All of us worry about something, big or small, every day. But much of the emotional misery we feel is an overreaction, and it can be significantly reduced, using the techniques you'll find in this landmark book.World renowned therapist Dr. Albert Ellis, who created Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), believed that anger, anxiety and depression are not only unnecessary, they're unethical, because when we allow ourselves to become emotionally upset, we're being unfair and unjus...

A funny and fact-filled look at decomposition in all of its slimy glory, illustrated with dazzling full-color art by Gilbert Ford. Vultures, fungi, dung beetles, and more aid in this fascinating and sometimes smelly aspect of the life cycle that’s right under our noses.What’s that terrible smell? It’s the revolting scent of rot. But being rotten isn’t necessarily bad. If nothing ever rotted, nothing new could live.Decomposition may seem like the last stop o...

Using modern biology and history to investigate a series of grisly deaths in the countryside of 18th-century France.Something unimaginable occurred from 1764 to 1767 in the remote highlands of south-central France. For three years, a real-life monster, or monsters, ravaged the region, slaughtering by some accounts more than 100 people, mostly women and children, and inflicting severe injuries upon many others. Alarmed rural communities—and their economies—were virt...

Everyone has a dark side. Follow the stories of two people going through a vital point in their life that will forever change them while being exposed to their darkest side. A doctor who suffers every single day of her life. A sociopath who gets the chance at redemption. What choices will they make? And what will be the consequences? One book, two stories filled with horrifying original artwork, mind bending psychological horror coupled with everyday reality.

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays - Albert CamusA philosophical work exploring the absurdity of human existence. The central essay uses the myth of Sisyphus as a metaphor for life's repetitive struggles and the search for meaning in a meaningless world.

General Alberto Bayo is possibly the one individual most responsible for Fidel Castro's military successes against the Batista regime. Find the answers to such questions as: What is the most efficient size of a guerrilla unit? How will new volunteers be trained? What should be done if the enemy fire on us by surprise?

Thalassa, the young and brave princess of the tribe of Lemnos, sees her civilization's future threatened and her world completely shaken by the arrival in her island of Elephthera, an audacious Amazon from Aretias, who seeks help for her tribe and the whole nation of warrior women after a ravaging attack of Sarmatian nomads.With the aid of their fellow sisters, they will embark on a thrilling mythological journey to save their own lives and their entire race. It will take them from...

Telecommunication Services provides a holistic approach to understand telecommunications systems by addressing the emergence and domination of new digital services, consumer and economic dynamics, and the creation of content by service providers.Includes services, underlying technologies, and internal capabilities for social network advertisingCovers market dynamics that determine the successes and failures of service offeringsDiscusses the impact of smart...

The campaign of Italy, during the Second World War, saw several combat formations of the German army, from the Wehrmacht to the Luftwaffe, among these there were also departments of the Waffen SS or SS fighters who flanked departments of the SS of the Waffen SS or SS fighters who flanked departments of the SS Polizei and intelligence services Germanic. In the summer of 1943 the Waffen SS in Italy were present only with the Sturmbrigade “Reichsführer”, located in the garrison of Corsica. Th...

In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Aretha Franklin, 'The Queen of Soul'.The fourth of five children, Aretha was born in Tennessee and took the stage at an early age in her father's church choir. She went on to become the bestselling rhythm and blues singer of all time, and the first woman to be installed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This moving book features ...

Wimbourne Books presents the sixteenth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 16 contains stories published between 1846 and 1901, all set at or around the Christmas period. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly...

SIMPLE ABUNDANCEGod doesn’t mind you having money, but He minds money having you. – T.D. JakesThe simple life is the key to a beautiful and happy life.So writes Bo Sanchez, best-selling author of Simplify and Live the Good Life. But he also says that the simple life isn’t poverty, for poverty complicates life.Now, in his much awaited sequel, Simplify and Create Abundance, Bo shares how you can move through the three stages of the financial journey towards wh...