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One of the biggest secrets of the ages is this: thought is creative. Thought creates reality—no matter how much it might seem otherwise. This is the secret of power, success, love, and health. You shape your reality by shaping your thoughts. This is staggering and incredible, but it’s the truth. These twelve classic works all describe the true power of mind and how to make it work for you to achieve success and fulfillment in all areas of life: work, money, relationships, even luck.

Originally published in 1961 and here presented in a fresh new edition that has been edited for gender neutrality, cultural inclusivity, and greater relevance for our times.

Nicolas Darvas is regarded as one of the best traders in the history of the market. His method has stood the test of time and has been found to be one of the utmost trading systems yet developed. How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market remains an investment classic and has influenced generations of investors years after it was first published. You can be one of them!

Written in accessible language, Private Markets: Building Better Portfolios with Private Equity, Private Credit, and Private Real Estate addresses the challenges and opportunities with investing in the private markets, including understanding the merits of the asset classes—private equity, private credit, and private real estate—product evolution, and the structural tradeoffs, and how to incorporate these versatile and valuable tools in client portfolios.

When twenty-something Kevin Felton loses his job and moves back in with his mother, he assumes life can't possibly get any worse. He used to be somebody at a big time company—now he's just another nobody with no direction and nothing to do but get drunk and fantasize over the strange blue woman that lives in his dreams. Little does he know, there’s more to his world than he ever imagined, and he’s about to be thrown headfirst into a particularly deadly kind of fantasy.

When the woodcutter's only daughter is murdered, the bailiff tries to arrest Bertwoin the Plowman, who flees to a master alchemist and his professional virgin, Flowia, for help. Bertwoin must find the brutal killer while the grieving woodcutter, the relentless bailiff, and righteous monks pursue him. His search for clues takes him to the corpse room inside an abbey, to a torture pit near the Devil’s Doorstep, and to the accursed home of a heretic priest.

Roger's a mild-mannered family man who inadvertently stole the most important magic in the elves' arsenal. Talora's a pyromancer who literally burns through her memories. Individually, neither's more than a minor annoyance to the shadowy powers-that-be. Together, however, the Witch knows they can change the world—assuming they survive her complicated scheme to unite them against her enemies.

When the Tallisker tower in Detroit exploded, evil even more demonic than usual had to be behind it. Finding out would take a team of highly trained individuals, each specialists in their field.

The concept of zombies has evolved dramatically over time, rooted in various cultural beliefs and folklore. The earliest instances of the undead can be traced back to ancient civilizations, where tales of the dead returning to life were often linked to spiritual beliefs and the fear of the unknown.

On Halloween Night, Forest Ranger Hank Feld is called out to the White Mountain National Forest to search for a group of lost hikers. Crushed at not being able to spend the evening with his daughter, Hank sets off into the cold, misty mountains along side volunteer, Gerard Castle.

Samantha Brooks assumed the hardest things she'd have to face in life were college exams and her slowly fracturing family. Then her father found the world's most powerful magic in his silverware drawer. Forcibly relocated to the secret elven capitol city of Evitankari, Roger Brooks bravely faced down the manipulative Witch and an ancient demon lord and miraculously came out on top.

Three kingdoms... two overrun by evil, the third utterly destroyed, its people murdered or fled. Haven... a sanctuary for refugees planning more for the future than the bleak threat of war can hold. Their only hope... an inexperienced cadre of fighters trained to aid kings now dead.

A plowman who fails to prevent a murder. A corpse stolen while a priest prays over it. A clever killer who must be caught in three days. Cathar country, (now southern France), late autumn in the year 1200. The alchemist sends Bertwoin to work in the château’s kitchen to prevent the murder of the visconte’s son. Bertwoin fails. And before the alchemist can examine the corpse for clues, the killer commits the impossible crime of stealing the body while a priest keeps vigil over it.

Of the physical and magical disciplines that defended a kingdom, mystic warriors were rare and sometimes chosen by the nature goddess to be catalysts of destiny. Shadow, a newly trained mystic warrior, and nine students of other disciplines are sent to the kingdom of Leo to prove their mettle and join an elite fighting unit. But dark magic moves unseen, causing monsters to rise and ravage the land, age-old protections to erode, and kingdoms to fall. Young and inexperienced, can the only elite team left in the west be welded into a force capable of facing the coming war?

We see this erupting world through the eyes of a seasoned warrior as he is pushed to the edge of his humanity. Simple Machines takes us deep into the life of the American Army Ranger as he must navigate a combat zone. This is a war novel with the rush of battle, agony of loss, and courage of the undefeated.

Unveiling Reality: Navigating the Illusions of Life is a book that invites you to explore the seven common illusions that cloud our understanding of the world. By unraveling these illusions, we can gain greater clarity, wisdom, and live more authentically.

First published in 1917, The Adventures of Jimmie Dale introduced readers to one of crime fiction’s earliest masked heroes, a character who would inspire generations of pulp, noir, and even modern superheroes. Fast-paced and full of intrigue, it remains a classic of early twentieth-century adventure literature.

Step into the world of classic detective fiction with That Affair at the Cedars by Lee Thayer. When a shocking incident unsettles the grand estate known as The Cedars, renowned sleuth Peter Clancy and his loyal valet Wiggar are summoned to untangle a maze of secrets, rivalries, and hidden motives. As tensions rise among the Austin family and their guests, Clancy must navigate a web of jealousy, old romances, and family intrigue to uncover the truth.

He peers deep into her loving eyes, but will he find the strength not to kill her? A new life. New friends. And a new romance that gives his life purpose once more. Yet the demon within seeks to strip it all away with a snap.

Which would you rather have: a smaller, watertight bucket of loyal customers or a larger leaky bucket of both loyal and not-so-loyal customers? In Customer Portfolio Management, Fred Selnes and Michael Johnson argue that for most companies and organizations the larger leaky bucket is more valuable.