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The Art of Guerrilla Warfare SE: The Guerrilla is the second book in the special edition series of the timeless treatise. The SE collection amplifies the wisdom of the flagship title with new insights and metaphorical lessons, useful to those facing insurmountable odds, in this war called life. Fighting a superior foe is a momentous task. There are many ways it can be done, there are many ways victories can be achieved. In war, there are no rules, there are no laws, there are only strategies and tactics.

When the Mob pays for your college education, they expect to be paid back. Not with money but with service. That is how young Tom Delaney becomes an accountant for the Baltimore Mob. His specialty is phony tax returns and money laundering. While Delaney tries to find options for getting out from under the oppressive thumb of the Baltimore Mob, his old flame, Misty Vail, appears, disrupts his domestic life, and brings him a new client that will draw him into the Watergate Scandal. When his Mob boss, Louis “Spam” Spamanado, puts him to work laundering money for the IRA, his job becomes ...

How to Control People: Political Manipulation exemplifies the strategy of using deception for political power. It takes a critical mind to find where the deception truly lies. The lessons in this audio are valuable to those who seek to defend themselves against political manipulation.

Fighting a superior foe is a momentous task. There are many ways it can be done; there are many ways victories can be achieved. In war, there are no rules, there are no laws; there are only strategies and tactics. Many say what they would do in the face of tyranny; many know what they should do when the powerful become predators. A divided people can be isolated and devoured. Survival depends upon the masses forming one mind.

An LGBTQ Post-Apocalyptic Romance “Kid has a point, though. You’re not worried about bringing a strange man home?” Alison gave him an unsmiling look. “Just don’t try anything.” Her free hand clutched the knife at her belt. “You wouldn’t be the first man I’ve ever gutted.” When a stranger finds his way to their camp, Alison is wise to be wary. She can't be too careful in the devastated world they've found themselves in after the Fall. She had the children, Manuel and Tammy, to consider. Dangerous animals and raiders were the norm these days and protecting their ...

Although most attendees don’t have the skills to be an effective minute taker they are very critical of poor minutes. Everyone has an opinion about what good minutes look like. By understanding the rules of minute taking you will be in a position to be the subject matter expert. I wrote Success Starts Here to remove some of your fears about minute taking. I hope by the time you reach the end of the book I will have succeeded. Success Starts Here is a practical guide that will help new and experienced minute takers. It’s designed to be your ‘go-to’ book when you need a little help. ...

This fictional short story that you are about to read is based, in part, on real events that occurred in the 1950’s. Two college students venture to Cuba during the early part of Fidel Castro’s revolution. In their hands is a Letter of Introduction for Ernest Hemingway, from their English professor, who happened to be a Hemingway biographer. They have hopes of meeting the iconic author and interviewing him for their college newspaper. The boys have rough encounters with Hemingway’s wife, Mary, and his housekeeper, Renee. But those become minor bumps in the road compared to what ...

Debbie, a young woman, lives a quiet, solitary life with her little dog as her best friend. Her peace is disrupted when a rowdy neighbor arrives along with his big dog. A nasty canine encounter gets them off to a bad start. The new neighbor really wants to make amends. He’s seriously interested in something more than a neighborly relationship. When his overtures fall flat he puts together a scheme to get Debbie into his townhouse, and into a situation where she will have to submit to his desires. But when his rape attempt goes horribly wrong, Debbie is left with an even bigger problem. ...

How much do you really know about meetings? We all spend hundreds of hours in meetings each year, but we often don’t think about the five P’s for a perfect meeting. In case you’re wondering, the five P’s are - preparation, purpose, process, performance and pay-off. Meetings are vital for effective leadership, business management, organisational productivity and good communication. However, when was the last time you heard someone say “that was a really good meeting”? I was conducting research into what readers want from a book on minute taking when I was prompted to write this ...

We would all like to get rid of stress due to the way it makes us feel. Pressure and stress are not the same thing. It’s important not to confuse the two. Pressure is a pivotal part of life. It motivates us to get out of bed, go to work, pay our bills, do our best etc. Stress is the big, bad wolf that we all want to avoid. Undue stress can be harmful to your physical, emotional and mental health and well-being. Removing stress from your life will take multiple strategies and techniques. It also takes time. Not everyone successfully removes stress from their life. However, we can all ...

It’s the summer of 1964 in Ocean City and the region seethes in racial unrest. The Vietnam War escalates. The Beatles lead the British Invasion in the takeover of rock-and-roll. It is the Age of Aquarius, and against this backdrop, Tom Delaney loses his college scholarship just a year before graduation. With no money or family to fall back on, he hopes to find work at a thriving beachfront to avoid the draft and salvage his dreams. Delaney soon encounters new friends who vie for his talents and will dramatically alter his future. Wendy Morrison, a beautiful surfer girl, want his heart, ...

Katie Savage is a girl with a gun, a woman not to be taken lightly. Julian Marks is a smart, sophisticated stockbroker. He’s also an adrenalin junkie. There really is nothing he won’t do to get his juices flowing, including armed robbery. He seeks out small businesses just before closing time, when their cash registers are full and they are at their most vulnerable. He doesn’t do it for the cash; no he makes more in an hour at his day job than any of the petty robberies yield. He does it for the thrill! Everything in Julian Marks’ life is coming up roses, until one fateful day he ...

Three gifted musicians rise up out of tragic childhoods that included verbal, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse by their fathers. Digger, Chip, and Aria put their pasts behind them, blend their talents together, and achieve stardom on the stage in the songs they write and perform. Digger is verbally and physically abused by his father, the owner of a mortuary who forces his son to play hymns at services to soothe mourners as repayment for his piano lessons. Chip’s father is sent to jail for murdering his mother, and Chip must abandon his beloved dog and home to live in a trailer in ...

Are you tired of being dissed by the honeys? Do you occasionally experience month long dry spells? Have you contemplated paying one of those call girls for an incall or outcall? Fear not, my gameless friend! This book was made for you!

The tranquil relationship of two lovers is disrupted when a letter arrives from the daughter of one of them. Passion, fear, and jealously boil in a stew that could fracture their love for each other. One pleads for the letter to be destroyed without reading the contents. “Nothing good can come of it.” But how can a parent ignore a daughter’s letter? Is it asking too much? Could a letter from a little girl actually destroy the love the couple have for each other? Download this suspenseful story of love, lust, and passion, today.

If you are a fan of Stephen King, Peter Straub, Dean Koontz, Jennifer McMahon, then you will love this collection of short stories from Michael J. Tucker. A step into the supernatural. Four novellas and five short stories that stretch the boundaries of reality. Two homicide detectives investigate extremely brutal serial murders of homeless men. A sound awakens a man in the middle of the night that begins a haunting by the ghost of his former fiancée. Conflicted by a forbidden love, an adolescent girl, learns witchcraft and inadvertently brings a curse to everyone she knows. When a failing ...

Are you part of the skilled trades? Whether you’re an HVAC service technician, plumber, electrician, or in any profession that provides essential home services, this book is for you.

How to Control People Vol. 1 uses historical examples to explore the techniques governments and people in power use to manipulate the masses. The lessons in this audiobook are valuable to those who seek to defend against manipulation.

Are you tired of being dissed by the honeys? Do you occasionally experience month long dry spells? Have you contemplated paying one of those call girls for an incall or outcall? Fear not, my gameless friend! This book was made for you!

She is to be admired, she is to be honored, she is to be protected, she is to be worshipped. Only the blessed can unleash her powers; only the bold can carry her sword. Take heed to these words of wisdom and reap the rewards of her soul. Make her your religion.