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Konnie has enough anger to last a lifetime. Desperate to pick up the pieces of her traumatic past, she finds herself at a new school full of privileged snobs—thanks to her newly married sister. Nothing says “I love you” like being sent away. Her friends are gone, so is her patience, and she has zero interest in anything. Especially a rich kid named Hendrix.

Hendrix lives a glamorous life. A nice truck. A big house. But underneath that carefully constructed facade his father works hard to maintain is a home life far from loving. When Konnie shows up, Hendrix is smitten, even though she doesn’t give him the time of day. Falling for her means defying his father’s expectations, so Hendrix must decide whether to fall in line or follow his heart. 

Nothing comes easy. Especially a relationship with one of the most dangerous girls in Charleston.

Prison walls and iron bars can’t hold Sebastien Lykaios back, and he’s more dangerous than ever. While Konnie searches for happiness, and Hendrix grapples with his father’s oppressive hand, Konnie sees no other option but to dive right into danger. With Sebastian’s sights set on all the people who have wronged him, including Konnie and her sisters, the fight for their love—and their lives—is on.

Forever Haunted, the gripping conclusion of the Haunted by You series, will linger long after the final page.

David Hazelton, with the mind of a high-powered lawyer and the heart of a Sunday School teacher, dives into God’s Plan for Marriage. 

With clarity and conviction, David explores God’s divine blueprint for marriage at the dawn of creation. The Bible’s opening chapters explain that men and women are created equally in God’s image and are given responsibilities that can only be accomplished together. In the sanctity of marriage, the two are to become “one,” which involves a spiritual, emotional, and physical union.

But sin has a devasting effect on marriage. It introduces shame, fear, and guilt that can divide a couple. Instead of oneness, there is a competition for control that distorts God’s creation plan. These issues are beyond human capacity to resolve, requiring divine intervention and guidance.

In God’s Plan for Marriage, Hazelton presents a restorative vision for marriage. This vision is not a human invention but is built on the life and teaching of Christ. God’s Plan for Marriage offers insights into the original design for marriage and practical pathways for couples to reclaim their relationships as beautiful, harmonious partnerships intended by the Creator. 

The Last Seder of James is a gripping tale that weaves together historical fiction and biblical insight to uncover the enduring significance of Passover in the Christian faith.

As John the Apostle visits James, the brother of Jesus, imprisoned for his unwavering testimony, the two share a clandestine Passover Seder. In the shadow of impending martyrdom, they reflect on the deep symbolism of the meal, uncovering layers of meaning that tie the Nativity, the Last Supper, and the Cross into one divine narrative.

Through their shared reflections, The Last Seder of James unpacks the rich symbolism behind the fifteen steps of the Passover Seder, unveiling how each step points to God’s eternal covenant and its ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ.

Part story, part teaching, The Last Seder of James invites Christians to experience the profound connection between Passover and the heart of the Christian faith in a way that is both intellectually enriching and spiritually moving.

Poised with regal grace and pristine wealth, Angelette Arabella is the dutiful daughter of Valerius Arabella, a dictator who rules with an iron fist. 

When she stumbles upon a series of long-buried secrets that threaten to dismantle their carefully crafted lives, she faces a harrowing choice: expose the truth and risk everything or remain silent and let the lies continue. As tensions rise and loyalties shift, she must decide who to trust in a game where betrayal lurks around every corner.

Will Angelette have the courage to face the darkness, or will her fear silence her forever?

Journey Back Into the Vault invites people to travel with author Mario Cartaya back to the land of his birth for the first time in fifty-six years as he seeks to reclaim his forgotten childhood memories, original identity, and once-promised destiny. 

Join Mario as he searches for the now faded footprints he once left behind in the homes, school, and playgrounds of the first nine years of his life in 1950s Cuba before Fidel Castro came into power and his family became political exiles. Help him honor the grandparents, uncles, and aunts he never saw again at their final resting place, and meet family members he never knew existed. 

Laugh, sigh, and cry during the many unforeseen experiences, astonishing events, and serendipitous moments that would forever change his life. Enjoy the improbable story of a courageous journey aimed at breaching a subconscious vault once built to store the difficult memories of a childhood usurped, destiny denied, and loving family forever separated by geopolitical events. 

Journey Back Into the Vault is the story of those psychological forces that help define humans, the power of enduring hope, and how by achieving purity of heart, reconciliation, and a soul at rest, people can evolve into better versions of themselves—a universal message of love and enlightenment that can only begin with each individual’s search for self-actualization and inner peace.

Liberate is a transformative guide to financial literacy that empowers young adults to take charge of their financial future with confidence and purpose. 

Dr. Barclay Roper combines practical strategies and key insights to demystify money management, making financial freedom accessible to anyone willing to learn. From building a solid financial mindset to mastering the fundamentals of saving and investing, Liberate offers a comprehensive approach to financial independence. Young adults will discover how to grow their income, allocate resources effectively, and build wealth through disciplined investing. 

Parents wanting to raise financially literate children can also apply the principles of financial independence, creating a lasting legacy. Dr. Roper redefines what it means to be truly wealthy, highlighting creativity, purposeful giving, and the fulfillment that comes from sharing knowledge with others.

Packed with actionable insights and clear financial concepts, Liberate is a powerful resource for teenagers, young adults, and parents who are ready to turn financial literacy into lasting independence.

In Jesus Goes to College, author Mike Veraldi draws on his journey of faith to offer a refreshingly candid perspective on Christianity that breaks free from traditional teachings.

With a deep love for Jesus at its core, Jesus Goes to College unapologetically emphasizes the central commandment to love thy neighbor, pushing people to connect with the heart of Jesus’s message. Mike doesn’t shy away from calling out the church’s shortcomings, challenging the status quo, and separating the profound teachings of Jesus from what he believes are misguided directions from religious institutions.

Jesus Goes to College isn’t the typical Sunday school book; instead it guides people through the journey of Christ and the history and context of the Bible, applying it to current issues. Written as a testament to his own commitment to following Jesus, Mike’s mission was to help others experience the unconditional love of Jesus and the life-changing impact that comes from living life boldly in His footsteps.

Brokenness to Blessings is a powerful testament of redemption and restoration through the radical and healing love of Jesus Christ. 

Janet Lynn Garcia shares her personal journey to illustrate the transformative potential of a restorative relationship with God. 

This inspiring account shatters the misconception held by non-believers, new believers, and even seasoned believers that righteousness can be achieved through deeds alone. Instead, Garcia points to Romans 8:1, emphasizing that there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus, thereby underscoring the all-encompassing grace of salvation.

Drawing extensively from the teachings in Isaiah 61, she sheds light on the healing process of those who turn to Jesus. The audience are guided towards wholeness through mending relationships with God, self, loved ones, and their future. This transparent narrative offers a powerful roadmap to healing for individuals wrestling with personal brokenness. Garcia's message is unequivocal - redemption and restoration are universally accessible, inviting everyone to embark on this journey from brokenness to blessings.

Devotions on F.I.R.E. guides Christians through the complete Bible in one year by reading assigned daily Scriptures from both the Old and New Testaments. Each day also includes a short devotion based on Dr. Ken Burge’s F.I.R.E. method of Bible study. 

F.I.R.E. stands for

Familiarity: Learn to ask probing questions and become intimately acquainted with each passage.

Interpretation: Determine the intended meaning of the text.

Relationship: Consider the paragraph within its context of the book and beyond, to the whole of Scripture.

Employment: Consider how God can employ Christians to do His will through their new understanding of the text.

The F.I.R.E. method and the daily devotions will help Christians remember and apply what they read as they fuel the fire in their hearts for God’s Word.

F.I.R.E. stands for

Familiarity: Learn to ask probing questions and become intimately acquainted with each passage.

Interpretation: Determine the intended meaning of the text.

Relationship: Consider the paragraph within its context of the book and beyond, to the whole of Scripture.

Employment: Consider how God can employ Christians to do His will through their new understanding of the text.

The F.I.R.E. method and the daily devotions will help Christians remember and apply what they read as they fuel the fire in their hearts for God’s Word.

Step into the enchanting world of Antopia, a mystical realm of beauty and complexity where resilience, courage, and self-discovery come to life. In Sage Whisperer: Reflections on Resilience, Ria, a bold and curious ant, embarks on a journey to uncover her true purpose in a land that tests her at every turn.

Guided by the enigmatic Sage Whisperer and the Reflective Pond, Ria must confront Phobos, the embodiment of her deepest fears, and learn to navigate life's uncertainties with courage and grace. As she embraces the challenges before her, Ria discovers that true success lies not in external achievements but in the strength found within.

This inspirational parable combines vivid storytelling with profound insights into mental health, emotional well-being, and the power of resilience. Featuring self-reflection tools and practical takeaways, Sage Whisperer invites readers to embark on their own journey of growth and transformation.

Are you ready to discover the strength within and redefine your own path to fulfillment?

In Contrapposto, Lori Lucas invites people into a world where art, music, and life converge in dazzling harmony. This follow-up to her celebrated debut, Chiaroscuro, is a collection rich in emotion and brimming with insight. Through vivid imagery and lyrical storytelling, Lucas takes you on an evocative journey across cities like Paris, Tokyo, New York, and Barcelona, weaving universal themes of love, friendship, and wonder into poems that resonate deeply.

From meditations on iconic paintings to melodies that linger long after the music ends, Contrapposto is a celebration of the beauty and complexity of the human experience. Perfect for art lovers, music enthusiasts, and poetry aficionados, this collection is an invitation to laugh, cry, and marvel at the world.

Whether one is seeking inspiration or a moment of quiet reflection, these poems speak to the heart, making Contrapposto a timeless companion for anyone who treasures the magic of words.

A collection of David Wilkerson’s most popular sermons, Fire in His Bones offers a practical theological message of hope and encouragement for all believers.

David Wilkerson’s work as a Christian evangelist and writer has left an indelible mark on the American church and the world. His message of revival encourages American believers to withstand future persecution and trials in even the darkest times. 

Wilkerson’s legacy lives on in the work of World Challenge, an organization that continues to share his message and outreach efforts. To celebrate the 50^th anniversary of David Wilkerson’s The Cross and the Switchblade, World Challenge has compiled fifty of his sermons to be released in Fire in His Bones, a spiritual guide for anyone earnestly seeking to experience the fire of God’s power and presence.

Fire in His Bones offers timeless, prophetic lessons for believers in all walks of life—lifelong Christians and non-believers alike—that provide hope for overcoming sin, experiencing new life in the Holy Spirit and receiving fresh revelation from the Lord. 

At a time when real-life heroes or role models can be scarce, these ordinary people are making a difference in human rights, not for glory but for good…

Voices Against Trafficking is a compelling collection of firsthand accounts of people who found themselves face-to-face with human rights events and did something about it.

Many people shy away from getting involved when they see something they think might not be okay. They tell themselves that they’re only one person so they can’t make a difference. The stories in this compilation prove otherwise. These people saw something and decided to say something. Here they share their journey of how they were able to make a difference and rally to the aid of those who were being victimized. One person taking the risk and getting involved can change the life of someone in need.

Voices Against Trafficking is inspiring not only for those interested in the human rights movement but also for anyone in dire circumstances who may be able to get out of it, like fearless author Andi Buerger who shares her story.

Understand Your True Identity addresses one of the fundamental problems behind people’s anxiety, depression, and relationship problems.

Dr. Thompson, an experienced family physician, observed how many of his patients felt mixed up and confused, while others cruised through life with everything seemingly under control. What was it that caused the difference between these groups?

