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A Word Is Not a Sparrow: A Benefit Anthology for Ukraine Relief

Artists in Ukraine have lost their livelihoods. The Ukraine Audiobook Relief Project was launched to support artists in Ukraine whose lives are threatened because of war. It is a fundamental aspect of war to suppress story, language, and culture. Moved by this crisis of culture, members of PANA (the Professional Audiobook Narrators Association) created this audiobook to raise money for Ukrainian relief. Joined by writers and musicians, we have volunteered our work to show our support for artists living through war. The profits from the sale of this audiobook will provide financial support to the Artists at Risk Connection in Ukraine through PEN America, a non-profit organization that endeavors to safeguard the right to artistic freedom of expression and ensure that artists and cultural professionals everywhere can live and work without fear. We urge you to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine by supporting its artists. The folk wisdom of Ukraine includes this expression: “A word is not a sparrow … once it flies out, you won’t catch it.' A Word Is Not A Sparrow is a diverse anthology of stories set amid Russian repression through the centuries; personal narrator testimony about the impact in America of immigrant grandparents from Ukraine and elsewhere; powerful fables and allegories that deliver universal messages about displacement, migration, and human connection; and classic Cossack folk tales that are a touchstone of Ukrainian culture. Listen as we let these words fly out around the world. Narrated by PANA member volunteers Barry Abrams, Jennifer Jill Araya, Dave Arlington, Rosemary Benson, Anna Crowe, Claudia Dunn, Andrea Emmes, Gary Furlong, Rebecca Gallagher, Caroline Hewitt, Susan Iannucci, Elizabeth Jasicki, Tom Jordan, Jennifer March, Janet Metzger, Rich Miller, Erin Moon, Sara Morsey, Traci Odom, Sheri Saginor and Tiffany Williams. Music by Michael Nazaretz & the Samovar Russian Folk Ensemble, Jeff Crompton, Roger French, and Kenny Raskin. Writers include Barry Abrams, Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh, Andrea Emmes and Karen Bogle, Vladislav Davidzon, Christopher Dewees, Thaisa Frank, Teresa Johnson, Alla Kudzieva, Taras Shevchenko, and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch.

Alla Kudzieva, Andrea Emmes, Barry Abrams, Christopher Dewees, Karen Bogle, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh, Taras Shevchenko, Teresa Johnson, Thaisa Frank, Vladislav Davidzon (Author), Anna Crowe, Caroline Hewitt, Claudia Dunn, Dave Arlington, Elizabeth Jasicki, Erin Moon, Gary Furlong, Janet Metzger, Jennifer Jill Araya, Jennifer March, Rebecca Gallagher, Rich Miller, Rosemary Benson, Sara Morsey, Sheri Saginor, Susan Iannucci, Tiffany Williams, Tom Jordan, Traci Odom (Narrator)

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IF YOU SEE THEM: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America.

A moving exploration of the crisis of homeless youth—told through the inspiring stories of a woman on the frontlines and the kids themselves. They hide in plain sight. They survive on free school breakfasts and lunches, join school sports teams in order to shower, sleep on friends’ couches, in parks, or on the streets. Their official designation is “unaccompanied homeless youth”—they are not 'runaways' breaking free from strict parenting; these are kids seeking safety. They have escaped abusive parents, have been abandoned, or have never had a home to begin with. When Vicki Sokolik’s son brought home a classmate who was living on her own and was dropping out of school to support herself, Vicki stepped in to help. As she learned more about the invisible population of young people navigating life alone, she discovered the countless ways they are overlooked and impeded by the system. She founded a nonprofit and worked to change legislation in her home state of Florida to give these kids agency over their lives. If You See Them wakes us up to the issue of youth homelessness in America, through Sokolik’s own story of advocacy and through the voices of the kids themselves. Her grassroots action demonstrates the world-shifting power of compassion, acceptance, belonging, and self-determination, and the capacity each of us has to change our communities for the better. “Clear-eyed and moving . . . Its essential and inspiring message is about how even the worst problems, once seen, can be solved.”—Tampa Bay Times “A gently urgent call to arms, a plea for attention and a good read altogether.”—Philadephia Tribune “We can't all emulate Sokolik, but her example should motivate us not only to see these folks, but to help them if we can.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

Vicki Sokolik (Author), Anna Crowe, Jose Nateras, Oscar Reyes, Wendy Tremont King, Yinka Ladeinde (Narrator)

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Dechipped: Owena

She’s the smartest little girl in the world… and the most dangerous too. Owena is a genius – as well as a killer – but she’s still only six years old. After escaping the underground bunker where she lived with Nurse Saarinen, her main goal has been to find more candy. Now the Unchipped rebels have a mission for her, and if she agrees to perform it, they’ll let her visit the Egg, where you can eat all the candy you want without ever getting a stomachache. Owena’s definitely interested, but she’s also distracted. What she really wants to do is to get to know Pickle, the con artist with so many interesting scams to teach her… ***If you're looking for books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Brave New World you're going to love the Unchipped series! ***Get free early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!

