By Berton Roueche
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The Man Who Grew Two Breasts and Other True Tales of Medical Detection (Hardcover)
By Berton Roueche
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The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred: Journey to the Greatness Within (Kindle Edition)
By Guy Finley
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From the bestselling author of The Essential Laws of Fearless Living and The Courage to Be Free.
The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred is about the universal and timeless spiritual principles that lead us to a personal discovery of divine guidance and higher insight.
This is a landmark work by self realization teacher and bestselling author Guy Finley, who offers it as compelling evidence that within every human being dwells a nameless Sacred Being that teaches us to live in the light of our own true selves.
In The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred, Finley presents passages from all the major religious traditions and philosophies to demonstrate how they all work in concert to describe different aspects of a single compassionate, loving, and divine intelligence.
Finley includes hundreds of quotes and inspiring thoughts from writers, teachers, and philosophers from around the world, making The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred an essential guide for positive living and creating an authentic life.
From the bestselling author of The Essential Laws of Fearless Living and The Courage to Be Free.
The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred is about the universal and timeless spiritual principles that lead us to a personal discovery of divine guidance and higher insight.
This is a landmark work by self realization teacher and bestselling author Guy Finley, who offers it as compelling evidence that within every human being dwells a nameless Sacred Being that teaches us to live in the light of our own true selves.
In The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred, Finley presents passages from all the major religious traditions and philosophies to demonstrate how they all work in concert to describe different aspects of a single compassionate, loving, and divine intelligence.
Finley includes hundreds of quotes and inspiring thoughts from writers, teachers, and philosophers from around the world, making The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred an essential guide for positive living and creating an authentic life.
Read moreThe Seeker, the Search, the Sacred: Journey to the Greatness Within (Hardcover)
By Guy Finley
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From the bestselling author of The Essential Laws of Fearless Living and The Courage to Be Free.
The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred is about the universal and timeless spiritual principles that lead us to a personal discovery of divine guidance and higher insight.
This is a landmark work by self-realization teacher and bestselling author Guy Finley, who offers it as compelling evidence that within every human being dwells a nameless Sacred Being that teaches us to live in the light of our own true selves.
In The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred, Finley presents passages from all the major religious traditions and philosophies to demonstrate how they all work in concert to describe different aspects of a single compassionate, loving, and divine intelligence.
Finley includes hundreds of quotes and inspiring thoughts from writers, teachers, and philosophers from around the world, making The Seeker, the Search, the Sacredan essential guide for positive living and creating an authentic life.
Read moreUnleashing the Warrior Within: Using the 7 Principles of Combat to Achieve Your Goals (Hardcover)
By Richard J. Machowicz
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As a Navy SEAL, Richard Machowicz knows about mental and physical toughness. From enduring Arctic cold with a 90-pound backpack to plummeting through the sky with a malfunctioning parachute, he`s had to tough out the toughest situations, because it was either succeed or die. Now Machowicz shows readers how to achieve their most important ambitions.War is hell, but if you prepare properly for war, there's not much about life that will take you by surprise. At least, that's the premise of Unleashing the Warrior Within, in which author Richard Machowicz takes the lessons he learned as a Navy SEAL and applies them to real-life situations.
For example, in war you learn that there are three dynamic elements of combat: target, weapons, and movement. The target dictates the weapons, and the weapons dictate movement. In real life, your target is what you want; your weapons are your skills; and movement is whatever you need to get in position to use your skills.
But, since deciding upon a target is the step that's most troubling to people, he adds another wartime analytical tool called the CARVER matrix. You lay out various targets you may have in life--a better job; getting in shape; buying a new house; and taking on a new business partner, say. Then you assess the criticality, accessibility, recognizability, and vulnerability of the target, plus its effect on your overall mission in life, and the potential return on your effort.