Using real-life examples, Dr. Thompson explains the importance of understanding one’s true self by separating one’s inbuilt talents from the negative thoughts that have lodged in one’s head. People are born with genetic strengths and natural inclinations, which should form the basis of their character, but unfortunately, life’s hardships cause people to acquire negative patterns of thinking and a confused sense of self (the mixed bag concept).

With clear methods, Dr. Thompson explains how people can separate these negative beliefs from the true strengths of their personality and learn to equally see the good sides of other people. They can throw away their sensitivities and not get caught up in dysfunctional communication (positive centered psychology).

By rediscovering who they really are, they can start doing more of the things that make them happy and easier to get along with. These principles are something people can base their lives on and apply to group situations—for example, in their family, team, workplace, or organization.

The result? Peace in themselves, peace in their relationships, and peace in their community.

Working Toward Excellence identifies ten nonnegotiables for achieving excellence in work and life. A nonnegotiable is a core value that’s not open to discussion or modification; it is not negotiable. This steadfast commitment to the ten featured here provides a powerful and reliable game plan for working toward excellence—and achieving it. 

This second edition features the latest research, fresh stories, and two new nonnegotiables for attaining uncommon success—simplicity and sacrifice. Both move the needle by doing the opposite of human nature’s tendency to add things to our already busy, distracted, and cluttered lives. As motivational speaker Larry Winget said, “You have to give up what’s keeping you from being successful.”  

Packed with inspiration and wisdom from high performers in business, sports, education, and the art such as John Maxwell, Stephen Covey, John Wooden, Mike Krzyzewski, and many others, Working Toward Excellence helps leaders—and those they lead—work toward excellence in any endeavor.

The Balanced Band Director is a reflective and instructional handbook aimed at music educators who juggle the demands of teaching and personal well-being. 

Written by Lesley Moffat, The Balanced Band Director follows the success of her previous work, offering a lesson plan for thriving in the modern music classroom. This essential resource tackles the crucial aspect of setting boundaries for a balanced life, leveraging community support, and identifying and reaching goals for a successful music program. It imparts the wisdom of turning work into an act of love, dealing with inevitable challenging days, and the transformative power of feeling good in teaching. 

Moffat emphasizes the importance of the teacher's physical state as a mirror of mental well-being and promotes trusting one's instincts in professional scenarios. With a mentorship tone, it guides music educators through creating a positive and focused classroom environment, underscoring the intrinsic link between reduced stress and improved educational outcomes. Unique in its approach, The Balanced Band Director addresses the intersection of music education and emotional intelligence, offering strategies to enhance both teacher and student experiences in a world of increasing distractions and pressures.

“I realized that learning a trade was more than just mastering a skill—it was about gaining control over my future.” 

How an Apprenticeship Saved My Life tells the inspiring story of one man’s journey from Baltimore’s tough streets to a life of purpose, stability, and impact. 

Cory McCray was on a path many young men know all too well—one shaped by struggle and limited opportunity. But when a single decision led him into an apprenticeship program, everything changed. Through hands-on training, grit, and an unshakable commitment to growth, he found a way to rewrite his future. 

In this candid memoir, McCray shares the highs and lows of his journey, illustrating the transformative power of skilled labor and mentorship. Individuals will discover how his experiences as an apprentice shaped not just his career but his life, providing him with the foundation to become a Maryland State Senator dedicated to empowering his community. Alongside these personal stories, How an Apprenticeship Saved My Life delves into the lasting impact apprenticeships can have, particularly for those who might be overlooked by traditional educational paths. 

For anyone who believes in the power of second chances and the untapped potential within every community, How an Apprenticeship Saved My Life is a powerful reminder that sometimes the right opportunity can change everything. Dive into this transformative story and explore how one apprenticeship not only saved a life but sparked a movement.

What if the next choice could change everything?

Every choice a person makes shapes their story. Every day, people make countless decisions—some small, others life-altering. But how often do they question whether these choices are aligned with who they truly are and who they want to become?

In Choosing to Be a Life Champion, Dorice Horenstein, renowned Oy to Joy Champion Catalyst, invites people to step into the driver’s seat of their lives with her powerful CHOOSE framework. This six-step guide empowers people to make intentional choices, unlock hidden potential, and turn life’s challenges into opportunities for growth.

Packed with thirty-six thought-provoking life lessons, reflective “Choosing Moments,” and a companion workbook for deeper exploration, Choosing to Be a Life Champion is more than just inspiration—it’s a road map for meaningful action. With humor, wisdom, and heartfelt guidance, this insightful guide empowers people to become th life champion they were always meant to be.

Discover the CHOOSE Framework:

• Clarity: Recognize the real choice available.
• Honor: Align decisions with values and emotions.
• Openness to Options: Explore new perspectives with curiosity and courage.
• Oneness: Connect choices to one’s authentic self.
• Strategy: Build a practical plan for success.
• Enactment: Take bold action to create the life one desires.

Whether someone is facing uncertainty, searching for clarity, or longing to lead a more joyful, fulfilling life, Choosing to Be a Life Champion will show them the way.

Bloom Like the Lilies is a heartfelt poetry collection for trauma survivors longing for healing and renewal. Through poignant poems and reflections, Amber Michelle Difeo gently guides readers to rediscover their identity, embrace hope, and bloom with strength in the unshakable love of God.

In Authentic Self Rebirth, Polish Peter guides people through a powerful, step-by-step process to transform fear, self-doubt, and confusion into peace, purpose, and confidence. 

Through personal stories and transformative breakthroughs, people will learn how to release limiting beliefs and rebuild their lives on a foundation of authenticity. Authentic Self Rebirth uncovers the 7 Human Drives that influence every decision people make, helping them understand themselves and those around them. It shows people how to rewrite the story they have been telling themselves, and introduces the Rebirth Visualization, a guided practice to uncovering clarity and inner peace.

With hands-on exercises at the end of each chapter, Authentic Self Rebirth ensures people don’t just read about transformation—they live it. Whether they’re people pleasers trapped in emotional cycles or someone looking to make fearless decisions, this inspirational guidebook offers the tools to create lasting, meaningful change.

Ready to turn fear into freedom? Authentic Self Rebirth is not just another self-help book—it’s a practical guide to embracing uncertainty and moving forward with a growth mindset.

Porcupine in a Balloon Factory is a transformative guide that introduces the concept of positive compartmentalization as a powerful tool for navigating life’s challenges.

Through personal anecdotes, biblical wisdom, and practical strategies, Todd Lochner teaches people how to manage their emotions and protect their most cherished aspects of life—their “balloons.” Porcupine in a Balloon Factory explores how to cultivate gratitude in all circumstances, break free from the victim mentality, and apply faith-based principles to modern-day struggles.

Lochner’s unique approach combines spiritual insights with actionable steps, offering a fresh perspective on personal growth and resilience. By addressing common issues such as work stress, relationship difficulties, and personal setbacks, Lochner provides a road map for people to not just survive but thrive amidst adversity, empowering them to take control of their reactions, nurture meaningful relationships, and find joy even in challenging times.

Porcupine in a Balloon Factory offers a blend of relatable storytelling, biblical guidance, and practical exercises that people can immediately apply to their lives, addressing the universal need for emotional management and personal accountability in a world that often encourages victimhood and negativity.

When you mix systemic bias, discrimination, and neuroscience academia with a determined, brain-injured woman and a service dog, you get a powerhouse team of science influencers.

Insistent chronicles a woman’s fight to find meaning and regain her life after a horrific accident where she broke twenty-three bones and suffered a traumatic brain injury. In constant pain, unable to filter environmental stimuli or comprehend spoken language, and having lost the ability to speak, she isolated herself, living in an abyss of darkness and hopelessness. The darkness laughed at her, feeding on her pain and confusion, telling her she was a burden to everyone.

Faced with immeasurable adversity—and the decision whether to live or end it all—she chose to fight and find meaning in her life, but first, she must find hope. Hope she found in the eyes of a fluffy white Golden retriever with soft brown eyes, named Sampson.

Wanting to understand what was happening in her brain and rebuild her life, she embarked on an educational journey in neuroscience. Doing so after a traumatic brain injury was ambitious. Doing so with a service dog was unprecedented as service dogs were not allowed in science laboratories.

Refusing to allow an academic system to break her spirit and make her “just go away,” as many hoped she would, she used their resistance and opposition to fuel an entire movement, changing policy and culture in science education across the globe with Sampson the Service Dog in Science by her side.

Tax Savings Prescriptions teaches people how to minimize federal income taxes so they can achieve their financial goals.

While many tax planning books tend to be reference books or share alleged tax secrets, Tax Savings Prescriptions is for taxpayers who understand that tax law is complex and want information to discuss with their tax professional so they can prevent or resolve IRS issues and save money.

Tax Savings Prescriptions is a unique resource, comparing taxes to health problems such as heart attacks and infections, and presenting tax tips as prescriptions similar to what doctors give. Most people are familiar with health issues, going to doctors, and receiving prescriptions, so these analogies help make tax issues easier to understand.

This useful guide provides more than one hundred tax tips in the form of tax savings prescriptions and more than one hundred examples to illustrate the concepts, providing practical strategies for anyone looking to manage their wealth effectively.

Riches Beyond Wealth is not a guide to managing finances; rather, it explores the spiritual truths Jesus taught. When teaching these truths, Jesus often used parables grounded in everyday experiences, making profound lessons relatable. Because of its central role in society, many of Jesus’s parables feature money and economic themes to explain spiritual truths about the kingdom of heaven.

On the surface, the title Riches Beyond Wealth echoes a familiar phrase, suggesting that money holds influence, power, and the ability to shape decisions and open doors. However, within these pages, the phrase takes on a deeper spiritual significance. When Jesus spoke about money in His parables and teachings, He wasn’t addressing material wealth; He used his followers’ experience with money as a vehicle for conveying profound spiritual insights. In His teachings, money “talked” by revealing lessons about identity, value, love, forgiveness, and the kingdom of heaven.

Riches Beyond Wealth explores eight key spiritual lessons that Jesus taught, each chapter focusing on a parable where financial principles are used to illuminate deeper spiritual truths. By examining parables such as the prodigal son, the workers in the vineyard, and the talents, this faith-based resource reveals how Jesus used the language of money to communicate profound truths about people and their relationship with God.

Networking.

For many people, the word conjures up images of stuffy events—shaking hands, making small talk, and exchanging business cards. To them, “networking” feels forced, awkward, even disingenuous.

It doesn’t have to be this way.
True networking is more than attending events and trading favors. Whether one is an employee or an entrepreneur, a student or an executive, good relationships form the foundation of success.

The Five Elements of Professional Networking will teach people how to

• Develop the social skills to achieve career breakthroughs
  
• Gain confidence and appear more likable and trustworthy
  
• Navigate conferences and networking events like a pro
  
• Stay top of mind for career and business opportunities
  
• Become a better, more engaging conversationalist
  
• Establish credibility and influence in their industry
  
• Discover a style of networking that feels natural to them
   

Everyone is fighting their own silent battle, but each person has the power to overcome and prevail in this life.

Life Raft explores the challenges and hardships faced by a woman who was a successful attorney to the outside world, but inside she was struggling with her mental health. From walking the stages of top universities to finding herself voluntarily committed to a mental health crisis center, author J. A. Asbill shares how she fought through the onset of mental illness to find a diagnosis, and more importantly, a way to manage and live a balanced life.

