CHOOSE VIRTUE ALWAYSTime-tested principles for succeeding in life through the understanding and development of character, virtues represent the moral excellence of a person. From discipline to prudence, fortitude to faith, the warrior virtues presented in these pages are guaranteed to transform your life to one of meaning and purpose.The Warrior’s Book of Virtues uses the battle-tested principles of the United States Marine Corps t...

Francis Wootton's first memory is of Kurt Cobain's death and there have since been other hardships much closer to home. At fifteen, he knows all about loss and rejection, and if he's honest, Francis- would-be poet, possible intellectual - feels he is wasted in Tyne and Wear.Lower Fifth is supposed to be his time: but when he is diagnosed with leukaemia, a whole new world of worry presents itself. There's the horror of being held back a year at school, the threat of imminen...

“Mother Nature can be such a tease...”Things can only go up from here.At least for Clara Monroe. Ever since she landed flat on her ass, she's taking stock of her failed relationship, and the life she thought she knew. She's stuck in a rut- trapped in a town she hates, doubling down on self-help and Rocky Road.She's got nothing but time to kill… and it's all with Connor Kent.Connor isn't new to the s...

With a foreword by Alan Titchmarsh, this beautifully illustrated book tells the story of the Royal Horticultural Society, the perhaps the foremost gardening institution in the world.The RHS is the world's largest gardening charity but what it does and why is little understood and rarely celebrated. From defining new gardening trends at the Chelsea Flower Show, to ranking the best dahlias to grow at the Wisley trial grounds, to insp...

Love in Bloom: 5-Minute Romantic Gestures is the ultimate guide to nurturing love and intimacy in your relationship, even in the busiest moments of life. This charming and practical book is packed with quick, heartfelt ideas to express your affection and keep the spark alive, proving that romance doesn't require grand gestures or hours of planning-just intention and creativity.From handwritten love notes to surprise hugs, from cozy evening rituals to thoughtful act...

Unique in all of literature, the Confessions combines frank and profound psychological insight into Augustine's formative years along with sophisticated and beguiling reflections on some of the most important issues in philosophy and theology. The Confessions discloses Augustine's views about the nature of infancy and the acquisition of language, his own sinful adolescence, his early struggle with the problem of evil, his conversion to Christianity, his puzzlement about t...

Blooming Into Power: A Wiccan Guide to Spring Awakening is your gateway to harnessing the magick of the season, aligning with nature's renewal, and stepping fully into your spiritual growth. As the earth awakens from winter's slumber, so too does our energy, creativity, and personal power. This book is a sacred guide to embracing spring's transformative energy through rituals, spells, and practices that nurture abundance, confidence, and spiritual connection.Explor...

Does it feel like everyone around you is figuring life out, but you're still feeling lost? Don't worry, you're not alone. Being a "late bloomer" is more common than you might think! It just means your timeline looks a little different. But that difference can feel stressful when you're in the thick of the teenage years. "From Overwhelmed to On Track" is your guide to navigating this confusing time and coming out stronger on the other side.This book will help you: Understand why you...

The 90-Day Rewire - Transform Your Neural Pathways Before Spring Blooms is a neuroscience-backed transformation guide that shows you how to redesign your habits, thoughts, and emotional patterns at the root: your brain's wiring. In this powerful 12-week system, you'll learn how to break sabotaging loops, install identity-based behaviors, and stabilize a new version of yourself before spring arrives.Drawing on neuroplasticity, habit science, emotional regulation, an...

Finalist for the 2023 NASSH Anthologies Book AwardThe Imperial Gridiron examines the competing versions of manhood at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School between 1879 and 1918. Students often arrived at Carlisle already engrained with Indigenous ideals of masculinity. On many occasions these ideals would come into conflict with the models of manhood created by the school’s original superintendent, Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt believed that Native Americans...

Roth and Celebrity is composed of 10 original essays that consider the vexed and ambivalent relationship between Philip Roth and his own celebrity as revealed both in personal interviews as well as in the fiction that spans his publishing history. With its simultaneous interest in American popular culture and the work of the most important living American writer to-date, the collection will hold wide appeal to advanced readers in American studies, literary scholarship, and film.

A richly illustrated history of below-market housing in New York, from the 1920s to todayA colorful portrait of the people, places, and policies that have helped make New York City livable, Affordable Housing in New York is a comprehensive, authoritative, and richly illustrated history of the city's public and middle-income housing from the 1920s to today. Plans, models, archival photos, and newly commissioned portraits of buildings and tenants by sociolog...