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A gonzo account of Britney Spears's meteoric rise and almost equally iconic fall, from Jeff Weiss, LA's Hunter S. Thompson. America, 2003: A country at war, its shiny veneer beginning to crack. Von Dutch and The Simple Life dominate. And on the cover of every magazine, a twenty-two-year-old pop star named Britney Spears. Tracking her every move for a third-tier gossip rag in Los Angeles is a young writer named Jeff Weiss, who took whatever job...

Forget about the hard bargain. Whether you're discussing the terms of a high-stakes deal, forming a key partnership, asking for a raise, or planning a family event, negotiating can be stressful. One person makes a demand, the other concedes a point. In the end, you settle on a subpar solution in the middle--if you come to any agreement at all. But these discussions don't need to be win-or-lose situations. Written by negotiation expert Jeff Wei...

Die beiden Brüder Joe und Ben Weider sind schon als Kinder fasziniert von den starken Männern, die in den 1930er Jahren zu den Attraktionen zahlreicher Zirkusse gehören. Mit zunehmendem Alter wächst das Interesse am Kraftsport, den sie zunächst mit selbstgebauten Hanteln und Autoreifen betreiben. Schließlich wird das Bodybuilding ihre Profession, sie gründen im Jahr 1946 die "International Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (IFBB)" und rufen...

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Forget about the hard bargain.Whether you're discussing the terms of a high-stakes deal, forming a key partnership, asking for a raise, or planning a family event, negotiating can be stressful. One person makes a demand, the other concedes a point. In the end, you settle on a subpar solution in the middle-if you come to any agreement at all.But these discussions don't need to be win-or-lose situations. Written by negotiation expert Jeff Weiss,...

This beautifully illustrated Companion Reader is an exact transcript of Jim Weiss's award-winning storytelling performance of three classic American stories and one original tall tale. The Reader can be enjoyed on its own, or used along with the recorded performance to build strong language skills. Listen to the Jim Weiss stories, read along to improve fluency, vocabulary, and grammar, and then speak great words and sentences out loud by prac...