Mindful thinking is the new competitive edgeScience confirms the distinction between the biological brain and the conscious mind. Each day, a game of mind versus matter plays out on a field defined by the problems we must solve. Most are routine, and don’t demand a more mindful approach. It’s when we’re faced with more difficult challenges that our thinking becomes vulnerable to brain patterns that can lead us astray.We leap to solutions that simply don’t w...

Gold Medal Winner, Business Fable, 2012 Axiom Business Book AwardsA personal leadership fable on applying principles of Zen to work & life choices.The Shibumi Strategy is a little book about a big breakthrough. It tells the story of a hardworking family man who finds himself in crisis when his company closes. Through his struggle, and guidance from unlikely sources, he learns subtle lessons in the form of “personal zen” principles, coming to unders...

Mindful thinking is the new competitive edgeScience confirms the distinction between the biological brain and the conscious mind. Each day, a game of mind versus matter plays out on a field defined by the problems we must solve. Most are routine, and don’t demand a more mindful approach. It’s when we’re faced with more difficult challenges that our thinking becomes vulnerable to brain patterns that can lead us astray.We leap to solutions that simply don’t w...

One of the questions always posed to Matthew May is: How do I apply the principles of elegance and elegant solutions to my life in order to create meaningful change? The Shibumi Strategy is one of the best ways to answer that question. Shibumi is a Japanese word that describes the height of personal excellence, elegant performance, and effortless effectiveness. It is without definition. Appropos of the current economic environment, The Shibumi Strategy is a personal leadership fable that t...

Why do some young companies become unicorns, while others don't?It's easy for scale-ups, giddy from early startup success, to get ahead of themselves and stumble. It's even easier to be slowed down by the many forces of resistance working against them: drag, inertia, friction, and waste.Drawing on a mastery of lean-based methods for achieving maximum effect with minimum means, private equity operators Matthew E. May and Pablo Dominguez provide listeners wit...

Continue your journey through the greatest works ever written. 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die – Volume 2 expands your literary adventure with another carefully selected collection of timeless classics that have shaped cultures, inspired thinkers, and captivated readers across generations. This volume brings together unforgettable stories from diverse genres and literary traditions, offering readers a rich and rewarding experience filled with depth, emotion, and intellectua...

Harlequin Historical – May 2026 – Box Set 1 of 2Harlequin ® Historical brings you a captivating trio of thrilling new romances in one collection!This boxset includes:NAVY CAPTAIN’S CONVENIENT WIFEBy Carla Kelly(Regency)Battle-worn Captain John Beattie is dealt another blow on his return from Trafalgar. His motherless young son, Allan, has been heartlessly abandoned by those hired to care for him. Required to retur...

Cat Burglar? Gentleman Thief? What happens when a stranger comes in through the window? What trouble will chase her back out afterwards?Find out when folks tackle those secrets in the night.

Princess Tillie the Mystical Magical Flying Dragon goes on an adventure, meeting up with friends to help save the environment.

From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a pathbreaking history of the Civil War centered on a regiment of immigrants and their brutal experience of the conflict.The Civil War ended more than 150 years ago, yet our nation remains fiercely divided over its enduring legacies. In A Thousand May Fall, Pulitzer Prize finalist Brian Matthew Jordan returns us to the war itself, bringing us closer than perhaps any prior historian to the chaos of battle and the trials of mi...

Secrets.We all have them. Sometimes, merely embarrassing. Sometimes, they fatal.See what happens when those secrets come into the light of day, and how lives are changed, and ended, as a result.Thrill Ride Magazine is an ongoing themed anthology of action-adventure fiction, where the stakesare high and the pay-offs are even higher.

Lose yourself in this dramatic and emotional Harlequin® Historical collection, featuring two new full-length titles in one collection!This boxset includes:THE TAMING OF THE COUNTESSby Michelle Willingham(Victorian)Rejected by the man she thought she’d marry, Evangeline Sinclair won’t be fooled again. Instead, she’s cultivating her reputation—as an indomitable shrew!When James, the new Earl of Penford, left Evie, ...