An Italian memoir. Laine gave up her job as a nurse, sold her home and gave away most of her belongings. She had three desires bubbling at the heart of her choice: to write a book, paint a picture and climb a mountain before she died. A man with a van took most of her remaining belongings, along with her basset hound Basil, down to the heel of Italy over 1,500 miles away, where she would spend the next four years. If it all seemed like a folly, then she was willing to take the risk. She mo...

An Italian memoir. Laine gave up her job as a nurse, sold her home and gave away most of her belongings. She had three desires bubbling at the heart of her choice: to write a book, paint a picture and climb a mountain before she died. A man with a van took most of her remaining belongings, along with her basset hound Basil, down to the heel of Italy over 1,500 miles away, where she would spend the next four years. If it all seemed like a folly, then she was willing to take the risk. She mo...

What happens when the wind becomes too curious?High above the sea, in a city that never sleeps, the wind loves to run, play, and whisper ideas into children's ears. But one night, the wind makes a mistake and carries all the words away.Suddenly, books are empty. Stories are gone.And the city grows quiet.

In this completely revised and updated edition of the customer service classic, Carl Sewell enhances his time-tested advice with fresh ideas and new examples and explains how the groundbreaking “Ten Commandments of Customer Service” apply to today’s world.Drawing on his incredible success in transforming his Dallas Cadillac dealership into the second largest in America, Carl Sewell revealed the secret of getting customers to return again and again in the original

Unfortunately, the world is full of screwed-up people. But the good news, says Elizabeth Brown, is that your world no longer has to revolve around them. With brilliant insights and a keen sense of humor, this trusted author and sought-after speaker shows readers how to:• stop the power of whatever is eating them alive• productively respond when confronted• remain poised and in control when everyone around them loses it• win fairly in unfair battles• let g...

80+ Creative ways of letter writing, tons of paint, shades, bubbles, glimpses of wisdom, true craftsmanship.

In the late 1990s, a small group of UCLA students sat around a cluttered table in a dingy office, brainstorming ideas for a video game. They didn’t know it at the time, but their passion for creating the games they loved would soon spark the rise of an empire. Blizzard Company Entertainment would go on to change the world of gaming forever, creating legendary titles like Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, and World of Warcraft. For nearly three decades, Blizzard was untouchable a shining example...

In the shadowed alleyways of a bustling metropolis, a single clue left behind a torn page from a forgotten book leads to a series of events that unravel a mystery no one else can solve. Enter Cross, a man with an unparalleled mind, a tormented past, and an unyielding pursuit of justice. When the world’s most cunning criminals rise to power, only one detective can stand in their way, unraveling their darkest schemes with razor-sharp intellect and an uncanny ability to see what others miss.

Lazar works for the Ministry of Intangible Assets, cataloging things no one can touch—nostalgia, regret, silence. His life is orderly, gray, and safely meaningless until an expired packet of powdered soup lets him see the world's hidden metadata.Suddenly, objects have souls, people come with warning labels, and a mysterious group known as the Happy People threatens the foundations of a society built on control and quiet despair. Sent to inventory happiness before it spreads, Lazar ...

THE ARCHITECTURE OF BLISS follows Lazar, a senior specialist at the Ministry of Intangible Assets, whose job is to inventory emotions, memories, and states of being. When happiness begins to appear without authorization, Lazar is sent to investigate.What he finds is a city unraveling: kebab stands that rotate the world, children who author reality, plumbers who fix the universe with a wrench—and a mysterious button that can stop meaning itself.Blending absurdist humor with qu...

Welcome to Sunny RESORT: A Concrete Nirvana where the mojitos are cheap, the hangovers are mandatory, and your happiness is no longer your own.Tristan Kolev, a man with the practiced manners of a retired yuppie and a chronic lack of gainful employment, has just been offered the job of a lifetime. Recruited by the enigmatic Dr. Antony Chang of "Blue Wings," Tristan is sent to the hyper-saturated delirium of a mega-resort. His mission? Not to measure the pool tempera...

It has been wisely said, “Change your focus, change your reality.” With this collection of daily meditations and prayers, the authors hope to come alongside people who face difficulties, obstacles, and a general mood of self-defeat and help redirect their focus upon God, and the tremendous resources of our faith, so that their reality is changed. This collection of thirty-one daily meditations is not a substitute for the Bible. Rather, each meditation is an invitation into the vast treasur...