Machowicz calls his philosophy Bukido, and when you take his classes in Los Angeles, you learn self-defense along with these life-improvement skills. In this book, the object is to get you to choose a mission that is closest and most important to you, and then achieve your goals with military precision. By the time you're through learning the seven principles of combat, what you've really learned is how to think critically and focus your efforts. Machowicz uses his students as examples of how the enemy in life is really a lack of action, allowing life to take you along for a ride. So if your current target is a solid self-improvement course, Unleashing the Warrior Within could be your most effective weapon. --Lou Schuler Read more
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Love is Letting Go of Fear (Mass Market Paperback)
By Gerald G. Jampolsky MD
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Experience the miracle of love in your life!
In the #1 bestselling tradition of Marianne Williamson's A Return to Love, internationally renowned interpreter of A Course in Miracles, Jerry Jampolsky now offers an expanded audio presentation of his seminal bestseller, Love Is Letting Go Of Fear. Based on material from A Course in Miracles, these lessons will help you let go of fear and remember that our very essence is love.
By taking these lessons to heart, you can change your way of perceiving the world away from one that focuses on the past towards a belief system that removes the blocks to the awareness of love's presence in our lives. Dr. Jampolsky can help you tune in the voice of your inner teacher, allowing you to:
- heal your relationships
- experience peace of mind
- let go of the fear that prohibits true fulfillment
Change your outlook from a life of getting and fear towards a life of giving and love, and experience the joy of peace in your life.
Newly expanded for the 90's. Read more
Managing the Sense of a Region (Hardcover)
By Kevin Lynch
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"A standard reference for city planning classes." Read more
ENTWINED (Kindle Edition)
By Emma Daniels
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After the death of their father, Tara and Della Sinclair's mother, Eve, puts the men in her life before the needs of her daughters
Tara's way of dealing with life is to shut people out, and bury herself in her art. Not until she meets Joshua Drake, a kind and understanding psychologist, does Tara begin to overcome her pronlems. But Joshua has unresolved issues of his own, and doesn't trust himself with Tara, particularly when he finds himself falling in love with her.
Della follows her mother’s misguided footsteps until she finds herself pregnant and alone. When she has a fling with Blake Steele, the only son of a powerful businessman, her friends talk her into passing off the pregnancy as his. Although financially secure, Della pays for her deception with a painful miscarriage, a loveless marriage, and overbearing in-laws. When Della decides to divorce Blake, he has other ideas, determined to make her love him no matter what the cost.
The way these four people try to resolve their problems causes more grief than anyone could have imagined, and changes their lives in ways none of them would ever have expected..After the death of their father, Tara and Della Sinclair's mother, Eve, puts the men in her life before the needs of her daughters
Tara's way of dealing with life is to shut people out, and bury herself in her art. Not until she meets Joshua Drake, a kind and understanding psychologist, does Tara begin to overcome her pronlems. But Joshua has unresolved issues of his own, and doesn't trust himself with Tara, particularly when he finds himself falling in love with her.
Della follows her mother’s misguided footsteps until she finds herself pregnant and alone. When she has a fling with Blake Steele, the only son of a powerful businessman, her friends talk her into passing off the pregnancy as his. Although financially secure, Della pays for her deception with a painful miscarriage, a loveless marriage, and overbearing in-laws. When Della decides to divorce Blake, he has other ideas, determined to make her love him no matter what the cost.
The way these four people try to resolve their problems causes more grief than anyone could have imagined, and changes their lives in ways none of them would ever have expected.. Read more
INDIAN ROSE - A Time Travel Romance (Kindle Edition)
By Emma Daniels
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The Ship that traveled through time
Having recently lost her beloved father to cancer, the last thing Jessica Hart needs is to come across a confused and injured stranger on the beach near her home. Not only does Patrick O’Hara believe its 1778, he’s also under the impression Jessica is a boy.
Patrick talks Jessica into taking out her family’s yacht, and she soon realizes she’s made a big mistake when a storm sweeps them both overboard and into the path of The Indian Rose.
