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The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appeals, mass street protests, petition campaigns, and peaceful demonstrations, we are still facing a booming fossil fuel industry, rising seas, rising emission levels, and a rising temperature. With the stakes so high, why haven't we moved beyond peaceful protest? In this lyrical manifesto, noted climate scholar (and saboteur of SUV tires and coal mines) Andreas Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse.

Do you have what it takes to face each new day with a kick-butt attitude? The conflict between those that succeed and those that just get by will no longer stand in your way. The great divide disappears when you change knowledge into your personal action plan. In total, there are 33 complete chapters to pump you up anytime…anywhere. Each chapter is roughly 20 minutes with ideas carefully selected and edited from a variety of our best-selling courses.

A belly-bubbling story packed with laughs, chocolate chaos, and a stinky secret ingredient! When the school’s notorious bully, “The Bog,” snatches and gobbles up Bobby’s last favorite chocolate bar, Bobby wants payback. But his plan goes horribly wrong, sending him headfirst into the dark, stinking sewers beneath the city. Trapped underground, Bobby meets a mysterious stranger with a genius taste for disgusting revenge. Together, they cook up a plan with consequences more explosive than he ever imagined.

Whether you’re shy, overthinking, or just tired of failed small talk, How to Talk to Women is the ultimate guide for men who want to build confidence, spark attraction, and enjoy effortless conversations. You don’t need slick pickup lines or fake tactics. You need real tools, modern conversation strategies, and the ability to be the best version of yourself, calm, confident, and naturally attractive.

A spicy second-chance romance, from the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok sensation Archer's Voice .................... Sometimes, you don't even realize anything is wrong until someone comes along and changes you, and makes you want more. Grace Hamilton is the girl with a plan...

The million-copy bestseller, perfect for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. What would you do if you were told you only had days left to live? And what would you give up for just one more day? Genki Kawamura's If Cats Disappeared From The World is a tender, whimsical tale of love, loss, and...

Whether you're trying to communicate your business idea to an investor, encourage your children to embrace your moral values, or break an addiction to endless web surfing - if you lack the skill of influence, you will be unable to convince yourself or anyone else. The human mind is like a titanium lock. If you communicate poorly - through endless talking, inattentive listening, or over-the-top pressure - it's like spinning the numbers on the lock over and over uselessly. But if you develop the key skills of influence, it's like knowing the exact combination to that lock.

Brian Tracy shares the most important principal for sales success he has discovered in 30 years of training more than 500,000 sales professionals in 23 countries. Based on his detailed discussions with top salespeople and keen observations of their methods, these guidelines address both the inner and outer games of selling. Each chapter is dedicated to one principle, and all are time - and field - tested to boost sales and success.

When a minor terrorist group, looking to make its mark, aims to take out a “soft target” in the United States — one relatively unguarded yet which can be hugely damaging to the US — the race is on for Agent Zero to discover their object and stop them before it’s too late. Yet Zero faces his own battles: When he is targeted for assassination and someone close to him ends up the victim instead, it sends his life into a downspin, and allows him only course of action: vengeance.

Anthony C. Yu’s translation of The Journey to the West, initially published in 1983, introduced English-speaking audiences to the classic Chinese novel in its entirety for the first time. Written in the sixteenth century, The Journey to the West tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China’s most famous religious heroes, and his three supernatural disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures.

Raised among the Blackfoot, John Hawk is a valuable asset to the US Army. As a military scout at Fort Ellis, he is able to cross the line between two worlds - and help keep the peace. But when he disobeys a direct order from his commander, Hawk is immediately dismissed from his post. That was the army’s first mistake. The second was losing track of a small mule train en route to Helena.

After dumping the body of a serial killer on my former boss’ desk, I handed in my cop badge, which I’ve replaced with an FBI badge. Yep, I’m a fed. I work for Special Affairs, a clandestine department tasked with policing the occult underground.

Jacob Conner was never planning to get married, and he's certain that sentiment didn't change even when he was completely black out drunk on the Vegas strip. Which is also why he has no problem ignoring the elephant in the room and heading back to work at the front desk of a San Francisco luxury hotel.

Emily Hawkins’ husband was killed while shopping at the local B&D warehouse store, accused of shoplifting, and suffocated while being detained waiting for the police to arrive. To figure out the true story of what happened to her husband, she hires Rick to sue the store.

New York Times best-selling author Brian Jacques has millions of copies of his phenomenally popular Redwall series in print. Fans cannot get enough of the feasting, fighting, and fantastic adventures that fill every book.

What would happen if you bought a handful of stocks and then left them alone for some time, like stashing valuables in a coffee can? If you picked the right ones, you might wake up one day with life-changing wealth. Neeraj Khemlani introduces readers to this investing philosophy through the...

There is no better guide than St. Ignatius Loyola if one desires to discover how faith and everyday life can thrive together. In The Ignatian Adventure, Kevin O'Brien, SJ, follows St. Ignatius's lead and offers todays time-strapped individual a unique way of making the Spiritual Exercises in daily life. The first part of O'Brien's book provides helpful background information, including a brief history of St. Ignatius, an explanation of the Spiritual Exercises and their purpose, and a description of different ways to make the Exercises.

The King of the Ferret Leggers and Other True Stories collects journalist Donald Katz's most fascinating profiles of people whose lives tell us something about business, adventure, sports, politics, culture, and in a brilliant, ancillary way, ourselves. Katz's opening story and the title piece of the book offers a hilarious yet appropriately reverential look at 72-year old Reg Mellor, unparalleled "ferret legging" champion of Yorkshire and the world.

With an experienced CIA officer as your teacher, you’ll gain the knowledge and necessary tools to protect yourself and the ones you love. No matter where we go, we leave tracks and clues of our existence without even knowing. Our electronic footprint becomes our invisible trail. In this day in...

My name is Ethan Drake. I'm the cop who works the occult cases nobody else will touch the ones that reek of brimstone and old blood. My partner's a demon. My sanity runs on whiskey, cigarettes, and a drug called Mud. And the thing that slaughtered my wife and daughter is still out there. Now graves are being robbed, souls harvested, cults rising, and something ancient and starving is clawing its way into our world. Let them try.