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We are all vulnerable to addiction. Whether it’s a compulsion to constantly check social media, binge eating, smoking, excessive drinking, or any other behaviors, we may find ourselves uncontrollably repeating. Why are bad habits so hard to overcome? Is there a key to conquering the cravings we know are unhealthy for us? This book provides groundbreaking answers to the most important questions about addiction.

Dan Jones’s life of Henry V stands out for the generous amount of space it allots to the critical first 26 years of his life before he became king. Both standalone biography and a completion of Dan’s sequence of English medieval histories that began with The Plantagenets and The Hollow Crown, Henry V is a thrilling and unmissable life of England’s greatest king from our best-selling medieval historian.

What separates the world's top traders from the vast majority of unsuccessful investors? In this iconic financial classic, Jack Schwager sets out to answer this question in his interviews with superstar money-makers including Bruce Kovner, Richard Dennis, Paul Tudor Jones, Michel Steinhardt, Ed Seykota, Marty Schwartz, Tom Baldwin, and more in this audiobook.

In this important and ground-breaking, deeply personal investigation, Jones writes of the emerging concept of “matrescence”—the wholeness of becoming a mother. Drawing on her own experiences of twice becoming a mother, as well as exploring the latest research in the fields of neuroscience and evolutionary biology; psychoanalysis and existential therapy; sociology, economics and ecology, Jones writes of the physical and emotional changes in the maternal mind, body, and spirit and shows us how these changes are far more profound, wild, and enduring than have been previously explored.

Quando este livro foi lançado em 1994, ninguém poderia imaginar que um título sobre atenção plena (mindfulness) entraria nas listas de mais vendidos e alcançaria a marca de um milhão de exemplares. Mais de 25 anos depois, ele continua a transformar a vida de meditadores iniciantes e experientes com suas valiosas dicas, seus conceitos e exercícios. Contando envolventes histórias sobre os benefícios da meditação e as descobertas e os desafios no caminho do autoconhecimento, este livro é perfeito para quem deseja uma vida com mais calma, significado e propósito.

Everyday life is so frantic and full of troubles that we have largely forgotten how to live a joyful existence. We try so hard to be happy that we often end up missing the most important parts of our lives. In Mindfulness, Oxford professor Mark Williams and award-winning journalist Danny Penman reveal the secrets to living a happier and less anxious, stressful, and exhausting life.

Pensar demais é um desperdício de tempo, de criatividade e de vida, um obstáculo à realização de objetivos que atrapalha quase todo mundo. A boa notícia é que é possível transformar o excesso de pensamentos em um superpoder, em vez de um superproblema. O primeiro passo é compreender que os pensamentos são como uma trilha sonora das nossas mentes e, quando não os controlamos, eles nos controlam.

Se lancer dans une carrière réussie nécessite plus que de la chance ou du hasard ; cela exige une planification réfléchie, une prise de décision stratégique et une compréhension solide du paysage professionnel. Dans « Développement de Carrière et Recherche d`Emploi », nous présentons un manuel complet adapté aux besoins spécifiques et aux nuances du marché du travail. S`appuyant sur des années d`expérience et d`expertise, ce guide est méticuleusement conçu pour équiper les individus avec des compétences, des connaissances et de la confiance nécessaires pour prospérer dans leur domaine choisi.

Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions bound up with money, race, identity, and faith. In him we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations. This book tells the story of Lincoln from his birth on the Kentucky frontier to his leadership during the Civil War to his tragic assassination: his rise, his self-education, his loves, his bouts of depression, his political failures, his deepening faith, and his persistent conviction that slavery must end.

The epic tale of Odysseus and his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmity of the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must use his wit and native cunning if he is to reach his homeland safely and overcome the obstacles that, even there, await him.

One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War. At its centre is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his leader, Agamemnon. But when the Trojan Hector kills Achilles' close friend Patroclus, he storms back into battle to take revenge - although knowing this will ensure his own early death.

Ned Kelly the man - warts and all - the most vivid portrait yet of Australia's immortal outlaw! Author, Ian Jones, acknowledged Kelly authority, shares with us the results of a lifetime's research. For the first time, Ned Kelly truly emerges as a man - a man who hated conflict yet never escaped it. A private man incapable of being ordinary and unnoticed. A man who was seen, even in his own lifetime, as what he represented rather than what he was.

Neste breve romance em que a atmosfera onírica se mescla à transcendência, um homem começa a dirigir sem rumo e, desconhecendo as próprias motivações, conduz seu carro até uma floresta. Logo escurece e começa a nevar. Obedecendo à lógica trágica e misteriosa que opera nos pesadelos — ou no encontro inescapável com o destino —, em vez de procurar ajuda, ele decide se aventurar pela mata escura, onde se depara com um ser de brancura reluzente.

Este audiolivro pretende contar a história de como eram os templários, não como as lendas os adornaram desde então.

Pessoas e equipes positivas produzem excelentes resultados e o ingrediente fundamental é a energia positiva.

One of history’s most iconic figures, Cleopatra is rightly remembered as a clever and charismatic ruler. But few today realize that she was the last in a long line of Egyptian queens who bore that name. In The Cleopatras, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the dramatic story of these seven incomparable women, vividly recapturing the lost world of Hellenistic Egypt and tracing the kingdom’s final centuries before its fall to Rome.

Freddie Mercury dispensa apresentações. Mas o que há por trás desse mito do rock? Como ele era nos bastidores? Como foi sua infância e por que ele a escondeu tão bem? Freddie era uma figura pouco convencional no meio do showbiz. Carente, inseguro, com uma forte personalidade, fã de ópera, mitologia e astrologia, Farrokh Bulsara, também conhecido como Freddie Mercury, é uma figura que merece ser conhecida de perto. Freddie Mercury: A biografia definitiva é uma ótima oportunidade para isso.

In the land of Ingary, where seven league boots and cloaks of invisibility do exist, Sophie Hatter catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a spell. Deciding she has nothing more to lose, she makes her way to the moving castle that hovers on the hills above Market Chipping. But the castle belongs to the dreaded Wizard Howl, whose appetite, they say, is satisfied only by the souls of young girls....

Alma Katsu calls My Heart Is a Chainsaw “a homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre.” On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart: a biting critique of American colonialism, Indigenous displacement, and gentrification, and a heartbreaking portrait of a broken young girl who uses horror movies to cope with the horror of her own life.

Often the decision between a customer choosing you over someone like you is your ability to know exactly what to say, when to say it, and how to make it count. Phil M. Jones has trained more than two million people across five continents and over 50 countries in the lost art of spoken communication. In Exactly What to Say, he delivers the tactics you need to get more of what you want.