Don't fear failure ... fear regret! Have you ever felt stuck in a professional rut? It's something nearly everyone experiences at some point in their life. After years of climbing the corporate ladder, you just don't feel that sense of fulfillment anymore. As an employee-turned-business-owner, Stephen Gerard understands your pain, and in Stuck in the Middle Seat, he explains how you can free yourself from the daily grind and find real success as an entrepreneur. Inside you'll learn about the five phases each entrepreneur passes through on their way to the top as well as the twenty-one individual laws within the phases. The five phases are: *The Idea Phase *The Launch Phase *The Growth Phase *The Emotional Phase *The Over-The-Hump Phase Full of real-world examples from his own life and the lives of other entrepreneurs, this book is a must read for anyone looking for concise and powerful lessons to take their business to the next level.

Spending too much time on the road? Lost your luggage? Missed a flight? Sick of hotel rooms and taxi cabs? This book is for you! Join our two luckless travelers, Bob and Lucy as they experience one travel nightmare after another. Like you, they've been "on the road" one too many trips and never seem to catch a break. So, if you think you're having a rough time right now, just look at them and realize things could be a lot worse! Written by the former head of corporate training at Disney Studios, and full of illustrations by a former Mad Magazine artist, Stuck in the Middle Seat will become your welcomed oasis during a stress-filled journey.

Biddle is a middle child; he has an older brother and a younger brother and finds himself in the middle almost all the time. He is growing up and finding out things about his self and learning that being the middle child or in the middle of things is not so bad after all. This book will help you journey with Biddle in the Middle on his adventures.

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Finney Boylan returns with a remarkable memoir about gender and parenting that discusses how families are shaped and the difficulties and wonders of being human. A father for six years, a mother for ten, and for a time in between, neither, or both, Jennifer Finney Boylan has seen parenthood from both sides of the gender divide. When her two children were young, Boylan came out as transgender, and as Jenny transitioned from a man to a woman and from a father to a mother, her family faced unique challenges and questions. In this thoughtful, tear-jerking, hilarious memoir, Jenny asks what it means to be a father, or a mother, and to what extent gender shades our experiences as parents. Through both her own story and incredibly insightful interviews with others, including Richard Russo, Edward Albee, Ann Beattie, Augusten Burroughs, Susan Minot, Trey Ellis, Timothy Kreider, and more, Jenny examines relationships between fathers, mothers, and children; people's memories of the children they were and the parents they became; and the many different ways a family can be. With an Afterword by Anna Quindlen, Stuck in the Middle with You is a brilliant meditation on raising—and on being—a child. Now with Extra Libris material, including a reader’s guide and bonus content

Think and act strategically every time In today's business environment, strategic planning stresses the importance of making decisions that will ensure an organization's ability to successfully respond to changes in the environment and plan for sustainable viability. Providing practical, field-tested techniques and a complete 6-phase plan, Strategic Planning Kit For Dummies shows you how to make strategy a habit for all organizations, no matter the size, type, or resource constraints. Strategic Planning Kit For Dummies is for companies of all types and sizes looking to build and sustain a competitive edge, set up an ongoing process for market assessment and trend analysis, and develop a vision for future growth. This revised edition includes: new and updated content on planning for both the short and the long-term; crucial information on succession planning; help preparing for the unexpected using scenario planning and agile strategy; strategies for implementing change and integrating strategic plans successfully by involving all staff members; and more. The supplementary CD lays out a comprehensive, 6-phase, step-by-step program, complete with downloadable spreadsheets, charts, checklists, video links, and more Provides value for any business or entrepreneur looking to improve efficiency, focus, and competitive edge Includes practical, field-tested techniques Strategic Planning Kit For Dummies gives today's business owners and upper-level management the tools and information they need to think and act strategically in order to more effectively weather current economic storms while planning for future growth.

Learning from failure is an effective—and entertaining—way to make information stick. This fun and engaging guide showcases tons of common screw-ups and how to avoid them. Do you know how to tie your shoe? Or do you just think you do but you’ve actually been screwing it up for decades like most people have? This witty, light book takes a fresh spin on all the mistakes we make everyday that end up costing us big in our wallets, our health, our homes, and beyond. Topics covered are Yourself (appearance, skills, all things you), Your Home, Your Cooking, Your Money, Your Relationships & Family, and Your Health. This perfect combination of humor and wisdom entertains readers as they learn how to make their lives better by avoiding and remedying common screw-ups. Things we all mess up: *Using chopsticks as spears because you just can’t figure them out (Yourself) *Throwing Frisbees behind you, sucking at horseshoes, and other game/sporting fouls (Yourself) *Getting your sofa stuck on moving day (Your Home) *Gluing your fingers together (Your Home) *Turning your brown sugar into a brick (Your Cooking) *Breaking the yolk every time you flip an egg (Your Cooking) *Your taxes. Argh. (Your Money) *Overdrawing your account and paying a fee even though you have overdraft protection (Your Money) *Cracking someone’s ribs in the Heimlich maneuver (Your Health) *Inability to make a Band-Aid stick or get a Band-Aid off without tearing out your hair (Your Health) *Forgetting your loved ones’ birthdays year after year (Your Relationships & Family) *Embarrassing yourself on a date because you don’t understand the French menu or the 90-page wine list (Your Relationships & Family) The ways in which we flub and flounder are infinite, and this book taps into that boundless fountain of foul ups in a way that will entertain and enlighten readers of all kinds.

“A roller coaster ride between covers! A skillful blend of psychological and investigative thriller writing, Unleashed brings back the great Morris Brick and his crew, who have to stop a horrific series of murders in L.A. Rarely is an author so skilled at portraying such unremitting evil and the poignant, human side of his characters in a single tale.” —Jeffery Deaver There’s a new demon in the City of Angels. The Cupid Killer targets couples in love, unleashing on them a pure animal savagery. L.A. detective Morris Brick has never hunted a psycho who’s taken such sadistic pleasure in destroying people’s lives. The surviving victims have all identified the killer’s snarling wolf tattoo. Now Brick knows he’s on the trail of a brutal predator who’s taunting him. But there's a dark secret behind the Cupid Killer and the danger is closer to home than Morris imagines . . . Expertly alternating between past and the present day, Unleashed is the very best kind of suspense thriller, one where the twists and surprises will shock even the savviest reader.

A remarkable tale of a journey to enlightenment traveled by ordinary people Following an unusual encounter with a stranger, Maya Maxwell is driven to discover her connection to a prophecy about the Emerald Stone, a sacred tablet hidden in the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Stone holds the power to create the change required for humanity to survive the "Dark Rift", a rare astronomical and celestial alignment that is predicted to occur on December 21, 2012. Maya is one of the four Chosen Ones destined to activate the Stone that will give birth to the Phoenix Star and lift humanity to higher levels of enlightenment. During her pursuit of the elusive stone, Maya must learn to release the limitations that prevent her from realizing her full potential. In the process, she must make some very tough decisions about the course that her life will take. Discovering the truth of her being will set both her and humanity free from imminent destruction. But this can only be accomplished by confronting and conquering her inner demons, personified by a despicable villain working on his own agenda to conquer the world. Whatever your spiritual beliefs, Phoenix Star will resonate in your thoughts with truth, insights, and inspiration. Visit Kiernan Antares's Web site

When did my life start resembling a Hallmark movie? I suppose it all started when my charming fiancé turned out to be anything but, and I decided I wanted to push the reset button on my life. So, I packed up my business and moved to a small town in the Texas Hill Country, complete with the cast of small-town characters you’d expect and the ridiculously sexy new veterinarian. Being the new kids in town, Cal and I kept finding ourselves thrown togetherand even though men were the absolute last thing on my mind... one thing led to another. Now someone’s threatening my business, but I’m not the same woman I was when I arrived. And I’m ready to fight for what’s mine. Each book in the Konigsburg series is STANDALONE: * Venus in Blue Jeans * Wedding Bell Blues * Be My Baby * Long Time Gone * Brand New Me * Don’t Forget Me * Fearless Love * Hungry Heart