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With a new foreword and a new epilogue, this new release of From the Barrio to the Board Room shares Robert Renteria's journey from East L.A. and gang and drug life to becoming VP of a publicly traded company, owner of his own businesses and now his work as a civic leader, empowering our nation's youth to stay in school, out of gangs and off drugs.

Why would the multimillionaire producer of Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Miss Saigon take his limo from Manhattan to the struggling former steel town of Levittown, Pennsylvania, to see a high school production of Les Misérables? To see the show performed by the astoundingly successful theater company at Harry S Truman High School, run by its legendary director, Lou Volpe. Broadway turns to Truman High when trying out controversial shows such as Rent and Spring Awakening before they move on to high school theater programs across the nation. Volpe’s students from this blue-collar town go on to become Emmy-winning producers, entertainment executives, newscasters, and community-theater founders.

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In today’s fast-paced world, discovering pure serenity can appear like an impossible task, especially for busy professionals. Author, Stoic Yogi guides you to practical strategies that are based on ancient wisdom from notable philosophers, Buddha and Marcus Aurelius. Expect to dive into the core principles of mindfulness, Stoicism and Buddhism, while simultaneously learning how to integrate them into your daily life. The concept of the transformative power of dichotomy will enlighten you by encouraging you to focus on what you can control and let go of the uncontrollable in your life.

Part thriller, part self-help manual, and part drinking companion, Corkscrew is a coruscating critique of neoliberal capitalism, religious intolerance, and the perils of blind tasting.

In September of 2020, while on vacation, Shannon Taylor had a seizure. She was diagnosed with a large non-cancerous brain tumor on her brain stem that night. She spent the next two months awaiting a particularly invasive craniotomy. The tumor was rare, the surgical approach was rare, and the complications were rare. Sucks About Your Brain Tumor tells the story of Shannon’s healing through raw journal entries that update what each month (or so) were like from the medical standpoint.

Harry Cohn was the cofounder and president of Columbia Pictures, which he ran from the 1930s through the 1950s. Cohn—who abhorred personal publicity—left no writings, made no speeches, and rarely submitted to interviews. Despite this, acclaimed biographer Bob Thomas brilliantly illuminates the life of the powerful but elusive studio head in King Cohn: The Life and Times of Hollywood Mogul Harry Cohn. Thomas details the studio head's rise from a New York City song-plugger to a Poverty Row impresario, highlighting his reign as one of the most powerful men in Hollywood.

The definitive biography of movie executive and philanthropist Sherry Lansing traces her groundbreaking journey to become the first female head of a major motion picture studio, shares behind-the-scenes tales from movie sets and Hollywood boardrooms, and explains what inspired her to walk away from it all to start the Sherry Lansing Foundation.

Hypnotic Writing Lab: Mastering the Art of Building Trust and Connection Through Overt and Covert Hypnotic Narratives Unlock the true power of your words. Hypnotic Writing Lab: Mastering the Art of Building Trust and Connection Through Overt and Covert Hypnotic Narratives reveals how to craft stories that don’t just captivate—but connect on a deep, transformative level. This is more than a book of writing exercises. It’s an invitation to master the art of influence, persuasion, and emotional resonance through the subtle power of hypnotic storytelling. In this lab, you’ll learn how ...

This audiobook tells the story of the production of wrestling from black and white TV straight to the Internet. First, I discuss about the transition period from black and white TV to color TV and the transition to cable TV. It was the height of the territory wars, which featured the broken up territories of the NWA and the WWWF which became the WWF when Vince McMahon took over.

Filósofo chino creador del confucianismo y una de las figuras más influyentes de la historia de su país, en un gran audiolibro preparado especialmente para nuestro gran público. Su pensamiento, introducido en Europa por el jesuíta Matteo Ricci, es objeto de estudio y seguimiento incluso hoy.

Richard Charkin's experience as a publisher is unique among his generation. Over the past half century he has been (at different times) a scientific and medical publisher, a journal publisher, a digital publisher and a general publisher. He has worked for family-owned, publicly-owned, and university-owned companies and start-ups. In this memoir he uses his unrivaled experience to illustrate the profound changes that have affected the identity and practices but not the purpose of publishing.

I think everyone can relate to the physical evolution from childhood to adolescence, which Dr. Stallworth describes with humor and self-reflection. By the end of this audiobook, the listener has a measure of the distance traveled over the years. He shares the good, the bad, and the ugly. You can learn from it, and once you begin listening, it is hard to stop. This is Dr. Stallworth’s first book since retiring in 2017, after 45 years of medical practice as an anesthesiologist in Los Angeles. He has pursued his passion for writing since 2017.

This unique memoir weaves the stories of six dramatic public court cases into the fabric of the American legal systems, and shows how lawyers and judges are our last remaining protections against tyranny. These cases not only changed the lives of those directly involved, but of us all.

Barry Avrich - a self-made, Montreal-born film producer-director, flamboyant advertising executive, and legendary biographer and connector of moguls and stars. For over three decades, he has relentlessly produced films on some of the most notorious show-business titans and also found the time to market and promote feature films, concerts, and the biggest shows on Broadway.

Traditionally, business has always happened in ordinary reality, that rational, logical state of consciousness where good, sound, and responsible decisions are made from. This has been the realm of business. There has not been a place here for the dreamy creatives. Recently we are seeing more and more divergent thinkers like Elon Musk and Richard Branson emerging as some of the top business leaders and innovators in the world. These new leaders have found the balancing point between the rational and the dreamy, the practical and the impractical.

Una presencia de relieve en las letras castellanas. José Ortega y Gasset (Madrid, 9 de mayo de 1883 - Madrid, 18 de octubre de 1955) fue un filósofo y ensayista español, exponente principal de la teoría del perspectivismo y de la razón vital e histórica, situado en el movimiento del Novecentismo.

In a fascinating blend of biography and history, Joseph Tartakovsky tells the epic and unexpected story of our Constitution through the eyes of 10 extraordinary individuals - some renowned, like Alexander Hamilton and Woodrow Wilson, and some forgotten, like James Wilson and Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Tartakovsky brings to life their struggles over our supreme law from its origins in revolutionary America to the era of Obama and Trump. Tartakovsky shows how America’s unique constitutional culture grapples with questions like democracy, free speech, and the role of government.

Figura clave en la revolución científica medieval, notable astrónomo y matemático alemán; y hombre fundamentalmente conocido por sus leyes sobre el movimiento de los planetas sobre su órbita alrededor del sol, Kepler figura con nombre propio en el Olimpo de la historia científica.

designed for aspiring operations professionals. This guide provides an in-depth understanding of the critical concepts and regulations necessary to excel in the Series 99 Exam. It covers all essential topics, including broker-dealer operations, customer account management, clearance and settlement, and risk management. Each chapter is meticulously structured to facilitate easy learning and retention, ensuring that candidates are well-prepared for the exam. Detailed explanations and practical examples clarify complex subjects. The guide also includes insights into regulatory requirements, ...