Got reading? Who doesn't! Speed Reading: A Little-Known Time-Saving Superpower, written by speed reading expert Abby Marks Beale with Pam Mullan, provides you with active, mindful, and conscious strategies to not only boost reading speed and comprehension, but overall reading enjoyment. Whether you’re reading for fun, on your educational journey, or as a profession, this book equips you to power through your reading material efficiently and effectively (leaving more time for productivity!)...

**"Breathtaking... so much more than a thriller." —Josh Malerman, bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie"Hits the thriller trifecta: a natural disaster, danger around every corner, and compelling well-drawn characters." —Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling authorA one-more-page, up-all-night story about two strangers who need each other's help to survive the night after a devastating earthquake shakes Los Angele...

Bernie Siegel broke new ground with his monumental book Love, Medicine, and Miracles, in which he explored the powerful role the mind can play in fighting illness. Sharing stories of seriously ill patients who survived against the odds and those who seemed to give in to their own deaths, the book inspired countless individuals to consider the possibilities of thinking themselves well. Siegel believed—and still does—that the power to heal comes from the human mind through will, determinatio...

Improve your memory using techniques that only take a few minutes a day.Remember names, details, and facts with the most effective memory system ever. The step-by-step guide that assesses your present memory quotient and shows you how your memory works, ten Days to a Sharper Memory will help you:Remember the names and faces of people you meetEstablish a system for remembering everything from famous quotes to where you parked the car...

How can public contracts be used effectively to achieve the broader aims of government? Increasingly, emphasis is placed on strategic aspects of public procurement such as value for money, competition, environmental sustainability and social value. The 2014 EU procurement directives offer a new framework in which to pursue these objectives, significantly expanding upon the possibilities under earlier directives. They also represent an evolution in the scope of coverage of the rules, with c...

How can public contracts be used effectively to achieve the broader aims of government? Increasingly, emphasis is placed on strategic aspects of public procurement such as value for money, competition, environmental sustainability and social value. The 2014 EU procurement directives offer a new framework in which to pursue these objectives, significantly expanding upon the possibilities under earlier directives. They also represent an evolution in the scope of coverage of the rules, with c...

Spiritual warfare is a very real thing. Abby Wynne and Mark Attwood agree that the COVID era is really a disguise for the biggest spiritual awakening in human history. They decided to combine their knowledge to create this most practical of spiritual books to help anyone who is feels like things ain't what they seem. We hope you get some insights and tools to help you protect yourself from the "Principalities of Darkness," referred to in The Armour of God (Ephesians 6:10-18).This is...

The DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders reviews and advances this innovative and increasingly popular scheme for diagnosing and evaluating personality disorders. The authors identify the multiple clinical, theoretical, and research paradigms that co-exist in the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD) and show how the model can aid the practicing mental health professional in evaluating and treating patients as well as its importance in stimulating researc...

A heart-wrenching first novel about the power of place and family ties, the weight of the stories we choose to tell, and the burden of those we hideFrozen in grief after the loss of her son at sea, Edith Baines stares across the water at a schooner, under full sail yet motionless in the winter wind and surging tide of the Northern Reach. Edith seems to be hallucinating. Or is she? Edith’s boat-watch opens The Northern Reach, set in the coastal town of Well...

Quinn never expected that her best friend’s courageous decision to be a single mother by choice would end up transforming her own life in this poignant novel from USA Today bestselling author Robin Wells.When Quinn Langston’s best friend unexpectedly passes away, Quinn embraces Brooke’s three-year-old daughter Lily and elderly grandmother Margaret as the family she’s always wanted. She’ll do whatever it takes to help them heal, but she didn’t anticipate Li...

Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig's thought: “Quality”“The ultimate goal in the pursuit of excellence is enlightenment."" —Robert M. Pirsig, 1962More than a decade before the release of the book that would make him famous, Robert M. Pirsig had already caught hold of t...

Realistic patient cases to help sharpen clinical decision-making skillsThe 60 cases in Case Files: Pediatrics feature realistic clinical scenarios designed to help you enhance and hone your clinical decision-making skills. Each case includes an easy-to-understand discussion correlated to key concepts, definitions of key terms, clinical pearls, and Board-style review questions to reinforce learning. The format allows you to review a patient vignette and the...