Synopsis: This book was written to tell a story about perseverance and overcoming your fears. I had lost my dad to leukaemia, I went through a nasty divorce, and in my free time, I began to drink too much. I knew my life was not going in the direction I needed it to go. I challenged myself to attempt something I've never done, a triathlon and learned to overcome my fear of open water swimming.Autobiography: I'm from Portland, Oregon and was a gymnast for over 20 y...

Learn from the BestExtraordinary athletes share key moments of their careers and break down the psychological approach that can make all the difference.You'll learn mental tactics such as finding purpose, building confidence, and the power of self-reflection from champions like Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen, former Bayern Munich striker Mario Gómez, pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis or skiing legend Lindsey Vonn.Psychologists summarize the techniques and key strategi...

In the heart of Noto, within the silent halls of the majestic Palazzo Castelluccio, a 19th-century marquis hides a diary inside a secret room. That single gesture becomes the spark that binds the fate of two families — the Di Lorenzo noble lineage and the Benevento family — across more than a century of secrets, visions, denied inheritances, and memories that refuse to remain buried.The story begins with Alessandro Benevento, the illegitimate son of a Di Lorenzo nobleman, who return...

Paper. Pen. Pandemic. Viral cartoons around the globe. The coronavirus crisis and its consequences for economy, politics and society. A critical statement on current events in more than 400 cartoonsThe economy put in shackles: a critical review on the coronavirus pandemic in more than 400 cartoonThe coronavirus outbreak has paralyzed the world: an unprecedented stress test for the health system, enormous challenges for politics and society,...

Something's gone wrong in the journey from boyhood to manhood. Too many young men today feel lost—unmotivated, anxious, disconnected—and too many parents feel powerless to help.BOYS WILL BE MEN offers a new way forward. Vince Benevento, founder of the acclaimed Causeway Collaborative, has helped thousands of young men and their families rebuild lives drifting off course. Benevento's approach replaces the endless talk of traditional therapy with action, acc...

When Professor Veronica Teuma decides to spend part of her sabbatical visiting and studying the "intentional communities" of rural Missouri, Tony Cupelli believes she is at least partly motivated by a desire to escape their complicated relationship. When Tony loses contact with Veronica, he convinces his NYPD detective brother Mike to accompany him to search for her at the two communes where she was last seen. Tony and Mike, two Italian-American working-class born and bred brothers from Qu...

This book analyses the factors and processes behind radicalisation of both native and self-identified Muslim youths. It argues that European youth responds differently to the challenges posed by contemporary flows of globalisation such as deindustrialisation, socio-economic, political, spatial, and psychological forms of deprivation, humiliation, and structural exclusion.The book revisits social, economic, political, and psychological drivers of radicalisation and challenges contem...