In "Grokstar", the intense and cinematic architecture of Elon Musk's career is laid bare, tracing the psychological line from a traumatic South African childhood to the high-stakes battlegrounds of global industry. This speculative non-fiction biography explores how the original trauma of the Pretoria shadow and the brutal schoolyard ambushes of his youth forged an adversarial worldview, transforming a sensitive child into a ruthless engineer who views existence as a series of existential ...

With humour and sensitivity, Boys, Girls & Body Science provides no-nonsense answers for children - and parents - with questions about sex. Specifically designed for young readers, Boys, Girls & Body Science walks children through the wonders of their bodies in a direct, easy-to-read manner. The story begins with Nicholas, 7, and Jenny, 5, learning about different types of science in their class - from ecology to the digestive system. Then Meg Hickling, a guest speaker, c...

"No, you must want something, anything. If you can really help me get revenge on David and Lana, I can't just let you do it for free".Ethan went quiet for a while.I held my breath, waiting for what his request might be.If it was something money could buy, I'll try my best to get it for him, even though I was somehow broke right now.“You're right, I do want something”. He said after thinking for few minutes.“W...

He was her secret crush; she had instantly fallen for him at first sight, but he didn't notice her. She was just a normal and unimportant staff member. She decided to continue loving him in her head, but she found herself in a difficult situation where she had to replace herself with a sex worker whom he requested. She had a one-night stand with her boss, the famous CEO of Lucas Corporation.To her greatest shock, he made her his girlfriend. She was elated, but she had to set her hea...

"No, you must want something, anything. If you can really help me get revenge on David and Lana, I can't just let you do it for free."Ethan went quiet for a while.I held my breath waiting for what his request might be.If it was something money could buy, I'll try my best to get it for him even though I was somehow broke right now."You're right I do want something." He said after thinking."What?" I asked slowly."Until you get your revenge on D...

When battle-scarred Marine turned lawyer Rod Strong joins a small firm in Deadwood, South Dakota, little does he suspect that he’ll soon be cast on the front line in the war on drugs. Yet an e-mail by a whistleblower at the repurposed Homestake Gold Mine reveals a concealed opioid production facility almost a mile underground that puts him and his associates in the line of fire of those running the operation. After the woman he loves gets abducted, can Strong stop the syndicate’s enforcer ...

"No, you must want something, anything. If you can really help me get revenge on David and Lana, I can't just let you do it for free."Ethan went quiet for a while.I held my breath waiting for what his request might be.If it was something money could buy, I'll try my best to get it for him even though I was somehow broke right now."You're right I do want something." He said after thinking."What?" I asked slowly."Until you get your revenge on D...

He was her secret crush; she had instantly fallen for him at first sight, but he didn't notice her. She was just a normal and unimportant staff member. She decided to continue loving him in her head, but she found herself in a difficult situation where she had to replace herself with a sex worker whom he requested. She had a one-night stand with her boss, the famous CEO of Lucas Corporation.To her greatest shock, he made her his girlfriend. She was elated, but she had to set her hea...

"No, you must want something, anything. If you can really help me get revenge on David and Lana, I can't just let you do it for free".Ethan went quiet for a while.I held my breath, waiting for what his request might be.If it was something money could buy, I'll try my best to get it for him, even though I was somehow broke right now.“You're right, I do want something”. He said after thinking for a few minutes....

Flow can be defined as the experience of being fully engaged with the task at hand, unburdened by outside concerns or worries. Flow is an enjoyable state of effortless attention, complete absorption, and focussed energy. The pivotal role of flow in fostering good performance and high productivity led psychologists to study the features and outcomes of this experience in the workplace, in order to ascertain the impact of flow on individual and organizational well-being, and to identify stra...

This specially selected collection of landmark work from the Journal of Happiness Studies maps the current contours, and the likely future direction, of research in a field with a fast-rising profile. This volume, which inaugurates a series aiming to explore discrete topics in happiness and wellbeing studies, features selected articles published in the Journal of Happiness Studies during its first decade, which culminated in an ‘impact factor’ in 2011. As the introductory...

A state-of-the-art psychological perspective on positivity and strengths-based approaches at workThis handbook makes a unique contribution to organizational psychology and HRM by providing comprehensive international coverage of the contemporary field of positivity and strengths-based approaches at work. It provides critical reviews of key topics such as resilience, wellbeing, hope, motivation, flow, authenticity, positive leadership and engagement...