Higher Life

Meet the Pomeroys: a church-going family living in a too-red house in a Texas college town. Roger, the patriarch, has impulsively gone back to school, only to find his future ambitions at odds with the temptations of the present. His wife, Georgia, tries to keep things afloat at home, but she's been feeding the bill drawer with unopened envelopes for months and never manages to confront its swelling contents. In an attempt to climb out of the holes they've dug, Roger and Georgia make a series of choices that have catastrophic consequences for their three children

Steven would learn the importance of self-control, teamwork, and sportsmanship. What Steven didn’t know about controlling his emotions would put him in a situation we all could learn from.

"How do I find my life's purpose?" In the 1-year run of Robert Holden's call-in radio show, Shift Happens!, his listeners asked that question more often than any other, by far. It seems everybody is looking for their purpose, and yet we all struggle to recognize it and live it. In Higher Purpose, Holden takes listeners on an epic journey of self-discovery that includes the hero's journey with Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung's work on true vocation, Victor Frankl's search for meaning, a pilgrimage with St. Francis of Assisi, the poetry of Wordsworth and Rilke, and much more.

The school secretary has a sharp tongue but is she a killer? Can Marty do the math or will he get schooled by a criminal mastermind? Marty Golden is frazzled. Struggling to juggle nieces, a rambunctious dog, a demanding job, and a serious relationship, the software engineer is never quite sure whether he’s coming or going. But when his nemesis begs for help after she’s accused of offing the school principal, the amateur sleuth agrees to hunt down the real culprit. Confounded to discover the cantankerous woman stood to take the dead man’s position, he strives to find anyone who could ...

Being an Introvert is not something that needs to be cured, but it is a Superpower that can catapult your income to $100K and beyond. Introverts have 7 Superpowers that extroverts don’t have, that can transform you into a Sales Superstar if you use them to your advantage. Because of an Introvert’s natural tendency to be alone and not be in the spotlight, they often shy away from sales. However, sales are where they can take their Superpowers and Shine. The author, Michelle Kulp, is an introvert who went from a 9-5 job in the legal field to making 6 figures in outside sales and then ...

The news about wildlife is dire—more than 900 species have been wiped off the planet since industrialization. Against this bleak backdrop, however, there are also glimmers of hope and crucial lessons to be learned from animals that have defied global trends toward extinction: bears in Italy, bison in North America, whales in the Atlantic. These populations are back from the brink, some of them in numbers unimaginable in a century. How has this happened? In crisp, transporting prose, Christopher Preston reveals the mysteries and challenges at the heart of these resurgences.

Wait, What’s Next? A No-BS Guide to Figuring Out Your Future Feeling lost about what’s next in life? Are you tired of generic career advice that doesn’t apply to real-world struggles? Wait, What’s Next? is your down-to-earth, straight-talking guide to navigating uncertainty, making smart career choices, and building a future that excites you. Whether fresh out of school, considering a career pivot, or just feeling stuck, this book provides actionable steps, creative strategies, and a little humor to help you take control of your future. What’s Inside? Discover Your Strengths and ...

This book is for the 100 million people in the US who have high blood pressure. It takes the things you need to know and collects them in one place and makes them easy to understand. Interesting. Doesn’t make you feel that the world’s ending. In this short audiobook, you’ll learn what high blood pressure is, what causes it, and what you can do about it.

Imagine you’ve just been invited to a high-level event. The room is filled with fascinating people, and you know you want to be in their orbit. The problem is, you have no idea how to get there. So instead, you find the nearest chair and stay put for the next two hours.

Want to do well in networking? Afraid of coming off as timid or phony? Master Coach Tom Marcoux guides you to connect with ease and create High Trust Relationships for more success and happiness. Build your Confidence and Charisma. As an Executive Coach, Marcoux helps clients prepare for networking events, job interviews, auditions, speeches, building a brand, leading a team, and more. With this book, you will experience this powerful process: Insight—>Intuition—>Action. From here, experience “Catapult-Moments.” Learn Power Secrets so people welcome you when you follow-up with them....

