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"INFP: A Flower in the Shade" by Sandra Nichols is a comprehensive and insightful examination of the Myers-Briggs INFP personality. This book will help INFP's: Appreciate the value of their idealistic nature Understand the apparent contradictions of their personality Comprehend the value of their capacity for healing separations Discover their contributions as romantic heroes Value their unique ability of seeing the big picture Adopt coping strategies for dealing with criticism and feeling unappreciated or misunderstood Develop ways of building greater self-confidence Understand their ...

In a workplace flooded with résumés, Emotional Intelligence Behaviors at Work: The 9 EQ Traits that Make You Leadership’s Most Wanted separates the forgettable from the unforgettable. This isn’t another soft skills pep talk—it’s a no-nonsense guide to mastering the emotional intelligence behaviors that turn ordinary professionals into organizational MVPs.

All he wanted was enough whiskey to forget. Ravaged by grief after a car crash killed his cherished wife and unborn child, Chase Tyler has abandoned his family business. He'd hit the rodeo circuit and the bars with equal disregard for his life, unwilling to face his pain and move on - until a bad-tempered bull and a lady from the past forced him to.... All she wanted was his love. Marcie Johns had known Chase all her life, and had been driving the car when it crashed.

Deep in the California woods on an evening in late August, Jane Pearson is camping with her husband, Leo, and their five-year-old son, Benjamin. As dusk sets in, she drifts softly to sleep in a hammock strung outside the tent where Leo and Benjamin are preparing for bed. At that moment, every single person with a Y chromosome vanishes around the world, disappearing from operating theaters mid-surgery, from behind the wheels of cars, from arguments and acts of love. Children, adults, even fetuses are gone in an instant. Leo and Benjamin are gone. No one knows why, how, or where.

Neuroscientists Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang (who is also a parent) explain the facets and functions of the developing brain, discussing salient subjects such as sleep problems, language learning, gender differences, and autism. They dispel common myths about important subjects, such as the value of educational videos for babies, the meaning of ADHD in the classroom, and the best predictor of academic success (hint: It's not IQ). Most of all, this book will help you know when to worry, how to respond, and, most important, when to relax.

Roy Stikes is a genius scientist. Our government recruited him to work for them in a top-secret building full of labs meant for high-clearance biological war tactics. Diseases and viruses are what Dr. Stikes studied, but he excelled in rare and unheard of strains of the flu, which made him an extremely valuable asset. As "by protocol" as he always was, it made no difference that one fateful day when he so carelessly let a drop of the malevolent virus leak out onto his lab table. Roy managed to evade cameras, hide his mistake, and leave the building.

Read by the authors. Is she really fine or is she just saying that to avoid talking to me? How can our bond grow when she acts as if she doesn't want me around? How do I share my faith without her thinking it's a sermon? As your daughter heads into the teenage years, you wonder how to handle the...

Sandra E. Jackson, a Bestselling Author, offers a Fresh Perspective on how to Approach True Stories in the Bible: Do your thoughts feel like a runaway train? We've all been there. The moment you have a positive, faith-filled Thought, a wave of doubt rushes in to consume it. The noise in your mind can feel overwhelming, leaving you unstable and anxious in your daily walk. You are not alone in this struggle. The Bible warns that a doubting mind is an unstable mind, and Thoughts Devotional is your biblical blueprint for change. Through daily readings, you will discover how to: Corral your ...

Columbia Business School professor Sandra Matz reveals in fascinating detail how big data offers insights into the most intimate aspects of our psyches and how these insights empower an external influence over the choices we make. This can be creepy, manipulative, and downright harmful, with scandals like that of British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica being merely the tip of the iceberg. Yet big data also holds enormous potential to help us live healthier, happier lives.

In 1914, a young man from Minnesota ventures out to eastern Montana to file a land claim under the Homesteading Act. He steps off the train in the tiny town of Glasgow, his rifle in a scabbard over his shoulder, his only luggage a carpenter’s tool box and a case holding some clothes. The author, that homesteader’s granddaughter, has woven together Prairie Dust: The Life and Times of Fremont Gideon from family stories about his many adventures. Fremont expanded his original 320-acre claim into a 4,000-acre cattle ranch. Then one day all of it was threatened by a life-changing event.

L.A. Theatre Works presents Five Short Stories by Women: A quintet of tales from some of America’s most distinguished female authors.

In this tell-all memoir, the only daughter of the man who was considered the "brains of the Mob" opens the door on her glamorous - and tragic - life. Sandi Lansky Lombardo, daughter of Mob boss Meyer Lansky, was raised in New York City in upper-class Jewish splendor and spent her childhood in the undeniable glitz of Havana and Las Vegas in Lansky's heyday in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s. She dined out with her father and his associates when she was six and was introduced to Frank Sinatra when she was 11.

Introducing how you can finally escape years of yo-yo dieting, binge eating, failed diets, gruesome exercise routines & actually lose weight the natural, sustainable & enjoyable way using hypnosis!

Maggy Thorsen, co-owner of the Wisconsin gourmet coffeehouse Uncommon Grounds, is in South Florida at an annual crime-writers' conference. She's attending with her beau, local sheriff Jake Pavlik, who is due to speak as a forensics expert. But Maggy's pledge to behave solely as a tourist becomes much trickier than she anticipated.

Rilla travels across the pond to Boston, the place of her birth. After eight years away, she discovers her very existence has been a lie. The people she thought she knew, and those she loved, had kept secrets and lies that could bring scandal and shame if they are discovered. Everything she holds dear could be taken from her. Making matters worse, she is being hunted by a stranger whose sole purpose is to separate her from her inheritance, leaving her in ruin.

From New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown, Ricochet is a sultry Savannah thriller filled with murder, betrayal, and unexpected desire. Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is called to Judge Cato Laird’s opulent mansion after the judge’s trophy wife, Elise, shoots a man she claims was...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'AMAZING.' NANA AKUA, GB NEWS 'A perfect combination of candid personal insight and scientific research, this highly readable guide covers it all, from cigarettes to jumping jacks...' Dr Flaminia Ronca When journalist Sandra Parsons suffered a serious back injury in...

Don’t miss this engrossing mystery to find a shocking murderer. The author, Dr. Sandra Tanner, is an award-winning author. On a windy March morning, a bulldozer excavated the remains of a woman, a man, and a dog. People immediately suspected that the remains belonged to Lovelean Waller, her boyfriend David Burke, and her Pekingese Knox. They had been missing for ten years. Once the remains were officially identified, Lovelean’s sister, Amelia Shaw, hired Private Investigator Kadence and her team, the Pinky McKnight Investment Club, to find the murderer. The investigation team uncovers ...

From two of the world's top scientists and one of the world's top science writers (all parents), Dirt Is Good is a Q&A-based guide to everything you need to know about kids and germs. "Is it OK for my child to eat dirt?" Jack Gilbert and Rob Knight are bombarded with questions like this every week from parents all over the world. Google a question like this, and you'll be overwhelmed with answers. The Internet is rife with speculation and misinformation about the risks and benefits of what most parents think of as simply germs, but which scientists now call the microbiome.

In Always the Baker, Never the Bride, listeners fell in love with Emma Rae and Jackson, and they've gotten more acquainted with them in the two books that followed. But now it's time for the diamond to meet the road as Jackson fields an offer to sell The Tanglewood, a move that will uproot this high-flying family act once and for all. Get reacquainted with all of the lovable and quirky characters from the first three books as your favorite diabetic baker figures out if she'll achieve her greatest goal of all.