Rescued by his own crew, Patrick knows they have returned to the past, but Jessica is convinced The Indian Rose is just an authentic reconstruction complete with crazy sailors willing to go along with their insane captain’s desire to live in the past.
So begin Jessica Hart’s adventures into the past. Not only is she now trapped in 1778, but she is also falling for the enigmatic and handsome Patrick O'Hara, whose lonely seafaring life has kept him from experiencing any kind of emotion for a woman, until now.
Other Time Travel Romance Books available by Emma Daniels on Kindle
GOLD FEVER
LORD OF MY DREAMS
I MARRIED AN ALIENThe Ship that traveled through time
Having recently lost her beloved father to cancer, the last thing Jessica Hart needs is to come across a confused and injured stranger on the beach near her home. Not only does Patrick O’Hara believe its 1778, he’s also under the impression Jessica is a boy.
Patrick talks Jessica into taking out her family’s yacht, and she soon realizes she’s made a big mistake when a storm sweeps them both overboard and into the path of The Indian Rose.
Rescued by his own crew, Patrick knows they have returned to the past, but Jessica is convinced The Indian Rose is just an authentic reconstruction complete with crazy sailors willing to go along with their insane captain’s desire to live in the past.
So begin Jessica Hart’s adventures into the past. Not only is she now trapped in 1778, but she is also falling for the enigmatic and handsome Patrick O'Hara, whose lonely seafaring life has kept him from experiencing any kind of emotion for a woman, until now.
Other Time Travel Romance Books available by Emma Daniels on Kindle
GOLD FEVER
LORD OF MY DREAMS
I MARRIED AN ALIEN Read more
Monday, August 29, 2011
Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research (6th Edition) (Paperback)
By Roger R. Hock
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This unique book closes the gap between psychology textbooks and the research that made them possible by offering a first hand glimpse into 40 of the most famous studies in the history of the field, and subsequent studies that expanded upon each study's influence. Readers are able to grasp the process and excitement of scientific discovery as they experience an insider's look at the studies that continue today to be cited most frequently, stirred up the most controversy when they were first published, sparked the most subsequent related research, opened new fields of psychological exploration, and changed most dramatically our knowledge of human behavior. Read more
Honor's Shadow (Karnac Library Series) (Hardcover)
By Voula Grand
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Honor's Shadow is a contemporary tale of betrayal and revenge.
Honor and Madalena were rivals for the love of Thomas when they were young. Now middle aged, their paths have crossed again, awakening old feelings of rivalry and vengeance. Both women struggle to maintain control, as their lives become intertwined once more. A series of events—a painful anniversary, a new psychotherapy client, a photo of Madalena’s daughter in a newspaper—have awakened disturbing memories in Honor. Through her work with Tisi, her strange new client, and her memory of a painful betrayal, she tries to work out what is driving her own unusual behavior. Her efforts to contain the vengeful impulses of both Tisi and herself are failing. An old Greek myth provides a chance to prevent disaster; and ultimately reveals to Honor the drive behind her own desire for revenge. A letter jolts Madalena's life of comfort and security. Someone thinks they know something about Madalena's past that could destroy her carefully constructed life. Read more
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: and Other Clinical Tales (Audible Audio Edition)
By Oliver Sacks
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Paperback)
By Daniel H. Pink
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Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money--the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink in Drive. In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction--at work, at school, and at home--is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.
Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does-and how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivation--autonomy, mastery, and purpose--and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live. Read more
The Digitally Divided Self: Relinquishing our Awareness to the Internet (Paperback)
By Ivo Quartiroli
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"It isn't easy to find an informed and critical look at the impact of digital media practices on human lives and minds. Ivo Quartiroli offers an informed critique based in both an understanding of technology and of human consciousness." —Howard Rheingold, author of The Virtual Community and Smart Mobs. “Aware of the profound and rapid psychological and social metamorphosis we are going through as we ‘go digital’ without paying attention, Ivo Quartiroli is telling us very precisely what we are gaining and what we are losing of the qualities and privileges that, glued as we are to one screen or another, we take for granted in our emotional, cognitive and spiritual life. This book is a wake-up call. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates should read it.” —Derrick de Kerckhove, Professor, Facoltà di sociologia, Università Federico II, Naples, former Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology. “People today, especially young people, live more on the Internet than in the real world. This has subtle and not-so-subtle effects on their thinking and personality. It is high time to review these effects, to see whether they are a smooth highway to a bright interconnected future, or possibly a deviation that could endanger health and wellbeing for the individual as well as for society. Ivo Quartiroli undertakes to produce this review and does so with deep understanding and dedicated humanism. His book should be read by everyone, whether he or she is addicted to the Internet or has second thoughts about it.” —Ervin Laszlo, President, the Club of Budapest, and Chancellor, the Giordano Bruno Globalshift University. “Ivo Quartiroli here addresses one of the most pressing questions forced upon us by our latest technologies. In disturbing the deepest relations between the user's faculties and the surrounding world, our electric media, all of them without exception, create profound disorientation and subsequent discord, personal and cultural. Few subjects today demand greater scrutiny.” — Dr. Eric McLuhan, Author and Lecturer “Ivo Quartiroli is mining the rich liminal territory between humans and their networks. With the integrity of a scientist and the passion of artist, he forces us to reconsider where we end and technology begins. Or when.” —Douglas Rushkoff, Media Theorist and author of Cyberia, Media Virus, Life, Inc. and Program or Be Programmed. “You might find what he writes to be challenging, irritating, even blasphemous and sacrilegious. If so, he has proven his point. The Internet, Ivo suggests, might just be the new opium of the masses. Agree with him or not, no other book to date brings together the multitude of issues related to how the seductions of technology impinge upon and affect the development of the self and soul.” —Michael Wesch, Associate Professor of Digital Ethnography, Kansas State University It is nearly half a century since Marshall McLuhan pointed out that the medium is the message. In the interim, digital technologies have found an irresistible hook on our minds. With the soul’s quest for the infinite usurped by the ego’s desire for unlimited power, the Internet and social media have stepped in to fill our deepest needs for communication, knowledge and creativity – even intimacy and sexuality. Without being grounded in those human qualities which are established through experience and inner exploration, we are vulnerable to being seduced into outsourcing our minds and our fragile identities. Intersecting media studies, psychology and spirituality, The Digitally Divided Self exposes the nature of the malleable mind and explores the religious and philosophical influences which leave it obsessed with the incessant flow of information. Read more
Magic Bullets: 2nd Edition (Kindle Edition)
By Nick Savoy
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This is the definitive work on pickup and dating theory, written by an acknowledged master of the game - a guy who has TRAINED many of the new gurus on the scene!
In Magic Bullets we cover: attraction, dating, pickup, how to become a PUA (pickup artist), seduction, sex, female psychology, triad model, emotional progression model, approaching, kissing, frame control, dates, storytelling, routines, pickup routines, phone game, threesomes, winging, cold reads, how to be an alpha male, social circle mastery, building comfort, sarging, and a whole lot more.This is the definitive work on pickup and dating theory, written by an acknowledged master of the game - a guy who has TRAINED many of the new gurus on the scene!
In Magic Bullets we cover: attraction, dating, pickup, how to become a PUA (pickup artist), seduction, sex, female psychology, triad model, emotional progression model, approaching, kissing, frame control, dates, storytelling, routines, pickup routines, phone game, threesomes, winging, cold reads, how to be an alpha male, social circle mastery, building comfort, sarging, and a whole lot more. Read more
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Pooh and the Psychologists (Hardcover)
By Ernest H. Shepard
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Move over, Freud, there's a new psychologist in the forest, and his name is Winnie-the-Pooh. In this witty book, Williams cleverly explores the psychological depths of the inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood: Piglet is compulsively shy, Eeyore is clinically depressed, and so on. In his unobtrusive way, Pooh is at the center of the puzzle, teaching each of his friends a little smackerel about themselves and leading them on the road to recovery. Read more
Binks: The Bizarre Account of Zachary Peter Jarrett (Kindle Edition)
By Zachary Jarrett
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All my life it has been a dream of mine to have my work published, to write and through writing express myself. I am a 26 year old male from Charlottesville, Virginia and I suffer from Schizo-Effective Disorder and Scheuermann’s Kyphosis, a debilitating mental illness and painful spinal condition respectively. My life has been an interesting one indeed, and because of that I have put pen to page and written my memoir. The proposed title is “Binks: The Bizarre Account of Zachary Peter Jarrett”, and contained within its pages is both great tragedy and uplifting levity.
