Bryan's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:37:31 -0800 60 Bryan's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Preparing Our Kids for Digital Immersion: Why It’s So Important to Educate Kids About Coding, Cybersecurity, Online Predators, and Cyberbullying]]> 49094347 Is Your Kid Ready To Deal With Social Media, Cyberbullying, And Online Predators?

Chances are your kid is chatting online with his/her friends, playing video games or watching YouTube videos on your smart TV at this very moment.

So the question has to be asked. Have you prepared your child for all the dangers lurking on the internet?

Preparing Your Kids For Digital Immersion Has Never Been Easier!

Your children are raised in a digital world. Where likes and followers dictate every aspect of their lives.

They are definitely more tech savvy than you were at their age. Your kid probably learned to use a smartphone faster than you learned to use your Etch A Sketch or your Windows 2000 computer.

Yet, your children are extremely vulnerable and it’s up to you to prepare them for the digital world.

Top 5 Signs That You Need To Educate Your Kids About Cybersecurity:

� Your kid spends hours on social media or streaming platforms

� You are concerned about cyberbullying and its effects on your child

� You want your child to develop an in-depth understanding of the digital world

� Your kid’s school has started taking steps towards paperless digital education

� You want your little one to understand the immense capabilities and unavoidable dangers of the internet.

Why Choose This Book On Cybersecurity & Digital Immersion For Kids?

Bjorn Beam, the author of this eye-opening cybersecurity book for kids, cybersecurity expert and a pioneer in the battle against cyberbullying, has created a must-read digital education guide for parents and educators.

By the end of this cybersecurity for kids book, you will be able to:

✔️ Understand The Current Status Of Our Education Systems

✔️ Learn How To Teach Your Children About Cybersecurity

✔️ Help Your Children Deal With Social Media Interactions

✔️ Find Out More About Coding & Its Importance In Your Child’s Education

✔️ Prepare Your Child For Online Predators & Other Types Of Online Threats

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]]> 62 Bjorn Beam Bryan 0 to-read 4.58 2019 Preparing Our Kids for Digital Immersion: Why It’s So Important to Educate Kids About Coding, Cybersecurity, Online Predators, and Cyberbullying
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]]> <![CDATA[100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen, with Classic Cookies, Novel Treats, Brownies, Bars, and More]]> 53694767 304 Sarah Kieffer 1452180857 Bryan 0 to-read 4.34 2020 100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen, with Classic Cookies, Novel Treats, Brownies, Bars, and More
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]]> <![CDATA[ENRICH: Create Wealth in Time, Money, and Meaning]]> 55748880
Miller wanted more than just a prestigious career. He wanted Control. Financial Independence. Time. Fulfillment.

He wanted an enriched life.

Chances are, you've sacrificed for your career and fought a constant tug-of-war between personal, professional, and financial well-being. Professional success is important, but is it enough?

ENRICH teaches life skills to create Optionality, even in the most uncertain situations. The world has changed greatly, but the principles of life success haven't.

Using a series of illuminating case studies and interviews, Todd Miller shows how he and other high achievers cracked the code to:

Accelerate financial security in an era of job insecurity
Reach big, bold life goals
Craft your ideal job
Create time wealth
Avoid the default setting
Navigate change, including job loss
Connect how you spend your days to what's most important

For most books on work/life integration, money is frequently the elephant in the room. ENRICH embraces this elephant. Through a practical, proven, six-step process, you'll learn how to get financially fit fast, savor life's deliciousness, and achieve career satisfaction.

ENRICH incorporates time-honored business processes with thorough, global, best practice research. Miller presents an extensive tool kit of sometimes unconventional—but always potent—work- and life-hacking strategies.]]> 330 Todd Miller 154451588X Bryan 0 to-read 4.00 ENRICH: Create Wealth in Time, Money, and Meaning
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]]> All Things Coffee 55585433 35 Farnaz Calafi 0578761122 Bryan 0 to-read 3.46 All Things Coffee
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]]> <![CDATA[Keep It Simple, Make It Big: Money Management for a Meaningful Life]]> 55747451
Who wouldn't be confused today? Investment pitchmen, mega-insurance companies, and even state and federal governments are vying for our money, making it more difficult than ever to manage it how we want.

But simplifying your plan and reclaiming what's yours is easier than you think. In Keep It Simple, Make It Big, award-winning financial planner, Michael Lynch, uses his nearly twenty years of practical experience to help you create, protect, and enjoy financial success. You'll learn how to recognize and overcome common financial mistakes, from paying too much in taxes and falling victim to inflation, to blowing your investments and failing to protect what you cannot afford to lose. Michael's simple systems put you in the driver's seat to enjoy a lifetime of tax-efficient income, protect your family, and retire on your own terms. Ultimately, this book will help you cut through the BS and put you back in charge.]]> 190 Michael Lynch 1544515529 Bryan 0 to-read 3.40 Keep It Simple, Make It Big: Money Management for a Meaningful Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Down Home Money: A Simple Approach to Financial Freedom]]> 55747937
We live in a consumer-driven culture that prioritizes expensive things over quality of life. We buy houses we'll never own, cars we can't afford, and stuff we don't need. Debt is robbing us of a life worth living and forcing us to stay at jobs we don't like. We're trading our time for money—and not making our money work for us.

In Down Home Money, Myra shows you that financial freedom is not about how much money you make, but what you do with it. She'll take you on an empowering journey to reclaim your life and change your future. Buckle up!]]> 190 Myra Oliver 1544514727 Bryan 0 to-read 3.89 Down Home Money: A Simple Approach to Financial Freedom
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]]> <![CDATA[That Punk Jimmy Hoffa!: Coffey’s Transfer at War with the Teamsters]]> 35895991 In 1956, Tom Coffey knuckled under Jimmy Hoffa’s six-month-long Teamsters strike. He sold his twenty-seven-year-old truckline, Coffey’s Transfer Company, rather than sign Hoffa’s contract.
But the story didn’t end there—and Hoffa didn’t win after all. In 1958, the Coffey family gathered in Washington, DC, to see Tom testify against Jimmy Hoffa before then-Senator John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, the Rackets Committee’s counsel who had sworn to put Hoffa behind bars.
Get the exclusive insider’s perspective with Marilyn’s firsthand narrative of this feud in That Punk Jimmy Hoffa!
]]> 382 Marilyn Coffey 0998901822 Bryan 0 to-read 4.00 That Punk Jimmy Hoffa!: Coffey’s Transfer at War with the Teamsters
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]]> <![CDATA[Thieves, Rascals, and Sore Losers: The Unsettling History of the Dirty Deals that Helped Settle Nebraska]]> 25593979 from Belgium and New Hampshire, from Ireland, Germany and Scandinavia,from the Chicago fire, from the territories: Utah, Wyoming, Kansas, the Dakotas.

All the waythey brawled, about Indians, about border lines, about slavery, about who was the bigger imbecile.And then they fought County Seat Wars in most of the 3,000 new counties. A thousand of those remaining ended up in south central Nebraska,scrapping about Harlan County and which still-imagined town should hold the seat of government.]]> 360 Marilyn Coffey 0996139923 Bryan 0 to-read 3.73 2015 Thieves, Rascals, and Sore Losers: The Unsettling History of the Dirty Deals that Helped Settle Nebraska
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]]> <![CDATA[The York Patrol: The Real Story of Alvin York and the Unsung Heroes Who Made Him World War I's Most Famous Soldier]]> 53487129
October 8, 1918 was a banner day for heroes of the American Expeditionary Force. Thirteen men performed heroic deeds that would earn them Medals of Honor. Of this group, one man emerged as the single greatest American hero of the Great Alvin Cullum York. A poor young farmer from Tennessee, Sergeant York was said to have single-handedly killed two dozen Germans and captured another 132 of the enemy plus thirty-five machine guns before noon on that fateful Day of Valor. York would become an American legend, celebrated in magazines, books, and a blockbuster biopic starring Gary Cooper. The film, Sergeant York, told of a hell-raiser from backwoods Tennessee who had a come-to-Jesus moment, then wrestled with his newfound Christian convictions to become one of the greatest heroes the U.S. Army had ever known. It was a great story—but not the whole story. In this absorbing history, James Carl Nelson unspools, for the first time, the complete story of Alvin York and the events that occurred in the Argonne Forest on that day. Nelson gives voice, in particular, to the sixteen “others� who fought beside York. Hailing from big cities and small towns across the U.S. as well as several foreign countries, these soldiers included a patrician Connecticut farmer whose lineage could be traced back to the American Revolution, a poor runaway from Massachusetts who joined the Army under a false name, and a Polish immigrant who enlisted in hopes of expediting his citizenship. The York Patrol shines a long overdue spotlight on these men and York, and pays homage to their bravery and sacrifice. Illustrated with 25 black-and-white images, The York Patrol is a rousing tale of courage, tragedy, and heroism.]]> 288 James Carl Nelson 0062975889 Bryan 0 to-read 3.52 The York Patrol: The Real Story of Alvin York and the Unsung Heroes Who Made Him World War I's Most Famous Soldier
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]]> <![CDATA[12 Months to $1 Million: How to Pick a Winning Product, Build a Real Business, and Become a Seven-Figure Entrepreneur]]> 52079141
The word "entrepreneur" is today's favorite buzzword, and any aspiring business owner has likely encountered an overwhelming number of so-called "easy paths to success."

The truth is that building a real, profitable, sustainable business requires thousands of hours of commitment, grit, and hard work. It's no wonder why more than half of new businesses close within six years of opening, and fewer than 5 percent will ever earn more than $1 million annually. 12 Months to $1 Million condenses the startup phase into one fast-paced year that has helped hundreds of new entrepreneurs hit the million-dollar level by using an exclusive and foolproof formula.

By cutting out the noise and providing a clear and proven plan, this roadmap helps even brand-new entrepreneurs make decisions quickly, get their product up for sale, and launch it to a crowd that is ready and waiting to buy.

This one-year plan will guide you through the three stages to your first $1

•The Grind (Months 0-4): This step-by-step plan will help you identify a winning product idea, target customers that are guaranteed to buy, secure funding, and take your first sale within your first four months.
•The Growth (Months 5 - 8): Once you're in business, you will discover how to use cheap and effective advertising strategies to get your product to at least 25 sales per day, so you can prove you have a profitable business.
•The Gold (Months 9-12): It's time to establish series of products available for sale, until you are averaging at least 100 sales per day, getting you closer to the million-dollar mark every single day.

Through his training sessions at Capitalism.com, Ryan Daniel Moran has helped new and experienced entrepreneurs launch scalable and sustainable online businesses. He's seen more than 100 entrepreneurs cross the seven-figure barrier, many of whom go on to sell their businesses.

If your goal is to be a full-time entrepreneur, get ready for one chaotic, stressful, and rewarding year. If you have the guts to complete it, you will be the proud owner of a million-dollar business and be in a position to call your own shots for life.]]> 240 Ryan Daniel Moran 1948836955 Bryan 0 to-read 4.18 12 Months to $1 Million: How to Pick a Winning Product, Build a Real Business, and Become a Seven-Figure Entrepreneur
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]]> <![CDATA[Well Aware: Master the Nine Cybersecurity Habits to Protect Your Future]]> 55427835 Key Strategies to Safeguard Your Future

Well Aware offers a timely take on the leadership issues that businesses face when it comes to the threat of hacking. Finney argues that cybersecurity is not a technology problem; it’s a people problem. Cybersecurity should be understood as a series of nine habits that should be mastered—literacy, skepticism, vigilance, secrecy, culture, diligence, community, mirroring, and deception—drawn from knowledge the author has acquired during two decades of experience in cybersecurity. By implementing these habits and changing our behaviors, we can combat most security problems.

