Pressure is inevitable. How you handle it determines everything.In this expanded hardcover edition of How to Untie a Balloon, former hostage negotiator and Conflictish® founder Ryan Dunlap delivers a practical framework for staying composed under pressure, resolving conflicts, and leading effectively when the stakes are high. With a new chapter and never-before-shared stories of real-world negotiation experience in life-or-death situations, Dunlap reveals how unche...

The skies are full of floating cities, sky pirates, and airships collecting secrets on the wind. But whatever you do, don’t fly beneath the clouds.Out of the ashes of the Clockwork War, mankind rose above the clouds to begin anew with the Atmo Project, a group of twenty-one flying cities running off the overabundant resource that destroyed the world below. Nearly a century later, one-third of the cities have fallen from disrepair or sky pirate attacks....

At best, the plan was ill-advised, hastily crafted, and short sighted.It had to work.The Collective has been shattered, but at a cost. The dread sky pirate India Bravo has taken control of Atmo city fuel supplies, threatening to let entire populations plummet to their deaths if her demands aren’t met, and she wants Ras Veir.Among balancing his budding romance with Callie Tourbillon, living in his father's shadow, and leading his new crew abo...

Every action brings its inevitable consequence.Ras has lost everything he holds dear. The source for all life in Imago, shattered. The city he tried to keep above the clouds, crashed. The love of his life, overloaded with the countless host of those who have gone before her since the Clockwork War. And it’s all his fault.Yet an ember of hope remains.Unbeknownst to Ras, this has always been the plan…but the man who set everything in motion h...

This game-changing book, How to Untie a Balloon, was written by former hostage negotiator and founder of Conflictish®, Ryan Dunlap. He guides listeners into the messy world of human interaction and behavior. Listeners will gain practical tips to navigate some of the problematic behaviors they experience with others that contribute to conflict.Why now? In a world where getting along is basically a survival skill, this book isn't just a good listen—it's an absolute necessity...

If you had to choose which memories to keep, who would you become?Sam has a problem. In a world where all of your memories can be digitally augmented and recorded for later viewing and sharing, Sam's are eroding fast due to malfunctioning equipment. Unfortunately for Sam, that particular bit of equipment is installed in his brain, and a simple malfunction can lead to a decidedly less than simple cerebral hemorrhage, coma, and even death. Sam's only hope to prevent losing everything...

Dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Travis and Jason Kelce—star NFL players, brothers, and podcast hosts. Little Golden Book biographies are the perfect introduction to nonfiction for young readers—as well as fans of all ages!What's it like playing against your brother in the Super Bowl? Only Travis and Jason Kelce can answer that question! Read all about what these NFL superstar brothers enjoy doing—on and off the football field—in this inspiring L...

Read about American snowboarder Shaun White and his epic career in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series.Shaun White, known as “The Flying Tomato" because of his bright red hair, received his first snowboarding sponsorship by age seven. This was just the first of a lifetime of athletic achievements. He has won a medal every year since 2002 at the Winter X games and won gold at the 2006, 2010, and 2018 Olympics. White has been dazzling audiences for years. L...

Indiana Jones meets The Da Vinci Code in this nonstop action-packed thriller about the greatest treasure hunt of all time—a headlong race to find the seven wonders of the ancient world.An ancient secret...a team of heroes...the adventure of a lifetime.A legend of the ancient world decrees that every 4,500 years, a terrible solar event will wreak worldwide destruction...but whoever sets the Golden Capstone atop the Great Pyramid at Giza will avert d...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins comes a shocking short story, where a chance mishap leads to the discovery of a weapon like no other in . . . Crash and Burn.On a transatlantic flight, the two black sheep of Sigma Force-Seichan and Kowalski-must set aside their mutual dislike as a mysterious fiery force knocks their aircraft out of the sky. This unlikely duo must use every skill, weapon, and bit of ingenuity to survive a nig...

USA Today best-selling authorFlorida Book Award Gold MedalForeword Book of the YearFly by Night will shock you with a conspiracy so devastating that it will shake the worldA top secret drone crashes in the lawless Horn of Africa. The CIA is prepared to write off the loss until evidence surfaces that the wreckage of their prized aircraft is hidden in a hangar outside Kh...

The behemoth is the fiercest creature in the British navy. It can swallow enemy battleships with one bite. The Darwinists will need it, now that they are at war with the Clanker Powers.Deryn is a girl posing as a boy in the British Air Service, and Alek is the heir to an empire posing as a commoner. Finally together aboard the airship Leviathan, they hope to bring the war to a halt. But when disaster strikes the Leviathan's peacekeeping mission, they find themselves alone and hunte...