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Free Download The Artist’s Journey: The travels that inspired the artistic greats
by Travis Elborough
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0711268711 | 304 pages | True EPUB | 20.41 MB
Follow in the footsteps of some of the world’s most famous painters in this fascinating work from the Journeys of Note series.

Free Download A Public Sector Journey to Operational Excellence; Applying Lean Principles to Public Policy
by Kate McGovern
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032445459 | 257 pages | True PDF | 5.02 MB
Lean management can lead to operational excellence, but toward what end? This book examines the power of linking Lean government operations with purposeful public policy. When Lean process improvement principles and techniques entered the public sector after decades of proven effectiveness in private industry, they brought the same transformative potential. These programs can improve public services, boost employee morale, and free up previously underutilized capacity. The freed capacity can then be applied to accomplish important societal objectives. This book has four Part 1: The Foundation of Continuous Improvement (CI)―The reader is introduced to the field of CI and to Lean principles and techniques as applied to public sector organizations. CI initiatives can improve services, boost employee morale, and free up previously underutilized capacity. This part includes an overview of best practices and strategies for overcoming common challenges. Part 2: Lean Public Policy―Discussion of both purpose and function. Lean practitioners are systems thinkers. Viewing disparate processes as components of a whole, we seek to integrate functions across silos to maximize value, quality, and efficiency. It would be great if public programs could be designed for optimal functionality. If that were the case, then Lean practitioners would simply apply the Plan-Do-Study-Act/Adjust (PDSA) cycle for ongoing improvement. In the real world, policy making tends to be ad-hoc and reactive. This part explores impediments to leaning existing programs and considers what Lean public policy would look like. Government regulatory functions and health care policy are used as examples. Part 3: Operational Excellence―Pulling policy and administration together by introducing John M. Bernard’s concept of three levels of maturity in government. Part 4: Putting it together―"What to do, how to do it, and who can get it done." A summary and overview of CI methodology and the prerequisites for the implementation of policies that will lead to progress on societal goals. Drawing lessons from practitioners striving for Level 3 maturity in government, the book closes with a series of recommendations.

Free Download Power BI – Your Journey to Data Visualization Excellence
Published 9/2023
Created by Rajat Eklare
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280×720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lectures ( 12h 6m ) | Size: 6.78 GB

Free Download The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom by Stefan Waydenfeld, Ken Kliban, Audible Studios
English | 2013 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B00DI9YCEU | Format: M4B / Bitrate: 64 Kbps / 17 hours and 5 minutes | 465 Mb
In a forgotten chapter of history, 1.5 million Polish civilians – arbitrarily arrested by Stalin as enemies of the people following the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939 – were deported to slave-labor camps throughout the most inhospitable forests and steppes of the Soviet Union. The Ice Road is the gripping story of young Stefan Waydenfeld and his family, deported by cattle car in 1940 to the frozen wastes of the Russian arctic north.

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Free Download The Stories Old Towns Tell: A Journey Through Cities at the Heart of Europe (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CGKBX66M | 2023 | 9 hours and 11 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 268 MB
Author: Marek Kohn
Narrator: Philip Battley
A fascinating journey through Europe’s old towns, exploring why we treasure them-but also what they hide about a continent’s fraught history. Historic quarters in cities and towns across the middle of Europe were devastated during the Second World War-some, like those of Warsaw and Frankfurt, had to be rebuilt almost completely. They are now centers of peace and civility that attract millions of tourists, but the stories they tell about places, peoples, and nations are selective. They are never the whole story. These old towns and their turbulent histories have been key sites in Europe’s ongoing theater of politics and war. Exploring seven old towns, from Frankfurt and Prague to Vilnius in Lithuania, the acclaimed writer Marek Kohn examines how they have been used since the Second World War to conceal political tensions and reinforce certain versions of history. Uncovering hidden stories behind these old and old-seeming façades, Kohn offers us a new understanding of the politics of European history-making-showing how our visits to old towns could promote belonging over exclusion, and empathy over indifference.

Free Download Kickstart Your Coaching Journey
Published 9/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280×720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 3.27 GB | Duration: 2h 43m
For new coaches looking to start coaching and deliver that first session or begin a new career

Free Download Up Home: One Girl’s Journey (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B5FR7G64 | 2023 | 6 hours and 51 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 379 MB
Author: Ruth J. Simmons
Narrator: Ruth J. Simmons
An "extraordinary" (The New York Times) memoir from the daughter of sharecroppers in East Texas who became the first Black president of an Ivy League university-an uplifting story of girlhood and the power of family, community, and the classroom to transform one young person’s life. I was born at a crossroads: a crossroads in history, a crossroads in culture, and a geographical crossroad in North Houston County in East Texas. Born in 1945, Ruth J. Simmons grew up the twelfth child of sharecroppers. Her first home had no running water, no electricity, no books to read. Yet despite this-or, in her words, because of it-Simmons would become one of America’s preeminent educators. The former president of Smith College, Brown University, and Prairie View A&M, Texas’s oldest HBCU, Simmons has inspired generations of students as she herself made history.

Free Download Smoke and Ashes: A Writer’s Journey Through Opium’s Hidden Histories (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CDCQZLB3 | 2023 | 12 hours and 35 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 686 MB
Author: Amitav Ghosh
Narrator: Ranjit Madgavkar
When Amitav Ghosh began his research for the Ibis Trilogy some twenty years ago, he was startled to find how the lives of the nineteenth-century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by a precious commodity carried in enormous quantities on those currents: opium. Most surprising of all was the discovery that his own identity and family history were swept up in the story. Smoke and Ashes is at once a travelogue, a memoir and an excursion into history, both economic and cultural. Ghosh traces the transformative effect the opium trade had on Britain, India and China, as well as on the world at large.

Free Download Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds by Mark Freestone, David Wayman, Macmillan Audio
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B094DQN192 | MP3@64 kbps | 4h 30m pages | PDF | 124 Mb
Find out what truly creates and defines a psychopath, from the leading expert who helped to create Killing Eve’s Villanelle.
Dr. Mark Freestone has worked on some of the most interesting, infamous, and disturbing cases of psychopathology in recent years. His expertise has led to a consultant role on several TV series, helping them accurately portray their fictional villains. Now, he shares his phenomenal insight into the minds of some of the world’s most violent real-life criminals.

Free Download Integrity: My Slow and Painful Journey to Success (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CFM3JJ6S | 2023 | 10 hours and 35 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 266 MB
Author: Glenn Stearns, Laura Morton
Narrator: Roger Wayne
From underdog in life to starring in Discovery Channel’s Undercover Billionaire, Glenn Stearns is a rags-to-riches story that shows what can be accomplished with unbridled grit and fierce determination. Growing up in a low-income suburb of Baltimore, Maryland, Glenn Stearns attributes optimism, hope, hard work, and unforgettable mentors as the indelible influences that helped him break free from hardship, overcome numerous challenges, and dare to live his wildest dreams. Stearns believes that it does not matter where you grew up, how little money you have, or even how many mistakes you have made-everyone has the potential to turn their life around and make their dreams come true. That’s the core belief and incredible life of Glenn Stearns and what InteGRITy is all about. Filled with memorable anecdotes from his roller coaster life and career, InteGRITy is a story about adversity, pain, attitude, and action. Glenn shares the lessons learned in his life, both personally and professionally, that helped him become the wildly successful business leader he is today. Through this story, he hopes to inspire others and leave a legacy built on kindness.