This book examines our security challenges using lessons learned from psychology, neuroscience, history, and economics. Business leaders will learn to harness effective cybersecurity techniques in their businesses as well as their everyday lives.]]> 216 George Finney 1626347379 Bryan 0 to-read 4.07 Well Aware: Master the Nine Cybersecurity Habits to Protect Your Future
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]]> <![CDATA[None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God]]> 42245031
The attributes of God show us exactly why God is worthy of worship: there is none like him. Join Matthew Barrett as he rediscovers these divine perfections and finds himself surprised by the God he thought he knew.]]> 304 Matthew Barrett 0801098742 Bryan 0 currently-reading 4.49 2019 None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God
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]]> <![CDATA[Press Enter to Continue: Scribes from Babylon to Silicon]]> 43393409 197 Joan Francuz 1999407911 Bryan 3 4.00 Press Enter to Continue: Scribes from Babylon to Silicon
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]]> <![CDATA[Simplify Your Financial Life: 104 Easy Tips for Creating the Abundant Future You Desire]]> 52741786
It turns out that many of us have spent years being fed inaccurate information about how money works and about our abilities to manage it. Author Dawn Starks, a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM practitioner and financial advisor, is here to change those beliefs and prove that managing our money is not as difficult as we’ve been led to believe.

When she established her financial planning firm in 1999, her goal was to streamline the financial planning process for her clients. Now she has compiled her best tips to help you. Are you eager to shed the notion that managing money is hard? Would you like to put your financial life on a better track? Then this book is for you.

Simplify Your Financial Life contains 104 lively, accessible tips that illustrate how we can change our mindsets, lay good foundations, get organized, and create easy-to-implement systems so that we can stop worrying and spend more time doing the things in life we love. Tips on budgeting, spending, getting out of debt, saving, and investing fill out this friendly volume for people at any stage of life.

In addition to her commitment to simplifying financial planning, Dawn has embraced the personal benefits of minimalism and simple living. In 2018, she launched her online business, SimpleMoney, where she writes and teaches about personal finance while sharing the benefits that simple living and minimalism can bring.]]> 250 Dawn G. Starks 1632992841 Bryan 0 to-read 4.06 2020 Simplify Your Financial Life: 104 Easy Tips for Creating the Abundant Future You Desire
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]]> <![CDATA[Night of the Assassins: The Untold Story of Hitler's Plot to Kill FDR, Churchill, and Stalin]]> 49537791
The New York Times bestselling author returns with a tale as riveting and suspenseful as any the true story of the Nazi plot to kill the leaders of the United States, Great Britain, and the U.S.S.R. during World War II.The to kill the three most important and heavily guarded men in the world.The a specially trained team headed by the killer known as The Most Dangerous Man in Europe.The nothing less than the future of the Western world.

The year is 1943 and the three Allied leaders—Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin—are meeting for the first time at a top-secret conference in Tehran. But the Nazis have learned about the meeting and Hitler sees it as his last chance to turn the tide. Although the war is undoubtedly lost, the Germans believe that perhaps a new set of Allied leaders might be willing to make a more reasonable peace in its aftermath. And so a plan is devised—code name Operation Long Jump—to assassinate FDR, Churchill, and Stalin.

Immediately, a highly trained, hand-picked team of Nazi commandos is assembled, trained, armed with special weapons, and parachuted into Iran. They have six days to complete the daring assignment before the statesmen will return home. With no margin for error and little time to spare, Mike Reilly, the head of FDR’s Secret Service detail—a man from a Montana silver mining town who describes himself as “an Irish cop with more muscle than brains”—must overcome his suspicions and instincts to work with a Soviet agent from the NKVD (the precursor to the KGB) to save the three most powerful men in the world.

Filled with eight pages of black-and-white photographs, Night of the Assassins is a suspenseful true-life tale about an impossible mission, a ticking clock, and one man who stepped up to the challenge and prevented a world catastrophe.]]> 384 Howard Blum 0062872915 Bryan 0 to-read 4.33 2020 Night of the Assassins: The Untold Story of Hitler's Plot to Kill FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
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]]> <![CDATA[My Bat Boy Days: Lessons I Learned from the Boys of Summer]]> 2794940 160 Steve Garvey 1416548246 Bryan 4 3.45 2008 My Bat Boy Days: Lessons I Learned from the Boys of Summer
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]]> <![CDATA[Hero of the Underground: A Memoir]]> 2838892
How could I be? I lived under death’s shadow every day. When you swallow eighty Vicodin, twenty sleeping pills, drink a bottle of vodka, and still survive, a certain sense of invulnerability stays with you. When you continually use drugs with the kind of reckless determination that I did, the limit to how much heroin or crack you can ingest is not defined in dollar amounts, but in the amounts your body can withstand without experiencing a seizure or respiratory failure. Yet at the end of every binge, every night of lining up six, seven, eight crack pipes and hitting them one after the other bam! bam! bam! every night of smoking and snorting bag after bag of heroin . . . after all of that, when you still wake up to see the same dirty sky over you as the night before, you start to think that instead of dying, maybe your punishment is to live---to be stuck in this purgatory of self-abuse and misery for an eternity. Sometimes you start to think that death would come as a blessed relief.

Toward the end, I found myself contemplating death again. Only this time I wasn’t going to leave it to chance. I was going to buy a gun, load the thing, place the barrel in my mouth, and blow my fucking brains out.

I sat on my parents� sofa as I pondered this. All I needed was a gun.

And then all--
of my problems--
would be solved.]]> 304 Jason Peter 031237576X Bryan 4 3.87 2008 Hero of the Underground: A Memoir
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]]> <![CDATA[C Is for Cornhusker: A Nebraska Alphabet]]> 1510237
Rajean Luebs Shepherd was raised in Michigan and has a degree in elementary education from Central Michigan University. After graduating, she traveled the world for ten years with the international performing group Up With People. A substitute teacher, Rajean enjoys sharing her favorite children's books with her students. She lives with her family in North Platte, Nebraska.

With over twenty years in commercial illustration, Sandy Appleoff's work has appeared in a range of venues from corporate advertising, to magazines to children's books to large-scale installation murals. She has taught at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Colorado Mountain College in Aspen. Currently she is teaching and working on an MFA in stage and costume design at the University of Kansas. Sandy lives on a farm in Falls City, Nebraska.]]> 40 Rajean Luebs Shepherd 158536147X Bryan 4 4.20 2004 C Is for Cornhusker: A Nebraska Alphabet
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]]> The Godfather 22036 448 Mario Puzo 0451217403 Bryan 5 4.36 1969 The Godfather
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]]> <![CDATA[The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World's Greatest Human]]> 1774815 176 Ian Spector 1592403441 Bryan 4 3.80 2007 The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World's Greatest Human
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]]> <![CDATA[The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Facts and Stories]]> 6620999 305 Chuck Norris 1414334494 Bryan 4 3.75 2009 The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Facts and Stories
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]]> Dirty, Wicked Town (Omaha) 399480 300 David L. Bristow 0870043986 Bryan 4 3.82 2000 Dirty, Wicked Town (Omaha)
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]]> <![CDATA[I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (Tucker Max, #1)]]> 6785615
The new edition, released in September 2015, includes a new 6-pageAfterword that will delight Tucker's fans. In it he describes his life in the 10 years since the book was first published, including his marriage and becoming a dad. His anecdotes are, as always, funny and revealing, told in the unique voice that millions of readers have come to love.



Actual reader feedback:

"I am completely baffled as to how you can congratulate yourself for being a womanizer and a raging drunk, or think anyone cares about an idiot like you. Do you really think that exploiting the insecurities of others while getting wasted is a legitimate thing to offer?"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you--for sharing with us your wonderful tales of drunken revelry, for teaching me what it means to be a man, for just existing so I know that there is another option; I too can say 'screw the system' and be myself and have fun. My life truly began when I finished reading your stories. Now, when faced with a quandary about what course of action I should take, I just ask myself, 'What Would Tucker Do?'--and I do it, and I am a better man for it."

"I find it truly appalling that there are people in the world like you. You are a disgusting, vile, repulsive, repugnant, foul creature. Because of you, I don't believe in God anymore. No just God would allow someone like you to exist."


"I'll stay with God as my lord, but you are my savior. I just finished reading your brilliant stories, and I laughed so hard I almost vomited. I want to bring that kind of joy to people. You're an artist of the highest order and a true humanitarian to boot. I'm in both shock and awe at how much I want to be you."


"You are the coolest person I can even imagine existing. If you slept with my girlfriend, it'd make me love her more."]]> 368 Tucker Max 0806532254 Bryan 4 3.59 2006 I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (Tucker Max, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid]]> 6185977
One of America’s most original and biting comic satirists, Denis Leary takes on all the poseurs, politicians, and pop culture icons who have sucked in public for far too long. Sparing no one, Leary zeroes in on the ridiculous wherever he finds it—his Irish Catholic upbringing, the folly of celebrity, the pressures of family life, and the great hypocrisy of politics—with the same bright, savage, and profane insight he brought to his critically acclaimed one-man shows No Cure for Cancer Lock ’n Load .

Proudly Irish-American, defiantly working class, with a reserve of compassion for the underdog and the overlooked, Leary delivers blistering diatribes that are both penetrating social commentary with no holds barred and laugh-out-loud funny. As always, Leary’s impassioned comic perspective in Why We Suck is right on target.

Leary is the star and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated television show Rescue Me .


ձ> 256 Denis Leary 0452295645 Bryan 5 3.64 2008 Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid
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]]> <![CDATA[Divorce Care: Hope, Help, and Healing During and After Your Divorce]]> 839467
" DivorceCare is the finest material . . . it will provide help, hope, and healing for your life and family." -- Dr. Dennis Rainey , President, FamilyLife� " DivorceCare is a wonderful combination of wise advice and assurances that God still loves you." -- Dr. Tim Clinton , President, American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) "This devotional encourages, inspires, and brings hope to healing hearts. Daily you will be reminded that you are loved, cared for, and can face life with a renewed confidence that comes only from God." -- Dr. Linda Mintle , Author of Divorce Proofing Your Marriage and Breaking Free from Anger and Unforgiveness]]> 115 Steve Grissom 0785212469 Bryan 4 4.45 2006 Divorce Care: Hope, Help, and Healing During and After Your Divorce
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]]> <![CDATA[The Meaning of Finding Coins: Messages and Spiritual Insights]]> 36632881 /book/show/4...

Have you ever wondered if there was a message or a "sign" being offered by the coins you find on the ground?

In this heartwarming book of true stories, written with the intention to share love, wonder and divine connection, angelic guides provide spiritual insight and the messages offered by a “found coin.�

From the cover: What if the simple act of picking up a coin could begin a heavenly conversation so mystical that it altered the way you view life?

That is what happened to this author. In 2010, Kimberly Ahri began to find coins everywhere—every single day. This curious experience lasted for weeks, prompting her to pray for guidance and ask the question, "Is there meaning in finding coins?"

The answer changed her life and initiated a wonder-filled journey that infused her spirit with hope during some of her most challenging times with Lyme Disease and chronic illness. Her journey also revealed spiritual insights and messages in the coins sure to help anyone feel more connected to the divine in life.

This book is an answer to her calling: To share the information given to her so others may experience the same sense of encouragement and wonder.

What if you could enter into a divine conversation that would give you a sense of love, reassurance, and comfort—every single time you find a coin?

You can. And you've already been invited.

A little from the inside:

This book is the result of one long chain of events. I experienced interesting encounters with random coins and I began to talk to others about what had been happening. When I brought up the subject to those who’d already had their own unique coin encounter, they smiled at me knowingly, eyes twinkling, eager to talk about it, like we were part of some special club.

