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The founders of a respected Silicon Valley advisory firm study legendary category-creating companies and reveal a groundbreaking discipline called category design. Winning today isn’t about beating the competition at the old game. It’s about inventing a whole new game—defining a new market...

If you've always wanted to play the piano but thought it was too hard, too late, or too expensive—this audiobook is for you. Inside is a practical, no-fluff method that shows you exactly what to do each day for 30 days to start playing with confidence.

Every chess position asks a question What matters most right now—and what should you do about it? The Fundamentals of Chess Strategy helps you find the answer. Move beyond reacting to immediate threats and learn to build practical plans based on the position in front of you. Whether you’re deciding which piece to improve, preparing a pawn break, or choosing whether to exchange, you’ll gain a clearer way to understand what your moves are trying to achieve. Start with a repeatable method for evaluating material, king safety, piece activity, pawn structure, and space. Then turn that ...

With an introduction read by the author himself, Mark Pincus, and acclaimed narrator Fred Sanders, comes an unconventional, hands-on guide to turning ideas into products that matter—and that people love—from the legendary Silicon Valley pioneer, founder of Zynga, and creator of Stanford...

A groundbreaking book that has helped thousands of children struggling with social skills to make friends, find acceptance, and have a happy childhood, from a renowned parent expert. Every parent wants their child to be okay—to have friends, to be successful, to feel comfortable in his or her...

From the trainer and high-performance expert behind LeBron James and other superstars, a blueprint to achieving peak physical and psychological well-being—and sustaining it for the long haul. With a foreword by LeBron. “Mike Mancias is more than a teacher or trainer, his approach to health...

Master the art of slow, strategic chess with Classical Chess Made Simple—a complete guide designed to help you think deeper, play smarter, and win more consistently. Whether you're a beginner looking to build a strong foundation or an intermediate player aiming to level up, this book breaks down complex chess concepts into clear, practical lessons you can apply immediately. What You’ll Learn How to think like a classical chess player Proven opening principles without memorization Middlegame strategies and planning techniques How to calculate accurately and avoid blunders Endgame ...

Master the Singles Game and Start Winning More Points with Purpose Most pickleball players spend their time playing doubles. As a result, many never learn the positioning, movement, shot selection, and tactical patterns that make singles successful. Pickleball Singles Play is a practical guide to the strategies that matter most in one-on-one competition. Whether you're preparing for tournament singles, sharpening your overall game, or simply looking for a new challenge, this book will help you understand how singles is actually won. Learn how to: • Cover the court more efficiently and ...

Sara is frisky. She hasn't had a man in weeks and is finally reduced to pleasuring herself, only to be interrupted multiple times. Her best friend, Amy is getting married and Sara, despite her best efforts is fantasizing about her African American boyfriend, Mark. And they are NOT innocent fantasies. Sara' finally had too much and breaks down, telling Amy everything. Instead getting mad, Amy decides to share her boyfriend with her BFF and soon they are into it hot and heavy! Lot's of hot, threesome action, including backdoor play, toys, and fantastic girl on girl activities!

The roster email arrives at 9:40 on a Tuesday. Twelve names, a field map, and one sentence that does the damage: practices start Tuesday. You have never coached anything. Somewhere in the next ninety seconds you think: I need to learn how to coach soccer. That thought is going to cost you your whole season. You do not have a soccer problem. What you have been handed, with no training and no warning, is a very small organization: twelve employees who cannot read a schedule, nine stakeholders in folding chairs eleven yards away, a fixed operating window of seventy-five minutes twice a week, ...

‘Warm, wise and deeply reassuring, I love The Sleep Mums!’ Sarah Turner, The Unmumsy Mum It’s 2am but your baby thinks it’s party time; their ‘routine’ seems to change with the wind, and you would do anything to get a good night’s sleep… We know how you feel! You might be...

