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  Sea State - A Memoir

  Tabitha Lasley

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  A Recommended Read from: Vogue * USA Today * The Los Angeles Times * Publishers Weekly * The Week * Alma * Lit Hub 
  A stunning and brutally honest memoir that shines a light on what happens when female desire conflicts with a culture of masculinity in crisis 
  In her midthirties and newly free from a terrible relationship, Tabitha Lasley quit her job at a London magazine, packed her bags, and poured her savings into a six-month lease on an apartment in Aberdeen, Scotland. She decided to make good on a long-deferred idea for a book about oil rigs and the men who work on them. Why oil rigs? She wanted to see what men were like with no women around. 
  In Aberdeen, Tabitha became deeply entrenched in the world of roughnecks, a teeming subculture rich with brawls, hard labor, and competition. The longer she stayed, the more she found her presence had a destabilizing effect on the men—and her. 
  Sea State is on the one hand a portrait of an overlooked industry: “offshore” is a way of life for generations of primarily working-class men and also a potent metaphor for those parts of life we keep at bay—class, masculinity, the transactions of desire, and the awful slipperiness of a ladder that could, if we tried hard enough, lead us to security. 
  Sea State is on the other hand the story of a journalist whose professional distance from her subject becomes perilously thin. In Aberdeen, Tabitha gets high and dances with abandon, reliving her youth, when the music was good and the boys were bad. Twenty years on, there is Caden: a married rig worker who spends three weeks on and three weeks off. Alone and in an increasingly precarious state, Tabitha dives into their growing attraction. The relationship, reckless and explosive, will lay them both bare.

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  Talk to Humans and Get Stuff...

  Frederick Weiss

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Entertaining, empowering, and packed with actionable strategies, this book will inspire you to stop overthinking, start doing, and live a life worth living in the human world—unapologetically your own. It offers tools to transform how you communicate, collaborate, and take action in both your personal and professional life. 
  The world has shifted toward disconnection, with remote work and remote life becoming the norm. Many of us prefer AI as the answer to everything rather than shaking a hand and saying "HI." While interacting with real people can feel awkward or intimidating, it's also deeply rewarding—if you allow yourself the chance. 
  Social media algorithms are reshaping our reality, reinforcing disconnection, and reducing meaningful human relationships. As we become more immersed in the digital world, our ability to thrive in the real world diminishes. Self-imposed limitations and fears of failure grow with every scroll, driven by the pursuit of fleeting dopamine hits. 
  To live a fulfilling life, we must embrace authenticity and show up as our true selves. By using jealousy as motivation, stepping out of our comfort zones, and putting ourselves out there, we can break free from mental barriers. Learning to share and sell our ideas with confidence and focusing on what truly matters reminds us of one essential truth: life is short—make it count.

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  The Checklist Manifesto - How to...

  Atul Gawande

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  The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies—neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force, checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world, helping doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches. Even in the immensely complex world of surgery, a simple ninety-second variant has cut the rate of fatalities by more than a third. In riveting stories, Gawande takes us from Austria, where an emergency checklist saved a drowning victim who had spent half an hour underwater, to Michigan, where a cleanliness checklist in intensive care units virtually eliminated a type of deadly hospital infection. He explains how checklists actually work to prompt striking and immediate improvements. And he follows the checklist revolution into fields well beyond medicine, from homeland security to investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds. An intellectual adventure in which lives are lost and saved and one simple idea makes a tremendous difference, The Checklist Manifesto is essential reading for anyone working to get things right.

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  Choose to Win - Transform Your...

  Tom Ziglar

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  Ziglar Inc. CEO Tom Ziglar shows readers how the choices they can make--beginning today--will help them achieve balanced success, true significance, and an everlasting legacy. 
  The secret to winning at life is one good choice at a time. 
  Are you frustrated with your job, career, or relationships? Are you unsure if what you are doing right now in your life is the right thing? In this revolutionary new book, success and motivation expert Tom Ziglar shares the good news that you can change and that, in fact, you can win at life. 
  Choose to Win shows you how to achieve massive change without massive upset. It all starts with identifying your why, which reveals the how that opens multiple doors of what. His revolutionary plan guides you through making one small choice at a time through a sequence of easy-to-follow steps in seven key areas: mental, spiritual, physical, family, finance, personal, and career. Ziglar also helps you identify the life-killing, unhealthy habits that cause misery, dissatisfaction, and lack of success—and, more importantly, how to implement positive habits through the trinity of transformation: desire, hope, and grit. The result is a more productive, more fulfilling, and more meaningful life.  
  You can take control of your destiny and leave the lasting legacy you've dreamed about and deserve. You simply need to choose to do so. 
  Charts, exercises, and resources available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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  Mobile Technologies Crash Course

  Introbooks Team

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  Communication is the key to success. Communication has helped us establish our societies and build communities. It is the human connection which is why humans have constantly researched ways in which they can communicate with each other – not just face to face, but also when they are located in two different locations. Everything from birds flying from one place to another with messages to the invention of phones that facilitated long distance calling was a result of our need to communicate with people in far locations as effectively as possible. 
  The mobile phone technology brought in a wave of changes to how telephony was perceived. With mobile phones, it became easier for people to talk to each other even when they were in different locations and that too without the limitations of the wired phones. While early mobile phones were very heavy making it difficult for people to carry the phone along with them wherever they went, mobile technologies helped in introducing advancements to these portable devices making it easier for people to carry it everywhere. 
  Where early mobile phones could have weighed almost about 1kg, mobile phones today are as light as 130 grams. Other technologies like camera, Bluetooth and app development introduced such functionalities and features to mobile phones which may not have been expected when the device was first invented. 

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  12 Rules To Become a Millionaire

  J Emanuel

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  "12 Rules to Become a Millionaire" is a comprehensive guide designed to empower readers on their journey to financial success and personal fulfillment. This book delves into essential principles, from cultivating a millionaire mindset and setting clear financial goals to developing effective budgeting strategies and investing wisely. It emphasizes the importance of diversifying income streams, continuous self-education, networking, embracing risk, and learning from failure. Additionally, it highlights the significance of maintaining work-life balance, optimizing tax strategies, and giving back to society. Each chapter offers practical advice, inspiring case studies, and actionable steps to help readers build wealth and achieve long-term prosperity. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a seasoned professional, or someone looking to improve your financial literacy, this book provides the tools and insights needed to transform your financial future and create a meaningful, impactful legacy.

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