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If your to-do list looks like a historical document, this 2-book bundle is your personal productivity boot camp: How to Stop Procrastination & Get More Done + The Productivity Method—two high-octane guides that light a fire under your ambition and keep it burning long after you press play.

I was the greatest mage of chaos of my time, spending sixty years defending the world from rift creatures. If there was a mission—I completed it. If there was an enemy—I destroyed them. I was loyal to the Empire to my bone, until it decided to wipe out the Chaos clan and every last one of its members.

Set between the wild fells of North Yorkshire, Canada and Liverpool, A Precious Daughter by Diane Allen is a sweeping saga novel following a family's struggles in the 19th century. When Ethan Postlethwaite, his wife Grace and their daughter Amy announce that they will be leaving the family home...

In The Magical Path, he presents these tools—effective, easy-to-apply practices, including affirmation, visualization, and guided meditation—that can change the course of listeners’ lives in miraculous ways, as they did his.

The Truth from the Frontline.No filter, no spin, no hiding. The stories behind the headlines, the truths behind the system - exposing, confronting, and moving foster care forward.Hosted by Sarah Anderson, CEO of FosterWiki & Co-founder of the NFCQ and Louise Allen, Bestselling Author & Founder of Spark Sisterhood.All views shared in this podcast reflect the personal opinions of the hosts alone. They are not intended as factual assertions about any person or organisation, nor do they represent the views of any employer or professional body.

For several decades Chinese ascendancy has been supported by an astonishingly broad and deep portfolio of soft power. The stories of their reach are breathtaking - Chinese-sponsored reporting in national newspapers and academia; the gagging of sports stars and huge Western brands; Hollywood self-censorship; and of course - communications firms. But these are just the most visible examples. Bethany Allen, an internationally recognized investigator into Chinese covert power, shows Western institutions have bowed to and even enabled Beijing's coercion.

College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.

We’re all going through an enormous change right now - both personally and globally. New energy is affecting our relationships, our productivity, our emotions, our self-confidence, and so on. In every area you can imagine, you are growing and changing… whether you asked for it or not. And while personal growth is fantastic, it can also be confusing and quite troubling if you don’t know what’s happening to you. This mini-podcast can help! In each little episode (3-7min), Jeffrey Allen brings new insights and light to the important changes we're all feeling right now. In his gentle ...

“Brave New You is full of insight and practical tools to help anyone create the life they want.” — Dr. Nicole LePera, #1 New York Times best-selling author of How to Do the Work and How to Be the Love You Seek From a genre-defining podcaster and mindfulness expert, a bracingly fresh...

Trinidad Noir reveals the Caribbean island’s darkness and its appeal with an unexpected and gratifying result. Features brand-new stories by Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Lawrence Scott, Ramabai Espinet, Shani Mootoo, Kevin Baldeosingh, Vahni Capildeo, Willi Chen, Lisa Allen-Agostini, Keith Jardim, Reena Andrea Manickchand, Tiphanie Yanique, and more.

Join three literary scholars and award-winning professors as they introduce you to dozens of short masterpieces that you can finish-and engage with-in a day or less. Perfect for people with busy lives who still want to discover-or rediscover-just how transformative an act of reading can be, these 36 lectures range from short stories of fewer than 10 pages to novellas and novels of around 200 pages. Despite their short length, these works are powerful examinations of the same subjects and themes that longer "great books" discuss.

In this revolutionary new book, Better Days: Tame Your Inner Critic, writer and spiritual coach, Neal Allen, examines a critical aspect of the human psyche that often gets ignored—the superego. Building on Freud’s idea that the superego necessarily forms a person’s moral conscience, Neal explains how this voice in your head develops in childhood as a survival mechanism, but when no longer needed for protection, camps out in your mind like a personal parasite.

Have you ever wondered why your external circumstances seem to mirror your internal state of mind? The answer lies in a universal law: we become what we think about. James Allen's As a Man Thinketh is widely regarded as the grandfather of self-help literature. It is a masterpiece that has inspired millions to take control of their lives by taking control of their minds.

Jamie Blake had life figured out. Parties were easy. Dating was easier. Success came naturally. Then he woke up in Eldara. A living, breathing fantasy world where levels matter, monsters don’t respawn politely, and death is permanent. Worse —Jamie isn’t even himself anymore. Trapped in a body the world insists is a princess, Jamie is forced to survive in a land that judges strength by stats and respect by power. Fortunately, Jamie didn’t lose the one thing that always mattered: his mind.

Leadership skills are essential for everyone, and the great news is that they can be learned, meaning that there’s no excuse for poor leadership. This two-book bundle will provide you with concise, powerful advice based on experience and research ranging from neuroscience to social psychology and backed up by statistical data and analysis.

A true collective account of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. There are few days in American history so immortalized in public memory as November 22, 1963, the date of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Adding to the wealth of information about this tragic day is We Were There, a truly unique collection of firsthand accounts from the doctors and staff on scene at the hospital where JFK was immediately taken after he was shot.

Sidesplitting middle grade comedy, with serious heart (and one very funny llama). Illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan, the official illustrator for World Book Day 2022. ‘A laugh-out-loud funny and a wonderful story about finding your voice. I loved it!’ David Walliams Shortlisted for the...

Although written at the turn of the century its themes are still current. From Poverty to Power is a concise and informative guide to the development of the human spirit. These two books in one: "The Path to Prosperity" and "The Way of Peace," are both inspirational and motivational!

Brought to you by Penguin. The Possibility of Tenderness is a personal history narrated through the lens of the ‘grung’ and plants. It’s also a people’s history of the land, a family saga, an archival detective story through time. It’s the migration tale of a young scholar who arrives...

Read by the author. The gospel is under attack today--not only from outside cultural forces but also from within the church. In Misled, popular YouTuber and Bible teacher Allen Parr equips readers to identify and withstand seven of the most common false teachings that undermine the gospel and...