Books with author Alan Collins

A riveting novel by MWA Grand Master Award winner Max Allan Collins.In Eastern Europe four CIA agents are dead—geopolitical pawns caught in border dispute cross fire. Why were they there? Who sent them? Not even the President knows.Back in Washington, the Secretary of the Interior dies from an apparent allergic shock. As details emerge, so do suspicions that she was murdered.Investigating their respective cases, ex–Secret Service agent Joe Reeder and FBI Special Situations Task Force leader Patti Rogers recognize a dangerous conspiracy is in play. When suspects and government contacts are killed off with expert precision, their worst fears are confirmed. As the country edges closer and closer to war, Reeder and Rogers must protect the President—and each other—from an unseen enemy who’s somehow always one step ahead.The stakes have never been higher, against killers who might be anywhere, and Reeder and Rogers have no one to trust but each other.

Confidently turn your HR interviews into job offers!Finally gain the edge you need to win your next HR position.Earn the salary you need, want and deserve!NOW NEWLY UPDATED FOR 2019! With thousands sold to HR professionals, this edition has now been NEWLY UPDATED with the latest up-to-the-minute information, examples, resume best practices and trusted guidance geared to help today's HR job hunters and career changers land interview quickly. Struggling with how to sell yourself persuasively in interviews with hiring authorities? Haven't interviewed in awhile and you're nervous and jittery? Frustrated because you can't turn your interviews into offers? Have you been laid off, fired, want to change jobs, get promoted or you're in the job market for the first time? Struggle no more. Finally, get the edge you need to position yourself as a top candidate and crush your next human resources interview. Make no mistake about it. Even the most experienced and savvy HR professionals screw up in interviews, even if they've interviewed hundreds of job candidates themselves. Why? Because there's a HUGE difference when they're on the other side of the table as the interviewee and it's their own human resources career on the line. If you also face this challenge, now you can overcome it and nail your upcoming HR interviews. In HR INTERVIEW SECRETS, Alan Collins, former Vice President of Human Resources at PepsiCo, reveals his proven step-by-step approach for excelling at human resources interviews and landing the job you want. These strategies are based on his twenty-five years of experience hiring hundreds of HR professionals at all levels. There's nothing else like it for HR reps, managers, directors, VPs, executives...and even those seeking their first HR job. Use the easy-to-follow tips, job-winning interview answers, talking points and insider secrets to capitalize on your HR experience, wow your interviewers and bring home the salary you deserve.Inside these pages, you'll discover:How to conquer pre-interview fears and jitters and calm your nerves so that you come across powerfully -- and with poise and confidence.How to sell yourself and persuasively answer the 10 most frequently-asked interview questions that you absolutely must nail in order to be considered a top candidate in HR. The ten qualities employers most desire in the human resources candidate they'll hire - including the ONE you must demonstrate to them that's more important than all the others combined (Hint: #10!) Surefire ways to make an extraordinarily compelling and positive first impression in the first 30 seconds of your interview. How to confidently handle tough questions about your job history with ease - even if you've been fired, laid off, have huge gaps between jobs, have had too many HR jobs, are over- or under-qualified, or are too old or too young. How to hook interviewers so that they remember you long after the interview is over and distinguish you from the rest of the pack. (This includes a simple, yet proven 3-part formula for showcasing your HR experience so that it impresses even the toughest hiring executive). How to deal with questions that stump you and then turn them into your advantage.What to do before your interview so that you come across as knowledgeable as just about any 10-year veteran of their organization.Powerful questions to ask that will WOW key decision-makers --including the ONE question that's you must ask at the end of your interview if you want the offer. Secrets and tactics for smoothly negotiating your job offer and landing a top salary -- including specific phrases to use that can potentially boost your salary offer 5% or more..Easy-to-o

