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The Unusual Guide by Jeffrey Cole isn’t your typical preachy self-help manual. However, this book cuts through the noise, offering you a straightforward approach to personal development. Inside, you won’t find the same old “set-your-alarm-earlier” tips. Instead, Jeffrey lays out 75 unique, sometimes bizarre, strategies that challenge the status quo of self-growth. From the art of strategic napping to urban foraging, each chapter dives into an unconventional method that pushes you beyond your comfort zone, encouraging growth in ways you never expected.

It's hard to be good when living is expensive. And times are tough on the streets these days. Luckily for Rilke at Bowery Auctions the demand for no-questions-asked cash is at an all-time high, and business is booming. When Rilke hears his old acquaintance Les is fresh out of prison, his inclination is to stay well out of his way. When one of Bowery's customers winds up dead on their tarmac, Rilke needs a bit of help from his friends to tidy things up. If only his friends didn't have such a habit of making things worse.

Are you ready to transform your nonprofit’s financial future? In The Nonprofit Blueprint: Secrets to Transforming Your Nonprofit’s Financial Future, Jeffrey Nelson Cole delivers a clear, actionable guide designed to help nonprofit professionals boost their fundraising effectiveness and achieve long-term financial sustainability. Drawing from extensive firsthand experience, Cole shares innovative strategies that go beyond simply asking for money.

A blood curse is consuming the Seven Kingdoms. Only one man can stop it—fugitive Osgaardan prince, Harkeld. But Harkeld has a bounty on his head and assassins at his heels. Guarded by Sentinel mages, pursued by Fithian assassins, Prince Harkeld begins the most perilous stage of his journey: entering the cursed kingdom of Sault. But the mages aren't the only travelers heading east. Princess Brigitta, abducted by Fithian assassins, is also bound for Sault—unless she can escape. And in close pursuit is her loyal armsman, Karel.

All monsters dwell in the dark, but the most dangerous ones walk in the sun. That's why I protected Becca from the real me. Because when you go looking for revenge. Sometimes, it finds you, instead. Providence is my peace, and Becca is my anchor. When both vanish, my "working man" persona implodes, leaving a cold-blooded killer with nothing to lose.

A Opus Sky—o conjunto dos três principais satélites de telecomunicação do território nacional, também conhecidos como a starlink brasileira, exigem observação e manutenção constante. Porém o seu bom funcionamento está ameaçado, desde que a astronauta Lilith, que chefia a nave de reparos sozinha, parou de desenvolver seu trabalho, além de não responder a seus superiores na Terra.

I heard it said once that every human is a story with skin. If this is true, paragraphs would be etched in the scars on my wrists. Whole chapters could be written about the way my heart pounds when I startle awake. And every single one of my tears could fill a book. But stories, with all their promise, only leave room for disappointment. I don’t have room for that anymore. I left it all—the hope, the love, the promise—back in my old life with the ghosts I’d rather forget: Jude. Emma. Pacey. Kevin. This is how I dare to move forward and to believe in a beginning. I let go of the old.

After finally reaching Fort Kearny, the wagon train enters the Great Plains, where tensions run high due to recent troubles with the Sioux and Cheyenne. Riding ahead of the wagons is Jem, now an official scout. He and Charlotte are looking forward to her birthday, when they can finally get married. But first, they must cover hundreds of miles and face many perils: disgruntled Indians, buffalo stampedes, dangerous river crossings, extreme weather, and new danger from within their rolling village.

The Seven Kingdoms are in the grip of an ancient blood curse. Thousands have died. Thousands more will die. Only one man can destroy the curse. Fugitive Osgaardan prince, Harkeld, is that man—whether he likes it or not. But the bounty on Harkeld's head is high. He has outrun his father's soldiers, but he can't outrun the assassins who seek him—Fithians, trained in the art of killing. Even the Sentinel mages who guard him are no match for Fithian steel. Faced with the ever-present threat of death, Harkeld must learn to use his magic. Or die.