Then, I wrote a post on the subject and put it on my blog. The post turned out to be some type of energetic call sent into the Universe to expand my awareness on the subject. (I later learned that I’d opened up what my guides call “an energetic pathway.�)

I began to record the information that was being “downloaded� to me with the inkling it was meant to be a book. The “download� was not just about coins. In addition to the meanings and possible reasons that people start to find coins in ways that are just plain hard to ignore, there was also an interesting blend of spiritual insight.

Some of the reasons people find coins you've probably heard of. Some of the reasons will surprise you...]]> 178 Kimberly Ahri Bryan 3 4.00 The Meaning of Finding Coins: Messages and Spiritual Insights
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]]> <![CDATA[The Relationship Economy: Building Stronger Customer Connections in the Digital Age]]> 53115617 Creating Authentic Customer Connections in a High-Tech World

In The Relationship Economy, author John DiJulius teaches business leaders about the importance of relationship building in the digital age. He argues that in spite of (and because of) the advances in tech, we've become a less connected society. We have dramatically evolved away from face-to-face communication, and the skill of building rapport is evaporating. This means that customer personalization and relationships are more important now than ever—and they will be the key to success for businesses moving forward. As he aptly states, “Being able to build true sustainable relationships is the biggest competitive advantage in a world where automation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are eliminating the human experience, which is what creates the emotional connections that build true customer loyalty.� This book reminds readers of the importance of personal connections and shows them how to attain meaningful, lasting relationships with their customers.]]> 248 John R. DiJulius 1626346445 Bryan 0 to-read 3.92 The Relationship Economy: Building Stronger Customer Connections in the Digital Age
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]]> <![CDATA[That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands]]> 53043941 From prominent outdoorsman and nature writer Mark Kenyon comes an engrossing reflection on the past and future battles over our most revered landscapes—America’s public lands.

Every American is a public-land owner, inheritor to the largest public-land trust in the world. These vast expanses provide a home to wildlife populations, a vital source of clean air and water, and a haven for recreation.

Since its inception, however, America’s public land system has been embroiled in controversy—caught in the push and pull between the desire to develop the valuable resources the land holds or conserve them. Alarmed by rising tensions over the use of these lands, hunter, angler, and outdoor enthusiast Mark Kenyon set out to explore the spaces involved in this heated debate, and learn firsthand how they came to be and what their future might hold.

Part travelogue and part historical examination, That Wild Country invites readers on an intimate tour of the wondrous wild and public places that are a uniquely profound and endangered part of the American landscape.

]]> 277 Mark Kenyon 1542043050 Bryan 0 to-read 4.12 2019 That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
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]]> <![CDATA[The Honey Bee: A Business Parable About Getting Un-stuck and Taking Control of Your Financial Future]]> 52965763
The Honey Bee tells the story of Noah—a disappointed, disaffected salesman who feels like his life is going nowhere until the day he has a chance encounter with a man named Tom Barnham, the beekeeper. In his charming, down-home way, Tom the “Bee Man� teaches Noah and his wife Emma how to grow their personal wealth using the lessons he learned from his beekeeping passion.

Full of concrete lessons delivered through chapter after chapter of engaging vignettes, each of which includes actionable advice for new or aspiring entrepreneurs. Workbook-style sections at the end of each chapter help bring the lessons home, including questions to help you apply the lessons to your own business, and links to rich digital resources for even more information on how to get started creating your own multiple streams of income.]]> 174 Jake Stenziano 1632992434 Bryan 0 to-read 4.45 The Honey Bee: A Business Parable About Getting Un-stuck and Taking Control of Your Financial Future
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]]> <![CDATA[#GOSPEL: Life, Hope, and Truth for Generation Now]]> 34733838 After that, the filter kicks in.

In our day and age, five to ten seconds is usually all the time we’re given to persuade someone that what we have to say is worthy of his or her time. You and I live in a world suffering from a relentless bombardment of information. Television, social media, advertising, acquaintances, friends, and family all vie for time and an attentive ear. If we don’t adapt and learn to filter out what we believe does not apply to us, we quickly become overwhelmed. In this new world of burst communication, our presentation of this Gospel needs to be adapted as well, and while it’s critically important that the content remain unchanged, the style and vehicle in which it is delivered must fit the culture it reaches. Through current cultural references and true stories, Daniel Rice, founder of #Gospel, will help you come to see the gospel for what it really is and how it can radically alter your everyday life. Rice invites you into the conversation as he breaks down Paul’s explanation of the gospel in Romans in a way that is accessible and engaging. Hash-tagging (#) a term invites others to join an open conversation and adds the author’s thoughts to our modern-day global exchange of ideas. This is the heart of #Gospel.

Welcome to the conversation.]]> 240 Daniel Rice 1683224779 Bryan 4 3.90 2017 #GOSPEL: Life, Hope, and Truth for Generation Now
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]]> <![CDATA[Think 70/30: How I lost 100 pounds and kept it off!]]> 52778735


Why spend extra money on proprietary meal plans, weight loss, special shakes/smoothies, diet supplements, treatments, or other expensive methods?


How about a plain, simple way of losing weight naturally with no gimmicks, with the help of essential must-know diet-related information for losing weight and living a healthy, sustainable lifestyle? My goal is to empower you with the necessary tools and essential knowledge to help achieve results.


Take a brief moment to think about the amount of time we spend doing nonessential things in a normal routine each day. What if reading this book once (which shouldn’t take long) could help you set yourself on your way to achieving your dream weight-loss goal and change your life?

]]> 46 Shaun R Bryan 0 to-read 2.75 Think 70/30: How I lost 100 pounds and kept it off!
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]]> <![CDATA[God an Autobiography as Told to a Philosopher]]> 30262853 376 Jerry L. Martin 0996725318 Bryan 0 to-read 3.15 2016 God an Autobiography as Told to a Philosopher
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]]> <![CDATA[Flipping ADHD on Its Head: How to Turn Your Child's "Disability" into Their Greatest Strength]]> 49506752 In Flipping ADHD on Its Head, Dr. Poole introduces and explores a holistic, integrated, and empowering approach to identifying and promoting the strengths of ADHD children by first flipping thinking about ADHD. Rather than framing ADHD as a disability, Dr. Proole encourages readers to see it as a normal, if somewhat challenging, way that a brain works. Rather than "fixing" readers, Dr. Poole wants them to focus on understanding and improving their behaviors in three areas: medical, behavioral, and educational.

​Dr. Poole shares his own stories and those of his patients to help readers go from merely living with ADHD to thriving.]]> 220 Jim Poole 1626346607 Bryan 0 to-read 4.01 Flipping ADHD on Its Head: How to Turn Your Child's "Disability" into Their Greatest Strength
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]]> Joy of Cooking 43822015 In the nearly ninety years since Irma S. Rombauer self-published the first three thousand copies of Joy of Cooking in 1931, it has become the kitchen bible, with more than 20 million copies in print. This new edition of Joy has been thoroughly revised and expanded by Irma’s great-grandson John Becker and his wife, Megan Scott.

John and Megan developed more than six hundred new recipes for this edition, tested and tweaked thousands of classic recipes, and updated every section of every chapter to reflect the latest ingredients and techniques available to today’s home cooks. Their strategy for revising this edition was the same one Irma and Marion employed: Vet, research, and improve Joy’s coverage of legacy recipes while introducing new dishes, modern cooking techniques, and comprehensive information on ingredients now available at farmers� markets and grocery stores.

You will find tried-and-true favorites like Banana Bread Cockaigne, Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Southern Corn Bread—all retested and faithfully improved—as well as new favorites like Chana Masala, Beef Rendang, Megan’s Seeded Olive Oil Granola, and Smoked Pork Shoulder. In addition to a thoroughly modernized vegetable chapter, there are many more vegan and vegetarian recipes, including Caramelized Tamarind Tempeh, Crispy Pan-Fried Tofu, Spicy Chickpea Soup, and Roasted Mushroom Burgers. Joy’s baking chapters now include gram weights for accuracy, along with a refreshed lineup of baked goods like Cannelés de Bordeaux, Rustic No-Knead Sourdough, Ciabatta, Chocolate-Walnut Babka, and Chicago-Style Deep-Dish Pizza, as well as gluten-free recipes for pizza dough and yeast breads.

A new chapter on streamlined cooking explains how to economize time, money, and ingredients and avoid waste. You will learn how to use a diverse array of ingredients, from amaranth to za’atar. New techniques include low-temperature and sous vide cooking, fermentation, and cooking with both traditional and electric pressure cookers. Barbecuing, smoking, and other outdoor cooking methods are covered in even greater detail.

This new edition of Joy is the perfect combination of classic recipes, new dishes, and indispensable reference information for today’s home cooks. Whether it is the only cookbook on your shelf or one of many, Joy is and has been the essential and trusted guide for home cooks for almost a century. This new edition continues that legacy.]]> 1200 Irma S. Rombauer 1501169718 Bryan 0 to-read 4.14 1931 Joy of Cooking
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]]> <![CDATA[Choosing Light: When an Earthquake Buried Me and My Family for 5 Days, I Learned to Fully Live]]> 36360559 338 Viral Dalal Bryan 0 to-read 4.11 2017 Choosing Light: When an Earthquake Buried Me and My Family for 5 Days, I Learned to Fully Live
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]]> <![CDATA[Quench: Beat Fatigue, Drop Weight, and Heal Your Body Through the New Science of Optimum Hydration]]> 36341662

Chronic headaches, brain fog, fatigue, weight gain, insomnia, gut pain, autoimmune conditions. We may think these and other all-too-common modern maladies are due to gluten intake or too much sugar or too little exercise. But there is another missing piece to the health Proper hydration.




Yes, even in this era of Poland Spring many of us are dehydrated due to moisture-lacking diets, artificial environments, medications, and over-dependence on water as our only source of hydration. For this reason, that new diet or exercise plan may fail because our body doesn't have enough moisture to support it.




Quench presents a wellness routine that can reverse all of that, based on breakthrough new science in the field of hydration. Readers will be surprised to learn that drinking too much water can flush out vital nutrients and electrolytes. Here is where "gel water" comes the water from plants (like cucumber, berries, aloe), which our bodies are designed to truly absorb right down to the cellular level. In fact, Ms. Bria's work as an anthropologist led her to the realization that desert people stay hydrated almost exclusively from what they eat, including gel plants like cactus.




Based on groundbreaking science from the University of Washington's Pollack Water Lab and other research, Quench offers a five-day jump start hydrating meal plans and the heart of the program, smoothies and elixirs using the most hydrating and nutrient-packed plants. Another unique feature of their approach is micro-movements -- small, simple movements you can make a few times a day that will move water through your fascia, the connective tissue responsible for hydrating our bodies. You will experience more energy, focus, and better digestion within five days . . . then move onto the lifetime plan for continued improvements, even elimination of symptoms.]]> 304 Dana G. Cohen 0316515663 Bryan 0 currently-reading 3.68 Quench: Beat Fatigue, Drop Weight, and Heal Your Body Through the New Science of Optimum Hydration
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]]> <![CDATA[The Commandments for Losing Fat the Sane and Simple Way]]> 18040355
Nia presents a different, practical, and long-term approach to losing fat and keeping it off. Take the sane and simple approach to losing fat and join Nia as she shows you the simple, flexible nutrition guidelines free from "forbidden" foods and OCD eating habits, how to properly strength train for maximum results in minimum time, and how to build a stronger, positive mind.

You will also get an 8 week workout program for losing fat and building a better body.

