Best Selling Books by Adam Baker

They searched for gold. They found death Iraq 2005 Seven mercenaries journey deep into the desert in search of Saddam''s gold. They form an unlikely crew of battle-scarred privateers, killers and thieves, veterans of a dozen war zones, each of them anxious to make one last score before their luck runs out. They will soon find themselves marooned among ancient ruins, caught in a desperate battle for their lives, confronted by greed, betrayal, and an army that won''t stay dead...

The world has been overrun by a lethal infection. Humanity ravaged by a pathogen that leaves victims demented, mutated, locked half-way between life and death. Major cities have been bombed. Manhattan has been reduced to radioactive rubble. A rescue squad enters the subway tunnels beneath New York. The squad are searching for Dr Conrad Ekks, head of a research team charged with synthesising an antidote to the lethal virus. Ekks and his team took refuge in Fenwick Street, an abandoned subway station, hours before a tactical nuclear weapon levelled Manhattan. The squad battle floodwaters and lethal radiation as they search the tunnels for Ekks and his team. They confront infected, irradiated survivors as they struggle to locate a cure to the disease that threatens to extinguish the human race.

In a world that never stops shouting, whispering is the strongest weapon. ''How Silence Becomes Power'' breaks the myth of the extroverted leader and shows the unbeatable advantages of quiet doers. We examine the psychology of restraint and why listening often achieves more than any fiery speech. Learn how to dominate through presence instead of volume. We deconstruct the mechanisms of self-promotion and show you how to build an authority based on depth and consistency. This book is the manifesto for the analysts, the observers, and the thinkers in the executive suites. Become the master of quiet leadership. We show you techniques for strategic silence in negotiations and how to lead teams based on trust instead of pressure. Learn why the greatest decisions in history often fell in quiet rooms. True strength needs no noise—it works through clarity. Discover your introverted power and change the rules of success. Silence is not weakness; it is a lethal form of focus.

The world is overrun by an unimaginable horror. The few surviving humans are scattered in tiny outposts across the world, hoping for reprieve - or death. Waiting on the runway of the abandoned Las Vegas airport sits the B-52 bomber Liberty Bell, revving up for its last, desperate mission. On board - six crew members and one 10-kiloton nuclear payload. The target is a secret compound in the middle of the world''s most inhospitable desert. All the crew have to do is drop the bomb and head to safety. But when the Liberty Bell crashes, the surviving crew are stranded in the most remote corner of Death Valley. They''re alone in an alien environment, their only shelter the wreckage of their giant aircraft, with no hope of rescue. And death is creeping towards them from the place they sought to destroy - and may already reside beneath their feet in the burning desert sands. This is the fourth of Adam Baker''s thrillers set in the post-apocalyptic world of OUTPOST, JUGGERNAUT and TERMINUS.

The Earth of the future has been divided into two parts—the developed World of Order and the backward World of Decadence. These worlds have abandoned contact with each other and built Walls between them. World of Order is the modern, technologically developed world, where is no crime, wars, and any kind of conflicts. World of Decadence lives in the past denying all the progress, technical development, and modern values of the World of Order. Jerry Kaiser, a refugee from Decadence, writes virtual reality programs, which are created to the customer''s taste. They are filled with psychodromes, emotions recorded in a digital format. Commissioned by Richard Kamer, one of the Devil''s Dozen, the ruling elite of the World of Order, the head of a ministry without a name who is responsible for top-secret, inter-world relations, he creates a horror program that Richard uses to kill the most influential citizens of Order. Jerry is found guilty of these murders. Jerry finds out that the victims of the program are connected to the dark secret organization – Trails de-Hell, where the immigrants from the World of Decadence and dissidents of the World of Order are killed, tortured, and hunted. The one existence of Trails de-Hell makes World of Order not that ideal and utopic as it seems. Jerry wants to unravel the secrets intensions of Richard Kamer and realizes that he is the one who intends to lead the world to the big changes. But to succeed in it, humanity will need to make huge sacrifices, and Jerry will have to take sides.