This inspirational story charts the rise and fall of coming to terms with receving a mental health diagnosis and helps people understand that they are not powerless in this situation but can choose how to live and cope moving forward. From feeling isolated to fearing judgment to discovering peace in one’s identity, Asbill describes how she fought coming to terms with her diagnosis and refused to be defined by it. 

Life Raft is personal. It’s vulnerable. It’s honesty at its core—revealing the thoughts and actions everyone keeps behind closed doors and dreads coming to light.  

In Leading Magnanimously, author Andrew Brummer exposes what it means to lead to the core of the people on a team, using fundamentals anyone can learn and start practicing.

This helpful resource focuses on leading with heart, intent, passion, love, and caring, catering to a wide range of generations. Andrew takes a step away from the theory into practicalities everyone can start living by to enable and drive magnificent teams.

Leading Magnanimously highlights the importance of leaders letting their team be—to stop micromanaging them—exploring how to blend leadership characteristics into how leaders engage with their teams and drawing clean lines around leadership no-nos. Based on his extensive experience, Andrew illustrates his concepts with some very human, loving leadership wins and challenges he has experienced.

This informative guidebook for leaders is a breath of fresh air, especially for those who haven’t yet figured out how the “how” of the theory can be applied.

Written by Broadway actress and award-winning indie film and music producer Ashley Kate Adams, #BYOP: Grief and Productivity for the Artist guides artists through loss, creative transformation, and healing.

In her second book, Adams shares that through grief, artists might find themselves more awake and creating more authentically than ever before. In this memoir-fueled, how-to guide filled with personal stories of loss and transformation, both in the entertainment industry and in her own life, she seeks to assist creatives through the most challenging times of their lives by focusing on the duality of creativity.

Through interviews, poems, and lyrics, she also celebrates the productivity of artistry when people dare to create through their sorrow and pain. Adams believes that grief allows the opportunity for true realignment and gives artists the understanding to live more boldly than ever before.

In this groundbreaking guide to modern leadership, renowned speaker and leadership expert Andre Young delivers a powerful road map for transforming one’s leadership impact and organizational culture.

Drawing from his extensive experience as a mental health therapist, professional athlete, and global leadership trainer, Young presents revolutionary strategies that bridge the gap between traditional leadership and today’s evolving workplace demands.

Through compelling real-world examples and actionable frameworks, he reveals the essential keys to leading with authenticity, driving results, and creating lasting change. Whether they’re leading a small team or a global organization, this comprehensive playbook equips people with the tools to elevate their leadership, enhance team performance, and create a culture of excellence.

From mastering crucial conversations to building high-performing teams, The Complete Leader isn’t just another leadership book; it’s a catalyst for extraordinary leadership success in today’s dynamic business landscape.

Orchestrating Connection is a groundbreaking exploration of how intentional, purpose-driven community building can transform personal and societal landscapes.

In an increasingly polarized world where loneliness is considered an epidemic and people flock to homogeneous, like-minded communities, the necessity of meaningful connections has never been more profound. Through the lens of David Homan’s Orchestrated Connecting community and methodology—and backed by Noah Askin’s academic expertise in sociology and social networks—Orchestrating Connection presents a blueprint for building deep trust quickly, fostering relationships that transcend traditional networking, and cultivating environments where empathy, diversity, and generosity flourish.

Fundamentally, communities are built around shared values, regular rituals, and a carefully crafted culture that helps individual members feel a sense of belonging while helping the community achieve its purpose. Orchestrating Connection explores how structure and rigorous intentionality behind each of these three concepts has helped David build a unique and profoundly impactful community centered around the idea of a “give and give” mindset and how others can do the same. This insightful guide is not only for people leading or participating in formal communities like alumni networks, artistic enclaves, or organizations’ Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) but also for anyone seeking to build their own network with greater purpose.

Orchestrating Connection is the beginning of a movement toward redefining the essence of community in the modern age. Intertwining personal narratives with practical guidance, it invites readers on a transformative journey to discover the power of connections composed with intention and purpose.

Hospitality fuels local economies, with dining out being a favorite activity of millions of Americans. Many people spend their early careers working in hospitality, and while some leave it off their résumé once they move on to new careers, the skills learned in hospitality can have a lasting impact.

Based on years of interviews with servers and bartenders across America, Turning Tables connects lessons from food service to professional success. The attributes that make a great server—organization, multitasking, upselling, and maintaining a positive attitude—translate directly to roles in sales, customer service, and leadership.

This insightful resource reveals how the work done behind the scenes to bring delicious, hot meals to diner’s tables neatly aligns with what it takes to be a top seller, customer service representative, or supervisor. The ability to deliver under pressure, think on one’s feet, and exceed expectations is as valuable in the office as it is behind the bar or in the kitchen. 

Whether hospitality is someone’s forever career, they’re looking to make a switch, or they’re responsible for hiring and managing a team, Turning Tables provides practical lessons to elevate any career. From nurses to real estate agents to Capitol Hill staffers, countless professionals got their start in food service—and their success is rooted in the skills they learned there.

With a behind-the-scenes look at restaurant life, Turning Tables shows how to apply hospitality-driven principles to thrive in business and beyond.

Impact explores the people and culture teams need for sustained innovation and problem-solving. 

This transformative guide is aimed at leaders who offer subject matter expertise, impact, and innate leadership skills, but now face the challenge of building teams without prior experience. Whether leaders are starting from scratch or transforming an existing team, it serves as a design framework and blueprint for transformation.

Impact guides individuals across the leadership chasm from player/coach to team builder, helping them sidestep common scaling pitfalls such as diminished impact, lower productivity, culture dilution, disempowerment, and loss of focus. It presents a two-tiered framework that examines culture as a system and leadership as a discipline. The first tier offers team-wide practices to drive focus, cultivate alignment, and unlock collective brainpower and horsepower. The second tier provides individual-centered practices to ensure the team hires, promotes, and retains those most likely to contribute to the mission.

Drawing from Keith V. Lucas’s direct experience in building teams and advising startups, Impacts offers practical insights for effective team building and leadership.

Separated and trying to navigate the co-parenting world?

Separation often brings with it trauma, stressors, and obstacles that make it difficult to see a way forward. By working together as collaborative co-parents, separating couples can protect their children from conflict and the impact of divorce and separation.

Children do best in environments where there is stability. Separation is a when time separating parents need to put their children’s well-being ahead of their own and make decisions that help them raise their children in the healthiest and happiest way possible.

Although the family unit is no longer the same, it’s still a family. Acknowledging this and putting their children’s needs ahead of anger and conflict will help separated couples to co-parent in a more effective way.

Separated parents can coexist if they have respectful boundaries and the right rules and tools in place. Learning to effectively communicate and have positive dialogue is often the first step. By implementing a set of agreed rules around their co-parenting relationship, they can give their children the gift of safety, security, and stability following separation.

In The Collaborative Co-Parent, Gabriella Pomare, a separation and parenting expert, helps separating parents on their journey to redefining the family unit and co-existing peacefully with their former partner.

Helping the world become more positive, one mindset at a time.

Jason Wolbers, a seasoned salesperson and successful business owner, is on a mission to help others think more positively. In today’s world of constant doom and gloom on social media, people need daily reminders to focus on the good things in their life. 

In The Power of a Positive Mindset, individuals are invited to complete a 90-day challenge to embrace a positive mindset. Filled with practical advice and daily habits to develop and maintain a positive mindset, this transformative resource helps individuals understand why a positive outlook is vital for a happy life and how daily routines can shape lives, for good or for bad. Featuring a daily challenge, positive affirmations to recite, and insightful quotes, The Power of a Positive Mindset sets individuals up for success through positive thinking.

Once individuals begin cultivating positive daily habits, they can shift their attitude within days and become the architect of their destiny. This treasure trove of practical success principles takes individuals down a path that taps into unlocked potential, urging them to explore the true capabilities of their mind and make lasting changes to their mindset.

One truly becomes what one thinks about—so let’s make it something positive!

A young girl must battle an evil force threatening the planet Althea’s healing powers while fighting for her own life.

A bubbly eighth grader’s life is transformed when she receives a diagnosis of leukemia. Something about Liv Silverstein’s illness makes the typical treatments ineffective, and her doctors recommend an unorthodox path forward. The only way to save Liv’s life is to transport her to the planet of healing, Althea. Desperate, Liv’s parents agree and Liv is whisked off by flying horses to a planet they never knew existed.

At first, Althea seems to be the realization of Liv’s childhood fantasies. Gifted with a wisecracking cat named Monticelli, Liv makes friends with mermaids and a half-elf boy, Caleb. When a mermaid becomes ill, Altheans realize their planet is suffering. A destructive purple mist washes over the land, polluting the water. Butterflies and plants are dying, and without its plants, Althea cannot heal the mermaid—or Liv.

Under the guidance of a wise elder named Dara, a reluctant Liv sets out to defend Althea, with the help of Monticelli and Caleb. After a challenging journey, they meet Emelina, a young girl possessed by the spirit of the evil Hadeon. Increasingly weakened by her untreated condition, Liv’s stamina threatens to expose the group to Emelina/Hadeon’s powers.

How will the trio, led by the fearless yet ailing Liv, survive this journey, defeat Hadeon, save Althea, and save Liv along the way?

Against the harsh realities of the Second Congo War, Cockroaches, God, Death, and Mangoes reveals an extraordinary tale of survival and resilience. 

When six-year-old Bikonzi and his family are torn from their home and thrust into the horrors of a concentration camp, they must navigate a world where hope is scarce and survival comes at a steep cost. As Bikonzi grapples with the absence of God and the omnipresence of Death, his family makes a pact to endure—no matter the compromises and sacrifices required. 

In this gripping true story, the Moise family’s journey reveals the unyielding human spirit’s ability to find light even in the darkest of times.

Alligator in the Ocean illustrates one family’s drive to stop a serial predator and overcome the heart-wrenching struggles that followed.

Anina Swan shares the true account of how she survived the brutality of a serial predator, Ivan, unveiled traumatic amnesia, and rallied help to stop his crime spree. With deep-seated courage, Anina did the unthinkable when she confronted her perpetrator. The result eventually delivered Ivan’s confessions of assaulting hundreds of children, according to local news reports. The chaotic aftermath ultimately led to his arrest and how Anina transformed her pain into purpose and adversity into triumph.

In Alligator in the Ocean, Anina creatively weaves scenes from three different perspectives: one of the child victims, herself as a young mother, and the perpetrator through portions of his handwritten letters that he wrote to his wife, Adele, while incarcerated. Anina illustrates how the wounds of crime reach beyond the victim and spread through family and community. She gives a deeply personal account of how she persevered and overcame what seemed impossible. Then how she transformed—through forgiveness sought and found. This poignant story proves that where there is hope, the crippling effects of violence can be overcome and result in a profound desire to live a better life.

Alligator in the Ocean is a unique story based on a collection of Anina’s journals, court documents, slides and photos, newspaper articles, interviews, and the original letters written by Ivan to his wife while incarcerated.

Gratitude isn’t just a virtue—it’s a force that shapes the success of organizations. Gravitude reveals how leaders can harness this powerful force through six foundational pillars: Phileo Love, Trust, Teamwork, BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals), Legacy, and Identity. Just as gravity strengthens with mass, the presence of these pillars amplifies Gravitude—a measurable force that fosters engagement, loyalty, and organizational excellence.

Featuring exclusive insights from top executives—including Dave Katz (President & COO, Coca-Cola Consolidated), Glen Jackson (Co-Founder, Jackson Spalding), Tim Fisher (President, Jackson + Coker), John Featherston (Sr. Director, Chick-fil-A), Ben Tyson (CEO, No Longer Bound), and Horst Schulze (Co-Founder, Ritz-Carlton)—this book validates how gratitude transforms workplace culture.

