This book was written for everyone who has ever wondered, am I doing this right? when thinking about their lives and careers.Leveraging the collective experience of hundreds of professionals, this book is the ultimate early career desk reference! When readers finish reading, it is not the end, but the beginning of a successful career and a fulfilling life.Write in the margins, highlight key insights, answer questions, and ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What if the greatest obstacles to faith aren’t science, doubt, or even addiction—but the stories we’ve been told about God, the Bible, and ourselves? In this honest, searching memoir, the author traces a journey from the depths of addiction and skepticism to a hard-won, deeply personal faith. Along the way, he dismantles the false dichotomies between science and spirituality, exposes the historical roots of religious fundamentalism, and...

If passion and personality were all it took to make it big, you’d have it made. Don’t let procrastination, lack of focus, and uncertainty derail your dreams of living like a champion.In clear, straightforward style, Matthew Mitchell reveals the tools that made him and his teams successful: honesty, hard work, and discipline. He details how leaders who make decisions based on the Winning Tools enjoy added benefits. Personal satisfaction, professional success, and financial rewards na...

Much scholarship on the British transatlantic slave trade has focused on its peak period in the late eighteenth century and its abolition in the early nineteenth; or on the Royal African Company (RAC), which in 1698 lost the monopoly it had previously enjoyed over the trade. During the early eighteenth-century transition between these two better-studied periods, Humphry Morice was by far the most prolific of the British slave traders. He bears the guilt for trafficking over 25,000 enslaved...

Besieged and attacked, a mother and her children must escape a postapocalyptic nightmare world of cannibals and betrayal.Jack Murphy thought he'd found the perfect escape for his family from a world gone horribly mad. He thought wrong. Matthew Costello's Home begins mere minutes after the terrible sacrifice Jack made to save his family at Paterville Camp in Vacation. Barely escaping, Jack's wife, Christie, and two children, Kate and Simon, must accept that their l...

I wake up naked. Hungover. And in the wrong bed.Jett Santo’s bed.Cardinal Saints’ star quarterback.Arrogant. Untouchable. Dangerous.He doesn’t even remember my name.I should be grateful. Pretend it never happened.But I can’t.Because my body already belongs to him.And he knows it.Now his future is on the line — and I’m no longer a mistake.I’m his alibi.His weakness.His obsession.Jett Santo does...

This innovative collaborative work—the first to focus on Buddhist tourism—explores how Buddhists, government organizations, business corporations, and individuals in Asia participate in re-imaginings of Buddhism through tourism. Contributors from religious studies, anthropology, and art history examine sacred places and religious monuments as they have been shaped and reshaped by socioeconomic and cultural trends in the region.Following an introduction that offers the first theoret...

A ravishing, luminous selection of short stories from the prize-winning imagination of A. S. Byatt, "a storyteller who could keep a sultan on the edge of his throne for a thousand and one nights" (The New York Times Book Review). With an introduction by David Mitchell, best-selling author of Cloud AtlasMirrors shatter at the hairdresser's when a middle-aged client explodes in rage. Snow dusts the warm body of a princess, honing it into something s...

Resisting Gossip Together is a resource for readers who wish to enhance their personal Bible study and a manual for Resisting Gossip study group leaders. Mitchell gives instructions for resisting gossip and directs us toward edifying speech to cultivate a gossip-resistant church dedicated to Christ’s mission of faith and love.

While the Coast Guards many battles at sea in the War on Drugs are widely known, its participation in the ground offensive is not. Indeed, the Guard didnt just send its cutters to interdict narcotics-laden vessels attempting to bring their illicit cargo into Uncle Sams territorial waters, it sent ground troops to foreign lands to train their forces and, when necessary, directly engage the enemy. But to create the type of force needed was no small task and would not be without tribulation, ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Struggling to reconcile faith with science? Yearning for a Higher Power that makes sense in our complex world? "My Higher Power: How Science, History, and Recovery Led Me to a Faith That Makes Sense" by Matthew R Mitchell is your guide. This isn't a sermon; it's a raw, honest Spiritual Journey born from the author's own profound battle with Addiction Recovery and his Quest for M...

Why do some leaders and organizations win consistently, while others continue to struggle with up and down results or flat mediocrity? If you want sustained success, you need to powerfully position yourself to win in every situation. You may still suffer failure on any single outcome, but extraordinary preparation means you will win a lot more than you lose.With world-class preparation, your wins begin to stack up and you become a leader known for creating sustained success. Commit...