Engine Building

You did everything right. You wrote the books. You published consistently. You built your catalog. And yet… you still feel invisible. This is where most authors get stuck—not because they lack talent, but because they never build authority. Self-Publishing Authority Engine is the breakthrough guide for authors ready to move beyond publishing and step into true market dominance. This is not another beginner book about writing or uploading to KDP. This is about becoming the author readers recognize, trust, and return to. If you’ve already published books but struggle with visibility, ...

Most people are walking around with a Rolls-Royce engine under the hood and no gas in the tank. The world is drowning in "actors" who think they are "shooters." You collect techniques like baseball cards, but when the heat comes and your body screams for oxygen, that knowledge disappears like a mirage. If you run out of gas after three minutes, your advanced techniques become a worthless abortion of movement. Constructed from the recorded conversations of the legendary Karl Gotch, NO GAS, NO RUN is the definitive guide to killing the ego and building a functional combat engine. This isn't ...

Things have been going pretty well at the retirement home for witches and other paranormals lately. Possibly too well. When Steve Grace's friend, Rhea Kaufman, is found dead in her garage right after he dropped his car off to her, he becomes the prime suspect in her murder. Now, Zoey has to get his name cleared. But in the process, she just may learn a thing or two about her fiance that she hadn't known before. Can she figure out who killed Rhea, clear Steve's name, and get on with the wedding plans?

The Growth Engine describes the main challenge professional services firms face as they grow and shows how to develop a scalable business development effort, covering everything from CRM systems and metrics around utilization, to service development and expansion, to account planning and cross-selling, to winning new clients, to team structure and roles, and to performance management.

Unlock the potential of the subscription economy with "Subscription Models"—your comprehensive guide to building a thriving subscription-based business. In today’s evolving market landscape, understanding and leveraging subscriptions can provide a steady revenue stream and unparalleled customer loyalty. This book navigates you through every step of the process, from conceptualizing your offering to creating a sustainable business model. Begin your journey with an insightful exploration of the power of subscriptions, examining how they have transformed business models and why they matter...

Learn how to manage and respond to all-hazards events within the high-rise environment with High-Rise Buildings: Understanding the Vertical Challenges. Tracy, Murphy, and Murtagh dive into what cognitive command is and how it played a role in many high-rise fire cases. High-Rise Buildings: Understanding the Vertical Challenges is a must-get guide for any fire professional, building owner, the building construction community, system engineers, property managers and future students of high-rise buildings.

The transition from a successful freelancer to a truly wealthy founder requires more than just a high hourly rate; it demands a fundamental shift in how you view and deploy your business profit. Most solopreneurs are trapped in a exhausting cycle of erratic cash flow and financial uncertainty, where even a record-breaking five-figure month feels temporary because there is no system to capture and grow that capital. This book serves as your strategic blueprint to break that cycle, providing a clear roadmap to transform your solo business into a predictable $1M+ investment engine. You will ...

This book establishes a proper firefighting mindset and promotes maintaining preparedness for the extreme physical and mental demands of firefighting operations in high-rise and standpipe-equipped buildings. Armed with firefighting weapons that would be much more appropriate at a car fire, far too many fire departments are on a collision course with disaster and tragedy, should they encounter a serious high-rise fire. District Chief McGrail draws from his 25 years of experience, along with lessons learned from many other fire service professionals, to provide a foundation for success and ...

The highly anticipated sequel to the Hugo Award–nominated Elder Race, by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky. On a planet where stories govern identity, where science and magic are merely a point of view, a fallen princess, a reluctant wizard, and a precocious child must...

Building a good website using WordPress is only the first part of making a presence in the online market. You also need to improve its online visibility to drive traffic, which is crucial for your goals in marketing and brand building. Among these goals are driving traffic to your site, improving your conversion rates, and ultimately getting the visitor to buy your products or services.

You absolutely can. And you don't need a computer science degree, an artistic background, or any previous coding experience to do it. In Unreal Engine 5 for Beginners, industry veteran and interactive media educator Irene Bolton strips away the intimidating jargon and technical gatekeeping to hand you the ultimate "dummy-proof" guide to game creation. Over her twelve-year career building everything from indie puzzles to massive action-adventure titles, Irene has proven that the power of Unreal Engine 5 belongs to everyone—not just seasoned engineers. This book is the step-by-step ...

