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This ebook will teach you how to create and sell your very first ebook. We will go from ideas to planning and publishing your ebook.We will plan our ideas using Trello boards, design our frontpage with Canva and write a complete ebook ready for selling with Google Docs.Every detail of how this exact ebook is created will be in here and it will be the only resource you will need.
At the Edge of Uncertainty
11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise
2015
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"Engaging . . . touches on advanced computing, essential differences between men and women, the power of the will to live, mysteries of the cosmos and more." — The Washington PostThe atom. The Big Bang. DNA. Natural selection. All are ideas that revolutionized science—and all were dismissed out of hand when they first appeared. The surprises haven't stopped in recent years, and in At the Edge of Uncertainty, bestselling author Mi...
The Art of More
How Mathematics Created Civilization
2022
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An illuminating, millennia-spanning history of the impact mathematics has had on the world, and the fascinating people who have mastered its inherent powerCounting is not innate to our nature, and without education humans can rarely count past three — beyond that, it’s just “more.” But once harnessed by our ancestors, the power of numbers allowed humanity to flourish in ways that continue to lead to discoveries and enrich our lives today.Ancient tax collect...
Far from Land
The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds
2018
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The lives and activities of seabirds as you’ve never seen them beforeSeabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places. They spend large portions of their lives at sea, often far from land, and nest on beautiful and remote islands that humans rarely visit. Thanks to the development of increasingly sophisticated and miniaturized devices that can track their every movement and behavior, it is now possible to observe the mysterious lives of these remarkable crea...
2022
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For a large part of my adult life, which is quite a long time, as I could kindly be best described as ‘post retirement’, I have felt, in fact known, that I needed to write a book. This may be something that is quite common to many of us, which is perfectly understandable to me, because I believe we all provide a home to our inner-selves, the real ‘us’, which some may call our consciousness, but others may feel comfortable enough, to call our soul or spirit; I am comfortable with all of the...
2026
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What if the dragon from your dreams was real?Sarah has dreamed of the same mysterious dragon for as long as she can remember. When she finally meets Spike, she discovers that fate has far greater plans than she ever imagined.Spike isn't just any dragon—he is the guardian of magical kingdoms whose balance is falling apart. Four powerful dragons have been captured, an evil serpent is manipulating minds through dark magic, and war threatens to consume everything.Joined...
2025
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Ally's world was shattered the night she was attacked. Lost in addiction and haunted by pain, she wanders the streets of Baltimore searching for a way back to herself.Jason, torn between protecting Ally and confronting his own guilt, fights to hold them both together as the city around them begins to crack under pressure. As Charlie Mack return to the force with a buried past and Tracy Logan rises from the ruins of his family's tragedy, old wounds resurface and new dangers take shape. Thro...
No Island Too Far
Searching for Seabirds on Remote Specks of Land
2025
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Through a lifetime of biological and seabird research, Michael Brooke has been blessed with the opportunity to visit a huge array of islands dotted across all the oceans of the world. His is an island list fit to make the armchair traveller green with envy – and potentially seasick. Truly no island has been too far: from St Kilda to Spitsbergen, from Hawaii to the furthest reaches of the Southern Ocean, with all manner of destinations in between.In this deeply knowledgeable and at ...
2019
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Talent, skill, and a passion to compete: These are the characteristics that define elite-level swimmers. But as the sport’s best coaches know, even the most gifted of athletes won’t develop these traits without a plan—one that recognizes talent, develops skills, and nurtures success.Developing Swimmers is the only book to offer a comprehensive, long-term plan beginning at an age-group level. Renowned coach Michael Brooks shares the insights, secrets, and strategies that ha...
Nothing
Surprising Insights Everywhere from Zero to Oblivion
2014
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The writers behind New Scientist explore the baffling concept of nothingness from the fringes of the universe to our minds' inner workings.It turns out that nothing is as curious or as enlightening as nothingness itself. What is nothing? Where can it be found? The writers of the world's top-selling science magazine investigate—from the big bang, dark energy, and the void, to superconductors, vestigial organs, hypnosis, and the placebo effect. And they disco...
13 Things That Don't Make Sense
The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time
2009
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Ninety-six per cent of the universe is missing. The effects of homeopathy don’t go away under rigorous scientific conditions. The laws of nature aren’t what they used to be. Thirty years on, no one has an explanation for a seemingly intelligent signal received from outer space. The US Department of Energy is re-examining cold fusion because the experimental evidence seems too solid to ignore. The placebo effect is put to work in medicine while doctors can’t agree whether it even exists.
Faust 2.0
Mitchell and Morton, #1
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- Mitchell and Morton
2013
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A new entity is born into the internet.Is it the rebirth of an ancient evil in a new realm? Or something much worse?A sexy looking avatar grants wishes for people across the web, but nothing is truly free, and for those who accept, what price must be paid?Sarah Mitchell must discover the truth of this creature and stop it while it can still be stopped, but why is a mysterious lawyer dogging her every step?Faust 2.0 is the first book in the new Mitchell & Mor...











