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Karl is an Abyssinian ground hornbill with a special challenge. His lower bill had broken off and made eating difficult. Karl did a great job of adapting and finding new ways to eat, but he wasn't getting all the food he needed. His zookeepers at the National Zoo and friends at the Smithsonian Institute wanted to help. Could an old bird skeleton and a 3D printer give Karl a new beak? Karl's new adventure was about to begin!

The sea change of convenience and immediacy that has overtaken our lives has also led to a tremendous gap between what professionals and patients believe to be quality care. This has propagated the tragic environment where almost everyone hates going to the dentist. In The Patient First Manifesto, Dr. Bryan Laskin explains the counterintuitive reasons why patients still complain in our offices everyday, and why patients drive doctors crazy (or at least drive them to drink too often).

A great relationship can make experiencing the highs of life more exciting and the lows much easier to deal with. And when it comes to business, networking with powerful people can be the thing to take your success to a new level. There's just one problem.... Creating close, meaningful relationships can be a challenge...or so it seems. Believe it or not, bringing amazing relationships into your life, whether they are personal or business-related, isn't difficult at all. In fact, it's easy...if you know how to do it.

Dickson D. Despommier proposes a visionary yet achievable plan for creating a new, self-sustaining urban landscape. He argues that we can find solutions through the concept of biomimicry: emulating successful strategies found in nature. A better city is possible if we heed the lessons that forests and trees teach about how to store carbon, grow food, collect rainwater, and convert sunlight into energy.

The Digital Gold Rush is not just another “business book.” It’s a proven system designed to help you go from idea to income—fast. Whether you’re starting from scratch or scaling your current online venture, you’ll discover the exact strategies, tools, and mindset shifts to build a highly profitable digital business without years of trial and error.

Social media has democratized influence, forever changing the way businesses communicate with customers and the way customers affect the decisions of their peers. With platforms like Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook, anyone can now find and connect with others who share similar interests, challenges, and beliefs - creating communities that shape and steer the perception of brands. Without engagement in these communities, we miss major opportunities to shape our marketing messages.

Discover the four most popular online business models with proven strategies to gain financial independence. Start and grow your own business and begin building your Internet empire. If you're like most of us, you dream of a day where you won't have to keep dragging yourself in to your day job plugging away to earn a living. Life passes us by so quickly, and most of us would prefer not to spend all of our good years in the office. With the explosion of Internet businesses, it is now more possible and easier than ever for you to start your own online business.

How different would your life look if you could break free from negative thinking, stop toxic patterns, and actually live the life you've been dreaming of? Imagine what would happen if you could finally silence your inner critic! The truth is, many of us keep repeating the same habits that leave us feeling stuck, disappointed, and powerless. With The Habit Shift, you'll explore deep into your habits and mindset to break free from limiting patterns and build a better life. I'm Bo Phelan, and, like you, I found myself trapped in the same unhealthy habits despite desperately wanting to change....

No matter your sales targets, Modern Era Sales Leader offers a proven framework for excellence—every day. Drawing on modern insights from sales, client experience, and organizational behavior, this book provides practical strategies that teach you exactly how to develop effective teams, eliminate toxic environments, and hone the small behaviors that lead to above-average results. If you're struggling to elevate your sales team's performance, the problem isn't your ambition—it's your approach. Repeated failures aren't a sign of poor goals but of inadequate systems. Here, you won’t just...

God goes to great lengths to rescue lost and hurting people, and that is what The Story is all about: the story of the Bible, God’s great love affair with humanity. Filled with intrigue, drama, conflict, and redemption, listen to Chapter 02 of this dramatized edition that sweeps you into the stories, poems, and teachings of the Bible.

The quiet masses: the curse of being shy. Shyness exists in every corner of the world, every level of society, every workplace and school, in boardrooms, bars, churches, and bus stops, in places large and small. The digital age, with all the interconnection it offers, has only made things worse. For those living under the shyness curse, life can be discomforting at best and terrifying at worst. While shyness may seem just as much a part of you as your elbow, the difference between your elbow and your shyness is that you weren’t born with your shyness.

It’s completely understandable to feel exhausted and overwhelmed, especially if you’re navigating the complexities of postpartum depression. Consider that even just a few minutes of listening to this insightful book—written by a mother who has given birth to ten babies and experienced Postpartum Psychosis twice—can provide all of the valuable strategies needed for postpartum care.

Big new ideas rarely make great businesses. Laboring on a business plan can be a waste of time. You are going to need dramatically more start-up money than you think you do. Counterintuitive concepts like these have helped the world's best entrepreneurs succeed. Yet most of us only learn them the hard way. Len Green, an experienced investor, entrepreneur, and business professor, shares inside secrets and proven tactics for launching a business.

Life is hard, and we need all the help that we can get to live a meaningful life with as little negative stress as possible. Students, especially, struggle with this, while they are still on a process of self-discovery and skills development. What they learn, the coping strategies that they employ, and the friends that they choose will have to sustain them through life.

Studies show that 2 in 5 employees have left a job because of a poor manager, with ineffective leadership cited as one of the primary reasons. But the good news is… i’t’s not too late to improve! Becoming a great leader is not a talent that you're born with — it's a skill that you can learn and develop. Even better, you can do so by following an effective and proven leadership framework that empowers you to inspire, communicate, and innovate your way to success.

Restore Your Brilliance You may be suffering from an anxious mood, persistent distress, agitation, an inability to focus, insomnia, feeling overwhelmed, exhausted or you simply may have lost your mojo. Worse yet, someone in your family may have dementia, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, stroke, autism, mental illness, an addiction or has suffered a concussion and never been the same. Amidst the explosion of new discoveries in neuroscience and our exposure to unprecedented volumes of information a silent tragedy is occurring. We Are Slowly Losing Our Minds After working with hundreds of ...

If you like tinkering with widgets, wing nuts, gadgets, and gauges, you’ve picked up the right book. In Build It, you’ll invent a trash grabber, a newspaper fort, a coin sorter, and other amazing contraptions. When it comes to inventing, your imagination has no limits!

In 2023, Puerto Rico is still reeling from its economic woes, but it is in a sweet spot for launching satellites into orbit. Will the growing demand for rocket launches open a new door to prosperity for the territory as it begins to create a spaceport? Using curiosity and a dash of whimsy, this book explores the concept of Puerto Rico as a hub for the space applications market and its implications for the economy and the residents of the island.

'At least love yourself before loving others' I know the title is much known to readers, but we disregard the lessons we know much in our lives. When we are born and commence our life, we encounter diverse people with different attributes to achieve our purpose in life. Some teach us lessons while some remains with us, but this is not the way we should live our lives. We think we are candid and the finest curtain in front of the window, but life doesn’t work like that. Most of the people waste half of their lives chasing hoax dreams, pretending to be theirs. If you don’t know who you ...

Secure friendships, social confidence, stress-free lunch times... It all awaits you! You’re in school for around 180 days a year, which means 180 lunchtimes. How does that make you feel? Are you someone whose heart races when the bell rings for lunch? Sure, you’re ready to eat and not think about math, but the lunch hour can be more stressful than math. Maybe you have conflicting friendship groups, and every choice seems wrong, or perhaps you’re used to standing on the sidelines, trying to start a conversation, terrified of rejection.