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Hiring Do-ers for Success emphasizes the importance of hiring job candidates who can get the work done, not sing around the campfire in your culture. In describing his own hiring practices, Steve Jobs once said, “We hire do-ers to get things done.” This is the NFL way as well: “You don't know how they'll do until they are on your field.” You and your company will benefit from adopting a similar hiring philosophy. Test and calibrate. Have your star employees interview candidates to see if they qualify.

"The Christmas Tree and the Wedding" is a bittersweet story written in 1848, the year of revolutions throughout Europe. The story has an undercurrent reflecting the tumultuous changes of that year. The narrator, attending a Christmas party with the Christmas tree referenced in the title, sees the Guest of Honor take an undue interest in a young girl, the daughter of his host....

The Civil War divided West Point graduates as the North tried to get Robert E. Lee to be their Commander in Chief, brothers, and here son and father, with lamentable results.

This is the second in this series of Core Words. After learning the first 100, this audiobook has the core 500 words used in the SATs and GREs over the last 50 years. This audio book is best used after the Core 100 words are mastered so as not to intimidate the student.

Plato's Allegory of the Cave is what many believe to be the foundation of Western Philosophy. It addresses what is visible and invisible, seen and observed versus intuited and imagined, and what is public versus private and just versus unjust. It also concerns the meaning and importance of education, the state of the soul, the conflict between truth and beauty, animal urges versus higher aspirations, knowledge versus ignorance, and on and on.

Learn the art of negotiating in 60 minutes of conversation and instruction.

"The Ransom of Red Chief" may be the most widely read story in grammar, middle, and high school. Young people can relate to 10-year-old Red Chief, his father, who makes the kidnappers pay him back in order to take Red Chief off their hands....

Collections presents the approach that gets the most collection dollars and has the highest percentage ability to keep your late customers and get them out of the bad pay habit. Collections is about selling companies and people to pay you. Have the end in mind: they have the money; your job is to get them to send their money to you. A must listen for all business people involved in finance and collections.

Guaranteed to give the student a solid core list of words for the SATs. Unlike most SAT prep courses, this short concise audiobook is laser focused on the words themselves. It does not wear down and intimidate the student with length and breadth.

The story centers on an impoverished clerk who is dedicated to his job as a routine copyist but not recognized for his hard work. Younger clerks mock him for his dedication. His threadbare overcoat is mocked as well. He saves up to buy a new one and wears it for one glorious evening, only to have it stolen that night. He dies soon after from his great loss. Thereafter, his ghost is reported to haunt that part of St. Petersburg where the coat was stolen.

In divorce, people need to attend to the psychological aspects as they work to adapt to all the other new realities of a post-divorce world. Sam Margulies, an expert in mediation, here suggests that mediation is the best method for accomplishing these tasks. He details what everyone must do to make divorce a less painful process, with a minimum of suffering, especially for the children involved.

Immigration Naturalization Test covers all the questions examiners can ask you about orally in the test. This is a multipart test that requires considerable knowledge in the various areas. This is also a perfect audiobook for civics classes in grade and high schools to prep students for what is important to know as an American citizen. Repetition is the mother of learning, so listening many times will only make you do better on your test.

"An Ominous Baby", which is quite short, is an unexpected Stephen Crane jewel. Crane is best known for three short stories, "The Open Boat", thought by many to be the best short story ever written, "The Blue Hotel", and "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky". "An Ominous Baby" is perhaps the most unusual of the other ten Crane stories Simply recorded. It deserves to be right up there with the top three.

When George hears his mother is sick, he comes home immediately despite looking uncool to his rowdy friends, and soothes his mother. He shows his deep caring for her which moves her as well. Critics have spoken about George's being a drunk, an alcoholic, and the like. But that is not core to the story because George keeps his job for a long time; when he loses it, much of that is because he has been led into thinking work is not cool, to use the modern term.

Another wonderful Dickens short story combining spectral images with Christmas. Wonderful turns of phrase and digressions throughout. To name but one, “faithful obstructions”, for servants - in other words, easier to do it yourself if not for pride of position. Playful, fun, and illuminating. One of his less listened-to stories; well worth it for anyone, but especially for fans.

A unique witty, sardonic, ironic, and insightful dictionary of terms. American humor, stem to stern. Best heard rather than read due to the sharp incisive wit. A must read in American Literature and Cultural History. Widely anthologized and used as a basis for stories such as one of the most popular Twilight zone episodes.

Learn the art of good manners in only 60 minutes of conversation and instruction.

A moving story about an observer sent to enemy lines in the Civil War, who moves too far forward and find himself caught in the vise of war. As in so many of his classic tales of the destructive nature of war, in "One of the Missing" Bierce paints an unflinching portrait of the damages solidiering can inflict upon a man - both physically and emotionally.

Persuade suggests five categories of persuasion and 54 elements that will work "magically" to persuade people of your point of view - as long as you have a basic foundation of authenticity as well as truthfulness in your beliefs. The five categories are: Trust and Support, Motivation, Finances, Winners, and Technique.

The author emphasizes that the Board of Directors should start every meeting discussing the customers. What are they thinking? How is our franchise doing? What are the metrics of repeat business? Trial and similar questions. Why? Because financials are reasonably straightforward, most Board members are good at understanding them without conversation, and customers are the foundation of every organization.