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In a world defined by burnout, quiet quitting, and relentless change, traditional management is failing. But there is a better way.

Building a Coaching Culture: The Ripple Effect Raising Performance and Growth offers a human-centered alternative to leadership that not only boosts productivity but also transforms people. With decades of leadership experience, Kim Lee introduces "The Ripple Effect"-a research-backed framework that proves how a leader's targeted acts of coaching create cascading waves of positive change.

This isn't about management fads or getting a certification. It's about a leader's deepest work: seeing the unseen potential in others and helping them see it too. You'll learn how to activate talent through powerful conversations, deliver feedback that fuels, not frightens, and lead with empathy to drive real results.

This essential guide equips leaders at every level, from first-time managers to CEOs, with the practical tools to navigate today's dynamic landscape, including the integration of AI. Because when you invest in people, you create a powerful defense against costly turnover and build a culture of lasting success.

Discover the Transformative Power of Systematic Theology: A Comprehensive Guide for Adults

Are you seeking to deepen your understanding of God, His nature, and His plans for the world? Do you desire a clear and structured guide to understanding key Christian doctrines and how they impact your life? 52 Weeks of Systematic Theology offers you an enriching journey through the essential themes of Christian theology, empowering you to live out your faith with confidence, clarity, and purpose.

This guide is designed for individuals, study groups, or anyone who wants to explore theology in a practical, accessible way. With each chapter, you'll embark on a week-by-week study of foundational Christian beliefs, grounded in Scripture and supported by reflective exercises and discussion questions.

What You'll Discover:

• Comprehensive Theology: Explore key theological concepts like the nature of God, the Trinity, Christ's work, salvation, and eschatology.
• Biblical Foundation: Every chapter is rooted in Scripture, ensuring that all teachings are aligned with God's Word. You'll dive deeper into biblical passages that support core doctrines, helping you solidify your understanding.
• Practical Application: Theological study isn't just for academic growth; it's meant to shape how you live. Each chapter is designed to help you apply deep theological truths in your everyday life, making your faith real and transformative.
• Personal and Group Study: Whether you're studying alone or in a group, this guide offers structure for personal growth or collective discussion.
• Clear, Concise, and Accessible: The material is broken down in manageable, easy-to-understand sections, with complex theological concepts presented in a way that makes them relatable.
• For Everyone: Whether you're a beginner or have been studying theology for years, this guide is accessible for all levels. It encourages growth and challenges you to think deeply about your beliefs.

Overcoming Common Objections:

• "I'm not an expert in theology."
  Don't worry! This guide is designed for adults at all levels, from beginners to those seeking deeper knowledge. You don't need a theological degree-just a desire to grow in your faith and understanding of God's Word.
• "I don't have enough time."
  Each week offers manageable content that fits into your schedule. With one chapter a week, you'll be able to learn and reflect without feeling overwhelmed. This is a paced journey that's as flexible as you need it to be.
• "Theology seems too abstract and theoretical."
  This guide doesn't just focus on theory. It's practical, with real-life applications, helping you understand how theology shapes your daily life, your relationships, and your decisions.

Take the Next Step in Your Faith Journey:

The path to deeper understanding and a stronger relationship with God begins with a commitment to study and growth. Don't wait-dive into 52 Weeks of Systematic Theology today, and begin your journey toward a more profound faith and a life that reflects the truth of the gospel.

Order now and start your theological journey!