Horror and misery follows Colomba in her dreams as nightmares of the Crow haunt her every time she closes her eyes. No matter what she tries to do, the monsters in her nightmares chase her, not letting her get any rest. As this is happening, the entire school is excited since one of their sports teams, the girl’s track team, will be going to nationals thanks to their star player Cheyanne. An accident sends the entire school into shock and what follows brings Cheyanne from the top of the school popularity pyramid all the way down to be crushed at the bottom. There she may fall into the ...

Americans have become increasingly aware that many for-profit colleges – the career training schools that bombard TV, websites, and city buses with slick ads promising high-paying careers – are a bad deal for students, and that some are simply scams. These schools have been caught luring students -- veterans, single mothers, and others struggling to get ahead -- with false claims about the cost of programs and the value of degrees, and then leaving them unemployed and buried in debt. The for-profit college industry has been taking more than $30 billion annually in taxpayer dollars. But ...

When a holiday storm traps these sizzling adversaries together, will the magic of Christmas mend their broken pasts and ignite a new romance? Bailey: I never imagined I’d be spending Christmas in Wintervale, especially not battling my ex, Jacob Wilder, over an old Victorian mansion. But this case is my chance to make partner, even if it means representing Miss Edna Twinkleberry— an eccentric older woman who insists she’s the rightful heir. Now I’m tasked with seeing her dream of transforming it into a year-round holiday-themed cat sanctuary come true. Just when I think things ...

We tend to think about bad feelings—feelings like anger, envy, spite, and contempt—as the weeds in life's garden. But this isn't quite right, according to philosopher Krista K. Thomason. Bad feelings are the worms, not the weeds. They're just below the surface, and we like to pretend they aren't there, but they serve an important purpose. Thomason draws on insights from the history of philosophy to show what we've gotten wrong about bad feelings and to show listeners how we can live better with them.

Unlock Your Potential with 'UNLIMITED WISDOM AND POWER OF YOUR HIGHER SELF: Create the Life You Want': This book is more than a guide to personal growth; it's a comprehensive resource for transforming every aspect of your life. Whether navigating the complexities of relationships, chasing your dreams, or discovering your true purpose, this insightful book offers a path to success. It delves into the essence of the soul, equipping you to improve not only your mental and physical health but also your emotional connections with others.

Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other 18th-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more complex than the "thorough deist" who emerges in his autobiography.

When COVID-19 hit the United States, New York governor Andrew Cuomo was thrust onto the national stage, hailed around the globe for his leadership. Alongside him every step of the way, Melissa DeRosa quickly became a household name. In her riveting memoir, DeRosa details her journey as a young woman in politics rising to the highest levels of government, writing with raw honesty and vulnerability about the personal challenges she faced—a failing marriage, infertility, death threats, misogyny—while navigating unprecedented professional landmines along the way.

The Mulvaneys are blessed by all that makes life sweet: a hardworking father, a loving mother, three fine sons, and a bright, pretty daughter. But an incident occurs on Valentine's Day, 1976 - hushed up in the rural town of Mt. Ephraim, New York and never spoken of in the Mulvaney home - that rends the fabric of their family life.

Alaska Inferno is Book 2 of the Blazing Hearts Wildfire series and a Kindle Book Award winner for best indie romance! Can a series of arson wildfires lead to true love under a midnight sun? Jon Silva is back as a wildland fire investigator, along with his well-earned reputation as a crack firefighter and notorious serial dater. But things have changed in Jon’s world. Now, there are only two women in his life—the one he wants, and the one who wants him—at any cost. Liz Harrington returns to Alaska’s Aurora Crew, fighting wildfire to earn seed money for her new business. She resisted ...

When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet of 300 people. Nicknamed "Zippy" for the way she would bolt around the house, this small girl was possessed of big eyes and even bigger ears. In this witty and lovingly told memoir, Kimmel takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent postwar period - people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards.