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Anders Ericsson has made a career studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak distills three decades of myth-shattering research into a powerful learning strategy that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring new abilities. Whether you want to stand out at work, improve your athletic or musical performance, or help your child achieve academic goals, Ericsson’s revolutionary methods will show you how to improve at almost any skill that matters to you.

A century ago, everyone was convinced that by now we would be working a 15-hour week. It never happened. Not because of any lack of efficiency savings or streamlining. We still work for dear life. In this book, anthropologist Dennis Nørmark and philosopher Anders Fogh Jensen set out to discover how we spend our working lives. It is a journey into absurdity, where the meaning of work has disappeared, and the promise of leisure has never been fulfilled.

The quest to find the Destiny Stone, is now a race to discover the Amulet of Truth. Snark might have bitten off more than he can chew, but Jane and her team of AIs step up to provide even more military protection, while Duke Fred and his team provide some unusual diplomacy, taking the once private quest to a whole new level. The Brotherhood’s web of corruption, deceit, and deception, spreads wider than anyone suspects, and the mysterious Brother Prime lies at the heart of the growing unrest and attacks across four sectors. While Jamie seeks to re-join his friends from a backward planet ...

When Ben Templeton asks Lilah Beckett to marry him, she's over the moon. She's been in love with him for years and now, finally, it looks like those feelings are reciprocated. She eagerly accepts his proposal, but on her wedding day, all expectations of a happily ever after with the love of her...

The first of two new action-packed thrillers by the internationally bestselling author of the Game trilogy takes you deep inside the world of police intelligence—where secrecy, betrayal, and deadly competition reign supreme. David Sarac is a handler at the Intelligence Unit of the Stockholm...

Björn Nilsson ligger brutalt misshandlad i Kongos djungel 1961. Sextio år senare mördas gamla FN-veteraner en efter en i Sverige. Kriminalinspektör Esther Ndembe och ex-elitsoldaten Klas Berg jagar en sanning som sträcker sig från Kongos djungler till Kremls korridorer. Men när de äntligen närmar sig svaret upptäcker de att någon är beredd att döda för att hemligheten ska förbli begravd. Vem kan de lita på när fienden kan vara vem som helst?

Laura is excited to spend Christmas as usual with her beloved aunt Hedda and her friends. But her festive mood soon turns sour as she finds both old faces and new are keeping secrets from her. When a fire claims the life of her best friend, the beautiful and talented Iben Jensen, the scars of that night will remain with Laura for the rest of her life.

Undercover cop Clay Navarro left the Sultans biker gang a changed man. Its ringleaders may be awaiting trial, but he wears the memory of every brutal act he was forced to commit tattooed across his skin. He doesn't have space in his messed-up life for anything gentle - not now, maybe not ever. When the Sultans return looking for revenge, Dr. Georgette Hadley finds herself drawn into the dirty underbelly of a life forged in violence...that not even her touch may be able to heal.

Southern Sweden: Beautiful countryside, endless forests, coastal walks, dark days - and even darker nights. But beneath the beauty lies a dark heart... Skåne, 1986: On the night of Walpurgis, the eve of May Day, where bonfires are lit to ward off evil spirits and preparations are made to celebrate the renewal of spring, a sixteen-year-old girl is ritualistically murdered in the woods beside a castle. Her stepbrother is convicted of the terrible deed and shortly after, the entire family vanishes without a trace.

Ultimate Modern and Practical devotional for fast-growing Teen guys to cultivate Faith, Hope, and Grace. “Becoming Who I am” is a collection of carefully chosen Bible scriptures that address the needs of growing teenage boys. Content has been developed, keeping in mind the mind and soul of teen boys. The devotions are articulated in easy to understand language to keep them interested. “Becoming Who I am” has 150 excellent devotions segregated into 15 sections : I AM in Christ I AM Me I AM a Son I AM a Friend I AM a Man I AM in Trouble I AM Confused I AM Angry I AM Jealous I AM an ...