Here's a glimpse at The 10 Commandments for Losing Fat, the Sane and Simple Way:

#1 - Thou Shall Stop Focusing on Fat Loss
#2 - Thou Shall Master the Basics of Strength Training & Nutrition
#3 - Thou Shall Adopt Eating Patterns Suited to Your Lifestyle & Preferences
#4 - Thou Shall Accept and Learn from Set Backs
#5 - Thou Shall Stop Comparing Thyself to Others
#6 - Thou Shall Lift Challenging Weight
#7 - Thou Shall Not Rely Heavily on Cardio
#8 - Thou Shall Not Pay Attention to the Number on the Scale
#9 - Thou Shall Not be Motivated by Negative Thoughts & Emotions
#10 - Thou Shall be Patient and Consistent]]> 66 Nia Shanks Bryan 4 3.89 2013 The Commandments for Losing Fat the Sane and Simple Way
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]]> <![CDATA[Jerusalem Falls: A Monk's Tale of the First Crusade]]> 50882378
Among the pilgrims is Oderic of Rheims, a Benedictine monk from eastern France. He's devoted to the cause, but the Crusade will test every vow he swore to the Church. His poverty will be challenged by greed, his obedience tempted by blood lust. But it’s his oath of chastity facing the greatest trial, in a deep, secret love for Rebecca, a Jewish woman Oderic rescues on the long road to Jerusalem.

The four-year journey is filled with unimaginable hardships and dangers: terrifying Turkish armies, impregnable cities, a death march, starvation, excruciating thirst, desertions. Ninety percent of the Crusaders will never see Europe again. As Oderic evolves from priest to warrior to lover, he realizes he will not return to Europe the same man. If he returns at all.]]> 481 Thomas Esson Ewing 1951490002 Bryan 0 to-read 4.00 Jerusalem Falls: A Monk's Tale of the First Crusade
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]]> <![CDATA[Hagar: Rediscovering the God Who Sees Me (Bible Study) (Behind the Seen: Exploring the Bible's Unsung Heroes)]]> 35019452
Discover a close relationship with God no matter the pain or suffering in your life. Witness the depths of God's compassion through the eyes of Hagar, a runaway slave who meets the living God in a desert of despair, where she gives Him the name El Roi, "The God Who Sees Me." A largely forgotten Old Testament character, Hagar is actually one of only a few people who have ever spoken directly with the LORD.

Through this seven week study, you will find that when you surrender your life into God's hands, your trials and triumphs serve a magnificent purpose: to draw you into the arms of the faithful God who sees you.]]> 262 Shadia Hrichi 0891124705 Bryan 2 4.64 Hagar: Rediscovering the God Who Sees Me (Bible Study) (Behind the Seen: Exploring the Bible's Unsung Heroes)
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]]> <![CDATA[Rivals Unto Death: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr]]> 31111140
The famous duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr was the culmination of a story three decades in the making. Rivals unto Death vividly traces their rivalry back to the earliest days of the American Revolution, when Hamilton and Burr -- both brilliant, restless, and barely twenty years old -- elbowed their way onto the staff of General George Washington. The fast-moving account traces their intricate tug-of war, uncovering surprising details that led to their deadly encounter through battlefields, courtrooms, bedrooms, and the wildest presidential election in history, counting down the years to their fateful rendezvous on the dueling ground.

This is politics made shrill accusations, bruising collisions, and a parade of flesh and blood founders struggling--and often failing--to keep their tempers and jealousies in check. Smoldering in the background was a fundamental political divide that threatened to tear the new nation in two, and still persists to this day.

The Burr and Hamilton that leap out of these pages are passionate, engaging, and utterly human characters inextricably linked together as Rivals unto Death.]]> 224 Rick Beyer 0316504971 Bryan 5
I am a history buff, and this is a part of American history that always draws my interest. It was fun to read a book that was not a puff piece or just played off the current "Hamilton" fandom from the play. What I liked about this book was that it showed the human side of some of our most famous founding fathers and at times made you think differently about some of the more revered ones (Washington, Jefferson). The political meandering and slander was very reminiscent of modern day politics. The biggest difference being that today, hot heads just go to twitter to rant whereas back then it more often than not ended in a duel. Honor is a crazy thing, but men back then viewed it much differently than today.

A very good read and one that will not disappoint the reader.

*I won a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*]]> 4.09 Rivals Unto Death: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
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The best review I can ever give a book is that I kept reading it once I started. Usually I try to read 1 chapter a night of whatever book I am currently reading as part of my daily reading. I finished this book in a couple days, because I did not want to put it down. Almost like a great fiction book (Dan Brown), you just want to know what happens next.

I am a history buff, and this is a part of American history that always draws my interest. It was fun to read a book that was not a puff piece or just played off the current "Hamilton" fandom from the play. What I liked about this book was that it showed the human side of some of our most famous founding fathers and at times made you think differently about some of the more revered ones (Washington, Jefferson). The political meandering and slander was very reminiscent of modern day politics. The biggest difference being that today, hot heads just go to twitter to rant whereas back then it more often than not ended in a duel. Honor is a crazy thing, but men back then viewed it much differently than today.

A very good read and one that will not disappoint the reader.

*I won a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*
]]> <![CDATA[Scars of Independence: America's Violent Birth]]> 31453065 A magisterial new work that rewrites the story of America’s founding

The American Revolution is often portrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion, with brave patriots defending their noble ideals against an oppressive empire. It’s a stirring narrative, and one the founders did their best to encourage after the war. But as historian Holger Hoock shows in this deeply researched and elegantly written account of America’s founding, the Revolution was not only a high-minded battle over principles, but also a profoundly violent civil war—one that shaped the nation, and the British Empire, in ways we have only begun to understand.

In Scars of Independence, Hoock writes the violence back into the story of the Revolution. American Patriots persecuted and tortured Loyalists. British troops massacred enemy soldiers and raped colonial women. Prisoners were starved on disease-ridden ships and in subterranean cells. African-Americans fighting for or against independence suffered disproportionately, and Washington’s army waged a genocidal campaign against the Iroquois. In vivid, authoritative prose, Hoock’s new reckoning also examines the moral dilemmas posed by this all-pervasive violence, as the British found themselves torn between unlimited war and restraint toward fellow subjects, while the Patriots documented war crimes in an ingenious effort to unify the fledgling nation.

For two centuries we have whitewashed this history of the Revolution. Scars of Independence forces a more honest appraisal, revealing the inherent tensions between moral purpose and violent tendencies in America’s past. In so doing, it offers a new origins story that is both relevant and necessary—an important reminder that forging a nation is rarely bloodless.]]> 480 Holger Hoock 0804137285 Bryan 3 3.84 2017 Scars of Independence: America's Violent Birth
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]]> <![CDATA[Mind over Weight: Curb Cravings, Find Motivation, and Hit Your Number in 7 Simple Steps]]> 45046704
Every day of every year, thousands of people start some type of weight loss/transformation journey. Mind over Weight is an important weapon to add to their arsenals.

While eating the right food and exercising is critical to weight loss success, Mind over Weight helps readers win the battle by getting everything in order above the neck. It will guide readers to find their motivation, stick to a plan, and set the right goals.

There are a million diet plans out there, but few address issues equally critical to weight loss success: they're all in the six inches between your ears!

Written by Ian K. Smith, MD, bestselling author of SHRED and The Clean 20 , Mind over Weight is an easy read with concrete steps dieters will be able to follow. Each chapter ends with a takeaway action item for readers to complete to help create an overall strategy for body and life transformation.]]> 240 Ian K. Smith 1250244803 Bryan 0 to-read 3.37 Mind over Weight: Curb Cravings, Find Motivation, and Hit Your Number in 7 Simple Steps
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]]> <![CDATA[Happiness Is Baking: Cakes, Pies, Tarts, Muffins, Brownies, Cookies: Favorite Desserts from the Queen of Cake]]> 41155069 "Happiness is baking cookies. Happiness is giving them away. And serving them, and eating them, talking about them, reading and writing about them, thinking about them, and sharing them with you."
Maida Heatter is one of the most iconic and fondly remembered cookbook authors of all time. Her recipes, each a modern classic, are must-haves in every home baker's bag of tricks: her cookies, cakes, muffins, tarts, pies, and sweets of all kinds range from extravagantly special to the comforting and everyday. Her brown-sugary Budapest Coffee Cake, her minty Palm Beach Brownies, her sophisticated East 62nd Street Lemon Cake, and many other desserts have inspired legions of devotees.

Happiness Is Baking reproduces Maida's best-loved recipes in a fully illustrated new edition with a foreword by Dorie Greenspan. Developed for foolproof baking by experienced cooks and novices alice, these recipes bear Maida's trademark warmth, no-nonsense style, and her promise that they will work every time.

Happiness Is Baking is the perfect gift for anyone who loves baking--or who knows the happiness that comes from a delicious dessert.]]> 288 Maida Heatter 0316420573 Bryan 5 4.04 2019 Happiness Is Baking: Cakes, Pies, Tarts, Muffins, Brownies, Cookies: Favorite Desserts from the Queen of Cake
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]]> <![CDATA[The Culture Question: How to Create a Workplace Where People Like to Work]]> 43575345
The authors of this book believe that people should be able to like where they work. When employees like the places they work, it’s not only good for their mental health and well-being, it’s also good for their organizations � both financially and otherwise. When a workplace culture is purposely created to be respectful and inspiring, employees are happier, more productive, and more engaged.

By exploring six key elements that make up a healthy workplace culture, The Culture Question answers two fundamental questions: “How does your organization’s culture impact how much people like where they work?� and “What can you do to make it better?�

Discover how to create a workplace where people like to work by focusing on these six elements of healthy workplace culture:

Communicating Your Purpose and Values. Employees are inspired when they work in organizations whose purpose and values resonate with them.

Providing Meaningful Work. Most employees want to work on projects that inspire them, align with what they are good at, and allow them to grow.

Focusing Your Leadership Team on People. How leaders relate to their employees plays a major role in how everyone feels about their workplace.

Building Meaningful Relationships. When employees like the people they work with and for, they are more satisfied and more engaged in their work.

Creating Peak Performing Teams. People are energized when they work together effectively because teams achieve things that no one person could do on their own.

Practicing Constructive Conflict Management. When leaders don’t handle conflict promptly and well, it quickly sours the workplace.

This book includes survey feedback from over 2,400 leaders and employees and resources for putting these ideas into action.]]> 241 Randy Grieser Bryan 0 to-read 3.71 The Culture Question: How to Create a Workplace Where People Like to Work
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Diet: Discover the Secret to Losing Weight—For Good]]> 45046832

Author Shahroo Izadi presents a new approach losing weight―without ever telling you what or how to eat. In The Last Diet. , she shares how the same evidence-based tools she used effectively with her clients who struggle with addiction helped her to lose over a hundred pounds, increase her self-esteem, and transform her habits around food and negative self-talk.

Diets often offer quick, short-term fixes and so-called miracle cures, but the real challenge is managing weight and changing habits over a sustained period of time. Everybody's journeys and needs are it’s about shifting the way we communicate with ourselves and our bodies every single day, in every aspect of our lives. Shahroo’s revolutionary kindness method gives readers the tools to embrace self-kindness and self-respect and in doing so change the narrative of health.

Using a custom-tailored plan, The Last Diet. will help you identify where your unhealthy habits come from, teach you how change them, and show you what to do when you slip up. Shahroo guides you through every step, helping you to draw out your own wisdom and find motivation to change your long-term habits and lose weight � for good.]]> 240 Shahroo Izadi 1250251990 Bryan 0 to-read 4.23 The Last Diet: Discover the Secret to Losing Weight—For Good
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]]> <![CDATA[Don't Be Afraid of Accounting: Learn the Basics of Financial Accouting and Be on Your Way to Greater Success!]]> 48668990 I believe that anyone can learn accounting; it’s really not that hard. If you aren’t an accountant by trade, if you don’t consider yourself a math person, or if you think accounting is just too complex to learn, then I encourage you to read this book. I think you will find that accounting can actually be simple and easy once you learn how to approach it and once you learn the building blocks of the subject through financial statement preparation and analysis.