Confidently turn your HR interviews into job offers!Finally gain the edge you need to win your next HR position.Earn the salary you need, want and deserve!NOW NEWLY UPDATED! With thousands sold to HR professionals, this edition has now been newly updated with the latest up-to-the-minute information, examples, resume best practices and trusted guidance geared to help today's HR job hunters and career changers land interview quickly. Struggling with how to sell yourself persuasively in interviews with hiring authorities? Haven't interviewed in awhile and you're nervous and jittery? Frustrated because you can't turn your interviews into offers? Have you been laid off, fired, want to change jobs, get promoted or you're in the job market for the first time? Struggle no more. Finally, get the edge you need to position yourself as a top candidate and crush your next human resources interview. Make no mistake about it. Even the most experienced and savvy HR professionals screw up in interviews, even if they've interviewed hundreds of job candidates themselves. Why? Because there's a HUGE difference when they're on the other side of the table as the interviewee and it's their own human resources career on the line. If you also face this challenge, now you can overcome it and nail your upcoming HR interviews. In HR INTERVIEW SECRETS, Alan Collins, former Vice President of Human Resources at PepsiCo, reveals his proven step-by-step approach for excelling at human resources interviews and landing the job you want. These strategies are based on his twenty-five years of experience hiring hundreds of HR professionals at all levels. There's nothing else like it for HR reps, managers, directors, VPs, executives...and even those seeking their first HR job. Use the easy-to-follow tips, job-winning interview answers, talking points and insider secrets to capitalize on your HR experience, wow your interviewers and bring home the salary you deserve.Inside these pages, you'll discover:How to conquer pre-interview fears and jitters and calm your nerves so that you come across powerfully -- and with poise and confidence.How to sell yourself and persuasively answer the 10 most frequently-asked interview questions that you absolutely must nail in order to be considered a top candidate in HR. The ten qualities employers most desire in the human resources candidate they'll hire - including the ONE you must demonstrate to them that's more important than all the others combined (Hint: #10!) Surefire ways to make an extraordinarily compelling and positive first impression in the first 30 seconds of your interview. How to confidently handle tough questions about your job history with ease - even if you've been fired, laid off, have huge gaps between jobs, have had too many HR jobs, are over- or under-qualified, or are too old or too young. How to hook interviewers so that they remember you long after the interview is over and distinguish you from the rest of the pack. (This includes a simple, yet proven 3-part formula for showcasing your HR experience so that it impresses even the toughest hiring executive). How to deal with questions that stump you and then turn them into your advantage.What to do before your interview so that you come across as knowledgeable as just about any 10-year veteran of their organization.Powerful questions to ask that will WOW key decision-makers --including the ONE question that's you must ask at the end of your interview if you want the offer. Secrets and tactics for smoothly negotiating your job offer and landing a top salary -- including specific phrases to use that can potentially boost your salary offer 5% or more..Easy-to-o

Without realizing it we often find ourselves being manipulated psychologically, would you like to know how? Then read on...In this book we're going to deal with a very delicate but extremely fascinating subject:Dark psychology and all the techniques used to control, manipulate, and influence the mind.It may seem strange to you, but in everyday life, we often find ourselves facing situations that could make us feel uncomfortable, inappropriate, inferior, or embarrassed, sometimes without even realizing it. What most people don't realize is that very often, we are unconsciously victims of psychological manipulation, mental control, and persuasion by those around us.People capable of this, take us on an invisible path, guiding us precisely to where they want, in every circumstance and situation (at the workplace, in sentimental relationships, in friendships), aiming to get an advantage over us.Some of these techniques are used by great leaders, employers, politicians, and also by strangers who silently and subtly accompany us on this psychological path, having total control over us and our reactions.Through this reading, we will address:First steps on psychology historyWhat is Dark Psychology?What is "NLP" (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)?The most commonly used persuasion techniquesHow to recognize a manipulatorHow to "read" people and on which physical and character aspects you need to focus your attentionDark psychology in a couple’s relationship What is The Dark Triad?Wrong friendships and how to recognize themThe reading of this book is highly recommended to everyone: both for those who need to know and protect themselves from manipulators, and for those who want to discover and enter the fascinating world of psychology.Scroll to the top of the page and select the buy now button.

