Career Without Burnout is a practical, empathetic guide for professionals who want to reduce chronic work stress without sacrificing success, income, or long-term career security. Drawing on occupational psychology, workplace stress research, motivation, and productivity studies, Uma B. Farren shows why modern work can feel so relentlessly intense and how overwork, blurred boundaries, perfectionism, and self-imposed pressure quietly drain energy and performance. Rather than asking readers ...

The AI Manuscript Method is a practical guide for aspiring nonfiction authors, consultants, coaches, and experts who want to turn their knowledge into a publishable book with greater speed and confidence. Drawing on a clear, repeatable workflow, this book shows how to use AI tools to research, outline, draft, and revise a nonfiction manuscript without surrendering your voice, accuracy, or authority. Instead of treating AI as a shortcut that replaces judgment, Uma I. Zeller presents it as a...

This two-volume set LNCS 16436-16437 constitutes the revised selected papers of the 17th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IHCI 2025, held in Jaipur, India, during November 14–16, 2025.The 92 full papers included in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 342 submissions. They showcase a comprehensive exploration of the dynamic convergence between artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction.

Yukari Maki is a high-school girl who prides herself on honesty—and she’s starting to get the feeling that she and her delinquent classmate, Yusuke Kusaka, don't have a single thing in common! But her straitlaced unwillingness to let him skate by in school earns her an almost chaperone-like reputation, much to Yusuke’s apparent disdain. Yet, despite his disdain for her hovering, Yukari is unwilling to let a new rumor about Yusuke spread. After following him home to discuss it, she watches ...

A paradigm-shifting guide to sharpen your thinking, treat brain fog, lift your mood, fight fatigue, and protect memory through food, from bestselling author and nutritional psychiatrist Dr. Uma Naidoo—with over 35 recipesMental clarity is often framed as a mindset problem that you can fix with discipline or another cup of coffee. But the brain is an organ, governed by immune cells, metabolic demands, and hormonal fluctuations. When those systems are strained, your ...

You deliver results. You exceed expectations. You're the person others rely on. Yet when bigger opportunities arise, your name isn't the first one mentioned.Many capable professionals believe hard work, humility, and consistent results will naturally lead to recognition. In today's rapidly evolving workplace, reshaped by AI, automation, and constant disruption, that assumption no longer holds true.Quiet excellence is rarely enough.The leaders who rise aren't just co...

To ensure sustainable production of pharmaceutically significant active metabolites (from natural sources) with anti-aging properties, biotechnological interventions become the need of the hour when global warming and environmental pollution result in increasing UV radiation and, consequently, sunburn and aging of the tissue. In that context, the introductory chapter of this book outlines the concept and importance of medicinal plants available in local, national, and global regions that a...

When a people fueled by their ignorance turn away from the only one who can save them, a King who loves as is fiery proves his Unconditional love. Begin the journey that change the world with this first installment in the series.

All of us have experienced brain fog, struggling to focus on a task or unable to manage constant distraction. We tend to respond by consuming things we think might help – a calorie-laden meal to comfort us, a bit of sugar to give us a boost – when really, a brain-healthy diet is what we need for mental clarity.In The Mental Clarity Diet, Dr Uma Naidoo draws on cutting-edge science and her own clinical experience to reveal how a healthy diet can help you achieve a clear min...

A small-town legend. A grief-stricken heart. And a whisper in the woods that changes everything.When Nora returns to her hometown after her mother’s death, she’s ready to pack up memories and leave. But the maple grove at the edge of town has other plans. Beneath its moonlit branches, whispers stir—calling her name and awakening a magic she thought only lived in bedtime stories.Drawn into the grove’s ancient secret, Nora encounters a guardian bound to prote...

Imagining a better future is at the heart of development. But mainstream development models are driven by a very narrow, Western-centric set of ideas about what it means to be human. What could be possible if we let ourselves imagine differently?As our world continues to evolve at breakneck speed and faces unprecedented crises—from the decaying environment to cascading inequality—the need for bold new directions for development has never been greater. Peter Sutoris and Uma Pradhan ...

How do two people who deeply love and respect each other walk hand in hand when they don't see eye to eye?Uma, her husband of seventeen years, and teenage daughter have relocated to Chicago in the spring of 2008. Within weeks, her mother in Southern India is diagnosed with cancer. Nine months later Uma gets the dreaded phone call. Her mother is dead.This unfathomable loss triggers Uma's rebirth and spiritual awakening. As she feels compelled to heed the cal...