I’ve spent the past seven years teaching both financial and managerial accounting at the collegiate level. If you want or need to learn accounting, then you need to first know the basics of financial accounting and know them well in order to build a solid foundational knowledge that will equip you to learn the more advanced topics in the field.

No matter where you are in life or your career, I can help you learn the basics of financial accounting, which can set you up for greater success in accounting and beyond. For years, I have been helping people do exactly this.

How Accounting Can Benefit You
First, accounting is virtually a recession proof field because even in bad times, companies still have to keep track of their finances. Even in economic downturns, accountants are still needed. Furthermore, not only is accounting pretty much recession proof, but accountants are almost always in demand. At the college where I teach, we frequently get requests from employers looking to hire students to fill bookkeeping and accounting positions. Even better, accountants (especially certified public accountants) usually make pretty solid money. What’s not to love about making money and being in demand?

Why This Book Can Help You Learn Accounting
Most accounting books, classes, seminars, and trainings start with the accounting equation and then start having you analyze transactions. I take a different approach. I believe it’s crucial to start from the ground up before you start analyzing the accounting equation and transactions. This is so because after teaching this subject for years, I’ve witnessed firsthand what works and what doesn’t. For the non-accountants and non-math people, starting out too complex and too fast (as most accounting material generally does) tends to create confusion and frustration. Worse, such an approach can turn people away from learning accounting altogether.

I teach accounting in plain language for the non-accountant and accountant alike. I also teach it from the perspective of putting together the pieces of a puzzle rather than from a sophisticated academic perspective, which makes this material much easier to learn. In this book, I simply explain the basics of accounting in easy to understand terms in a manner that makes learning it easy.

About The Author

I’ve spent the past fifteen plus years performing some of the most complex and complicated accounting work that there is. On top of this, as noted above, I’ve spent the past seven years teaching accounting part-time at the collegiate level. As a CPA and a CFE, I love teaching accounting and helping people learn new skills and concepts that will benefit them and help advance their careers.

Start learning accounting today and be on your way to bigger and greater successes. Scroll up and get your copy.]]> 71 Brad Horton Bryan 0 to-read 4.42 Don't Be Afraid of Accounting: Learn the Basics of Financial Accouting and Be on Your Way to Greater Success!
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fantastical Keys of Darius Newton Archibank: Zarqnon the Embarrassed Discovers he is Autistic (My Personal Autism Journey)]]> 44170042 Standing on the stage,no one really watching,I say my line and interact as scheduledI see you run� you must be late for classThis “tomorrow� you keep talking about seems really interesting.When can we go there?Why is Monday orange but smell like lentil soup?Speak figurativelyInterpret literallyRespond abstractlyPlease come into my world with me, but please don’t touch anything. This is where I feel safePlease understandwhen I am overwhelmedI cannot speakI cannot writeI can only screamI am not madI am not frustratedI am only trying my best to communicateWOW! This is AWESOME! I can see this helping teachers understand what goes on in the brains of autistic children! You need to market to educators!!!!-Donna Glenn, Retired Elementary School teacher]]> 88 Zarqnon The Embarrassed Bryan 0 to-read 3.79 The Fantastical Keys of Darius Newton Archibank: Zarqnon the Embarrassed Discovers he is Autistic (My Personal Autism Journey)
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]]> Lord I Surrender 36474185 52 Esther Ula Cofer 0998406953 Bryan 2 3.75 Lord I Surrender
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]]> <![CDATA[My Autistic Filter: An inside look at how one autistic person processes information (My Personal Autism Journey)]]> 48650657 0 Zarqnon The Embarrassed Bryan 0 to-read 4.39 My Autistic Filter: An inside look at how one autistic person processes information (My Personal Autism Journey)
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]]> <![CDATA[Indestructible: The Unforgettable Memoir of a Marine Hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima]]> 45449823 Medal of Honor recipient Jack H. Lucas’s classic memoir of his heroics at the Battle of Iwo Jima—with a foreword by Bob Dole and reissued to coincide with the 75thanniversary of the battle in 2020.

On February 20, 1945, the second day of the assault on Iwo Jima—one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific theater in World War II—Private Jack Lucas, who was only seventeen, and three other Marines engaged in a close-proximity firefight with Japanese soldiers. When two enemy grenades landed in their trench, Lucas jumped on one and pulled the other under his body to save the lives of his comrades. Lucas was blown into the air as his body was torn apart by 250 entrance wounds. He was so severely wounded that his team left him for dead. Miraculously, he survived.

While on the hospital ship Samaritan, his spirit soared to see the American flag flying atop Mount Suribachi—the same flag immortalized in Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photograph, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. Lucas endured twenty-one grueling surgeries and carried 200 pieces of shrapnel in his body for the rest of his life. Awarded the Medal of Honor, he became the youngest Marine in U.S. history—and the youngest of all World War II servicemen—to receive the honor.

Indestructible tells the remarkable story of an extraordinary American possessed with a fierce determination to serve his country.]]> 288 Jack H. Lucas 0062795627 Bryan 0 to-read 4.07 2006 Indestructible: The Unforgettable Memoir of a Marine Hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima
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]]> <![CDATA[The Art of Preventing Stupid: How to Build a Stronger Business Strategy through Better Risk Management]]> 44590752 The Art of Preventing Stupid offers a system for leaders to solve common business problems before they happen. Author Matthew Neill Davis introduces the Preventing Stupid Method to running a business, a method that guides readers in identifying, categorizing, and prioritizing threats to and weaknesses in their business. This book details how to efficiently prevent and manage potential and present problems and helps business owners and managers learn how to create leads for a more profitable business. You will learn how to seize opportunities rather than wallow in problems that should never have made it to the surface.

Forward-thinking risk management
This book delivers bold business strategy rooted in forward-thinking risk management. It is about changing how leaders think, so they can run their business with confidence, effectiveness, and profitability. It shows struggling entrepreneurs how to weed out the stupid mistakes they’re making, so they can move forward. For those already running a business, it offers next-level risk management strategies to make work easier, more profitable, and more secure.

​Advice from a lawyer
In The Art of Preventing Stupid, you’ll get a lawyer’s perspective and insight and the value of a fractional general counsel for the cost of a single book. Matthew Neill Davis of Davis Law, PLLC, a firm that has three times made the Law Firm 500 for being among the fastest-growing law firms in the nation, will show you how to make smart, meaningful changes to successfully grow your organization. With his extensive litigation and business representation experience and expertise in building and running custom legal departments for businesses and nonprofits, he has dedicated himself to helping business owners make smart business decisions.ձ> 216 Matthew Neill Davis 1732510229 Bryan 0 to-read 3.89 The Art of Preventing Stupid: How to Build a Stronger Business Strategy through Better Risk Management
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]]> <![CDATA[Never Surrender: How to Overcome Life's Greatest Challenges]]> 35404583 ]]> 44 Joseph B. George Bryan 4 4.69 Never Surrender: How to Overcome Life's Greatest Challenges
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]]> <![CDATA[Jesus and Muhammad: Their Messages, Side-by-Side]]> 37923610
AT RELEASE, AMAZON #1 NEW RELEASE IN ISLAMIC THEOLOGY! READERS' FAVORITE 2018 GOLD MEDAL AWARD AND FIVE-TIME FIVE-STARS RECIPIENT. MANHATTAN BOOK REVIEW FIVE STARS.

Compare Jesus and Muhammad. What did they teach, and how do their messages converge or diverge? What are the differences and similarities between the theology of Islam and Christianity? This book holds the answers.

Explore their core words, by topic and side-by-side. The content speaks for itself--a neutral, one-stop reference for people of any faith or not faith who want to look at the messages of Jesus vs. Muhammad.

� Go to the very source of each faith, and make your own discoveries. Compare Jesus and Muhammad’s messages only, as recorded in the Bible and Qur'an.

� Grasp the foundations of the world’s largest religion (Christianity) and the fastest growing (Islam).

� Absorb what Muslims and Christians learn about love, homosexuality, lifestyle. About persecution, retaliation, war and peace. Prophet or Messiah? Miracles. End times.

� Jump in head-on to answer your questions, or fully immerse yourself in all of the topics and the intriguing biographies and religion progressions, presented in timelines, charts, tables and scannable bullet points.

� Enjoy it as a fascinating read, reference, study guide or textbook.

“A gift that curious minds as well as those hungry for the truth should read. A great gift for humanity.� � Christian Sia for Readers� Favorite , FIVE STARS

“As a convert to Islam, . . . I have not seen another book written quite like this one, in such a straightforward and simple way. I would highly recommend this book.� � Christi Lyle-Rasheed for Manhattan Book Review , FIVE STARS

“An exhaustive compilation of immense theological value.� � Kirkus Reviews

“St. Michael has provided us with the essential messages of both religions so that everyone can judge them for these messages and by their fruits.� � David Cook, PhD, assistant professor of religious studies specializing in Islam at Rice University, author of Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature

"Is the God of Islam the same God of Christianity? I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand the core ideas of these two religions through a comparison of their teachings." -- Daniel Janosik, PhD, adjunct professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Evangelical Seminary and author of John of Damascus, First Apologist to the Muslims

“An interesting, useful and new approach.� � Dr. William J. Neidinger, archaeologist, historian and author associated with the Texas Foundation for Archaeological & Historical Research

“This groundbreaking work provides a reference for those seeking to quickly compare.� � Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou, PhD, translator of John Chrysostom: Homilies on Romans

“A very well-written and well-researched book. The writing is crisp and engaging.� � Gisela Dixon for Readers� Favorite , FIVE STARS

“Done with a scholarly and impartial aspect. It's absolutely mind-boggling to imagine how St Michael was able to produce such a work in a clean and concise manner. Reads like an accessible piece of academia. Highly recommended, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to read it.� � Jamie Michele for Readers� Favorite , FIVE STARS

“A thought-provoking book that establishes a unique form of dialogue between the two spiritual teachers whose messages are at the core of the two most powerful religions on Earth. The writer writes in a style that pays homage to the spiritual texts.� � Romuald Dzemo for Readers� Favorite , FIVE STARS

“A great book in the area of philosophy and spirituality.� � Divine Zape for Readers' Favorite , FIVE STARS]]> Louis St Michael Bryan 1 3.78 2018 Jesus and Muhammad: Their Messages, Side-by-Side
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]]> <![CDATA[Are We There Yet?: Unlocking The Secret To Jesus' Return]]> 37598221 - Are you aware that the civil calendar we are using is really less than 270 years old?
- Has anyone told you that Adam only left the garden of Eden in 3760 BC?

Many people proclaim we are living in the end of times. But are we?

When I first started the journey to discover the return of Christ, I shared the conventional beliefs that Jesus will indeed return very soon. My views have been forever altered when the Holy Spirit revealed to me new insights.

In my easy-to-read style, I will show you that the Bible is in fact a recipe for Jesus� return. In Are We There Yet? I will answer the above as well as other thought-provoking questions
•Will Christians face persecution?
•Will America disintegrate?
* Can we delay the second coming of Jesus?

In God’s timing, once these key ingredients are gathered and stirred, the dish, 'The Day of the Lord', will be served, whether we’re ready or not.


The book is endorsed by Joel Richardson, New York Times Bestselling author and internationally recognized Bible teacher on the end-times. For more information on Joel, please go to .

For more information, please go to .]]> 276 Peter Leong 1947360086 Bryan 5 3.89 Are We There Yet?: Unlocking The Secret To Jesus' Return
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]]> City-State Dark 36342589 338 Carlos . Bryan 0 to-read 3.34 City-State Dark
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]]> <![CDATA[Zero Sugar Diet: The 14-Day Plan to Flatten Your Belly, Crush Cravings, and Help Keep You Lean for Life]]> 32329430 Lose up to a pound a day and curb your craving for sweets with delicious recipes and simple, science-based food swaps from David Zinczenko, Good Morning America’s health and wellness editor and bestselling author of Eat This, Not That! and Zero Belly Diet.