Chicago, September 1964. Beatlemania sweeps the nation, the Vietnam War looms, and the Warren Commission prepares to blame a "lone-nut" assassin for the killing of President John F. Kennedy. But as the post-Camelot era begins, a suspicious outbreak of suicides, accidental deaths, and outright murders decimates assassination witnesses. When Nathan Heller and his son are nearly run down on a city street, the private detective wonders if he himself might be a loose end. . . .Soon a faked suicide linked to President Johnson's corrupt cronies takes Heller to Texas, where celebrity columnist Flo Kilgore implores him to explore that growing list of dead witnesses. With the blessing of Bobby Kennedy—former US attorney general, now running for Senator from New York—Heller and Flo investigate the increasing wave of violence that seems to emanate from the notorious Mac Wallace, rumored to be LBJ's personal hatchet man. Fifty years after JFK's tragic death, Collins's rigorous research for Ask Not raises new questions about the most controversial assassination of our time.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Chicago, September 1964. Beatlemania sweeps the nation, the Vietnam War looms, and the Warren Commission prepares to blame a "lone-nut" assassin for the killing of President John F. Kennedy. But as the post-Camelot era begins, a suspicious outbreak of suicides, accidental deaths, and outright murders decimates assassination witnesses. When Nathan Heller and his son are nearly run down on a city street, the private detective wonders if he himself might be a loose end. . . .Soon a faked suicide linked to President Johnson's corrupt cronies takes Heller to Texas, where celebrity columnist Flo Kilgore implores him to explore that growing list of dead witnesses. With the blessing of Bobby Kennedy―former US attorney general, now running for Senator from New York―Heller and Flo investigate the increasing wave of violence that seems to emanate from the notorious Mac Wallace, rumored to be LBJ's personal hatchet man. Fifty years after JFK's tragic death, Collins's rigorous research for Ask Not raises new questions about the most controversial assassination of our time.

This latest edition of the much-loved Bradford's offers even more. Available in a jacketed hardback with a clear text design and quality paper, this edition is durable and easy to use. Users will never again be short of answers to their crossword clues! A unique type of crossword dictionary having been compiled and crafted by a single author based on her over 58 years' experience of crossword solving. Every word in this dictionary has appeared as a solution to a real crossword clue. Previous readers have found this book an invaluable reference work for both cryptic and quick crosswords, and new users will be quickly converted!

A quiet evening ends in murder on a muddy mountain road. Local attorney Lije Evans and his beautiful wife, Kaitlyn, are gunned down. But the killers don’t expect one of their victims to live. After burying Kaitlyn, Lije is on a mission to find her killer―and solve a mystery that has more twists and turns than an Ozark-mountain back road. When the trail of evidence goes cold, complicated by the disappearance of the deputy who found Kaitlyn’s body at the scene of the crime, Lije is driven to find out why he and his wife were hunted down and left for dead along Farraday Road. He begins his dangerous investigation with no clues and little help from the police. As he struggles to uncover evidence, will he learn the truth before the killers strike again?

Ever wonder where some of our unique and meaningful Christmas traditions come from? Why are red and green popular colors of the season? Why is exchanging gifts a family tradition? Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas reveals the people, places, and events that shaped the best-loved customs of this merriest of holidays and how they all point to Christ.Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas includes insights about:Gift givingChristmas treesCarolingNativity scenesYule logsStockingsAdvent wreathsMistletoeHolly, and more!This is the perfect gift to infuse your celebration with spiritual insights, true-life tales, and captivating legends to intrigue you and your family. Bring new luster and depth to your modern traditions while you celebrate Jesus' birth. The traditions of Christmas lend beauty, awe, and hope to the holiday, causing people all over the world to anticipate it with joy. Warm your heart as you rediscover the true and eternal significance of Christmas.

Ever wonder where some of our unique and meaningful Christmas traditions come from? Why are red and green popular colors of the season? Why is exchanging gifts a family tradition? Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas reveals the people, places, and events that shaped the best-loved customs of this merriest of holidays and how they all point to Christ.Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas includes insights about:Gift givingChristmas treesCarolingNativity scenesYule logsStockingsAdvent wreathsMistletoeHolly, and more!This is the perfect gift to infuse your celebration with spiritual insights, true-life tales, and captivating legends to intrigue you and your family. Bring new luster and depth to your modern traditions while you celebrate Jesus' birth. The traditions of Christmas lend beauty, awe, and hope to the holiday, causing people all over the world to anticipate it with joy. Warm your heart as you rediscover the true and eternal significance of Christmas.