Are you, or a loved one struggling with grief, relationships, difficult people, finding purpose, or thinking life is too hard? Would you like to experience more joy, peace, and fulfillment instead? When we suffer—and we all do—we can become wise or wounded. This book will make you wise. The way we think influences our life more than anything that happens to us. Our thoughts can be extremely powerful, which is why they are so important. While we don't always have control over the events of ...

London is drowning in blood. The Russian mafia is tightening its grip on the city, leaving the Metropolitan Police struggling to keep control. But for DI Ray Bailey and DI Dennis Carter, this isn't just another case—it's war. As seasoned cops, they know the system doesn't always work. To bring the Russians down, they turn to the one man ruthless enough to fight back—Billy Anderson, the last of the old-school London gangsters with his own score to settle. Together, they wage a brutal campai...

What really happens when an ordinary person takes on one of the most extraordinary physical and mental challenges of their life? This is not a guide written by a personal trainer, a celebrity, or a superhuman athlete—this is the raw, unfiltered story of someone who's been there, done it (twice), and lived to tell the tale with sore knees and a medal to prove it.From those dark early morning training runs through snow, sleet, and soul-searching doubt, to the euphoric chaos of race d...

Three Goalkeepers and Seven Goals turns the clock back to 1982 for the most memorable match in Leicester City history - a quarter-final FA Cup tie with Shrewsbury Town that stands without parallel for twists and drama. Told through the eyes of fictional reporter Bob Johnson, the story brings to life that extraordinary game, as a capacity crowd wedged into the atmospheric Filbert Street witnesses Leicester stage a spectacular 5-2 comeback using three goalkeepers. Set in an era of macho news...

Kobudo, the famous armed Okinawan fighting art that utilizes common farming implements in combat, and Te, the ancient Okinawan art of armed and unarmed combat, are two of the world's most widely practiced yet least-understood martial arts.This book studies the individual Kobudo and Te systems as they are practiced in Okinawa today and discusses their various histories and the lives of the masters who have most influenced them. Spiritualism in the Okinawan arts is a...

In Super-Clubbed, Mads and his crew of cainers from the book 1 - Clubbed - returns for a high-octane journey into the insane heart of the UK's legendary superclub scene during the late '90s and early 2000s. As the rave revolution has collided with the mainstream, a new era of massive venues, superstar DJs, and hedonistic nights emerges.Super-Clubbed is a wild, nostalgic ride through a defining moment in club culture, filled with music, mayhem, and the unf...

Mads and the crew are back — and this time, they're going all in. No rules, no limits, no turning back. As they descend on the infamous Weekender, they're chasing the ultimate escape: a full-throttle blur of pills, pints, pounding beats, and pure chaos. What begins as a mad weekend of laughs and excess soon spirals into something far more intense — a wild, messy descent into the heart of hedonism, where the highs are euphoric and the lows hit like a train.As reality begins to fray ...

Two weeks. One mission. Total mayhem.Mads and the crew have smashed the UK club scene — now they're heading to the island that never sleeps. Armed with bags of gear and zero self-control, they dive headfirst into the madness of Ibiza's superclubs, chasing the high that never ends.From the moment they set off, Ibiza sweeps them into its seductive embrace. Big clubs, big name DJ's and of course big bags of treats to keep them going.What could possibly go wrong?

Clubbed - Book 1Set against the insane backdrop of the late '90s and early 2000s UK Superclub scene, Clubbed follows a group of six friends navigating the chaotic highs and devastating lows of a world defined by gettin' on it every weekend. As they chase the ultimate rush on dance floors and after parties up and down the country, they are also haunted by the harsh come-downs that follow, both physically and emotionally.The story explores themes of escapism...

Driving Intelligencetakes a critical and captivating tour of autonomous driving, a phenomenon at the intersection of data-driven platforms, artificial (general) intelligence and the mind. The journey extends from Europe to key areas such as Japan, China, and the US, recognizing the global impact of AI & autonomous driving on high-tech and automotive sectors.The significance of ‘Driving Intelligence’ resonates beyond specialized circles, encompassing a spectrum of perspecti...

In this collection of essays, the four branches of radical cognitive science—embodied, embedded, enactive and ecological—will dialogue with performance, with particular focus on post-cognitivist approaches to understanding the embodied mind-in-society; de-emphasising the computational and representational metaphors; and embracing new conceptualisations grounded on the dynamic interactions of "brain, body and world". In our collection, radical cognitive science reaches out to areas of schol...

The easy money that flowed through the banking system prior to 2008 fueled a boom in buy-outs. Now it is gone, how will the private equity industry reinvent itself? A series of interviews with some of the most respected and innovative firms, give rare insights to the strategies that will drive this secretive sector over the next economic cycle.