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Punching Above Your Weight: How to Use AI Without Losing Your Mind Written and narrated by Ryan J. Smith What if AI isn’t the end of your job, but the start of your edge? Written in one week and recorded with grit, Punching Above Your Weight is part memoir, part manifesto — a crash course in using AI to scale your clarity, courage, and impact.

Soll Casey stole his brother’s future the night he caused the accident that left him maimed. Yearning for redemption, Soll steals again. This time, he sets his sights on his brother’s discarded screenplay, Banebirth, a brilliant allegory of the conflicts plaguing their gentrified town. If he can convince the power players transforming Sandhaven to endorse it, a golden opportunity awaits: a chance for hometown glory, and to become the champion of his brother's talent. But something else has arrived with the new neighbors. A specter roams the woods. It stalks locals. It torments transplants.

In this wide-ranging collection our authors look at every facet and detail of theatre life. From the worries and lives of the actors to what can happen when a theatre is the prime location on which the story depends, be it comedy, theft, the bizarre and even murder.

From the author of the global bestseller The Paleo Diet, this groundbreaking guide connects the dots between science and the grocery store, proving how superfoods can slow your aging and boost your wellbeing for vibrant longevity.

Chris Murphey is a drunk and not proud of it. Sobering up changed her life, and she's ready to make amends. But she won't fall in love again. One night is all she's willing to give, and the cute young woman who is new to town seems like she might just fit the bill. Until Chris screws that up too. Because no principal should sleep with their former student. No principal should sleep with a current parent. Will Chris ever make a right decision?

One accident. One nurse. One choice. For years Bridget has hidden who she is from her small hometown. A democratic lesbian wouldn't very easily be elected Sheriff in the Bible Belt, and she doesn't want to give up her dream of working in law enforcement. When a freak accident with a combine...

In the heart of a storm, Violet is struck by love. Violet's passion is storm chasing, but she spends most of her year teaching students at the local college all about the science behind the weather. As another storm season begins, her star student, Lando, is invited along by Violet's team member...

Three women scarred by trauma. Will they find a way to thrive? Heidi and Ann have been together nearly sixteen years, and yet, something hasn't been right in their relationship from the start. Struggling with deep trauma, Heidi pulls away and doesn't know how to function in a normal loving...

A messy break up can only be healed by the best of friends. Coming out in a rural Kansas town was never something Jewel thought she'd do, especially as the newly-minted music teacher. She finds adversity everywhere she looks, except one. Her best friend, Lea, has always been the supportive...

Based on ethnographic observations and interviews with prisoners, correctional officers, and civilian staff conducted in solitary confinement units, Way Down in the Hole explores the myriad ways in which daily intimate interactions between those locked up twenty-four hours a day and the correctional officers charged with their care, custody, and control produce and reproduce hegemonic racial ideologies.

Daily Strength, a year-long devotional, walks Christian men through Scripture passages that speak to their most pressing issues. Featuring content from the ESV Men's Devotional Bible, each daily devotion features a short summary of a Bible passage with a thought-provoking message from from one of more than forty contributors. Arranged canonically from Genesis to Revelation with short introductions to each Bible book, Daily Strength encourages and enlightens men throughout the year while equipping them for moral and spiritual transformation.

Tasked with finding common ground and building friendships between the world's two largest countries and arctic neighbors, a young Canadian diplomat finds himself on his first overseas assignment in Moscow, the Soviet capital. It's the early 1970s and a Cold War between communism and capitalism, the west and the east, is simmering-while the ice rink is just starting to heat up. Smith opts for sports diplomacy, throwing off his embassy black tie dress codes and donning the blue and white sweater of the Moscow Maple Leafs.

China's strategic capabilities and doctrine have historically differed from the United States' and Russia's. China has continued to modernize and expand its arsenal despite its policy of no first use, while the United States and Russia have decreased deployed weapons stocks. This volume brings together an international group of distinguished scholars to provide a fresh assessment of China's strategic military capabilities, doctrines, and political perceptions in light of rapidly advancing technologies.

Book three in the Classic Monsters series brings you thirteen new ghost stories. We have a fantastic line up of authors bringing you a mix of styles that will satisfy all your ghostly desires. Dare you join us?

Crucibles: History's Most Formidable Rites of Passage explores fourteen elite organizations, with a special emphasis on the onerous trials designed to cull initiates from aspirants. It analyzes the underlying commonalities of such trials, describing how they work, why people are willing to subject themselves to such rigors, and how such tests benefit or harm the organizations that require them.

In The 5A's to Great Relationships, Michael J. Smith tackles one of the most fundamental aspects of life—our relationships—with insight, clarity, and practical advice, whether it's in our personal lives, professional settings, or even as parents, relationships are the foundation of our happiness and success, yet, they often feel like a constant challenge.

These stories are a little bit of madness, brought to you by some of the best horror authors working in the industry, today, that wanted to show off their love for splatterpunk.

Step into the shadows where the line between flesh and nightmare blurs, where the body becomes both canvas and cage. In this chilling anthology, darkness reigns supreme as twisted minds explore the depths of human agony and transformation. From the grotesque to the surreal, each story delves deeper into the macabre, weaving tales of torment that will leave you breathless and disturbed.

Early Oklahoma was a haven for violent outlaws and a death trap for deputy U.S. marshals. The infamous Doolin gang's OK Hotel gunfight left five dead. Killers like Bible-quoting choir leader Deacon Jim Miller wreaked havoc. Gunslinger femme fatale Belle Starr specialized in horse theft. Wannabe...

An inspirational tale of triumph over extraordinary setbacks, A Colonel & A Cowboy tells the remarkable story of rodeo great Stran Smith and retired U.S. Army Colonel J. Craig Flowers. Stran Smith’s journey to becoming a World Champion rodeo cowboy is woven together with Colonel Flowers’ experiences supporting some of the most elite teams in the world. Through dramatic, real-life storytelling and humor, these two native Texans offer a profound analysis of what it takes to move from great to elite: Mission, Mindset, and Process.