Near the North Pole, an animals'' Christmas party is going buggy—in a funny, punny story both kids and adults can enjoy! Located ten stops before the North Pole on the Polar Express, Forest Noel is a whimsical land where Christmas trees grow all year round. All the animals look forward to the annual Christmas party at Jingle Bell Block, but none more than Maury Chris Moose. However, this year might be a scary Christmas rather than a Merry Christmas. Maury C. Moose has his worst nightmares come to life when G.R. Inchworm invades Jingle Bell Block. In order to save his Christmas-loving forest, Maury and his friends must band together and prevent the construction of the new Bar Hum Bug. Will a parody of The Twelve Days of Christmas provide Maury the guidance needed to clean up Forest Noel and run G.R. Inchworm out of town? Or will the bugs litter the forest with their New York Slimes newspapers and their Pus Weekly magazines? This Christmas chapter book features puns, rhymes, and quirky animal characters for a delightful, giggle-inducing holiday read.

They took the job to escape the world They didn''t expect the world to end. Kasker Rampart: a derelict refinery platform moored in the Arctic Ocean. A skeleton crew of fifteen fight boredom and despair as they wait for a relief ship to take them home. But the world beyond their frozen wasteland has gone to hell. Cities lie ravaged by a global pandemic. One by one TV channels die, replaced by silent wavebands. The Rampart crew are marooned. They must survive the long Arctic winter, then make their way home alone. They battle starvation and hypothermia, unaware that the deadly contagion that has devastated the world is heading their way...

Ils cherchaient de l''or, ils ont trouvé la mort. Iraq, 2005. Le voyage à travers le désert de sept hommes à la recherche de l''or de Saddam. Ils forment un groupe improbable de mercenaires estropiés, tueurs et voleurs, vétérans d''une douzaine de guerres différentes. Chacun d''eux n''a qu''une envie : marquer un dernier point avant que la chance ne les abandonne. Ils se retrouvent bientôt abandonnés dans d''anciennes ruines, pris dans une lutte désespérée pour sauver leur vie, affrontant cupidité, trahison, et une armée qui ne restera pas morte.

Novela de acción y terror en el que un pequeño grupo de trabajadores en una aislada base petrolífera del Ártico se convierte en el último reducto de la civilización humana cuando la población mundial es aniquilada por una plaga apocalíptica. Una plataforma petrolera medio abandonada y en ruinas, atracada en un remoto lugar del océano Ártico, está a punto de ser cerrada. Una tripulación reducida aguarda la nave que los llevará a casa. Pero el mundo más allá de este gélido páramo ya no es el que recuerdan. Un siniestro virus se propaga por el planeta a toda velocidad. En cuestión de días, se ven asoladas ciudades enteras. Los contagiados, irreconocibles, se convierten en una horda rabiosa y casi indestructible. Uno por uno los canales de televisión y radio que unen la tripulación a lo que queda de la civilización humana dejan de retransmitir. El silencio invade las ondas. La incomunicaciónes total. Y el largo invierno en el Ártico solo acaba de empezar. Atrapados en los confines de la tierra, quince hombres y mujeres se enfrentan al panorama desolador del hambre y la hipotermia, inconscientes aún de que la plaga apocalíptica que ha devastado al resto del planeta viene directo hacia ellos.

“Mayday, mayday, ici la raffinerie Rempart de Kasker requérant assistance urgente, à vous.” Le Rempart de Kasker : une plate-forme pétrolière laissée à l’abandon dans l’océan Arctique, surveillée par une équipe de quinze permanents luttant contre l’ennui et la dépression dans l’attente de la relève. Mais au-delà du cercle polaire, le monde a basculé dans le chaos. Une pandémie meurtrière s’étend à l’échelle planétaire. Peu à peu, le silence envahit les ondes, les chaînes de télévision meurent une à une, et l’équipage perd lentement tout contact avec la civilisation extérieure. Prisonniers de la banquise et désespérés, ils devront trouver un moyen de s’échapper de cet enfer de glace avant de succomber à la famine ou à l’hypothermie. Mais ils ignorent que la contagion meurtrière qui a ravagé la civilisation se dirige droit sur eux... Quand la fin du monde arrivera, vous voulez être le premier à mourir, ou le dernier à survivre ?

