"In all, beautifully written and wonderfully inspiring."--The Wall Street Journal A poignant account that will inspire you to tackle challenging sailing endeavors as well as squarely face life's emotional challenges, finding the courage to live a fully engaged, authentic lifeThree years after his wife's death, Peter Bourke bought a boat--even though he had never learned to sail. In 2009, Peter entered the Oldest Singlehanded Trans-Atlantic Race at age 58. ...

Effective deal coaching is a lost art. Many VP's of Sales know they're not winning their fair share of new business and are frustrated because they can't put their finger on the root cause(s).In the 15 years since Peter Bourke left Accenture to join The Complex Sale he has worked with dozens of companies who are intent on improving their sales effectiveness. With few exceptions, the key determinant of success in these initiatives is most closely correlated with a sales organization'...

Traditional marriage in this country is in obvious decline and heading in the direction of being unimportant at the least and extinct at the worst. Who would have thought that married adults in this country would drop from being 72% of the population 50 years ago to roughly 50% of adults today? Marriage is central to a healthy society and it matters…a lot!Marriage matters to God too. And yet, the average marriage in this country, for both Christians and non-Christians, is mediocre a...

The more you sell, the less the client trusts you to tell them the truth. The more you sell, the less inclined the client is to listen. In reality, the more you sell, the less you win. This book on UnSelling is designed to shift the buyer-seller relationship from subservient to collaborative.This eBook will outline an approach to control and win the most complex deals that includes:- Qualifying new clients that requires no "selling" – period!- Understanding how to c...

Unveil the dark allure of eternal youth!Step into the decadent world of Victorian London with Oscar Wilde's masterpiece, "The Picture of Dorian Gray." This gripping tale of beauty, corruption, and the dangerous pursuit of pleasure will keep you spellbound from start to finish.Follow the journey of the devastatingly handsome Dorian Gray as he makes a fateful wish that forever alters his life. Watch in fascination as his portrait bears the burden of his sins ...

Moby Dick is a novel by American writer Herman Melville. The work is an epic sea story of Captain Ahab's voyage in pursuit of Moby Dick, a great white whale. A contemporary commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891, its reputation rose during the twentieth century. D.H. Lawrence called it "the greatest book of the sea ever written." Jorge Luis Borges praised the style: "Unforgettable phrases abound." Today it is considered one of the Great American Novel...

This book works well as a handbook for those, who already do Mysore-practice as well for those, who want to start to practice the Mysore-style. If you haven´t done Ashtanga-yoga before, we recommend you to start the practice with qualified yoga instructor. Build your practice slowly and practice on regular basis. Focus on bandhas, dristis and ujjayi breathing. Try to maintain mula- and uddiyana bandha active during the whole practice. Work economically in the poses ie. do not overwork (or ...

So, you've decided to take IELTS. You've found out what band score you need to achieve in the speaking and writing parts of the test (almost certainly it's between 5 and 7.5) and you are now asking yourself a very simple, yet very important, question. 'What do I need to do to get that band score?'

'7 Steps to Becoming an Impressive Communicator'I truly believe that a better communication with ourselves and between individuals not only is possible but also when we do it, it can improve the quality of our lives and the decisions we make in amazing ways.Knowing who we are in ways that allow us to set boundaries and harness the power of communication with ourselves and with those we love is a very powerful way of living that is not taught in our schools or societies....

Most language courses are directed at beginners and give a general introduction to the vocabulary, along with some audio and grammar of a language. However to move on into intermediate and advanced usage of a language you need more! This book will show you how to design your study around the three principle methodologies recommended by polyglots, and hyper-polyglots world-wide, which are:Intensive ReadingShadowingTranscription.

A quick, FREE guide to getting FREE language learning material, including books, DVD, and online content.A second language is an interesting and fun thing to learn, but often people struggle to get past the beginner phase of language learning. Most people know they need to read, listen, and encounter the language frequently in order to gain proficiency. The difficulty with gaining proficiency is you need to encounter the words multiple times, and in numerous contexts. So this bring...

Syriza's victory in the Greek general election in January 2015 is a truly historic and profound event -- the first government of the radical left in Europe since World War Two. In this short ebook, extracted from the updated edition of The Global Minotaur, Yanis Varoufakis, the new finance minister of Greece and a Syriza MP, outlines his economic and political thinking and how he believes Europe can move beyond cuts and austerity.Varoufakis shows how today's crisis in Euro...