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A Message for the Author: My family and I travel a lot. Over the years, we have learned to travel light by editing our wardrobe and sundry items down to the bare essentials. My wife Liz and I had a tendency to bring our entire house with us (well, not literally) on our overseas trips, especially when the boys traveled with us, and that almost always resulted in excess baggage and sore limbs. We dreaded time at baggage claim, but in hindsight we have only ourselves to blame. We made a choice to take with us so many things that we ended up not using – things we could have gotten rid of and ...

**Awards:** New Mexico-Arizona Book Award Finalist, 2024; Royal Dragonfly First Place in Letters, Diaries, and Journals, 2024; Global Book Awards Silver Medalist in Biography and Memoir, 2024; Wishing Shelf Red Ribbon, 2025; Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Memoir, 2025. More than a sailing memoir, We Ran Away to Sea is an intimate exploration of how two strong, loving people pursue meaning — and how, over time, they come to understand each other more fully. They had built a life many would admire — a strong marriage, two children, creative work they loved, and a restored ...

A dark, edgy BDSM romance... Caught red-handed with her fingers in the company cash, Rae Johansen must choose between near-certain jail time or a much shorter sentence locked away in the BDSM dungeon of the man she has stolen from. Acceptance means placing her free will, her body and possibly her soul in the hands of a dominant man who demands complete submission.

Nate King and his family are accustomed to dealing with the perils of the wild. It's the spread of civilization that sends them farther into the rugged Rocky Mountains to find a more secluded home. Along the way, fighting off attacks from rattlesnakes and wild buffalo, Nate becomes separated from the rest of the group. And only then does he realize that civilization isn't so ready to be left behind.

Several years after the American Civil War, former Confederate officer Robert Ambrose is still seeking peace. He has a home and a family, and is learning to enjoy life on a ranch in the Colorado Territory. All of that changes when rustlers murder someone close to him, leaving him with difficult decisions. Will he find the will to kill again to protect those he loves, and to bring justice to the struggling West? This is book two in the Ambrose Western Saga

This Heal Your Inner Child Guided Self-Hypnosis program was designed to assist the listener in gaining a solid sense of self, healing and reclaiming early, frozen aspects of the child self, and reclaiming energy, self-love and empowerment.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, the English poet Francis Thompson (1859-1907) was a true mystic. While more celebrated poets, like Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Arnold, were content to express their religious leanings in traditional devotional formulae, Thompson strove to portray the divine directly, in all its terrifying majesty. In this way he is more akin to earlier masters, like Henry Vaughan and George Herbert, than to the poets of his own day.

Why are single mothers still portrayed as one-dimensional, hot messes? Why are we constantly told that children of single parents will be damaged for life? In this myth-busting manifesto, Sarah Thompson shares her own experience of single motherhood, along with contributions from leading child psychologists, to examine the positive impacts that being raised by a single parent can have on a child. She shares practical tips for dealing with the many financial challenges that single mothers face, and advice on how to navigate work when you’re parenting solo.

Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong's famous words as he first set foot on the moon: "one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." But America's journey to the moon was anything but simple. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite, into orbit; later that year, America's first attempt was such a failure that the media nicknamed it "Kaputnik." Still, we didn't give up. With each failure, we gleaned valuable information about what went wrong, and how to avoid it in the future. So we tried again. And again. And each time we failed, we failed a little bit better.

Exposing trafficking, theft, fraud, and gambling in the major leagues, a founding member of the MLB's Department of Investigations reveals a news-breaking true story of power and corruption. In the wake of 2005's sometimes contentious, sometimes comical congressional hearings on...

Brought to you by Penguin. How much does our speed and our decline depend on our minds, not our bodies? In this thought-provoking and inspiring book, top 25 Master marathoner Nick Thompson invites readers to defy the inevitable decline that comes with age. After setting the American record in...

I arrived in Emerson Pass Colorado with my entire life in one small suitcase. Compared to Boston, life wouldn’t be easy in this tiny frontier town. Everyone was counting on me. My family…to provide for them back home. The mayor…to teach all the children living here. I was determined to make it work and succeed in the unruly West. But things didn’t start off well. A stray gunshot spooked the horses, and I ended up face-first in the snow. Until rescue came in the strong, capable hands of a handsome stranger…

X is trapped living in the slums of the last remaining city on Earth. He can only venture out beyond the towering walls to scavenge relics of the old world when the sun is up. At night, like everybody else, he hides inside from the monsters of the shadows...until an unexpected death occurs a little too close to home. With the blame on his shoulders, and trigger-happy guards on his trail, X has no choice but to run. But the city was never a safe place to begin with, not really, and his only slim chance of survival lies outside the walls, in a landscape empty of humanity.

This Getting over a Breakup guided self-hypnosis program was designed to assist the listener in gaining closure, releasing unhelpful emotional ties, releasing unhelpful relationship patterns, and gaining confidence for the future. The hypnosis induction features isochronic tones which are a form of brainwave entrainment to help achieve deeper relaxation.

Hunter S. Thompson's notorious Screwjack is as salacious, unsettling, and brutally lyrical as it has been rumored to be since the private printing in 1991 of 300 fine collectors' copies and 26 leather-bound presentation copies. Only the first of the three pieces included here - "Mescalito", published in Thompson's 1990 collection Songs of the Doomed - has been available to the public, making the audio edition of Screwjack a major publishing event.

Are you tired of meal planning stress, grocery budget overruns, and the endless cycle of ordering takeout because you ran out of ideas? The revolutionary GPT-5.4 model changes everything. This comprehensive guide shows you exactly how to transform ChatGPT into your personal sous chef, nutritionist, and meal planning expert.

In this wise and insightful audiobook, psychologist Michael Thompson, PhD, and children's book author Catherine O'Neill Grace illuminate the crucial and often hidden role that friendship plays in the lives of children from birth through adolescence. Best Friends, Worst Enemies brings to life the drama of childhood relationships, guiding parents to a deeper understanding of the motives and meanings of social behavior.    

Get a time-travelling tour of world history with these 30 brilliant lectures that cover the full story of human civilization, analyzing geography, technology, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Every lecture is delivered in special period characters often invented to illustrate the life of their times. Professor Thompson speaks and acts like them. He actually becomes them! He's such an entertaining presenter that you’ll learn without knowing it.

Understand and renegotiate the agreements you make with yourself to unlock your highest potential, guiding you toward self-discovery, healing, and living a life aligned with your true purpose. Every struggle you face is more than a challenge—it’s an invitation. An invitation to shed the...

Master the Art of AI Stacking: Combine Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex, and Gemini for Unstoppable Coding Power Stop limiting yourself to just one AI coding assistant when you can harness the combined strengths of all three major platforms. Most developers struggle with AI hallucinations, incomplete code, and inconsistent results because they rely on a single tool. The solution? Learn to orchestrate multiple AI models in a strategic workflow that eliminates each tool's weaknesses. How to Combine Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex, and Gemini for Maximum AI Power reveals the exact framework successful ...