Acclaimed author Damon Brand lays bare a fast, thrilling method for getting the results you deserve. Whatever you lust for can be yours. This is not a book about sexual technique or seduction. It's about attracting money, power, love and success through
Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry, Some Are Always Hungry chronicles a family's wartime survival, immigration, and heirloom trauma through the lens of food, or the lack thereof. Through the vehicle of recipe, butchery, and dinner t
Improve your productivity, take a more enjoyable approach to life and amplify your leadership Using a human centered approach, Busy Is a Four Letter Word looks at the essential relationship between living well and leading well, aiming to end the self-gratifying martyrdom of busy culture, and working to uncomplicate personal and professional prosperity. By highlighting topics such as real self-care, rest, wellness, and saying no as indispensable to success and productivity, the powerful 5 step ReThink Method in Busy Is a Four Letter Word helps readers get more out of life while also being more productive in their pursuits. In this book, you'll learn: How to stop piling on to your to-do list and instead take bite-sized actions that will shift, turn, and restart the next professional or personal season of your life The idea of martyritis: consistently taking actions that leave you feeling overwhelmed, overworked, and underappreciated as your default state of being How to create your 5 Star wellness plan to help you rethink your work ethic and create new patterns and rituals routines that allow you to get the most out of life and to thrive while doing less. With Busy Is a Four Letter Word and Palmer's highly effective ReThink Method at your fingertips, leaders and team members alike can find ways to get more done by rethinking their approach to work and life. Autorid: Kishshana Palmer
Around the World in 65 Years is an anthology of 101 travel stories and experiences, written by award-winning and acclaimed members of the British Guild of Travel Writers - whose shared mission involves venturing far from the beaten track and communicating what they find there. Sixty-five articles escort readers through both time - pieces from every decade help illustrate how travel has changed since 1960 - and space, with every continent given prominent billing. Join Brian Jackman at the start of safaris in Kenya or Hilary Bradt as she pinpoints challenges facing tourists seeking an authentic tribal experience. Immerse yourself in an impossible-to-forget 1970s summer in Yugoslavia; take a ride through Indochina along a jungle-lined railway track laid during French rule; discover whether shouting 'Mouse! Mouse!' scares off a Uganda elephant; cycle from one end of the Outer Hebrides to the other, without needing a bike lock; knock back vodka shots with beekeepers along Armenia's Transcaucasian Trail, where Europe greets Asia; gawp at a rodeo in a Louisiana prison; cruise through the Svalbard archipelago on a traditional sailing ship; spend a night in Bolivian hotel made of salt; or visit the world's smallest republic, hidden deep in the Nevada desert. Along the way, whether in familiar locations or along the road less frequently journeyed, meet fortune-tellers, Azerbaijani fire-worshippers, baboon hunters, Paddington Bear's less amenable relatives and passionate expedition naturalists - but also grumpy long-distance walkers and a parasite named Barry. Alongside its travel stories, the book also showcases three dozen mesmerising experiences. Enjoy an all-female lesson on propelling and steering a gondola in Venice, a mask-making class in Sri Lanka or a nighttime visit up a Swedish mountain to watch the northern lights. Around the World in 65 Years is more than just words too. The British Guild of Travel Writers' celebrated professional photographers also bring far-flung places alive through images. This remarkable anthology, packed with insight and colour, vibrancy and risk-taking, is a must-buy book for both armchair travellers and for those seeking inspiration for their next journey. Autorid: Mary Anne Evans
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"The Declaration of Independence depicted Native Americans as bloodthirsty savages, and from its founding the United States aimed to expand westward by seizing Indigenous lands. While white settlers saw these conquests as victories for 'true religion,' native people invoked the spirits in their own defense. Some claimed the powers of Christianity, while others drew on the English-language concept of religion to redefine their own ancestral traditions. As all sorts of people struggled to make their way within this new empire, a broad variety of new religious movements emerged. In this groundbreaking book, historian Tisa Wenger shows how the history of American religion unfolded on these settler colonial foundations. The imperatives of US empire, she argues, shaped the category and traditions of what we know as religion. Wenger also introduces the concept of 'settler secularism' to explain how white settlers defined and managed religion in their own image, in order to facilitate their own rule. She shows how the