Teach your child the basics of volleyball in 15 minutes at a time. No net needed. When your child turns away from a toss or sends every pass straight up, it can be hard to know what to change. This eight-week guide shows you how to adjust the ball, the toss, or the distance so your child can practice one skill at a time. Start with easy catches, then build toward forearm passing, two-hand setting, underhand serving, and short cooperative rallies. Each session tells you how to set up, what to watch for, and how to make the activity easier when your child needs more time. Inside you’ll find...

Win more points singles with a plan. Pickleball Singles is a singles strategy guide for players rated 3.0 and up who learned the game through doubles. It shows you how pickleball singles is really won: with the serve and return, smart court coverage, the right choice between the third shot drive and the third shot drop, and a game plan that moves one opponent around while you save your legs. Most doubles players remember their first game of pickleball singles. The court they know by heart suddenly feels enormous. The patient dink rally, the automatic third shot drop, the partner covering ...

Advanced Pickleball is a doubles strategy book for players rated 3.5 to 4.0 who want to reach 4.5. It covers shot selection, tactics and technique across the whole rally: third shot drops and drives, resets in the transition zone, dinking, speed-ups and counters at the kitchen line, stacking and poaching, plus the drills and training plan that make it stick. You practice. You play three or four times a week. And you keep losing the same kind of point to the same kind of player. At this level the gap is rarely about athleticism. It sits in the half second before contact, when you read the ...

Stop losing the matches you should win. Tennis Strategy is a practical guide to singles tactics for club and league players, written for adults rated roughly NTRP 3.0 to 4.5. It shows you where to hit, how to choose the right shot from anywhere on the court, and how to build a game plan that wins more matches, all with the strokes you already have. Most club players who want to win more matches go looking for a better forehand. This book makes a different bet. Often, what's costing you isn't the stroke at all. It's the choice behind it. In recreational matches, over 60 percent of points end...

All psychotherapists who work with children and families will come across cases with the parents divorcing or previously divorced experiencing high levels of conflict. These cases can be extremely complex and there can be potential hazards mental health professionals need to be aware of and prepared for. This book is a practical guide providing actionable measures mental health professionals can take to properly screen potential cases, establish and observe essential policies and protocols and observe important boundaries in order to preserve the integrity of the child's therapy and ...

Plan the Perfect Family Adventure in Banff—Stress-Free! Worried that Banff isn’t kid-friendly? Think again! This guide debunks common myths and helps you explore safely, affordably, and enjoyably with kids of all ages. Too dangerous? Discover safe, family-friendly trails and attractions. Kids will be bored? From gondola rides to wildlife sightings—even a preserved merman—Banff will amaze them! Too cold? Learn how to dress and plan for every season. Too expensive? Find budget-friendly activities, lodging, and dining. Only for expert hikers?

Pickleball for Beginners is a practical guide for new players and anyone playing at roughly the 2.5 to 3.5 level. It explains the rules and scoring that trip up new players, the kitchen faults that cost easy points, and the few shots worth building first: the serve, the return of serve, the third shot drop, the dink, volleys and resets. Then it shows you how to use them in doubles, with simple strategy and drills you can take to your next game. If you have played pickleball once, you already know the feeling. An hour in, you are laughing, sweating and already planning the next game. Then ...

Journalist Nicole Haddow has entered a new phase of her financial life - as one half of a couple. At 39, she merged finances for the first time and as the author of Smashed Avocado and The Ethical Investor she had spent more than a decade researching personal finance, but is now discovering that...

Stop Rolling the Dice and Start Seeing the Board. Imagine walking into a room where a Monopoly game has been running for hours. Some players already own entire rows of hotels, while others are struggling just to stay in the game. This isn't just a board game—it is the reality of our global economic system. We are all born onto a board that was already in motion long before we arrived, yet most of us were never taught the rules. In Gaming the Gamble, you will peel back the curtain on the hidden structures of wealth that allow some fortunes to multiply across centuries while others ...