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Have you ever met someone who was simply amazing (for example, a sports icon)? Where everything about them intrigued you? It's as if they had a secret and left us with FAQs. "How did they do that?" "Where did they come from?" or "What is their 'IT' factor?" To these ends, this innovative, attention-grabbing guidebook is packed with information to answer the most common questions: What are the singing secrets? What are those things singers do privately before their public demonstrations? What are the recipes or solutions to vocal challenges and stage performances?

True story of survival. Mother and unborn child beat cancer through faith and determination. When Heather Choate was 10 weeks pregnant with her sixth child, she received devastating news: A breast cancer diagnosis. Doctors advised Choate, 29, to end her pregnancy to save her own life,but she refused, saying she'd rather die. Heather and her husband set out to find a way to save both mother and baby. The journey pushed them to the fringes of their stamina, tested the strength of their familial relationships and found them clinging to their faith like it was the last bit of thread on a lifeline.

Young, poor and black, when his hopes of NBA stardom are dashed, he beats the odds, fights his way back, creating EDM beats, driving race cars and becoming one of America's top brain surgeons. Now, Dr. Jason Cormier shares his simple plan for overcoming every challenge to find your own path to success.

When her husband Michael, a brilliant, 56-year old, vibrantly healthy man, suffered a massive stroke, Royce’s world felt shaken up like a snow globe. Head swirling, while worst case scenarios invaded, assaulted and rapidly conquered her thoughts, Royce began posting updates on Facebook. What started out as a way to keep their community of friends and clients updated, became an unfiltered, daily outpouring of angst, sprinkled with unfolding spiritual lessons. It became therapeutic, a way to stay emotionally centered, providing connectivity during this isolated time. Readers were moved by her words, claiming they were not only profound, but helpful. Many suggested she turn these raw, heartfelt ramblings into a book that could benefit others going through comparable, earth-shattering tribulations. She did.

"A.I. Survival Guide: Artificial Intelligence Basics" - a must-read on artificial intelligence. Unravel the world of AI through a comprehensive exploration of its rise, ethical dilemmas, societal impacts, and potential future scenarios. Whether you're a seasoned professional, a budding entrepreneur, or a curious layman, this handbook takes you through the AI journey from its dawn to its transformative role across various sectors. Understand public perceptions of AI, grapple with consciousness and morality in AI, explore AI in personalized learning, and delve into the crucial issue of AI bias and discrimination.

Student Voices Silenced: The College Survival Guide for Conservative Students and Parents: First-hand Accounts of Extreme Bias Every Conservative ... Know and How to Navigate College Successfully. This is a book that sheds light on extreme bias and censorship on college campuses. It includes real-life stories from conservative students, parents, and faculty who have experienced discrimination and suppression of their conservative viewpoints. The book provides practical tips and strategies for parents and students to navigate these challenges and thrive in college. It covers topics like finding supportive communities and standing up for free speech.

George Wachiuri is the CEO and Founder of Optiven Group, a leading Real Estate brand in Kenya. He is also the Chairman and Trustee of Optiven Foundation, a soft-arm that is guided by four pillars namely; provision of education to needy children, poverty alleviation, promotion of health and environmental protection. He has been at the forefront of empowering Kenyans and Africans in the Diaspora, especially to invest in the Real Estate sector. George Wachiuri is also a mentor, family man and celebrated author of three books namely Soaring Like An Eagle , Unleash Your Full Potential and After The Plunge.

Life Flashes: A Memoir, comprising nearly 119,000 words, is a genre-bending combination of diary, memoir, biography, and spiritual commentary written across a fourteen-year span by the author based in Cohasset, Massachusetts. The book folds snapshots of history, pop culture, and current events of the period into the author's private reflections, family moments, and personal philosophies creating a story that functions as both a contemporary guide and time capsule for future readers. The lengthy narrative pace is truncated with short diary entries and quickly changing topics, which tend to keep the reader from losing focus. The book is suitable for readers ranging from some young adults to seniors.

Set from the 1920s to ‘80s, Two Floors Above Grief is full of fascinating details and anecdotes about life as a funeral home child, brought to vivid life through a compelling collection of letters written by O’Connor and various family members who lived and worked together at the O’Connor Funeral Home in Elgin, Illinois. Blending the twenty-four-hour business of death and its constantly ringing phone with the joy experienced by his families through music, pets, backyard basketball games, co-parenting, faith, and celebrations, O’Connor offers a reflective love letter to the affirmation of family love and embracing life.

