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In this book you will meet normal everyday guys, just like yourself, who for one reason or another, were able to change their lives. For some of them the defining moment was a wake-up call, landing in the Emergency Room having a heart attack, or struggling with chest pains. For others, it was finally deciding that they had enough of being overweight and sore and huffing and puffing up and downstairs and across parking lots.

This clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Unlike most studies, which assume that the "rise of the West" is the story of the coming of the modern world, this history, drawing upon new scholarship on Asia, Africa, and the New World, constructs a story in which those parts of the world play major roles.

In Currency, Wood has pulled off a first novel that captures the listener with a pause-registering adventure, while it addresses head-on the most pressing and intense global economic, military and political issues of our very challenging current times. Wood's real world experience on both Wall Street and at the center of the US Military Special Operations world, combine with his love of history and command of current global issues, to create a story that is as intense and gripping as it is timely.

We live in an exciting time. Technology, globalization, and demographic shifts provide new potential for personal and business success. Yet, research tells that only 30 percent of our attempts to implement change succeed amid the turbulence we encounter both within and outside today's organizations. We need new ways of thinking and doing if we are to turn potential into performance. Managing at the Leading Edge provides a new evidence-based road map for leadership success in a dynamic context.

People often convey intended and unintended messages in ways that extend far beyond the words they use. A gesture, a tone, a figure of speech - it's our unconscious biases that speak volumes. When you understand how they are manifested through “micromessages”, you operate a step ahead of everyone. This peerless guide has helped business leaders across more than 300 companies in 35 countries. Now, this new edition has been updated for a world where digital platforms and social upheaval have revolutionized the way we communicate.

Catch the Sky is the first in-depth look at the life of a police helicopter pilot. Kimball pulls no punches, unfolding his nail-biting personal story in enthralling detail. From death-defying rescues to stories both bizarre and humorous, Catch the Sky puts you inside the helicopter cockpit for a breathtaking ride you'll never forget.

Green smoothies have become popular in recent years for many good reasons. They are an excellent way to consume essential nutrients, like phytochemicals with antioxidant, anticancer and cleansing properties, which are found in green leafy vegetables. But mostly, they're popular because they help you lose weight and feel terrific! In this book, you will find 25 simple, delicious and easy to prepare green smoothie recipes that will please even the most vegetable-averse types! Try them on your kids - they'll love them!

Killing is never easy for E Z Knight. But when he's doing away with some really despicable bastards, it's not all that difficult. In Knight's Big Easy: Voodoo, hoodoo and a girl named Poodoo make this year's Mardi Gras the most fun, but also the most dangerous party of all for E Z Knight! Knight goes to New Orleans to find Parole Officer Tamara White Cloud's AWOL USMC son, and soon finds out that L/Cpl Billy White Cloud isn't the only one who's gone missing.

Malcolm R. Campbell's Spooky Stories include Cora's Crossing which was inspired by the now-abandoned Bellamy Bridge over the Chipola River near the town of Marianna in the Florida Panhandle. The local folk legend that claims the bridge is haunted by a 175-year-old ghost who died tragically on her wedding night when her dress caught fire. In Moonlight and Ghosts, Randy's intuition is drawing him back to an abandoned psychiatric hospital where he once worked.

With E Z Knight, if a mountain gets in your way, you don't go around it, you blow it up. From flying a helicopter through a blinding mountain blizzard to running down a blazing train to Hell, E Z Knight is tested more than ever in Knight's Late Train - and somewhere in between he discovers an easy way to join the Mile High Club. When Doc Knight and his train go missing in a Colorado blizzard, E Z must brave the storm to find his father.

Years ago, in a small Virginia town, a murderer hammered his way through the Smythville police force and then disappeared. He left Officer Mary Walker alive, but he crushed her leg, her confidence, and her spirits. Now a private investigator, Mary takes sleuthing work as it comes and keeps a watchful eye over her shoulder. But, during a routine surveillance job on a chilly October night, a ghost from her past leaves her future uncertain.

When Gabriel’s witch girlfriend doesn’t return from her latest trip, he gets on the road and heads out to find her. Sheila's coven is secretive and distrustful of Gabriel, so the only help he has is Sheila's familiar, a bulldog named Orson, who is psychically linked to both of them. In Florida, they walk right into an elaborate plan to steal Orson. A mysterious wizard named Yareth is behind the plot, and he may also know where Sheila is.