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The Little Book That Still Beats the Market (Little Books. Big Profits 29)by Joel Greenblatt

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Inheriting Edith: A Novelby Zoe Fishman

A poignant breakout novel, for fans of J. Courtney Sullivan and Elin Hilderbrand, about a single mother who inherits a beautiful beach house with a caveat–she must take care of the ornery elderly woman who lives in it.

For years, Maggie Sheets has been an invisible hand in the glittering homes of wealthy New York City clients, scrubbing, dusting, mopping, and doing all she can to keep her head above water as a single mother. Everything changes when a former employer dies leaving Maggie a staggering inheritance. A house in Sag Harbor. The catch? It comes with an inhabitant: The deceased’s eighty-two-year old mother Edith.

Edith has Alzheimer’s–or so the doctors tell her–but she remembers exactly how her daughter Liza could light up a room, or bring dark clouds in her wake. And now Liza’s gone, by her own hand, and Edith has been left–like a chaise or strand of pearls–to a poorly dressed young woman with a toddler in tow.

Maggie and Edith are both certain this arrangement will be an utter disaster. But as summer days wane, a tenuous bond forms, and Edith, who feels the urgency of her diagnosis, shares a secret that she’s held close for five decades, launching Maggie on a mission that might just lead them each to what they are looking for.

The Gaslight Effect: You’re not crazy, they’re gaslighting you – How to stop emotional abuse, manipulation, and break free from the narcissist or psychopathby Dr.Theresa J. Covert

Still struggling from the effects of an abusive relationship?

Many people do and sadly there is very little information available to be found online or in the written research, or with counsellors and therapists that can help. The Gaslight Effect is not officially recognised, nor is it widely even known.
Even when it is accepted, recognised and known not many people seem to know what to DO ABOUT IT to heal it… The fact is being in a relationship with a narcissist over a long period of time has long lasting traumatic effects that can be extremely catastrophic to the person suffering them.

DO THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS SOUND FAMILIAR?
– Doubting yourself and your sanity
– Feeling like you’re losing your mind
– Feeling like you’re always apologizing
– You’re second-guessing your memory
– Feeling like you aren’t good enough
– Feeling misunderstood
– Feeling lonely
– Ruined self confidence
– Extreme weight loss or weight gain
– Uncharacteristic jealousy/ insecurity
– Feeling like you don’t know the difference between right and wrong
– Extreme paranoia (being turned into an obsessive detective)
– Endless, repetitive obsessive thinking about your ex
– Constantly trying to find explanations for what has happened
– Feelings of helplessness and despair
– A desire to self isolate
– Feeling desperately misunderstood
– Overwhelming feelings of loss and grief
– Extreme bouts of rage
– An inability to be comfortable with yourself
– Strange dreams
– Sudden inexplicable anxiety followed by rapid dips into depression

The list goes on….

“NOBODY UNDERSTANDS!”
I hear this frustrated cry from abused people a lot.

Gaslighting is a covert aggressive way of distorting another person’s perception of reality to the point that that person questions their sanity or their memory.
Gaslighting is crazy-making, it makes you think that you’re actually going crazy.
Gaslighting is a way of hiding the abuse.
Gaslighting is lying with a goal.

The motive behind the gaslighting is to make you think that you’re crazy or that your memory doesn’t work right. So you can’t trust yourself and your perceptions of reality.
This means you’ll defer to the abuser for an account of what’s real so slowly over time the abuser becomes the authority over your life.
Gaslighting takes place in relationships, like one-on-one relationships. It takes place in friendships, in family, in work, you’ll see gaslighting on the news, you’ll hear gaslighting coming from politicians, corporate shills, cult leaders, advertising commercials, etc.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

– Top 10 Signs You’re Being Manipulated with Gaslighting
– 80 Things Narcissists Say During Gaslighting
– Six Empowering Ways to Disarm a Narcissist and Take Control
– How to Avoid Mental Manipulation
– How to Deal with the Effects of Gaslighting
– How Narcissists Employ Smart Devices        

WHAT YOU NEED NOW:

– Someone who has been through the same experiences you have and understands them from the inside.

-Someone who has the knowledge, training, education and experience working on himself and others to lead you through the emotional sh*tstorm that breaking with a narcissist can create.