ROYAL DIAMONDS

A Jake Stede Adventure

"A swashbuckling modern thriller, Royal Diamonds blends history, espionage, and high-seas adventure into a nonstop thrill ride. Think Jack Carr meets Clive Cussler-with a heart as big as its action." - Ryan Steck, The Real Book Spy and author of Ted Bell's Warmonger

Some treasures are worth killing for. Some secrets refuse to die.
Oxford historian and former U.S. Marine Dr. Jake Stede has always chased the past-but when he sets sail for the Caribbean to uncover his family's rumored pirate legacy, he finds himself in the crosshairs of something far deadlier than buried gold.
A priceless blood diamond, stolen from the British government, has gone missing-and Jake's hunt for history collides with a ruthless criminal empire determined to reclaim it. Teaming up with his reckless best friend Mike Diaz, the fiery historian Olivia "Harper" Calhoun, and Lady Lauren Abigail "Abby" Mountbatten, a British royal desperate to restore her family's honor, Jake is thrust into a perilous race across oceans and continents.
From Charleston's cobblestone streets to storm-lashed Caribbean islands, what begins as a search for treasure soon becomes a fight for survival, where loyalty is fragile, history bleeds into the present, and every secret comes with a price.
Royal Diamonds is a globe-trotting action thriller of history, espionage, and redemption-perfect for fans of Jack Carr, Clive Cussler, and Ted Bell.

Emily Young had two goals in her life:

1. Make it big in country music.

2. Get the hell out of Bell Buckle.

She was doing it. She was on her way, until Cooper Townsend landed backstage at her show in Dallas.

This gorgeous, rugged, man of few words was one cowboy she couldn't afford to let distract her. But with his slow smile and rough hands, she just couldn't keep away.

With outside forces conspiring against them, Cooper hires the McKay-Taggart team to protect her. Emily refuses to let Cooper get hurt because of her. All she wants is to hold onto him, but she knows the right thing to do is to let go...

Can first love survive the second time around?

Halo Donovan has her life under control. Her close friendships, family, and a recent promotion to Accounts Receivable Manager at her law firm, keep her fulfilled and content. Other than a disastrous date here and there, she's rarely thrown for a loop. That is, until she's introduced to the new director of finance: the man who first shattered her heart.Frustrated with his dead-end job and the strained relationship with his father, Levi Evans is ready for a fresh start. Desperate for a change, Levi jumps at the opportunity to move across the country and into the role of Finance Director at a prestigious law firm. He never expected that it would bring him face-to-face with the love of his life-the woman he still regrets walking away from eleven years ago.Levi knew working with his ex wouldn't be easy, but Halo's utter disdain for his mere presence makes it nearly impossible. However, when friendship finally rekindles, Halo and Levi realize that the romantic feelings of their past are now front and center in their daily lives. But as Levi is confronted with brewing tensions and family secrets, his old ways of handling emotional trauma threaten to push Halo away for good.

Can Halo and Levi's love story survive this time around? Or are they doomed to repeat history?

La calidad de vida que buscas para mañana empieza con las decisiones que tomas hoy.

"En la búsqueda de vivir más y mejor, nos encontramos constantemente bombardeados por información sobre lo que deberíamos o no deberíamos estar haciendo para cuidar nuestra salud. Desde las tendencias de la dieta más nueva hasta los suplementos que prometen la juventud eterna. En este escenario, tomar decisiones informadas puede resultar agobiante. Soy la doctora Ana Ceci, médica cirujana, genetista con alta especialidad en genética perinatal y creadora de contenido en salud, y me agobia la cantidad de contenido falso que existe alrededor de la salud.

¿Cuánto de lo que escuchamos está realmente respaldado por la ciencia?
¿Y cuánto de esto se aplica a nuestras necesidades únicas y contextos individuales?

"Este libro nace de una necesidad: la de brindar una guía clara, objetiva y basada en evidencia científica para quienes desean tomar el control de su salud y su longevidad".

Sabemos que en los últimos años la expectativa de vida ha aumentado significativamente; sin embargo, también es de conocimiento general que es cada vez más complicado tener una mejor calidad de vida. La modernidad nos plantea mayores desafíos: desde el estrés crónico hasta los contaminantes a los que estamos expuestos. En este libro, la Dra. Ana Ceci Jara Ettinger nos informa todo lo que debemos saber para vivir más y, sobre todo, para vivir mejor, porque las decisiones que tomamos hoy definen qué tan saludables seremos mañana.

