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Law Enforcement Leadership    by Jerry Carlton
Price: $3.95 USD. 9150 words. Published on June 27, 2009. .

A great text for in house leadership and management training. Follow the text and make meaningful discussions on how these ideas can assist your organization. Jerry Carlton, a 30-year law enforcement veteran discusses leadership, problem employees, small town narcotic investigaitons, hiring the right person, lines of communication, the art of listening and court room testomny.
Dealing with Difficult People    by Scott Douglas
Price: $2.99 USD. 3160 words. Published on October 20, 2009. .

This book was written to give people a general overview of a topic. In this book, the author explains in 7 short chapters how to deal with the difficult person. The book is geared towards people working in public service, but it also provides general things you can implement in your normal life to defuse conflict.
Ping: How to Tap into the Power of Traditional and Social Media to Massively Improve Your Profile and Profits    by Alan Stevens
Price: $9.99 USD. 29030 words. Published by Bookshaker.com  on November 24, 2009. .

PR is about managing the flow of information between you (or your business) and the public. That’s all there is to it. These days, the flow is not one-way. You ping and stuff comes back. Some people are handling this two-way information flow better than others.- Alan Stevens.
The Lonely Place--Re-visioning Adolescence and the Rite of Passage    by Patricia Jamie Lee
Price: $5.99 USD. 50370 words. Published on March 29, 2010. .

A beautiful exploration of how our culture has failed to maintain meaningful rites of passage for our young. As a result, they create their own destructive subcultures. Offers a strong vision for change.
The Success Zone    by Andrew Mowat
Price: $14.97 USD. 40840 words. Published on April 24, 2010. .

The Success Zone is an account of your mind and brain, of why coaching works, and of how to lead whoever and wherever you are. Written in a conversational style, it takes you through a journey of development that is both engaging and intuitive. Easy to read, understand and apply, the principles here have already changed lives. Introductory price until May 26 2010: $11.97: use coupon code DS62F
We, The Watched    by Adam Bender
Price: $2.99 USD. 51460 words. Published on May 12, 2010. .

Seven wakes up without memory and finds himself in a nation that administers a Watched List of its own citizens. He meets people who accept invasive surveillance by the government and forced uniformity by the church as necessary safeguards for protecting the homeland. When the amnesiac struggles to fit in, he learns quickly that opposition is heresy--and punishable by death.
Jesus Bus    by Janice Daugharty
Price: $2.99 USD. 4490 words. Published on May 20, 2010. .

Dot Knight, Sunday school teacher supreme, sets out one summer evening with her class to invite a select group of Mexican migrants to revival. The object is to fill her class's pew, and in her crooked thinking the Mexicans should be easy pickings (vulnerable as they are). Really, Dot's object is to nab the admiration of the preacher at this, her third church where she got "saved" last time.
Body Language Essentials    by Joe Navarro
Price: $3.99 USD. 19150 words. Published on June 24, 2010. .

This short book is a collection of articles which Joe Navarro, the world-renowned body language expert, wrote primarily for the magazine, Psychology Today based on the topic of nonverbal communications. It should serve as a primer and help readers to expand their knowledge of nonverbal communications - our primary and most basic means of daily communication.
Ms Fixit    by Peter Salisbury
Price: Free! 3110 words. Published on August 8, 2010. .

Bernice is a computer data technician. Every day she services communications networks, both commercial and domestic. Trouble-shooting is her speciality. One morning on a routine job in the house of an officious client, events take an unexpected turn. A very short, free SF flash fiction story in less than 500 words.
Dr. Jargonlove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Technobabble    by Mark Stucky
Price: Free! 870 words. Published on December 7, 2010. .

Why would somebody write "the biota exhibited a 100 percent mortality response" when he really meant all the fish died? Sometimes people use jargon to be taken seriously, sometimes to be clear and precise, sometimes to not work so hard, and sometimes to deliberately evade and confuse. This essay humorously examines the various motivations for using jargon in both good and bad communication.