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Moments of Distress to Delight : Emily Kay Tan
Annoyances, irritations, displeasure, and discomfort all bring forth frustration or anger. There are different ways to deal with them. But as you transit through the personal stories in this book, you can progress from distress. From any life happenstance, you can turn negative situations into positive instances by putting on lenses that add value and enrich your experiences.
This book opens into real-life moments of distress to delight. A little stress and strain here and there can all add up to create much pain. Before getting engulfed in fury and rage, you can move from distress to delight by seeing the gems in unpleasant situations. The stories told happened, and the disclosed perceptions reveal appreciation and beauty in life that can alleviate discontent and bring brightness to darkness.
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GoodBuy, Things! : Fan XI Yu
Why Our Homes Are Full of Stuffs That We Don’t Need: A Look at Materialism and Our Spiritual Well-Being
We all want our homes to be comfortable, inviting and clutter-free, but often, our homes are overrun with senseless objects bought on impulse or without a true purpose. Why Our Homes Are Full of Stuffs that We Don’t Need takes a deeper look at why we fill our homes with useless clutter and how this affects our spiritual well-being.
The book explains that the cluttered and chaotic homes we live in is a direct symptom of materialism running rampant in our society today. We are always looking for ways to buy more things, whether it be with the latest trends, marketing campaigns, or just playing into our own sense of insecurity. In extreme cases, some people accumulate so much stuff that their homes become cramped, cramped and health- hazgered, deteriorating their mental and physical health.
The book goes on to explore why materialism does not make us happy. Although retail therapy might offer temporary relief, it can quickly lead to guilt and overspending, creating a cycle of unhappiness. As we seek validation in things that don’t provide any true fulfillment, we become disconnected from our life’s mission and from a spiritual perspective.
The book illuminates how reorganizing our home and giving ourselves permission to part with the things we don’t need can help restore balance to our lives. It explains that taking control of the clutter around us can be beneficial for our mental health and for our spiritual journey.
Should you choose to read this book, you can expect to learn about how your home can become a sanctuary of peace and why materialism will not make us happy. You will be provided with a roadmap of reorganizing your home to create a more balanced living environment and reap the rewards of spiritual well-being.
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This Book Wants You To Be Happy! : Angela Nancy
The pandemic affects everyone, I know it is not easy to have lost someone dear to us, or our dream job, or our chance for education. There is a need to take better care of our spirit and mental health.
I started writing this book for this reason.
Long-term mental health damage will result from prolonged social, family, and financial turmoil. However, if we address these issues promptly, we may still be able to prevent a season of mourning from becoming a lifetime of mourning.
Being a millennial at birth is a blessing. As a result, society views me as such, as do my peers, and I, like the majority of millennials, reject such labels.
Until I met my future husband and got to know his family, I didn’t know much about the baby-boomer generation or the silent generations. Then, I see that the “characteristics” of millennials that the internet describes are somewhat accurate.
I predicted that the Covid-19 pandemic, which began in January 2020 and affected the majority of the world’s population, would end within a few months. I ended up paying a lot for these wrong calculations. My life was halted here for two years due to the closure of the borders between nations, and my financial stress began to become overwhelming.
I had no idea that I would one day write books. I decided to start writing books because the pandemic, this unique circumstance, forced me to pursue a completely new career path. The next concern is which subjects to write about.
As a result, I begin to write about self-help books. I believe that humanity as a whole has undergone something unprecedented in our time, and it will take several years to recover from such a traumatic experience, even after the pandemic has passed.
Pfizer is applying for urgent approval for the Covid-19 pills, and the company plans to disclose the drug’s chemical formula so that others can mass produce it while I am writing this book. That is a worthy action. I hope the pandemic ends here.
Be optimistic at all times and in any circumstance. The external world is beyond our control; We can only control ourselves. The chaos and danger are real. However, being either optimistic or pessimistic is merely a decision that we are free to make. During the COVID-19 pandemic, my fiancé taught me this.
I hope this will assist you in overcoming any challenging circumstances.
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The YouTube Marketing Handbook : Warren H. Lau
YouTube marketing is one of the most powerful marketing tools of the digital age and is a must have in any modern marketing plan. YouTube offers a wide variety of resources and tools to help marketers create engaging and powerful campaigns that will capture the attention of their target audiences. YouTube’s easy-to-use platform, combined with its diverse user base and its immense reach, make it an ideal medium to reach a wide range of audiences from all parts of the world.