“A perceptive take on what’s ailing modern society.” —Publishers Weekly Find long-term meaning and contentment in the journey of life with The Happiness Cure by internationally bestselling, award-winning psychiatrist and viral TEDx speaker Dr. Anders Hansen. As a species, we’ve never...

Rachael Townsend is the first artist ever to leave Earth and journey out into the galaxy—but after an encounter with an alien artifact, she can't make art at all. Elza Monteiro is determined to be the first human to venture inside the Palace of Scented Tears and compete for the chance to become a princess—except that inside the palace, she finds the last person she ever wanted to see again.

Do you want to know your true purpose in life? Is there a disorder within you that you need to fix and find your way back to Jesus? "Be Strong" provides you the guidance to take away your worries. A unique opportunity to bring order and peace by Inspiring you to engage with God's word. Inside this Daily devotional for Men, you'll find: 365 Daily Devotionals that don't correspond to specific dates in a Year; they are listed as Day 1, Day 2, etc. This makes the book able to be started at any point in time. You don't feel out of sync if you start mid-year. Short 5-minute devotions to spend ...

Encourage Your Preteen Boy to Grow a Lifelong Relationship with God A New and Refreshing Boys' Devotional with 120 Insightful Devotions for Growing Boys Even at a young age, you already understand that life isn’t always easy. Things can go wrong, and some events in life can be very hard to face. That’s why it’s important to keep yourself close to God. Remember, you are never alone. As you read His word, you’ll begin to understand how God works in different aspects of your life. Inside this Boy Devotional, you'll find: 120 devotions on preteens relevant topics Each devotion starts ...

For fans of Lloyd Alexander and Brandon Mull comes the epic conclusion to the acclaimed Thrones and Bones fantasy-adventure trilogy that began with Frostborn. Find the Horn. Free the City. The chase continues for the legendary Horns of Osius. Thianna and Karn’s quest to retrieve the...

Summer 1983: four-year-old Billy chases a rabbit in the fields behind his house. But when his mother goes to call him in, Billy has disappeared. Never to be seen again. Today: Veronica is a bereavement counsellor. She's never fully come to terms with her mother's suicide after her brother Billy's disappearance. When a young man walks into her group, he looks familiar and talks about the trauma of his friend's disappearance in 1983. Could Billy still be alive after all this time?

Looking for a commentary and researched reference on the Book of Enoch? The Book of Enoch has had many translations that have been very academic in nature; often daunting and inaccessible to the modern reader. "Book of Enoch: The Ways of God, Angels and Men" has no pretensions to highbrow academic scholarship but seeks to be properly researched, helpful, and prove itself reliable to readers. Angels and Demons have occupied a special place the human imagination. They personify the continued struggle between two opposing forces: light and darkness, Heaven and Hell, good and evil. Roman ...

By 2194, years of wars, apocalypses and calamities gave way to a new world order known as the Accords. Governed by powerful magic, a pantheon of like-minded gods and the unified goal to preserve humankind from extinction, most magical beings are aligned within these rules. When Frode serves as a guard for his twin brothers' wedding negotiations, he never imagined his head would end up on the chopping block. Content Warning: This audiobook contains an explicit sex scene.

Piet Hoffmann is the best undercover operative in the Swedish police force, but only one other man is even aware of his existence. When a drug deal he is involved in goes badly wrong, he must face the hardest mission of his life – infiltrating Sweden’s most infamous maximum-security prison.Detective Inspector Ewert Grens is charged with investigating the drug-related killing. Unaware of Hoffman’s real identity, he believes himself to be on the trail of a dangerous psychopath.

Brought to you by Penguin. Are you increasingly distracted, demotivated and unable to focus on simple tasks? There's a good chance your smartphone is to blame. In the always-on age of notifications, emails and the news cycle, it's easy to waste the majority of our days mindlessly scrolling. But...