Now that I've got your attention, let's talk about why most self-help books fail you. They promise transformation through willpower, optimize you like software, then leave you more exhausted than when you started.Set Your Table sidesteps the tyranny of optimization and the exhausting hustle of constant improvement by asking more profound questions: What are you preparing for? Who are you becoming? And what conditions are you creating?If you're a professional in survival mod...

The demons had been told they were evil for so long, that they believed it. Aella vowed to change that. She just needed a hero to help her make them realize it. But first, she had to become their king...Follow her as she fights to become the king of the demons, and then goes up against the evils of the human church.

Follow Xun as he fights to survive in a world that seems to have lost all common sense. In this post-Apocalyptic world, he contains knowledge on how to survive the various monsters, mostly werewolves and vampires. Having traveled to many different compounds, places of human habitation, he has a unique point of view on how things should work, if given an opportunity. It is with this knowledge that he has to decide if it is worth helping the people who he runs into, or if he should continue ...

It is entirely possible that behind the perception of our senses, New World are hidden of which we are totally UNWARE.This is a story of a married couple who got affected and addicted in some kind of illness due to picking up things which are totally unware and un-describable in the surrounding environment,

Because Everything Looks Better with a ButtIn Brian Cook’s debut collection of fun, offbeat illustrations, beers have rears, Tetris® becomes Butris and balloons bear backsides. Hot dog buns have buns of their own, and condiments are down-right cheeky. Shatter your assumptions about who and what can rock a rump because with a little imagination, anything is possible. Whether you’re seeking a good chuckle, are into unconventional art or are simply looking to get to t...

Brian Cook, master magician and multi-award winning illusionist has begun writing his new magic series, Magic Tricks To Break The Ice, and his first book, Easy Tricks To Pick Up Chicks: Unlocking The Secrets, is designed as a "how to book" to help people do just that when it comes to meeting people. After years of winning contests and lecturing and teaching other magicians, Brian saw a need regarding people wanting to start casual conversations, and other than the weather and politics, the...

This true story of two little boys going fishing and catching something completely different will warm your heart. Their excitement, their family, their prayer and their success will bring a smile to everyone’s face that reads it. Children and grandchildren are gifts from the Lord. Watching them experience the wonderful world God created for us is a true blessing.

What happens when real talk gets a little too real?Thats the 800-lb. gorilla confronting the Office of the Sheriff.This character-driven saga puts the rear echelon in the crosshairs as Hands Across the Sea delves into the professional and personal sides of the badge where the rubber meets the road.The Office of the Sheriff, known as the Agency, comes face-to-face with the unexpected: the changing of the guard.Their larger-than-life Sheriff, Garrison Cottrell...

At some point in our childhoods we learn the awful truth: there is no Peter Pan. We will age and die like all those who came before us. The Golden Box is a quest to rise above the facts, to see beyond our mortality, and to finally assume our proper place in spirithood.

Though his term in the White House ended nearly a century ago, Woodrow Wilson anticipated the need for new ideas to address the effects of modern economic and social forces on the United States, including increased involvement in international affairs. Democracy and Administration synthesizes the former world leader's thought on government administration, laying out Wilson's concepts of how best to manage government bureaucracies and balance policy leadership with popular rule. Li...

Reiki—channeling energy through the palms—makes an excellent complementary therapy to other techniques. While it is usually administered by an experienced practitioner, we all have the ability to learn the skills needed to heal ourselves and others. Brian Cook, a master of the form, enlightens beginners on how to use the three main Reiki symbols to realize their full potential, physically, mentally, and spiritually.

A thorough update to this well-regarded political history of American public administration.In this new edition of his provocative book Bureaucracy and Self-Government, Brian J. Cook reconsiders his thesis regarding the inescapable tension between the ideal of self-government and the reality of administratively centered governance. Revisiting his historical exploration of competing conceptions of politics, government, and public administration, Cook offers...