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Author : Bernard J. Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789810914356
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Death of the Snake Oil Salesman written by Bernard J. Jones and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bernard J. Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781482890778
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Death of the Snake Oil Salesman written by Bernard J. Jones and published by . This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The species known as the Snake Oil Salesman, sadly, is in rapid decline, almost dead in modern business. The geezer who could sell sand to Arabs, ice to the Eskimos and coal to Newcastle is a thing of the past. There were some real doozies out there (and still are), but customers are smarter now. They want the product to work and produce results. Value for money - not some silver-tongued shyster who's full of false promises. The end of an era, I say, wiping a tear from my eye, as I was one of them. I bid them farewell, and all the best. And while it was originally a male domain, there are now a lot of Snake Oil Saleswomen as well.They don't mean to offend anyone. They just see selling as an easy way of making money. Tragically, this short-term view usually equates to a short-lived career. These days, everyone sees through the bastard like a pane of glass. Really quickly. The Snake Oil Salesman / woman is a thing of the past. Dead. Long live the Sales Professional! In this practical, three-part series of proven selling techniques I show the three stages in bringing in new customers and making sure they stay with you.
Author : Bernard J. Jones
Publisher : Faris Digital Solutions
ISBN 13 : 9814645907
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)
Download or read book Death of the Snake Oil Salesman written by Bernard J. Jones and published by Faris Digital Solutions. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people think that Selling is telling. Telling everyone how great the product is. This was the Snake Oil Salesman’s special skill. He could talk for hours. He didn’t even take a breath! It was all about what he wanted. And all he wanted was your money. There is a slight problem with this model. It doesn’t work. The Snake Oil Salesman is a thing of the past. Dead. There is a better way. Long live the Sales Partner! This satirical yet practical account of personal sales encounters offers an array of techniques for: • Rationalising success and failure • Improving your self-confidence • Focusing on your client’s interests • Seeing selling as a problem-solving exercise • Quantifying and reporting client issues • Proposing solutions that have a high chance of success Selling isn’t telling. It’s about partnering with your clients to build trust and help them achieve their objectives.
Author : Reverend Becca Stevens
Publisher : Jericho Books
ISBN 13 : 1455519073
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Snake Oil written by Reverend Becca Stevens and published by Jericho Books. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the world of snake oils, you have to see the world a little differently. Where others see poverty, you see riches; where others see weeds, you see flowers; where others see sickness, you see openness." Becca Stevens calls herself a "snake oil seller": She takes natural oils, mixes them with a good story, sells them in an open market and believes they help to heal the world. Becca is the founder of Thistle Farms, one of the most successful examples in the US of a social enterprise whose mission is the work force. She is also the founder of its residential program, Magdalene. The women of Magdalene/Thistle Farms have survived prostitution, trafficking and addiction, and the natural body care products they manufacture-balms, soaps, and lotions-aid in their own healing as well as that of the people who buy them. The book weaves together the beginnings of the enterprise with individual stories from Becca's own journey as well as 20 women in the community. In Snake Oil, Becca tells how the women she began helping fifteen years ago have been the biggest source of her own healing from sexual abuse and her father's death as a child. Wise and reflective, Snake Oil offers an empowering narrative as well as a selection of recipes for healing remedies that readers can make themselves.
Author : Clark Stanley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783337208639
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (86 download)
Download or read book The Life and Adventures of the American Cow-Boy written by Clark Stanley and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life and Adventures of the American Cow-Boy - Life in the far West is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Author : Matthew P. Mayo
Publisher : Two Dot Books
ISBN 13 : 9780762789658
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)
Download or read book Hornswogglers, Fourflushers, and Snake-Oil Salesmen written by Matthew P. Mayo and published by Two Dot Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively and entertaining book tells the stories of con artists, gamblers, swindlers, and other nefarious characters who stampeded west in the quest to make money off the men and women who stampeded west in search of land and gold.
