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There is a mountain of hype around positive thinking. But have you noticed that positive thinking doesn’t, well, work? That's because positivity is just an emotion, and at the end of the day it doesn't change the reality of the situations we face. The Simple Shift turns positive thinking on its head and transforms it into something practical - a way of adopting beliefs that can change the way you see reality and make major obstacles into easily resolvable issues.

"Held og lykke Peter Pjusk" er historien om den flinke, lille spurv Peter Pjusk og hans gode ven Kvit. Sammen hjælper de fuglen Pip Hans, der bor i et bur i en vindueskarm og møder en stor, uhyggelig måge, og mange andre spændende ting. Robert Fisker (1913-1991) var en dansk forfatter, der hovedsageligt skrev bøger til børn og unge. Robert Fisker debuterede i 1935 og udgav i løbet af sin karriere i omegnen af 150 bøger.

Sorprenent i addictiva, l'òpera prima d'Helder Farrés és una d'aquelles novel·les difícils d'oblidar. El protagonista, que pateix la síndrome de Novotsky, és empès per la seva mare a investigar la misteriosa figura del seu avi matern, mort d'accident en circumstàncies estranyes. Viatja a França seguint la pista d'una adreça que troba al dors d'un sobre i, un cop allà, intentarà completar el trencaclosques vital del seu avi. Obsessiu, fràgil, metòdic i persistent, el protagonista haurà de lluitar contra els seus fantasmes per esdevenir un home lliure.

In 1960s Glasgow, anti-nuclear activists Judith and Jimmy fall in love. But their future hopes are dashed when their protestors’ squat is raided and many, including Jimmy, are sent to prison. Pregnant and with no word from Jimmy, Judith is forced to enter an unmarried mothers’ home, give up their baby and learn to live with her grief.

Nel campo di concentramento fascista di Gonars, un paese in provincia di Udine, furono internate decine di migliaia di civili sloveni e croati. Il campo rimase in funzione dalla primavera del 1942 fino all’8 settembre del 1943. Si calcola che in questo periodo, all’interno del campo, morirono di fame e di malattie circa 500 persone. Stanka è un’anziana donna rom, nata nella provincia di Lubiana e deportata nel 1942 nel campo di Gonars.

Hannah White offers a perceptive critique of the shortcomings of the House of Commons, arguing that the reputation of the Commons is in a downward spiral—compounded by government attempts to side-line parliament during Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic. At a time of populist challenge to representative democracy, this book is an essential rallying cry for Members of Parliament to reform the House of Commons—equipping it to fulfil its important role as a cornerstone of our democracy—or see it fade into irrelevance.

Introducing "Fan Podcasting: A Guide on How to Create a Successful Fan-Based Podcast"—the ultimate guide for anyone looking to turn their passion for fandom into a successful podcasting venture. This audiobook is packed with insider tips and tricks to help you create a successful fan-based podcast that could also help generate real revenue for you. This audiobook covers everything you need to know to make your podcasting dreams a reality. With practical, step-by-step guidance, this audiobook provides a clear roadmap to help you achieve a successful fan podcast while doing what you love.

If you've ever wanted to start a podcast or take your existing podcast to the next level, this audiobook bundle is the perfect place to start. Featuring two essential titles, Podcasting Made Simple and Fan Podcasting, this bundle has everything you need to create, grow, and monetize your podcast. In Podcasting Made Simple, you'll learn the essentials of starting and launching a podcast, including choosing your topic, equipment, recording and editing, and much more. Fan Podcasting takes a deeper dive into the world of podcasting.

Between college, surfing, and girls, Trent was living his best free-spirited life in Miami. He was careful not to let anything complicate that. So, when he met Kate, and they quickly became friends, he made sure to keep it that way. Better to play it safe than to risk losing her to a casual hookup. Kate was an independent girl who loved surfing, shopping, and partying with her friends. Her only hang-up in life was the hopeless crush she had on Trent. She couldn’t believe she had allowed herself to fall for the most unavailable guy she knew.

Cambodia—seething hotbed of desperation and vice. The Khmer Rouge fighters are long dead but their murderous legacy has left a population gripped by violence. Into this cauldron of psychosis and trauma steps Carl Meissner, a 32-year-old unemployed investigative journalist recently fired over his reporting of a pedophile scandal involving a prominent Sydney judge. Carl has been hired by a wealthy Sydney businessman to find his missing twin brother, last sighted in Cambodia. Forced to face his own demons, he sinks into Cambodia's dark underworld.

