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If you listen to nothing else on communication, listen to this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you speak more authentically, express your ideas with clarity and impact, and win over your audience. This book will inspire you to ask better questions to get more out of every discussion; listen for emotions and cues, not just facts; use visuals persuasively and effectively; sharpen your business writing to ensure your message sticks; and manage negative emotions during stressful conversations.

These explicit, playful tales range from the sweetly sensual to the candidly carnal. Bill Noble's poetic "Stardrift" finds a beach runner drawn into an unexpected moonlight ménage. Saskia Walker's "It's Just Not Cricket" stars fearless bondage queen Ella, whose hobby of tying up "languid aristocratic types" is challenged by a randy noble who turns her into a human croquet game. Marilyn Jaye Lewis's piquant "That Summer by Our Pool" is a provocative tour of a woman's sexual history.

With perfect pitch and fierce persistence, Amy Beach always knew she had to make music. There was just one big problem. Her mother believed it was not proper or suitable for a young lady to draw attention to herself, let alone have a musical career. But give in or give up? Not Amy Beach. She demanded to play the piano. She demanded to have a real teacher. She demanded to perform.