Author : Dan Hurley
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767920430
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)
Download or read book Natural Causes written by Dan Hurley and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting work of investigative journalism that charts the rise of the dietary supplement craze and reveals the dangerous—and sometimes deadly—side of these highly popular and completely unregulated products. Over 60 percent of Americans buy and take herbal and dietary supplements for all sorts of reasons—to prevent illness (vitamin C), to ease depression (St. John’s wort), to aid weight loss (ephedra), to boost the memory (ginkgo biloba), and even to cure cancer (shark cartilage, bloodroot)—despite the fact that few of these “natural” supplements have been proven to be safe or effective. The vitamin and herbal supplement industry generates over $20 billion a year by selling products that promise to cure or fix, but are produced and marketed essentially without oversight. And while the media has been quick to sensationalize the benefits of supplements, few have taken a hard look at the dangers posed by many of the remedies flooding the market today. Award-winning journalist Dan Hurley breaks the silence for the first time in Natural Causes. From the snake-oil salesmen of the early twentieth century, to rise of the health food movement in the sixties and seventies, Hurley charts the remarkable growth of an industry built largely on fraud, and reveals the backroom politics that led to the passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, which effectively freed the industry from FDA oversight. In unprecedented detail, he shows how supplement manufacturers have concealed the truth about dozens of untested treatments and the shocking rise in deaths, disfigurements, and life-threatening injuries caused by products deceptively promoted as “safe and natural.” Most importantly, he provides a telling look at why, in an age of unprecedented scientific advancement, we continue to buy and believe in remedies for which little evidence exists—and why the supplements we take to promote our health may be doing far more harm than good. As Hurley shows, the dietary supplement craze may be one of the greatest swindles ever perpetrated on the American public—one that feeds billions of dollars each year into the pockets of lobbyists, politicians, and any charlatan who wants to slap a label on a bottle and tout it as the next big “natural cure.” Blending hard facts with spellbinding personal stories, Natural Causes is a must-read for anyone who has ever popped a multivitamin or an herb, and provides a hard-hitting, frightening look at a cultural trend that is out of control.
Author : S.C. Hitchcock
Publisher : See Sharp Press
ISBN 13 : 1937276147
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (372 download)
Download or read book Spiritual Snake Oil written by S.C. Hitchcock and published by See Sharp Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Spiritual Snake Oil" shows that the same fallacies that plague religious apologetics also infect virtually all "new age" and "spiritual" writing. Author Chris Edwards does this by dissecting the arguments and assertions of the most prominent "new age" icons and "spiritual" writers. They include Robert Pirsig ("Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"), James Redfield ("The Celestine Prophecy"), Deepak Chopra ("Life After Death"), Dinesh D'Souza ("Life After Death"), Francis Collins's ("The Language of God"), Rhonda Byrne ("The Secret"), and even Michael Crichton (a surprising defender of New Age thinking). As Edwards shows, the same fallacies, the same errors in argument, show up time after time in the writings of these--and virtually all other--"new age" and "spiritual" writers. In addition to explaining these fallacies in the chapters devoted to the individual authors, Edwards devotes a final chapter, "A Compendium of Fallacies," to outlining the tricks and deceptive practices common to illogical arguments.
Author : Jane Roberts
Publisher : Amber-Allen Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1934408352
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Seth Speaks (A Seth Book) written by Jane Roberts and published by Amber-Allen Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most powerful of the Seth Books, this essential guide to conscious living clearly and powerfully articulates the furthest reaches of human potential, and the concept that we all create our own reality according to our individual beliefs. Having withstood the test of time, it is still considered one of the most dynamic and brilliant maps of inner reality available today. “The Seth books present an alternate map of reality with a new diagram of the psyche . . . useful to all explorers of consciousness.” — Deepak Chopra “Seth was one of my first metaphysical teachers. He remains a constant source of knowledge and inspiration in my life.” — Marianne Williamson “I would like to see the Seth books as required reading for anyone on their spiritual pathway. The amazing in-depth information in the Seth books is as relevant today as it was in the early ’70s when Jane Roberts first channeled this material.” — Louise Hay
Author : Michiko Kakutani
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0525574832
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book The Death of Truth written by Michiko Kakutani and published by Crown. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize–winning critic comes an impassioned critique of America’s retreat from reason We live in a time when the very idea of objective truth is mocked and discounted by the occupants of the White House. Discredited conspiracy theories and ideologies have resurfaced, proven science is once more up for debate, and Russian propaganda floods our screens. The wisdom of the crowd has usurped research and expertise, and we are each left clinging to the beliefs that best confirm our biases. How did truth become an endangered species in contemporary America? This decline began decades ago, and in The Death of Truth, former New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani takes a penetrating look at the cultural forces that contributed to this gathering storm. In social media and literature, television, academia, and politics, Kakutani identifies the trends—originating on both the right and the left—that have combined to elevate subjectivity over factuality, science, and common values. And she returns us to the words of the great critics of authoritarianism, writers like George Orwell and Hannah Arendt, whose work is newly and eerily relevant. With remarkable erudition and insight, Kakutani offers a provocative diagnosis of our current condition and points toward a new path for our truth-challenged times.
