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From a leading menswear expert, the essential guide to gentlemanly style “Erudite and charming.”—San Francisco Chronicle​ From choosing the right pair of eyeglasses to properly coordinating a shirt, tie, and pocket square, getting dressed is an art to be mastered. Yet, how many of us...

From the author of Spontaneous comes a '90s mixtape of a young adult novel that delivers a summer romance with an unearthly twist. Perfect for fans of The Gravity of Us. “Starmer’s eerie love story is spooky, sad, and sweetly funny—a highly original ’90s retro mixtape of a book that will...

Mastering Professional Scrum is for anyone who wants to deliver increased value by using Scrum more effectively. Leading Scrum practitioners Stephanie Ockerman and Simon Reindl draw on years of Scrum training and coaching to help you return to first principles and apply Scrum with the professionalism required to achieve its transformative potential. The authors aim to help you focus on proven Scrum approaches for improving quality, getting and using fast feedback, and becoming more adaptable, instead of “going through the motions” and settling for only modest improvements.

The official companion to The Wild Edge of Sorrow—reflection prompts, timely exercises, and rituals of renewal for moving with grief and loss from bestselling author Francis Weller “[The Wild Edge of Sorrow] blew me away. I underlined things on nearly every page." —Anderson Cooper, All...

Hot on the heels of the 500 Words: Black Lives Matter competition hosted by Virgin Radio in July, this audiobook contains a selection of inspiring, moving and poignant short stories from 500 Words: Black Lives Matter submitted by children from across the country and read by David Tennant, Amanda...

Beware the person who tells you not to read this book... Do you remember what you were searching for in the first job you had? Are you sacrificing something for work that you might one day regret? Have you forgotten your dreams? What passion have you hidden from in favor of the "needs" of your job? At first, I didn't understand why I was so surprised by the work world-why it was so different than the way I imagined it would be. Everyone seemed to be out for themselves. The mentality truly was "survival of the fittest.

Bullets fly high in the Neversummer Mountains. Anders Nordic and his loyal collie, Finn, are holed up in a remote line shack in Colorado's rugged Neversummer Mountains, doing what they do best—living alone and staying alive. Hired by rancher Garth Deveraux to deal with rustlers, Nordic's been...

Take a trip back to your favorite video store with this in-depth journey through the highs and lows of 80s cinema—with profiles of hundreds of films—and how Hollywood studios around the globe reflected a period of cultural change. The movies were flying blind in 1980. “New Hollywood” was...

Who would you trust with the power to alter the destiny of humanity? Devastated by the loss of his son in a remote rainforest of Indonesian Papua, Quentin Darnell now must struggle to get his wife and surviving students safely back to civilization. But surviving the trek out of the wilderness is only the first challenge, because his group now possesses an object that can create anything or do anything, for better or for worse. Can anyone be trusted with such power? If they can somehow get the object to the United States, will they be heroes—or the world’s destroyers?

How can you save humanity if your only hope is to call upon an entity that could destroy us all? As nations argue over who should possess the alien entity called the Lamotelokhai, 15-year-old Bobby Truex knows the answer—no one should. After all, he’s the one who told it to go into hiding. He knows, better than anyone, that misusing it leads to death and destruction. After months trying to overcome his guilt, Bobby’s life is suddenly shattered, forcing him to risk everything and once again ask for help from the most dangerous object imaginable.

Quentin Darnell was only a boy when his anthropologist parents were overcome by a professional failure so crushing it led to his father's suicide. Now a schoolteacher, Quentin is looking for answers that can only be found in the wild terrains of Indonesian Papua, where years ago his parents studied an isolated aboriginal tribe. Quentin leads his wife, son, and six students on a field trip to experience Papua’s pristine tropical forests. When their plane tragically crashes in the wilderness, Quentin becomes trapped in a vicious fight to protect the ones he loves.

If you have found this book, the end of the world has already begun. Something lies hidden in the remote wilderness. It is unremarkable in appearance yet beautiful in purpose. It is intelligent yet not human. It is a gift. But gifts always come at a price. It’s 1868. Gentleman naturalist Samuel Inwood is fulfilling his dream of exploring Dutch New Guinea when things go horribly wrong. A savage aboriginal tribe takes him captive, and as Samuel fights to survive, he begins to doubt that he is the civilized man he had thought himself to be.

Blood runs thick in the Colorado mountains. Anders Nordic and Alexandria Deveraux are now happily married, but there's no blissful honeymoon for these ranchers or Nordic's loyal collie dog, Finn. A powerful enemy from Nordic's elderly father-in-law's past is riding hard for revenge, and he's...

This groundbreaking work offers a transformative approach to leadership that leverages the power of service, compassion, and authenticity. Each chapter illuminates a distinct trait, vital to the formation of a servant leader, uniquely presented as a periodic element, interweaving the science of chemistry with the art of leadership. From empathy as the oxygen of leadership, to trust as its gold, and vulnerability as the mercury, every chapter is an invitation to personal and professional growth.

Fueled by the latest research in positive psychology and organizational behavior, this guide illuminates the compelling evidence that strengths-based teams accelerate business results. It presents a fresh perspective on team building, leadership, and organizational growth by focusing on what’s inherently right and powerful within each individual.

In a constantly changing business landscape, one element remains timeless and pivotal: trust. Trust Accelerators: Activating the Trust Domino Effect to Accelerate Team Engagement, Innovation, and High-Performance illuminates the transformative power of trust, and how cultivating it can be used to build high-performance teams. Trust Accelerators navigates the complexities of trust-building, highlighting its profound impact on team performance, engagement, and innovation.

In Emotional Intelligence: Another Kind of Smart, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey, unraveling the complex and intriguing world of emotional intelligence (EI). This essential guide invites you to deepen your understanding of emotional landscapes, both within and around you, and use this knowledge to fuel personal and professional growth.

At La Jolla High, Wyatt Roth is the shy geek with a missing sister and a mother lost to suicide. His agoraphobic father, Stewart, spends his days scouring the internet for any trace of his daughter. When Wyatt learns that his sister is modeling in Tokyo, the pair fly to Japan— but Stewart...

A fast and violent Western justice. Anders Nordic is a towering Scandinavian-American hailing from the rugged expanses of Dakota Territory. Known for his solitary nature and unparalleled fighting and shooting skills, Nordic has always struggled to get along with others. As an adult, his...

This transformative guide, filled with rich insights and compelling narratives, introduces listeners to the timeless principles of servant leadership, demonstrating their relevance and effectiveness in today’s complex and interconnected world. Servant leadership, which prioritizes the needs of others and fosters an environment of collaboration and mutual respect, has proven to be an invaluable model for organizations navigating the exciting challenges of the modern age.