I can’t promise you that reading to this book is going to be a “total cure”, but I can promise that if you APPLY YOURSELF DILLIGENTLY, take notes, read and re-read the chapters, follow all instructions to the letter, with a  tenacious resolve to get better you will feel an instant decrease in anxiety within the first 24 hours and should see huge improvements within the first 3 days.
This is not hype, this is what my audience commonly report

A Thin Veil: A Look at Life & Death Through Supernatural Experiencesby Cynthia Muir

You will be inspired and amazed by the unique spiritual experiences in this extraordinary memoir. It will confirm to you that there is indeed life after death. Death is not the end. If you are afraid of dying, you need to read this book!

As the saying goes, you can’t make this stuff up! From open visions, dream visitations, a surprise visit from the other side, and more, it’s nearly impossible not to be influenced as you read this inspirational story.

You will discover there is truly a thin veil separating this world from the next. Literally, each one of us is a breath away from the other side.

Cynthia openly shares the anguish and heartbreak of losing her sister when she was a teen. It compelled her to seek “the truth” about life and death. The search for truth led her to finding God in a new way. Her eyes were opened to the spiritual realm and her life was never the same.

Her experiences reveal the undeniable connection between the spiritual dimension and our physical world. The timing and significance of these unique supernatural events confirm the spiritual realm and the afterlife.

These real-life stories have given peace and comfort to many facing the end of their life or that of a loved one. After you read this book, you may be inspired to give it to a friend who may be facing these same issues or other life challenges.

Broken Worldby Kate L. Mary

Follow a group of survivors on a journey that spans eleven books and twenty years as they search for safety in a world overrun by the dead…

When a deadly virus sweeps the country, Vivian sets out for California in hopes of seeing the daughter she gave up for adoption. Then her car breaks down and she’s faced with a choice: give up or accept a ride from redneck brothers, Angus and Axl. Vivian knows getting in the car with strangers is a risk, but with time running out, she’s willing to do whatever it takes to reach her daughter.

The virus is spreading, and by the time the group makes it to California, most of the population has already been wiped out. When the dead start coming back, Vivian and the others realize that no electricity or running water are the least of their concerns. Now Vivian must learn how to be a mom under the most frightening circumstances, cope with Angus’s aggressive mood swings, and sort out her growing attraction to his brooding younger brother, Axl.

While searching for a safe place to go, the group meets a pompous billionaire who may be the answer to all their problems. Trusting him means going into the middle of the Mojave Desert and possibly risking their lives, but with the streets overrun and nowhere else to turn, he might be their only chance for survival…

Leadership Fitness: Five Truths to Greater Influenceby Dr. Justin Hardcastle

Welcome to Leadership Fitness: Five Truths to Greater Influence! This manuscript provides a balanced approach to leadership. These truths are developed from practical experience and academic research. Leadership Fitness provides leaders with a taste of who they can become through a holistic leadership approach. The Five Truths are practical and can be implemented in any leader and can benefit any organization. Those who commit to the study and implementation of the Five Truths can improve their influence. In Leadership Fitness, the Five Truths are illustrated through personal life stories, biblical events, and academic research to convince the reader of the importance and application of each truth. This manuscript will encourage leaders to become their best self through personal development. The first of the Five Truths brings together the idea that ‘Healthy Leaders Strive for Physical Fitness,’ promoting physical fitness to increase influence and leadership longevity. The second truth is ‘Discovering the Power of a Healthy Mind.’ When leaders learn, leaders grow, and they grow their followers. The third principal is ‘Developing Healthy Emotion.’ Leaders who focus on becoming emotionally healthy will not only have stronger leadership but can also work better with others. The fourth of the Five Truths provides insight into ‘Leading with Healthy Finances’ and it is in this chapter that leaders are advised to focus on their financial health so they can lead well and provide a greater societal impact. Finally, the Fifth Truth brings together the importance of bringing your whole self to leadership. ‘Spiritual Fitness Cannot Be Ignored’ is an attempt to convince leaders to discover and develop their spirituality. Altogether, these Five Truths become a source of both personal and professional holistic development.

