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What separates the best from the rest? Their edge. This transformational guide — written by a coach to Olympians, CEOs and high performers worldwide - reveals how to find your edge and become a serial winner. TRUE HAPPINESS IS FOUND IN BECOMING WHAT YOU’RE CAPABLE OF. Performance is for everyone. When you unlock your potential, life gets easier, because you get better. Now, for the first time, James Vincent shares the timeless principles once reserved for Olympic athletes and world-class leaders.

A vibrant account of how measurement has invisibly shaped our world, from ancient civilizations to the modern day.

Find clarity, build confidence and plan the retirement that’s right for you For most Australians, retirement raises two big questions: what will I do with my time, and will my money last? In 12 Months to Retire Right, Glen James and Vince Scully guide you through the 12 key areas you need to...

No one believed him. Everyone laughed. But when an EMP cripples the nation, Jackson Kent is one of the few prepared to survive. He must now rescue the family who rejected him from the violence of the city streets and bring them to his mountain homestead.

Within the deep woods of rural Alabama, along the forgotten southern course of the Black Warrior River, lies an unseen world long feared by the residents of the tiny town of Carlsdale. Down through the centuries, few people have survived a visit to this hidden place long enough to talk about it. Among these fortunate souls is Jack Kenney. Thirteen years old at the time of the event, Jack and his family were forced to flee Carlsdale in the aftermath and head north to the larger city of Tuscaloosa. Mercifully, the menace from their former home left them in peace for nearly eight years.

She left me once. Now she's back—with a four-year-old who looks a little too familiar. Five years ago, Rose Howard walked out of Buckhorn—out of my life. I told myself I was over her. Hell, I tried to be. But when she shows up in town right before Christmas—soft smile, that same...

A man is found murdered in his locked study. The weapon lies beside his body. The fingerprints point to only one suspect. And the verdict is already waiting. But legendary detective Vincent Gideon knows something is wrong. The crime scene is too perfect. The evidence is too clean. The witnesses are too certain. And when a woman he loves stands accused of murder, Gideon is forced into the most dangerous investigation of his career — a case that reaches into secret rooms, staged deaths, disappearing identities, and a criminal mastermind who has never been caught. Behind the polished walls ...

A brilliant detective. A beautiful young woman hiding a devastating secret. A master criminal who has fooled America for decades. When Professor Knight's daughter, Elizabeth, survives a terrifying attack inside her locked bedroom, suspicion falls upon the wrong man. As evidence mounts and accusations fly, journalist and amateur detective Vincent Gideon is drawn into a mystery unlike anything he has ever encountered. The clues refuse to make sense. A murderer appears and vanishes without explanation. Witnesses swear they saw the impossible. And every answer only creates new questions. As ...

Mexican cuisine has a long history, and food is an important part of the country's culture and values. Its cuisine reflects the country's diverse geography, various crops grown there, and links to cultures dating back thousands of years. Authentic Mexican cuisine is believed to have originated with the Mayan Indians, who were nomadic farmers who ate mainly game meat, fresh fruits, and beans.

Corrupted powers gather around the ancient mountaintop fortress of Middenheim, the City of the White Wolf. Danger has arisen, not at the embattled borders of the Empire, but at the beating heart itself. Only the noble Templar Knights of Ulric can drive out the darkness, but they will need unlikely help to do it. A lowly thief, a devout servant of Morr, and the Hammers of Ulric gather to defend the city. For if Middenheim falls, the Empire falls with it.

Reclaiming Parkland details the failed attempt of Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman - cofounder of the production company Playtone - to make Vincent Bugliosi’s mammoth book about the Kennedy assassination, Reclaiming History, into a miniseries. It exposes the questionable origins of Reclaiming History in a dubious mock trial for cable television, in which Bugliosi played the role of an attorney prosecuting Lee Harvey Oswald for murder, and how this formed the basis for the epic tome.

We measure rainfall and radiation, the depths of space and the emptiness of atoms, calories and steps, happiness and fear. If we could not measure then we could not observe the world around us; we could not experiment, learn, and co-operate. But why did this urge to measure flourish? And when did measurement become ubiquitous? It is an incredible story that spans hunter-gatherer societies to ancient Egyptians, the French Revolution to the relentless quantification of the 21st-century self. It is a tale that tracks humanity's search for dependable truths in a chaotic universe.

Some Inheritances Are Meant to Be Forgotten... When Bridget Flynn inherits her grandmother's secluded summer house deep in the Louisiana bayou, she expects little more than an aging family estate filled with cherished memories. Instead, she discovers a legacy of deception, whispered secrets, and a mystery someone has spent decades protecting. Hidden inside the old Beauregard home lies the first clue to a fortune that vanished generations ago. As Bridget begins unraveling cryptic family records, forgotten letters, and long-buried clues, she realizes she has become the target of ruthless ...

The true strength of the Emperor's largest military force lies not in their artillery, trenches, and tanks, but in the courage of the ordinary men and women of the Astra Militarum. Against the countless foes of the Imperium, Guardsmen stand together. They fight to live and die not only for the glory of the God-Emperor, but for their fellow soldier.

She ran from her wedding. Now she's standing on my porch… still in the damn dress. Faith Ross always did have a wild streak, but seeing her stumble out of a wrecked truck on Christmas Eve—lace torn, eyes glassy with panic—is something I'll never forget. Six years ago, she left Buckhorn...

Long before the swirling skies and sunflower fields, there was a quiet boy with deep questions, big feelings, and a mind full of wonder. This book traces the early years of Vincent van Gogh—not the famous painter, but the boy who would one day become him. With the same careful eye he later turned to his art, young Vincent noticed the world in ways others didn’t. He wrestled with doubt, struggled in school, worked hard, and searched for a place where he truly belonged. Written for adult readers who want a fresh perspective on a well-known figure, this story explores how a sensitive, ...

After manifesting thorned magic and nearly destroying his hometown, Kieren Belltower is summoned to join the Magic Service—an institution in charge of magical affairs—and start an apprenticeship with a high-ranking magician. But instead of the mage assigned to teach him, Kieren is greeted by his haughty and annoyingly handsome senior apprentice Esten, who clearly has more important things to do than chaperone some newbie.

A Pluralistic Universe by the philosopher and psychologist William James (1842-1910) is based on a series of lectures held at Oxford University in 1908. James is mainly concerned with the nature of relations, stating the possibility of external relations which were excluded from monistic idealism. James maintains that we are guided by beliefs that we attempt to justify in order to keep our beliefs going.

Etta James, the legendary jazz, gospel, rhythm & blues, and soul singer, was perfectly positioned to reign as the supreme artist in the emerging soul genre of the '40s and '50s in America. No one ever doubted her talent, the highly distinctive and versatile nature of her voice, or her drive to succeed, and yet, she has been "woefully overlooked" in the history of indigenous rock and blues music in the United States.

Jonathan Evergreen is a talented sophomore at a prestigious, isolated college in Vermont, who dreams of a career in book conservation. But Jonathan’s life isn’t as rosy as it may appear. Disowned by his family after they caught him with another boy, he struggles to overcome heartbreak and support himself through his studies. To make matters worse, his advisor and the only ally in the institution run by old money and family connections mysteriously vanishes, and a new enigmatic professor, Dacian Bathory, takes his place.