Some journeys begin with a destination. Others begin simply with the need to leave.In The Long Way Home: Poetry of Love, Loss, and Return, John David Smith traces the quiet distances between restlessness and belonging, freedom and responsibility, departure and return.Across five poetic movements, these poems follow a wanderer who believes distance will loosen what binds him, only to discover that some things travel with us: love, memory, absence, r...

Build a business that is clear enough to understand, bold enough to notice, and valuable enough to remember.Many businesses are not overlooked because they lack value. They are overlooked because that value is not always clear, visible, or consistently experienced.The R.A.W. Approach: The Framework to Elevate Your Business from Overlooked to Unforgettable gives entrepreneurs, small business owners, consultants, creatives, nonprofit leaders,...

"What are you looking for?"It is the first thing Jesus says in John's Gospel, and he says it to two people who are following him without quite knowing why. He does not ask for a statement of belief. He asks about desire.Most of us know what faith is supposed to say. We have the language, the frameworks, the practices. What we do not always have is a way for those true answers to reach the places where fear tightens, grief lingers, ambition drives, or prayer goes unanswered....

A lively, accessible introduction to the asymmetrical relationship between the United States and Mexico, one of the most formative international relationships in geopolitics today.The border between the US and Mexico is the world's longest between a wealthy industrialized nation and a part of the Global South. The economy, society, culture, and politics of the two nations have become inextricably linked.As the United States continues to assert its considera...

Black Woman's Fire: A Poetic Voice to Resilience, Liberation, and Legacy is not merely a collection of poems-it is a witness.A witness to the sacred strength Black women have carried across generations.A witness to the quiet battles fought behind closed doors and the loud victories history often forgets to name.A witness to the fire that refuses to be extinguished.Through layered, soul-stirring verse, this collection journeys through identit...

'A manifesto for twenty-first-century leadership packaged in a fun and engaging story. Buy this book and get it in the hands of everyone in your company' Darren Hardy, publisher, Success magazineBen is a young manager who has been charged with persuading 500 employees to agree to a merger. Facing an impossible battle, he seeks the advice of an old friend, who introduces him to eccentric Aunt Elle.In the week leading up to the crucial employee vote, Aunt El...

The classic companion to the international bestseller The Go-Giver'Share this book with those you care about' Seth Godin*'*A manifesto for twenty-first-century leadership packaged in a fun and engaging story. Buy this book and get it in the hands of everyone in your company' Darren Hardy, Success MagazineBen is an ambitious young executive charged with persuading 500 employee shareholders to agree to a merger that will save their c...

Now with a foreword by Arianna Huffington'This terrific book wonderfully illuminates the principles of contribution, abundance, service and success' Stephen Covey, bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People'Most people don't have the guts to buy this book, never mind the will to follow through and actually use it. But you do. And I'm certain that you'll be glad you did' Seth Godin, bestselling author of

**Explosive, revealing, and intelligent, The Red Circle provides a uniquely personal glimpse into one of the most challenging and secretive military training courses in the world.Now including an excerpt from The Killing School: Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program**BEFORE HE COULD FORGE A BAND OF ELITE WARRIORS... HE HAD TO BECOME ONE HIMSELF.Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his...

It was about 13,000 years ago that the First Americans, people who came from Asia, worked their way past the melting glaciers of the last Ice Age and began spreading across North, Central, and South America - lands previously unscarred by humans and teeming with mammoths, giant bison, saber-toothed tigers, and beavers the size of a cow. But it's only recently that scientists have pieced together the elusive, compelling saga of that epic migration. And the more we learn about them, the more...

Everyone has seen photographs of the Taj Mahal. The massive, bulbous central dome, the four slender minarets, the shimmering marble, the long reflecting pool, the manicured gardens - all seem too striking for adequate description and proper appreciation. But there is more to the Taj than its beauty. The world's best-known mausoleum celebrates the love story of the seventeenth-century Moghul emperor Shah Jahan and his queen, Mumtaz Mahal. They fell in love at first sight and were married fo...

Watch and listen to the free author's read-along video of Book One, "The Cat That Didn't Know How to Purr," on YouYube and at the author's website: johndavidauthor.com"Charming, engaging, and fun. "The Purrennium Trilogy" will have your children giggling with delight at the 'turn' of each page."". . . and it is just the right length for a bedtime story."Fluffington the cat is very different from every other kitty y...