Retirement was supposed to mean Daphne Mercer was finished calling cues, managing egos, and fixing disasters five minutes before curtain.Then she came home to Bellweather.After decades working as a professional stage manager, Daphne returns to her hometown expecting a quiet visit and a chance to sort through the memories she left behind. Instead, she finds herself drawn back into the Founders Theatre, where a community production of The Importance of Being Earnest ...

Reality hasn't changed. The way we experience it has.Every day, your mind makes thousands of decisions before you're even aware of them.It decides what captures your attention.What becomes a memory.What feels familiar.Which stories make sense.Which beliefs take root.And ultimately...who you become.In The War for Reality, author Peter Wuttke takes readers on a thought-provoking journey ...

Nocturnal Autopsy of RomeThe Hidden Life, Slow Death, and Archaeological Resurrection of the Eternal CityRome never truly disappeared.It simply buried itself.Beneath the streets of the Eternal City lies a forgotten world of crowded apartment houses, smoky bakeries, hidden shrines, bustling workshops, and millions of ordinary lives that history almost overlooked. While emperors built monuments and celebrated victories, another Rome q...

The Problem with How-To Books asks a question few readers ever consider:If there are thousands of books teaching people how to succeed, why do so few of them produce lasting transformation?Every year, millions of people buy books promising better habits, greater wealth, stronger relationships, increased productivity, and happier lives. They highlight passages, take notes, and finish the final chapter feeling inspired.Then life happe...

New York Times bestselling author of The Witch's Daughter Paula Brackston returns to her trademark blend of magic and romance guaranteed to enchant in The Little Shop of Found Things, the first book in a new continuing series.An antique shop haunted by a ghost.A silver treasure with an injustice in its story.An adventure to the past she’ll never forget.Xanthe and her mother Flora leave London behind for a f...

The hallmark of an exceptional career is the ability to devise innovative solutions for work challenges. Therefore, creative thinking skills are vital for your professional advancement.Recent research has revealed a direct causality between ideas and profitability, which means that in today’s competitive and technology-rich work environment, the most crucial element separating an extraordinary career from an ordinary one is creative thinking skills.As one o...

Great Leadership Makes an ImpactBusiness needs great leaders. Of all the skills a top performer can master, this may be the most important.The Top Performer's Guide to Leadership is your essential leadership handbook, giving you the tools and techniques you need to become an authentic, influential leader and come out on top. Discover:--How to inspire and get results--Why integrity is essential to leadership--Tools for developing a clear and powerful ...

Lose yourself in this dazzling travelogue of the idyllic Greek Islands by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.'Incandescent.' André Aciman'Invades the reader's every sense ... Remarkable.' Victoria Hislop'Nobody knows the Greek islands like Durrell.' New York TimesWhite-washed houses drenched in pink bougainville...

The New York Times bestselling authors of Reverse Innovation and How Stella Saved the Farm distill more than a decade of exclusive research into one short, powerful, action-oriented book.Companies stumble when they imagine that innovation is mostly about ideas. The reality is that ideas are only beginnings. Indeed, even a company with the world's best idea still faces a devilish challenge: it must build the business of tomorrow without endangering the busi...

Award-winning ancient historian, archaeologist, and social media sensation Dr. Jess Venner re-creates Pompeii’s final day before Mount Vesuvius’s eruption, revealing not just how its people died but how they lived.While today the ruins of Pompeii stand silent and preserved in ash and stone, they were once home to a vibrant, bustling community made up of thousands of people whose lives were forever altered—or cut short—in the wake of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. ...

A murder. A mystery. A legacy to uphold.Feuding with her over-protective mother, Abigail Grimshaw rebelliously stops at St. Michael’s church against her mother’s order to “hurry home,” and runs straight into danger.There, Abbie encounters an unexpected supernatural complication: she sees—and talks to—the Earl of Ashford. He died in 1816, but death doesn’t stop this Regency ghost from charging Abbie with the safety of two scared children. A demon has murdere...

A visceral history of Pompeii - the living city brought back to life.This startling new book concentrates on the twenty years between 59 and 79AD, thus beginning with the earthquake which all but destroyed Pompeii and ending with the volcanic eruption which has become part of our collective popular imagination.Alex Butterworth and Ray Laurence have synthesised the latest research into Pompeii to bring this period of flux and instability back to life. By con...