Linda Lee Blakemore is a national speaker, advocate, and author of the award-winning memoir, Entrenched: A Memoir of Holding On and Letting Go. “Entrenched is a…heart-wrenching account of a woman coming to terms with workplace sexual assault, partner sexual assault, and child abuse. In this vulnerable but empowering story…(Blakemore) proves you can get past the pain with some courage.”—San Francisco Book Review. Linda’s non-fiction book: Kids Helping Kids Break the Silence of Sexual Abuse also received world-wide professional endorsements. Both books are used as educational and intervention tools for women and children. Articles by Linda and about her books have been published in Seventeen, Teen Voices, and other national magazines. Linda speaks at conferences, roundtables, libraries, and women's groups. She has appeared in videos, podcasts, radio and television, including the Montel Williams Show. Linda offers free Survivor-to-Author writing workshops and donates book proceeds to agencies who support abused women and children.

Joy Givers book is the story of the author’s journey through caregiving, terminal illness, grief, and those hardest ubiquitous lessons of adult life. It is a work of profound sincerity, for a society wrestling to process the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the biological necessity of deeper peace. Reckoning with the long-standing themes self-help, mental health, chronic grief, trauma, and self-empowerment, the author dances between the roles of guide, mentor, friend, and confidante.

The Adventures Of Harold From The Hood is the first of Jim's series of children's books. The purpose of writing this book is to help teach valuable social interactive skills which is important to cultivate healthy and unbiased connections with others. These are learned skills that will be utilized over a lifetime. During the childhood stage of development is when many social aspects can be learned and reinforced through positive praise and recognition. This book also looks to explore accepting other differences as our society continues to progress towards a more diverse population and climate.

Kids--Whether you are safe at home or not safe at home, this book is for you. Know that your voices are powerful and know that you do have choice. If you're safe at home, then use this book as a tool to help kids that are not safe at home. If you're not safe at home, your voices need to be heard and they will be heard. Use this book as a tool to give you courage to speak out and say who you want to live with because you choose respect and safety and that's how it should be.Parents, Grandparents,

Teachers--Use Home Safe Home, For Me and You as a tool to educate yourselves and the children in your lives about how important it is to practice respect and safety in the home and that disrespect and abuse are dangerous for everyone in the home. This book makes it easier to talk about the differences between being safe at home and not safe at home and how we need to help kids have autonomy over their lives, if they're not safe at home.

Lucy Lago is a nine year-old orphan. She believes that Champ, the Lake Champlain Sea Serpent, lives and lurks in the lake by her cabin in Crown Point. She lives there with her grandpa, who she calls “Papa.”

Despite mockery and mercenary forces opposing them, Lucy and Papa determine to venture out on their rickety rowboat and bring awareness of America’s Loch Ness Monster to the world.

Co-written by Academy-Award-considered filmmaker Richard Rossi and retired school teacher Kelly Tabor, Lucy and the Lake Monster is a children’s series and soon-to-be feature film that masterfully illustrates how to overcome mental health challenges like worry, depression, and anxiety with childlike faith.

It’s time to own your power, and reach your authentic potential!

Get ready to live the life you want now by letting go of your childhood beliefs (vows)! Those were stories you made up about yourself, others, and life when you were very young.

Those stories aren’t true, yet they are still influencing every aspect of your life.

This book explains why you created your childhood vows and how to discover and release them. It tells true life stories of people releasing their vows to create amazing results, including improved health, better relationships, increased finances, and finding their voice.

You will discover:
- How vows show up in our adult worlds
- What was behind those beliefs
- How to discover and let go of those vows to change your life for the better

Dr. Deji Ayoade is the first African immigrant to become a nuclear missile operator in the United States Air Force and serve in three U.S. military branches. He’s a trained veterinary surgeon, combat medic, Nuclear Weapon System SME, Senior Program Analyst, and U.S. Space Force Department of Defense Civilian at the Pentagon. He turned to storytelling as solace from an early life of poverty and loss. His new book is Underground: A Memoir of Hope, Faith, and the American Dream.

It is 1945 when John Louis Collingswood returns home from World War II. After over three years in Europe where he witnessed atrocities beyond his wildest imagination, John is ecstatic he is alive, filled with guilt over being spared, and hopeful for a new beginning in Oracle, Arizona. Unfortunately what awaits him is complete evil and chaos. For reasons known only to God and a select few, John has been chosen to battle Satan's influence over man.

An African American family in 1965 must face the challenges of living in a crime ridden neighborhood. Edwana and her husband Kyle are raising their children, Kylie and Eddie in a world rife with poverty and discrimination. The children must fight the challenges imposed upon them, while their parents try to raise them with limited resources. Kevo combines a timeline of African American issues into the year 1965, using dilemma's of different decades (1950's - 2020's) that this fictional family has to deal with.

