From a psychotherapist and the New York Times bestselling author of Monkey Mind, a thoughtful, deeply personal exploration of our most difficult emotions, arguing that they are not obstacles to overcome but essential messengers that can lead us toward wisdom and wholeness.What if the emotions we fight hardest against—anger, shame, envy, regret, jealousy, annoyance, despair—are not enemies to be vanquished but essential guides to self-knowledge?

'Compelling, authoritative and as readable as the best airport thriller. It fizzes with crime, fame, power and illicit sex.' Jeremy Vine'A timely and important book. It's quite remarkable how one building has played host to such debauchery. If only the walls could talk…' Iain DaleDesigned as a city dwelling for the modern age, Dolphin Square opened in London's Pimlico in 1936. Boasting 1,250 hi-tech flats, a swimming pool, ...

Daniel Smith’s Monkey Mind is the stunning articulation of what it is like to live with anxiety. As he travels through anxiety’s demonic layers, Smith defangs the disorder with great humor and evocatively expresses its self-destructive absurdities and painful internal coherence. Aaron Beck, the most influential doctor in modern psychotherapy, says that “Monkey Mind does for anxiety what William Styron’s Darkness Visible did for depression.” Neuro...

In this enthralling historical novel, Harold Knutt, a young British officer, arrives in Western Pennsylvania in 1758 near the end of the French and Indian War. Thrown into the chaos of battle, he proves himself a capable strategist. After leading a one-sided victory against extreme odds, he is given the honorary title of Red Fox by the men who follow him.He meets his match in Meghan O'Malley, a strong-willed colonist. She is one of dozens of camp followers helping support English t...

New leaders, many of whom start out as first line supervisors and managers, are often faced with decisions that are above their paygrade, yet necessary for the continued operation of their workshop or site. Their training isn't complete, mentors aren't always available, and often the only advice they get is faulty. What's a first time, first line or mid-level leader to do?Based on 28 years of experience, S. Daniel Smith walks new leaders through the idea that slowing the problem do...

An unidentified man, physically damaged with a fractured mind, is locked in a coma while living three different lives at once. Dr. Cheryl Atkinson, a renowned research physicist, is eager to help guide him out. Her work is sponsored by the U.S. government and military officials who hope to use her innovative neurological solution to curb suicide rates among veterans, medical personnel, and first responders.While Dr. Atkinson battles to revive this patient, leaders of a group of mul...

1845-1870 An Untold Story of Northern California is a revisionist historical non-fiction narrative of the American settling of Northern California, and their difficult experiences with local native conflicts that arose. These hostility's have been eyeballed and extensively written about through the eyes of the indigenous locals. Modern knowledge on the true experiences of the pioneers settling of this specific area of 19th century Northern California, today, is seemingly swept under the ru...

'A serious reinvestigation full of revealing background information that sheds additional light on what was then and now remains a shocking crime' Paul French, author of Midnight in Peking'This riveting, eye-opening investigation of a 70-year-old murder mystery reads like a whodunit ... A true crime must-read' Dean Jobb, author of The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream'As much social history as it is gripping true cri...

The little-known history of the "Garden Front"—Britain's wildly successful vegetable-growing campaign during WWII: "A fascinating story." — Northern EchoAfter food rationing was introduced in 1940, and German U-boats began threatening merchant shipping bringing in essential foodstuffs, the Ministry of Agriculture decided something had to be done to make the kitchens of Britain more self-sufficient.The result was an amazingly effective campaign—Dig fo...

Mike Edwards and Jason Kennedy are smokejumpers making their way through an underground facility hidden deep in a nature preserve. Stacey Cartwright is a young woman the smokejumpers rescued along the way. They must stop a secretive mining conglomerate from abducting people for illegal and unethical human experimentation. Miles of tunnels, dozens of armed security guards and a nano-machine controlled sasquatch stand between the trio and shutting down the operation. Their training and resou...

Harold Knutt, a hero of the French & Indian war, returns to England and begins his search for Sinclair, daughter of his mentor, Sergeant Major Scott. With the help of a recent acquaintance, he soon falls in love with the independent and willful woman of means.He wins a seat in the House of Commons, speaking out against the onerous taxes levied on those who bled for the English Empire in the fight against the French. He soon realizes his journey through the shadowed halls of politic...

'You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear'. Such were the words of the master detective Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson, as he noted how his friend failed to implement Holmes' techniques. In "How to think like Sherlock" you will learn how to increase your powers of observation, memory, deduction and reasoning using the tricks and techniques of the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. The book incorporates the latest techniques and theories across a range of topics:...