38 Results for : overpaid
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Who's on Worst?: The Lousiest Players, Biggest Cheaters, Saddest Goats and Other Antiheroes in Baseball History , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 480min
A hilarious celebration of the worst in baseball history: the boneheads, cheats, jerks and losers who make the grand old game so fun Libraries and Internet sites are filled to groaning with debates about who the best ballplayers of all time were - but how many times can you argue about Mantle vs. Mays? Since baseball is a game of failure, it's much more fun to dive into the fray and explore baseball's worst: Who was the lousiest pitcher of all-time? The biggest goat? The most despicable owner? The greatest cheater? Filip Bondy wields formidable research, advanced sabermetrics and his considerable wit to provide this indispensable guide to the less glorious side of our national pastime. Each chapter is filled with rich and colorful stories of the players unfortunate enough to be chosen in each category and is followed by a handy top-10 list, such as Most Overpaid Yankees. From a delightful survey of batters who fell below the dreaded "Mendoza Line" to a rundown of managers who had long careers distinguished by relentless losing to a roster of players who took steroids but still stunk, Who's on Worst? is a thoroughly entertaining portrait of the personalities who deserve their place in baseball history as much as the immortals. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003427/bk_rand_003427_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bluegrass Baseball: A Year in the Minor League Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 440min
Forget the steroid-addled, overpaid, and unmotivated players: America's pastime is still alive and well and is still the heartfelt sport it's always been...in the minor leagues. And nowhere is this truer than in Kentucky, whose rich baseball history continues to play out in the four teams profiled in this audiobook. Following these teams through the 2010 season - the triumphs, struggles, and big-league hopes and dreams - the book tells the larger story of baseball in America's smaller venues, where the game in its purest form is still valued and warmly embraced. The story begins before the season, with national anthem singing tryouts in Lexington, then tags along with players, staff, and fans at home, in the office, and on the field, offering a rare glimpse of the unglamorous reality of minor-league ball. From the front-office staff in Bowling Green planning kooky promotions to a trainer grocery shopping for a team on 40 dollars a day to a new wife coming to terms with her husband's transitory lifestyle to a father struggling to make it back to the majors and a Cuban defector blowing everyone away with a 100-plus mile per hour fastball, these are the people who live to make baseball happen in all its nitty-gritty glory. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Johnson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/032035/bk_acx0_032035_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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One Wild Weekend With Miller (eBook, ePUB)
Maddy needs cash fast or she'll lose her auto-repair business-is the sexy Ranger who shows up in the middle of the night the man she needs? * Even heroes need saving sometimes… I should have known better. My garage just off Route 66 wasn't even open for business. But when a smokin' hot Army Ranger showed up in the middle of a Monsoon and offered me a fat wad of cash to fix his car no questions asked, I obliged. I swear to begin it was strictly professional. Okay, so it probably wasn't a great idea to offer him a place to sleep… In my bed. And it wasn't exactly professional to get naked with him either. Several times… Call me reckless, but since I wasn't officially open, I did it anyway…repeatedly and didn't regret a single dirty minute of the time we spent together. But the second I replaced his radiator and the storm cleared, it was adios, and thanks for the very pleasant memories. I thought it was over, that I'd never see my mysteriously sexy soldier again. And if I hadn't called him demanding to know why he overpaid me, and if he hadn't acted like he wasn't in trouble when he so obviously was… It probably would have been…- Shop: buecher
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The Premier League's Worst Ever Players , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 353min
Did Francis Jeffers ever keep you awake at night? Did you slap yourself in the face each time you witnessed an Eric Djemba-Djemba attack-splitting pass? Did Titus Bramble cause you to eat your match program in frustration? Then this is the book you've been waiting for. Relive all your least favorite Premier League moments by taking a journey back through the maze of frustration, disillusionment and failure that is the Premier League's worst ever players. Grimace, wince and sob as you take a trip down the derelict end of memory lane, through a history of the Premier League's most inept, incompetent, overpaid and under-talented exponents of the beautiful game. Players who looked terrified whenever the ball came within 20 yards of them, players who would struggle to make the bench for their son's under-7s team and players who surprised you by managing to make it onto the field wearing the correct strip. If you've ever watched a Premier League player and wondered how they managed to turn professional and you didn't, if you were left speechless as they were allowed to continue spreading their misery well into the second half, if they rang Graeme Souness pretending to be George Weah's cousin or if they left you dumbfounded at the fact they'd managed to convince someone to pay them a wage to represent your hopes and dreams, you'll find them all here. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hugh Noble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/048754/bk_acx0_048754_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Newcastle United's Worst Ever Players , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 208min