Sylvia Townsend Warner’s The Corner That Held Them is a historical novel like no other, one that immerses the listener in the dailiness of history, rather than history as the given sequence of events that, in time, it comes to seem. Time ebbs and flows and characters come and go in this novel, set in the era of the Black Death, about a Benedictine convent of no great note. The nuns do their chores, seek to maintain and improve the fabric of their house and chapel, and struggle with each other and with themselves.

Andrew Dare is a werewolf. He’s the enforcer for the Roanoke pack, and responsible for capturing or killing any Were intruders in Roanoke’s territory. But the lone Were he’s tracking doesn’t smell or act like anyone he’s ever encountered. And when he catches her, it doesn’t get any better. She’s beautiful, she’s crazy, and someone has tortured her by injecting silver into her veins. She says her name is Silver, and that she’s lost her wild self and can’t shift any more.

Adoption is often painted as a happy, inspirational act—a baby finds a family and lives happily ever after. But the truth is that adopted children experience displacement and rupture from their mother and that trauma can impact an individual for a lifetime. Adoption can lead to feelings of loss and grief not just for the adoptee, but for the biological and adoptive parents as well. This startling fact comes vividly to life in Janet Sherlund’s heartbreaking memoir, Abandoned at Birth.

In 1952, John T. “Jack” Downey, a 23-year-old CIA officer from Connecticut, was shot down over Manchuria during the Korean War. The pilots died in the crash, but Downey and his partner Richard “Dick” Fecteau were captured by the Chinese. For the next 20 years, they were harshly interrogated, put through show trials, held in solitary confinement, placed in reeducation camps, and toured around China as political pawns.

Sorprenent i addictiva, l'òpera prima d'Helder Farrés és una d'aquelles novel·les difícils d'oblidar. El protagonista, que pateix la síndrome de Novotsky, és empès per la seva mare a investigar la misteriosa figura del seu avi matern, mort d'accident en circumstàncies estranyes. Viatja a França seguint la pista d'una adreça que troba al dors d'un sobre i, un cop allà, intentarà completar el trencaclosques vital del seu avi. Obsessiu, fràgil, metòdic i persistent, el protagonista haurà de lluitar contra els seus fantasmes per esdevenir un home lliure.

Alex is a baseball player. A great one. His papi is pushing him to go pro, but Alex maybe wants to be a poet. Not that Papi would understand or allow that. Isa is a dancer. She'd love to go pro, if only her Havana-born mom weren't dead set against it...just like she's dead set against her daughter falling for a Latino. And Isa's privileged private-school life - with her dad losing his job and her older brother struggling with mental illness - is falling apart. Not that she'd ever tell that to Alex. Fate - and the New York City subway - bring Alex and Isa together.

The beloved prophet Almustafa (meaning “The Chosen One”) has lived within the city walls of Orphalese for twelve years. He has walked among the people and formed a deep connection to the place, but he knows this is not where he ultimately belongs. On the seventh day of Ielool (“the month of reaping”), Almustafa climbs a hill beyond the boundaries of the city wall and gazes out across the misty sea. He is filled with joy as he catches sight of the ship that has come to free him from exile. His series of sermons form the 28 prose poems of this book.

In 1990, David Muller set sail to Mozambique with his wife and two young children, to fulfil a boyhood dream of sailing to the tropics on the yacht he had spent ten years building. The dream holiday came to a shocking end when the yacht ran aground on a beach near Bazaruto Islands. While waiting for high tide to refloat the yacht, a patrol of Renamo child soldiers, armed with AK47’s, arrive, along with two adult captives.

Everything about my life has been pretty normal working as a forensic autopsy technician. Until the day I woke up with a mysterious symbol tattooed on my arm. Suddenly normal no longer existed. The barrier between Earth and a world called Under, dissolved.... Now I'm trapped with dozens of other people. Held prisoner by the creators of myths and legends, where the realm is ruled by two masked kings who want to turn us into creatures like them.

Carnage is a Gargoyle. He's also volatile, dangerous, unpredictable, and lonely. One evening minding his own business at the edge of the sanctuary he calls home, he spies a female. A human female, and she's running headlong into his swamps, with no regard for her own safety. Then he sees the reason; three men, and they're hot on her trail, torches in hand, hell bent on catching her before she can get away.