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In this book, experienced paramedic Leigh Anderson shares true life-and-death stories from his career, explores the latest scientific research on mindset, stress and resilience, and reveals his secrets for maintaining poise. The result is an arsenal of clear, effective and actionable tools that will boost your ability to perform under pressure.

In this story from the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest, you’ll learn how the trickster raven brings light back to the world from a greedy chief.

The Paramedic Mindset provides simple explanations on how to implement the best strategies, tools and habits to develop poise under stress. It has been created for people who want to learn how to perform in high-stress, high-consequence environments. It is an honest, vulnerable account of what it’s really like to face an overwhelming challenge and having to take lifesaving action. A lot of people are faced with traumatic events every day, but few can have a positive impact without panicking and fleeing. This Podcast is designed to help you learn how to hold your nerve and thrive.

The Bible tells a story—and it may be one you haven't considered. It is the story of God and humans in an unexpected relationship of faithfulness and love. It's about people who fail and about the God who pursues them with his unrelenting covenant love. And it concludes with a miracle plot twist so astonishing, it changes everything.

Isoline Beresford has beautiful yet haunting dreams. In them, a man she doesn't know is calling to her. She's inexplicably, inexorably drawn to him, until he's more real to her than her own fiancé. When she calls off her engagement, her enraged father sends her to live with her 90-year-old grand-aunt, the Dowager Countess Bellamira Granville. If she won't do her duty at home, he reasons, perhaps she can at least convince Lady Granville to leave her fortune to Isoline. But life at Thornrush Manor is not what Isoline expected. Her aunt is as spry and elegant as a woman half her age.

When Hualing's parents make her a marriage match at the request of the Emperor, she is sure she is about to marry a man of high rank. Maybe someone handsome, rich, and powerful. When she finds out her new husband is a eunuch who saved the Emperor's life, she is devastated. She fears she will never have a normal life, never know the pleasures of intimacy that come from being a wife. Will Hualing find happiness when her husband shows her that there are many ways a man can pleasure a woman?

Lady Dai is the mistress of her household...until her husband returns from war. Then she must submit to his desires, even if they contradict her own.

Empress Wu was the most notorious woman in Chinese history. A woman who dared to rule China in her own name. Chinese historians call her wicked. Lecherous. Dangerous. But how much of that is true? How did she escape life in a convent end up the consort of her dead husband's son and eventually China's empress?

Have you ever looked into the night sky and wished that you could walk on the Moon? Find about what it is like from the astronauts that were first to do it! Learn about how Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins traveled into space and created history in 1969, and what it was like to take those famous first steps that made “one giant leap for mankind."

Have you ever visited the Grand Canyon? As one of the world’s seven wonders, millions of people have visited this landmark. Have you ever wondered how it was formed? Learn how the 3 "R"s- Rock, Rivers, & Erosion, have led to the formation of the Grand Canyon and the changes it undergoes in present day.

First Home Foundations offers an in-depth exploration of the essential principles every first home buyer should know. This comprehensive and practical handbook delves into five key principles, providing a thorough understanding of what it takes to successfully purchase your first home.