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Stories Set On Trains

Enjoy the journey

by Saki, Aleister Crowley, Richard Marsh, Leonara Wodehouse, Arthur Morrison, Amelia Edwards, Sabine Baring-Gould, W G Kelly, Barry Pain, John Davys Beresford, Gertrude Colmore ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell, David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

4 hours 50 min

A train seems a very reliable mode to bring out the best in authors and sometimes the worst in their fictional characters. In this volume our narratives are usually set inside the carriage compartment where they are really are up close and personal with each other. All our authors need to do is to light the touchpaper and stand well back. ... Read more

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A train seems a very reliable mode to bring out the best in authors and sometimes the worst in their fictional characters. In this volume our narratives are usually set inside the carriage compartment where they are really are up close and personal with each other. All our authors need to do is to light the touchpaper and stand well back.
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The Fundamentals of Adaptive Practice

by Jo'Anne Langham, Edward Morrison, Douglas K. Smith ...

Thankfully, most organizations do well at managing what they know how to do. The trouble is that the challenges defining this century - climate, healthcare, AI, income inequality, misinformation, unaffordable housing, and more - are "we don't know how" problems that lie beyond the reach of good management.The Fundamentals of Adaptive Practice lays out the rigorous, proven principles, disciplines, ... Read more

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Thankfully, most organizations do well at managing what they know how to do. The trouble is that the challenges defining this century - climate, healthcare, AI, income inequality, misinformation, unaffordable housing, and more - are "we don't know how" problems that lie beyond the reach of good management.The Fundamentals of Adaptive Practice lays out the rigorous, proven principles, disciplines,
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Strategic Doing

Ten Skills for Agile Leadership

by Edward Morrison, Scott Hutcheson, Elizabeth Nilsen, Janyce Fadden, Nancy Franklin ...

Ten skills for agile leadershipComplex challenges are all around us—they impact our companies, our communities, and our planet. This complexity and the emergence of networks is changing the practice of strategic management. Today’s leaders need to understand how to design and guide complex collaborations to accelerate innovation and change—collaborations that cross boundaries both inside and ... Read more

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Ten skills for agile leadershipComplex challenges are all around us—they impact our companies, our communities, and our planet. This complexity and the emergence of networks is changing the practice of strategic management. Today’s leaders need to understand how to design and guide complex collaborations to accelerate innovation and change—collaborations that cross boundaries both inside and
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Strategic Doing

Ten Skills for Agile Leadership

by Edward Morrison, Scott Hutcheson, Elizabeth Nilsen, Janyce Fadden, Nancy Franklin ...

Narrated by William Sarris ...

Unabridged

5 hours 21 min

Our companies, our communities, and our planet are facing unprecedented challenges—challenges that will not be solved by a small group of people from a single entity. Today's leaders need a set of tools specifically designed to harness the power of collaborative networks.Strategic Doing introduces you to the new disciplines of agile strategy and collaborative leadership. You'll learn how to design ... Read more

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Our companies, our communities, and our planet are facing unprecedented challenges—challenges that will not be solved by a small group of people from a single entity. Today's leaders need a set of tools specifically designed to harness the power of collaborative networks.Strategic Doing introduces you to the new disciplines of agile strategy and collaborative leadership. You'll learn how to design
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The Candle of Darkness

A classic BBC Radio full-cast thriller

by Edward Boyd ...

Narrated by Douglas Murchie, Effie Morrison, Full Cast, Isobel Gardner, Moultrie R Kelsall, Teddy Johnson ...

Unabridged

2 hours 44 min

Teddy Johnson stars in this atmospheric six-part radio thrillerKorean War veteran and hip Londoner Steve Gardiner arrives in a small Scottish seaside resort, looking for his old friend Jimmy Morton. But he's picked the wrong time for a reunion. The sleepy town is being terrorised by a homicidal maniac dubbed 'the Kind Man', and panic stalks the streets.Stepping off the train after dark, Steve is ... Read more

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Teddy Johnson stars in this atmospheric six-part radio thrillerKorean War veteran and hip Londoner Steve Gardiner arrives in a small Scottish seaside resort, looking for his old friend Jimmy Morton. But he's picked the wrong time for a reunion. The sleepy town is being terrorised by a homicidal maniac dubbed 'the Kind Man', and panic stalks the streets.Stepping off the train after dark, Steve is
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50 Mystery and Detective Masterpieces you have to Read Before you Die vol: 2

2020 Edition [newly updated]

by Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Dorothy Leigh Sayers, G.K Chesterton, Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Smith Fletcher, Maurice Leblanc, Sax Rohmer, Golden Deer Classics, Marcel Allain, Pierre Souvestre, Emile Gaboriau, John Meade Falkner, Thomas W. Hanshew, Ernest William Hornung, Herbert George Jenkins, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Sheridan Le Fanu, William Le Queux, Harold MacGrath, George Barr McCutcheon, John T. McIntyre, Arthur Morrison, Edward Phillips Oppenheim, Allan Pinkerton, Melville Davisson Post, Arthur John Rees, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Harrington Strong, Louis Tracy, Louis Joseph Vance, Carolyn Wells, Herman Whitaker, George F. Worts, Israel Zangwill ...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of ... Read more

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This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of
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From Struggle to Glory

by Edward Famien Morrison ...