With Zero Sugar Diet, #1 New York Times bestselling author David Zinczenko continues his twenty-year mission to help Americans live their happiest and healthiest lives, uncovering revolutionary new research that explains why you can’t lose weight—and shows that it’s not your fault! The true culprit is sugar—specifically added sugars—which food manufacturers sneak into almost everything we eat, from bread to cold cuts to yogurt, peanut butter, pizza, and even “health� foods.

Until now, there’s been no way to tell how much added sugar you’re eating—or how to avoid it without sacrifice. But with the simple steps in Zero Sugar Diet, you’ll be able to eat all your favorite foods and strip away unnecessary sugars—losing weight at a rate of up to one pound per day, while still enjoying the sweeter things in life.

By replacing empty calories with essential ones—swapping in whole foods and fiber and swapping out added sugars—you’ll conquer your cravings and prevent the blood sugar surge that leads to some of the worst health scourges in America today, including abdominal fat, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, liver disease, fatigue, and tooth decay.

And all it takes is 14 days. You’ll be stunned by the reported

Lisa Gardner, 49, lost 11 pounds
Tara Anderson, 42, lost 10 pounds
David Menkhaus, 62, lost 15 pounds
Ricky Casados, 56, lost 12 pounds

You, too, can melt away belly fat, boost your energy levels and metabolism, and take control of your health and your life, armed with a comprehensive grocery list of fresh produce, proteins, whole grains, and even prepared meals, accompanied by two weeks� worth of fiber-rich breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack recipes and real-life results from successful sugar swappers. The fat-burning formula for long-term weight loss and optimal health is at your fingertips. Join in the crusade and say goodbye to added sugars—and goodbye to your belly—with Zero Sugar Diet!


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 304 David Zinczenko 0345548000 Bryan 5 3.73 2016 Zero Sugar Diet: The 14-Day Plan to Flatten Your Belly, Crush Cravings, and Help Keep You Lean for Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Spirituality 103 The Forgiveness Code: Finding The Light In Our Shadows]]> 36352714
Do you want to give your internal warrior the best weapons to reach victory?

In this book, the third in the School of Life trilogy, Dr. Figueroa-Otero helps us discover our mind's magical mirror, where this epic battle determines where we are in the road to return to our light source. You will learn about your spiritual DNA, emotions, and where to find the healing code for our emotional scars--forgiveness.]]> 154 Ivan Figueroa-Otero Bryan 0 to-read 4.30 2014 Spirituality 103 The Forgiveness Code: Finding The Light In Our Shadows
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]]> <![CDATA[The Solutions Oriented Leader: Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World-Class Results]]> 44076338 183 Rick Goodman 1640950664 Bryan 0 to-read 3.78 The Solutions Oriented Leader: Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World-Class Results
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]]> <![CDATA[Stocks to Buy: A simple strategic guide to being on trend every month]]> 40973479
Stocks to Buy is a simple strategic guide that anybody can use to find the best-performing stocks in the market.

Stocks to Buy will show you that


-market and sector momentum is your friend; crowd psychology does works.

-sector ETFs are the better choice for diversified and focused trading.


-the sector and stocks leaders on the trend will lead the index as well.

-the simple moving averages chart can be used as a tool to identify the momentum trends.

-every month's uptrending stocks and ETFs can be viewed online, showing their past month's performance.


-profit and loss limits, and the best time of entry and exit, will maximize profit and reduce losses.

-the odds of beating the S&P 500 are high when single-worst month (or week) trades are avoided.

-50:30:20 is a safe and diversified strategy for getting a better performance than the S&P 500.

-a seasoned, calm mind along with controlled emotions has a higher probability of winning trades than a fussy mind and panic.

By the end of this book, you will have learned how and where to find the best momentum stocks and sector ETFs on a monthly basis and also about the 50:30:20 safe trading strategy.
 ]> 130 Rajendran Selvaraj Bryan 0 to-read 4.11 Stocks to Buy: A simple strategic guide to being on trend every month
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]]> <![CDATA[Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board]]> 41544719
In 1958, the U.S. Air Force nuked the moon as a show of military force. In 1967, the CIA sent live cats to spy on the Soviet government. In 1942, the British built a torpedo-proof aircraft carrier out of an iceberg. Of course, none of these things ever actually happened.

But in Nuking the Moon, intelligence historian Vince Houghton proves that abandoned plans can be just as illuminating--and every bit as entertaining--as the ones that made it. Vividly capturing the fascinating stories of how twenty-one plans from WWII and the Cold War went from conception, planning, and testing to cancellation, Houghton explores what happens when innovation meets desperation: For every plan as good as D-Day, there's a scheme to strap bombs to bats or dig a spy tunnel underneath the Soviet embassy. Along the way, he reveals what each one tells us about twentieth-century history, the art of spycraft, military strategy, and famous figures like JFK, Castro, and Churchill. By turns terrifying and hilarious--but always riveting--this is the unique story of history left on the drawing board.]]> 302 Vince Houghton 0525505172 Bryan 0 to-read 3.67 2019 Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board
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]]> <![CDATA[Leadership Bones: 5 Lessons to Lead Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime]]> 44578756
In this engaging narrative, you will meet Izzy Kroll, a brilliant eccentric who teaches high school in a tough section of Chicago. The story unfolds as Izzy mentors his former student, Marcus, in the bones, or first lessons, of leadership, helping him navigate through the real world of egos, agendas, and ethical dilemmas. A call to action for all leaders, this book is a quick and powerful read that will motivate you to reflect on your intent and influence as a leader.

The book also includes a self-assessment based on the five bones:
-1. Fill Your Pack.
-2. Sign Your Name.
-3. Share the Stage.
-4. Take the Oath.
-5. Pour Your Cup.

"The book stopped me in my tracks. In a word, it's brilliant." Britt Berrett, CEO, Medical City Dallas Hospital.
"An instant classic." Glenda Shelby, VP of Diversity, Accor Hospitality.
"Required reading for anyone interested in leadership." LaVell Edwards, Hall of Fame Football Coach.
"Beautifully succinct and packs a life-changing punch." Sharlene Hawkes, President, RMS Productions, Miss America 1985.
"A high impact experience. Simple, elegant, and profound." Christopher Germann, Vice President, Gartner, Inc.
"Masterfully defines the fundamentals of leadership." James Larson, Regional Director, The Boeing Company.
"A wake up call for many leaders and a handbook for those of us preparing to move into positions of leadership." Benjamin Bloomfield, Vice President, Wells Fargo Securities.
"Dr. Clark does a brilliant job of bringing us back to basics. This book will be required reading in my company." Wesley Bull, President, Sentinel Training & Logistics, LLC.
]]> 108 Timothy R. Clark Bryan 0 to-read 4.07 2009 Leadership Bones: 5 Lessons to Lead Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime
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]]> <![CDATA[My Job: More People at Work Around the World]]> 44168606 What Does It Mean to Have a Job?

In book two of the series “My Job: Real People at Work Around the World,� author Suzanne Skees profiles fifteen professionals from all corners of the globe, seeking to understand how our work shapes our lives. The fascinating people that Skees meets work in all kinds of industries: health and recovery, education and finance, agribusiness and processing, tourism and culture, and diplomacy and peace.

MY JOB explores the dignity, identity, economic viability, and inherent challenges of each occupation, asking such provoking questions as: How has the definition and notion of a job shifted in recent years? How does one land in a particular job, and what causes one to flourish or flounder in it? How does our job shape our sense of identity?

​As Skees explores how our experiences, interests, and views help determine the career we pursue and how the career, in turn, continues to shape our identity, readers just may discover that while the fields, countries, and cultures we work in are different, the intricate ways in which our work effects our lives are universal.ձ> 421 Suzanne Skees 1626345872 Bryan 0 to-read 3.88 2019 My Job: More People at Work Around the World
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]]> <![CDATA[7 Steps to Get Off Sugar and Carbohydrates: Healthy Eating for Healthy Living with a Low-Carbohydrate, Anti-Inflammatory Diet]]> 37539942
Decrease brain fog and lose weightChoose foods that benefit versus foods that damage—the ones God gave us to eat, not the food industry Find healthy food alternatives and plan your menuRecognize the emotional reasons we overeat and the science behind food addiction and a candida infection (overgrowth of yeast in the gut)Identify food triggers and use God’s Word to fight impulsive eating Locate resources—educational videos and books, meal planning, support organizations, and recipes.Jesus said in John 10:10, “The thief’s purpose is to steal, kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness� (TLB). Are you living life in its fullness? Is your health or weight impeding you from embracing a healthy, bountiful life? If you take these simple seven steps, you will regain the life God created you for. You will love the new you!]]> 212 Susan U. Neal Bryan 4 3.77 7 Steps to Get Off Sugar and Carbohydrates: Healthy Eating for Healthy Living with a Low-Carbohydrate, Anti-Inflammatory Diet
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]]> I AM Not Amused 44279024 � Non-critical Involvement
� Total Separation
I AM Not Amused is about learning to balance being in the world, but not of the world. Throughout this book, we will learn how to weigh our involvement in pop culture against our call to be holy, using the popular arts as a springboard to reach lost people in the world. We also gain an understanding of what is at stake if we continue consuming Hollywood productions without thinking about the consequences. This book is a journey through the early days of media including the history of ratings, propaganda, and some of the legal matters impacting the entertainment industry as a whole. Finally we learn about the steps we should take to evaluate our own entertainment.

In brief summary, I first explain my purpose and motivation for writing this book as I journey through my adolescence in a media-saturated home. I talk about how music, movies, and video games shaped my life both for the better and the worse as I was raised in a home without boundaries.

The next two chapters examine whether or not media entertainment can actually impact us as we consume music, movies, and video games. Rather than take a usual Christian approach, we see what the artists and producers themselves say including quotes from Michael Greene, George Lucus, Marilyn Manson, and more. After examining how we can be impacted we see specifically what artists themselves say about the message behind the content they produce. This section does a deep dive into the messages behind Manson, George Harrison, and Insane Clown Posse among others.

After seeing what the entertainment industry produces, we tour through the Bible looking for what God’s Word has to say about media, our involvement, and our purpose. We start with a call to letting our minds dwell on holy things, then living out our life as a believer rather than a member of the world. Finally we address the two critical errors highlighting the benefits and pitfalls of each as we develop a plan to live better before God in our media-saturated times.

After a brief detour through the struggles of addiction including steps to overcome besetting sins, we provide steps for believers to incorporate into their lives to determine if certain forms of amusement are profitable for us to consume.
All together, this book is a guide to interacting with Media Entertainment for our amusement, and for our engagement with the world as we seek to fulfill the Great Commission.

You can find more information about Thomas Murosky and his other books at .]]> 228 Thomas Murosky 1732569630 Bryan 0 to-read 4.44 2019 I AM Not Amused
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]]> <![CDATA[Something Gained: 7 Shifts to Be Stronger, Smarter & Happier After Divorce]]> 34753468 152 Deb Purdy 0997958901 Bryan 4 3.98 Something Gained: 7 Shifts to Be Stronger, Smarter & Happier After Divorce
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]]> <![CDATA[The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts]]> 23878688 Over 20 million copies sold!

A perennial New York Times bestseller for over a decade!

Falling in love is easy. Staying in love—that’s the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life?

In the #1 New York Times international bestseller The 5 Love Languages®, you’ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner—starting today.

The 5 Love Languages® is as practical as it is insightful. Updated to reflect the complexities of relationships today, this new edition reveals intrinsic truths and applies relevant, actionable wisdom in ways that work.