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend: A Novelby Matthew Dicks

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The Shackby William P. Young

After his daughter's murder, a grieving father confronts God with desperate questions — and finds unexpected answers — in this riveting and deeply moving #1 NYT bestseller.

When Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter Missy is abducted during a family vacation, he remains hopeful that she'll return home. But then, he discovers evidence that she may have been brutally murdered in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.

Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note that's supposedly from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment, he arrives on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.

Catch Handleby Alison O’Mara

Winner of the 2020 AudiobookReviewer Best Mystery Award and Finalist for the 2020 Indies Today Award, Catch Handle is an enticing cozy mystery.

Arabian horses are admired for their strength, grace, and athleticism. They are beautiful, intelligent, and remarkable animals.

As a newly minted veterinarian, Vivian Anderson knows and loves horses better than most. With an important horse show on the line and the search for a full-time vet job fast-approaching, Vivian is fully occupied at her Aunt’s Arabian horse ranch and her equine medical externship.

Vivian’s world is abruptly shaken by a shocking murder that casts suspicion on the people she thought she knew best. Stolen medications, fatal “accidents,” unsavory horse handling, and a handsome newcomer have Vivian reeling. She cannot shake the feeling that the seemingly random events are all part of the same puzzle, but who can she trust?

Vivian is about to learn just how dangerous her world of horses can be.

Broken Worldby Kate L. Mary

Follow a group of survivors on a journey that spans eleven books and twenty years as they search for safety in a world overrun by the dead…

When a deadly virus sweeps the country, Vivian sets out for California in hopes of seeing the daughter she gave up for adoption. Then her car breaks down and she’s faced with a choice: give up or accept a ride from redneck brothers, Angus and Axl. Vivian knows getting in the car with strangers is a risk, but with time running out, she’s willing to do whatever it takes to reach her daughter.

The virus is spreading, and by the time the group makes it to California, most of the population has already been wiped out. When the dead start coming back, Vivian and the others realize that no electricity or running water are the least of their concerns. Now Vivian must learn how to be a mom under the most frightening circumstances, cope with Angus’s aggressive mood swings, and sort out her growing attraction to his brooding younger brother, Axl.

While searching for a safe place to go, the group meets a pompous billionaire who may be the answer to all their problems. Trusting him means going into the middle of the Mojave Desert and possibly risking their lives, but with the streets overrun and nowhere else to turn, he might be their only chance for survival…

The Great Gatsby & The Beautiful and Damnedby F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby, set in the town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922, concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. The novel explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream.
The Beautiful and Damned tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1910s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune, and his courtship and relationship with his wife Gloria Gilbert. It describes his brief service in the Army during World War I, and the couple's post-war partying life in New York, and his later alcoholism. The novel explores and portrays New York café society and the American Eastern elite during the Jazz Age before and after "the Great War" and in the early 1920s.

Martha Stewart’s Organizing: The Manual for Bringing Order to Your Life, Home & Routinesby Martha Stewart

The ultimate guide to getting your life in order–with hundreds of practical and empowering ideas, projects, and tips–from America’s most trusted lifestyle authority

Trust Martha to help you master all things organizing–sorting, purging, tidying, and simplifying your life–with smart solutions and inspiration. Here, she offers her best guidance, methods, and DIY projects for organizing in and around your home. Topics include room-by-room strategies (how to sort office paperwork, when to purge the garage or attic), seasonal advice (when to swap out bedding and clothing, how to put away holiday decorations), and day-by-day or week-by-week plans for projects such as de-cluttering, house cleaning, creating a filing system, overhauling the closet, and more. Martha’s indispensable expertise walks you through goal-setting, principles of organizing, useful supplies, and creating systems for ongoing success. A look into Martha’s own personal calendars offers a template for scheduling essential tasks. Last, plenty of strategies, how-tos, timelines, and checklists will help you stay organized all year long.