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The Quality of Life You Want Tomorrow Begins with the Choices You Make Today

In the pursuit of living longer and better, we're constantly bombarded with information about what we should or shouldn't do to protect our health--from the latest diet trends to miracle supplements promising eternal youth. In the midst of all this noise, making informed decisions can feel overwhelming.

I'm Ana Ceci, MD--a geneticist with a subspecialty in perinatal genetics, and a health content creator. Like many of you, I often find myself overwhelmed by the sheer volume of misleading and inaccurate health information out there.

How much of what we hear is truly backed by science?
And how much of it actually applies to our unique needs and personal contexts?

This book was born out of a clear need: to offer a straightforward, objective, and evidence-based guide for anyone ready to take control of their health and longevity.

In recent years, life expectancy has significantly increased. However, achieving a better quality of life seems to be increasingly difficult. Modern life presents new challenges--from chronic stress to the growing exposure to environmental pollutants. In this book, Dr. Ana Ceci Jara Ettinger shares essential knowledge on how to not only live longer but to live better--because the choices we make today determine how healthy we'll be tomorrow.

Growing up in South Florida in the 1940s, Wilbert Bryant wanted nothing more than to help his disabled mother get enough money to build a house with electricity and running water. At age 8 he picked potatoes in the fields with his four brothers to help earn money for the family. In an era of segregation, the challenges of poverty would shape him into a man who forged a path through an HBCU education, romancing his lovely wife Emily, serving in Vietnam, Korea, Germany and England. Rising through the Army to the rank of colonel, mentored by Colin Powell, he returned to higher education as Vice President of Students Affairs at a Virginia HBCU. His daughter's heartbreaking murder thrust his family onto the national stage with news stories in every major national newspaper, articles in People Magazine and an interview on Oprah Winfrey's show. Becoming Virginia's Secretary of Education, he managed a $17-billion biannual budget, the largest in Virginia's state government. In the White House's Rose Garden, Wil defended Virginia's own education policy against the No Child Left Behind initiative. Starting his serious education at an HBCU, Wil ended his career strengthening HBCUs in George W. Bush's White House.

With Iraqi tanks and armored vehicles bearing down on a remote Saudi Arabian border outpost known as OP-4, Hold the Line thrusts readers headfirst into the chaos, confusion, and raw intensity of the opening ground engagements of the Gulf War.

Told through the eyes of a Marine Deep Recon team leader, this gripping firsthand account chronicles the moments when training, instinct, and brotherhood were all that stood between survival and annihilation. Vastly outnumbered, lightly equipped, and operating with limited communications, Team 2 found themselves face to face with advancing enemy armor at the Battle of Khafji-a moment history would later downplay, but those who lived it would never forget.

Through real patrol logs, vivid battlefield memories, and unfiltered reflections, the author brings readers inside the fear, adrenaline, and split-second decisions that defined combat at OP-4. From silent desert nights and incoming rocket fire to the thunder of tanks closing in, this is war stripped of ceremony and politics-raw, personal, and unapologetically real.

Hold the Line is more than a war story. It is a testament to courage under impossible odds, the unbreakable bond between Marines, and the quiet heroism of those who stood fast when retreat was not an option. Team 2's actions reflected lasting credit upon themselves and the Amphibious Reconnaissance Community, preserving a piece of Gulf War history that deserves to be remembered.

This is where the Battle of Khafji began.

This is where they held the line

Dive deeper into the authoritarian leaders of yesterday and take practical steps today toward a better democratic society tomorrow, with past and present examples from around the world.

How do democracies die? We're watching it happen in real time. Elected domestic and international leaders are undermining democratic institutions, weaponizing government agencies, and fueling dangerous polarization. Turn on the news--or scroll social media--and the result is everywhere: fear, anger, and a growing sense of helplessness as citizens wonder, I'm just one person--what can I possibly do?