Learn to spot the 39 lies that real estate agents use to rip you off. If you're a home buyer or seller and want to save thousands of dollars and avoid being taken advantage of, then you're in the right place.

You can recover and live your best life after a midlife divorce.

If you’re facing a divorce in midlife after many years of marriage, the stress of the divorce process, the grief over many losses, and the fear of life after divorce can seem all-consuming, like a terminal condition affecting every aspect of life. And yet, there is a way to bring your best self to the divorce process and create a fulfilling post-divorce life that is as good – or better than – life before divorce.

Who would you be if you weren’t stuck, anxious, and depressed? Do you yearn to be free from your fears and negativity, but don’t know how? Are you ready to become an upgraded version of yourself?

"This memoir was written to honor my youngest brother's influence over my life, the good, the bad, and the ugly, of living with a Down Syndrome sibling. It tells the story of the children of my family, despite our parents' frailties, remaining committed to each other through life's many changes and separations. Who I am today is directly related to who I needed to become." - Lynne

At ten years old, Chris didn't have good looks, a caring family, or a bright future. But what he did have for three years was the love of Danielle, his beautiful neighbor on Fairhaven Street who showed him a glimpse of a life he desperately wanted.

Enchanting Treve by Paula D. Tozer is a novel that explores the joys, struggles, and heartbreaks of three strong women - Tessa, Hannah, and Anne, and the enchanting connections they have to the dogs that grace their lives.

New book coming. Stay tuned.

The Book on Gratitude features thirty international heart-centered inspiring women authors who are dedicated to Healing the World with Gratitude. Whether you have experienced death or dying, adoption or traumatic health challenges or a body that won’t heal, there is a message for everyone inside these pages. The authors’ tender experiences and messages will reduce stress, promote more joy and happiness while supporting you and giving the gift of gratitude to heal your life.

This book is a collaborate effort of authors telling their story of what it took for them to learn to step into their power. They share authentically and from the heart. They also tell about how stepping into their powers has enhanced their life as well as the lives of others. You will experience their joy, their heartbreak, their struggles and their triumphs. The purpose of this book is to encourage others to step into their power and authentic purpose so that working together we can make this a better world.  

Unexpected Moments shares the trials and tribulations that Daisy Paige had to endure to make her into the person that she became. In her journey she had to go over speed bumps, jump over hurdles, cross broken bridges, and climb many rocky mountains with God at her side.  

When one experiences pain over an extended period of time, it becomes normalized. Soon enough, no longer will that individual accept receipt of pain and soon become the one who delivers pain to others. The cycle continues ever forward. Born to an addicted mother and placed in foster care at the youngest possible age, Justin was birthed into the life of being another statistic. He spent his youth surviving in the streets any way he could, which landed him in and out of jail for over 9 years of his 30-year life.

The book "Unleash The Super You Within: A Step by Step Guide to Your Inner Power" is a step by step guide for using your inner resources for success, as well as, specific exercises and examples, in a progressive manner, to get you to your desired goals.

The book "Banking With Your Liver" by Micah Frye explains how the actual first step to losing fat is depleting your liver's glycogen stores.

Humony Leadership: Mindsets, Skills and Behaviors for Being a Successful People-Centric Leader Become the leader – and human – that your organization, family, and community needs.

Altered States is based on a true story of a young child’s tragic beginning which leads to her ultimate vindication.You will quickly find yourself immersed on this heartbreaking journey of a shattered girl who struggles to fight against all odds to survive in a world full of heart break, betrayal and injustice.This novel opens your mind to the psychological development of a young child’s mind to adulthood as she tries to protect herself from the outside negative forces that relentlessly test her human spirit.  

Steph has been motivating herself and others her entire life. Since defying the odds by surviving as a one-pound, fifteen-ounce baby and weeks later being diagnosed with cerebral palsy, to beating Hodgkin's lymphoma stage 3B cancer in 2016, Steph has been a living example of overcoming seemingly insurmountable objects in order to achieve the impossible.  

Elegance is the natural expression of prosperity.  It is who you are before you think about it and decide otherwise.  

A memoir of resilience and hope by a two-time cancer survivor, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and interfaith peacemaker. 

Breaking the Cycle of Trauma and Abuse and Rebuilding the Sibling Bond. 

An In-Depth Guide to Oral Health and Its Impact on Your Entire Life.  

Brad discusses Vignettes: A Series of 10-Minute Plays.  

Simple and Easy Hacks To Grow Your Bank Account.  

Information for Parents and Caregivers, A research based reference for navigating Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome.

A Promise Made, A Promise Kept. Subtitle: Five things a husband should embrace for healing the loss of a spouse to breast cancer. You are not alone!