Reading under the twinkling night sky has always been a dreamy experience, but have you ever thought about capturing its beauty through a camera lens? Dive into "Nightscapes: A Beginner's Guide to Astrophotography" and unlock the secrets to capturing the mesmerizing night sky like a pro.This comprehensive guide is your ticket to creating stunning images of stars, galaxies, and th...

'Sexy, funny, romantic and heartfelt - this book has it all. A must read' Sandy BarkerShe didn’t go to the jungle to meet the man of her dreams. Luckily, Dr Logan Spencer is NOT the man of her dreams!As epic meet-cutes go, travel photographer, Winter Knowles thinks finding a gorgeous naked man outside her Thailand villa is pretty perfect. But then she discovers the naked heartthrob is none other than Dr Logan Spencer, her gruff standoffish (but s...

In a riveting exploration of the Jersey mafia, Greg B. Smith pulls back the curtain on the notorious DeCavalcante familyFor years, the DeCavalcantes, the most powerful Mob family in Jersey, labored in the shadows of the more famous families in New York—the likes of the Gambinos and the Columbos. Dismissed by the big-city capos, the DeCavalcantes finally came into their own when they found their lives mirrored in the television hit, The Sopranos.Ove...

An insightful and devastating account of how Wall Street lost its way from an insider who experienced the culture of Goldman Sachs first-hand.On March 14, 2012, more than three million people read Greg Smith's bombshell Op-Ed in the New York Times titled "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs." The column immediately went viral, became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter, and drew passionate responses from former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, legendary General Electric CEO...

Retain your talent with a proactive approach to employee development, one conversation at a timeWhen employees are happy at work, the energy and creativity they possess is virtually limitless. But many leaders are ill-equipped to discuss and gauge the career satisfaction of their employees, and risk losing their talent to their competitors. Career Conversations is your guide to developing the skills needed for effective career discussions with your staff, ...

Do you size, design, or sell solar and storage systems? Would your customers consider those systems 100 percent successful? Pick up The Battery-Powered Home and turn your solar and storage customers into the best lead generators you could ask for. Written by a solar-and-storage technical trainer with more than thirteen years of experience, The Battery-Powered Home identifies the most common industry mistakes that lead to unhappy customers, lost revenue, and diminished reputation. Learn how...

For fans of Stuart Gibbs comes a hilarious, illustrated middle-grade adventure debut about a superhero with no superpowers."Should appeal to readers who enjoy the Captain Underpants and Wimpy Kid series." - School Library ConnectionWhen Murph Cooper begins his new school several weeks into the year, he can't help but feel a bit out of his depth. And it's not because he's worried about where to sit, making friends, and fitting in. I...

Organisations invest time, money, resources, and personnel into trying to ensure that their workplaces are safe. Very often, the output of all this expenditure is injury rate data, which has, time and again been discredited as a measure of safety. In response, many organisations have adopted so called "lead" indicators to supplement injury rate data. Unfortunately, lead indicators take the question of safety no further. Almost universally, lead indicators are no more than a measur...

Forced out of the work-hard, play-hard world of Wall Street following the Crash of ’87, financial analyst Cary Cimino was determined to maintain his lifestyle of luxury and ease. Under the guidance of dubious businessman Jeffrey Pokross, Cimino embarked on an illegitimate underground career as a “financial adviser” to naïve investors.Cimino’s small-time operation soon spiraled into a large-scale crime ring when he and Pokross were reunited and met with Mafia wiseguy Robert Lino. To...

Koala Tricks and Bamboo Sticks: Journeys of Self Enablement is not your typical self-help book.It's a candid, irreverent, and deeply personal manifesto for anyone looking to take control of their career, creativity, and confidence in a world that no longer plays by old rules. With a blend of personal anecdotes, sharp social commentary, and stories from real people who've built things from nothing, Greg Smith explores what it really means to self-enable-and why it might be the most ...

After a dramatic jailbreak at a top-secret prison, the planet's most dangerous supervillains are on the loose! Luckily, Murph Cooper and the Super Zeroes are on hand to chase them down. But though they manage to bring in a whole host of bad guys, they can't find their nemesis Magpie anywhere.Little do they know that he's linked up with another old enemy.... the super smarmy Nicholas Knox is back! Together, they've developed a dastardly machine that can GIVE people superpowers! In th...

‘Angus had never been very interested in history until he visited it by accident one Tuesday night.’History has always seemed pretty boring to Angus. Who cares about things that happened thousands of years ago? Totally pointless! That’s what Angus thinks until the day he accidentally falls into a shopping trolley and ends up travelling through time with Marge, the lady who runs the cheese counter at the local supermarket, and who is also FROM THE FUTURE.And so begi...