Taya Devere (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Dechipped: Maria

He was the most skillful manipulator she ever met. Now she just needs to remember how he did it. Long ago, before the war that took her life, Maria served as the driver and bodyguard for a man named Sebastian King. Charming, manipulative, and ruthless, Sebastian had taken her on the strangest of road trips – visiting cult leaders from one end of the country to the other. She didn’t understand what he was doing at the time, but she needs to remember it now… If she wants to convince the brilliant and deadly Owena to help the Unchipped rebels. ***If you're looking for books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Brave New World you're going to love the Unchipped series! ***Get free early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!

Taya Devere (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Dechipped: Kristian

Death didn’t end anything. Not even his grief. The Unchipped rebels don’t know much about the man they call Yeti. Not even his real name. Recently uploaded to a digital reality called the Egg, the rebels continue to brainstorm for a plan to stop the deadly Nurse Saarinen. But Kristian fails to focus on the task at hand. He struggles with his regret for everything he’s lost… and his love for Kaarina, the woman who died with him when they were uploaded to the Egg. The woman who now wants nothing to do with him. ***If you're looking for books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Brave New World you're going to love the Unchipped series! ***Get free early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!

Taya Devere (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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BizBuySell's Guide to Selling Your Business: A Roadmap to Valuing Your Business and Planning for a S

With an exclusive toolkit of forms and worksheets, this essential guide offers an entire roadmap to the business selling process so you can plan your exit and sell when ready. Learn the entire process, from methods of business valuation and choosing the best exit option, to attracting buyer, protecting confidentiality, and finally negotiating a successful sale. 'Want great results and peace of mind? Get this easy-to-read book.' - Anita Campbell, CEO, Small Business Trends Expanding upon its original edition, this new 10th anniversary edition presents the process in two parts. Part I focuses on assessing a business in its current condition then developing a plan to build value to meet financial goals. Part II focuses on assembling your transition team, marketing to buyers, negotiating strategies, conducting due diligence, and the closing process. What you will learn: - Business valuation and planning your exit - What buyers want and pre-sale value builders - Choosing your team of experts to help you sell - Creating a winning marketing strategy - Qualifying buyers and protecting confidentiality - Legal and financial considerations - What to expect during the due diligence process - Negotiating final terms and closing the deal BizBuySell's Guide to Selling Your Business will teach you how planning is critical to receiving the full value for what you've worked so hard to build, while passivity can be costly. Whether you intend to sell immediately or in the near or more-distant future, now is the time to build a roadmap to a sale that allows you to exit on your own terms.

Barbara Schenck (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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A Complaint Is a Gift, 3rd Edition: How to Learn from Critical Feedback and Recover Customer Loyalty

The third edition of this bestseller (over 275,000 copies sold) builds on the tested formula that helps organizations recognize the value of complaints using updated examples and concepts in the age of COVID-19. The first edition of A Complaint Is a Gift introduced the revolutionary notion that customer complaints are not annoyances to be dodged, denied, or buried but are instead valuable pieces of feedback-not to mention your best bargain in market research. Complaints provide a feedback mechanism that can help organizations rapidly and inexpensively strengthen products, service style, and market focus. Most importantly, complaints that are well received create customer loyalty. This new edition condenses the tried and true eight-step formula into a tighter, more efficient three-step formula. From her work with clients, the author has updated industry-specific complaint examples and added in new concepts, such as a process that enables employees to handle complaints with increased emotional resilience-something that is sorely needed since dealing with increasingly difficult customers is a common occurrence in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Handling complaints doesn't have to be a negative, soul-crushing experience. Janelle Barlow gives the right tools to treat each of them as a source of innovative ideas that can transform your business.

Janelle Barlow (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Ownership: Reinventing Companies, Capitalism, and Who Owns What

Employee ownership creates stronger companies, helps workers build wealth, and fosters a fairer, more stable society. In this book, two leading experts show how it works-and how it can be greatly expanded. Wages don't cover the bills. Wealth inequality is growing. Social trust is eroding. There are endless debates about what to do, but one key factor is inexplicably left out: who owns the companies that drive the economy? Ownership matters. Ownership by a few means benefits for a few. But if you spread ownership around, you spread the benefits of capitalism around. Employee ownership lets workers build real wealth, not just pick up a paycheck. And it's a piece of the puzzle that's in plain sight. As Corey Rosen and John Case point out, there are already thousands of prosperous employee-owned companies. Rosen and Case explain why so many companies end up being owned by Wall Street shareholders or private equity firms-and why that kind of ownership encourages a focus on short-term profits rather than the long-term sustainability needed by employees, communities, and the environment. They show the limits of reform efforts that don't address the essential issue of who owns what. But the heart of the book is a deep dive into how employee ownership originated, how it works now, and what needs to be done to expand it. The book looks at how the idea is growing, both in the United States and around the world-and why all sides of the political spectrum support it. Rosen and Case offer a vivid portrait of a form of ownership that results in more prosperous workers, more responsible companies, and a fairer, more stable society.