Look at your altar. You have the crushed velvet cloth, the ethically sourced sage, and the expensive crystals. You’ve memorized the grimoires and calculated the planetary hours. You look the part. You have built a beautiful car. So why isn't it going anywhere? If your spells are fizzling out and your spiritual progression is stalled in the driveway, it is because you forgot the engine. The modern occult scene is suffering from a terminal case of aesthetic obsession. Practitioners have all the esoteric technology in the world, but they lack the raw horsepower to boot it up. In magic, that ...

Most businesses don’t fail because their products are bad. They fail because they never move beyond the transaction. The Connection Engine is a deep dive into the psychological forces that turn customers into believers, brands into movements, and products into habits. This book explores why people don’t just buy anymore, they belong, return, and advocate. Where traditional marketing focuses on attention and conversion, this book focuses on trust, identity, and human connection, the forces that actually sustain growth in a crowded, AI-saturated marketplace. Inside, you will learn how the...

‘Gloriously imaginative’ – SFX Magazine The first volume in the sci-fi action-adventure duology, Exodus: The Archimedes Engine is an exciting epic novel from legendary author Peter F. Hamilton. Experience the expansive universe of EXODUS through the booming, deeply immersive cadence of...

"The Consensus Engine: What is True" is a comprehensive, modern textbook designed to guide students, developers, and researchers through the fascinating world of distributed consensus. It serves as both an introduction to the fundamental principles and a practical guide to the design, implementation, and application of consensus algorithms in real-world systems. Philosophy: The core philosophy of this book is "Learn, See, Build." 1. Learn: We will begin with the first principles. Instead of presenting algorithms as black boxes, we deconstruct them to understand the core problems they solve...

Most professionals dream of financial freedom but stay stuck in the paycheck trap—working harder, waiting for promotions, and watching their income ceiling hover just above their heads. But what if you could build a repeatable system that brings in $10,000+ every month—without begging for a raise or burning yourself out with endless freelance gigs? This book is not about chasing "mammoths"—big, risky windfalls that rarely come. Instead, it’s about building your own freedom engine: small, resilient income streams that run even while you sleep. In Your First $10K Month, lawyer-turned-...

Join Imani, Tommy, and Maya on a Mathematical Adventure That Makes Learning Irresistible! When a talking cat starts writing equations on the sidewalk, three young friends know they're in for another extraordinary day! In this enchanting addition to the beloved "What Shall We Do Today?" series, curious seven-year-old Imani, adventure-loving Tommy, and brilliant Maya discover a mysterious bronze device that transports them into Lady Ada Lovelace's magical Equation Engine. Perfect for Young Readers Ages 6-9 Who Love: ✓ STEM Learning disguised as thrilling adventure ✓ Magic and fantasy with...

Stop renting your life to a corporate track that extracts your agency and rewards compliance over performance. If you are a corporate professional or early-stage entrepreneur caught in the 3:47 p.m. dread loop, you are not imagining the friction. Traditional 9-to-5 roles are increasingly designed to drain your energy through excessive permissions, over-managed processes, and priority theft. With global market uncertainty climbing, traditional "secure" paths have turned out to be remarkably fragile. In The Sovereign Earner, lifestyle strategist Vance Kensington delivers a tactical ...

Updated with the latest technology of 2026! What if your business isn't losing because your product is bad... What if you're losing because nobody can find you? Every day, brilliant entrepreneurs, consultants, freelancers, and business owners publish great content, build exceptional services, and solve real problems—only to watch lesser competitors dominate Google, AI search results, and customer attention. The problem isn't quality. The problem is visibility. In SEO SWAT TACTICS, entrepreneur, strategist, and visibility engineer Joseph Plazo reveals the same battlefield-tested frameworks...

The Five Judges: Building the Selective Survival Engine In the second volume of The Last Resort Protocol series, KONSTANTIN TITOV presents a complete framework for building a professional-grade selective trading system designed for long-term durability in adversarial markets. This book moves beyond trading philosophy into practical system design. It introduces The Five Judges - a multi-layered decision framework that combines order flow analysis, regime detection, cross-asset confirmation, higher-timeframe context, and advanced candle pressure logic to help traders identify more selective ...