You may stare at an unfinished task, wait for motivation, or escape into easier activities. The relief lasts only a moment. Then guilt, anxiety, shame, and pressure make returning feel even harder.You are not simply lazy, careless, or undisciplined. Task avoidance is often connected to emotional discomfort, executive-function difficulties, perfectionism, sensory overload, fear of criticism, low energy, time blindness, or burnout.Dbt exercises for task avoid...

Marco Polo's thirteenth-century journey from Italy to Asia marked a turning point for Western civilization. He returned with stories of exotic people, tremendous riches, and the most powerful ruler in the world Kublai Khan. The explorer told of inventions ranging from gunpowder to paper money. The intellectual ferment and cultural diversity he described helped move Europe out of the Dark Ages and into the Renaissance. In his lifetime, people scoffed at his stories. But as this book explain...

Ki Khanga: The Sword and Soul Role Playing Game 2026 Rulebook puts you in the role of a character of your liking in a world of mystery and magic; of villainy and victory; of sword... and soul. This rulebook is the essential centerpiece of Ki Khanga, with rules for character creation, magic, arms, armor, divination and much more - everything you need to play Ki Khanga as either a player or Griot!

Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot LL D in 1909, the Harvard Classics is a 51-volume Anthology of classic literature from throughout the history of western civilization. The set is sometimes called "Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf." This e-book is all 51 volumes, the equivalent of over 20,000 printed pages in one e-book. It is fully searchable with a completely linked table of contents.

"Rugoff's spirited and immensely beguiling book takes a joyful bite out of the nineteenth century." - The New York Times. "King of the Lobbyists" Sam Ward was best known for his talent for throwing parties - courtesy of the U.S. Treasury. And Alva Vanderbilt squandered tens of thousands on one evening to crack the closed social circle of the Mrs. Astor. And when Jay Gould, of Black Friday fame, sent his card to one of the Rothschilds, it was returned with the comment, "Europe is not for sa...

( newly updated TOC ) The Harvard Universal Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and first published in 1909. Eliot had stated in speeches that the elements of a liberal education could be obtained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf. (Originally he had said a three-foot sh...

On the frontier of a savanna-spanning empire, Keita, the disgruntled son of a goat herder, braves the wilderness, monsters, and vile magic to save his older brother from becoming an enslaved weapon of a scheming mchawi. In the process, he is granted with a divine burden--the long-lost legacy of an ancient god. Under the guidance of a bush witch and old griot, Keita learns the true nature of his newfound power, lest he become a weapon himself."Donovan Hall knocks this one out of the...

National Book Award Finalist: Never before has the mentality of the average German under the Nazi regime been made as intelligible to the outsider." — The New York TImesThey Thought They Were Free is an eloquent and provocative examination of the development of fascism in Germany. Milton Mayer's book is a study of ten Germans and their lives from 1933-45, based on interviews he conducted after the war when he lived in Germany. Mayer had a position ...

When the Bindamu invaded her homeland, First Hunter Nandi of the Chuiku (Leopard Clan) was chosen by her people and her Priestess to lead the war against them. But does she possess the skills and strength to unite the rival nKu against the powerful Empire?Inspired by the art of Shakira Rivers, Priestess of nKu tells the story of Nandi, daughter of Adia, a young girl destined to become the leader of her people and a powerful entity of Ki Khanga. This exciting novel also contains the...

First published in 1667, "Paradise Lost" is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton."Paradise Lost" is about Adam and Eve and how they came to be created and how they came to lose their place in the Garden of Eden, also called Paradise. It's the same story found in the first pages of Genesis, expanded by Milton into a very long, detailed, narrative poem. It also includes the story of the origin of Satan. Originally, he was called Lucifer, an angel i...

"Of Man's first disobedience" begins one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. In Paradise Lost, John Milton creates a monumental work of epic poetry that retells the biblical story of humanity's fall from grace. Through powerful imagery, elevated language, and unforgettable characters, Milton explores the origins of temptation, disobedience, suffering, and the human condition. Drawing upon biblical tradition and classical epic conventions, the poem follows the cosmic conflic...

"The greatest epic poem in the English language . . . A work of unparalleled imaginative genius that shapes English literature even now." —Benjamin Ramm, BBC.comWritten in blank verse by the seventeenth-century English poet John Milton, this "epic of over 10,000 lines is a dramatic, imaginative version of Satan's rebellion against God and of Adam and Eve's eviction from Eden. Set at the beginnings of human history, it shifts us across an expansive...