Author : Leo Mackrow
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1098046803
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Five Horsemen of Death written by Leo Mackrow and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My early life began in Tucson, Arizona, in the 1960s. At an early age, my family moved to Evergreen, Colorado, and was basically raised there. After high school, I joined the army for seven years, received the army Achievement Medal, and was honorably discharged.I attended college in Tucson, Arizona, and graduated with my degree in the field of science. Throughout my life, I have had an interest in science and the homeopathic regimen and have followed a lifestyle that relates to always trying to take care of my body and stay current with the latest wellness and scientific achievements.This book will reflect on that lifestyle and why I feel that it is my place, at this time, to relate the information that I have accumulated over the years and write a book to bring this lifestyle information to the public in hopes of helping others lead a healthier life and longevity.The more health awareness the public can access, the easier it will be for them to improve their lifestyle and, ultimately, their overall health level. I hope I have brought at least a small degree of that awareness with this book.
Author : Matthew P. Mayo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493018043
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Hornswogglers, Fourflushers & Snake-Oil Salesmen written by Matthew P. Mayo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone loves a heel, especially one to whom nothing was sacred and who charmed his or her way into the hearts, minds, and wallets of bumpkins and belles alike. This collection offers twenty-four tales of petty bandits, sleazy bunko artists, and conniving conmen and –women who traveled West to seek their fortunes by preying on the men and women who went before them to settle and explore. These stories of who they were, what they did, and why they are remembered for their deeds include ample and engaging historic illustrations of the shady characters at work and at play.
Author : Forrest Church
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807097144
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Love & Death written by Forrest Church and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearing his final days, a beloved Unitarian minister meditates on life, love, and death: “The goal is to live in such a way that our lives will prove worth dying for.” On a February day in 2008, Forrest Church sent a letter to the members of his congregation, informing them that he had terminal cancer; his life would now be measured in months, not years. He went on to promise that he would sum up his thoughts on the topics that had been so pervasive in his work—love and death—in a final book. Church has been justly celebrated as a writer of American history, but his works of spiritual guidance have been especially valued for their insight and inspiration. As a minister, Church defined religion as "our human response to the dual reality of being alive and having to die." The goal of life, he tells us "is to live in such a way that our lives will prove worth dying for." Love & Death is imbued with ideas and exemplars for achieving that goal, and the stories he offers—all drawn from his own experiences and from the lives of his friends, family, and parishioners—are both engrossing and enlightening. Forrest Church's final work may be his most lasting gift to his readers.
Author : Nigel Starck
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780522852561
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (525 download)
Download or read book Life After Death written by Nigel Starck and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The obituary pages of our quality newspapers have been described as 'oases of calm in a world gone mad', 'a lovely part of the paper to linger in', and 'writing that matters'. Entertaining, inspiring and informative, they serve as a legitimate instrument of history, and have enjoyed an extraordinary revival in popularity over the past twenty years. Life After Death investigates-and celebrates-the development of the obituary form in the British, American, and Australian press. Author Nigel Starck tracks down the earliest exercise in obituary publication (in 1622), then traces the evolution of the form over four centuries, from times when the obituary was the reserve of royalty and privilege to its contemporary egalitarian mode. Along the way Dr Starck delves into a multitude of lives, from the heroic to the comic, the saintly to the downright villainous, the exemplary to the eccentric. Meet, in the posthumous cast list, Major Digby Tatham-Warter, of Britain's Parachute Regiment, who carried an umbrella into battle just in case it rained; the absent-minded Australian barrister Pat Lanigan, who drove from Canberra to Sydney and then flew back, leaving his car behind; and the eccentric American publisher Eddie Clontz, whose newspaper reported (exclusively, of course) that 'tiny terrorists' were disguising themselves as garden gnomes. Life After Death also incorporates a connoisseur's collection of ten obituaries reprinted in full: the subjects include Helen Keller, Diana Mosley, Quentin Crisp, George Wallace, and Rosa Parks. Without doubt, Life After Death is a book that will outlive its author-as an enduring celebration of journalism's dying art. 'Canon Smith expired after suffering an unfortunate disagreement with his bishop.'-The Sydney Morning Herald, 1882 'Minnesota Fats died at his home in Nashville. He was eighty-two, or perhaps ninety-five.'-The New York Times, 1996