From Struggle to Glory is an inspiring tale of perseverance, faith, and triumph. Born into extreme poverty in a remote Ghanaian village, Kofi faces relentless hardships from childhood to adolescence. With a carpenter father and a cleaner mother, he grows up with hunger, ridicule, and countless obstacles. However, his brilliant mind and unshakable determination set him apart.Amidst his struggles, a ... Read more

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From Struggle to Glory is an inspiring tale of perseverance, faith, and triumph. Born into extreme poverty in a remote Ghanaian village, Kofi faces relentless hardships from childhood to adolescence. With a carpenter father and a cleaner mother, he grows up with hunger, ridicule, and countless obstacles. However, his brilliant mind and unshakable determination set him apart.Amidst his struggles, a
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Brief History of the Mexican-American War, A: The Conflict That Redrew a Continent

by Edward Morrison ...

Narrated by Edward Morrison ...

Unabridged

1 hour 56 min

Experience the tense military history of a territorial clash that violently reshaped the North American borderlands. Perfect for your daily commute, this engaging narrative dives into the complex ideologies of Manifest Destiny and territorial expansion. Listen as two young republics collide in a fierce struggle for continental supremacy.Vivid accounts of soldiers, civilians, and Indigenous nations ... Read more

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Experience the tense military history of a territorial clash that violently reshaped the North American borderlands. Perfect for your daily commute, this engaging narrative dives into the complex ideologies of Manifest Destiny and territorial expansion. Listen as two young republics collide in a fierce struggle for continental supremacy.Vivid accounts of soldiers, civilians, and Indigenous nations
... Read more
50 Eternal Masterpieces of Detective Stories Vol: 2 (Golden Deer Classics)

by Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Dorothy Leigh Sayers, G.K Chesterton, Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Smith Fletcher, R. Austin Freeman, Maurice Leblanc, Sax Rohmer, Golden Deer Classics, Marcel Allain, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, John Meade Falkner, Émile Gaboriau, Thomas W. Hanshew, Ernest William Hornung, Herbert George Jenkins, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, William Le Queux, Harold MacGrath, George Barr McCutcheon, John T. McIntyre, Arthur Morrison, Edward Phillips Oppenheim, Allan Pinkerton, Melville Davisson Post, Arthur John Rees, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Harrington Strong, Louis Tracy, Louis Joseph Vance, Carolyn Wells, Herman Whitaker, George F. Worts, Israel Zangwill ...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names A Royal Prisoner [Marcel Allain] The Man Who Knew Too Much,The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare [G.K Chesterton] The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle] The Nebuly Coat [John Meade Falkner] The Chestermarke Instinct,The Middle of Things,The Orange-Yellow Diamond,The ... Read more

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This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names A Royal Prisoner [Marcel Allain] The Man Who Knew Too Much,The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare [G.K Chesterton] The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle] The Nebuly Coat [John Meade Falkner] The Chestermarke Instinct,The Middle of Things,The Orange-Yellow Diamond,The
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March Forward, Girl

From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine

by Melba Pattillo Beals, , PhD ...

Narrated by Janina Edwards ...

Unabridged

4 hours 35 min

Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African-Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions: Why couldn't she drink from a whites only fountain? Why couldn't she feel safe beyond home-or even within the walls of church? Adults all told her: Hold your tongue. Be patient. Know your place. But ... Read more

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Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African-Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions: Why couldn't she drink from a whites only fountain? Why couldn't she feel safe beyond home-or even within the walls of church? Adults all told her: Hold your tongue. Be patient. Know your place. But
... Read more
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Starstruck

The Cosmic Journey of Neil deGrasse Tyson

by Kathleen Krull, Paul Brewer ...

Narrated by Cary Hite, Janina Edwards ...

Unabridged

37 min

Young Neil deGrasse Tyson was starstruck when he first visited the sky theater at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He couldn't believe the crowded, glittering night sky at the planetarium was real—until a visit to the country years later revealed the impossible. That discovery was like rocket fuel for Neil's passion about space. His quest for knowledge took him from the roof of his ... Read more

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Young Neil deGrasse Tyson was starstruck when he first visited the sky theater at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He couldn't believe the crowded, glittering night sky at the planetarium was real—until a visit to the country years later revealed the impossible. That discovery was like rocket fuel for Neil's passion about space. His quest for knowledge took him from the roof of his
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Mysterious Traveler

Out of the Past

Narrated by Maurice Tarplin, Raymond Edward Johnson, Bret Morrison, Art Carney, Original Radio Broadcast ...

Series series Mysterious Traveler
Unabridged

7 hours 40 min

"...I take this same train every week at this time..."The mournful whistle of a ghostly locomotive heralds the approach of The Mysterious Traveler. Maurice Tarplin plays this blithesome bringer of bad tidings and terrifying tales. From out of the past he brings stories of suspensefully unsuitable spouses, treasure hunters and time travel, the mysteries of the dead and their designs on the living, ... Read more

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"...I take this same train every week at this time..."The mournful whistle of a ghostly locomotive heralds the approach of The Mysterious Traveler. Maurice Tarplin plays this blithesome bringer of bad tidings and terrifying tales. From out of the past he brings stories of suspensefully unsuitable spouses, treasure hunters and time travel, the mysteries of the dead and their designs on the living,
... Read more