Corey Rosen, John Case (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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I Wish I’d Known This: 6 Career-Accelerating Secrets for Women Leaders

Uncover the six blind spots that derail women's career paths and learn strategies to effectively overcome them for an impactful, sustainable career. Professional women are subject to blind spots-obstacles that can minimize career potential, impact, or advancement. Some women end up drifting instead of driving through their careers, going it alone instead of building a posse, and leaving their "reputationality" (that special something we are known for) to chance. Authors and executive coaches Brenda Wensil and Kathryn Heath have spent decades coaching more than 800 women and working with women executives, middle managers, and professionals across industries and age groups. In this book, they outline six challenges women commonly face on their professional journeys and map a way to accelerate through them for higher-impact careers. Readers will learn how to • Set a vision, strategy, and plan for their careers • Learn who they are, what they offer, and how to tell their stories • Seek and act on feedback to guide their paths • Prepare and practice for the best outcomes • Enlist help and support from others Effective women leaders inspire innovation, sustain profitability, manage risk, and create environments for inclusion and diversity to increase. Chock full of strategies, stories, and practical skills, this book will hasten a woman's progress and impact as a professional woman and liberate her to excel in her career on her own terms.

Brenda Wensil, Kathryn Heath (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, 4th Edition: 12 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, an

Discover how the questions we ask ourselves and others can either expand our mindsets and open us up to exciting new possibilities or constrict our mindsets and limit our choices for successful change. Change Your Questions, Change Your Life is an international bestseller that has sold over 400,000 copies in twenty-two languages. People have discovered that, when we're looking for answers, we often forget to take the time to ask the right questions. But, as Dr. Marilee Adams shows, intentionally using questions helps us make wiser choices, find solutions, and transform our personal and professional lives. Dr. Adams uses a highly engaging fable to illustrate how great results begin with great questions. The book's hero, Ben Knight, learns such breakthrough insights and undergoes a transformative journey. As we read how his coach takes him step by step through the twelve powerful tools of Question Thinking, we also learn how to apply the same information and practical skills in our own lives. At the center of this work is the Choice Map, which provides a simple yet powerful image to predict the likely results of the questions we ask ourselves and others. It tells us how to change our questions and our mindsets for the most rewarding outcomes. The book contains a new chapter delving into what neuroscience reveals about managing our stresses and fears more effectively using methodssuch as those described in this book. It includes powerful and practical tools that help readers switch from a constricting Judger to an expansive Learner mindset, achieve the results they desire, and foster breakthroughs.

Marilee G. Adams, Marilee G. Adams Ph.D., Marilee G. Adams, Phd (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Renegade

The line between good and evil blurs in this page-turning, suspenseful Christian fantasy on the border between earth and spirit.After the events in ATTACK, the Oneness returned home in triumph— All except Reese and Tyler, who remain on the road with the subversive cult leader called Jacob. Jacob’s challenge—to lay aside peace for the sword and bring true justice in a world torn apart by evil—haunts Reese, and though all she wants is to go home, it isn’t clear anymore who or what “home” is. When Franz Bertoller, the man responsible for everything wrong in Reese’s world, kills again, Jacob determines to stop him once and for all. He wants to use Reese to do it. And she might just let him. Her choice will change her world forever. RENEGADE is the fourth book in The Oneness Cycle, an urban fantasy series of spiritual warfare novels. If you love page-turning suspense, heart-pounding plotting, and fiction that unveils truth, this series is for you.

Rachel Starr Thomson (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Attack

The battle of good vs evil is joined in this page-turning, suspenseful Christian fantasy on the border between earth and spirit. Battling the hive—a network of humans and demons—nearly killed them all. Now Richard and Mary take the Oneness on the offensive: picking out their targets, the cell goes after the humans at the center of the hive one by one. Their weapons: truth, the sword, and hope that even the most desperately lost can be brought home. Their battlefield: the past, the sea, the city, and Tempter's Mountain—where secrets still wait to be uncovered. The battle rages for the mind. The prize is the heart—and the universe itself. And no one has any idea how deep the battle will take them ... ATTACK is the third book in The Oneness Cycle, an urban fantasy series of spiritual warfare novels. If you love page-turning suspense, heart-pounding plotting, and fiction that unveils truth, this series is for you.

Rachel Starr Thomson (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Anna Crowe