Includes the Love Language assessment so you can discover your love language and that of your loved one.]]> 232 Gary Chapman 0802492401 Bryan 5 4.32 1990 The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
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]]> <![CDATA[Financial Peace Revisited: New Chapters on Marriage, Singles, Kids and Families]]> 129565
Dave Ramsey knows what it's like to have it all. By age twenty-six, he had established a four-million-dollar real estate portfolio, only to lose it by age thirty. He has since rebuilt his financial life and, through his workshops and his New York Times business bestsellers Financial Peace and More than Enough , he has helped hundreds of thousands of people to understand the forces behind their financial distress and how to set things right-financially, emotionally, and spiritually. In this new edition of Financial Peace , Ramsey has updated his tactics and philosophy to show even more readers:

•how to get out of debt and stay out
•the KISS rule of investing�"Keep It Simple, Stupid"
•how to use the principle of contentment to guide financial decision making
•how the flow of money can revolutionize relationships
With practical and easy to follow methods and personal anecdotes, Financial Peace is the road map to personal control, financial security, a new, vital family dynamic, and lifetime peace.]]> 326 Dave Ramsey 0670032085 Bryan 5 4.28 1992 Financial Peace Revisited: New Chapters on Marriage, Singles, Kids and Families
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]]> <![CDATA[Upward, Inward, Outward: Love God, Love Yourself, Love Others]]> 34593656
This is the art of living Jesus� spirituality.

God gives us the key in the Greatest Commandment, but we’ve got to do this stuff in the right order. Imagine I invite you to my sweet cabin by the lake. To start hanging out in that cabin, you need to get the key from me, pack your car, follow the GPS, and so on. There’s a natural order to it. It’s the same with the Greatest Commandment.

We begin upward, with loving God. The God. God of the Old Testament, God of the New Testament. God the Trinity―Father, Son, Holy Spirit. We continue inward, with understanding our true identities in Jesus. And when we get those things right, God’s Spirit sends us outward, on mission into the world.

These three movements―upward, inward, and outward―mirror the Greatest Commandment and help us learn the art of living harmoniously together in a chaotic world.]]> 272 Daniel Fusco 163146390X Bryan 5 4.46 2017 Upward, Inward, Outward: Love God, Love Yourself, Love Others
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]]> God: A Human History 34051386
But this projection is not without consequences. We bestow upon God not just all that is good in human nature � our compassion, our thirst for justice � but all that is bad in it: our greed, our bigotry, our penchant for violence. All these qualities inform our religions, cultures, and governments.

More than just a history of our understanding of God, this book is an attempt to get to the root of this humanizing impulse in order to develop a more universal spirituality. Whether you believe in one God, many gods, or no god at all, God: A Human History will challenge the way you think about the divine and its role in our everyday lives.]]> 320 Reza Aslan 055339472X Bryan 4 3.95 2017 God: A Human History
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]]> Misery 27877139
Now Annie wants Paul to write his greatest work � just for her. She has a lot of ways to spur him on. One is a needle. Another is an ax. And if they don't work, she can get really nasty.]]> 368 Stephen King 1501143107 Bryan 4 4.20 1987 Misery
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]]> <![CDATA[Incremental Improvements: Change Your Life One Small Step At A Time]]> 27214153 ISBN-13: 978-1503254534
Are there aspects of your life that you'd like to improve? What's been holding you back? In this book, author Mike Brodsky shares some ideas and strategies for changing your life, one small step at a time. If you've had a tough time sticking with your resolutions, or even taking that first step towards your ultimate goal, the "incremental improvements" strategy can lead you on the path to success. Explore potential ways to improve many aspects of your life, including your financial wealth, as well as your physical and mental health. What actions and behaviors will you choose to change in order to improve yourself, the lives of others, and the world?

Topics covered in this book include ideas for making changes to improve the following areas: * Financial * Diet * Exercise * Business Management * Career * Relationships * Parenting * Volunteering * Addiction * Stress Management * Time Management * Health * Education * Politics * Fears and Phobias * Social Media]]> 142 Mike Brodsky Bryan 4 3.71 2014 Incremental Improvements: Change Your Life One Small Step At A Time
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]]> <![CDATA[Rescuing America's Democracy From Its Collapsing Morality]]> 29493397
But there was something extraordinary about America. It was a harsh, untamed frontier that required of its inhabitants cooperation and hard work for survival, but more importantly the early settlers brought with them a radical new view of human nature. Like so many of that era they were driven by the belief that humanity had a destiny to lead a moral life, but unlike most, they proclaimed that the ordinary people, without the aid of ritual or relics or a prince or a priesthood class, could ascertain for themselves the path to a moral life. They asserted that this could be achieved, not only by their own reading and interpreting of the bible, but also by leading a life in which they fully developed their abilities and used those abilities to improve both the spiritual and material welfare of society. This required individuals to work hard, control their passions, and allocate time to helping others. They were an educated, literate, ethical people in a state of personal self-governance and they translated this personal attribute into a society of self-governance, thus making democratic America, against all odds, a resounding success.

But it is this very success and the world’s emulation of it that has caused many, particularly the intellectuals, in modern secular America to view democracy as the natural state of our species, a state to which all societies will eventually, spontaneously progress. Hence, these people disparage America as being nothing extraordinary in human history, just an accident in time that any country given the right physical environment could have accomplished. They spout the belief that the desire to be free to control one’s destiny, that enlightened self-interest, is sufficient to provoke people to make the sacrifices necessary to maintain a democracy. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is pursuit of freedom and self-interest that motivates the tyrant to exterminate all those who oppose him. It is pursuit of freedom and self-interest that motivates the criminal to kill and steal.

For our democracy to survive, a majority of the ordinary people must feel and act upon the belief that was held by the early settlers of America that is that humanity has a more noble purpose than mere self-gratification. They must believe that humankind has a moral destiny to develop their abilities not only for the betterment of the individual, but also, for the alleviation of human misery throughout society. They must accept that this requires not only compassion, but hard work and self-discipline. Although we should recognize that religion has been important in promoting these desirable qualities, America is a secular, pluralistic society that cannot, and should not, return to being principally dependent upon religion to achieve these ends. It needs to buttress the promotion of these qualities through government programs that, not only help the needy, but hold people more accountable to one another and through civic organizations that encourage people to work together for the common good. Lastly, for America’s democracy to survive, we must appreciate how antithetical hard work, self-discipline, and compassion are to the much stronger instincts of pursuit of power and pleasure and because of this how extraordinary and tenuous America’s existence is. In this book, practical policies promoting these objectives in seventeen areas of American life are presented.]]> 134 Savannah Jordan 1891029754 Bryan 3 2.95 Rescuing America's Democracy From Its Collapsing Morality
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]]> <![CDATA[The Big Five: Five Simple Things You Can Do to Live a Longer, Healthier Life]]> 26114543
This is no fad study. Each of the recommendations outlined in this book has been proven by an overwhelming number of tests, trials, and studies to increase health and lifespan. There are no gimmicks, no catches, no ifs, ands, or buts.

Presented by a trusted expert, The Big Five includes easily digestible data and startling results from real studies conducted by reputable universities and involving thousands of subjects. Readers of The Big Five can see for themselves that, without a doubt, these five simple actions offer many more proven benefits than the latest expensive supplements, fad diets, jazzy exercise programs, and state-of-the-art gym equipment.]]> 224 Sanjiv Chopra 125006533X Bryan 4 3.71 2016 The Big Five: Five Simple Things You Can Do to Live a Longer, Healthier Life
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lion of Sabray: The Afghan Warrior Who Defied the Taliban and Saved the Life of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell]]> 25110926
Bestselling author Patrick Robinson helped Marcus Luttrell bring his harrowing story of survival in Lone The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 to the page and the big screen. But the Afghani man who saved his life was always shrouded in mystery. Now, with The Lion of Sabray , Robinson reveals the amazing backstory of Mohammed Gulab—the brave man who forever changed the course of life for his Afghan family, his village, and himself when he discovered Luttrell badly injured and barely conscious on a mountainside in the Hindu Kush just hours after the firefight that killed the rest of Luttrell’s team.

Operating under the 2,000-year-old principles of Pashtunwali —the tribal honor code that guided his life—Gulab refused to turn Luttrell over to the Taliban forces that were hunting him, believing it was his obligation to protect and care for the American soldier. Because Gulab was a celebrated Mujahedeen field commander and machine-gunner who beat back the Soviets as a teenager, the Taliban were wary enough that they didn’t simply storm the village and take Luttrell, which gave Gulab time to orchestrate his rescue.

In addition to Gulab’s brave story, The Lion of Sabray cinematically reveals previously unknown details of Luttrell’s rescue by American forces—which were only recently declassified—and sheds light on the ramifications for Gulab, his family, and his community. Going beyond both the book and the movie versions of Lone Survivor , The Lion of Sabray is a must-read for anyone who wants to know more about the brave man who helped the Lone Survivor make it home.]]> 261 Patrick Robinson 150111798X Bryan 5
Another great read, and a perfect follow up to Lone Survivor. The best review I can give is that I read this book in only a couple days, which for me, means the book was very good, and I couldn't put it down.]]> 4.34 2015 The Lion of Sabray: The Afghan Warrior Who Defied the Taliban and Saved the Life of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell
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Thank you for the free advanced copy!

