Modern Relationships

"Life is a beautiful, chaotic mess - a fact that John Bowie captures flawlessly in his stunning third poetry collection." The pages of this book are filled with raw, unfiltered emotions that will take readers on a journey through the human experience. From the highs of love and life to the lows of inescapable death, each poem is a window into the complexity of our existence. Bowie is a master poet, weaving together words that will tug at your heartstrings and make you see the world in a whole new light. With an unapologetic and soulful writing style, he invites readers to embrace the ...

Rhona Dewar takes her niece, Syn, into her home after a tragic accident. Together, they discover the healing powers of nature, dedicated kindness, and disarming honesty. Cultural identity, mystery, and humor bring this family drama to life. On her sixteenth birthday, Syn’s brother, Andy, gave her a secret gift: an ancestry DNA test. As he suspected, the results proved that she was not their father’s daughter and carried not an ounce of Asian blood. Though she had her mother’s Scottish heritage, her father was a mysterious Venezuelan. Was she the child of an unrevealed love affair? ...

A former foster kid, Jane has led a solitary life as a waitress in the suburbs, working hard to get by. After graduating, Jane accepts a job offer at a distinguished law firm in downtown Toronto. Everyone at the firm thinks she is destined for failure because her boss is the notoriously difficult Edward Rosen. But Jane has known far worse trials and refuses to back down. Edward has never been able to keep an assistant—he’s too loud, too messy, too ill-tempered. Yet there’s something about Jane that intrigues him. As their orbits overlap, their feelings begin to develop.

Have you always wanted to talk more easily to others without your shyness and social anxiety getting in your way? Do you want to know how to communicate better with others at the workplace, and to have your coworkers and bosses to respond to and respect you more? Do you want to learn how to navigate social events with ease, meeting and learning about new people, making friends, and gaining valuable business and personal contacts?

This collection of Marianne Williamson audio recordings includes her popular lectures on handling fear.

Being a man in today’s world is complicated. We’ve been handed a lifetime’s worth of conflicting messages about how we should act, how we should feel, and (most importantly) how we should communicate. "Man up," they say. "Keep your emotions in check," they tell us. But somewhere between the ‘tough guy’ expectations and the TikTok self-help gurus, we’ve all forgotten how actually to connect with the people we care about. Enter "The Modern Man’s Guide to Faking It"—the antidote to all the toxic nonsense you’ve been fed. If you’re looking for a book that promises a magic ...

Penny Miller is lonely and bored. By day she works at a library; by night she mixes cocktails in a seedy neighbourhood bar. At 22 she's given up her dreams of college and lives with her grandmother on the miserable outskirts of the city, longing for the kind of romance she reads about in books - love with a capital L.

The goal in life is always to live on your own terms, but what happens when you find a deeper way to understand how everyone around you feels and thinks? This answer is lengthy and complex, but it’s one that will set you free to be the person you’ve always known you can be deep down within yourself. Just remember to hold onto something that will reshape how you think about the rest of the world...you can achieve balance, peace and harmony in a way that puts negative energy in a box from which it can never escape.

Are you tired of being stuck in the same negative habits, but don't know how to change? Do you feel like old fears and unnecessary limitations and are holding you back from getting extraordinary results in your life, but you don't know how to break free? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, neuro linguistic programming may be just what you need to create drastic positive change in your life.

Evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents takes listeners on a journey from silent crickets to lesbian albatrosses to bonobos who kiss, revealing what this incredible array of sexual diversity can teach us about our own. Amusing, enlightening and meticulously researched, Lents convincingly shows that diverse genders and sexuality have evolutionary functions far beyond procreation. The Sexual Evolution is a perspective-altering book that advocates understanding and demolishes biases held by even the most open-minded among us.

