In a city where everything is recorded by data—from the coffee you drink to your most intimate secrets—Data Detective Frank Southwood, down on his luck and saddled with a gambling addiction, faces jail time if he can’t pay his debts. Working for an elite body of detectives who use big data for police work, Frank gets the case that might make his career when he begins investigating a high-profile money laundering ring. Meanwhile, he meets and falls for Jenny, a political activist with ties ...

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - October 2020Marble Lions: A conflicted employee must decide if she is willing to infect a remote tribal community to bring it generational developmental benefits.Holy Night: Three Auschwitz prisoners find a contraband bible and have to decide if they are willing to risk their lives to keep it.Performance: A sheepish brother is forced through ...

Synopsis - A sheepish brother is forced through an experimental program to take on the overbearing traits of his crime boss twin.After Dinner Conversation is a growing series of short stories across genres to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family. Each story is an accessible example of an abstract ethical or philosophical idea and is accompanied by suggested discussion questions.Podcast discu...

From the author of Die Empty and The Accidental Creative, a new framework for understanding what motivates us and why.What drives us to unleash our best work? And how do we tap into that drive to get superior results with our managers, coworkers, and direct reports? As Todd Henry reveals in this illuminating book, drawing on decades of research and interviews with over 100,000 people, the answer is not one size fits all: some people are energized by a race against...

Food isn't the enemy in your battle to lose weight. You don't need another so-called easy diet, intermittent fasting, or an obsessive healthy meal plan …you need your food to work for you, rather than against you. If you've been let down with quick fixes and fad diets that promise weight loss, better nutrition and a healthier life-- with no results-- this guide is for you.Join somatic therapist and holistic educator Todd Nyholm as he helps you discover how to reprogram your percept...

NEXT IN LINE is a thrilling addition to the much-loved and bestselling detective fiction series from a rising star in Scottish crime fiction. Ideal for fans of Alex Gray, D. K. Hood and Rachel Amphlett.Gaby Fox is known to many due to her successful TV career, so when her brother and his pals hire the salubrious Lamond Lodge for his birthday celebrations, it is noted by the St Andrews locals. A ripple of shock goes round the town when Russell Fox is gunned down on the premises. DI ...

"The Single Plane Swing has dramatically improved my game. I've gone from really terrible to just terrible." —Larry David, Emmy awardwinning comedian, writer, actor and television producerUnlock the Natural Golf Swing That's Already Within YouIn The Intelligent Golf Swing, Todd Graves partners with an artificial intelligence to explore the biomechanics behind Moe Norman's legendary swing. Through an engaging dialogue that pairs human...

A startling story of a young mother desperate to deny her complicity in intergenerational trauma.Twenty-nine-year-old Crystal Constantine is a single parent who cannot see beyond the piles of bills, the threat of eviction, the weight of her past and the relentless needs of her teenage daughter Becky. How can she not drink? How can she not hit?After fourteen-year-old Becky, who is suspected of having fetal alcohol syndrome, takes off her cl...

It's Not About Us is a guide to improving the client experience with the mental health and addiction system across Canada. It examines the traditional and current pathology-oriented medical model, within which all of our services are built, and looks at how that model actually prevents the transformation we need. This book presents a new way to think about what it means to be client-centered, not only at an individual level, but also at the level of system-design and operation. It is based...

Nell, born into a new century and forged in the freedoms of the high country, yearns for a life that transcends the confines of family expectation.She grows up riding horseback through the foothills of New Zealand's Southern Alps, and each autumn makes the long trek down country to the winter house. Nell plays her part volunteering during WW1 and the 1920 pandemic. She tests the lively waters of the burgeoning Theosophical society in Dunedin, there meeting a lifelong friend Peggy. ...

In "The Guardians of the Secret Library," readers are transported into a magical world where ancient knowledge and powerful secrets are safeguarded by a group of unlikely heroes. The story follows Emma, a young librarian with a deep love for books and a mysterious connection to the mystical forces that protect the library.When dark forces threaten to unravel the library's defenses and unleash chaos upon the world, Emma discovers that she is not alone in her quest to protect the lib...

Break free of toxic success myths.Transcend the suffering artist paradigm.Actualize your immense creative potential.If you've ever struggled with doubt, fear, procrastination, or disappointment while trying to create, this book is for you. Breakthrough goes where no other books on creativity dare to tread―exposing the toxic success myths that hold people back and revealing radical, perspective-shifting solutions. Through concise, friendly chapters that weave togethe...