Unlock Your Inner Superhero with Self-Discipline!Is that you lying on the couch binge-watching yet another series while your dreams gather dust in the corner? You know that a superpower lies hidden somewhere beneath that pile of snacks, but every time you reach for that much-needed discipline, it feels like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands.What if I told you that you could develop that elusive self-control and turn your life around?

From Texas to Virginia, towns, regions, counties, regiments, prisons, and even refugee camps played a significant role in shaping the contours of the Civil War. According to historian Daniel E. Sutherland, whose many books and essays helped establish the field of community studies, these varied assemblages of individuals experienced and fought the real war. Following his lead, the contributors to Hundreds of Little Wars reveal how viewing the war from the vantage point of singular...

Das Buch der Stunde! Jacinda Ardern – Ex-Premierministerin von Neuseeland: Eine Ikone des Female Empowerment erzählt von ihrem Weg an die Macht. Ein Buch für alle, die nach einer anderen Art des politischen und gesellschaftlichen Miteinanders suchen.Sie revolutionierte unsere Vorstellung davon, was eine Politikerin ausmacht. Sie gilt als Hoffnungsträgerin, Mutmacherin, Verfechterin von Empathie und Gerechtigkeit: Jacinda Ardern, ehemalige Premierministerin von Neus...

Doing Church in a Media-Drenched Culture It has been said, “the future is now.” From cell phones to mp3 players to the Internet, no previous age has seen such profound change manifested so quickly. But these thrilling, dizzying transformations are forcing the church to decide where it fits in all this progress. Shane Hipps presents the promise and peril of the emerging culture and its relationship to the emerging church. Looking beyond the details of what’s happening in communities of fait...

Entrepreneur and journalist Shane Snow (Wired, Fast Company, The New Yorker, and cofounder of Contently) analyzes the lives of people and companies that do incredible things in implausibly short time.How do some startups go from zero to billions in mere months? How did Alexander the Great, YouTube tycoon Michelle Phan, and Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon climb to the top in less time than it takes most of us to get a promotion? What do high-growth businesses, world-class heart surge...

Friendship. Love. Two things Ainsley had found for the first time in her life, only to lose them in the blink of an eye. Betrayed and heartbroken, she must work to overcome the pain of her past. Now trapped in a new kingdom ruled by a king who wants far more from her than he’s leading on, she will have to find the strength to persevere.But as Ainsley becomes more sure of herself and her magical abilities, a force threatens to take away all she’s gained. With her homeland of Dispary...

From New York Times Bestseller and BookTok sensation Rina Kent comes a gripping arranged marriage mafia romance, the first generation of the Legacy of Gods series.When powers clash...In the mafia world, women don’t reign.I’m the exception of that rule.I didn’t choose this life, it chose me.I have a legacy to protect, a power to snat...

This cultural history examines the global rise of American-style supermarkets during the Cold War era and how they shaped the way we eat today.Supermarkets were invented in the United States, and from the 1940s on they made their way around the world, often explicitly to carry American-style economic culture with them. This innovative history tells us how supermarkets were used as anticommunist weapons during the Cold War, and how their proliferation has shaped our ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Do you feel insecure or afraid to face life's challenges? Do you want to improve your confidence and develop your self-esteem? This book is for you!Self-confidence is a fundamental attitude for successfully tackling life's challenges. Although it's not something you either have or don't have, it's certainly something that can be developed and strengthened over time. With these keys, you will be able to improve your self-confidence and face...

This volume examines the power relationships between the rulers of the Late Bronze and Iron Age and their subjects in the Levant through the lens of "cultural hegemony." It explores the impact of these foreign powers on all social classes and reconstructs the public presence of cultural control.The book serves to determine the impact of foreign control on the daily lives of those living in the ancient Levant and offers a means by which to attempt to discuss non-elites in the ancien...

Shane Wilson, author of the New York Times bestseller Pre-Suasion and widely regarded as a pioneer in the fields of influence and persuasion, provides an explanation of the psychological reasons behind why people say yes in the revised edition of this critically acclaimed hit. In addition to that, he discusses the application of these moral realizations in both everyday life and business. Cialdini employs stories and settings that are strikingly similar to illustrate this significant topic...

Public opinion polls have become increasingly prominent during elections, but how they affect voting behaviour remains uncertain. In this work, we estimate the effects of poll exposure using an experimental design in which we randomly assign the availability of polls to participants in simulated election campaigns. We draw upon results from ten independent experiments conducted across six countries on four continents (Argentina, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the U...