The Freakshowby Bryan Smith

The Flaherty Brothers Traveling Carnivale and Freakshow has come to the quiet town of Pleasant Hills, Tennessee. But this is no ordinary sideshow and these are not the usual “freaks” on display. As the unsuspecting townsfolk gather for an evening of strange spectacle, the slaughter is set to begin…

“The Freakshow is one of the most fun reads I’ve had in a long time.”
–Dread Central

“The Freakshow is a sure bet to cement Bryan Smith’s position in the forefront of the bold and shocking writers producing exceptional books within the horror genre.”
–Horror World

Prodigal Son: An Orphan X Novelby Gregg Hurwitz

Forced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed–in Prodigal Son, the next New York Times bestselling Orphan X book from Gregg Hurwitz.

As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X. He eventually broke with the Program and adopted a new name—The Nowhere Man–and a new mission, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. But the highest power in the country has made him a tempting offer–in exchange for an unofficial pardon, he must stop his clandestine activities as The Nowhere Man. Now Evan has to do the one thing he’s least equipped to do–live a normal life.

But then he gets a call for help from the one person he never expected. A woman claiming to have given him up for adoption, a woman he never knew–his mother. Her unlikely request: help Andrew Duran–a man whose life has gone off the rails, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, bringing him to the deadly attention of very powerful figures. Now a brutal brother & sister assassination team are after him and with no one to turn to, and no safe place to hide, Evan is Duran’s only option. But when the hidden cabal catches on to what Evan is doing, everything he’s fought for is on the line–including his own life.

How to Survive Anything: From Animal Attacks to the End of the World (and Everything in Between) (Outdoor Life)by Tim MacWelch

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The Unburied Dead: DS Hutton Book 1by Douglas Lindsay

THE FIRST HUTTON. BLOODY. BRUTAL. BRILLIANT.

“I loved this book. It’s dark, grimly humorous, with twists, reversals and surprises that made me go “holy sh*t!” out loud, more than once…” Murderati

THE UNBURIED DEAD introduces Thomas Hutton, the coarse, melancholic, drink-fuelled, sex-addicted police sergeant Tartan Noir has been waiting for.

A killer stalks the streets of Glasgow, his attacks bestial in their ferocity. The police are lost, and soon, as the past begins to haunt them, they themselves become targets.

Step forward Detective Sergeant Hutton, adrift in a sea of love, lust, deception, alcohol, and murdered colleagues. And lost though he is, the dead will not rest, the past will not be buried, and Hutton must find the answers before the killer strikes again…

“Lindsay is an underrated writer with an eccentric, blisteringly satirical voice.” SUNDAY EXPRESS

The Ragged Edge of Nightby Olivia Hawker

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale comes an emotionally gripping, beautifully written historical novel about extraordinary hope, redemption, and one man’s search for light during the darkest times of World War II.

Germany, 1942. Franciscan friar Anton Starzmann is stripped of his place in the world when his school is seized by the Nazis. He relocates to a small German hamlet to wed Elisabeth Herter, a widow who seeks a marriage–in name only–to a man who can help raise her three children. Anton seeks something too–atonement for failing to protect his young students from the wrath of the Nazis. But neither he nor Elisabeth expects their lives to be shaken once again by the inescapable rumble of war.

As Anton struggles to adapt to the roles of husband and father, he learns of the Red Orchestra, an underground network of resisters plotting to assassinate Hitler. Despite Elisabeth’s reservations, Anton joins this army of shadows. But when the SS discovers his schemes, Anton will embark on a final act of defiance that may cost him his life–even if it means saying goodbye to the family he has come to love more than he ever believed possible.

Project Management for Non-Project Managers: A Practical Guideby Sorin Dumitrascu

Organizations are developing project managers from within more and more. Employees who are proficient in their area of expertise are being asked to take on project management.
This book explores the basic concepts and fundamentals of project management.
Project management process
The first lesson focuses on the project management process: highlighting the importance of effective project management, who’s involved with projects, and an introduction to the four phases of the project management process.
Project manager role
The second lesson focuses on the project manager role: highlighting typical roles a project manager must fill to be successful, the value of the project manager, how to deliver the right amount of project management, and how to manage small to medium projects.
This book will provide individuals who are not professional project managers with the knowledge required to build a solid understanding of the fundamentals of project management, helping them transition to the role of project manager.