As hard as this is to admit, I am also a victim of childhood sexual abuse, and as a man it is particularly hard to come forward on such matters. Men are trained by society to be strong, to not cry or show emotion or weakness, and as such many men when victimized do not come forward. Statistically speaking you would think that women are abused more, but the numbers are deceiving for they only show reported cases, and because of the prevalent silence of male victims, they are skewed.
My book details the suffering and struggles a male victim undergoes throughout this tragic process, and how I overcame not only that, but my physical and mental conditions as well. It would serve as a great message to those out there who, like me, had their innocence stolen.
In the past I have excelled at poetry: I received an honorable mention in the 2001 Writers Eye contest, I was the winner of the 2004 Second Street Gallery Young Writers competition, I was published in the 21st edition of an anthology called the Poet’s Domain in 2005, and more recently, in 2009, I was a finalist in the First Amendment Writes poetry and songwriting competition in Charlottesville Virginia which aired on local television. Renowned author Rita Mae Brown presided over this contest as one of the judges and though she wasn’t present for the award ceremony she said of my poem in her notes that my entry, Syllabic Waffles, had “Real internal rhythm married to condensed venom”. My hope is that I have used the skills I’ve learned in poetry to be an effective writer of prose, specifically the memoir that I am putting before you.
All my life it has been a dream of mine to have my work published, to write and through writing express myself. I am a 26 year old male from Charlottesville, Virginia and I suffer from Schizo-Effective Disorder and Scheuermann’s Kyphosis, a debilitating mental illness and painful spinal condition respectively. My life has been an interesting one indeed, and because of that I have put pen to page and written my memoir. The proposed title is “Binks: The Bizarre Account of Zachary Peter Jarrett”, and contained within its pages is both great tragedy and uplifting levity.
As hard as this is to admit, I am also a victim of childhood sexual abuse, and as a man it is particularly hard to come forward on such matters. Men are trained by society to be strong, to not cry or show emotion or weakness, and as such many men when victimized do not come forward. Statistically speaking you would think that women are abused more, but the numbers are deceiving for they only show reported cases, and because of the prevalent silence of male victims, they are skewed.
My book details the suffering and struggles a male victim undergoes throughout this tragic process, and how I overcame not only that, but my physical and mental conditions as well. It would serve as a great message to those out there who, like me, had their innocence stolen.
In the past I have excelled at poetry: I received an honorable mention in the 2001 Writers Eye contest, I was the winner of the 2004 Second Street Gallery Young Writers competition, I was published in the 21st edition of an anthology called the Poet’s Domain in 2005, and more recently, in 2009, I was a finalist in the First Amendment Writes poetry and songwriting competition in Charlottesville Virginia which aired on local television. Renowned author Rita Mae Brown presided over this contest as one of the judges and though she wasn’t present for the award ceremony she said of my poem in her notes that my entry, Syllabic Waffles, had “Real internal rhythm married to condensed venom”. My hope is that I have used the skills I’ve learned in poetry to be an effective writer of prose, specifically the memoir that I am putting before you.
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My Life as an Experiment: One Man's Humble Quest to Improve Himself by Living as a Woman, Becoming George Washington, Telling No Lies, and Other Radical Tests (Paperback)
By A. J. Jacobs
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One man. Ten extraordinary quests.
