Home Development

The inspiring, heart-rending story of a father's unwavering love for his son. David Goldman and his Brazilian wife, Bruna Bianchi, led what appeared to be a happy life in New Jersey. But in June 2004, Bianchi took their four-year-old son, Sean, to Brazil for what she said would be a two- week vacation. Once there, she informed Goldman that she was staying in Brazil-and keeping Sean, setting in motion an international controversy that would eventually reach the highest levels of the U.S. and Brazilian governments. It would be almost five years before David saw Sean again.

Soldier Girls follows the lives of three women on their paths to the military. These women, who are quite different in every way, become friends, and we watch their interaction and also what happens when they are separated. We see their families, their lovers, their spouses, their children. We see them work extremely hard, deal with the attentions of men on base and in war zones, and struggle to stay connected to their families back home.

As presentation coach to America's top CEOs, Tony Jeary is known as Mr. Presentation. In his work with more than 500 world-class organizations in 35 countries, he has found a common denominator in every situation: Your success in life depends upon how you approach the millions of opportunities before you. In this insightful and compelling audiobook, Jeary reveals the eight simple secrets that you can put to work immediately to achieve dramatic results!

Tim’s Guide to Furniture Restoration: Turning Passion into Profit is the ultimate step-by-step guide for turning your passion for furniture restoration into a thriving business. This comprehensive book provides practical advice, clear instructions, and actionable steps to help you start, grow, and sustain a profitable restoration enterprise.

This book is a complete help for both new and experienced investors. It gives important information and useful tips on how to flip houses for profit. It talks about all the steps, from planning ahead and buying a house to fixing it up, advertising, and selling it. The book gives listeners the information and tools they need to succeed in the fast-paced world of real estate and house flipping.

In Home Ice, with equal parts humour and anguish, Angie Abdou charts a full season of life as an Atom-level hockey mom, from summer hockey camp to the end-of-season tournament. Her revealing stories and careful research on issues such as cost, gender bias, concussion, and family pressures offer a compellingly honest and complex insider’s view of parenting today’s young athlete in a competitive and high-pressure culture.

Clutter is everywhere in our lives. It is present in our homes, our schedules, our jobs, our relationships, our use of technology, and, most importantly, our minds. The damaging effects of clutter on our psyches are clear. When we lead chaotic, unorganized lives, we are prone to worry, anxiety, self-doubt, and overthinking. But you can free yourself from the seemingly endless cycle of frantic days and sleepless nights, and shape the life you want to live.

Is something missing from your life—like an unknown part of yourself needs to be unearthed and nurtured? Or maybe you feel like you’re stuck in a cycle of negative thinking and can’t seem to break free. If so, then inner child work may be the answer.

In this book, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr Sanjay Gupta offers insights from top scientists all over the world, whose cutting-edge research can help you heighten and protect brain function and maintain cognitive health at any age. Keep Sharp debunks common myths about ageing and cognitive decline, explores whether there's a 'best' diet or exercise regimen for the brain and explains whether it's healthier to play video games that test memory and processing speed or to engage in more social interaction.

In this final edition of the Montessori at Home Guide series, Rachel Peachey addresses practical life skills that seem often forgotten: social skills and discipline. Learn how to gently guide your two- to six-year-old to develop basic social skills including "introducing themselves" and "how to interrupt politely" to more complex skills like "recognizing emotions in others". This book also discusses gentle parenting approaches to discipline, how to handle conflict, and many more parenting techniques inspired by Maria Montessori.

Do you want to be known as charismatic, intelligent, and charming? Do you want the secret to effortless relationships, razor-sharp focus, and high-level organization? The answer is social intelligence - a complex and varied skill set that affects every interaction you have ever and will ever have. Drawing on behavioral science and developmental psychology, this powerful resource addresses the many facets of social intelligence and gives you actionable steps to start cultivating these skills today!

What if you could dissolve your guilt about clutter? You can, and this book described as “personable and relatable” will show you how. If you want to cry when you look at your messy house because you feel ashamed and defeated, help is here. Clutter doesn’t have to make you feel miserable or embarrassed. Imagine how it would feel to let people into your house without feeling like a failure.

Discover a path to healing after losing your pet, even if it feels overwhelming right now. Have you felt lost in grief after saying goodbye to a beloved furry friend? Does their absence leave you feeling isolated, unsure how to move forward? Are you looking for ways to honor their memory while restoring joy to your life? If so, you're not alone—this book offers comfort and guidance from those who’ve been there.

In this book, Suzanne Roynon shows you how stuff can trap you in relationship misery. If you’re single or your romantic relationship simply isn’t working out, using the Interiors Therapy process will transform your experience. Become enlightened both physically and emotionally to inspire the loving relationship you deserve.

After eight years of youth ministry and four years planting a church, I was done. It was over. A lethal combination of overwork, misplaced identity, and a stress-induced sense of panic took me out. Our marriage, once a vibrant ministry partnership, began to wobble. We struggled, we fought, and eventually we settled for a child-centric relationship that lacked passion and purpose. But God gave us another chance. We are now experiencing the reality of a marriage on mission. This is our story.

Abschied und Neuanfang – wie wir aus Krisen Kraft schöpfen können. Nachdem Bestsellerautor Lars Amend in seinen Zwanzigern das Leben eines Rockstars führte, voller Ruhm und mit den ganz Großen der Musikszene, fand er Ruhe und Erfüllung im Familienleben. Doch diese neue Geborgenheit wird jäh erschüttert, als Lars vor einer seiner härtesten Prüfungen steht: der Krankheit und dem Tod seiner Mutter. Durch diese persönlichste aller Erfahrungen reflektiert er, was im Leben tatsächlich Bedeutung hat und teilt seine Einsichten in einem Hörbuch, das nicht nur berührt, sondern auch inspiriert.

A name is destiny...or is it? Young Vicky is reeling from the loss of her old horse Joe, but eager to help the flighty, impossible to ride young mare, Witch. Unpredictable and dangerous, Witch's future is bleak. In her first moment with the horse no one trusted, Vicky changed Witch's name to Gidget, a hopeful benediction. "If only changing her name is all it took to change behavior," the farm owner laments. Despite her new name, Gidget, the horse formerly known as Witch, struggles to abandon old, unstable habits.

In “The Power of Expectation,” best-selling author, Billy J. Riggs unlocks the secrets of how to harness the Pygmalion effect, the psychological phenomenon where the expectations we place on ourselves and others influence the outcomes of our lives. Drawing from decades of experience as a transformational leader, Riggs delivers a comprehensive guide that shows how individuals can apply this powerful principle in their personal, social, and professional lives to achieve lasting success. Riggs begins by demystifying the origins of the Pygmalion effect, tracing its roots to the ...

When Adrian Kulp first learned that he was about to become a father, he was essentially a teenage boy trapped in the body of a 32-year-old high-powered executive. He did what his wife asked him to do: Grow up. He packed away his Phillies baseball memorabilia, hid his GI Joes, and converted their guest bedroom from his private man cave into a nursery. Goodbye sticky beer cozy. Hello Diaper Genie. Based on his mercilessly funny and brutally honest blog, here is the hilarious story of one man's journey from being the one who brings home the bacon to the one who fries it.

If you have lost yourself – as a result of harmful conditioning, trauma, major life changes or significant loss – how do you find your way back home? Gillian McMichael takes you on a journey of self-discovery, using her own experience of transformational change to demonstrate the powerful effect of forgiving yourself and breaking free of past conditioning. Step by step, she walks you through each stage of a self-healing process that will help you return meaning and purpose to your life, and agency to your true self.