Does the thought of public speaking raise your blood pressure? Are the moments leading up to having to speak in front of a crowd feel like you're approaching a mad mob ready to send you off to the guillotine? Have you ever wished public speaking could be (should be!) easier and less stressful?Public speaking is a part of our lives whether we like it or not. It's a common fear that can have extraordinary effects on ...

River Hymnal offers rivers as connective tissue binding Louisiana, Washington, and Florida together. Poems are set in all these locales, and their landscapes shape and contain different permeations of the poet’s life and sensibilities. The book’s themes of discovery and loss, progress and regress, future and past, are all rivers that the poems alchemize into a confluence of water that currents the poet continually around the next bend in his life and memory.

What if the key to captivating any audience isn't perfect delivery or dazzling slides—but the stories you tell?Every great speech, presentation, or pitch starts with one thing: a story that sticks. Whether you're standing on a stage, leading a meeting, or making your case in a conversation, the ability to craft and deliver meaningful stories is the secret to turning words into connection, inspiration, and action.But here's the good news: storytelling isn't a gift reserved f...

Embark on a whirlwind adventure with the Graceville Detectives Club, where faith, friendship, and mystery await!In the charming town of Graceville, young detectives embark on an adventure led by spirited eleven-year-old Samantha. Alongside her friends Jack, Emma, and Noah, they form the Graceville Detectives Club. When a mysterious letter beckons them to solve the disappearance of a cherished painting depicting Jesus' crucifixion, they uncover a web of deceit threatening their comm...

Gulf is one part ode and one part elegy to Smith’s Louisiana. It is a book that, all at once, questions, praises, and eulegizes its muse. Smith’s poetry works to elevate people, places, and things that are often looked over as unpoetic. Trailers, pickups, catfish, menial labor thread through Gulf. But ultimately, the book revolves around family and home. It moves back and forth between innocence and experience, the idyllic and tragic. In Gulf, the past shapes the...

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERWHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE AND HOW DO YOU MAKE IT MATTER IN MODERN LIFE?In this thought-provoking and actionable book, Silicon Valley social software pioneer Gina Bianchini offers a step-by-step guide to finding your purpose and translating it into action through the power of community and new approaches to technology.She offers a unique take on purpose discovered through her popular Community Design™ Masterclass that has helped thousands of ...

The New Yorker, The Best Books of Poetry of 2016New York Times, Critics PickBoston Globe, Best Books listingMiami Herald, Best LGBTQ BooksSan Francisco Chronicle, Top 100 Books of the YearLibrary Journal, Best Books of 2016“There is a powerful emotional undertow to these poems that springs from...

“Organized” and “artist” don't usually go together. Creative types are more often seen as sensitive, melodramatic, eccentric, misunderstood, and the like. To those who have been labeled in this way, Sam Bennett says, “Congratulations! You're an artist.” And through the Organized Artist Company, she has coached hundreds of artists to overcome procrastination, lack of focus, and time-sucking habits so that they can get their art done and out into the world. Bennett explains why “procrastinat...

It's summertime in Stermont! And it's...SNOWING?!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In this seventh book, it's summertime in Stermont! Alexander, Rip, and Nikki are at summer camp up in the Gloamy Mountains. And i...

Eliminate the need for time or resources on formal training and get your teams up and running themselves--with only minutes of prep.Between workplace personnel being more culturally diverse than ever before, a generation of employees being raised attached to technology while avoiding human interaction, and an increasing culture of competitiveness that is constantly raising tensions between cubicles, it has become absolutely essential for managers to focus more on c...

The National Book Award finalist. " Limón's poems are like fires: charring the page, but leaving a smoke that remains past the close of the book." — The MillionsBright Dead Things examines the chaos that is life, the dangerous thrill of living in a world you know you have to leave one day, and the search to find something that is ultimately "disorderly, and marvelous, and ours."A book of bravado and introsp...

A life-changing and empowering guide to discovering your personal and professional passions, goals, and dreams so you can create a life full of joy and purpose.Welcome to the Life Audit, an exercise in self-reflection that helps you clear the cobwebs of noisy, external goals and distractions, and revisit or uncover the real themes and core values that drive and inspire you. Think of it as spring-cleaning for the soul.For anyone looking to find fulfillment i...