Praise For *Toxic People*"From corporate America to the smallest business owner, this book should be mandatory reading because it provides toxic relief that will put money in your pocket and calm in your personality. A dose of this reading would enhance the success of business school students and smooth out a few bumps in a rocky marriage."—Richard L. Labrum, Vice President, Wealth Management, Smith Barney"If you're just sick to death of those people who zap the energy right out of you, Marsha has the cure! In no-nonsense terms, she gives us the prescription for dealing with toxic people. She mixes in the right dosage of personal experience, humor, and practical advice to create a compelling message that is highly relevant in our personal and professional lives. I highly recommend this book to everyone interested in cleaning up toxic behaviors!"—John Ryan, Vice President, American Express"Marsha Petrie Sue is the Muhammad Ali of communicators. She can dance and look pretty, and she uses the entire ring, but she knows how and when to land a knockout punch. If you have bad relationships, you'll learn why. This is charm school with live ammunition!"—David Rawles, founder and President, Career Solutions, Inc."Marsha Petrie Sue's 'take the bull by the horns' approach to self-realization and, if so chosen, self-improvement, is the antidote to today's wimpy leadership malaise. She takes readers by their collars, looks them straight in the eyes, and tells them in no uncertain terms that their key to both personal and professional happiness is attainable only through critical self-evaluation and the will to transcend their current situations."—Randy O'Neill, Senior Vice President, Lancer Insurance Company"She has done it again! She gives us permission to 'sack the toxic people' who suck out our energy. Take Marsha's ticket to freedom: give yourself permission to send the toxic people on their not-so-merry way!"—Dr. Geoff Haw, Consultant, Sagacity Services, Australia"Marsha always finds a way to deliver the most difficult messages in a humorous way (this book is one example). You will be able to apply this book in everyday life and anywhere you encounter people!"—Tina Aguirre, Senior IT Manager, oil and energy companyReview"...provides an array of strategies that will help to decontaminate the most toxic person or situation in a non-aggressive way." Personal Success June 2008 From the Inside FlapThe work world is full of toxic people—whine and cheesers, backstabbers, steamrollers, zipper lips, needy weenies, and know-it-alls. Life is just too short to let difficult people drive you nuts in the office. If you want to decontaminate the toxic people in your workplace, this practical guide to office survival will show you how to do it before they suck the life out of you.This enlightening guide gives you the skills you need to deal with toxic people. Stop doubting your own capabilities and sanity. Don't let them win! Instead, use the survival tactics you'll find here to turn ugly situations with toxic people into a tolerable day at the office—without resorting to hostile or aggressive tactics.In Toxic People, Marsha Petrie Sue offers unique and practical solutions for dealing with difficult people and the conflict and miscommunication they often aggravate. Using real-life case studies and real-world strategies, Sue shows managers and employees alike how to take personal responsibility for their work environment and take the lead in fostering teamwork, morale, and success. Take charge and decontaminate your office with:Seven simple lessons for office survivalSix major types of toxic people and how to recognize themKeys to identify the behaviors that drive you crazy and what to doThe right words to defuse situations and defang toxic typesTips on recognizing lies and insincere behaviorCase studies and true stories on dealing with almost any toxic situationGuidance on developing a positive attitude that rubs off on othersTools to develop a dynamic, productive environment And other skills and tips to keep you and your office conflict-freeDealing with toxic people is a part of life, at work and everywhere else. Using the strategies, tactics, and real-world advice you'll find here, you'll learn to change the way you respond to their toxic waste and stop them from affecting your mood or your work. For happier teams, a happier workplace, and a happier you, put down the duct tape and the stapler, take a deep breath, and read Toxic People. Views: 70
Indulge Yourself with the best Illustrated Classic Mystery Collection on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Free stories in the trial version. Features Intuitive navigation. Searchable and interlinked. Open the book you want to read with one click. Illustrations by Signey Paget, Alonzo Kimball, Aubrey Beardsley and more. Make bookmarks, notes, highlights. Text annotation and mark-up. Access the guide anytime, anywhere. Automatic synchronization between the handheld and the desktop PC. You could read half of the book on the handheld, then finish reading on the desktop. Annotations and drawings are also synchronized. Table of Contents List of Works by Author List of Works in Alphabetical Order List of Illustrations Authors' Biographies About and Navigation List of Works by Author Honore De Balzac An Historical Mystery John Buchan The Thirty-Nine Steps Egerton Castle The Baron's Quarry Edmund Clerihew Bentley Trent's Last Case Gilbert Keith ChestertonThe Man Who Knew Too MuchThe Man Who Was ThursdayFather Brown:The Innocence of Father BrownThe Wisdom of Father BrownThe Incredulity of Father BrownThe Secret of Father BrownThe Scandal of Father Brown Robert Erskine Childers Riddle of the Sands Agatha ChristieThe Mysterious Affair at StylesThe Secret Adversary Wilkie CollinsThe Dream WomanThe Haunted Hotel"I Say No."The MoonstoneMiss or Mrs.?The Queen of HeartsThe Traveller's Story of a Very Strange BedThe Woman in White Charles Dickens