*The No.1 Sunday Times BestsellerAre you ready to change your life?Are you sick of always wearing black and getting undressed in the dark?Are you fixated with a number on the scales?Are you afraid to step into the gym and commit to a routine?Is your confidence at an all-time low?Is all of this having a negative impact on your ...

Every planner you have ever bought is a witness to a truth you already suspect. The habit does not fail because you lack willpower. It fails because you tried to change what you do before you changed who you believe you are. Identity before action is not a slogan. It is the order in which durable change is actually built, and this book stays with that order from the first page to the last.You have tried the 30 day challenge and watched the streak dissolve when life got loud. None o...

Christianity Today **Book Award Winner ● Martin Institute and Dallas Willard Center Book AwardYou are what you love. But you might not love what you think.**Who and what we worship fundamentally shape our hearts. We may not realize, however, the ways our hearts are taught to love rival gods instead of the One for whom we were made. And while we desire to shape culture, we are not often aware of how culture shapes us.In this book, popular sp...

You picked up this book because you have watched opportunities land in the laps of people who seem to do less and receive more, and you have attended the networking events, updated the resume, and applied through portals until your eyes blurred, and still the callbacks stay scarce. You have done everything the script told you to do, and it has not delivered what it promised. The problem is not your potential. The problem is that you have been chasing opportunity instead of becoming the kin...

The follow up to James Smith’s international number one bestseller, Not a Diet Book.Do you love your job?Does your future excite you?Are your relationships working for you?James Smith is back to challenge everything you thought you knew about the path to fulfilment and happiness. With hard-hitting home truths and a helping of tough love, be prepared to re-set your outlook, redefine your goals and truly consider:...

2023 Christian Book Award® Winner (Christian Living)Christianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist (Christian Living & Spiritual Formation)The Spiritual Significance of TimeMany Christians live a faith that is "nowhen." They are disconnected from the past or imagine they are somehow "above" the flux of history, as if every generation starts with a clean state. They lack an awareness of time and...

We have all been stopped in our tracks by beauty, caught off guard by something that leaves us changed.How do we make sense of these experiences? How does beauty ennoble our everyday lives and sanctify our affections? And what distinguishes wanting something for ourselves from loving something for itself?The Lost Tradition of Beauty seeks to answer these questions through exploring the classical tradition of beauty. For two thousa...

From two times number one Sunday Times bestselling author, James Smith, comes HOW TO BE CONFIDENT – the third instalment in James’ no-nonsense guides to gaining the tools to empower your decision-making and change your life.Now, more than ever, we are so often lost within a cycle of negativity – from comparing ourselves to others and doom scrolling on social media, to a paralysis of choice and chasing external gratification that does nothing to nurture authentic happiness. We need ...

Learning new words is challenging, tedious, and boring because you are learning each word in isolation. A better approach to memorizing words is to become aware of other words by linking them together. Once you link similar words, not only will you retain more words, but by repetition, your memory for each of these words will be more long-lasting. The Ultimate Vocabulary Builder helps you do this.The book contains more than 3,500 base words. I have written this book, keeping in min...

Friday, 12th February, 1993. Two outwardly unremarkable ten-year-old boys began the day by playing truant and ended it running an errand for the local video shop. In between they abducted and killed a two-year-old boy, James Bulger. In search of an explanation, award-winning journalist David James Smith looks behind the misinformation, misunderstanding and sensational reporting to an exact account of the events of that day. A sensitive and definitive account, The Sleep of Reason a...

The Patron Saint of Restless HeartsThis is not a book about Saint Augustine. In a way, it's a book Augustine has written about each of us.Popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith has spent time on the road with Augustine and invites us to join him on this journey with an ancient African thinker who knows far more about us than we might expect. Augustine, says Smith, is the patron saint of restless hearts--a guide who has been there, asked ...

"The Spirit of the Island":This story introduces readers to the rugged beauty and resilient spirit of Cape Breton's inhabitants. It follows the life of a fisherman who struggles against the harsh elements and economic challenges but finds solace and strength in the community and natural surroundings."The Miner’s Daughter":Set in a mining town, this tale revolves around the life of a young girl whose father works in the coal mines. The story highlights the hardships faced by mining families...