You picked up this book because you have heard it a hundred times, that you have so much potential, and you have come to hate that sentence, because potential without a working plan is just another way of saying you are falling short. You learn jobs faster than everyone else and then fall apart in month 6, you have several job titles on your resume by 30, and you have been called brilliant and unreliable in the same breath. You have read the productivity books and downloaded the planning a...

Most people believe that happy couples are the ones who never fight, who finish each other's sentences, and who radiate a kind of effortless harmony that the rest of us can only envy from a distance. After 2 decades of working alongside couples, the conclusion is different. The couples who stay in love for decades are not the ones who avoid conflict. They are the ones who have built a set of small, repeatable, almost boring daily habits that quietly accumulate into a relationship that can ...

You picked up this book because you have left a conversation feeling confident while the other person left confused, because you believe you are being direct while others experience you as harsh, and because you have noticed the same patterns repeating across different jobs and different relationships. You share the conviction this book honors: that your self perception is incomplete, that there are things about yourself that everyone around you can see, and that the only way to discover t...

Uncork the New Era of Wine CultureIn a world where wine appreciation often seems shrouded in mystery and tradition, Justin brings a breath of fresh air. "Sip Happens" is not just another wine book; it's a groundbreaking guide that pours vibrant new flavors into the classic world of wine.Through the pages of this lively and captivating book, I offer a rare blend of expertise and relatability. As a self-taught wine aficionado with a rich experience in wine sales and hospitali...

This compelling book offers a unique perspective on D-Day and its aftermath through the personal testimonies of the Wrens who worked for Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay during Operation Overlord. Drawing on public and private archives, it reveals the untold stories of the women serving in the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS), balancing their wartime contributions with the strictures of secrecy and censorship. The narrative is framed by letters from these Wrens, which provide intimate glimpses...

Are you struggling with how to grow your business without spending a fortune on overhead and commercial real estate? Are you having a hard time finding the right space because the market is too tight and inventory is lacking? Are you finding the complexity of pulling off your next move to be more than you are prepared to handle alone? You'll be pleased to find a resource that can guide you, that you can rely on, that you can reference to clarify your thinking. Industrial Intelligence is th...

This is the plan I wish someone had handed me in a lender's office, watching the mortgage broker run my numbers and spit out a monthly payment roughly 2 times the rent I was paying, feeling the dream of homeownership quietly deflate. The rate was over 7%. The price was at the top of my budget. I did what most people do in that moment, which was to blame the market and tell myself the smart move was to wait. The waiting cost me more than any high rate ever could, because every year I rented...

There is a child in every long war who has known more ceasefires than birthdays, and that child is the subject of this book. When the guns go quiet, the headlines leave, the cameras pack up, and the funding drifts toward the next emergency, but the child does not get to leave and does not get to stop growing. The pause between wars is not an absence of war, and it is the presence of a different kind of life, one lived with the radio on and the bag packed. Whatever brought you here, you sha...

In a sweeping panorama from the continent-spanning forests of Oz to the dystopian hell that is Pembroke, the Indigo tribe grows as they hire archaeologists to determine why their homeland of Oz is uninhabited. They uncover an ancient evil bent on destroying all other sentient life in the universe — one that exterminated cave men and other species on Oz. They also battle evil governments in other universes and establish themselves in a quaint but beautiful timeline.

"The Fear's Shadow" is a profound and captivating collection of tales that invites readers into a world shrouded by a pervasive, insidious force: the Whispering Plague, a tangible manifestation of fear itself. At its heart is Elara, a rare and gifted Whisperbinder, whose unique ability to not only sense but also absorb the very essence of dread makes her both the land's last hope and its most vulnerable champion.Her harrowing journey begins as she grapples with the...

“Like the best psychedelic experiences, On Drugs estranges the familiar, familiarizes the strange, and returns us to reality (whatever that is) with a broadened sense of the possible. Justin Smith-Ruiu is simply one of the most interesting thinkers alive, and he has found an ideal subject for his peculiar brand of brilliance.” —Christopher Beha, author of The Index of Self-Destructive ActsIn the late, post-lockdown days of the pandemic, grappling ...

Some stories are too good to be true …It's the 1861 and there are three campfires burning outside the gold-mining town of Mull Creek. At the first is Jesus Whitetree, an escaped orphan with no knowledge of his new world, not even his age or real name. He only knows he wants to find gold. Gold makes everything good.At the second fire is the Jack Pink Gang. Jack is a little-known bushranger who is a violent criminal by day and a nervous wreck by night. His mother — a...