The Mystery of Edwin Drood Arthur Conan Doyle The Mystery of CloomberThe Complete Collection of Sherlock HolmesA Study in ScarletThe Sign of FourThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesThe Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesThe Hound of the BaskervillesThe Return of Sherlock HolmesThe Valley of FearHis Last BowThe Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Anna Katharine GreenAgatha WebbInitials OnlyThe Millionaire BabyThe Mill MysteryThe Mystery Of The Hasty ArrowA Strange Disappearance Arthur GriffithsThe Rome Express Thomas Hardy The Three Strangers Jacques FutrelleElusive IsabelThe Problem of Cell 13 Gaston Leroux The Mystery of the Yellow Room Marie Belloc Lowndes The Lodger Alan Alexander Milne The Red House Mystery Edgar Allan PoeThe Murders in the Rue MorgueThe Mystery of Marie RogêtThe Purloined Letter Ernest Robertson Punshon The Bittermeads Mystery Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery HopwoodThe BatThe Circular Staircase The ConfessionDangerous DaysThe Man In Lower TenThe Street Of Seven Stars Sax RohmerBat WingDopeThe Insidious Dr. Fu-manchuThe Return of Dr. Fu-manchuThe Golden Scorpion Melvin Linwood Severy The Darrow Enigma Chester K. Steele The Golf Course Mystery Burton Egbert Stevenson The Gloved Hand Robert Louis Stevenson The Pavilion on the Links Rex Stout Under The Andes Views: 70
A faded childhood photograph of the Barker girls was the only clue found at a crime scene. But it didn't explain who'd want Jessie Barker's sister dead. The snapshot brought back memories of another tragedy, shrouded in mystery, that left the Barker girls orphaned as children. Jessie had to find out what happened to her beloved sister, but she'd have to trust a stranger with a twenty-five-year-old story that no one had ever believed. Yet detective Steve Gardner did believe--and with God's help he would aid Jessie in her dangerous quest for the truth.... Views: 70
Urban paranormal fantasy featuring Gabrielle Cody:Servant. Slayer. Seducer.Gabrielle Cody has the ability to see the demons among us as they really are-and the responsibility to destroy them. She can't allow anyone to get in her way, even the magnetic Detective Luther Cross. Sensing a malevolent presence watching and stalking her, Gaby is drawn again and again to an abandoned hospital surrounded by an aura of sickness and suffering-and unimaginable evil. Views: 70
The Lost Middy - Being the Secret of the Smugglers\' Gap is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by George Manville Fenn is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of George Manville Fenn then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Views: 70
Special feature: This PerfectBound e-book contains Part One of an interview with author Isobel Bird. With this ribbon I do bindMy heart to yours and yours to mine.Love, I call you, come to me,As is my will, so mote it be. Kate cast the love spell with results unforeseen.She cannot stop it by herself, but the book of spells tells her of two strangers who can help her -- if only she can find them. Views: 70
New York Times BestsellerWhoever said living well is the best revenge never met the Sisterhood. . .Together, the seven fearless friends known as The Sisterhood have served sweet justice to villains who thought they were above the law. But payback has its price, and the Sisterhood's last assignment almost landed them in jail. Now the women are fugitives with a bounty on their heads, but they're not planning on hiding out for long--not when good friends need the kind of help only they can give.Mitch Riley, the ruthless assistant director of the FBI, intends to frame Cornelia "Nellie" Easter, the judge who helped the Sisterhood evade prison, and their lawyer, Lizzie Fox, in order to save his own career. He's created a special task force to hunt the Sisters down. Mitch has the entire FBI behind him, but he's about to discover that he's no match for seven formidable women with an unbreakable bond and a wickedly cunning plan to bring the fight... Views: 70
A Peek Into Chapter OneWorld War 2 is going against the British and Hitler develops the ultimate weapon: An Atomic Bomb. Where is Winston Churchill? There is a bonus for the reader with this story.A Peek Into Chapter TwoOne of the 1800 Club members is threatened as his great grandfather dies in the American Wild West.The 1800 Club is a 21st Century haven for people seeking to escape New York City's frantic pace. Dressed in clothes their ancestors might have worn during the 1800s, members enjoy foods of the period and read periodicals featuring news of a particular date in 1865. However, the 1800 Club also has an astounding secret . . . Time Travel. Members travel back in time nudging famous persons and key events just enough to ensure history unfolds, as it should. Guardians-of-the-past, living in 2066, send robotic probes back through the ages, discovered that, at critical time-junctures, pivotal figures stray from vital tasks and actions. These Time Watchers of the past can't go... Views: 70
It's all aboard! for mystery when Dinah Galloway takes the cross-country train from Vancouver to Toronto, to appear on a TV talent show. But will she make it-or be permanently derailed? Along with her sister Madge, and her fellow junior musicians, tree fanatic Pantelli Audia and history buff Talbot St. John, Dinah is shadowed by someone who wants to get hold of an $80,000 treasure left by her late dad. But what is the treasure? The redheaded, singing sleuth realizes that the secret dwells somewhere in her dad's murky past, and involves a funny, if less than respectable, ex-con named Ardle McBean, and a mysterious man with a bowl cut. The mystery accelerates when Dinah's sweet, elderly piano teacher, also on the train, disappears and the danger to Dinah increases. She struggles to keep on the tracks of the mystery before the shadows, past and present, overwhelm her. Views: 70
