True Professional

Hear me out. Does this sound like you? You end a team meeting and can't recall a single thing that was said. You leave a conversation with a friend feeling disconnected and unfulfilled. You think you and your boss are on the same page, only to find out you haven't been meeting expectations. Fortunately, listening, like any communication skill, can be improved - and Ximena Vengoechea can show you how.

Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, a chance encounter brought startling news: a revolutionary stem cell transplant surgery could restore May's vision.

From her earliest days as a junior doctor to becoming one of Ireland's leading specialists, she shares extraordinary stories of the children she's treated, the families who've loved them, and the moments when life hung by a thread. It is about how the healing begins with a doctor bearing witness and being present. It is about what it means to offer hope when certainty is gone.

Even though she was still married to her fifth husband, Tina, an ex-prostitute from Las Vegas, rehearsed for her sixth wedding to a wealthy Maryland businessman, Robert Myers. Myers wanted his wife killed. Divorce was too expensive. Tina had proposed a blood vow. "You marry me and take care of my kids, and I'll have your wife murdered for you." This is the true story of the brutal 1979 contract murder of Mary Ruth Myers.

From the frontlines of the NHS, the story of a junior doctor's love, loss and grief through the Covid-19 crisis. In early 2020, junior doctor Roopa Farooki lost her sister to cancer. But just weeks later, she found herself plunged into another kind of crisis, fighting on the frontline of the battle taking place in her hospital, and in hospitals across the country. Everything Is True is the story of Roopa’s first 40 days of the Covid-19 crisis from the frontlines of A&E and the acute medical wards as she battles for her patients’ and colleagues’ survival.

Before Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at a law firm in Louisiana, working on the retrial defence of death-row convicted murderer and child molester Ricky Langley, she thinks her position is clear. The child of two lawyers, she is staunchly anti-death penalty. But the moment Ricky's face flashes on the screen as she reviews old tapes, the moment she hears him speak of his crimes, she is overcome with the feeling of wanting him to die. Shocked by her reaction, she digs deeper and deeper into the case.

In the baseball draft of 1971, Ron Williamson was the first player chosen from Oklahoma. Signing with Oakland, he said goodbye to his small home town and left for California to pursue his dreams of glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits - drinking, drugs and women. He began to show signs of mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept 20 hours a day on her sofa.

‘Het was een bekend geintje in misdaadkringen. Wie wat betekende in de Nederlandse onderwereld liep met het telefoonnummer van advocaat Piet Doedens op zak. Het nummer was makkelijk te onthouden. Twee keer 310. In het Wetboek van Strafrecht staat artikel 310 voor diefstal. Twee keer diefstal dus.’ Je hebt advocaten, topadvocaten en je hebt Piet Doedens. Mr. Piet Herman Doedens (Utrecht 1942), strafpleiter met gedwongen rust als gevolg van een hersenbloeding, was volgens veel van zijn confrères in zijn hoogtijdagen de beste in zijn vak..

Skating on Thin Ice exposes the culture of toxic masculinity in professional hockey and suggests how sport and society can change the narrative on sexual assault and violence.

Cliff Todd devoted his life to bringing bomb makers to justice. He and his colleagues at the Ministry of Defence's Forensic Explosives Laboratory are the unsung heroes of terrorist bomb attacks—the men and women in white suits who piece together who planted the bombs, what a device consisted of and how the perpetrators might give themselves away. They played a pivotal role in uncovering the secrets behind some of the world's most horrifying terrorist outrages. Explosive tells the stories of these high-profile cases.

This book captures the stories of five doctors who have killed their patients, including, Harold Shipman, Marcel Petiot, Michael Swango, H.H. Holmes, and John Bodkin Adams. It is amazing that these people chose a profession to help save lives, but preferred to kill. Is it not their job to curtail suffering and death? We sometimes put our lives in the hands of doctors, trusting that our best interests are the most important to them. Thankfully, there are only a handful of doctors who have been inclined to murder their patients.

Desperately trying to save his practice, morals, and sanity, David Pauly represents everyday people and takes you on an adventure into the real world of legal practice. There are no beautiful boardrooms overlooking Manhattan here. Only a cultural wasteland isolated in sand, idiocy, and rampant gunfire. Along the way, you will learn the secrets that all good lawyers use to pervert justice, confuse the facts, and navigate the treacherously fine line between absurdly clever and catastrophically stupid.

Almost everyone has heard of the trolls: Dam doll, Good Luck troll, Norfin troll. The trolls were created by the famous artist Thomas Dam from Denmark. His cute little creatures are beloved by children and adults all over the world. The trolls mean a lot to a lot of people. Recently, the trolls have become even more famous through DreamWorks’ Trolls movies. But, few people know the true story behind the trolls. In recent years, a completely different and factually untrue version of the trolls' story has been created.

Tiny Dancer is the amazing true story of Zubaida Hasan, a nine-year-old girl from the remote deserts of Afghanistan who, in the summer of 2001, accidentally fell into a kerosene fire while heating water for a bath. Though she was horribly mutilated, her father refused to give up and exhaustively sought help to save his child.

At age 9, Josh Sundquist was diagnosed with cancer, and by age 10, he'd lost his leg to the illness. But Sundquist never faltered in his dream to ski in the Paralympics, and in 2006 he achieved his goal in Turin, Italy. Just Don't Fall is the remarkable and honest story of Sundquist's determination and grit in the face of long odds and tough choices.

The year was 2004, and India's economy was booming. Around the same time, a nonbanking financial company applied for and received a license to operate as a private bank. Yes Bank was born. Its rise was phenomenal, and it soon became the fourth-largest private bank in the country, with approved permissions to operate in Singapore, London, and Dubai. The returns were also immense. That is, till the skeletons began tumbling out of the Yes Bank lockers. Stories of the bank's reckless lending were going around, and allegations of bribery and corruption became rife.

In this audiobook, we will explore the science of focus and provide practical strategies for improving your ability to concentrate. We will cover topics such as time management, meditation, exercise, nutrition, and more. By the end of this audiobook, you will have the tools you need to achieve true focus and take control of your life.

James 'Jimmy Two Guns' McIntyre was Glasgow's go-to gangland lawyer and consigliere to one of Scotland's foremost crime families. His maverick approach to the law and a client list that included some of the most feared gangland figures of the time - including the McGoverns and Paul Ferris - ensured that he was always in demand but under the constant scrutiny of the authorities.

Teaching is among the most noble professions, yet today’s teachers face unprecedented challenges—from limited funding in school districts to book banning to gun violence to politics infiltrating education. In classrooms across the country, teachers demonstrate resilience and ingenuity as they dedicate their lives to improving those of future generations.

Growing up in Prince George, BC, our family owned the National Hotel from 1972 to 1998. As soon as I was able to pick up garbage in the parking lot, my dad had me working for my allowance. Throughout the years, I have done everything from the payroll, to carrying the raw sewage pipes out during the renovations in 1984. When I was in school, I would work weekends. During summer break, I would work full-time at the hotel. When I had enough of school, I chose to work full-time at the hotel. These are some of the true stories, and - believe it or not - they were seen with my own eyes too.