entire company was locked, hidden, or stolen by an unseen organization. Cyber-attackers took advantage of Sony’s high-tech offices and computer systems to effectively gain control of the entire organization.

Imagine spinning so far out of control that you find yourself in the back of a police car, facing a DUI charge, a fine, some time in prison, and the challenge of just trying to wrap your whirling head around the whole situation. Now I want you to imagine that happening eight more times. In early June, a judge in Texas sentenced a man named Donald Middleton to life in prison after his ninth DUI-related arrest, in which he fled the scene of a head-on crash that almost killed a 16-year-old boy.