Personal Development Fiction

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.

The key tenet of THE HOW OF HAPPINESS is that every human being has a happiness 'set point', which, depending on how high or low it is, can determine how positive or negative they feel. This book offers a practical approach to help listeners increase their set point, and find a level of happiness above that which they would normally feel, and feel more satisfaction in life. Based on scientific research and trials, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a practical plan to enable listeners to achieve a more positive outlook at home, at work and in their personal life.

Contents: Napoleon Hill. Think and Grow Rich (The text is reproduced from the original publications of 1937) George Samuel Clason. The Richest Man In Babylon (The text is reproduced from the original publications of 1920-1924) ; James Allen. As A Man Thinketh ; James Allen. Out from the Heart ; Kahlil Gibran. The Prophet ; Sun Tzu. The Art of War ; Lao Tzu. The Tao Te Ching ; Confucius. Analects ; Benjamin Franklin. The Way to Wealth

Al-Ghazālī's writings were meant to help man to live a life in accordance with the sacred law, and by doing so gain a deeper understanding of its meaning. Al-Ghazali believed in practical-ethical perfection and that by exercising his capacity for reason, man would be drawn to the spiritual alchemy that transforms the soul from worldliness to complete devotion to God. This alone, he believed, could produce ultimate happiness.

Olvídate de tu mejor versión y sé tú mismo. Los nuevos gurús de la industria de la autoayuda nos repiten machaconamente frases como "Sé tu mejor versión", "Consigue tus objetivos y serás feliz". Hacen depender el valor de los individuos de su productividad y sus logros, deshumanizándolos. Así, nos vendemos a través de las redes sociales como si fuésemos un producto y nos exigimos cada vez más, en un afán de perfeccionismo insaciable que nos genera ansiedad, depresión, estrés y frustraciones.

«¡En esta familia no hay secretos!», proclama al inicio de este libro Damián, el padre, un hombre de ideas e ideales fijos obsesionado con la rectitud y la pedagogía. Pero esa casa sin secretos está en realidad llena de grietas, y la opresión que se respira entre sus paredes terminará creando vías de escape, códigos clandestinos, ocultaciones, fingimientos y mentiras.

A carefully produced edition of Emerson's most famous essay. Beware of other publishers' slapdash editions.

Do you need a no nonsense guide to mental toughness, spirituality, and self control? Do you want a guide that is free of fluff? This audiobook is the first step. D. C. Been, the author of Be Defiant has provided this short and easy to listen and very practical audiobook.

This book, The Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Novel for Fiction Writers and Novelist is a one-of-a-kind book. It is different from anything you would have listened to because it reverses the usual order of things. It does not teach you the same old tips and tricks. Instead the book divides the process of novel writing into six easy steps. Each step becomes a chapter that gives you complete insight and knowledge. It grabs you by the hand and takes you forward.

Working memory - your ability to work with information - influences nearly everything you do. What if you could find a way to better handle a crazy schedule or expertly manage risks? What if you could gain an advantage in climbing the career ladder or in sports? What if there were a way to improve your outlook on life, to face each day with more optimism and confidence? Tracy and Ross Alloway, leading experts, show how working memory is the key to all that and more.

In this gift-size book, Cameron shares beautiful prayers of empowerment followed by potent declarations on the nature of creativity that extend beyond affirmations to facilitate a powerful awakening of the artistic child within and revitalize fading dreams, while lending encouragement and compelling reminders that we can all tap into the creative spirit. Heart Steps is certain to ignite the creative spark, drawing readers inward toward the fire of their own creativity. Whether read in one sitting or savored over time, Heart Steps is a book no creative being will want to be without.

After the death of his brother and the sudden end of his marriage, and after his ex-wife moved to another state leaving him alone with their two young children, Dan Glick embarked on single fatherhood in an unusual way: he took his kids on a journey around the world. The idea was to go see some of the world's rare life forms before they disappeared from the planet, and to do it before the kids themselves would grow up and chart their own paths.

Ghostbelly is Elizabeth Heineman’s personal account of a home birth that goes tragically wrong—ending in a stillbirth—and the harrowing process of grief and questioning that follows. It’s also Heineman’s unexpected tale of the loss of a newborn: before burial, she brings the baby home for overnight stays.

Inspired by a true story. In 1825, in a remote Irish valley lying between the mountains and Flesk River of Killarney, three women are brought together by strange and troubling events. Nora Leahy, a widow, has lost her daughter and her husband in the same year and is now burdened with the care of her grandson, Michael. The boy cannot walk or speak, and Nora has kept him hidden from neighbours, who might see in his deformity evidence of supernatural interference.

Heather Nelson is an English grad student, stunned by a doctor's diagnosis. Surely fate would not allow her father to lose his only daughter after the death of his wife a few years before. In denial and telling no one she is terminally ill, Heather travels to Lancaster County - the last place she and her mother had visited together. Will Heather find healing for body and spirit?

Nach seiner Strafversetzung leitet John Benthien die Polizeiwache von Friedrichstadt, einem nordfriesischen Kleinod mit Grachten, Holzbrücken und Backsteinbauten. Die Idylle hat ein Ende, als John eines Abends einen Mörder auf frischer Tat ertappt. Dessen Frau glaubt an seine Unschuld, obwohl er doch offenbar ihre Schwester und deren Mann getötet hat. John entdeckt, dass es tatsächlich andere Erklärungen für die Morde geben könnte. Die Spur führt zu einer Freikirche, der die Bewohner von Friedrichstadt mit Argwohn gegenüberstehen und deren geistliches Oberhaupt die grausame Tat prophezeit hat.

Often children can find it difficult to go to sleep. It's much more fun to play with friends and family. Their busy minds find it difficult to unwind, and sleep can become problematic. The story has been crafted to include specific sleep time suggestions. The narration and pace of the story are designed to slow your child's rhythm down and bring them to gentle restful sleep. The audiobook run time is around 30 minutes, and it will become a part of your child's bedtime routine.

How to overcome fear, find confidence to succeed, achieve your goals, become a leader, get a promotion, create, manage, find success, achieve your dreams, and control your own destiny even when others say you can’t.

Twenty-four-year-old Eric Marshall arrives on Prince Edward Island to become a substitute schoolmaster, even though he has a bright future in his wealthy family's business. Eric has taken the two-month teaching post only as a favor to a friend - but fate throws in his path a beautiful, mysterious girl named Kilmeny Gordon. With jet black hair and sea blue eyes, Kilmeny immediately captures Eric's heart. But Kilmeny cannot speak, and Eric is concerned for and bewitched by this shy, sensitive mute girl.

When Timothy McDunn is accidentally left behind in the middle of Dinosaur World he has to rely on his wits, and the help of a baby duckbilled dinosaur, to escape the jaws of the most terrifying creature in the park!