Gravitude also distinguishes between fleeting thankfulness and deep, lasting gratitude, explaining why cultivating “grateful fans” leads to greater organizational success than simply creating “raving fans.” Finally, it introduces the Gravitude Quotient (GQ), a groundbreaking tool that enables leaders to measure and strengthen gratitude within their teams.

"I've often said gratitude completes the connection between an organization and its people. Mark Bowling successfully conveys this mission-critical message, empowering businesses to foster cultures of excellence. At the heart of such excellence—even in an age of automation—is the celebration of people. This is the essence of Gravitude —a much-needed call for organizations to prioritize their people, creating a thriving, purpose-driven workplace." —Horst Schulze, Co-Founder & Former President/CEO, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

So how do you find PROOF of REAL-WORLD IMPACT?

INTRODUCING: What Matters Matters Most, the latest book by international bestselling author and organizational growth strategist, Wendy Lipton-Dibner. 

What Matters Matters Most reveals Lipton-Dibner’s patent pending solution for building impassioned engagement, unrivaled loyalty, and boundless growth by capturing PROOF of the long-term, REAL-WORLD IMPACT of products and services.

Presented in an entertaining and relatable story, What Matters Matters Most invites you to follow the journey of new, established, and skeptical leaders as they discover and apply an unprecedented solution to get PROOF of their REAL-WORLD IMPACT across a wide range of industries.

Join Amy, Bob, Tameka, Ramesh, Mae, and more as they adopt a new paradigm of success that shifts their perspective on what really matters for building and proving success. 

The leaders soon discover the Five Components of Real-World Impact, how to infuse REAL-WORLD IMPACT into every area of their organizations, how to find the unique potential of each product and service, how to build meaningful rewards that show employees they matter, how to provide life-changing experiences for customers and patients, and so much more.

Their biggest surprise? They achieved unprecedented results in only five minutes a week, without adding any extra work for their teams or themselves! 

Through pilot studies and formulaic strategies, the leaders find their REAL-WORLD IMPACT touches multiple areas of people’s lives, creating changes, outcomes, results, and experiences they’d never envisioned—all because they shifted their perspective and saw, What Matters Matters Most. 

Reviewers called What Matters Matters Most: “GROUNDBREAKING” “IMPORTANT” “BRILLIANT” “COMPELLING” “MASTERFUL” “GAME-CHANGING” “ENGAGING” “TIMELY” and “ACTIONABLE.” 

Order your copy of What Matters Matters Most today and Prove Your Real-World Impact^® now!

“You will never look at our planet in the same way.”

The Wise Man and the Story of Plenty depicts humanity’s unstoppable journey in a world of abundance, posing the critical question: Has humanity been wise in treating the planet in ways that now jeopardize its future?

As global crises multiply, solutions often fail to address the interconnected roots of these challenges, focusing instead on isolated problems with limited impact. This eye-opening resource highlights the deeper crisis of overexploitation by a species that perceives itself as separate from nature. Understanding the present crisis requires a reflection on humanity’s past and an exploration of the consequences of current trajectories.

From the dark caves of the Stone Age to today’s industrialized world, the story unpacks how a stable, plentiful environment enabled humanity to rise to dominance. Yet, this dominance, driven by a profit-centric system powered by fossil fuels, now threatens the planet—and humanity’s survival.

It’s therefore not about saving the planet, but about saving humanity.

In this historic moment of magnitude, what’s needed is a profound shift in mindset and a new sense of consciousness to reconnect with nature and rethink humanity’s role in a world that moves beyond overexploitation. Rather than polarizing, shaming, or blaming, this story offers instead a call for unity and optimism.

The most empowering aspect is that the ending to the Story of Plenty remains unwritten, and it’s down to humanity to decide how it will continue . . .

Aaker on Branding distills the most essential branding principles from David Aaker’s extensive works, offering a comprehensive guide to building a strong, enduring brand.

This compact resource provides businesses with actionable insights on brand strategy, brand portfolios, and brand management, addressing key branding challenges and offering a road map to prioritize and apply Aaker’s concepts effectively.

Updated with seven new chapters on brand communities, disruptive innovation, the 5Bs, and more, the revised edition of Aaker on Branding will be indispensable for those looking to create agile, differentiated brands.

Many people wish they could take control of their life and manifest the career, project, or relationship they’ve always dreamed of. Create Your BLANK is a road map to doing just that.

Certified coach Allison Field shares actionable steps and insights to help individuals connect with their heart’s desires and overcome the barriers that have been holding them back. Whether people are seeking a fresh start, craving a career change, or are ready to finally pursue that long-dreamed-of project, this guide will take them from intention to action.

From understanding the energy that drives decisions to setting clear intentions for the future, Create Your BLANK empowers people to shift from uncertainty to clarity.

For those ready to step into their power and embrace their potential, a transformational journey awaits.

Discover what true femininity is in The Feminine Effect.

This is a message for all women: Conditioned by parental viewpoints and societal rules, women have long twisted themselves into unrecognizable identities to adhere to these demands—striving after power as defined by men, only to find themselves exhausted and unhappy. What if this centuries-long attempt to excel in a world with masculine values took women in the wrong direction? What if they no longer know what it means to be a woman? What, indeed, is the true nature of a woman?

Chelsea O’Brien’s mission is to take women back to their authenticity—to who they really are—and she does this by asking women to feel and see her life as she did: a life that has taken her from the extremes of poverty and wealth, of great fear and power, of divorce and death, and finally into laughter and joy and unconditional love. She represents all the best and worst parts of being a woman, all the while confirming those inklings women have to follow their hearts that, up to now, they haven’t dared to honor.

Guided by the mystical teachings of her mentor, Abdy Electriciteh, Chelsea uses vulnerable lessons around male and female relationships to redefine the true nature of a woman. 

Discover the secret strategy used by some of the most successful advertisers online to convert jaded skeptics into confident buyers.

Selling in competitive markets is tough.  And as big brands continue to pour money into online advertising, it’s only going to get tougher.  So, how do small business owners maximize their ad dollars to stay competitive? By crafting their sales argument to appeal to those with the biggest doubts. 

In Selling to Skeptics, veteran salesperson Russ Reynolds shares a simple framework that turns even the most skeptical prospects into confident buyers. Those who learn and use the framework gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace, resulting in lower ad costs and larger conversion rates. 

More than just theory, Selling to Skeptics contains case studies and real-world examples of this framework in action, empowering marketing professionals with a new understanding of how to sell online in a highly competitive environment and equipping them with a practical guide to quickly put their learnings into action.

BEYOND THE BADGE

ONE MAN, TWO LIVES

Step into the gripping world of law enforcement with Tony Mozingo, a former FBI agent whose journey is interwoven with homespun wisdom learned from his beloved pet companions. This compelling memoir invites you to explore an unexpectedly charming journey from humble beginnings in rural Virginia to the thrilling challenges of FBI life. Mozingo’s story unfolds through riveting narratives and profound reflections. Discover how his profound bond with animals informed his dedicated pursuit of justice against criminals, shaping his understanding of life’s deepest meanings in Beyond the Badge.

From the Foreword by Richard K. Lack, FBI Special Agent, Retired 

Whether Tony was leading a team or working independently, his meticulous attention to detail and innovative problem-solving skills ensured that his contributions were always of the highest quality. His ability to balance a multitude of tasks with grace and efficiency is truly commendable, making him an invaluable asset to the FBI during his years as an active Special Agent.In addition to his professional prowess, Tony possesses unwavering integrity and ethical standards. He navigated the complexities of his field with a strong moral compass, earning the respect and trust of colleagues. I told him I consider this book to be an exposé—so get ready to be exposed to insider information that will have you intrigued and captivated. The animal stories are a delightful bonus. Enjoy!

A turbulent childhood has left Aarav Patel scarred and alone, walking on the edge of life and death. Because of this, his military career is flourishing, but in the wake of the last global war, he’s questioning the integrity of the powers that govern his steps.

As a mysterious series of portals open up around the globe, Aarav finds himself on a rushed mission to acquire intel about the other side. Through the portal is a land similar to home, albeit blanketed by a phenomenon called “The Veil”—a tearing apart of reality that is a source of both peril and intrigue to him and his colleagues. Danger, wonder, and revelation await humans in the world of Tvestra, but as the mission progresses, Aarav discovers that this strange world could have major implications for the people back home: despite the dangers therein, this place could turn out to be Earth’s salvation.

An epic tale of courage, risk, love, and mystery, The Veil blends science fiction and fantasy with reality, leaving those who become immersed in the realm of Tvestra with a greater understanding of Earth. 

Find out what really goes on behind the scenes of long-term care facilities in Be Aware of That Nursing Home.

Drawing from Richard Danforth’s unparalleled, hands-on experience and insight into the long-term care system and its impact on consumers and families, this resource serves as an essential guide for those navigating the complexities of choosing nursing home care, emphasizing the importance of dignity, rights, and quality of life. Not only a testament to Richard’s lifelong commitment to advocacy, it’s also a call to action for systemic change.

At a time when nursing home conditions are once again in the media, Be Aware of That Nursing Home offers a valuable perspective not commonly available to potential nursing home consumers and family members. What is available is slick, often misleading marketing created by an industry reaping massive profits off taxpayer dollars. Information attempting to influence policymakers is mostly provided by well-meaning academics, data experts, or attorneys who are one step removed from personally witnessing the everyday realities of nursing home environments. Those efforts are repeatedly squelched by the well-financed, powerful lobbyists of the long-term care industry. Otherwise, the tragic, unacceptable conditions in far too many nursing homes would never have happened.

Beware That Nursing Home informs consumers and families as to how today’s nursing homes came about, what tragedies occur daily, and what consumers need to know to protect themselves when choosing a facility. Not only is this information crucial for consumers and families, but it’s also important for the underappreciated, underpaid professionals attempting to serve in dysfunctional and often life-threatening environments. 

The Shift is an entrepreneurial fable that follows Daniel, a young dentist who buys a dental practice and quickly realizes he’s in for more than he bargained for.

Through a chance meeting with Jack, an elderly patient and former business executive, he learns the keys to success. By working on his own health and leadership, Daniel starts to tackle the main systems that will help him through his business journey, including setting his vision, getting his operations in order, finding the right team members, and learning the financial side of the business. With Jack’s mentorship, Daniel shifts his understanding of what it means to be successful and finds that his business can serve his needs and help him reach his goals. 

The Shift helps young business owners deal with the daily struggles of business ownership, balancing the routine tasks with the leadership needed from the CEO and owner. 

Heading into the unknown world of adult orphanhood?

Helping one’s parents as they age and eventually leave this world can be difficult. While caring for them perfectly isn’t a realistic expectation, it is possible to let them go without losing sight of kindness and compassion for them and the caregiver.

When parents begin to need assistance, the path from mild annoyance to complete overwhelm can change in an instant. Given the combination of family dynamics, health concerns, and current life responsibilities, it should be little surprise that there is no “one-size-fits-all” answer. Friction between siblings, parents, and caregivers can quickly intensify as everyone tries to map out the best plan of action.

Having lost her father at a young age and then much later assisting her mother through the last years of her long life, author Ingrid Hanson-Popp offers both soulful advice and practical tips through her own story and the stories of more than a dozen friends who are fellow orphans—those who have entered the new world of life without Mom or Dad.

Becoming an Orphan shares the experiences and advice of others who have experienced the death of a parent, providing hope and direction on becoming an orphan.

