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“michael k bender”

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  • The Clarity to Live Well

    A Practical Guide to Thinking Clearly, Reducing Stress, and Living Intentionally

    by Michael K Bender ...
    Six years ago, Michael K. Bender's oncologist gave him 18 to 36 months to live. Three years later, he underwent open-heart surgery with a triple bypass. Today, at seventy-eight, he's in remission and thriving-walking with the energy of someone half his age.What made the difference? Three learnable skills he'd developed across fifty years in diplomacy, business, and education: Strength (daily ... Read more

    $6.95 USD

  • The Greenland Affair: Fiction or Prediction

    The Race for Arctic Dominance

    by Michael K Bender ...
    THE GREENLAND AFFAIR: A Geopolitical Thriller About Power, Conscience, and the Price of TruthIn the new Arctic competition between superpowers, CIA Director James Blake sees an opportunity. Greenland-with its rare earth minerals, strategic location on Arctic shipping routes, and hosting of Thule Air Base-represents the ultimate prize. Operation Silent Merian is his masterpiece: a covert operation ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Neural Pathways, Not Prompts

    Why Authentic Literacy Education Cannot Be Outsourced to AI

    by Michael K Bender ...
    It's 11:47 PM. A high school junior opens ChatGPT, pastes in her essay prompt about Kafka's The Trial, and six minutes later submits a polished analysis. She gets an A. But what did she actually learn?Nothing about thinking. She bypassed the cognitive work that builds intellectual capacity.Multiply this moment by millions of students and years of education. This is the crisis we face.What's Really ... Read more

    $7.95 USD

  • The Gilded Cage

    Reminiscences of a Shadow Man

    by Michael K Bender ...
    He was too brilliant to ignore. Too useful to acknowledge. Too compromised to release.Alex Carter is a gifted analyst with a talent for seeing patterns others miss. When the FBI approaches him with an opportunity to serve his country, he says yes-believing he's finally found his purpose.But the work quickly spirals beyond what he imagined. Infiltrating activist groups. Analyzing classified ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

  • IN SEARCH OF EXPERTISE

    GOVERNMENT-TO- BUSINESS TRANSITIONS AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF GLOBAL POWER

    by Michael K Bender ...
    Government employees develop classified knowledge, operational relationships, and technical expertise that remain valuable for decades after they leave government service. When they transition to defense contractors, consulting firms, or corporations, they carry this expertise with them-creating conflicts of interest, national security vulnerabilities, and opportunities for elite enrichment that ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

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  • Manage Anxiety Through CBT: Teach Yourself

    by Windy Dryden ...
    Using the proven techniques of cognitive behavioural therapy, this book will show you how to manage your anxiety, in whatever form it appears, from phobias to panic attacks and general anxiety disorder. You will receive support for understanding with and coping with different types of anxiety, using CBT to manage your symptoms and alleviate much of your distress. You will also learn how to be more ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • A New Blueprint for Government

    Reshaping Power, the PMO, and the Public Service

    by Kevin G. Lynch, James R. Mitchell ...
    2025 DONNER PRIZE FINALISTIs the Canadian government contributing to its own underperformance? An insider’s guide to steering our nation toward greater efficiencyCanada is struggling. Our growth is anemic, our standard of living is stagnant, our housing is unaffordable, and our health care system is nearing a breaking point. To make matters worse, the government fails to deliver core services and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Raising a Left-Brain Child in a Right-Brain World

    Strategies for Helping Bright, Quirky, Socially Awkward Children to Thrive at Home and at School

    by Katharine Beals ...
    Empowering advice for parents of bright, quirky, socially awkward kids—an educator’s clarion call to better understand, appreciate, and nurture our “left-brainers”Does your child:• Have impressive intellectual abilities but seem puzzled by ordinary interactions with other children?• Have deep, all-absorbing interests or seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of certain subjects?• Bring home mediocre ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Ransomware Hunting Team

    A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime

    by Renee Dudley, Daniel Golden ...
    A real-life technological thriller about a band of eccentric misfits taking on the biggest cybersecurity threats of our time.“What Michael Lewis did for baseball in Moneyball, Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden do brilliantly for the world of ransomware and hackers. Cinematic, big in scope, and meticulously reported, this book is impossible to put down.” —Doug Stanton, New York Times bestselling ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Progressive Capitalism

    How to achieve economic growth, liberty and social justice

    by David Sainsbury ...
    The neo-liberalism that dominated economic thinking since the advent of Thatcher and Reagan is now seen to have serious flaws. Progressive Capitalism seeks to replace it with a new Progressive political economy, based on an analysis of why the growth rates of countries differ, and what firms have to do to achieve competitive advantage in today's global economy. The cornerstone of the political ... Read more

    $16.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Experiential Learning

    Experience as the Source of Learning and Development

    by David Kolb ...
    Experiential learning is a powerful and proven approach to teaching and learning that is based on one incontrovertible reality: people learn best through experience. Now, in this extensively updated book, David A. Kolb offers a systematic and up-to-date statement of the theory of experiential learning and its modern applications to education, work, and adult development.Experiential Learning, ... Read more

    $151.19 USD

  • The Grey Line: Modern Corporate Espionage and Counter Intelligence

    by Andrew Brown ...
    Corporate espionage is an inescapable reality of the modern global business world. The Grey Line is the comprehensive examination of how modern day private sector spies operate, who they target, how they penetrate secure systems and subvert vulnerable employees. Additionally, the book provides invaluable resources for companies and individuals to use in deterring and defeating corporate spies ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus