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Howard Storm, an avowed atheist, was awaiting emergency surgery when he realized that he was at death's door. Storm found himself out of his own body, looking down on the hospital room scene below. Next, rather than going "toward the light", he found himself being torturously dragged to excruciating realms of darkness and death, where he was physically assaulted by monstrous beings of evil. His description of his pure terror and torture is unnerving in its utter originality and convincing detail.

Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk. After four decades spent ascending to the top of the investment management profession, he is today sought out by the world's leading value investors, and his client memos brim with insightful commentary and a time-tested, fundamental philosophy. The Most Important Thing explains the keys to successful investment and the pitfalls that can destroy capital or ruin a career.

As Howard Gardner argues in the groundbreaking classic Frames of Mind, to limit our understanding of intelligence to “book smarts” misses much of what makes human beings amazing. Someone who plays an instrument well is exhibiting intelligence. So, too, someone who knows how to do physical comedy—is their mastery of their movements and the space around them not brilliant? And to have a profound knowledge of their own self, their relationships with others, and relationships between others, too, is to show great intelligence as well.

The legendary investor shows how to identify and master the cycles that govern the markets. We all know markets rise and fall, but when should you pull out, and when should you stay in? The answer is never black or white, but is best reached through a keen understanding of the reasons behind the rhythm of cycles. Confidence about where we are in a cycle comes when you learn the patterns of ups and downs that influence not just economics, markets and companies, but also human psychology and the investing behaviors that result.

A história da Starbucks não é apenas um registro de crescimento e sucesso. Ela conta também como uma empresa pode ser construída de maneira diferente. Em Dedique-se de coração percebemos que uma empresa pode, sim, funcionar com o coração, nutrir a alma e ainda dar lucros. Neste livro, vemos que é possível, a longo prazo, oferecer valor aos seus acionistas sem sacrificar a crença central de que se deve tratar os funcionários com respeito e dignidade, tanto porque a Starbucks tem uma equipe de líderes que acreditam que isso é o certo quanto porque essa é a melhor forma de se fazer negócios.

In this unique and important book, one of the world's great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome everyday human problems and achieve lasting happiness. The Art of Happiness is a highly accessible guide for a Western audience, combining the Dalai Lama's Eastern spiritual tradition with Dr Howard C. Cutler's Western perspective.

A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper... And thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers.

This collection contains all of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian stories published during his lifetime, contextualized with biographical details of their author.

This book by best-selling author and child psychotherapist Howard Glasser is about a time-tested, highly effective approach for successful parenting. This approach, also highly effective for educators and therapists, has an evidence base that is building fast. It is being successfully employed in thousands of homes, classrooms, therapy and coaching practices, and a growing number of schools and treatment programs across the U.S. and overseas.

In Howard's fascinating novel, "2084," we journey into a future where Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of human life. The story follows Dr. Maya Wong, a brilliant AI researcher, and Zane Abdullah, a charismatic politician, as they deal with the complex and often troubled relationship between humanity and its most powerful creation. The book opens with a world teetering on the brink of chaos. Global crises, political turmoil, and environmental disasters set the stage for AI's emergence as a potential savior.

A true story of two lovers pitted against a deadly enemy, Journey Beyond despair introduces Julie, the quixotic author, whose conflict between airy ideals and earthly reality results in mental illness. Readers meet the fated couple in 1960 as Peter delivers his terrified wife to a Chicago psychiatric hospital, then returns home to pick up the pieces with three tiny daughters. Julie descends into the abyss of psychosis, but after slowly recovering with Peter's support, she launches a 40-year quest to outwit patterns that block intimacy and partnering with the man she loves.

Library Cat – the resident cat of Edinburgh University Library – is not like other cats. He is a thinking cat. You can tell by the canny glint in his eye, his arched, disdainful whiskers and his unrelenting interest in books and piles of paper. This is Library Cat’s story. Join him on the adventures he takes when he leaves his favourite turquoise chair in the library and his favourite food (bacon-rind) behind to go out into the big, bad world. Meet his cousins Biblio Chat and Saaf Landan Tom.

Burdens & Blessings: A Lighter-Hearted Approach for Middle-Aged Folks Dealing with Aging Parents by Howard Miller is a candid look at one person’s experience with the gradual necessity to care for aging parents as they became less independent.

This is not a book about religion. It's a book about responsibility. A book for anyone who still wants to be good but isn't sure if it matters anymore. The House of the Good Neighbor offers 29 easy to listen to sharp, heartfelt chapters exploring what it really means to live with kindness, courage, and conscience in a world that often feels too tired to care. It's part guide, part rally cry, part mirror. Whether you're worn down by the cruel side of the world, feeling lost in your own life, or simply wondering how to be a better human-this book is for you.

Private investigator Tucker Randall doesn’t have time for cold cases, but when Gary Fisher begs them to solve his brother’s murder eleven years ago before their father dies, the partners can’t say no. What at first seems like a simple cold case in a small Tennessee town explodes into a deadly conspiracy involving gunrunning, corrupt officials, and a series of execution-style murders. And at the center of it all stands a sadistic killer with a twisted concept of right and wrong.

"Who am I?", "What is my purpose?", and "What should I do with my life?" are questions that all of us find ourselves asking at some point or another. In this deeply transformative and lyrical book, Charles "Chaz" Lattimore Howard offers a helpful guide as we venture to answer these questions for ourselves, inviting us to slow down, to actually walk the journey of life, and to allow our path to reveal itself to us.

Between the Dead and the Deep Blue Sea is a bone-chilling trio of early Lovecraft tales, which evoke cosmic horrors, creeping madness, and ancient unknowable forces. Strange events unfurl on storm-lashed coastlines, in crumbling villages, and in dream-like realms beyond the comprehension of mere mortals. Brought to life by the spine-tingling narration of Dr. Jon Overton, each story lures the listener into unsettling encounters with the weird and uncanny...

Will and Andy are drawn deeper into the consequences of their connection to the FBI as a terrifying string of sniper killings threatens to unhinge the entire nation.

The Scarlet Citadel is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in the January 1933 issue of Weird Tales magazine.

When I was 13 months old, I sat in the backseat of my parents’ Chevy Impala, on the way to my father’s first of many stays in a mental institution. Soon after, he was diagnosed with Bi-Polar I disorder, a severe mental illness that would shape our family’s life. His outbursts were unpredictable, confusing, and often violent. As difficult as that was, it was only the beginning of my story.