The true story of a young police officer’s imprisonment for a crime he did not commit.It was Michael Bunting's life ambition to follow in his father's footsteps and become a police officer. But six years after his family watch him pass out and begin his life's dream, he is serving a sentence for a crime he didn't commit. This is his story.Beaten almost senseless as he tried to arrest a violent criminal, the 23-year-old PC was left with head injuries and blurred vision that ...

WHAT IS MINDFUL MEDITATION AND HOW CAN IT IMPROVE MY LIFE?You hear people talking about it. You may have read research about its benefits. Perhaps you've even dabbled in it yourself. You have a sense that it could really make a difference in your life. You're open and willing to learn.But you're not quite sure how to do it—and more importantly, you don't understand why you should do it.This book is for you. This practical, step-by-step guide demystifies mindfulness ...

Learn the secrets to self-awareness, life-changing growth and happy, high-performing teams—from the bestselling author of The Mindful LeaderGreat leaders and teams don’t know everything, and they don’t get it right every time. What sets them apart is their commitment to continual learning and vertical growth. Vertical growth is about cultivating the self-awareness to see our self-defeating thoughts, assumptions and behaviours, and then consciously creating...

The ultimate guide to becoming an extraordinary leader – while finding happiness, gaining authenticity, and banishing stressIntegrating proven mindfulness practices and world-class leadership theory, The Mindful Leader is the essential guide for self-aware leadership. The book simplifies mindfulness principles and links them solidly to business benefits. It provides a practically-grounded template for leaders to develop unprecedented level...

This book was written in response to a request given to me during a sexual abuse healing study. The request was to describe my sexual abuse experience. At that time, I could only remember my uncle and me sitting on a couch with a blanket. No faces, nothing but that aweful picture. I have since remembered other instances of abuse and abusers. The abuse set me on a course in life that no child should have to take. From the depths of my soul came the story you are about to read. It describes ...

The research-driven guide to the leadership behaviours which create more engaged workplaces and higher performance, Extraordinary Leadership in Australia and New Zealand is a guidebook for what it takes, at any level of an organisation, to bring out the best in people. And full of insights not just from people who are making a difference, but also evidence from their direct reports, colleagues and managers about the impact that The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® has on th...

Integrating proven mindfulness practices and world-class leadership theory, The Mindful Leader is the essential guide for self-aware leadership. The book provides a practically grounded template for leaders to develop unprecedented levels of self-awareness, wellbeing, and effectiveness.● Improve your leadership skills via context-specific mindfulness practices● Learn mindfulness from a practical perspective, with real workplace skills● Discover how leaders ...

Great leaders and teams don't know everything, and they don't get it right every time. What sets them apart is their commitment to continual learning and vertical growth. Vertical growth is about cultivating the self-awareness to see our self-defeating thoughts, assumptions, and behaviors, and then consciously creating new behaviors that are aligned with our best intentions and aspirations.By embracing the deliberate practices and processes for vertical growth laid out in this book...

Written from his cell and smuggled out page by page, Colin Martin’s autobiography chronicles an innocent man’s struggle to survive inside one of the world’s most dangerous prisons. After being swindled out of a fortune, Colin was let down by the hopelessly corrupt Thai police. Forced to rely upon his own resources, he tracked down the man who conned him and, drawn into a fight, he accidentally killed that man’s bodyguard. Colin was arrested, denied a fair trial, convicted of murder and thr...

A collection of stories, funny, stupid, tragic, and poignant; as told by the police officers, paramedics, and lawyers who experienced them first hand. The elderly woman who just lost her husband, the brain-wave people, hoarders, and hidden dead mothers. Police safety lessons, Lyme disease caused murder-suicide, funny court stories, dogs, and other furry critters. Even Abraham Lincoln makes a guest appearance.

This is a true story of a journey to hell and back. In 1994 John Hoskison was a highly respected and successful professional golfer. Then, one evening, after a tournament, he broke a rule of his life by drinking and driving and on the way home he hit and killed a cyclist. Hoskison knew he'd never escape the pain he'd caused and felt a prison sentence was justified. As a non-violent first offender, he could have expected to serve part of his sentence in an open priso...

This is the true story of Jimmy Cryans. A story of growing up in Glasgow's east end during the fifties and sixties and how he became involved in a life of crime. Jimmy speaks about the various characters he met and his dealings with some of Britain's major criminals. He reveals how petty theft and shoplifting quickly snowballed into armed robbery with raids on banks, jewelers and security vehicles. But Jimmy's story also explains his lifelong quest to find himself and how it eventually led...