Parece que cada día nos enfrentamos a nuevos retos y problemas para los que no tenemos respuestas. ¿Cómo tomamos decisiones cuando no sabemos cuál es la respuesta correcta? Pensamiento Crítico y Estoicismo te mostrará cómo pensar en modelos mentales para desarrollar habilidades efectivas de toma de decisiones y resolución de problemas. También aprenderás a aplicar los principios del Estoicismo a tu vida diaria, para que puedas desarrollar mejores habilidades de toma de decisiones, resolver problemas de manera más efectiva y mantenerte positivo en cualquier situación.

Aspiring author Michelle Moss meets her Prince Charming at a Masquerade Ball only to discover the man behind the mask is Brooks Keller, the editor who just rejected her manuscript and the ex-boyfriend who broke her heart. It wasn’t a glass slipper that Michelle Moss left behind at the Masquerade Ball, but a beat up laptop. Her driver remained human, her ride didn’t turn into a pumpkin, and thank goodness she didn’t see any mice waiting for her in her condo. But Michelle did spontaneously kiss her masked Prince Charming and was determined to find him. Tracking down her missing laptop ...

Wrestling with fear doesn't have to be a negative experience. This book offers an approach to life that unlocks a new way of thinking and being in the world, one that leads directly through the center of the anxieties we seek to avoid. Written in the style of an owner's manual, a guide to being human, Burkett focuses on areas of pain and anxiety as they tend to manifest for modern people: feelings of unworthiness, and issues surrounding sex, money, failure, and even death.

Is God distant, untouched by our world—or is He actively engaged in it, responsive to our prayers, and personally invested in our stories? Can a timeless Creator actually change course in light of human choices? And what does it mean for that same God to take on flesh, walk among us, and suffer as one of us? God in Motion delivers two powerful books in one volume that pull back the curtain on two of Christianity’s most profound ideas. This accessible and captivating guide invites readers to explore a God who doesn’t merely reign from afar—but moves, responds, and dwells within ...

Explore Marcus Aurelius' enduring wisdom with "Stoic Quotes About Life, Love & Success," a fascinating anthology chosen by Boris Mullayev. The stoic ideas of ancient Rome and the unrelenting demands of modern life are bridged by this deep collection of wisdom. Listeners will learn how the Stoic principles of virtue, self-control, and reason may set the groundwork for happiness and personal development through Mullayev's insightful comments. Discover how to separate oneself from the turmoil of the outside world and discover inner calm, just as Aurelius did more than two millennia ago.

A compulsively listenable behind-the-scenes memoir that takes listeners inside the weddings section of The New York Times - the good, bad, and just plain weird - through the eyes of a young reporter just as she's falling in love herself.

"Everyone has secrets, and everyone is living a double life to some degree. The world is held up by lies; if everyone's secrets were to all be revealed tomorrow morning, civilization might collapse." To ascend the social hierarchies and achieve great power, you need to optimize and strategize rather than slog and "work hard" for every day of your life. This is counterproductive since it does not guarantee any beneficial results in the end.

Outgoing strong-willed New York lawyer + uptight handsome British lawyer = fireworks, conflict and…love? After a tragic accident, successful New York lawyer Emily Taylor is restarting her career. Having spent the past year recovering, tucked away in rural England, she is finally ready to get back into the corporate world at a boutique law firm in the City of London, with any thought of a relationship firmly off the table. But when she is partnered up with the handsome but emotionally distant Jack, things don’t go according to plan… Jack is one of the most successful lawyers in the ...

Africa Brooke is an internationally recognised consultant, accredited coach, public speaker and podcaster. Her 2021 open letter, 'Why I'm leaving the cult of wokeness', has been read and shared by more than 12 million people. Through her work, she has helped thousands of people, including many high-profile clients, who are struggling with personal and professional manifestations of self-sabotage and self-censorship. The Third Perspective is Africa's transformative self-help framework to do the same for you - sharing her three-part process to move from self-censorship into mindful expression.

If you're going through a divorce, this book looks at how to navigate it for the benefit of all involved. It's easy to follow, practical, balanced, and relatable and it will help you come out the other side in a much better state of mind than if you had not heard it.