concept of 'religion' - whether as a special thing that requires protection or a mark of the primitive that must be transcended - has most often served the interests of those in power. Ultimately, settler colonialism organized American religion andcreated religious hierarchies that still influence the United States today"-- Provided by publisher. The Declaration of Independence depicted Native Americans as bloodthirsty savages, and from its founding the United States aimed to expand westward by seizing Indigenous lands. While white settlers saw these conquests as victories for “true religion,” native people invoked the spirits in their own defense. Some claimed the powers of Christianity, while others drew on the English-language concept of religion to redefine their own ancestral traditions. As all sorts of people struggled to make their way within this new empire, a broad variety of new religious movements emerged.In this groundbreaking book, historian Tisa Wenger shows how the history of American religion unfolded on these settler colonial foundations. The imperatives of US empire, she argues, shaped the category and traditions of what we know as religion. Wenger also introduces the concept of “settler secularism” to explain how white settlers defined and managed religion in their own image, in order to facilitate their own rule. She shows how the concept of “religion”—whether as a special thing that requires protection or a mark of the primitive that must be transcended—has most often served the interests of those in power. Ultimately, settler colonialism organized American religion and created religious hierarchies that still influence the United States today. Autorid: Tisa Wenger
The protagonist tells her autofictional novel vividly from a framework plot and in flashbacks from different eras of her childhood, youth, and young adulthood.In this context, both her family and social circumstances of the time are illuminated and authentically reproduced. In addition, some components of the spirit of the age back then during the decades experienced can be found in the story.The lengthy search for her biological father interwoven in it is remarkable.Some of the most important stages and dates are substantiated with photos, telegrams and excerpts from letters. The adult adoption at the end of the story closes a cycle based on a long-term relationship, starting in 1969.
What if your temporary deception became an inescapable trap and forcibly determined your destiny?In fifteenth-century Venice, a city of power and intrigue, lives are shaped by class, reputation, and fate, and for some, by the fragile boundaries between identity and survival.Caterina, the spirited daughter of a wealthy Venetian merchant, is expected to follow the rigid path laid out for Renaissance women: obedience, arranged marriage, and silent acceptance. But when her defiance sparks scandal, she is subjected to a punishment designed to break her will and reshape her future.Out of the violence of the Balkans comes Rade, a scarred brigand, driven by ambition and fate, and drawn to the world of Renaissance Venice for gain. The object of his quest is a fifteen-year-old girl. When fate draws these two lives together, secrets, masking, and efforts to survive collide in ways neither could have imagined.Blending historical richness with an element of magic realism, Mask of Dreams explores identity, power, love, and the roles society forces us to play. Set against the vivid backdrop of Renaissance Venice and the Adriatic frontier, this sweeping novel asks a timeless question: who are we beneath the masks we wear?If you love immersive historical fiction filled with intrigue, action, and unforgettable characters, this is a story you will not want to miss.If you enjoy richly detailed historical fiction such as The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant, The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell, or The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, you will be captivated by Mask of Dreams. With its vivid setting, complex characters, and exploration of identity, power, and resilience, this novel offers an immersive journey into a world where destiny and courage collide.
When a business trip turns into an unplanned adventure, Francine Spencer finds herself in a life or death situation in the wilds of Montana. With her pilot knocked unconscious, she has to keep a cool head and use as much logic as she can muster to save them both from a plane crash. With a little ingenuity, and a whole lot of luck, she gets them both out of a very sticky situation until her pilot wakes up. Win Neer has finally met his match in the no-nonsense professional, Francine. She sets him on his heels as he tries his devil-may-care attitude with her. The time with her after the crash gives him an opportunity to get to know the real her, and to win her heart. But things are not always so certain in life... as Win discovers. About the Author: Adelaide Charnitsky can do anything or fix anything she puts her mind to, including writing this amazing book, Falling Hard. She resides in Pinckney, Michigan with her husband and children.
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