'[An] impressively comprehensive, concise introduction to the biggest challenge facing us all – how to get our act together to keep our only planet habitable, for ourselves, our descendants and the living nature we depend on.' Walt Patterson____________‘"Energy" might be a short word, but it's a very big subject, and indeed one of the most important facing our world today. Understanding the ins and outs of how we make the transition ...

Dr Stephen Peake takes us on a guided tour of the ten most essential aspects of this timely and fast-moving science, examining the important transition from fossil fuels to clean energy that is already happening around the world.Renewable energy use is on the rise around the world, becoming a key focus of government policy and big business - and for very good reason. Not only are we facing the imminent depletion of the fossil fuels that we've relied on for so many centuries to heat...

Découvrez comment la confiance, pilier de toute réussite, peut transformer radicalement votre vie personnelle et professionnelle.Dans ce guide, Stephen R. Covey offre une perspective nouvelle sur l'impact fondamental de la confiance. En effet, il démontre qu'inspirer et maintenir la confiance est un levier puissant pour le succès. À l'inverse, une confiance trahie conduit inévitablement à des difficultés, que ce soit en entreprise, au sein de la famille ou dans le couple. Grâce à d...

Scopri i principi di una vita più efficiente, piena di gioia e soddisfazione con la nostra nuova edizione del bestseller ""Le 7 regole per avere successo"" di Stephen Covey.Questo audiotraining che è basato sul suo libro dallo stesso titolo e sulla sua attività di consulente contiene tutti i principi e concetti più importanti del libro originale trattati in modo preciso, vivace e stimolante.Covey insegna agli ascoltatori i potenti principi "universali, senza tempo e autoevi...

Nobody knows Bangkok like Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep, and there is no one quite like Sonchai: a police officer who has kept his Buddhist soul intact—more or less—despite the fact that his job shoves him face-to-face with some of the most vile and outrageous crimes and criminals in Bangkok. But for his newest assignment, everything he knows about his city—and himself—will be a mere starting point.He’s put in charge of the highest-profile criminal case in Thaila...

The four historical characters on the cover Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Fedor Dostoevsky, and Vincent Van Gogh are all understood to have had epilepsy, but they also had successful lives as well. That is the key point of this book. Epilepsy is a curious and often misunderstood chronic disorder of the brain that affects approximately 50 million people across the globe in a variety of ways. Characterised by recurrent seizures as a result of excessive electrical discharges in a group of brain...

Love Poems for MaryI wrote the poems to let Mary knows how I felt about her and also to publish this book to show how much she meant to me.I am a truck driver, I work for a contractor for the Post Office I take the mail to Corpus Christi, TX to get processed. I go to the Corpus Christi Truck Stop that is where I met Mary.

THIS GRIPPING AND TRIUMPHANT MEMOIR FOLLOWS A LIVING LEGEND OF EXTREME MOUNTAINEERING AS HE MAKES HIS ASSAULT ON HISTORY, ONE 8,000-METER SUMMIT AT A TIME.For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest. As Viesturs recounts the stories of...

Gabi, an awkward caterpillar, is used to being teased-until she meets Josie, a lonely princess who sees her for who she truly is.Their unlikely friendship blossoms, but just as they become inseparable, Gabi faces The Change-her transformation into a butterfly.Will Josie still recognize her? Will their friendship survive wings, beauty, and new possibilities?When Gabi returns, dazzling and free, their bond proves unbreakable.Instead of joining the other butter...

"The House on Phantom Trail" by Stephen Perez unfolds a captivating narrative of mystery and the supernatural. Perched atop a hill, the titular house holds a storied past steeped in whispers of extraordinary abilities and inexplicable phenomena. When a group of inquisitive youngsters ventures inside, they encounter Paul, the enigmatic guardian, who unveils the house's enigmas and invites them to partake in its mystical powers firsthand. As the children delve into their own memories within ...

John Burdett's Bangkok series, featuring Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep, has a reputation for being simultaneously morbid and witty. In Vulture Peak, Sonchai is tasked with ending human organ trafficking in Thailand. Before long he's wrapped up with a cast of characters that includes a washed-up rock star and a pair of Chinese twins known as the Vultures. And to complicate matters even further, Sonchai must also battle his ever-increasing suspicions that his ex-prostitute...

These poems I wrote are just poems of happenings in my life. Some are more personal than others, but they are all special to me.