Today’s business world is a complex and rapidly changing place. Organizations and individuals cannot survive without accepting and embracing change. Change involves your situation: something is different; a bigger office, a new colleague, the reorganization of staff responsibilities.
Transition involves a journey; it is the process of disengagement, transformation, and acceptance of change.
Put simply, change is the event and transition is the process that takes you there. While it is important to know the terms, concepts, techniques, and skills that are involved in project management, it is even more important to be able to put these to work on the job.
A project manager is expected to deal with intangible issues such as human dynamics, establishing authority, and managing people and expectations. This often requires a complex balance of personal and practical skills.
Project management is about the management of people, but it is also about managing the way an organization works, and the way the people within it work.
As a project manager, you will need to realize that people are inseparable from process. It is not only practical skills, but leadership ability, management skills, and the ability to communicate that are imperative to successful projects.

Benjamin Franklin wrote, “For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horseshoe nail.”
A small problem overlooked in the early stages of project management can grow to be a critical failure in the later stages.
The Initiating and Planning phases of project management are vital to the success of the project. Without the proper tools and information, effective project management is impossible.
Imagine what would happen if the head chef of a busy restaurant didn’t have the right ingredients for the evening menu. What do you think would happen if she didn’t have a plan for efficiently preparing all of the meals during the supper rush?
If you don’t initiate your project properly, you might not have everything you need to meet your goals. And if you don’t plan your project well, you might not meet your goals on time – or at all.
This book examines the importance of properly initiating and planning a project, and explores ways to make your initiating and planning efforts more effective.

Your project plan is complete. Tasks are clearly outlined, the schedule is in place, and the money is budgeted to the cent. You’re getting ready to dig in and start the actual work.
You’re feeling confident that the project is going to go exactly as planned. How could anything go wrong?
Managing is the third phase of project management. You may be tempted to think now that the planning is over the rest of the project will be easy.

Wounded No More!: An Individualized Plan to Heal Church Woundsby Connie Czepiel

God sees, God knows, and God cares about the wounds that many have suffered in the church. The path that leads away from the church house door has been filled with the tears of those who have suffered- often in silence. This book offers individualized hope and healing while also taking an honest look at what is going wrong in our churches. Included are practical actions steps and worksheets to guide the reader in their healing process. God longs to restore his people back to Himself and back into fellowship with others.

Luxure / Kadedus: Books 1 & 2 The Cardinal Brotherhoodby Eva Haining

The Cardinal Brotherhood has been dormant for a thousand years—the seven deadly sins in physical form. Once the strongest demons in the Underworld, their power was weakened when Lucifer ordered the death of Luxure and his mate.

Estranged from The Cardinal Brotherhood, Lux has been roaming the Earth for a thousand years, biding his time until he can avenge the murder of his mate. Once upon a time, he was Lucifer’s second-in-command, and the most revered warrior of the Underworld. Presumed dead, he’s been lying in wait, readying himself for revenge.

Lux is the deadliest of sins, but you know him as Lust.

The day Sirena Sovende crosses his path, her carefully constructed world begins to crumble, uncovering earth-shattering revelations that could threaten not only her life, but the very foundation of mankind.

As the reality of her existence unfolds, Lux begins to question everything he’s ever known, and makes the decision to reunite The Cardinal Brotherhood.

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Kadedus’s very existence is based on reading people, finding the one thing they want more than anything and exploiting it. You know him as ENVY.

With word that Lux is alive spreading throughout the realms, Kade must decide where his loyalties lie. When forced to trust Selma, Lux’s best friend, she surprises him at every turn, making his decision that much harder. Will he sell his brother out to ensure his own survival, destroying his own happiness in the process? Or will he finally learn to control his primal nature and stand with The Cardinal Brotherhood?

The Cardinal Brotherhood is a paranormal powerhouse series, and an incredible journey of humanity, spirituality, and romance. This box set includes books 1 and 2 of the series.

*These books are part of an ongoing series. Book 3, Gier, will release later in 2021.

Snowpiercer: The Complete First Season

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Set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, Snowpiercer centers on the remnants of humanity who inhabit a perpetually moving train, with 1001 cars, that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out in this riveting television adaptation based on the graphic novel series and film from Oscar® winner Bong Joon Ho (Parasite). Snowpiercer stars Oscar® winner Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind), Grammy® and Tony® Award winner Daveed Diggs (Hamilton, Black-ish).