Ignorance may or may not be bliss. But the right kind of ignorance can be genius. Expertise in any field is ultimately important to success. But it usually comes with a problem—a tendency toward incremental change and to become limited by what we know and what has worked in the past. As a result, the most innovative thinking that has driven upstart companies and allowed old brands to stay relevant in a fast-changing world often comes when we leave behind what we know best and what’s considered “possible.”

The internationally bestselling author of Last Child in the Woods seeks a deeper personal connection to nature during this time of ecoanxiety and upheaval by exploring his own backyard Long beloved for his insightful, inspiring nature writing, Richard Louv returns with his most personal book yet...

"Those who know me will tell you I have a weakness for gambling. My valet, Bentley, has often had to speak to me about it. Bentley, however was at home." Cyril's old friends Ford and Lincoln wager that he can't survive living like an average citizen for a week. Cyril attempts to blend in with the crush of humanity but without Bentley's help he soon finds himself embroiled in one misunderstanding after another.

Something stinks in Skidd's Bay... Is it the masked bikini bandits on a crime spree? The urine-flavored water at Splash Downs Water Park? Or the carnal carnage of the annual swinger's swap meet at Harlot's Motel? How about the beach strewn with empty beer cans and hungover summer breakers roasting in the sun? Nah, it's the damn bloodthirsty mutant... SEWER SHARKS!

In a distant corner of the Seven Kingdoms, an ancient curse festers and grows, consuming everything in its path. Only one man can break it: Harkeld of Osgaard, a prince with mage's blood in his veins. But Prince Harkeld has a bounty on his head and assassins at his heels. Innis is young, untested, gifted, the strongest shapeshifter in a century. Now she must do the forbidden: become a man. She must stand at Prince Harkeld's side as his armsman, protecting and deceiving him.

Cyril Chippington-Smythe, the world's richest man, awakens from a drunken stupor to find that he may have engaged himself to the horrifyingly toothy Alice Witherspoon. His mechanical manservant, Bentley, concocts a plot to free his master from any possible entanglements, but Alice has more than matrimony on her mind and may destroy civilization as we know it.

Drawing from the philosophy of all-time great Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski that what just happened isn’t nearly as important as what is happening right now—your Next Play—and his work with top brands such as Pepsi, Charles Schwab, American Express, Spotify, and Starbucks, this book contains 34 powerfully simple strategies and 35 practical exercises designed to show how reaching the top of your game doesn’t require more. It requires less but better.

Ada was angry as she prepared to go to see Mike Bergman, knowing he was doing nothing less than trying to steal their silver mine, and even though she knew that she, Elsa and Bridgette had little chance of standing against him much longer, she wasn’t about to give in. But even as she began that long ride down from the mining camp, a silver coin was being tossed into the air a few miles away that would change everything.

When ex-MI5 agent Tom Marlowe wakes to find a ten-million dollar bounty on his head, London erupts into chaos. His nemesis, St John Steele, has turned the city into a battleground, unleashing elite assassins in a twisted contest where every failed kill slashes the prize money in half. The longer Marlowe survives, the less he’s worth—forcing killers to act fast before the reward vanishes. But the bounty is just the bait. Steele’s real game is MARLOWE, a dark web cryptocurrency where high-stakes gamblers bet on Marlowe’s death—wagering on when, where, and even how he’ll be taken out.

Cancer treatment-both an incredible miracle and a singularly depleting experience-means Bruce McIntyre will have to make a comeback. Determined to regain energy and strength and armed with the freedom that comes with retirement, McIntyre begins training for and competing in triathlons. With humor and insight, McIntyre recounts the new athletic pursuits that put him in the best shape of his life-until a near fatal bicycle crash forces him to decide what is best for his safety.

In this gripping novel by John M. Whiddon, Webb and Kat Espy, beloved characters from the acclaimed Webb Espy Chronicles, return to unravel a web of secrets that stretches from the bustling streets of Savannah to the serene landscapes of Europe and beyond. As they navigate through their ancestral past, they confront unexpected twists that challenge their perceptions of love, loyalty, and identity.