First off, I'm not a violent man. Quite the opposite. I didn't even kill anyone until I was forty-two.Björn has been given an ultimatum: repair his work-life balance, or his wife Katharina will leave him - and take their daughter.He reluctantly starts a mindfulness class and to his surprise, it's a revelation. He becomes calmer, more focused, and he's starting to understand what's really important in life. So when his client and brutal crime boss D...

A second chance at love after scandal threatens to ruin everything.She was part of a London scandal through no fault of her own. Now she's been banished to the countryside to live as a schoolteacher under a false name. How can she go on, so alone, living in a rustic cottage, bereft of family and friends?The interest and kindness of her school's handsome patron gives her life its only bright spot and even that is threatened as a new scandal breaks. Will Char...

The breathtaking true story of the return of wild bison to the Rockies, as told by the wildlife biologist who helped lead them there.Featuring behind-the-scenes photographs from one of North America’s most ambitious conservation projects.For thousands of years, wild bison numbering in the millions roamed across a range spanning half of North America. Then, in the 1800s, they were nearly exterminated by European settlers. Buffalo Lessons...

the aphorisms or sutras in this book are the direct expression of the essence of the tao. when you allow them to empty your mind and fill your heart transformation will happen naturally without any effort.the tao te ching has an essence that is beyond time, but the words are not timeless, they are depending on the zeitgeist, the spirit of time.my intention is to express this essence in modern words.this book is an invitation to reflect, not only with the mind, even mor...

Golf, anyone?Karsten's Way tells the story of an ingenious man who took a long shot to improve his game and the game of millions of golfers around the world. His goal: to help golfers play their best and enjoy the game. Read the dramatic life story of Karsten Solheim, inventor of the PING golf club—the club that revolutionized the game of golf. Solheim's rise from shoemaker to world-recognized golf club designer and manufacturer is one of American industry's greate...

Are You a Hungry Monster? is a hilarious interactive picture book that will have readers giggling and laughing along, as monster creates his legendary snack recipe!Are you feeling hungry? Do you like eating raggedy old socks and lots of earwax? No? So you’re not a hungry monster! Wait…you ARE hungry? But you like pasta, cookies, AND fruit? GROSS! Can you resist the “delicious” feast monster has made for you?Children will love playing along with the...

Welcome to The Chess Puzzle Book 4! It mostly deals with the important technical question of how to convert a static advantage. As noted by Mark Dvoretsky in his Foreword: I cannot think of any books with high-quality exercises regarding such topics as domination, the do not hurry principle, the principle of two weaknesses, etc., all of which are discussed by Müller and his co-author Alexander Markgraf ... I hope that you enjoy this new book by Müller and Markgraf and I encourage you to se...

Nature provides us with many services seemingly for free: recharged groundwater, fertile soil and plant biomass created by photosynthesis. We human beings draw extensive benefits from these “ecosystem services,” or ES – food, water supply, recreation and protection from natural hazards. Major international studies, such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, have addressed the enormous role of biodiversity and ecosystems to human well-being, and they draw particular attention to the conse...

Digital manufacturing is everywhere. Technology advances in production engineering have reduced the “artisan skill” traditionally required in manufacturing processes and replaced it with high-precision, computer-controlled machinery. This reduces human errors and variability in output, but it does not reduce the knowledge required of the professional engineer or shop floor worker. In fact, the reverse is true. They still need to understand the fundamentals, and must acquire other important...

Calm your mind. Be here, now. Take a breath. And kill.'What a breath of fresh air! Dark, very funny, totally engaging.' CRAIG RUSSELL, author of HYDETHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - OVER 2.5M COPIES SOLDI didn't kill anyone until I was forty-two. That's actually a little on the late side for my current professional environment. Admittedly, I did kill almost half a dozen in the week that followed....

***Bookstagram Best Read Aloud 2023*A laugh-out-loud story with heart**, based on true events about one boy’s trip to the loo and learning that everyone has accidents sometimes.A father is just trying to take his kids for a refreshing swim in the pool, but every time they jump in..."DAD! I NEED TO POO!"By the time they get to the loo: "I don't need to go anymore!" Sound familiar?Back and forth, back and forth...

The action thrills and the passion burns in this red-hot conclusion to the Wildefire trilogy which “offers potent magic and plenty of action” (Booklist).Teenage volcano goddess Ashline Wilde discovers that her former love, Colt Halliday, has an evil plan to kill the Cloak, the benevolent beings that oversee the gods. And that’s not all—he also wants to merge Ash and her two sisters back into a single, too-powerful goddess, Pele. Ash must stop her trickster...