More than simple analysis, How to Save Democracy: The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook empowers everyday citizens with practical, peaceful steps to turn anxiety into action and defend democratic institutions. Drawing on history, scholarly research, and her own experience working with refugees across Europe and Asia, Melissa Dalton-Bradford lays out core patterns in the authoritarian playbook, provides global examples of how these patterns have played out in history and modern day, and offers solutions for how citizens--as individuals and as groups--can take immediate action to reverse the erosion of democracy in their communities.

Teach your toddler about money - one basket at a time!

It's Acorn Day in Oakwood Hollow, and Sammy the Squirrel just earned his very first acorns!
But what should he do with them?

Grandma Hazel has a plan - three special baskets labeled Save, Spend, and Share.
With the help of his forest friends Boris the Bear, Frankie the Fox, Bella the Bunny, Hugo the Hedgehog, and Oliver the Owl, Sammy discovers that the smartest thing you can do with money isn't just spend it - it's split it up.

Why parents love this book:

• Introduces the "three jars" method in a way toddlers actually understand
• Colorful, engaging illustrations on every page
• Simple story with a big life lesson
• Perfect read-aloud for ages 2-4
• No screens, no apps - just a cozy story that plants a seed

What kids will learn:

• Save - Some acorns are for later (patience pays off!)
• Spend - Some acorns are for something special right now
• Share - Some acorns make the world a better place

Sammy's Three Baskets is the first book in the Money Smart Kids series. 24 pages - 8.5" x 8.5" - Ages 2-4

Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War offers a groundbreaking and vital perspective on war's destruction of the natural world-the creatures, plants, soil, water, and atmosphere of Earth. In poems and contextual comments, 61 contemporary poets focus on military damages to the ecosystems on six continents and the moon. Framed by a cogent introduction and a pair of forewords, one on the poetry and the other on global consequences, the poems are accompanied by a tally of ecological costs and a set of thought-provoking discussion and writing prompts for teens and adults. This compelling anthology alerts readers to environmental degradation of our planet while affirming nature's resilience and regeneration. The anthology covers almost two millennia, beginning with the Marcomannic Wars (167-180 CE) and ending with the 21st-century wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The conflicts and concomitant environmental damage addressed by the poems are international in scope. Convergence includes ninety poems, each paired with an Author's Note, by U.S. and international poets, including John Balaban, Gillian Clarke, Camille T. Dungy, Ferida Durakovic, W.D. Ehrhart, William Heyen, Cynthia Hogue, Denise Low, Craig Santos Perez, Vivian Faith Prescott, Eric Paul Shaffer, Jillian Sullivan, Brian Turner, Pamela Uschuk, and Mai Der Vang.

Work does not lose meaning because people stop caring. It loses meaning when the system teaches people to care less in order to survive.

More Than a Motto shows leaders how to fix that system.

Drawing on two decades inside customer experience operations, organizational leadership, and large-scale transformation, Justin Robbins maps the real reason engagement programs fade, top talent burns out, and trust erodes. The problem is not motivation. It is the growing gap between what leaders say matters and what the work actually demands every day.

At the center of the book is a practical leadership operating system built on six disciplines of work design: clarity, intentionality, connection, recovery, measurement, and cadence. Used together, they give leaders a repeatable way to align priorities, clean up contradictions, and make purpose something people can actually experience in every shift, meeting, and decision.

Each chapter gives you real-world examples, research-informed insight, and concrete practices you can apply immediately to simplify decisions, reduce hidden effort, protect energy, and improve customer and employee outcomes inside the work itself.

Written for executives, CX leaders, HR and employee experience professionals, and senior managers, More Than a Motto is an operating manual for leaders who want engagement, performance, and purpose to rise or fall based on how work is designed, not on the strength of the next internal campaign.

One Life One Perspective is a literary memoir by Kevin Schneider that delivers readers with a riveting true story of the human will to survive. Kevin takes us back to when he was a young child and learns one late night in a southern Maine hospital that he has childhood leukemia. The rollercoaster of events and experiences that come to pass for Kevin divert him along paths in life that he never could have imagined. Kevin writes vivid descriptions of what it was like battling childhood leukemia, not once but twice, and how it has shaped his outlook in life ever since those early formative years for him. This memoir intertwines tragedy and spirit with kindheartedness and perseverance. One Life One Perspective is the nonfictional telling of one young boy's journey in discovering what really matters most in life.