For the Samurai, death is not to be feared. It is to be embraced. Japan 1533 – A nation in turmoil. Rival warlords battle for supremacy while common folk struggle to survive in a land laid waste by endless war. Tengu, an orphaned girl, must navigate the lawless hinterlands if she is to survive and achieve her ambition to become a master swordswoman. Rejected by every school of martial skill, she joins samurai from northern Japan as they converge on a river shrine to take part in a savage tournament, a death-match from which only one can emerge victorious. Will she survive the gladiatorial combat? Or will she meet a bloody end on the arena floor? A taut and heart-pounding novel that takes us deep into the life of combat in Shogunate Japan, Raven’s Sword is perfect for readers of David Kirk, James Heneage and James Clavell.

Le monde a été ravagé par un virus qui laisse ceux qui en ont été infectés quelque part entre la vie et la mort. New York, bombardé pour éviter la propagation de la maladie, n’est plus qu’une ruine radioactive. Sous le sol de Manhattan, dans les tunnels des lignes de métro, une équipe de secours est à la recherche du seul homme capable de mettre au point un antidote. Confrontés aux inondations, aux radiations et aux infectés, les survivants verront leur course contre la maladie jalonné d’obstacles et de dangers.

Tired of losing sleep over customer churn? This isn''t another corporate manual filled with buzzwords and fluff. Every night, business leaders wake up in cold sweats, haunted by the churn monster gobbling up their valuable customers. If that''s you, this book is your weapon against the nightmare. R.E.A.C.T. Or You''re F**ked cuts through the BS to deliver a brutally honest, no-nonsense framework for customer retention that actually works. Author Adam Baker doesn''t sugarcoat the truth: most customer churn is your fault, not theirs. The R.E.A.C.T. Framework: Realise their value (promptly) Elevate their experience Anticipate and adapt Continuously deliver value Track behaviours and measure success This isn''t about damage control or last-minute saves. It''s about building relationships so valuable that customers can''t imagine leaving you. Whether you''re in Customer Success, sales, leadership, or just someone who gives a damn about retention, this proactive methodology will transform how you think about customer relationships. What you''ll get: A step-by-step system to eliminate preventable churn Real-world strategies that don''t require expensive tools or massive teams The uncomfortable truths about why customers really leave Practical playbooks you can implement immediately Who this is for: Anyone who gives a shit about customer retention. Warning: Don''t read this if you''re feeling defensive about your current approach. This book pulls no punches and will challenge everything you think you know about customer success. Stop reacting to churn. Start preventing it. Your customers'' success is your success - and this book shows you exactly how to make both inevitable. Sweet dreams await.

When a new social media site invades the forest, Maury, Mikey & the rest of the gang learn an important lesson on how to use social media and cell phones.

In this fun ninja story, Maury & Mikey must help out a new friend whose size & strength suggest he is destined to become Forest Noel''s next great warrior. But there is just one little problem. This wannabe ninja is afraid of his own shadow...and his dad''s! The latest story in the Maury C. Moose Children''s Book Series touches on the important topic of finding one''s purpose by introducing a new character to the whimsical world of Forest Noel. Our new friend, Sam R. Rhino is fresh out of school and looking for what he will do next. He struggles to decide whether to blaze his own path or to follow his famous father. How will Sam deal with this important decision? Will Maury and Mikey be able to help him find his purpose before it is too late?

This is a tale of mystery and intrigue. Most detectives, it is out of their league. With Mikey Duck there''s nothing to fear. Quickly all the clues will become clear. He knows how to separate fiction from truth. Pretty impressive for a web-footed sleuth. Follow along, but don''t get lost in the confusion. See how quickly you can find the solution. Will you solve it fast or will it take time? Maury will join to help solve the crime.

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