Author : Michelle Richmond
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0804179867
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The Marriage Pact written by Michelle Richmond and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How far is too far when it comes to protecting your marriage? Find out in this relentlessly paced novel of psychological suspense for anyone who loved The Couple Next Door. “Ranks with The Stepford Wives and Gone Girl as a terrifying look at what it really means to say ‘I do.’”—Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of The Switch Newlyweds Alice and Jake are a picture-perfect couple. Alice, once a singer in a well-known rock band, is now a successful lawyer. Jake is a partner in an up-and-coming psychology practice. Their life together holds endless possibilities. After receiving an enticing wedding gift from one of Alice’s prominent clients, they decide to join an exclusive and mysterious group known only as The Pact. The goal of The Pact seems simple: to keep marriages happy and intact. And most of its rules make sense. Always answer the phone when your spouse calls. Exchange thoughtful gifts monthly. Plan a trip together once per quarter. . . . Never mention The Pact to anyone. Alice and Jake are initially seduced by the glamorous parties, the sense of community, their widening social circle of like-minded couples. And then one of them breaks the rules. The young lovers are about to discover that for adherents to The Pact, membership, like marriage, is for life. And The Pact will go to any lengths to enforce that rule. For Jake and Alice, the marriage of their dreams is about to become their worst nightmare. Praise for The Marriage Pact “This fast-paced nail-biter goes in unpredictable directions. . . . It also raises thoughtful questions about individual agency and marital commitment. With strong writing, intriguing characters, and a compelling conceit, this psychological thriller seems destined for the top of summer reading lists. Recommended as a fresh voice for readers of Gillian Flynn or Ruth Ware.”—Library Journal (starred review) “Creepy and engrossing . . . [The Marriage Pact takes] readers deep into the heart of a marriage and exposes some of the darker drives, such as possession and control, that can lurk within even the most harmonious of unions.”—Booklist “Gripping, thought-provoking, and irresistible.”—Dean Koontz “Riveting psychological suspense! This book will keep you up all night, while making you second-guess everything you know and everyone you’ve ever loved.”—Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Right Behind You
Author : Jane Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The Seth Material written by Jane Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michelle Richmond
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0440336554
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Year of Fog written by Michelle Richmond and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2007-03-27 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life changes in an instant. On a foggy beach. In the seconds when Abby Mason—photographer, fiancée soon-to-be-stepmother—looks into her camera and commits her greatest error. Heartbreaking, uplifting, and beautifully told, here is the riveting tale of a family torn apart, of the search for the truth behind a child’s disappearance, and of one woman’s unwavering faith in the redemptive power of love—all made startlingly fresh through Michelle Richmond’s incandescent sensitivity and extraordinary insight. Six-year-old Emma vanished into the thick San Francisco fog. Or into the heaving Pacific. Or somewhere just beyond: to a parking lot, a stranger’s van, or a road with traffic flashing by. Devastated by guilt, haunted by her fears about becoming a stepmother, Abby refuses to believe that Emma is dead. And so she searches for clues about what happened that morning—and cannot stop the flood of memories reaching from her own childhood to illuminate that irreversible moment on the beach. Now, as the days drag into weeks, as the police lose interest and fliers fade on telephone poles, Emma’s father finds solace in religion and scientific probability—but Abby can only wander the beaches and city streets, attempting to recover the past and the little girl she lost. With her life at a crossroads, she will leave San Francisco for a country thousands of miles away. And there, by the side of another sea, on a journey that has led her to another man and into a strange subculture of wanderers and surfers, Abby will make the most astounding discovery of all—as the truth of Emma’s disappearance unravels with stunning force. A profoundly original novel of family, loss, and hope—of the choices we make and the choices made for us—The Year of Fog beguiles with the mysteries of time and memory even as it lays bare the deep and wondrous workings of the human heart. The result is a mesmerizing tour de force that will touch anyone who knows what it means to love a child. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Michelle Richmond's Golden State.
