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A breakthrough solution from the author of This Naked Mind and the author of Alcohol Explained, to shift your mindset and help you quit smoking and vaping for good. Tobacco is bad for us; that’s a given. But even though you may know the negative health effects, nicotine’s hold is strong...

Camelot isn’t the town it’s cracked up to be. It's full of murderers, thieves, and peasants struggling every day to get by. And me. I’m a pickpocket. A con artist. A seducer of women. But when one of King Arthur’s thugs got me hanged, I had to become something more. I got a second chance at life. And now, with the aid of a beautiful enchantress and the other women in my life, I'm turning Camelot on its head.

Sigmund Freud's theories on the unconscious revolutionized the way we approach human behavior. This essential introduction explores his theories and the implications they had for understanding an array of psychological issues, including trauma, repressed memory, childhood development, and more. It also explores Freud's life as a scientist - the conflicts and controversies he faced when proposing his new ideas to his contemporaries - and the ways in which his theories have influenced psychology today. Perfect for students or anyone wanting to get to grip with Freud's ideas.

A Girl of the Limberlost, a novel by American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter. It is considered a classic of Indiana literature. It is the sequel to her earlier novel Freckles. Patricia Raub (Senior Lecturer of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston) notes that Stratton-Porter was "one of the most popular woman novelists of the era, who was known for her nature books and her editorials on McCall's 'Gene Stratton-Porter Page' as well as for her novels.

Im dramatischen Auftakt des mehrteiligen Fantasy-Epos "Die Tochter des Krieges" von Sam L. Porter geraten die junge Moira und ihr bester Freund Giordyn in einen Wirbel unbändiger magischer Kräfte und perfider Machtspiele. Eine dunkle Verschwörung aus längst vergangenen Zeiten wird die Welt der Menschen bis ins Mark erschüttern, und droht auch das Band zwischen Moira und Giordyn für immer zu zerreißen. Ein gewaltiges Abenteuer, gelesen von dem bekannten Fantasy-Sprecher Johannes Steck.

In Approaching Fire, Michelle Porter embarks on a quest to find her great-grandfather, the Métis fiddler and performer Léon Robert Goulet. Through musicology, jigs and reels, poetry, photographs, and the ecology of fire, Porter invests biography with the power of reflective ingenuity, creating...

Rory was a streetwise kid from one of the city’s toughest housing projects. Ricky, the pretty boy athlete, escaped the mean streets of north St. Louis to become a mentor and coach. Joseph was born to teenage parents, as was his younger half-brother, Little T. Neither would live past 19. Brenda, the no-nonsense mother-in-the-law, played the role of confidant and critic until breast cancer ravaged her body and spread to her brain. All died within a span of 19 months. Four of them in the same year, two violently.

Your brain is always working in the background, solving problems and guiding all of your actions. But your brain is deceptive. It plays tricks on you. Some of these tricks are harmless and help you to function better. However, some of the tricks your brain pulls force you into mistakes allow you to miss opportunities. Metacognition is the study of how your thoughts are formed and operate. Once you understand some of the limitations and errors in your thinking, you can change your life.

As the follow up to The First Plague, The First Plague: Harbinger raises the stakes, scares, laughter, and bodycount. The Matthews brothers are on the run with a group of survivors, heading north to meet Eli, founder of The Order of Four and hopefully find answers to the many questions left looming. With a powerful new plaguer variant and the SOC hot on their heels, the survivors are tested with every step of their journey and pushed even closer to their breaking points.

By the age of 10, Lone Crow carried many scars as a result of the beatings he’d endured at the hands of Father Silas. In an effort to save his adopted sister from another "disciplining", he was compelled to commit an unthinkable act, an act so heinous he had to run away from the small town and into the unforgiving woods alone. Faith was born into the church and was the daughter of Father Silas. Many years later, with Faith forced to accompany her husband on a missionary trip to spread the word to the natives, they were fated to meet again.

Covering life's pain with a smile, and living each day that was not pleasing to God - it was all that Portia knew. What would one expect? With no guidance or foundation on the steps of being a godly woman, it is no surprise that each day took a downward spiral. Even though life is filled with trails, tests, and making numerous mistakes, Portia did find peace once she allowed God to enter in her life as an adult, showing her how to forgive those experiences from childhood.

A deeply moving account of compassion, faith, and enduring friendships discovered in federal prison. The author weaves a fascinating biographical tale as she opens our eyes and hearts to the real challenges and struggles that people in prison face. A story told with the passion and insight of one who lived it!

My dear friend, may I offer you a divine story in lieu of my customary writing? You see, we’ve been invited to an incredibly special performance! Not just any performance, might I add, but a special theater. I have our tickets in my hand as we speak. Do you want to spend a memorable evening at a beautiful playhouse? I heard we will both be able to discover divine wisdom and new revelations right here, right now! Let’s hurry inside, as they are already turning down the lights. I don’t want either of us to stumble to our front row seats in the dark!

Six months ago, Ava Black fell from her Queen Bee status. Once she ruled the halls of her high school without mercy, crushing her enemies and stepping on anyone who dared stand in her way. Now, amongst the peasants, she does everything she can to avoid her former friends, mainly Frankie the new reigning Queen, who now bullies her relentlessly.

Liz Porter's riveting casebook shows how forensic investigators - including pathologists, chemists, entomologists, DNA specialists and document examiners - have used their expertise in dozens of fascinating crimes and mysteries.

H. Rider Haggard's classic hero, Allan Quatermain, returns in three brand new adventures all set on the Dark Continent. Thomas Kent Miller's novella has the big-game hunter traveling to Ethiopia to search for the fabled Library of Alexandria. Erik Franklin pits him against an ancient cult of assassins while Alan J. Porter has the skilled tracker stuck in the middle of the Boer War trying to find the source of a diamond smuggling operation.

King Here is the eye-opening true story of God’s unfolding plan to bring a rich man through the “eye of the needle”. King Here offers hope that no matter how old, how rich or how addicted someone is, it’s never too late to meet Jesus. Trish shares her father’s inspiring, yet tragic life story - filled with adventure and color and unique escapades - to reveal God’s plan for an old rich man who thought he had no need for God.

I mean, I should be in jail right now instead of playing Indiana Jones in the Amazon. Life is strange. I get it. But there’s a difference between a lucky break evading the cops and...dragons. With wings and fire and vows of vengeance for stealing their treasure. I’m aware I don’t come off great here. But someone’s gotta look out for number one. And the money I could make here is life-changing cash. It took me too long to realize Jinnos is more than just eye candy and a freak-show exhibit. He’s lived centuries. Seen and done things I can’t imagine.

A sexy and sparkling later-in-life contemporary romance about a woman who leaps out of her comfort zone and takes a chance on love by New York Times bestselling author Jane Porter. Paige Newsom is finally at a place in her life where she’s comfortable. She loves her job as a college professor...

Prince and his fairy courtiers are staggeringly beautiful, unrelentingly cruel, and exhausted by the tedium of the centuries - until they meet foster-siblings Josh and Ksenia. Drawn in by their vivid emotions, undying love for each other, and passion for life, Prince will stop at nothing to possess them. First seduced and then entrapped by the fairies, Josh and Ksenia learn that the fairies' otherworldly gifts come at a terrible price - and they must risk everything in order to reclaim their freedom.