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Creating Atmosphere with Atmosphere: How to Use Weather as a Literary Device

by Benjamin X. Wretlind

Effectively used as a literary device, weather can create an atmosphere that can make or break a scene. It sets the mood, mirrors the stages of plot development, enhances themes, and creates tension where before there was none. Weather can also drive emotion. Think of a sad character. Does it help your reader feel her emotion if you describe the sunrise on a clear, perfectly temperate day, or would it set a better mood if there were undulating clouds hanging over the scene like a smotherin... more

Survival of Life

by Robert Wheeler, PhD

Within approximately one billion years life as we know it will cease. This is when the sun will have expanded causing the ultimate global warming that destroys physical life. The life we currently enjoy is the result of about 13 billion years of development with a pattern indicating a design. What caused the design and did it have a purpose? Will this pattern of continuing development produce a form of life that survives physical destruction? We have difficulty managing things that happen next y... more

Thriving! How to Create a Healthier, Happier, and More Prosperous Life

by Rand Selig

The goal of this captivating book is to help adults in all stages of life sort through life’s complexities and discover their path to thriving every day. As a reader, you will recognize the power you have to make choices and pick up ideas about how to change your life, leading to enhanced vitality, a sense of purpose and meaning, and to even reach your own potential. www.randselig.com

Bytes & Bliss: Achieving Inner Connection Amidst Digital Chaos

by MARKIT

Do you feel your smartphone is consuming you, isolating you amidst the digital crowd? Unearth your inner refuge with "Bytes & Bliss: Achieving Inner Connection Amidst Digital Chaos", a journey intertwined with emotional cinematic references and parallels to global events. "Bytes & Bliss" shall guide you to find balance in this ocean of notifications and to use technology for your growth, not the other way around. This book serves as a lighthouse for those who, despite their technological prow... more

Is He Ever Going to Leave His Wife?

by Martess Dowling

Are you the ‘Other Women’, stuck in a relationship with a married man? Do you desperately want to know if he is ever going to leave his wife? This book will help you answer the many burning questions you have about your relationship with a married man so that you can be clearer, calmer, and empowered, ready to take responsibility for your life and achieve the happiness you deserve. In her work as a tarot reader, author Martess Dowling heard one question far more than any other: ‘Is he e... more

Simply Less by Dominique Parenti

by Dominique Parenti

“Let me tell you about this book I wrote called Simply Less. Now, before we dive in, I want to make it clear that this book is not about my life, per se; rather, it’s more about the valuable lessons I learned from life after spending a whopping thirty years doing things that just didn’t feel like ‘me’...”

This practical guide written by a former executive manager enables you to live a happier life through the power of less. Less clutter, less purchasi... more

The Connection Playbook

by Andy Chaleff

The Connection Playbook is the ultimate relationship manual for anyone seeking to forge genuine, vulnerable, and meaningful connections with their spouse, family members, friends, and others. Whether you constantly catch yourself in repetitive arguments with your partner, struggle with parenting a difficult child, endure constant criticism from your parent, grapple with the aftermath of hurting a dear friend, or struggle to forgive someone who has caused you pain, this transformative guide holds... more

Fiercely Joyful: 11 Keys to Living Authentically & Creating a Life You Love

by Natasha Craig Durkins

Being Fiercely Joyful is having the powerful feeling of happiness, freedom, fulfillment, and peace that comes from choosing to be the version of you that aligns with your purpose. Not the version of you others prefer but the one that is authentically you.

Do you:

Bite your tongue too often?

Conform to others’ expectations?

Pretend to be happy when you’re not?

Struggle to articulate what brings you joy?

If you answered y... more

The Dog Life Coach: Lessons in Love and Life

by Alison Hatton

Picture a life where you can transform self-doubt into self-acceptance, anxiety into empowerment and stress into serenity. In this fast-paced world it can be a relief to take a moment to pause, reflect and learn from the beauty of dogs who embody qualities we seek to improve in ourselves. The Dog Life Coach isn’t just a concept; it’s a roadmap to living authentically in the present. Unconditional love, resilience, mindfulness, forgiveness and many more... dogs possess incredible qualities ... more

Right For YOU

by Lindsay Gordon

In Right For YOU, award-winning career coach Lindsay Gordon shares everything she’s learned from working with thousands of people at companies like Apple, Johnson & Johnson, Boeing, CBS, Google, Wells Fargo, Mars, iRobot, and more. With her guidance and frameworks, more than 50% of her clients don’t quit, and 100% make a confident decision that is right for them. Whether it’s been a month, a year, or a decade, waffling about whether it is the right time to make a change is exhausting. With... more

Hurdles

by Dr. Ric Vandett

These are difficult times. While incredible advances have been made in technology, advances in human interaction and in personal self-confidence have not kept pace with the growth of technology. Thus, facing life's difficulties, with no road map on how to overcome those difficulties, has left many people with feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, and depression. These feelings become hurdles to achieving personal growth and happiness. Hurdles is a common sense approach to identifying the obst... more

Decoding You

by Arun Shankar

Shankar is your navigational chart through the complexities of personality and motivation. This book isn't a maze of academic jargon; it’s a warm, welcoming space where enneagram systems and numerology come alive in an easily digestible format. Arun's simple language and compelling real-life stories make you feel like you're chatting with a wise friend. He takes you through the corridors of your inner world, unlocking doors you might not have known even existed. In "Decoding You," numbers go ... more

Extraordinary YOU

by Dr. Agnes Oh

We all long to be happy. Many of us might also wonder what it really means to be happy as human beings. The secret to happiness is much simpler and closer to us than we think. We are most miserable when relationally injured and conversely happiest when meaningfully connected with those we care about. Extraordinary YOU is born out of this intrinsic human need to seek and fulfill happiness in the context of our relationships. Extraordinary YOU unveils what it means to be happy through the interper... more

Dream Maker

by Henrietta Dixon-Collier

Just reading this book can give you a collage of amazing ideas. Actually, as you continue to read, you'll begin to notice everyone's talent, better known as a gift, is so necessary, no matter the age, color, gender, or level of education. This book is extremely thought-provoking! So take notes as you continue to read this book because you'll begin to notice that we all have something that our community needs and wants. Of course, you'll be pleasantly amazed to see how one person's dream comes tr... more

Cranky Superpowers: Life Lessons Learned from the Common CrankaTsuris Chronicles

by Steven Joseph

Get ready to embrace your inner curmudgeon with crankiness expert Steven Joseph. In his award-winning masterpiece “A Grownup Guide to Effective Crankiness: The CrankaTsuris Method,” we learned how to navigate and celebrate our grouchy moments. Now, in “Cranky Superpowers: Life Lessons Learned from the Common CrankaTsuris Chronicles,” our journey to mastering our moodiness takes a humorous twist that is guaranteed to have you chuckling out loud. Peppered with captivating tales, both fresh and ... more

Unstick Your Mind

by Mimika Cooney

Do you question why you have negative thoughts? Every problem in life starts with a thought. Often we get stuck in perpetual cycles of bad thought patterns that cause us to repeat behaviors, over and over again. Discover what elite athletes, CEO's and high achievers do to unlock their full potential. Once you learn how to shift your mindset and develop grit, you will be positioned to break through any barrier holding you back!

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