Another great read, and a perfect follow up to Lone Survivor. The best review I can give is that I read this book in only a couple days, which for me, means the book was very good, and I couldn't put it down.
]]> <![CDATA[Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone]]> 25241648 Objective Troy tells the gripping and unsettling story of Anwar al-Awlaki, the once-celebrated American imam who called for moderation after 9/11, a man who ultimately directed his outsized talents to the mass murder of his fellow citizens. It follows Barack Obama’s campaign against the excesses of the Bush counterterrorism programs and his eventual embrace of the targeted killing of suspected militants. And it recounts how the president directed the mammoth machinery of spy agencies to hunt Awlaki down in a frantic, multi-million-dollar pursuit that would end with the death of Awlaki by a bizarre, robotic technology that is changing warfare—the drone.
Scott Shane, who has covered terrorism for The New York Times over the last decade, weaves the clash between president and terrorist into both a riveting narrative and a deeply human account of the defining conflict of our era. Awlaki, who directed a plot that almost derailed Obama’s presidency, and then taunted him from his desert hideouts, will go down in history as the first United States citizen deliberately hunted and assassinated by his own government without trial. But his eloquent calls to jihad, amplified by YouTube, continue to lure young Westerners into terrorism—resulting in tragedies from the Boston marathon bombing to the murder of cartoonists at a Paris weekly. Awlaki’s life and death show how profoundly America has been changed by the threat of terrorism and by our own fears.
Illuminating and provocative, and based on years of in depth reporting, Objective Troy is a brilliant reckoning with the moral challenge of terrorism and a masterful chronicle of our times.]]> 396 Scott Shane 0804140294 Bryan 3 4.05 2015 Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone
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]]> <![CDATA[The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era]]> 16130630
Drawing on new documents and interviews with more than 400 sources, award-winning reporter Michael Grunwald reveals the vivid story behind one of the most important and least understood laws in U. S. history, President Obama’s $800 billion stimulus. Grunwald’s New York Times bestseller shows how the politically disastrous stimulus was a real new New Deal, preventing a depression while jumpstarting the president’s ambitious agenda for lasting change. It launched America’s transition to a clean-energy economy, established the boldest education reform in U.S. history, overhauled the nation’s antipoverty programs, and funded the most extensive infrastructure investments since Eisenhower’s interstate highway system. This is the definitive account not only of a transformative law, but of a transformative president’s first term.]]> 544 Michael Grunwald 1451642334 Bryan 1 3.50 2012 The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era
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]]> What Is Punk? 25074132 -- Kirkus Reviews "Clay artist Yi molds...fantastically detailed Plasticine figures to create scenes of the birth of punk. Using a benign craft-project material for the skinny bodies and ragged clothing of Joey Ramone, Sid Vicious, and their rowdy, fist-waving audiences is very much in the spirit of punk (Plasticine is especially good for mohawks), and readers will spend long stretches inspecting her painstakingly modeled guitars, amplifiers, and safety pins."
-- Publishers Weekly "Why It's Wild: A history of punk music for kids illustrated in Gumby-esque claymation (minus the –mation)."
-- School Library Journal , 100 Scope Notes's "Wildest Children's Books of 2015" " What is Punk? is fun, sophisticated and beautifully illustrated introduction to the music genre for kids--or adults."
-- New York Daily News "Reading What is Punk? to [my kids] made me feel as if I was passing on something truly significant. Morse and Yi have created a comprehensive and articulate...documentary about the roots of punk rock."
-- The Globe and Mail "An essential way to pass down to your son or daughter the lesson that pop culture can be political."
-- The Globe and Mail , 100 Best Books of 2015 "A cool book of punk history for kids by Eric Morse, with great clay illustrations by Anny Yi."
-- Slate , Mom and Dad Are Fighting podcast "Eric Morse's book What Is Punk? explains the envelope-pushing genre to the younger set, and perhaps some adults, as well."
-- St. Louis Public Radio "Think Wallace and Grommet with liberty spikes and anarchy patches...While [Anny Yi's] images of Johnny Rotten and Henry Rollins are cute, they're presented as live action dioramas that are adorable, accurate and engaging."
-- San Diego City Beat "While What Is Punk? is undeniably a children’s book, it can serve as a history lesson for potential fans of any age.... What Is Punk? exposes the reader to the rebellious sub-culture in a friendly, educative manner."
-- Alternative Press "A fun little book intended to serve as (rhyming) curriculum for little punks learning their Punk History 101....Sid, Glenn, and Milo meet Wallace and Gromit."
-- Razorcake "Pairing Yi's Wallace & Gromit-style clay pictorials with Morse's rhyming ride through the history of punk music across the globe, the children’s book is ready to raise the next generation of riot grrrls....You're going to want to give What Is Punk? as a gift at every baby shower this year. Just don't be surprised if your niece ends up bleaching her hair blonde and tearing up her leather jacket at age 6."
-- Bustle "Written by Trampoline House founder Eric Morse in classically Suessical iambic, the book is lusciously illustrated with photographs of Play-Doh recreations of all mommy's and daddy's favorite punk heroes: the Ramones, Iggy and the Stooges--and Debbie Harry, David Byrne, David Johansen, Tom Verlaine, and Lou Reed all standing in front of CBGBs."
-- Bedford & Bowery What Is Punk? is a must-read pop-culture primer for children--an introduction to the punk revolution, recreated in vivid 3-D clay illustrations and told through rhyming couplets. From London's Clash and Sex Pistols to the Ramones' NYC protopunk, from Iggy Pop to the Misfits, this volume depicts some of our culture's seminal moments and iconic characters. A delightful read for kids and parents alike, illustrated in a truly unique visual style, What Is Punk? lays the groundwork for the next generation of little punks.]]> 32 Eric Morse 1617753920 Bryan 4
As a fan of punk music, I really found the idea of a children's book based off punk to be a pretty novel idea. What better way to introduce your child to a great style of music.

The good: Both of my kids have taken to the book, mainly because they love the clay people in it. My 9 year old can read, so he will sit down and actually read the book. So whether they enjoy it because of pictures is irrelevant, they are secretly learning about punk.

The bad: Not really a bad thing but I just kind of wished it had mentioned some more modern bands instead of all the "original" punk bands. Some mention of NOFX, Bad Religion, Pennywise, etc. would have been nice.

All in all a decent little children's book. That I would recommend for any punk out there with little children. It's no better or worse than any other children's book out there. ]]> 4.15 2015 What Is Punk?
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Received an advanced copy. Thank you!!

As a fan of punk music, I really found the idea of a children's book based off punk to be a pretty novel idea. What better way to introduce your child to a great style of music.

The good: Both of my kids have taken to the book, mainly because they love the clay people in it. My 9 year old can read, so he will sit down and actually read the book. So whether they enjoy it because of pictures is irrelevant, they are secretly learning about punk.

The bad: Not really a bad thing but I just kind of wished it had mentioned some more modern bands instead of all the "original" punk bands. Some mention of NOFX, Bad Religion, Pennywise, etc. would have been nice.

All in all a decent little children's book. That I would recommend for any punk out there with little children. It's no better or worse than any other children's book out there.
]]> <![CDATA[George Washington Is Cash Money: A No-Bullshit Guide to the United Myths of America]]> 23398830
Most of us are familiar with the greatest hits and legendary heroes of US history. In George Washington Is Cash Money , Cory O’Brien, author of Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes , does away with the pomp and circumstance and calls America’s history what it one long, violent soap opera. In his signature clever, crude, and cuss-ridden style, O’Brien reminds us

· Teddy Roosevelt stopped bullets with his manly chest
· Harriet Tubman avoided danger by having prophetic seizures.
· Joseph Smith invented Mormonism by staring into a hat full of rocks.
· Billy the Kid was finally defeated by the smell of fresh bacon.

And there’s plenty more Star Spangled stupidity where that came from.]]> 237 Cory O'Brien 039917348X Bryan 4 4.20 2015 George Washington Is Cash Money: A No-Bullshit Guide to the United Myths of America
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Received this book for free as part of the ŷ give aways. This book was a very good read. The chapters are short and written in a style that makes you feel like you are talking to some random guy at the bar who is telling you stories, only the stories are about history. I would read a couple chapters every night before bed and breezed right through this. Would definitely recommend.
]]> <![CDATA[The Davis Dynasty: Fifty Years of Successful Investing on Wall Street]]> 585137 This compelling new narrative from bestselling author John Rothchild tells the story of three generations of the legendary Davis family, who rank among the most successful investors in the history of the Street. With a novelist's wit and eye for telling detail, Rothchild chronicles the financial escapades of this eccentric, pioneering clan, providing a vivid portrait of fifty years of Wall Street history along the way. Rothchild shadows the Davis family's holdings through two lengthy bull markets, two savage and seven mild bear markets, one crash, and twenty-five corrections and, in the process, reveals the strategies behind the family's uncanny ability to consistently beat the markets.
The Davis Dynasty begins in 1947, the year Shelby Davis quit his job as a state bureaucrat and, armed with $50,000 of his wife's money, took the plunge into stock investing. By the time he died in 1994, he had multiplied his wife's original stake 8,000 times! The story continues with his son, Shelby, who established one of the most successful funds of the past thirty years. The final characters in this enthralling family saga are grandsons Chris and Andrew. Both surrendered to the Davis family passion for investing and both went on to earn reputations as investment luminaries in their own right.
John Rothchild (Miami Beach, FL) co-wrote the blockbusters One Up on Wall Street, Beating the Street, and Learn to Earn with Peter Lynch. He is the author of Survive and Profit in Ferocious Markets (Wiley: 0-471-34882-1), A Fool and His Money (Wiley: 0-471-25138-0), and Going for Broke. He has written for Harper's, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and other leading magazines and he has appeared on the Today Show, the Nightly Business Report, and CNBC.]]> 320 John Rothchild 047147441X Bryan 4 3.88 2001 The Davis Dynasty: Fifty Years of Successful Investing on Wall Street
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]]> Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4) 17212231 ‘Seek and ye shall find.�

With these words echoing in his head, eminent Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of where he is or how he got there. Nor can he explain the origin of the macabre object that is found hidden in his belongings.

A threat to his life will propel him and a young doctor, Sienna Brooks, into a breakneck chase across the city of Florence. Only Langdon’s knowledge of hidden passageways and ancient secrets that lie behind its historic facade can save them from the clutches of their unknown pursuers.

With only a few lines from Dante’s dark and epic masterpiece, The Inferno, to guide them, they must decipher a sequence of codes buried deep within some of the most celebrated artefacts of the Renaissance � sculptures, paintings, buildings � to find the answers to a puzzle which may, or may not, help them save the world from a terrifying threat�

Set against an extraordinary landscape inspired by one of history’s most ominous literary classics, Inferno is Dan Brown’s most compelling and thought-provoking novel yet, a breathless race-against-time thriller that will grab you from page one and not let you go until you close the book.]]> 463 Dan Brown 0385537859 Bryan 5 3.88 2013 Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)]]> 18512 here.

The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents. Gandalf returned, miraculously, and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Meanwhile, Sam and Frodo progressed towards Mordor to destroy the Ring, accompanied by SmEagol--Gollum, still obsessed by his 'precious'. After a battle with the giant spider, Shelob, Sam left his master for dead; but Frodo is still alive--in the hands of the Orcs. And all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing. J.R.R. Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labeled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.]]> 404 J.R.R. Tolkien Bryan 4 4.54 1955 The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)]]> 15241
Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs.

Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.]]> 322 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346260 Bryan 4 4.45 1954 The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)]]> 34
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind them

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
--back cover]]> 398 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346252 Bryan 4 4.36 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hobbit, or There and Back Again]]> 5907 Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001).]]> 366 J.R.R. Tolkien Bryan 4 4.29 1937 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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]]> Digital Fortress 11125 This an alternate cover for 9780552151696

When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage...not by guns or bombs, but by a code so ingeniously complex that if released it would cripple U.S. intelligence.

Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Susan Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves.

From the underground hallways of power to the skyscrapers of Tokyo to the towering cathedrals of Spain, a desperate race unfolds. It is a battle for survival--a crucial bid to destroy a creation of inconceivable genius...an impregnable code-writing formula that threatens to obliterate the post-cold war balance of power. Forever.]]> 510 Dan Brown Bryan 4 3.70 1998 Digital Fortress
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]]> <![CDATA[Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)]]> 960
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church.

Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.
Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair...a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.]]> 736 Dan Brown 1416524797 Bryan 4 3.95 2000 Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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]]> Deception Point 976 A conspiracy of staggering brilliance.
A thriller unlike any you've ever read....

When a new NASA satellite spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory� a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election.

With the Oval Office in the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Milne Ice Shelf to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable—evidence of scientific trickery—a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy.

But before Rachel can contact the President, she and Michael are attacked by a deadly task force…a private team of assassins controlled by a mysterious powerbroker who will stop at nothing to hide the truth. Fleeing for their lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, they possess only one hope, to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all…]]> 556 Dan Brown 0671027387 Bryan 4 3.76 Deception Point
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]]> <![CDATA[The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)]]> 968 The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, and The da Vinci Code

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.

The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.]]> 489 Dan Brown Bryan 4 3.92 2003 The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)]]> 6411961
Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned at the last minute to deliver an evening lecture in the Capitol Building. Within moments of his arrival, however, a disturbing object - gruesomely encoded with five symbols - is discovered at the epicenter of the Rotunda. It is, he recognizes, an ancient invitation, meant to beckon its recipient towards a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom.

When Langdon's revered mentor, Peter Solomon - philanthropist and prominent mason - is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons and follow wherever it leads him.

Langdon finds himself quickly swept behind the facade of America's most historic city into the unseen chambers, temples and tunnels which exist there. All that was familiar is transformed into a shadowy, clandestine world of an artfully concealed past in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth.

A brilliantly composed tapestry of veiled histories, arcane icons and enigmatic codes, The Lost Symbol is an intelligent, lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn. For, as Robert Langdon will discover, there is nothing more extraordinary or shocking than the secret which hides in plain sight...]]> 509 Dan Brown 0385504225 Bryan 5 3.75 2009 The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
author: Dan Brown
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book published: 2009
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