In this book, You will Learn:
– How to create contents in youtube that will go viral;
– Understanding the workings and features of youtube for content creators; and
– The tactics and strategies used by the most successful youtube marketers and content creators.
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Optimism Is A Choice : By Alison Atkinson
The pandemic affects everyone, I know it is not easy to have lost someone dear to us, or our dream job, or our chance for education. There is a need to take better care of our spirit and mental health.
And that is why I start writing this book.
Prolonged turmoil in family lives, social lives and financial stress will have long term damage to our mental health. But if we address these issues timely, we still have a chance to stop turning a season of mourning into a lifetime of grief.
I am lucky to be born as a millennial. So, like my peers, the society label me as such, and as usual, I rebel such labels as most millennials did.
Until, when I met my fiancé, and spent time in knowing her family, I get to understand more about the silent generations and the baby-boomers. Then, by comparison, I realize that the ‘characteristics’ of millennials, as described by the internet, are somewhat authentic.
In January 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic begins, I predicted this event would come to an end within several months, like most of the world’s population did. These miscalculations did cost me a lot. Borders between nations were closed, and my life was stuck here for two years, without any option and ability to move forward, and financial stress starts to become overwhelmed.
I never did imagine that one day I would become an author. It was the pandemic, this special situation that left me no choice but to pursuit a completely new career path, and thus, I chose to start writing books. The next question is, what topics to write?
Hence, I start writing about self help books. I think humanity as a whole has experienced something unique in our time of history, and such traumatic experience will take up several years even after the pandemic has past, to recover.
When I am writing this book, there is news that Pfizer is applying urgent approval for the Covid-19 pills, and the company has plans to overt the chemical formula of the drug for others to mass produce. That is a noble move. I hope this is it for the pandemic.
In any time and situation, being optimistic is the best choice. We cannot control the outside world; all we have control is ourselves. The danger and chaos are real. But being optimistic or pessimistic, is simply a choice that we have free will to make. This is what I learnt from my fiancé, during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
I hope this would help you to get through any tough situations.
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The Revenge of the Virgos : R. S. Belingtön
Set in the late 1800s, The Revenge of the Virgos is an epic fantasy, mystery, romance, and psychological thriller about ordinary life under threat from the occult.
Britain’s most powerful politician: Lord Humboldt, finds himself whisked into the world of the mysterious and the paranormal. His recruiter: Sara Drake, convinces him that they have the same enemy; a man named Gorringo Elgin.
The man in question is the only “thing” that’s stopping Sara from ruling the world unopposed.
Now, it is time for Sara to exact her revenge; with Humboldt on her side, she ends up having global influence which culminates in her and Humboldt planning to restructure the order of the entire world and beyond.
In this daring endeavor, where the world is under threat from an invisible enemy, the clock is ticking and various questionable individuals and animals stand to profit from the demise of the world as we know it; including a legendary anthropomorphic jackal who has a very compelling agenda.
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Obedience : Liza Snow
Cassandra
Growing up, I was mesmerized by a man soaring the skies.
The greatest silk aerialist in the world, Chandler Moreau.
The day before my parents died, they took me to see his circus, and it was then I knew my fate was sealed.
I would do everything in my power to perform with them one day.
To perform with him.
Little did I realize, he would be far more than I’d ever imagined him being.
Far more than just a mentor.
He was a man I didn’t want to live without.
And someone I wanted to keep safe from a past that seemed to keep following me.
Chandler
My entire career, I’d been waiting for the right student to take under my wing.
A protégé with whom I could share my lifelong journey in the circus.
Little did I know it would be Cassandra Blackstone.
A woman who’d grown up admiring me from afar.
I never intended to fall in love with the student I was supposed to protect—from myself and the demons that lurked in my shadows.
But sometimes fate has other plans.
My grandfather’s taunting words still linger.
Mieux vaut plier que rompre.
Adapt and survive.
They weren’t just his adage but also unmistakably true.
A reminder that Cassandra and my shared history seemed to intertwine us more than the silks we’d spent our lives mastering ever could…
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In addition to the paperback, Obedience is also available in a full-cast narrated audiobook, starring Daniel Zbel and Rapunzaroo, along with a cast of additional voiceover actresses. Brought to life in the way the story is meant to be told, and it will be the best audiobook you listen to this year—possibly for a very long time. You’ll love listening to the two voices of these iconic characters. And don’t forget to read along with them and enjoy a fantastic, immersive experience. You’ll need the paperback copy to fan yourself off from some of the narration!
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Cowboy : WIlliam Bahl
Before the End Game, people live their everyday lives, doing simple things and being human.
