Luck or Control is a practical and deeply personal guide to understanding estate planning as more than paperwork. Marguerite Lorenz shows that an estate plan is not just about money, death, taxes, or legal documents. It is about love, dignity, preparation, and making sure the people you care about are not left guessing when you can no longer speak for yourself.If your wishes are not written down in a meaningful legal way, you are relying on luck. If your preferences, people, assets...

Have you planned for the life that comes after the success you worked so hard to build?By mid-life, many people have already reached the version of success they once imagined.The house. The career. The family. The savings. The independence.But what happens next?How to Be a Successful Ninety-Year-Old is not a book about getting older as much as it is a book about preparing to live well for as long as life allows. Marguerite Lorenz, a Professional Trustee and ...

Can you flimflam a ghost?It’s 1934. Former medium Dashiel Quicke travels the country debunking spiritualism and false mediums while struggling to stay ahead of his ex-business partner and lover who wants him back at any cost. During a demonstration at a college campus, Dashiel meets Hermann Goschalk, an Egyptologist who’s convinced that he has a genuine haunted artifact on his hands. Certain there is a rational explanation for whatever is going on with Hermann’s re...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLERAcclaimed reporter Taylor Lorenz, founder of User Magazine and host of the Power User podcast, presents an “enlightening history” (Associated Press) of the internet—revealing how online influence and the creators who amass it have reshaped our world, online and off.For over a decade, Taylor Lorenz has been the authority on internet culture, documenting its far-reaching effects on all corners of our liv...

Sugar-Free Diet: Goodbye Sweets! (You Can Do Without Sugar Too: Healthy Living Without Sugar - Get Started Sugar-Free with the 14-Day Challenge)Are you ready to expose the sugar trap and find your way to a sugar-free, healthy diet? My book "Sugar-Free Diet: Goodbye Sweets!" opens the door to a life without excessive sugar and shows you how to live healthily without including sugar in your diet. With my accompanying 14-day sugar-free challenge, you can get started a...

This beautifully illustrated volume reveals the startling discoveries about Saturn's largest moon made by the Cassini-Huygens probe in 2005.In the early 1980s, when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed past Titan, Saturn's largest moon, they transmitted back enticing images of a world concealed in a seemingly impenetrable orange haze. Scientists speculated about its mysteries for years. Finally, in 2005, the Cassini-Huygens probe successfully parachuted down through T...

**Researcher and lecturer Carl Lorenz Cervantes explores the timeless wisdom, ancestral worldviews, and spiritual tools of Filipino psychology and culture—and offers Indigenous ways of knowing for all readers, Filipino and non-Filipino alike.Drawing from folklore, language, ethnography, and personal story, Sikodiwa is a mind-opening exploration for readers of Braiding Sweetgrass and Fresh Banana Leaves**Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggal...

Vitamin Water: Conjure Up Healthy Refreshment with Fruits and Herbs (Fruit Infused Water: Delicious Flavored Water Recipes for Vitalizing Detox Drinks to Make Yourself)Immerse yourself in the world of healthy indulgence with me. In my book "Vitamin Water: Conjure Up Healthy Refreshment with Fruits and Herbs," you will discover how to make your own vitamin-rich water with simple recipes. I offer a wealth of ideas for refreshing and healthy drinks.My vitamin ...

An International Bestseller, the Story behind Henry Markram’s Breakthrough Theory about Autism, and How a Family’s Unconditional Love Led to a Scientific Paradigm ShiftHenry Markram is the Elon Musk of neuroscience, the man behind the billion-dollar Blue Brain Project to build a supercomputer model of the brain. He has set the goal of decoding all disturbances of the mind within a generation. This quest is personal for him. The driving force behind his grand ambiti...

Solomon, the legend goes, had a magic ring which enabled him to speak to the animals in their own language. Konrad Lorenz was gifted with a similar power of understanding the animal world. He was that rare beast, a brilliant scientist who could write (and indeed draw) beautifully. He did more than any other person to establish and popularize the study of how animals behave, receiving a Nobel Prize for his work. King Solomon's Ring, the book which brought him worldwide recognition,...

What was the Cold War that shook world politics for the second half of the twentieth century? Standard narratives focus on Soviet-American rivalry as if the superpowers were the exclusive driving forces of the international system. Lorenz M. Lüthi offers a radically different account, restoring agency to regional powers in Asia, the Middle East and Europe and revealing how regional and national developments shaped the course of the global Cold War. Despite their elevated position in 1945, ...

Like Solomon with his magic ring, famed Austrian ethologist Konrad Lorenz was a gifted student of the animal world. King Solomon's Ring, the book which brought him worldwide recognition, is a delightful collection of observations and insights into the lives of our furry and feathered friends, from the familiar cats and dogs to jackdaws. A must read for any animal lover.