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Thick. Gooey. Smelly. Before safety rules and indoor plumbing, someone had to handle the mess that kept America running. This book digs into the grossest jobs people were expected to do between 1800 and 1930 - whether they wanted to or not. Inside, you’ll run into things like: • Body snatching • Leeches • Maggots • Rotten milk • Moldy grain • Human waste • Clogged sewers These weren’t accidents. They were jobs. And somebody had to do them. Every story in this book is drawn from public-domain sources, including historical newspapers, government labor reports, medical ...

A powerful technology for producing change.When we first encountered NLP more than a dozen years ago, we realized it represented a paradigm shift - a completely new way of thinking that makes heightened achievement levels and personal transformation possible.Here's the great reality about NLP: If one person can do something, anyone else can learn how to do it! Now, human excellence can be systematically studied, then reproduced.

Take your first steps into the adrenaline-fuelled fiction of the 41st millennium with a thrilling collection of tales, including an action-packed novella pitting noble Ultramarines against sinister necrons. Whether you're dipping a toe into the galaxy of Warhammer 40,000 or are a hardened veteran of the universe, this anthology is the perfect way to discover the many factions of the games in action-packed tales.

Get ready to gag, laugh, and learn with Scary Medicine: Horrible Cures and Creepy Diseases from History! From leeches and bloodletting to quack devices that promised to cure everything from headaches to “the vapors,” medical history is stranger - and grosser - than you ever imagined. This book dives into the weird, shocking, and sometimes hilarious world of medicine from 1800 to the 1970s, revealing: Deadly diseases like tuberculosis, typhoid, smallpox, and the Spanish flu - and how people tried to survive them Bizarre treatments including electric belts, vibrating chairs, and “...

History class just got way more disgusting — and way more fun. Gross American History reveals the shocking, hilarious, and totally real things people once ate, drank, wore, and trusted to keep themselves healthy. Long before modern safety laws, everyday life was a dangerous experiment. From radium face cream to arsenic medicine, miracle tonics, toxic makeup, fake cures, tainted milk, and products that literally glowed in the dark, Americans (and much of the world) tried it all — and paid the price. Perfect for teens, homeschool families, and curious readers, this book explores: ✔ The ...

ENGINEERING DISASTERS: Real Stories of Collapses, Breakdowns, and Horrible Blunders Unbelievable - but completely true - engineering failures shaped America in ways most people never learn about. From bridges that snapped without warning to dams that burst in the night, this book uncovers the real moments when bold ideas, rushed designs, and ignored warning signs collided with catastrophe. These weren’t just broken machines - they were disasters that toppled towers, wrecked factories, flooded communities, and forced engineers to rebuild the nation’s safety rules from the ground up. ...

Kelly Roberts worked over thirty years as a psychic consultant to law enforcement on homicide cases and private clients, using her abilities of clairvoyance, clairaudience, remote viewing, and much more. The techniques she used took her years to learn, but she shares them with you here in this down-to-earth guide, with easy to learn shortcuts to develop and train the abilities you already possess. She firmly believes everyone has some degree of intuition and psychic ability, and shows you how to train your own abilities so you can use them for your best and highest good, or for the good of ...

Dangerous, deadly, and disastrous. From frozen Arctic seas to collapsing mountain trails and mosquito-choked jungles, this book explores real expeditions where confidence arrived long before understanding. These are true stories of explorers, surveyors, soldiers, and scientists who set out with careful plans - only to discover that terrain, weather, disease, and distance had plans of their own. This is not a book about heroic triumphs. It’s about what actually happened when expeditions met environments that refused to cooperate. Inside, you’ll find: Real expeditions that stalled, failed...

From Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, here are the best stories of 2002, written by four of the most respected writers of our day: Robert Silverberg, James Patrick Kelly, Ian Watson, and Gregory Benford. Also try The Best of Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine and The Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine 2002.

After listening to this book, you can effectively motivate, inspire, and lead engineering professionals of all levels that are happy and loyal to you. With years of experience within the software engineering and technology sectors, Robert Murphy has become an expert in building healthy company cultures and motivating engineering professionals.

Terrifying Inventions of American History: Wild Schemes, Wacky Gadgets, and the Risky Minds Who Tried to Change the World American innovation has never been simple - or safe. From early steam-powered machines and malfunctioning office equipment to dangerous toys, medical misfires, and deadly household “conveniences,” this book uncovers the real inventions that once put lives, limbs, and common sense to the test. Drawn from public-domain reports, newspapers, patent archives, and historical accounts, each chapter explores the strange, surprising, and sometimes frightening devices created ...

Creativity and Innovation Have Become Mandatory in Higher Education No matter a college or university’s size, student body, affiliation, or type, every campus is facing increasingly complex challenges: enrollment shortfalls, budget deficits, and faculty and staff who are asked to do so much more with less. Stakeholder demands for increased accountability, shifting student demographics, and governmental policy changes are reshaping the higher education landscape. Leaders across the academy must be willing to adapt to undertake these challenges head-on. Disruptive Transformation draws on ...

Do you want to make money with the knowledge that you already have? Or learn a few new tricks that might change your financial world? Do you want to write a book, but you don't know how? Do you have skills? Talents? Hobbies? Do you have knowledge passed down to you from experience or from your parents? Have you been told you need a lot of money to create your business or open your office? This book has lots of ideas to give you a different perspective, and how you can create your own business, oftentimes with no money or previous experience. These ideas aren’t gleaned from scanning the ...

Robert Kelly wants to be mature enough to own a sword. He tells the crowd about gay men being good neighbors, being too connected to a woman, and video games being a 37-year-old's obsession. Then, Nick Thune unleashes observations to the thoughtful strumming of his guitar. Finally, Neal Brennan soberly covers the bases of conversational comedy - and he's dressed for it.

Multiple experts share how they were able to overcome limits to achieve the “next level” in their business, mindset, and/or relationships. In Level Up - you'll hear from experts in business, mindset, and life - and how they were able to surpass their goals, turn disadvantages into advantages, and create their ideal lifestyle!

A special "best of" presentation from Volumes 21 through 30. Highlights include: Dane Cook, Harland Williams, Jon Lovitz, Paul Rodriguez, Modi, Gerry Bednob, Dean Edwards, Jeremy Hotz, Jo Koy, Darwin Hines, Godfrey, Robert Kelly, Nick Thune, Neil Brennan, and Maz Jobrani.

When the little girl across the street is attacked and left for dead, Eleanor finds a way to give karma a helping hand.

In this book, you will learn what a Midwife is, and what a Doula is - and more importantly, what they can do for you, how they can support you, and how to locate either or both to discuss your pursuit of a natural childbirth. You will learn what to expect from a Midwife or Doula during the prenatal, labor, delivery, and postpartum stages of your pregnancy. The reason I wrote this book was because I wanted to provide a way for pregnant individuals (or couples) who are considering natural childbirth options.

Do you want to have your cake and eat it too? Or dive in to your favorite pizza? None of us like to put on unwanted weight, and for some who are fed up with diets, this book has some tips for you! Learn how to train your brain with just a few suggestions and imagery to change the negative to the positive. Kelly Roberts is a retired Clinical Hypnotherapist, and she shares with you simple tips she used to share with her clients and has used personally for years. Learn how to reduce and maintain your weight with the energy of your mind!

New life. New beginnings. New threats. The fusion begins...