Cowboy isn’t like most people. As an elite hitman, his days are anything but routine. His work takes him all around the globe. His targets are influencers, CEOs, and people in powerful positions of authority.
As Cantor Biotech’s CEO, Carly Hennington oversees a behemoth corporation’s machinations. But that’s just her day job. Carly is a member of The Group, a secret organization bent on global domination.
The Group has tasked Carly with managing the development of a formula that, once unleashed, will prompt a total meltdown of civilization. There is a schedule. Members of The Group have secured refuge for themselves and those doing their bidding on the outside.
A sudden attack on The Group’s secret facility in Belgium puts all plans in upheaval, leaving the members scrambling for safety.
Chaos is racing toward them, and everyone else as nations fail in a global domino effect of pandemonium.
Outlaws, murderers, and strange mutants quickly assert a new hierarchy in the law-and-order vacuum.
Cowboy, unknowingly executing targeted individuals at The Group’s behest, receives a cryptic warning from his handler. With little time, he rushes to secure his own well-being.
Unaware of the full extent of his unique abilities, Cowboy begins to experience strange sensations he cannot explain as mutated berserkers spread across the country.
Facing a world overrun with the bizarre and terrible consequences of The Group’s misfortune, Cowboy, Carly, and others must navigate a new reality where death or worse lurks around every corner.
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Camp Maple Creek : Jude Liebermann
Denika is sent to a camp in Washington for the summer, where she meets and falls in love with Fionn. This mysterious fellow camper is not a normal teenaged boy, and she is intrigued by how he makes her feel. As she spends more time at the camp, she realizes she needs to discover the dark truth of what the place really is. Who can she trust to help her? Fionn or maybe the other new campers? One way or the other, she’s determined to right the wrongs that have been done. Here is a teaser from the book.
The guy can’t be much older than us, and I figure he must be another camper, but he wasn’t in the van. And I’m pretty sure all six of those boys are already seated at nearby tables. As the newcomer enters the cafeteria, it’s as if time slows down. Each step matching the opposite flowing arm, he moves with a grace I’ve never seen on a male before, let alone such a tall one. He has to be almost a foot higher than I am, and I’m considered tall.
His sandy blonde hair is short, but not cropped and slightly spiky with bright golden tips. His eyes are a shockingly pale blue, like Chris Pine blue. His gaze seems to take in everything all at once, yet he doesn’t focus on any one thing. He wears a loose white button down shirt over black jeans. I can’t tear my gaze away from him and watch as he walks over to the salad bar and grabs something, before turning and leaving the room. No more than fifteen seconds could have passed, but it feels like a lifetime to me. It is only then that I realize I have been holding my breath and let it out with a gasp.
This book combines both A Camp for Gifted Teenagers and A Camp for Gods and Monsters of the Maple Creek series, which are available separately as ebooks. The paperback of Camp Maple Creek is available on Amazon for $9.95, but the ebook version is for sale at Jude’s Store for only $2.99.
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A Skeptic’s Faith : Charles Siegel
Warning: This Book May Change Your Worldview
Whether you are a materialist or follow a conventional
religion, this book will help you think clearly about science and religion.
This book looks critically about materialism, the theory
that only matter exists and mind or spirit is a byproduct of matter. It shows
that what philosophers call “dualism,” the idea that matter and
spirit exist independently, is more plausible than materialism.
It begins by reviewing the arguments that philosophers have
used to show that computers cannot have consciousness.
Then it shows that materialism cannot provide a basis for
scientific knowledge or morality-and shows that it is self-contradictory to
claim that science has proven that only matter exists.
It looks critically at the evidence from near-death
experiences and at the attempts to explain away these experiences.
It concludes by asking how we can reconcile religion with
science, looking at a wide range of religions.
From the beginning, the book takes a skeptical, critical
approach to both materialism and religious faith:
“I find that preachers of materialism can be just as
dogmatic as preachers of religion. For example, Steven Pinker claims that a computer that
modeled the human brain would have consciousness like ours because the idea
that computers can have minds is ‘as fundamental to cognitive science as the
cell doctrine is to biology and plate tectonics is to geology’ – which is like
saying you believe God created the universe because it is a fundamental
doctrine of your religion.
“Pinker thinks he is being scientific, but science is
based on evidence. There is plenty of evidence for cell doctrine and plate
tectonics, but no evidence at all that computers can have consciousness.”
This book rejects both materialist dogmas and religious
dogmas. Instead, it follows the evidence and sees how far it can lead us.
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