Sh!t happens. Every day.Mae West was sent to jail for “corrupting the morals of youth” with her first Broadway play. When participation in the Hitler Youth became mandatory in Germany, groups of teen “pirates” rebelled. Muhammad Ali refused to “drop bombs and bullets on brown people” in Vietnam. A dog sled relay carried life-saving medicine 674 miles through –50 temperatures to rescue children dying from diphtheria. The Dionne Quintuplets were stolen by the Canadia...

Canadian health and fitness expert James Fell shares his no-holds-barred approach to losing weight and staying in shape--based on science, straight talk and a healthy dose of humour.Remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? The tortoise--slow and steady--won the race, right? So why, when it comes to weight loss and fitness, does everyone want to be the hare, speeding toward the finish line in a desperate attempt to drop pounds in record time? In Lose It R...

SH!T HAPPENS. AGAIN.**The SECOND VOLUME of the hilarious, irreverent guide to world history you never knew you needed, featuring 366 MORE profanity-filled tales of triumph and terror, science and stupidity, courage and cowardice.Those who cannot remember the past . . . need a history teacher who says "f*ck" a lot.**That famous photo of the Loch Ness Monster was faked as an act of revenge against The Daily Mail. Before "Scotty" saved the starship Ent...

Motivation expert James Fell teaches readers how to skip the hard part and go directly from intention to committed action.After years of helping people change, James Fell had a sudden insight about sudden insight: significant life change doesn't often come from just putting one foot in front of the other, carefully observing and altering habits, slogging through baby steps toward new behavior. Rather, the research reveals that serious life turnaround usually happen...

**This program is read by the author.Motivation expert James Fell teaches listeners how to skip the hard part and go directly from intention to committed action.**After years of helping people change, James Fell had a sudden insight about sudden insight: significant life change doesn’t often come from just putting one foot in front of the other, carefully observing and altering habits, slogging through baby steps toward new behavior. Rather, the research reveals that seriou...

The hilarious, irreverent guide to world history you never knew you needed, featuring 366 profanity-filled tales of triumph and terror, science and stupidity, courage and cowardiceThose who cannot remember the past . . . need a history teacher who says “f*ck” a lot.Nazis are bad. The worst kind of bad. There are no very fine people among them. If you disagree, you won’t like this book.Still here? Cool. You are about to receive an ed...

History that doesn't suck: Smart, crude, and hilariously relevant to modern life.Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. Too bad it's usually boring as sh*t. Enter The Captain, the ultimate storyteller who brings history to life (and to your life) in this hilarious, intelligent, brutally honest, and crude compendium to events that happened before any of us were born.The entries in this compulsively readable book bridge past and present with to...

The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great. Henry VIII's the Mary Rose. Captain John Franklin's doomed HMS Terror. The SS Gairsoppa, destroyed by a Nazi U-boat in the Atlantic during World War II.Since we first set sail on the open sea, ships and their wrecks have been an inevitable part of human history. Archaeologists have made spectacular discoveries excavating these sunken ships, their protective underwater cocoon keeping evidence of past civilizations preserved. World ...

A sweeping examination of how germs have played a starring role in the most significant transformations in history, from the rise of Homo sapiens to the creation of world religions and the birth of capitalism.According to the accepted narrative of progress, humans have thrived thanks to their brains and brawn, to actions undertaken individually and collectively that have changed the arc of history. In this revelatory book, sociologist and public health professor Jo...

Instant New York Times bestseller. Over two million copies sold!CHANGE YOUR MINDSET, CHANGE YOUR ACTIONS, CHANGE YOUR FU*KING LIFE — A BS-free guide to building better habits, boosting resilience, breaking free from self-doubt, and becoming the fiercest version of yourselfA refreshing, no-nonsense, self-empowerment guide that offers an honest, crystal clear, tough-love approach to help you stop the self-sabotage and move past self-...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of ImperfectionDon’t miss the five-part Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart!“True belonging doesn’t require u...

Look for Amy Meyerson’s new novel The Imperfects**, a captivating literary page-turner.THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERBest Books of Summer 2018 Selection by** Philadelphia Inquirer and Library Journal“Part mystery and part drama, Meyerson uses a complex family dynamic in The Bookshop of Yesterdays **to spotlight the importance of tru...