An indispensable guide to help women reclaim hours in their day by overcoming the Four 4P’s—People Pleasing, Procrastination, Perfectionism, and Padding—from the acclaimed author of The Myth of the Nice Girl.“A liberating reframing of time in a culture that equates busyness with worth.”—Jennifer B. Wallace, New York Times bestselling author of Mattering and Never EnoughWomen often carry a different kind o...

**What difficult choices will tear Leto Atreides apart as Baron Harkonnen plots his ruthless toppling of House Atreides, the Bene Gesserit, and the Emperor himself?The second New York Times–bestselling prequel to Dune is adapted in graphic novel form in this complete collection.**Across the Imperium, chaos spreads. On Arrakis, the brutal grip of House Harkonnen tightens as Baron Harkonnen's ploys for power ignite unrest and violence. As the Bene Gesserit’s...

A profoundly moving exploration of our capacity to heal one another.Ellie and Eric Nyland have moved their two sons back to Eric’s childhood farmhouse, hoping for a fresh start. But there’s no denying it, their family is falling apart, each one of them isolated by private sorrows, stresses, and missed signals. With every passing day, Ellie’s hopes are buried deeper in the harsh winter snows.When Eric finds Hannah Finch, the girl across the road, wandering a...

In a world governed by silence and tip-toeing around unyielding truths, one crucial revelation stands above the rest—yet remains unspoken by those who fear its power. The Name That Many Are Afraid to Say opens the groundbreaking first chapter of a multi-volume series designed to confront hard realities, uncover hidden dynamics, and restore uncompromising clarity.Drawing from deep convictions, rigorous insight, and unwavering truth, this introductory volume breaks down the ...

Calandra Smith, an amateur ornithologist, gains the requisite exam passes with distinction to secure her place at Oxford University. In order to fulfill her ambition to work in politics, she aims to study PPE. She meets her prospective tutor, Dr. Victoria Kestrel, who encourages her to take a gap year—which she does, living for nearly a year in Germany and working for an environmental institute. Away from home and family, she discovers her sexuality, her thoughts all too often turning to t...

How much would you wager to save a dragon? Your safety, your friends, your people? How about your life?Skye, an alitur—elf as the small-minded humans would degrade her—is a gambler hiding in the skin of her enemy to escape capture, her past and her true identity.However, her fragile safety shatters when she's caught cheating. Thrown into the corrupt world of gambling, where animals and creatures are pitted against one another for sport, Skye witnes...

Despite sustained efforts to improve patient safety, preventable harm remains a persistent challenge in healthcare. Panagioti's 2019 meta-analytic indicate a 6% prevalence of avoidable patient harm, with 12% of these events resulting in severe outcomes or mortality. Progress in general has been limited, and a paradigm shift is needed. This second edition of Practical Patient Safety shows frontline doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals how techniques developed and use...

Leah McPhillen is unlucky when it comes to love… every man she has ever cared for left her without explanation…When she finally meets a man who piques her interest, a horrendous crash interrupts their date…When Leah’s father, Officer Liam “Phil” McPhillen, is blamed for the crash since he was in pursuit of the stolen truck, and Leah finds a young cousin of hers whose life is in danger, she finds her world mixed up in danger, intrigue, and chasing love in th...

"The Lone Ranger Rides" introduces the Lone Ranger, a masked vigilante in the Old West who fights for justice and defends the innocent. The novel delves into the origin story of the Lone Ranger, whose real name is John Reid. After a treacherous ambush by outlaws leaves him as the sole survivor of a group of Texas Rangers, Reid adopts the moniker "Lone Ranger." He dons a mask to conceal his identity and, with the help of his loyal Native American companion, Tonto, embarks on a mission to up...

Queen Isabella, 1295-1358, wife of King Edward 11, as seen through her own eyes. A strong, intelligent, and beautiful woman, she suffers many humiliations because of her husband’s homosexuality. For many years she bravely tolerates this as best she can until her position becomes utterly intolerable. At that point, having returned to France, the land of her birth, she begins an affair with the exiled knight, Sir Roger Mortimer. Together, they take a huge gamble by invading England, intent o...

In the eighth and final book of the Starnberg set series, no couple escapes the grip of misfortune. From a terrifying cancer scare and a child's meningitis to a life-altering car crash in distant Toronto and the unravelling of a once-strong love, this year is a true battleground. As they confront these challenges, their bonds of friendship and support deepen, providing a lifeline through the storm. Amid the turmoil, an older love rekindles: Sybilla's mother, Emmeline Mertens, faces a famil...

Sofia Morozova is a leading soloist in the Covent Garden Royal Ballet company. She is unhappily married to an older man and together they have a drink problem, which impacts on her status within the dance company. Her innate discipline means that she fights through the alcoholism to preserve her career. Despite her talent, the spiral is downwards. A car accident after an alcohol-infused dinner party leads to two fateful meetings which will alter her life dramatically. Can Sofia escape her ...