Tag: Stakes

Managing High-Stakes Risk Toward a New Economics for Survival


Free Download M. Jablonowski, "Managing High-Stakes Risk: Toward a New Economics for Survival"
English | ISBN: 0230238270 | 2009 | 171 pages | EPUB | 429 KB
The threat we face from high-stakes risk has never been higher. These challenges include environmental pollution, fragile financial systems and the threat of widespread geopolitical violence. This book suggests that a return to natural risk levels – those in accordance with naturally occurring background levels – is both desirable and achievable.

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In the Shadows True Stories of High-Stakes Negotiations to Free Americans Captured Abroad [Audiobook]


Free Download In the Shadows: True Stories of High-Stakes Negotiations to Free Americans Captured Abroad (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CKNKX5S1 | 2024 | 10 hours and 14 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 296 MB
Author: Mickey Bergman, Ellis Henican
Narrator: Mickey Bergman, Assaf Cohen

A top negotiator in countless high-stakes missions to free Americans captured abroad and held in the world’s scariest prisons takes listeners inside the dramatic and shadowy world of international hostage rescue. Who else are their desperate loved ones supposed to call? Mickey and his tight team of savvy negotiators at the Richardson Center for Global Engagement are the go-to rescuers of last resort, carrying on the high-stakes, round-the-world mission of master negotiator Bill Richardson. Mickey and his team do what U.S. government officials are often unable or unwilling to do: sit down with America’s toughest adversaries and find creative ways to bring our people home. That’s life In the Shadows. This is the heart-pounding story of these urgent negotiations, what it’s like to climb inside the minds of some of the world’s most notorious strongmen, where the clear divisions between good and evil are replaced by a thousand shades of gray.

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Convince Me High-Stakes Negotiation Tactics to Get Results in Any Business Situation


Free Download Convince Me: High-Stakes Negotiation Tactics to Get Results in Any Business Situation by Adele Gambardella, Chip Massey
English | October 5, 2023 | ISBN: 126504757X | 320 pages | PDF | 4.05 Mb
Learn how to master the art of convincing others in any business situation―with insider tips from a former FBI hostage negotiator and a top DC publicist

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Strategies for Beating Small Stakes Poker Tournaments


Free Download Strategies for Beating Small Stakes Poker Tournaments by Jonathan Little
English | 2015 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B00W4SHBQM | MP3@64 Kbps | Duration: 1:14 h | 34 Mb
Are you tired of losing at small stakes poker? Improve your skills and learn how to win big.
Are you stuck playing in lousy tournaments versus lousy opponents? Do you still lose even at the smallest stakes? It’s time to master small stakes poker with a world-class poker champion as your guide.

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