Reviewing peace and reconciliation, secular pilgrimages, and international perspectives on sacred journeys, this book offers the reader an opportunity to encounter multiple voices and viewpoints on one of the most ancient practices of humankind. With an estimated third of all international travellers now undertaking journeys anticipating an aspect of transformation (the hallmark of pilgrimage), this book includes both spiritual and non-spiritual voyages, such as journeys of self-therapy, m...

Two New York Times-bestselling psychologists explain the science of cons—and how we can avoid themFrom phishing scams to Ponzi schemes, fraudulent science to fake art, chess cheaters to crypto hucksters, and marketers to magicians, our world brims with deception. In Nobody’s Fool, psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris show us how to avoid being taken in. They describe the key habits of thinking and reasoning that serve us well most o...

My Children I Hope is a book that has been in process ever since the spring of 1977...and continues in process. "Hope deferred (put off to a later time; postponed) maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life." ""Proverbs 13:12 The front cover design, of a vine bearing grapes, depicts the success of an intervention. When you compare the same vine, of the book cover's backside, the wild and overgrown vine had been unattended for years. The process of literally dry...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Our minds don’t work the way we think they do. Two renowned psychologists explain how and why our intuitions lead us astray, “[spinning] the plain world [we] know into a wonderment of surprising new insights” (Time).“A must-read for anyone who wants to better understand how the mind works.”—Associated PressIn The Invisible Gorilla, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, creators of one ...

In this searing, honest memoir, a Black queer emergency-room nurse works the front lines of care during COVID-19.Britney Daniels is a Black, masculine-presenting, tattooed lesbian from a working-class background. For the last five years, she has been working as an emergency-room nurse. She began Journal of a Black Queer Nurse as a personal diary, a tool to heal from the day-to-day traumas of seeing too much and caring too much.Hilarious, gut-wrench...

Peter Carl Simons has worked within the dietary sector for years, and has witnessed the inhuman strategies of certain manufacturers. He knows that behind many "miracles cures", the only aim is to get rich very fast. As many of the offered compounds are food supplements that are hardly ever checked, the manufacturer can mix in "any piece of crap" slap a nice name on it, and pay some unknown doctor or professor to smile into the camera for the product. Right now, a new diet wave is coming ov...

This inspiring memoir by Michael Simmons highlights his mothers efforts to protect her children from her alcoholic, abusive husband. After a DWI results in him losing his job, Michaels father moves his family from Arkansas to Missouri, where losing another job means the family moves to a small house in the Arkansas countryside. His mother takes on picking cotton to earn money for the childrens Christmas presents. Another job loss, another move: the stress and uncertainty in his familys lif...

Develop the skills and mindset to successfully manage others for the first time.If you read (or listen to) nothing else for new managers, listen to this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you get up to speed quickly, assess your team's strengths and weaknesses, and lead them to perform at their best.This book will inspire you to build trust before asserting your authority; give ...

Republished fifty years later to coincide with the release of the Academy Award–nominated film of the same title written and directed by Aaron Sorkin with an all-star cast, this is the classic account of perhaps the most infamous, and definitely the most entertaining, trial in recent American history.In the fall of 1969 eight prominent anti-Vietnam War activists were put on trial for conspiring to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. One of t...

In First Things First, Daniel Simmons invites you to join him in a God-size experience! The book illustrates how God deals with issues that result from not keeping His priorities first in your life. With biblical principles, real-life truths, and a bit of your own confessions – Daniel helps you realize the keys to abundant living are found by keeping first things first: your relationship with God, your relationship with your family, and...

Ideally, there is not a price tag on everything, meaning that it cannot be bought or sold. Not for Money has its Christian born-again author who takes on the topic of money, specifically tithes and free will offerings. It is as a reoccurring dream or thread like theme throughout the book.The usual four-line poem expressions also touch on the author's dealings with others around him, his selfishness, versus love and service.If you as the reader do not consider yourself a Chr...

If a gorilla walked out into the middle of a basketball pitch, you’d notice it. Wouldn’t you? If a serious violent crime took place just next to you, you’d remember it, right? The Invisible Gorilla is a fascinating look at the unbelievable, yet routine tricks that your brain plays on you.In an award-winning and groundbreaking study, psychologists Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons asked volunteers to watch a 60-second film of a group of students playing basketball and told them ...