• Discover realistic strategies to help during the season of letting parents go.
• Realize how compassion can help one successfully navigate the uncharted waters of grief and becoming an adult orphan.
• Learn tips to take care of oneself while caring for aging parents

Ignite YOUR Power Within is a guide to navigating life’s complexities with a joyful and resilient spirit.

Written for women maneuvering the messy middle of life where demands on their attention and energy can feel overwhelming, authors, entrepreneurs, and sisters Chrissy and Raeann offer a blend of personal stories, practical advice, and inspirational messages designed to help women navigate the ups and downs of life with grace, grit, and courage.

Each chapter introduces a “Powerword” to empower women to become fearless, fierce, limitless, open, and strong. They share engaging stories, real-life examples, and interactive exercises for women to cultivate these qualities and create a life with more joy on the good days, the hard days, and every day in between.

Through their vulnerability and willingness to be open, the sisters make women feel seen and understood, creating a deep connection that allows women to embrace their own quirks and experiences and achieve their dreams of living a joyful, empowered, happy, uplifting, and purposeful life.

The Canteen explores the dangers of self-sufficiency and the profound lessons learned from stepping out into the unknown through the lens of one man’s African mission.

At the pivotal age of nineteen, Kyle Gabhart embarked on a journey that expanded his horizons, challenged his faith, and allowed him to experience a world he had only read about. Traveling from Fort Worth, Texas, to Johannesburg, South Africa, he was confronted by a world that was as foreign and fierce as it was brilliant and beautiful. For nearly a month, he explored Johannesburg, Pretoria, the surrounding wilderness, and the bush in Zimbabwe.

For the next two decades, his experiences continued to make an indelible impact on his life, opening his eyes to the realities of hunger and violence experienced in other parts of the globe. Before this journey, Kyle had little understanding of developing countries, and never before had he been a minority or spent much time in a place where English was not the dominant tongue. Those twenty-five days in May 1999 immersed Kyle in a foreign land with a radically different culture and transformed the way he sees the world.

The Canteen invites believers on a journey of faith and discovery that challenges them to analyze the source of their confidence. Are they relying upon their own skills and assets or the Lord’s? Are they clutching onto something temporal as their provision or releasing everything to open their arms for whatever God has in store for them?

Cincinnati Soul resurrects the inspiring legacies of the Cincinnati Tigers, the Cincinnati Cuban Stars, and other Black baseball teams in Cincinnati.

It sheds light on the players’ remarkable skills, what life was like as a Negro Leaguer, and the barriers they overcame, ensuring their stories are remembered and celebrated. By exploring the socioeconomic and cultural backdrop of Cincinnati during the era of the Negro Leagues, Cincinnati Soul provides a comprehensive understanding of the environment in which these teams thrived and how they were integral to the community and the broader civil rights movement.

Cincinnati Soul weaves together the personal stories of the players, coaches, and fans, offering an intimate glimpse into the lives and experiences of those involved in Cincinnati’s Black baseball teams. It highlights the contributions these teams made to modern baseball within the city and nationally, the enduring legacy of these teams, and their role in shaping the sport as we know it today.

Scorpions Ascent is an action-packed young adult novel that blends Iron Age archaeology with the thrill of Indiana Jones adventure.

Tzakhi dreads being apprenticed to the smelting fires of King Solomon’s mines, but when his father is kidnapped, he has the opportunity to rescue him and demonstrate that he already has a different set of skills. 

Tzakhi’s father Nachshon is steward over the mines of the Arava, and Tzakhi’s older half brothers serve the fires. Tzakhi loves working with the animals of the caravansary at Tamar and learning desert craft from Captain Avi-dan, commander of the Tamar fortress. Tzakhi visits Scorpions’ Ascent, where he’d seen his older brother Salmah draw in a pack of wolves with his flute. He, too, draws in the pack with his shofar—a song his mother sang of an epic journey and wolves.

When his father is kidnapped for his metallurgical skill by Hadad, Tzakhi tracks the kidnappers. A Torah teacher known only as the Levite gives Tzakhi a sword and a blessing that the ancient hornet of Moses go before him.

Tzakhi finds the raiders’ camp at the suspected Mt. Sinai. Can Tzakhi use desert craft and the lessons he learned from Avi-dan and the Levite to cut them down?

Scorpions Ascent takes a thriller turn, showing readers how the imagination and faith of the young can carve out solutions.

So many people let life pass them by without going after the things that truly make them happy. Life, Unlimited is here to remind people of what’s possible and show them the way to the life of their dreams. 

In 2012, Tray Rush was struggling to make ends meet. He tried switching jobs, taking on second jobs, and pursuing countless failed “can’t miss” business opportunities, in an effort to turn things around. Nothing worked. Fearing his dream of becoming an entertainer and building a life of freedom as an entrepreneur would never happen, he tried something different. He quit job hopping and chasing after mindless side hustles, and began studying the best minds in human behavior, success, and self-help. Then, he turned what he learned into a series of simple steps he could take every day.

To his surprise, two things happened. First, his mindset changed, and he began to see the world differently. Next, his behavior changed, and he became more focused with his actions. And, sure enough, he began achieving more by doing less and his dream of becoming an entertainer started to bear fruit on YouTube. In just a few years, Tray amassed more than 10+ million social media followers, billions of views on YouTube, and a thriving business and real estate portfolio.

Tray’s transformation was achieved by a system that can be used by anyone to identify, pursue, and live Life, Unlimited. Researched and tested in the real world, it has been shared with those who noticed Tray’s progress and asked how he did it. Now, it’s available to everyone.

Learning Love teaches people easy-to-follow tools to build healthy, happy, thriving relationships in every area of life.

Dr. Mark A. Hicks applies his decades of research and personal experience in relationships to teaching a realistic understanding of love. Even those who have come from a dysfunctional family, been through a divorce, or struggled in past relationships can use his practical, real-life method to build the relationships they want, need, and deserve. 

Love is a learned skill set. Through understanding the five components of love, anyone can build healthy relationships that last. Healthy marriages, thriving families, deep friendships, and connected coworkers are all possible by learning and practicing these five components. 

Love doesn’t have to be a mystery. Relationships don’t have to be a struggle. Learn the five components of love and build relationships that last with Learning Love.

Can booze really talk to you? Many people suffering from addiction can hear their drug or drink of choice calling to them—and they feel compelled to listen.

For thirty years of his life, Dr. Larry Smith was in an unhealthy and shackling master-slave relationship with Johnnie—a jealous lover who insisted that the relationship be kept a secret. 

Who was Johnnie? Johnnie was the voice within Larry, guiding him from deep within throughout his addiction.

In Johnnie and Me, alcoholism and addiction are presented from a unique perspective. Dr. Smith’s misadventures, near-death experiences, and dramatic recovery are written in chilling and exquisite detail. His message is clear: recovery is possible for anybody suffering from addiction if they take responsibility for their past actions and wholeheartedly commit to the recovery process. 

Burnished in the crucible rather than disconnected academic research, Improvised Careers is based on author Christopher Bishop’s own successful navigation of eight different careers.

Nanopharmacist? Lunar tour guide? Robotic ethics consultant? Augmented reality content designer? Quantum algorithm programmer? These jobs may not sound familiar now, but they will in due time. The world of work is being transformed.

According to the World Economic Forum’s The Future of Jobs 2020, over the next ten years over one billion workers are at risk of losing their jobs to robotics, automation, and AI. So that they may explore the tremendous opportunities that lie ahead for today’s learners in the workplace of the future, Improvising Careers provides readers with tools to both shape and take advantage of the coming technological innovations. People can prepare for the kinds of work they might be doing as they move into the middle of the twenty-first century by leveraging the insight and socio-historical perspective in Bishop’s pragmatic guidebook.

The three main components of his Future Career Toolkit—VOICE, ANTENNA, and MESH—enable readers to better plan and execute their own nonlinear, multimodal career path and provide a systematized, scalable, repeatable, malleable framework for navigating multiple careers, both today and in the future. 

Building Men is a collection of life lessons offering clear, practical insights into shaping strong, principled young men for the next generation.

What defines the making of a man?

Jim Tracy didn’t just establish multi-million-dollar family-owned businesses from his humble garage; he, alongside his family, embodied the American Dream. Jim attributes this success to the mentors who helped shape him into the entrepreneur and Hall of Fame inductee he is today.

In Building Men, Jim explores the essence of true character building, sharing stories of pivotal figures who influenced his business acumen, integrity, and leadership. He offers invaluable insights for anyone looking to guide young men toward becoming conscientious individuals who consistently make wise decisions.

From lessons learned from his grandfather to the principles he instills in his grandchildren, Jim provides a roadmap for raising young men in our complex modern world, offering a wealth of inspiration and practical advice.

Retune Your Heart is a beautiful reminder of how the “extra” is everywhere if people are willing to open their eyes and hearts to see it.

Life is full of things that, at first glance, seem rather ordinary: a young girl learning to ride a bike with her dad; the bond between an old man and his canine companion; a pair of eighty-year-old lovers still holding hands; sunrises, sunsets, and double rainbows; and the kindness of strangers, to name a few. 

But several years ago, Don Blackwell realized that if he paid a little closer attention, opened his eyes and heart just a little wider, every now and then he would see beyond the ordinariness. He would see something “extra.” Turns out, the “extra” is everywhere—and it’s unspeakably beautiful.

This inspirational guidebook uses deeply personal stories to provide encouragement to those searching and hungry for hope and provides the wake-up call the world needs concerning mental health.

Retune Your Heart stirs the spirits and soothes the soul, urging people to move beyond setbacks and heartbreak, embrace vulnerability, and get back to living their best, most authentic lives. 

How can one view the world biologically but also biblically?

The walls people build around their lives protect them—but also limit them.

People build many intellectual, emotional, and spiritual walls around themselves, those they love, and their community. Often, these walls safeguard them and help them understand their life and purpose. Yet sometimes, these walls impede people from fully experiencing life as God wants them to.

Which self-built walls are helping these people? Which walls are holding them back?

In his second book, Biblical Biology, Dr. Woodard invites individuals to explore big ideas around biology and faith to see whether any of these ideas hit up against their walls. If they do, that’s okay. Believers are encouraged to see whether there might be something on the other side that opens up a new way to think, feel, or connect with God.

The Indy 500 chronicles the tradition, pageantry, and on-track danger of the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”

Not only is it the biggest auto race in the world, but with over 350,000 spectators, the Indianapolis 500 is annually the largest single-day sporting event in the world.

Interrupted only by world wars, the Indy 500 has been a Memorial Day tradition since 1911, and race car drivers from around the world flock to test themselves and their cars against the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway and their fellow competitors.

But first they must qualify for the thirty-three-car starting field.

The Indy 500 chronicles the 108^th Indy 500 in 2024—the key players and events of a year-long journey, from the last laps of the 2023 race won in thrilling fashion by Josef Newgarden to the checkered flag at the end of the 2024 race. With thirty-four cars entered for just thirty-three spots, it delves into the drivers’ and race teams’ quest for speed leading up to qualification and highlights the challenges faced by both highly funded race teams and upstart longshots.

Once the race begins, so does its lap-by-lap danger and drama. Any small mistake, either on the track or in the pits, could not only end a driver’s race but could also result in a tragic on-track crash. The 2023 Indy 500 ended with a last-lap overtake for victory. Would 2024 see a repeat?

The Indy 500 is a collection of stories from the 2024 Indy 500, and while the characters might change, the thrilling storylines and themes persist year after year at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 

Self-Talk chronicles ten common stories people tell themselves that keep them stuck and provides specific actions they can take to change those stories.