After breaking a "curse" on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster...and right into the thick of palace intrigue in this lushly illustrated historical mystery series!

Caught poking around in the Fox Village chief's derelict storehouse, Maomao is bundled off to a cliffside fortress and put to work crafting elixirs and tending to the injured. With the endgame of her captors' treasonous plot now clear, Maomao begins to dread what it will mean for Kyou-u and his friends. As the kidnapped apothecary's allies back at the palace consider marching on the insurgents and the winds of war begin to howl, will fate spare Maomao and the other innocents in the conflict that lies ahead?

The four great cities of northern Belgium are home to fabulous art, elegant shopping streets and a rich assortment of museums - not to mention some of the world's best beer and chocolate.

Make the most of your trip to these enchanting cities with DK Eyewitness Top 10. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent have to offer and ensuring that you don't miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable; the perfect companion while out and about. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghentis is your ticket to the trip of a lifetime.

Inside DK Eyewitness Top 10 Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent you will find:

- Top 10 lists of Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent's must-sees, including Brussels' Grand Place, Antwerp's cathedral and Ghent's Adoration of the Mystic Lamb
- The most interesting areas, with the best places for sightseeing, food and drink, and shopping
- Themed lists, including the best Art Nouveau buildings in Brussels, art galleries, types of Belgian beer and much more
- Easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day trip, a weekend, or a week
- A laminated pull-out map of Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent, plus five full-color area maps

Looking for more on the culture, history and attractions? Try our DK Eyewitness Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp.

About DK Eyewitness:

At DK Eyewitness, we believe in the power of discovery. We make it easy for you to explore your dream destinations. DK Eyewitness travel guides have been helping travelers to make the most of their breaks since 1993. DK Eyewitness travel guides have been helping travelers to make the most of their breaks since 1993.Filled with expert advice, striking photography and detailed illustrations, our highly visual DK Eyewitness guides will get you closer to your next adventure. We publish guides to more than 200 destinations, from pocket-sized city guides to comprehensive country guides. Named Top Guidebook Series at the 2020 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards, we know that wherever you go next, your DK Eyewitness travel guides are the perfect companion.

Cults, criminals, monsters, and maniacs abound in the highly anticipated debut collection from a writer quickly becoming known as one of the most unique and stylish voices in contemporary dark fiction.

This collection gathers 12 of the author's best and most celebrated stories published to date, as well as two brand new pieces, for a nightmarishly beautiful blend of hardboiled horror and occult noir ideal for fans of Keith Rosson, Johnny Compton, and Laird Barron. These tales meld terrors both subtle and shocking, classic and cutting-edge ...

An infamous influencer's grisly demise and alleged possession are investigated in The Mythologization of Tymber Prescott in Five Selected Photos (a 2022 Brave New Weird Award winner). Equal parts splatter and sentiment, 'Till the Road Runs Out (a Signal Horizon pick for best PseudoPod episodes of the year) sees a queer modern-day Bonnie and Clyde speeding toward their dream life run afoul of a feral cult that worships death. Elsewhere, readers will find an aging TV horror hostess forced to contend with the unexpected loss of her job and thwart the twisted fantasy of a violent predator on Halloween night; an ambitious student pursuing a missing author all the way to the grave (and beyond) using clues in the vanished man's final manuscript; and a cynical photojournalist who discovers escalating horrors at the scene of a gruesome car crash, which may not be the accident it initially appears.

These are just a few of the macabre revelations awaiting those brave enough to explore the pages of Gargoyle Safari by Luciano Marano, whose writing has for years earned outspokenly generous praise from editors and readers alike.

Featuring a special introduction by C.M. Muller.