Did Wayne Fereday ruin your life? Was Silvio Maric directly responsible for your high dentist bills due to the constant gnashing and grinding of your molars? Did Billy Askew's hair give you nightmares, or did the merest mention of Alain Boumsong's name have the same effect as the aftermath of a Vindaloo? Then this is the book you've been waiting for. Relive all your least favorite Newcastle United moments by taking a journey back through the labyrinth of frustration, disillusionment, and failure that is Newcastle United's worst ever players. Grimace, cringe, and wince as you take a trip down the derelict end of memory lane, through a history of Newcastle United's most inept, incompetent, and overpaid exponents of the beautiful game. Players who panicked whenever the ball came within 20 yards of them, players who would struggle to make the bench for St. Joseph's School under-sevens team and players who surprised you by managing to put their boots on the right feet. If you've ever watched a Newcastle United player and wondered how they managed to turn professional and you didn't, if you were left speechless as they were allowed to continue spreading their misery well into the second half or dumbfounded at the fact they'd managed to convince someone to pay them a wage to stumble around the field and offer nothing more to the cause than the corner flag, you'll find them all here. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andy Patterson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/033702/bk_acx0_033702_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Thinking Guide for Busy People: Discover How to Avoid the Subtle Decision Making Mistakes That Most People Make. Make the Right Decisions with Confidence and Change Your Life. , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 212min
Have you ever bought the wrong product, made the wrong investments, overpaid for products or services, or made any other costly decisions completely unintentionally? If you are like most people, you surely did so. We all make these mistakes, probably more often than we would like to admit. But why do we, however smart we are, make these mistakes and keep doing them over and over again throughout our lives? The answer lies in our cognitive biases, and the solution to these struggles lies in learning how to spot and avoid our biases.And how do we prevent these biases from distorting our thinking and causing us to make bad decisions? The answers are in this book.This book helps you:Discover the costly cognitive biases that affect most peopleLearn how your emotions can alter your thinking and decision-making abilitiesLearn how your day-to-day thinking may be based on faulty logicDiscover how cognitive biases affect your ability to make decisionsStart making the right decisions in confidenceLearn how to recognize the most common but costly cognitive biases and internalize this knowledge so that it becomes second nature, and you will start making good decisions instead of poor ones, and your life will change for good.As John C. Maxwell said: “Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.” Just make sure that you make the right ones. Start transforming your thinking today! You’re only a click away from learning how to become a sharp-minded, confident decision-maker and improve your life for good. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aaron Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/236744/bk_acx0_236744_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The 5 Big Lies About American Business: Combating Smears Against the Free-Market Economy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 454min
Every American benefits every day from the phenomenal productivity of the free market, so why do so many people feel guilty or skeptical about our business system? In this passionately argued, eye-opening book, talk-radio star and best-selling author Michael Medved provides detailed and devastating rebuttals to the most widely circulated smears against capitalism. MYTH: Big business is bad, small business is good. TRUTH: Every big business began life as a small business, and every small business today yearns for enough success to become a big business tomorrow. For some products—like cars or electrical power—little companies can’t benefit their workers or customers as reliably as huge corporations. MYTH: Business executives are overpaid and corrupt. TRUTH: Top leaders will always command top dollar, and a company can’t limit executive pay without limiting its access to talent. Ferocious, long-term competition in the corporate world ultimately rewards focus and hard work, not short cuts and corruption. MYTH: You can count on better treatment from the government than from business. TRUTH: If a private company deals with you poorly, you can take your business elsewhere. But with the government’s power, you get only two choices: compliance or jail. Medved responds to business-bashing lies with the slashing wit, irrefutable facts, fascinating historical nuggets, illuminating anecdotes, and liberating clarity that made him one of the top-ten talk-radio hosts in the United States. This audacious and urgently needed book provides energy and inspiration for a beleaguered free-market system poised for its unstoppable comeback. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Medved. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hove/000370/bk_hove_000370_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Your Brain Is the Key to the Universe: A Comprehensive Guide to Manifesting Your Ideal Reality and World Harmony , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 131min