Author Marianne Renner describes how she discovered the power of self-talk in her quest to overcome decades of debilitating depression and addiction. After applying these strategies to conquer her mental health and addiction challenges, she realized that they can be applied to almost any problem, whether at work or at home. The same lessons that helped her climb out of the pit of despair have helped thousands of others overcome their greatest roadblocks.

Self-Talk portrays the author’s personal experience with sabotaging stories of self-talk, as well as other real-life examples from her coaching clients. In addition to inspirational stories, this poignant guidebook is packed full of practical action steps to help people get unstuck and start moving forward in any area of their business or personal life.

Marianne’s unique Storyteller Framework—SEAR—breaks down the process of how stories are created so that anyone who feels held back by their thoughts can change the script inside their head and overcome almost any obstacle they may face.

Make Imposter Syndrome Your Superpower helps women in STEM show up more fully in their career, authentically step into their next level of leadership, and leap after those big, hairy, audacious goals.

Too often women in positions of leadership within STEM fields feel like a square peg in a round hole whittling away their edges trying to fit in. Make Imposter Syndrome Your Superpower encourages them to own their power and recognize that they already have what it takes to be effective and impactful leaders within the male-dominated industries they’re already shaping.

Leaning on her decades of experience as a coach for executive women, her expertise in imposter syndrome, and her legacy leadership framework, author Jen Coken blends insight with application in helping women in STEM move from being hidden leaders to ones with more authority, influence, and impact—all starting with embracing their limiting beliefs and self-doubt.

This insightful guidebook will help women in STEM step into leadership in a values-aligned and authentic way—disregarding the tired, old examples of what leadership “should” be. They will learn to recognize the defining moment that created their version of imposter syndrome and come to understand, accept, and be grateful for the ways imposter syndrome has helped them along their journey. 

Make Imposter Syndrome Your Superpower is a transformative handbook for women in STEM, empowering them to build unshakable self-confidence, enhance team dynamics, and influence company culture.

Don’t Pull Your Sister’s Hair is the story of Sam Flood Jr.—the boy who didn’t speak until he was five has become a man who wants to tell stories for a living.

Sam Flood was born on January 1, 1984, two weeks late. Walking and running at ten months, he didn’t speak until age five. “From the outset, Sam seemed to have his own idea for how life should be,” writes his father in the opening chapter, in which Sam pieces together his memories with stories told by his family to describe what it was like for Sam to express himself, from pulling his sister Eliza’s hair to wandering to Häagen-Dazs at age three.

Sam’s inability to speak concerned his parents, who consulted doctors to figure out what was wrong. One specialist said Sam would never graduate from high school, let alone go to college. Turning to writing, reading, and his own sense of humor to cope with constant bullying for his differences, Sam proved them wrong, earning a BA from Mitchell College in Connecticut.

Any family can find hope in Sam’s story. Anyone who feels different, misunderstood, bullied, or unfairly treated in life can find light in the way Sam charted his course. This is a story of neurodiversity, but it’s not just for people dealing with ADHD, autism, or any other diagnostic label, because everyone has unique ways of thinking, processing, and behaving. 

Don’t Pull Your Sister’s Hair is about the moments where neurodiversity creates opportunity. It’s the story of what’s possible.

Work Less, Make More, and Have Fun in Your Business shows business owners and leaders how to create a successful, thriving, and immensely profitable business that is enjoyable to operate while providing the personal freedom they desire. 

Work Less, Make More, and Have Fun in Your Business provides a systematic approach that eliminates the guesswork, trial and error, and uncertainty associated with growing a business, scaling operations, and increasing its profitability. It addresses all aspects of a business with a step-by-step approach and practical tools to establish the company owners long for. It also addresses the six core areas of an entity with easy to understand, straightforward, and extremely effective processes that enable business owners and leaders to achieve the goals for their business in less hours than they are currently spending on it.

By using the noted Structure of Success™ methodology, which is built upon George Horrigan’s experience with over 1,200 businesses during the past 21 years, Work Less, Make More, and Have Fun in Your Business shows how to seamlessly put all the functions of a company together to obtain the results they want. Horrigan shows how to utilize innovation to break through plateaus or operational ceilings they may be incurring, beat their competition, and grow and scale their profitability, while getting it ready for their eventual exit.

Learn the secrets of successful movie storytelling for your business.

For years, experts have emphasized the need for brands to become better storytellers, yet practical guidance has been scarce - until now.

Using the successful storytelling formulas that movies use to hook audiences, this innovative workbook helps any business create emotionally powerful stories that can produce blockbuster results.

Often, businesses fail to connect with their customers because they rely too heavily on rationality and corporate clichés. This roadmap guides business leaders away from telling the story they want to tell and towards the story their audience wants to hear.

Create a new Enemy & Superpower, Quest, Controlling Idea, Synopsis, Backstory, Logline, and much more.  Start capturing the attention of your audience - and their wallets.

Ideal for any business or individual aiming to attract attention, investors, and customers, Creating a Blockbuster Brand reveals the essentials of winning hearts and minds. Discover how to engage your audience effectively with the transformative power of storytelling.

Silence Your Inner Critic invites individuals experiencing self-doubt to embark on an epic quest to rise above their greatest adversary—their Inner Critic. 

This transformative guide weaves the exhilarating elements of superhero comic book lore with practical psychological insights, empowering individuals to reclaim their hero’s journey from the clutches of self-criticism.

Opening with an exploration of how past experiences, societal expectations, and personal fears create a fertile ground for self-doubt to flourish, this enlightening resource arms individuals with an arsenal of tools—mindfulness techniques, self-compassion practices, and confidence-building exercises—all designed to fortify their resilience against their Inner Critic.

Offering a hands-on approach to self-empowerment through engaging, real-life examples blended with interactive exercises, individuals learn to identify and challenge the distorted perceptions that fuel their internal foe. Techniques such as the “Tablet of Internal Power” and “Journal of Justice” are presented as superhero gadgets that individuals can visualize and deploy, making the process both fun and impactful.

Author Amber Mikesell combines personal experience, psychological research, and motivational coaching, making Silence Your Inner Critic not only a tool for personal change but also a compelling read that entertains as it educates. 

Ideal for anyone who struggles with self-doubt or is a harsh self-critic, this unique guidebook offers a fresh, engaging approach to traditional self-help with a blend of narrative flair and practical advice that can transform the inner battleground into a triumph of self-discovery and empowerment.

Individuals will feel like the hero of their own story, equipped with the knowledge and tools to silence their Inner Critic once and for all.

Uniquely Us explores the complicated connection between Autism, Marriage, and Faith and provides a path forward for the Neurodiverse Couples working together in this journey.

Stephanie and Dan Holmes write from lived experience as a NeuroDiverse Christian Couple (NDCC) as well as professional experience working with NDCCs. Their first book, written with their adult children, Embracing the Autism Spectrum focuses on their parenting journey of neurodivergent children and discovering their own neurodiversity in marriage.

Uniquely Us is based on published research from Dan's later-in-life adult autism diagnosis. It focuses on faith, marriage, and autism, examining how neurodiversity and faith create a complex relationship dynamic for NeuroDiverse Christian Couples.

Uniquely Us is designed to educate clergy, coaches, chaplains, and counselors on the nuances and complexities of working with NeuroDiverse Christian Couples.

Learn how businesses can leverage their success to drive positive social impact. 

Kurt Avery delves into a range of proven business and marketing techniques, including some developed through his own professional experiences as the founder, owner, and president of Sawyer Products.

Sawyer Products has achieved remarkable success with its innovative water filtration and insect repellent products, but it hasn’t stopped there. Sawyer Think reveals how the company has harnessed its profitability to make a significant charitable impact worldwide and provides a clear roadmap that other businesses can follow.

Sawyer Think aims to inspire and empower business leaders to think beyond the bottom line and use their resources to create meaningful change. It includes a step-by-step guide on increasing charitable giving and philanthropic efforts while also enhancing overall profitability and sustainability. 

Childhood & the Enneagram serves as an innovative guide for parents and caregivers, offering invaluable insights into raising resilient, self-aware, and compassionate children.

Drawing from a blend of attachment theory, childhood development, and the transformative power of the Enneagram, Susan Parker Jones shares a philosophy and approach rooted in her experience as a psychotherapist specializing in childhood trauma and loss.

In a world where parenting advice often feels overwhelming and one-size-fits-all, Susan offers a refreshing approach that blends ancient wisdom with modern insights.

Inviting parents and guardians on a transformative journey of self-discovery and compassionate parenting, she empowers caregivers to understand their children’s unique personalities and needs on a deeper level, fostering authentic connections and resilience from an early age.

Susan emphasizes the importance of nurturing children’s three centers of intelligence—head (IQ), heart (EQ), and body (GQ)—to cultivate “wholehearted connection” while instilling the truth that every child is brave and worthy of love and belonging.

Caregivers are invited to embark on a journey of self-discovery, exploring their own childhood narratives alongside practical strategies for guiding their children.

Ultimately, this helpful guide equips caregivers with the tools and insights needed to navigate the complexities of childhood development, fostering deeper connections with their children while prioritizing their own well-being.

By embracing this journey, caregivers can aspire to raise resilient, empathetic individuals prepared to face the world with courage, wisdom, and compassion.

The Caveman Way to Get Healthy-er is an invitation to rediscover health through the wisdom of our ancient ancestors. 

Near Lake Superior, a fisherman reels in a Neanderthal encased in ice.  Frozen alive, the Neanderthal thaws overnight as his rescuer sleeps.  The fisherman wakes to a mammoth dilemma: how does one take care of this primitive human ancestor?  Conversely, the Neanderthal is baffled by his human descendant’s ignorance of basic survival skills, like eating, moving, and resting.  The scenario begs the question: who is truly more primitive?  

This resource embarks on a light-hearted journey exploring 15 simple and effective natural health practices that can jump-start the healing process for a range of conditions, including obesity, diabetes, addiction, and cancer. Advocating for a return to more natural self-care methods, The Caveman Way to Get Healthy-er illuminates the body's internal processes to reveal why these care instructions make so much sense.  Created for those whose health improvements have been stalled by time, energy, or financial constraints, this guidebook activates the "can do" part of one’s brain, ensuring that meaningful progress is within reach.

Falling in love is what everyone dreams of. Sustaining that love is the deal-breaker. 

People can’t sustain something they don’t fully understand, that they don’t know how to nurture, that they don’t know how to develop and grow.

The nine Enneagram types reveal that there are nine ways to love and receive love. Shown by both modern science and ancient wisdom, leaning into understanding oneself and others through the Enneagram leads to loving better and living more fully.

Enneagram expert and psychiatrist David Daniels, MD and certified Enneagram relationship teacher and coach Suzanne Dion present a relationship-changing guidebook packed with practical tips, specific guidance, and stories of working with couples on communication, anger, judgment, forgiveness, love, intimacy, and sexual fulfillment for all nine types.

This unique resource brings together the power of the Enneagram, relationship mindfulness, and a deep understanding of the nine Enneagram personality types to transform relationships from conflictual and struggling to harmonious and thriving.

Whether someone is seeking love and dating or is in an established relationship, The Enneagram, Relationships, and Intimacy will take them on a journey into themselves and others—a journey that will change their life.

Heather Rosson unveils twelve biblical principles for achieving business success without compromising your values in The Blue-Collar Executive.

Building a successful business doesn’t have to be difficult, especially for people of faith. Using twelve simple yet powerful principles straight out of scripture, anyone can build a successful business without abandoning their faith. 

