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In Carly Fiorina: A Biography of the CEO Turned Presidential Candidate, you will learn about the life, career, and ambitions of Carly Fiorina. In this biography, you will learn about Carly Fiorina's incredible life story. Fiorina rose to fame for her role as CEO of Hewlett-Packard and for being one of the first women to lead a major American corporation. Prior to her controversial tenure at HP, Fiorina had a successful business career at AT&T and Lucent Technologies.

After the Englishman Henry Hudson, under the aegis of the Dutch East India Company, sailed by Manhattan in 1609, he returned home with good news and bad news. Like the other explorers before him, he hadn't been able to find a water route to the Orient. He had, however, returned with maps and beaver pelts. With that, it became clear that the region around the bay was a promising new territory for trade and settlement, which would become a bone of contention between the Dutch and the English for the rest of the century.

In his book Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman looks at and explains the choices and errors in judgment people make over a span of time. He presents the key findings of his research on intuitive statistics. Both Kahneman and his colleague and close friend Amos Tversky find that human intuition was lacking - judgments are biased and people are willing to believe in inadequate evidence based on few observations.

Ellis Island and Angel Island: The History and Legacy of America’s Most Famous Immigration Stations examines how these islands became immigration inspection centers and what life was like for those who landed in each place. 

This audiobook offers information on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, more commonly known as ADHD. You'll learn information to manage it, in this book.

Four books full of techniques, tips, and tricks to design your home and your life, based on the ancient art of feng shui. Book 1: Decorating and Enhancing Your Life and Home; Book 2: Your Life and Happiness in Balance and Harmony; Book 3: Wealth, Health, and Improved Relationships...; and Book 4: Colors and Interior Design by Tidying Up with a Clear Mind.

Most Americans old enough to follow the news during the 1990s are instantly familiar with the Unabomber, a name given to the man behind a series of bombs that were periodically mailed or delivered to university professors and airlines, which led to the FBI giving the investigation the codename "UNABOM", an acronym for "University and Airline Bomber".

In the 16th century, corruption, debauchery, and the general perversion of ethics were running rampant within the Roman Catholic Church. The public began to grow leery of the crooked church, and soon, they could no longer bite their tongues. Among the church's most vocal opponents was Martin Luther, whose publication of the 95 Theses gave rise to the Protestant movement. This reformed brand of Christianity gradually spread throughout Europe, planting flags across the continent.

In every nation, in every era of history, there are inevitably one or two places that become the symbol of the times. Mention Valley Forge to an American and it will immediately conjure up visions of a hard won fight for freedom. Likewise, the word Dunkirk said to a Briton will elicit a sense of both pride and horror at the lives lost and saved at that desperate point in World War II. For the French, and those who study their history, Versailles is a symbol of, as Charles Dickens once put it, "the best of times...the worst of times."

To get a sense of the kind of prestige that Claude Monet's reputation has within the art world, one need only learn that his Le Bassin Aux Nympheás (1919) - from his series of paintings featuring water lilies - sold for the equivalent of more than $70 million. This is an incredibly staggering price, especially considering that early in his life, Monet had been so poor and debt-ridden that some of his paintings were taken from him by creditors.

This is a summary version of Daniel H Pink's Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. The summary provides much food for thought in presenting concepts that can change how we see work. It illustrates new and more effective ways of managing workers that result in a happier and more productive environment. By adopting the principles of autonomy, mastery, and purpose, we can see positive transformation in the workplace.

Learn what it takes to manage risk in your organization, specifically risk that has to do with information, with information systems, with data, and more. 

This three-book bundles includes How to Establish Effective Security Management Functions, How to Apply the NIST Risk Management Framework, and How to Manage Risk, Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. 

If you're new to woodworking and want setup your own workshop, this four-in-one bundle is for you. Learn about woodworking tools and how to use them, and discover new tips, tricks, and hacks.

Data breaches and network intrusions are constantly in front-page headline news. No matter how the data was lost or the network invaded, tracing the root cause of IT security problems usually leads back to ineffective management of security programs. In this audiobook, you'll gain solid foundational knowledge and skills you can use to effectively manage security in your organization. 

Handling risk is one of the chief goals of organizations, mainly in the InfoSec program. Risk management delivers the vehicle for the balance between compliance and security. Businesses need to defend their data by launching and upholding an operational risk management platform. Organizations must considered their environment, resources, threats, and sensitivity of their data. 

Are you new to woodworking and want to set up your own workshop? Perhaps you already have a workshop but are thinking about reorganizing it? If your answer is "yes", this audiobook is for you! In this audiobook you will learn: workshop tips for basements, design tips for garage conversion, small workshop options, low-cost workshop options, how to wire your workshop, tips for light improvements, workbenches and storage tips, dust collector tips, tips for sawhorses, and much more!

Are you new to woodworking and want to learn a few new tips? Perhaps you already started working with wood, but want to know more? If your answer is yes, this audiobook is for you! In this audiobook you will learn: How to shape wood, bandsaw and Jigsaw tips, how to handplane like a pro, how to smooth wood, ripping techniques, how to apply crosscuts, how to break edges, how to taper legs using tablesaw, and wood moulding techniques, and more!

Everything you need to start woodworking with hand tools! Hand tool woodworking can be a source of great pride, satisfaction, and amazing results, but there is much to learn about such as safety, tool usage, sharpening and so on. In this audiobook you will learn: Hand tool tips, joinery tool fundamentals, tools for shaping and smoothing, essential handsaws and handplanes fundamentals, how to plane correctly, how to use the card scraper, how to use cabinet scrapers and scraper planes, and much more.

Are you interested to setup a workshop at home but not sure where to begin? This book is a complete beginner’s guide on how to set up a small woodworking shop at home. If you are new to this industry and want to become a woodworking pro, this book is for you!