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Time is short. Ridiculously short. As songwriters, there are a million things that try to take us away from our precious time doing what we love doing - the beautiful craft of songwriting. The Organized Songwriter: How to Create Space to Write Your Best Songs offers fresh insights to help you be more productive. Just like a pro. Ultimately do you worry that life is moving way too fast for you to make the impact as the songwriter you are called to be? In The Organized Songwriter, award-winning songwriter Simon Hawkins gives you solutions to these issues and more.

The Battle of Thermopylae is one of the most famous battles in human history. It featured two of the ancient world’s most prominent cultures, the Achaemenid-led Persian Empire and the fragmented yet culturally advanced Greeks. It also included some of history’s most famous leaders, such as the Persian king Xerxes and the Spartan king and military general Leonidas.

The Learning Rainforest is renowned educator Tom Sherrington's attempt to capture various different elements of our understanding and experience of teaching. It is a celebration of great teaching - the joy of it and the intellectual and personal rewards that teaching brings.

Ernest Hemingway, Zadie Smith, Joan Didion, Franz Kafka, David Foster Wallace, and more. In Process, acclaimed journalist Sarah Stodola examines the creative methods of literature's most transformative figures. Each chapter contains a mini biography of one of the world's most lauded authors, focused solely on his or her writing process.

Great Expectations is hailed as Charles Dickens' masterpiece. A gripping tale of love and loss, aspiration and moral redemption, the story follows the young orphan Xiaomao (Pip) from poverty to a life of unexpected opportunity and wealth. Mandarin Companion is a series of easy-to-listen-to novels in Chinese that are fun to listen to and proven to accelerate language learning.

The Byzantine Empire was founded during the chaotic third century. It was the time when revolts and civil wars were common, and Roman emperors merely lasted for a year. Despite being one of the most captivating historical periods of all time, the Byzantine Empire is a lesser known one.

This captivating history audiobook presents a general outline of the American Revolution, focusing largely on the period between the outbreak of rebellion in 1765 until the ratification of the US Constitution in 1789.

When the world's biggest and most moving events took place - World War II, the Moon landing, the death of Princess Diana, and many more - Time magazine was there to tell the story with passion and clarity. This book features pieces by Barbara Ehrenreich, Henry Anatole Grunwald, Maureen Dowd, Walter Isaacson, Bono and many other famous writers, and will provide listeners with a uniquely entertaining view of 85 years of Time's history.

The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of conflicts between Scotland and England that spanned more than 60 years during the 13th and 14th centuries. These wars led directly to the establishment of Scotland as an independent, sovereign country and to the emergence of two of Scotland’s best-known national heroes, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. Yet these wars are much more than a simple struggle on the part of Scotland to free itself from English incursions.

Success is a Special Need is the powerful memoir of Jeffrey L. McCain, who shares his life story of overcoming dyslexia to build a successful business. With personal anecdotes and reflections, McCain recounts how he navigated his educational struggles, developed survival skills, and eventually achieved extraordinary success in the traffic signal industry. This inspiring tale is one of resilience, innovation, and determination in the face of adversity.

As a child Geoff Dyer spent long hours making and blotchily painting model fighter planes. So the adult Dyer jumped at the chance of a residency aboard an aircraft carrier. Another Great Day at Sea chronicles Dyer’s experiences on the USS George H.W. Bush as he navigates the routines and protocols of “carrier-world,” from the elaborate choreography of the flight deck through miles of walkways and hatches to kitchens serving meals for a crew of five thousand to the deafening complexity of catapult and arresting gear.

In this engaging and deeply informed audiobook, Stephen Knight looks at the different manifestations of Robin Hood at different times and places in a mythic biography with a thematic structure. The best way to get at the essence of the Robin Hood myth, Knight believes, is in terms not of chronological and generic progression but of the purposes served by heroes.

Great Minds and How to Grow Them is a handbook for parents that shows how they can grow the minds of their children and teenagers and guide them to success both at school and in life. The latest neurological and psychological research is proving that most children are capable of reaching high levels of performance that were previously associated only with the gifted and talented.

"Von Rhonda Byrne, der Autorin des weltweiten Phänomens The Secret – Das Geheimnis, erscheint nun The Greatest Secret – Das größte Geheimnis. Ihr lang erwartetes neues Buch enthüllt tiefgründige Weisheiten und Praktiken, mit deren Hilfe wir unseren Schmerz und unser Leiden überwinden und in dauerhaftes Glück gelangen können. Jahrtausendealte Erfahrung besagt: Um ein Geheimnis zu verbergen, sollte man es dort verstecken, wo niemand auf die Idee kommen wird, danach zu suchen. Millionen Menschen auf der Welt haben nach der Wahrheit gesucht – doch nur wenige haben sie gefunden.

Change is inevitable. Both personally and globally, change drives our lives. Despite the new opportunities change can bring, many of us resist and fear it, even as we long for a healthier lifestyle or agree we need a more sustainable culture.

Do you want to spice up your sex life? Would you like to talk like a porn star feeling comfortable? In moments of passion, you have a strange desire to talk dirty but you don't know how to do it, you feel awkward and you don't know how your partner could react. If you will listen to and apply what I teach in this audiobook you will completely transform your sex life by freeing yourself from all the mental brakes, living spectacular experiences and exploring sensations you never felt before. You will become a sexual magnet for your partner...guaranteed!

Learn how to write great songs and navigate the business in this quick read format. The author packs this book with helpful information gleaned from his thirty-five-plus years of experience writing and recording his own songs. Learn the techniques he has used to approach the art of songwriting. This book also takes a realistic look at the music business and gives the reader helpful advice about what it takes to make it as a successful songwriter.

“A lump of coal-taking up space,” is how a fourth-grade nun describes ten-year-old William Chamberlain. Despite his struggle with dyslexia, a precocious and rebellious spirit and labeled dumb, William vows to have money one day; he won’t be poor like his parents. As he grows into adulthood, nothing, not his lack of education, The Great Depression, World War II, or a bad marriage can deter him from seeking his dream. William possesses the innocence, naivety, and warmness of heart of a Forest Gump. This story of William and his family spans nearly three decades.

If you’re looking for a heavy dose of inspiration that will push you to seek out your own success, then this bundle of three books will give you exactly what you need to feel motivated and excited about your potential. This bundle includes the life stories of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Nelson Mandela, and LeBron James - three men who have overcome immense challenges in their life to become among the most successful people to exist.

Do you need help learning subtraction? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Learning doesn’t need to be boring, so we took the boring out and threw the fun in it! Learn subtraction the fun way with Level 1 of Math Funland with Subtraction where you will learn subtraction facts with differences 0-10! And when you’re ready for more, check out Levels 2 and 3 of Math Funland with Subtraction!