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Skid Road

An Informal Portrait of Seattle

by Murray Morgan ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

Skid Road tells the story of Seattle "from the bottom up," offering an informal and engaging portrait of the Emerald City's first century, as seen through the lives of some of its most colorful citizens. With his trademark combination of deep local knowledge, precision, and wit, Murray Morgan traces the city's history from its earliest days as a hacked-from-the-wilderness timber town, touching on ... Read more

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Skid Road tells the story of Seattle "from the bottom up," offering an informal and engaging portrait of the Emerald City's first century, as seen through the lives of some of its most colorful citizens. With his trademark combination of deep local knowledge, precision, and wit, Murray Morgan traces the city's history from its earliest days as a hacked-from-the-wilderness timber town, touching on
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Gillespie

by J. MacDougall Hay ...

Series series Canongate Classics
"One of the great novels in the Scottish canon . . . that asks profound questions about how our narratives, personal and national, ought to be made" ( Scottish Review of Books ).A leech, a pirate, a predator, an anti-Christ, a public benefactor, and the fisherman's friend; such is Gillespie Strang in this remarkably powerful Scottish novel. Gillespie is the harsh prophet of the new breed of ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"One of the great novels in the Scottish canon . . . that asks profound questions about how our narratives, personal and national, ought to be made" ( Scottish Review of Books ).A leech, a pirate, a predator, an anti-Christ, a public benefactor, and the fisherman's friend; such is Gillespie Strang in this remarkably powerful Scottish novel. Gillespie is the harsh prophet of the new breed of
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Leading the Future

The Human Science of Law Firm Strategy and Leadership

by Dr Bob Murray, Dr Alicia Fortinberry ...

Behavioural science comes into play in every aspect of running a legal business, from the way strategic decisions are made, to the way good or bad news is delivered, through to how lawyers interrelate and communicate with clients. Law firms are now implementing human science initiatives to gain a competitive edge as they compete against each other for market share. Leading the Future: The Human ... Read more

$202.99 USD

Behavioural science comes into play in every aspect of running a legal business, from the way strategic decisions are made, to the way good or bad news is delivered, through to how lawyers interrelate and communicate with clients. Law firms are now implementing human science initiatives to gain a competitive edge as they compete against each other for market share. Leading the Future: The Human
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The Human Science of Strategy

What works and what doesn't

by Dr Bob Murray, Dr Alicia Fortinberry ...

Research shows that 80 percent of all strategic initiatives by professional service firms fail to meet their objectives. This book is about how to make them a success. Strategy is, in the end, about people, and will succeed or fail depending on how well partners, employees, clients, and others apply it. Scientifically, there are several basic elements in getting human beings to adopt any new ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Research shows that 80 percent of all strategic initiatives by professional service firms fail to meet their objectives. This book is about how to make them a success. Strategy is, in the end, about people, and will succeed or fail depending on how well partners, employees, clients, and others apply it. Scientifically, there are several basic elements in getting human beings to adopt any new
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Lawscape 2025

Defining the Law Firm of Tomorrow

by Thomas Berman, Patricia Wheatley Burt, Bob Murray, Alicia Fortinberry, Phyllis Weiss Haserot, John Alber, Eric Hunter, Rohit Talwart, Joanna Goodman, Jack Bostelman, Chris Boyd, Douglas McPherson, Ian Turvill ...

The legal sector is facing a period of major metamorphosis - disruptors are making waves in the structuring, process, and service-delivery models, and client's needs are becoming more demanding and value-focused. As the landscape of law transforms many firms will be left facing a situation of, in John Alber's words, change or die. How will law firms keep up with upcoming rapid and volatile changes ... Read more

$355.99 USD

The legal sector is facing a period of major metamorphosis - disruptors are making waves in the structuring, process, and service-delivery models, and client's needs are becoming more demanding and value-focused. As the landscape of law transforms many firms will be left facing a situation of, in John Alber's words, change or die. How will law firms keep up with upcoming rapid and volatile changes
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The Last Wilderness

by Murray Morgan ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 20 min

Murray Morgan's classic history of the Olympic Peninsula, originally published in 1955, evokes a remote American wilderness "as large as the state of Massachusetts, more rugged than the Rockies, its lowlands blanketed by a cool jungle of fir and pine and cedar, its peaks bearing hundreds of miles of living ice that gave rise to swift rivers alive with giant salmon."Drawing on historical research ... Read more

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Murray Morgan's classic history of the Olympic Peninsula, originally published in 1955, evokes a remote American wilderness "as large as the state of Massachusetts, more rugged than the Rockies, its lowlands blanketed by a cool jungle of fir and pine and cedar, its peaks bearing hundreds of miles of living ice that gave rise to swift rivers alive with giant salmon."Drawing on historical research
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The Datapreneurs

The Promise of AI and the Creators Building Our Future

by Bob Muglia ...

Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

Unabridged

5 hours 18 min

A leader in the data economy explains how we arrived at AI—and how we can navigate its future.In The Datapreneurs, Bob Muglia helps us understand how innovation in data and information technology have led us to AI—and how this technology must shape our future. The long-time Microsoft executive, former CEO of Snowflake, and current tech investor maps the evolution of the modern data stack and how ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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A leader in the data economy explains how we arrived at AI—and how we can navigate its future.In The Datapreneurs, Bob Muglia helps us understand how innovation in data and information technology have led us to AI—and how this technology must shape our future. The long-time Microsoft executive, former CEO of Snowflake, and current tech investor maps the evolution of the modern data stack and how
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Managing Legal Change Initiatives

by Patrick J McKenna, Arthur G Greene, Dr Bob Murray, Andrew Hedley, Neryl East, Duncan Hart, Dr Alicia Fortinberry, David J Parnell, Carol Mynott, Nick Marson ...

Successfully managing a change initiative is no simple feat, regardless of the size of the firm - distilling the process of change into a workforce takes careful planning and support. Change is stressful and difficult for people to process and accept, as we often cling to what we know. This is especially true of lawyers, who are notoriously averse to change. However, the legal sector has begun to ... Read more

$215.99 USD

Successfully managing a change initiative is no simple feat, regardless of the size of the firm - distilling the process of change into a workforce takes careful planning and support. Change is stressful and difficult for people to process and accept, as we often cling to what we know. This is especially true of lawyers, who are notoriously averse to change. However, the legal sector has begun to
... Read more
Legal leadership

a handbook for future success

by Ian Paterson, Patrick J McKenna, Edward Walker, Gabriella O’Rourke, Harry P Trueheart, Russell Borland, Thomas Chalmers, Dr Bob Murray, Dr Alicia Fortinberry, Rosalie Chamberlain, Katherine Larkin-Wong ...

Today's law firm is an entity in flux. Economic and technological disruption - along with a range of other factors - have contributed to this change, meaning that firms are not what they used to be. It is therefore a necessity that the way they are managed also needs to change. This means, among many things, the need to corporatize the running of the firm; a move away from the focus on the ... Read more

$215.99 USD

Today's law firm is an entity in flux. Economic and technological disruption - along with a range of other factors - have contributed to this change, meaning that firms are not what they used to be. It is therefore a necessity that the way they are managed also needs to change. This means, among many things, the need to corporatize the running of the firm; a move away from the focus on the
... Read more
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Thinking Big

Achieving Greatness One Thought at a Time

by Zig Ziglar, Les Brown, Dr. Larry Iverson, Bob Proctor, Chris Widener, Dr. Sheila Murray Bethel, Mark Sanborn, others, various authors, Laura Stack ...

Narrated by various narrators ...

Series series The Made for Success Series
Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

Do you want to radically disrupt your mindset and think bigger? Do you feel it on your fingertips, just out of reach? Do you find yourself striving to break through the seams to success but just can’t push through the box you live in?The real you has an urge—and ability—to live in a much larger way. Transform your thoughts, your life, and your actions to achieve greatness … one thought at a time. ... Read more

$22.99 USD

Do you want to radically disrupt your mindset and think bigger? Do you feel it on your fingertips, just out of reach? Do you find yourself striving to break through the seams to success but just can’t push through the box you live in?The real you has an urge—and ability—to live in a much larger way. Transform your thoughts, your life, and your actions to achieve greatness … one thought at a time.
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SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide

Using, Customizing, and Managing SharePoint 2007

by James Pyles, Christopher M. Buechler, Bob Fox, Murray Gordon, Michael Lotter, Jason Medero, Nilesh Mehta, Joris Poelmans, Christopher Pragash, Piotr Prussak, Christopher J. Regan ...

For any organization that wants to use Windows SharePoint Services to share and collaborate on Microsoft Office documents, this book shows administrators of all levels how to get up and running with this powerful and popular set of collaboration tools.Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services technology in Office 2007 is an integrated set of services designed to connect people, information, processes, ... Read more

$28.99 USD

For any organization that wants to use Windows SharePoint Services to share and collaborate on Microsoft Office documents, this book shows administrators of all levels how to get up and running with this powerful and popular set of collaboration tools.Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services technology in Office 2007 is an integrated set of services designed to connect people, information, processes,
... Read more

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Make Work Better

Revolutionizing How Great Bosses Lead, Give Feedback, and Empower Employees

by Doug Dennerline, Jamie Aitken ...

Narrated by Carolyn Jania ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

It’s time to make performance management work.We’ve moved on from antiquated tools like typewriters or checkbooks, but bosses still rely on the same annual performance review process to manage employees the same way they did 70 years ago. It fails our modern hybrid workplaces and it doesn’t improve performance, especially for today’s millennial and Gen-Z workforce. It succeeds only in lowering ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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It’s time to make performance management work.We’ve moved on from antiquated tools like typewriters or checkbooks, but bosses still rely on the same annual performance review process to manage employees the same way they did 70 years ago. It fails our modern hybrid workplaces and it doesn’t improve performance, especially for today’s millennial and Gen-Z workforce. It succeeds only in lowering
... Read more

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