However, starting and growing a business comes with significant challenges, such as getting customers, identifying your market, differentiating yourself, promoting your products and services, and effectively leading and managing team members and employees. These challenges often push business owners outside of their comfort zones. These hurdles are even greater for entrepreneurs striving to create a business that aligns with their spiritual convictions.

In The Blue-Collar Executive, Heather Rosson shares twelve straightforward biblical principles that guided her father in conquering a billion-dollar industry without violating biblical values. These principles have also supported her across multiple entrepreneurial ventures and enabled her to positively impact thousands of Christian entrepreneurs through her coaching and her role at the National Association of Christian Women Entrepreneurs.

Anne of Survivor follows the journey of a defiant young woman who refuses to compromise her identity, forging an unconventional path filled with unexpected allies, profound adventures, and a destiny intertwined with the fate of a kingdom.

Anne may not know exactly what she wants in life, but she knows who she is and is not willing to change that for anyone. Anne resides in post-war Ryland, where everything’s civilized. A lesser noble, she should be grateful to have garnered Duke Saben’s interest; it’s everything her family desired for her… and themselves. But Anne humiliates the duke’s son instead. 

Punished and told to heed her place in society, but feeling the pull to be herself, Anne trades societal comforts for adventures she’s sure are waiting. Creating a new family consisting of her crew, a prostitute, and mute boy with a donkey, Anne begins anew, leaving Saben’s sad-looking boy to her sister. But nothing and no one are as they seem, and her departure, as it turns out, can make or break a kingdom.

In Skyboy, a young genius must confront his greatest weakness to survive.

Konstant is a brilliant 17-year-old immigrant whose pride and desire to rise to the top has exposed his blind spot - a failure to collaborate with others. When he wins a nationwide science fair sponsored by Metronome Logistics, the world’s most successful technology company, Konstant and five of his peers are invited to Metro-One, Metronome’s campus in New York City. 

An industrial accident strands them, along with the enigmatic CEO and his daughter, in an underground manufacturing facility. Forced to work together and use their prize-winning inventions to make it out alive, Konstant's greatest fear is realized when he discovers that someone among them is responsible for the attack.

Finish Strong is packed with all the advice business owners need to successfully sell their business without losing sleep or leaving money on the table.

Many business owners spend years building their business and fulfilling their vision, only to make expensive mistakes when they transition out. With Scott Bushkie’s sound advice and concrete steps, they can finish strong and exit their business on their terms.

Finish Strong includes more than two decades of insight, success stories, and the completely avoidable mistakes business owners make as they transition out of their business. This invaluable guidebook covers more than how to maximize value—although that’s included too. It helps prepare business owners for the entire journey ahead.

Covering critical topics like the importance of timing, buyer types, valuation, legacy, and lifestyle, Bushkie’s goal is to give the savvy business owner options and peace of mind. 

A financial decision this large deserves preparation and care. No what-ifs. No sleepless nights. Just the satisfaction and confidence to move into the next best chapter of life.

The Greatest Gift is the ultimate guide to successful estate planning—without the drama!

For anyone who has worked their entire life to amass wealth, one of their biggest fears is that their kids will fight over their assets after they have passed. In The Greatest Gift, the authors lay out a plan to keep this from happening by providing families with the tools they need for the successful transfer of wealth, allowing heirs to carry on their family’s legacy.

Based upon Sean Maher’s extensive experience as a financial planner and interviews with families who navigated a peaceful inheritance, this helpful resource identifies 9 Principles for Successful Wealth Transfer. It reinforces those principles with stories of inheritances gone right and those gone wrong, incorporating insights and tools from coauthor Jill D. Maher’s field of work—psychology.

Implementing the nine principles allows future generations to build upon their family’s rich and lasting legacy rather than fight over assets and money—no matter the amount. As such, The Greatest Gift is for anyone who values preserving relational wealth as much as they value building financial wealth.

A useful guide for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or anyone who envisions their heirs thriving and living in harmony after they’re gone, it’s also for people who wish to be a catalyst for proactive conversations with their siblings, cousins, or anyone else who might share in an inheritance.

The Greatest Gift offers tools that are easy to implement to ensure families do not end up being the subject of a Dateline episode of an inheritance gone terribly wrong.

In Behavior Breakthrough, a whimsical blend of storytelling and science combines to help parents and educators increase desired behaviors in the home and classroom.

There’s one thing most people have in common: they wish to live in an environment of joy and harmony. But sometimes, challenging behaviors can make it seem like their best efforts aren’t enough. That’s where tangible behavioral strategies come into play—practical tools and techniques that can transform chaos into order, frustration into cooperation, and resistance into engagement.

Welcome to Behavior Breakthrough—where happy endings are the result of utilizing reinforcement to its fullest and relying on evidence-based strategies that are proven to increase desired behaviors. In Behavior Breakthrough, readers will travel to the streets of Brightville, where Mrs. Emerson, the town behavioral specialist, sprinkles her data-driven magic into the lives of parents, educators, and children and transforms lives by increasing desired behaviors.

Introducing 12 behavioral skills for encouraging desired behavior and decreasing challenging behavior, this invaluable guide highlights success stories from Brightville, and individuals have the opportunity to put immediately into practice the strategies they learn. It may not be “magic” (it’s actually science), but the changes witnessed in homes and classrooms will feel nothing short of enchanted.

Geared toward parents and educators who want to use data-driven, evidence-based strategies to change their responses, alter their environments, and of course, positively affect the children in their care, it offers a holistic approach to behavior modification and focuses on long-term change over temporary fixes. The aim is to make Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) topics attainable and understandable for the caretaker or educator who wants to create a more peaceful environment.

Cash Confident empowers modern women to conquer money management with clarity and confidence.

In Cash Confident, personal finance expert Brie Sodano taps into the unique challenges women face, both emotionally and logistically, in managing household finances. With today’s women juggling work, home, and a myriad of responsibilities, this guide goes beyond traditional financial advice. Instead of generic solutions like budgets or apps, Brie introduces a holistic approach that addresses underlying habits, emotions, and mindsets that often derail financial plans.

She equips women with strategies to reduce the mental load of money management, break free from the cycle of debt, and foster a healthier relationship with money. Grounded in human behavior and psychology, Cash Confident is a groundbreaking resource for any woman looking to master her money.

In The Hidden Life Lessons of Mr. Miyagi, renowned actor and co-star of The Karate Kid, mindset expert, revered sensei, world champion, and esteemed life coach Sensei Ron Thomas draws from a lifetime of experience in high performance and human potential—not to mention martial arts—to expose the profound and untold wisdom hidden in Mr. Miyagi's on-screen teachings.

Each chapter unearths a stand-alone life lesson buried in the iconic movie The Karate Kid and reveals its mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual implications. This book puts the spirit of Mr. Miyagi in the reader's hands, offering fresh strategies for winning life. It presents distinctive ways to think about and overcome personal and professional challenges from the position of a master and ushers the charge toward true success and abundant happiness.

Sensei Ron Thomas has spent a lifetime exploring the interwoven dynamics between human potential, universal laws, the psychology of winning, and the practice of self-mastery. He’s coached collegiate and professional athletes, entertainers, and high-level entrepreneurs, helping them uplevel their game. Now, he shares profound insights into living and working masterfully and the immeasurable benefits of doing so.

This eye-opening text serves as a transformative guide to a Miyagi-inspired mindset aimed at helping the reader escape the chokeholds of misery and mediocrity so they can rise and take a stance as the highest and best version of themselves. This is an invitation for the reader to lean into mastery and position themselves to live their best life!

Disclaimer:

The views and ideas presented in this book are the sole opinions of the author and do not in any way reflect the views, opinions, ideas, or beliefs of the originator(s) of The Karate Kid, any associated entities within The Karate Kid Franchise, or any other individual or entity related to the franchise. The author expressly disclaims any intention to represent the official stance of The Karate Kid, its creators, or affiliated entities. The content of this book is entirely independent and should be interpreted as the author's personal expression, separate from any official endorsements or associations with The Karate Kid Franchise.

Nifty Thrifty Dentists provides a simple three-part formula any dentist can use to build the dental practice of their dreams. 

Whether they’re looking to build a highly profitable yet fulfilling lifestyle practice, grow to a more entrepreneurial practice, or build into a large single- or multiple-location structure, Dr. Glenn Vo will walk dentists through everything they need to develop as a leader, with their team or in their operations.

Unlike most “how-to” guides, Nifty Thrifty Dentists doesn’t just give individuals a handful of one-size-fits-all systems to follow but rather provides them with a flexible framework that teaches them how to create the specific systems they need to get them exactly where they want to go.

This informative resource will appeal to dentists who feel stressed and overworked or who are struggling to build a dental team that is motivated and equipped to serve patients well.

Violet Clark is attending college in New York at one of the most prestigious art schools in the nation. As the oldest child, she should be the one who has it all together, who can help her sisters cope with the loss of their parents, and who should be able to move on from the tragedy that tore her family apart.

When Violet starts to struggle in her dance classes and a mysterious bouquet of roses arrives on her doorstep, it grows even harder to let go of her fears. Constantly looking over her shoulder, it’s clear someone is watching her, and she can’t figure out who. Soon, she’s not the only one receiving creepy notes and photos. Her sisters are in danger, too, and there is only one man she trusts to calm her nerves and help her solve the mystery.

So does the danger.

Birds of Paradisum is an allegorical novel about one man's journey to faith and salvation, using the imagery of two competing airlines vying for their passengers' souls.    

The main character, Derek, must choose which airline he should fly to the island of Paradisum. The first choice is the large conglomerate airline that caters to every desire of its passengers, and it is headed by the mysterious CEO, Mr. Reinhard von Lux-Ferre. 

The other airline is a small operation with one gate agent, pilot, and plane. The two companies go head-to-head to secure Derek as a passenger. Along the way, Derek discovers dark secrets about the large airline and the island of Paradisum. But only he can decide which of the two airlines will deliver him to the island. 

Birds of Paradisum is geared toward youth and young-adult audiences, aiming to make them think about apologetic themes, the broad and narrow ways, and their salvation experience. Dealing with themes young people face when it comes to spirituality, such as popularity and pop culture, pantheistic and secularistic influences, and the allure of materialism, it also serves as a conversation starter for young Christians and their friends who have yet to become followers of Christ.

In Discovering Ataraxia, Allie and her brother, S.J. - who has Autism Spectrum Disorder – are ushered into an alternate world, where they find two kingdoms on the brink of battle: the peace-loving Ataraxia and the hostile Malvelnia led by wily King Wendigo. 

Insights gained in this alt-universe will come in handy as Allie and S.J. face their own struggles in their new hometown of Lakeshores, North Carolina, where they come face to face with bullies, cliques, and adjustment pains every kid can relate to. As Allie and her brother get to know their new classmates, some become friends while others display hurtful behavior that is typical for tweens and teens who are figuring out how to express themselves and perceive others. These age groups are grappling with asserting their unique personalities, but insecurities often provoke ugly behavior that at its worst can be quite harmful to others. 

Discovering Ataraxia tells an entertaining story that teaches tweens and teens to see the importance of their choices. Current surveys of this age group reveal that the issues of bullying, body shaming, and thoughts of suicide are prevalent. This story seeks to highlight avenues of hope and light in a world often steeped in darkness, while inspiring young people to be strong and courageous individuals.

“Only the void is content to wait in peace.” 