Bestselling author and human guinea pig A. J. Jacobs puts his life to the test and reports on the surprising and entertaining results. He goes undercover as a woman, lives by George Washington’s moral code, and impersonates a movie star. He practices "radical honesty," brushes his teeth with the world’s most rational toothpaste, and outsources every part of his life to India—including reading bedtime stories to his kids.
And in a new adventure, Jacobs undergoes scientific testing to determine how he can put his wife through these and other life-altering experiments—one of which involves public nudity.
Filled with humor and wisdom, My Life as an Experiment will immerse you in eye-opening situations and change the way you think about the big issues of our time—from love and work to national politics and breakfast cereal. Read more
Thanks!: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier (Hardcover)
By Robert A. Emmons
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Did you know that there is a crucial component of happiness that is often overlooked? In the pages of this eminently readable book, Robert Emmons -- editor in chief of the Journal of Positive Psychology -- draws on the first major study of the subject of gratitude, of “wanting what we have,” and shows that a systematic cultivation of this underexamined emotion can measurably change people’s lives. Readers will discover how:
• People who regularly practice grateful thinking can increase their “set-point” for happiness by as much as 25 percent.
• Such increases can be sustained over a period of months -- challenging the previously held notion that our set-points for happiness are frozen at birth.
• Keeping a gratitude journal for as little as three weeks results in better sleep and more energy.
Emmons also reaches beyond science to bolster the case for gratitude by weaving in the writings of philosophers, novelists, and theologians. Like no other book has before, Thanks! inspires readers to embrace gratitude and all the benefits it can bring into our lives. Read more
Friday, August 26, 2011
Health-Promoting and Health-Compromising Behaviors Among Minority Adolescents (Application and Practice in Health Psychology) (Hardcover)
By Dawn K. Wilson
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Fit Mind, Fit Body (Hardcover)
By Don Staley
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Keeping Fit Is Not Just About Your Body. It's Also About Training Your Mind. Do you find it difficult to exercise on a regular basis? Is keeping fit and eating healthy a chore for you? Have you been on one exercise plan or fad diet after another without success? No one knows the frustrations of wanting to keep fit better than Don Staley. For over 20 years, Don struggled to achieve his ideal body, never keeping on a fitness program for more than a few months. Within 30 days of using the principles in Fit Mind, Fit Body, Don embarked on his ultimate fitness program and has been exercising every single day for 4 years in a row! In Fit Mind, Fit Body, Don Staley reveals why keeping fit is not about pushing your body to work harder but about understanding how your mind directs your body. You will learn: Why 95% of all exercise programs, gadgets and fad diets fail-despite our best efforts! 4 powerful ways to recondition your mind to make exercise fun, easy and almost effortless for you. How to banish your negative self-talk when you feel like giving up, or skipping a day. The one thing you can do right now that will set your immediate fitness goals in motion. Read more
Healing the Family Tree (Overcoming common problems) (Paperback)
By Kenneth McAll
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The author explains how through his medical and religious experiences he has discovered another method of healing. He believes that many supposedly "incurable" patients are the victims of ancestral control. He therefore seeks to liberate them from this control. By drawing up a family tree he can identify the ancestor who is causing his patient harm. He then cuts the bond between the ancestor and the patient by celebrating, with a clergyman, a service of Holy Communion in which he delivers the tormented ancestor to God. Read more
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Power of Coincidence: How Life Shows Us What We Need to Know (Paperback)
By David Richo
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Meaningful coincidences and surprising connections occur all the time in our daily lives, yet we often fail to appreciate how they can guide us, warn us, and confirm us on our life's path. This book explores how meaningful coincidence operates in our daily lives, in our intimate relationships, and in our creative endeavors.