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. (Albert Einstein) This audiobook is about my ever expanding, developing, and changing views on what I believe to be consciousness and its construct, reality. The world is experiencing a global shift in consciousness and spiritual awakening. People are being drawn to energy sites all over the globe and are beginning to experience an accelerated spiritual growth rate. I myself was drawn to a healing vortex on the Hawaii Island known as Napoopoo. The point where this vortex meets the Pacific Ocean is Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, also know as the Place of Refuge. William Pila Chiles wrote about this very place and its healing properties in his book The Secrets and Mysteries of Hawaii if you would like to know more about the area and its healing powers. I lived right in the middle of this vortex while writing this audiobook and can attest to the overwhelmingly positive energy that is present there. Now more than ever, I believe people need to define who they are and why they are here in this reality. The notion of a soul, or an eternal life, or what comes next are questions on everyone's mind. This is an ever-present friend or foe as we see fit. I believe consciousness and brain are the keys to this mystery, as well as to our universe. "What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet." (Woody Allen) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Clark Edwards. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/122875/bk_acx0_122875_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Rubies in the Orchard: How to Uncover the Hidden Gems in Your Business , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 293min
POM Wonderful. FIJI Water. Teleflora. The Franklin Mint. Lynda Resnick's marketing triumphs read like an encyclopedia of branding. She is the smartest and hardest-working marketing brain in the business - the kind of marketer who can sell "ice sculptures to Eskimos". But her brilliant ideas aren't simply the result of random inspiration; they're the products of a systematic approach to marketing that any company - large or small - can adapt to achieve success. In Rubies in the Orchard, she divulges her secrets for creating some of the world's most memorable and iconic brands, and the bull's-eye strategies to sell them. Resnick believes that every company can find "rubies in it's orchard", elements of intrinsic value that consumers will desire. Here, she shows how every successful marketing campaign begins with uncovering these hidden gems, and communicating their value honestly and transparently to the consumer. Through Resnick's behind-the-scenes narrative, we learn the secrets of her extraordinary successes, including: POM Wonderful, the wildly popular 100% pomegranate juice that created an entirely new product category out of a fickle and obscure fruit; and FIJI Water, a fledgling brand she transformed into the #1 premium bottled water in America, with sales that have increased 300% since 2004. A born marketer, Resnick shares tales from a remarkable life, from opening her own ad agency at age 19 to the time she famously overpaid for Jackie Kennedy's pearls at auction, then transformed her "mistake" into tens of millions in sales for the Franklin Mint. Here for the first time, Resnick reveals her systematic approach to breaking through marketplace clutter and consumer cynicism, and creating blockbuster brands with true staying power. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lynda Resnick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001724/bk_rand_001724_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Small Change: Money Mishaps and How to Avoid Them , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 551min
Blending humour and behavioural economics, the New York Times best-selling author of Predictably Irrational delves into the truly illogical world of personal finance to help people better understand why they make bad financial decisions and gives them the knowledge they need to make better ones. Why does paying for things often feel like it causes physical pain? Why does it cost you money to act as your own real estate agent? Why are we comfortable overpaying for something now just because we've overpaid for it before? In Small Change, world-renowned economist Dan Ariely answers these intriguing questions and many more as he explains how our irrational behaviour often interferes with our best intentions when it comes to managing our finances. Partnering with financial comedian and writer Jeff Kreisler, Ariely takes us deep inside our minds to expose the hidden motivations that are secretly driving our choices about money. Exploring a wide range of everyday topics - from credit card debt and household budgeting to holiday sales - Ariely and Kreisler demonstrate how our ideas about dollars and cents are often wrong and cost us more than we know. Mixing case studies and anecdotes with tangible advice and lessons, they cut through the unconscious fears and desires driving our worst financial instincts and teach us how to improve our money habits. Fascinating, engaging, funny and essential, Small Change is a sound investment, providing us with the practical tools we need to understand and improve our financial choices, save and spend smarter and ultimately live better. Published in the US as Dollars and Sense. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Jones. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/001247/bk_macm_001247_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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