Brightstar is the beginning of an epic space adventure that introduces readers to Nate, a boy desperate to escape the prison of an ordinary life made unbearable by his autism. When he is unexpectedly transported to another universe, Nate’s perceived disability is transformed into a near superpower. 

In the Aurora Galaxy, where his arrival has been prophesied for thousands of years, Nate finds the weight of expectations difficult to bear. After being greeted by an ancient ally, Nate begins gathering a misfit group of “odds” from every corner of the universe. Nate’s odyssey, which starts in the most prestigious school in civilization, will end battling monsters from the darkest imaginations of an ancient, captive Earth.
Coping with greater and greater adversity, Nate finds himself confronted by enemies who all seem to be connected in suspicious ways. In the end, Nate must stand before the Lightmaker Himself, who sent Nate to the Aurora Galaxy in the first place.

Brightstar is the beginning of a myth in the tradition of authors like C.S. Lewis, written to introduce young people to the most important stories and values of Western Civilization. Rich language and an epic story provide the backdrop for an exciting, yet thoughtful space fantasy.

Ashton is finally free, living under the cloudy sky of the Hood Canal—without Wolfe, who is still in Augland carrying on the rebellion from the inside. At least that’s what Ashton thinks until Wolfe leads an attack at the Colony and kidnaps Jagatha.

Heartbroken and once again defeated by Augland, Ashton is forced to decide whether to accept the loss and keep her freedom, or fight against the tyranny of the Suits, even if it means going back into the dome of the Augland park she fought so hard to escape.

Ashton soon discovers that the levels of Augland 54’s treachery go far deeper than she ever imagined and the only way to fight it is to become another version of herself. But even with the façade, Ashton is afraid she is unsuitable to lead the rebellion. Can the workers, exhausted and unprotected, rise up against the augmented and idealized world of the Suits? All Ashton knows is that she refuses to lose anyone else. It’s time for the rise of the UnSuited.

What if one accidental mistake could rewrite your future forever?

That’s the tragic dilemma two seemingly opposite, yet romantically bound teens – Genevieve and Steve – must answer if they want to explore their deep connection while saving the lives of those they love the most.

In the midst of grappling with her love’s mysterious disappearance, Genevieve’s perfect world is unexpectedly shattered when her family is blackmailed into revealing a dark secret.

But, this isn’t just any secret.

Set in the backdrop of charming and quaint Moncks Corner, South Carolina, Haunted By You is an intense romantic suspense that takes readers on a highly-entertaining psychological journey through whirlwind romance, real-life ghost stories, haunted pasts, and ultimate heartache with tragic consequences.

Two teenage siblings find themselves desperate for answers when a mysterious relic reveals its age-old secrets and power. 

Tim and Martie Carson are the only ones who can save their family from a downward spiral fueled by their parent’s struggles with PTSD and depression. When they realize that an ancient relic discovered under mysterious circumstances holds the key to unlocking answers hidden in the past, the siblings embark on a race against time to learn the relic’s secrets while avoiding the Trackers, sinister shadowy figures doomed to haunt history and drawn to possess the relic for their own evil purposes.

Travel through history with the Carson family as they struggle to understand the relic’s secrets. In their race against time can they decipher the clues and piece together the puzzle containing the answers they desperately seek? Or will they be trapped forever by the evil forces relentlessly pursuing them?

Award winning storyteller Clark Burbidge presents the first book in a thrilling young-adult fantasy adventure, StarPassage: The Relic, a clue studded journey through time, space, and history that builds mystery and suspense with every page turned.

For anyone who has wondered about the experience of objects that make up their everyday lives—Wide Awake is passing them the mic. 

Wide Awake is a collection of interviews with the inanimate objects that make up our everyday. The objects belong to Madison, a 20-something girl who is living on her own, in a relationship, and battling mental illness for the first time. The story unfolds through Madison’s journal entries, and through the perspectives of the objects of her life.

“By employing a vivid bestiary of creature both mundane and monstrous, Nickerson crafts a fantastical series opener that leaves ample room for future installments.” —Publisher’s Weekly

“Fast, funny, and weird in the best way! The Salamander Stone has the extremely messed up teen angst you’re looking for.”—Travis Baldree, New York Times, USA Today and ABA Indie best-selling author of Legends & Lattes

Ellie Adair isn’t surprised when a vampire appears in the takeout window of her part-time job, and while she’s afraid of the flame salamander attacking her employer’s ice cream store, she’s come to expect these sudden monster attacks. They’ve been happening across the globe for nearly a year, to the point that local governments are beginning to fund towns that organize their own “monster-hunting” militias. 

But Ellie’s not concerned with the Beowulf Brigade’s newsletter or the push for vampires to integrate into society. She’s too busy searching for answers about her father's disappearance, her mother's battle with mental illness, her grandfather’s suddenly failing health, and the fact that—just weeks after turning sixteen—Ellie starts transforming into a lumbering, bloodthirsty beast. 

In a world where insurance companies offer supernatural creature coverage for monster attacks and restaurants offer hema, a blood substitute for vampires wanting to follow more sustainable diets, Ellie isn't sure which side she's on, but she knows that whatever is kidnapping teens from Errolton High School needs to be stopped. And maybe, with the help of her friends, her monstrous persona can make a difference.

The Salamander Stone is a tale of monsters, teen angst, and one girl's journey to heal her estranged relationship with her family—and herself. 

There is great news and bad news when it comes to podcasting.

The great news? Anybody can start a podcast. The bad news? Anybody can start a podcast. And it seems as if everyone is starting a podcast.

A simple Google search reveals countless guides about how to start a podcast. From equipment to software, someone can go live with a new podcast in a matter of days with simple step-by-step instructions about recording and launching their show.

But what’s lacking is simple and effective training on how to create a podcast that’s actually listenable—that makes listeners hit that subscribe button. In Listenable, syndicated morning-drive radio host, Bert Weiss, shares a simple content and delivery strategy anyone can use to produce a show that builds a large, loyal audience.

No matter how hard she tries, Ashton cannot keep her head down. Not after Sheva is dragged off a train in front of her.

Augland 54 is the Pacific Northwest’s most extravagant theme park. Those with Suits choose the body they want and live the life of their dreams…and those without Suits work for the Artificial Existence Center, or AEC. As long as the workers keep their heads down, Augland provides food and shelter from the post-war world outside its domed walls.

When Ashton is sent to the new Land of Legends park, she discovers that Augland is keeping secrets—inside and outside of its walls—and they’re more violent than she ever expected. So she decides to fight back. After all, if Augland is going to make her dress up as a red-headed warrior princess, then she’s more than willing to become one.

In a corporation-ruled world inhabited by the augmented bodies of the wealthy, securely cut off from the rest in life-extending pods, Ashton exposes the sham of corporate success and refuses to remain a cog in the machine. The only thing that matters now is freedom. 

Banish busyness and discover a new way of being productive around what truly matters!

Do What Matters is the authentic story of a recovering workaholic and her journey, through the loss of her son to drug addiction, to a new way of truly living. Encouraging you to question the desire to rush through life, she inspires you to discover a deeper, more meaningful source of productive energy and intentional life plan so you can live from an internal place of rest.

Do What Matters will help you:

• Discover your REALSELF through signature tools such as Needs & Values and the Enneagram.
• Develop a Modern Day Rule of Life through unique and simple behaviors, rhythms, and routines.
• Identify the Areas of Focus that matter to you in your life and business.
• Learn the power of 90-day Processes of Project and Time Management.
• Set up your calendar using unique REALIFE Time Blocks to create a framework for your calendar so that each day matters.
• Incorporate rhythms of Rest, Renew, and Review so you can recover a sustainable pace of living.
  

Discover the power of living from rest, not rush, as you identify what uniquely matters to you. This book will empower you to let go of the chaos and choose to do life differently!

Despite being more connected than ever before, many are also more isolated. 

The tools and technology available today have pushed business owners, entrepreneurs, and motivated professionals toward shallow, surface-level engagement, robbing them of connections, opportunities, profits, and fulfillment.

In Save Your Asks, bestselling author Chris Tuff shares his transformative approach to building genuine, productive business relationships. No more stale bagels or burnt coffee, no more “speed dating” networking meetings, and no more high-pressure networking groups. Just a simple, innovative system that encourages genuine interaction and fulfillment while building deep connections with prospects and referral partners.

Featuring some of the most innovative CEOs, athletes, auctioneers, surfers, and others, Save Your Asks will help you:

• Develop an authentic personal brand that people actually remember
• Identify your “networking currency” and use it to generate results
• Avoid the “askholes” and others who will hold you back
• Land more business by mastering “the art of the ask”

Chris Tuff is on a mission to help business leaders create connections that make work cultures thrive, improve retention rates, and multiply sales. Save Your Asks is the motivated networker's ticket to achieving those results, and more!

Through thoughtful encouragement, biblical teaching, and carefully placed questions, Andy Wood takes readers on a journey to understand, not his book, but their lives. That includes their dreams for the future, their relationships, their challenges, and their growth opportunities, together with their influence, future, legacy, and eternity. For everyone who yearned to know their life counted and who wanted to make a difference in this world that would last beyond their lifetime, LifeVesting offers hope and a roadmap to take them there. It starts with becoming intentional about what a person wants out of life, then shifting their focus from the immediate to the ages. LifeVesting shows how anyone can live–really live–an abundant life, rich in value, love, and great, great joy.

In Crucible Leadership, he shares the power of embracing the crucible moments: those past trials, failures, and setbacks that can be seen as either roadblocks or as jumping-off points to leading a life of significance and purpose dedicated to serving others. Crucible Leadership comes alive through the unique framework of Warwick’s own story: how his legacy shaped his worldview and drove decisions that eventually led to his own crucible moment. He demonstrates to readers in an honest, self-reflective way how they can make sense of their own talents and trials to lead with authenticity in all areas of life. Warwick empowers readers to become the leader they were designed to be through his unique perspective, which has been shaped by three powerful touchstones:

On Purpose With Purpose is not the typical leadership book. With exciting combat and training stories from his F-14 to heart-wrenching examples from his near-fatal accident and recovery, John Ramstead equips readers with invaluable life tools that don’t feel like lessons. Most books in this genre focus on the “what” and the “how” of leadership; but John’s experiences as a Fortune 500 manager, serial entrepreneur, and executive coach taught him that the critical missing component in achieving everything leaders dream of is WHO they are at their core…then the rest will fall into place.

So many tour groups do an excellent job of building travel itineraries along with detailed historical tours. The missing component of these trips has been the Holy Spirit connection for the traveler to experience in their own life. Defining Moments is an essential guide to help travelers transform their faith-based travels from a historical tour to a life-changing spiritual revelation experience: from their head to their heart. It is intended to move people to a Spirit led discovery method of interacting with God’s powerful revelation of what happened at a place and how it impacts the traveler’s life today, rather than simply a fact-based, historical teaching method. Defining Moments sets out to accomplish several goals:

Coming to faith as an adult, Carlos E Rosales III experienced many challenges to his faith. Led by the Holy Spirit, he was challenged by the story of four young Jewish men who were taken into captivity but had the boldness to defy their captors and take a stand for the God they served. This devotional is a daily journey in discovering how you too can live with boldness in your walk with Christ, inspired by the courage of four young men named Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah—the latter three more commonly known as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 10X For Christ examines the basic principles of living a Daniel 1:20 lifestyle. Each of the five 10-week studies explores key elements to a 10X life, such as journeying from forgiveness, recognizing that everyone is a masterpiece in God’s eyes, and more. It’s time for believers to get off the bench and get into the game by discovering their greater purpose and God’s plan that brings peace, significance, and abundant joy.