"Have you ever felt that life leaves us with scars, hidden beneath the surface, barely seen by others? 'Through the Cracks' is a story born from that quiet, unspoken pain—the cracks in our hearts that we all carry, hoping they don't shatter us completely.In this novel, you'll meet Lara and Nico, two people who seem ordinary at first glance, yet their pasts are laced with struggles and scars that would make anyone weary. They stumble into each other's lives unexpectedly, carrying th...

Ready to Think Smarter and Make Better Decisions Every Day?Think Smarter, Decide Better is your practical guide to mastering critical thinking and confident decision-making—so you can stop second-guessing yourself and start getting real results.Whether you're navigating your career, relationships, or personal growth, this book will help you break free from overthinking, solve problems effectively, and take control of your choices.Inside, you’ll discover how to:...

In a world where likes and comments shape reality, Ava is a girl trapped in the bright but lonely glow of her phone screen. She has everything people desire: fame, followers, and the perfect image. But beneath the surface, Ava feels empty, as if she's drifting through life, invisible to those around her.One fateful night, a mysterious icon appears on her phone, pulling her into a hidden café in a realm far from her own. There, she meets Ezra, a boy from a simple village where life ...

Project A.U.R.A. delves into a world where cutting-edge technology and alien intelligence collide, threatening to reshape humanity's future. Thomas Reid, an unassuming network technician, stumbles upon a dark secret within one of the world's most classified projects. Known as Project A.U.R.A., this ambitious initiative originally aimed to develop advanced artificial intelligence to serve humanity. But Thomas quickly learns there's much more beneath the surface. Project A.U.R.A. ha...

Is there a space between where you are and where you want to be? Do you resist overwhelming situations, wanting to avoid discomfort (while telling yourself you just need more motivation)? Do you feel intoxicated with inspiration one minute, only to find yourself binge-watching "Real Housewives" not long thereafter, having slayed nothing other than the snack cabinet?You want to do things differently, but something keeps getting in your way. Maybe you spend too much time in your head...

You swore you'd parent differently.But somehow, you find yourself on Reddit parenting threads at 2am seeking reassurance that you're not a terrible mom, and you've Googled "Is it bad if I yelled at my child?" more times than you'd like to admit. You're tired of bouncing between contradictory advice, hoping someone, somewhere, has the one "right" answer.Parenting is hard. It's even harder when your nervous system feels stuck on high alert (or overdrive), you...

Budapest in the autumn of 1944 was a city full of terror, tension and conspiracies. Members of the SS and the Hungarian Arrow Cross movement roamed the streets looking for Jews and other opponents. The German and Hungarian Nazis planned to exterminate the last surviving large Jewish population in Nazi-occupied Europe. Ranged against them was a loosely knit network of neutral diplomats, lower-level church activists and a fragile but growing resistance movement. In an inferno of intrigue, a ...

Embrace Open Engineering and accelerate the design and manufacturing processesProduct development is a team sport, but most companies don't practice it that way. Organizations should be drawing on the creativity of engaged customers and outsiders, but instead they rely on the same small group of internal "experts" for new ideas. Designers and engineers should be connecting with marketing, sales, customer support, suppliers, and most importantly, customers. The ...

Choman Hardi’s Considering the Women explores the equivocal relationship between immigrants and their homeland - the constant push and pull - as well as the breakdown of an intermarriage, and the plight of women in an aggressive patriarchal society and as survivors of political violence. The book’s central sequence, Anfal, draws on Choman Hardi’s post-doctoral research on women survivors of genocide in Kurdistan. The stories of eleven survivors (nine women, an elderly man and a boy child) ...

Between February and September 1988, the Iraqi government destroyed over 2000 Kurdish villages, killing somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 civilians and displacing many more. The operation was codenamed Anfal which literally means 'the spoils of war'. For the survivors of this campaign, Anfal did not end in September 1988: the aftermath of this catastrophe is as much a part of the Anfal story as the gas attacks, disappearances and life in the camps. This book examines Kurdish women's exp...

Two aspects link together the notions of corruption and integrity from an epistemological perspective: the complexity of defining the two notions, and their richness in forms. This volume brings together the perspectives of six disciplines - business, political science, law, philosophy, anthropology and behavioural science - to the debate on integrity and corruption. The main goal is to promote a fruitful interdisciplinary dialogue on complex themes such as integrity and corruption in busi...

Spirituality, religious belief and inclusive faith communities are important for mental well being but mental health practitioners have few guidelines for acknowledging these issues when working with service users.Spirituality, Values and Mental Health gathers together personal and professional contributions from mental health professionals, carers and mental health service users and survivors. It addresses the stigma that can surround both mental health and spirituality and explor...