The Power of Coincidence will help you to: interpret a series of similar happenings, open yourself to assisting forces around you, understand how your dreams can guide you through life events, use your creative imagination in life choices—and live in accord with your deepest needs and wishes, as revealed to you by meaningful coincidences. Originally published under the title Unexpected Miracles, the author has fully revised and updated the book for this edition. Read more
The Halo Effect (The Butterfield Institute) (Kindle Edition)
By MJ Rose
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Prominent New York sex therapist Dr. Morgan Snow finds her life taking a dangerous turn when her client, a high-priced prostitute, gives her a manuscript vividly detailing all of the sexual favors and fantasies she has performed for the city's most powerful men, and then disappears.Prominent New York sex therapist Dr. Morgan Snow finds her life taking a dangerous turn when her client, a high-priced prostitute, gives her a manuscript vividly detailing all of the sexual favors and fantasies she has performed for the city's most powerful men, and then disappears. Read more
Circle Of Stones (The Woman's Series) (Paperback)
By Judith Duerk
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This is the tenth anniversary edition of the classic best seller for women seeking their sacred connections. Long ago before the patriarchal period, in many places on Earth, the Goddess was worshipped. Circle of Stones draws us into a meditative experience of the lost Feminine and creates a space for us to consider our present lives from the eyes of women's ancient culture and ritual. Incorporating the most ancient symbol of spirituality-the circle of stones-Duerk weaves stories, dreams, and visions of women to lead each reader into a personal yet archetypal journey, posing the reflective question, "How might your life have been different if ...?" Read more
Simplistic Complexity: The SiX DiMeNzIoNz oF My MiNd (Paperback)
By George Vernon
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Simplistic Complexity reveals pieces of George Vernon’s life deep within the poetry written in this book. Each dimension contains multiple writing styles accentuating multiple personalities. From love and loss to fantasy inspired by true life; from classic, to contemporary poetry; this book will take you through a journey inside the mind of George Vernon
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An All-Consuming Desire to Succeed (Kindle Edition)
By John Paul Carinci
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We each search for a better life, more inspiration, and a way to be more productive and fulfilled. We are in constant competition in personal life and business. You can stand out from the crowd. With: "An All-Consuming Desire to Succeed", you will learn: How to maintain a competitive edge through Positive Affirmations. How to control negative influences. The secrets that the highly successful possess. How to plan out and achieve newfound goals. Learning to motivate yourself to become and stay different than all others.We each search for a better life, more inspiration, and a way to be more productive and fulfilled. We are in constant competition in personal life and business. You can stand out from the crowd. With: "An All-Consuming Desire to Succeed", you will learn: How to maintain a competitive edge through Positive Affirmations. How to control negative influences. The secrets that the highly successful possess. How to plan out and achieve newfound goals. Learning to motivate yourself to become and stay different than all others. Read more
McElhaney's Trial Notebook (Third Edition) (Paperback)
By James W. McElhaney
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Trial Notebook offers hundreds of techniques and tactics for every stage of a trial's progress in spare, lively, memorable prose. You get strategies grounded in actual courtroom experience that will improve the effectiveness of your advocacy. Read more
Applied Psychology for Law Enforcement and Correction Officers (Hardcover)
By Robert J. Wicks
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Brand Meaning (Paperback)
By Mark Batey
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How a company 'positions' a brand is not necessarily how the consumer perceives that brand. Brands allow marketers to add meaning to products and services, but it is consumers who ultimately determine what a brand means. The sources of brand meaning are many and varied, as are the ways in which meanings become attached to brands.
Brand Meaning
takes a comprehensive and holistic look at how consumers find and create meaning in brands. It explores the fundamental conscious and unconscious elements that connect people with products and brands. Traditional marketing concepts are questioned, and a new brand meaning framework is put forward. The book lays out new and fertile territory for the understanding of how brands can both assimilate and provide meaning. It will leave readers with a better appreciation of what brand means and what brands mean.Primarily intended as a supplemental reader for undergraduate, graduate and MBA courses, the book's scope should also make it rewarding and valuable reading for practitioners in the fields of marketing and advertising.
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