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An award-winning news anchor presents methods for better communication in any business environment

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During her 20 years in broadcasting, award-winning news anchor Suzanne Bates conducted more than 10,000 interviews, during which she witnessed business leaders, politicians, and celebrities at their best and worst. Now a top CEO communication coach, Bates is renowned for her uncanny ability to transform even the shyest oratorical mouse into a public-speaking lion. In Speak Like a CEO, Bates:

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• Reveals the secrets for communicating in any situation .
• Describes simple techniques for acing speeches, presentations, media interviews, QAndA sessions, business meetings, and more .
• Outlines self-improvement plans that can easily be customized to your needs .
• Shares secrets from top leaders, including Mario Cuomo's technique for overcoming stage fright and Colin Powell's secret for projecting authenticity .

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Lieutenant Daniel Leary of the Republic of Cinnabar Navy commands the corvette Princess Cecile; his friend Signals Officer Adele Mundy has the latest in spy apparatus and the skill to prowl the most tightly guarded database. All they lack are enemies, and fate is about to supply those in abundance! They and their crack crew must battle bureaucrats and traitors, the winds of a barren desert and the strains of a voyage never before attempted. Action, color and heroics merge with the gritty realities of war and politics in a story that never slows down. Indeed, how could it slow down, with Lt. Leary, Commanding?.
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Described by the author as a key to the entire corpus of his work, The Commanding Self describes the mixture of primitive and conditioned responses, common to everyone, that inhibits and distorts human progress and understanding. This book is designed to offer a way to transcend the limits imposed by this "commanding self."

While complete in itself as an anthology of hitherto unpublished work, the book serves to illustrate and amplify Idries Shah's preceding books on the Sufi Way. Based on tales, lectures, letters, and interviews, it offers both an introduction to Sufi thought and further study for those already acquainted with Shah's writings..
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As Sea Ray approaches its 50th anniversary, the commitment to quality and innovation that founder C. N. Ray instilled in the company decades ago remains stronger than ever. Sea Ray s unique philosophy, which centers on design excellence and dealer relationships, has helped the company thrive since the opening of its first plant in Oxford, Michigan, in 1959. Over the years, Sea Ray has faced many challenges, from inflation to oil embargoes to the Great Boating Depression. Through a combination of strong dealer relationships which help ensure customer satisfaction and build brand loyalty and a dedication to quality and innovation, Sea Ray strengthened its business and increased profitability in spite of those tough times. Today, Sea Ray produces more than 40 different boat models with worldwide sales totaling nearly $1 billion a year. Boasting the widest variety of pleasure boats and one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in the world, Sea Ray is now the largest manufacturer of superior-quality fiberglass boats, with seven U.S.-based manufacturing facilities and many dealers across the globe. Sea Ray s desire to create high-quality boats and its dedication to exceptional service keep the company at the top of the marine industry. Commanding the Waterways: The Story of Sea Ray provides a compelling account of the immediate affect Sea Ray had on the boating industry as well as its continued growth and success since entering the business 50 years ago..
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In the first full biography of Lieutenant General John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906), Donald Connelly examines the career of one of the leading commanders in the western theater during the Civil War and the role of politics in the formulation of military policy during both war and peace in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Connelly relates how Schofield, as a department commander during the war, had to cope with contending political factions that sought to shape military and civil policies. Following the war, Schofield occupied every senior position in the army--including secretary of war and commanding general of the army--and became a leading champion of army reform and professionalism. He was the first senior officer to recognize that professionalism would come not from the separation of politics and the military but from the army's accommodation of politics and the often contentious American constitutional system.

Seen through the lens of Schofield's extensive military career, the history of American civil-military relations has seldom involved conflict between the military and civil authority, Connelly argues. The central question has never been whether to have civilian control but rather which civilians have a say in the formulation and execution of policy..
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Most people fear giving a speech more than any other situation they encounterin fact, public speaking ranks #1, even out-ranking death. Reluctance to getting up in front of an audience is often a major impediment to career advancement. Indeed, each year thousands of people turn down promotions because a new position would require giving speeches to bosses, co-workers, or clients.

101 Secrets of Highly Effective Speakers shows you how to--

Prepare a dynamite introduction Use visuals aids effectively Time a speech properly Keep listeners in suspense Establish credibility Prepare for questions from the audience Control nervousness Project enthusiasm Maintain audience attention

Heres an audiobook that finally pulls together the major principles and techniques used by todays most effective speakers!.
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During the Civil War, thirty-six officers in the Army of the Potomac were assigned corps commands of up to 30,000 men. Collectively charged with leading the Union's most significant field army, these leaders proved their courage in countless battlefields from Gettysburg to Antietam to Cold Harbor. Unfortunately, courage alone was not enough. Their often dismal performances played a major role in producing this army's tragic record, one that included more defeats than victories despite its numerical and materiel superiority.

Stephen Taaffe takes a close look at this command cadre, examining who was appointed to these positions, why they were appointed, and why so many of them ultimately failed to fulfill their responsibilities. He demonstrates that ambitious officers such as Gouverneur Warren, John Reynolds, and Winfield Scott Hancock employed all the weapons at their disposal, from personal connections to exaggerated accounts of prowess in combat, to claw their way into these important posts.

Once there, however, as Taaffe reveals, many of these officers failed to navigate the tricky and ever-changing political currents that swirled around the Army of the Potomac. As a result, only three of them managed to retain their commands for more than a year, and their machinations caused considerable turmoil in the army's high command structure. Taaffe also shows that their ability or inability to get along with generals such as George McClellan, Ambrose Burnside, Joseph Hooker, George Meade, and Ulysses Grant played a big role in their professional destinies.

In analyzing the Army of the Potomac's corps commanders as a group, Taaffe provides a new way of detailing this army's chronic difficulties-one that, until now, has been largely neglected in the literature of the Civil War.

This book is part of the Modern War Studies series..
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The Gallipoli Campaign took place at Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey from 25 April 1915 to 9 January 1916, during the First World War. A joint British Empire and French operation was mounted to capture the Ottoman capital of Istanbul. The first D-day style invasion was launched to captures of the Turkish gun emplacements so that the British navy could and secure a sea route to Russia. The attempt failed, with heavy casualties on both sides. These are the Diaries of the British General Sir Ian Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO TD (16 January 1853 — 12 October 1947) General Hamilton was the commander of the forces during the Battle of Gallipoli. .
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