In today’s fast-moving, tech-driven world, employers aren’t just hiring for talent―they’re investing in character. Vision, resilience, adaptability, and emotional intelligence are no longer optional―they’re essential. Yet most students and young professionals graduate with little guidance on how to develop these critical soft skills.That’s where The Power of Perseverance comes in. Part personal journey, part practical playbook, this transformative guide equips emerging leaders with...

The teen years are critical. The decisions your child makes, the identity they form, and the faith they carry into adulthood are all taking shape right now. The question isn't whether someone will influence them. It's whether you'll be intentional about being one of those voices.Parenting with Purpose is a practical, faith-centered guide designed to help parents step confidently into that role — not alone, but in partnership with God.More than a book, it's a workin...

The best short science fiction and fantasy published by authors from Aotearoa New Zealand in 2018, collected together for the first time.This inaugural edition of the Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy brings together the very best short speculative fiction published by Kiwi authors in 2018.Explore worlds of hope and wonder, and worlds where hope and wonder are luxuries we wasted long ago; histories given new life, and futures you mi...

'Out of Our League: Defunct and ex-Football League Teams - Volume Two' is the ultimate guide for football supporters and soccer historians as it contains information about every football team that has ever graced the Football League but no longer does so. It explains why the teams left the League and gives details of their League records, FA Cup records and League Cup records. Notable players and managers are mentioned along with club records and individual player statistics. Each ...

The title and meaning of this book is obvious to those who endured, suffered and ultimately felt the feeling of success and the emotion which embodied arguably the greatest season in the history of Oldham Athletic. This was created following the famous ‘Pinch Me’ Season, which was so out of the blue, and so unexpected that many fans and media people didn’t expect what was to come the following season. Following our exploits in the 89/90 season the bookies had OAFC down at 25-1 to get promo...

It’s hard to believe that it is a quarter of a century since little Oldham Athletic shook up the football world with an amazing period of success that made them the whole country’s favourite ‘second’ team. They took on the might of Leeds United, Arsenal, Southampton, Everton, West Ham, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Ipswich and Sheffield Wednesday... and they wiped the floor with them all in their quest to reach the holy grail of the First Division of English football. These matches along with with...

101 Things That Get Our Goat About Football is an amusing look at the state of the game, both in the UK and worldwide. Rick Holden, as an ex-Premiership player, has identified 101 things that really annoy him about the sport and Dave Moore, as a dedicated fan of the game, gives his perspective on the irritants that Rick has singled out. Sometimes the duo are in sync but other times they are opposed. Whether or not the duo are of the same mind or not, the comparisons make c...

Lancashire Cricket Club: Every Day of the Year is a chronological record of facts, figures and trivia that have occurred on every day of the year during the life of Lancashire Cricket Club and tells the story of Lancashire's long and eventful history. With individual diary entries for every day of the year, plus multiple listings on busier dates, it is full of Old Trafford heroes (and villains) and tells the tales of the matches and the characters, the promotions ...

We’ve been duped into believing a number of unhelpful notions about starting and leading a successful company, not least of all that profit and purpose are mutually exclusive. Rob Craven believes that we can evolve toward a better kind of capitalism.Infuse purpose and passion into all parts of your company so that as your business grows and flourishes, so does your impact.Scaling a business is a straightforward endeavor—grow and expand your...

We’ve been duped into believing a number of unhelpful notions about starting and leading a successful company, not least of all that profit and purpose are mutually exclusive. Rob Craven believes that we can evolve toward a better kind of capitalism.Infuse purpose and passion into all parts of your company so that as your business grows and flourishes, so does your impact.Scaling a business is a straightforward endeavor—grow and expand your...

'Out of Our League: Defunct and ex-Football League Teams' is the ultimate guide for football supporters and soccer historians as it contains information about every football team that has ever graced the Football League but no longer does so. It explains why the teams left the League and gives details of their League records, FA Cup records and League Cup records. Notable players and managers are mentioned along with club records and individual player statistics. E...

A pungent cocktail of choppy romance, corporate larceny and the thrills and spills of sailboat racing, Windward Legs is the rousing and captivating story of a woman's journey to rediscover who she is.Fast and risky action, both on and off the water, is what keeps Alice going. After a bad marriage breakup, sailboat racing and men have become her prime distractions. The sailing is going well, the other, not so much.Windward Legs chronicles Alice's exploits and her struggles, ...