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Through this special 18-lecture course, explore a powerful four-fold ancient pattern found throughout life, Christian worship, and many revered spiritual exercises. This pattern appears to underlie the choice of four Gospels and their sequencing into the three-year Sunday reading cycles. The four Gospels, when read through this lens, move beyond separate accounts of Jesus to become a seamless spiritual guide for daily life.

Why do we want to justify our decisions, even if they appear to be irrational? The answer lies in cognitive dissonance, the mental discomfort we experience when we hold two contradictory beliefs at the same time. In A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, first published in 1957, American social psychologist Leon Festinger investigates the problem. Festinger puts forward the idea that we have developed mechanisms to try to deal with the stress brought on by cognitive dissonance.

Mastering Business Negotiation is a great resource for any leader or manager who needs practical strategies and ideas when conducting business negotiations. Grounded in solid research, the authors - experts in the field of business negotiation - reduce the huge volume of available information into an important audio for busy executives who need to prepare for everyday negotiations as well as for more demanding and complex negotiation situations.

A spy with supernatural healing powers confronts a megalomaniac with a biological weapon… John Herrel, a PSI agent with a supernatural healing touch, is captured while in pursuit of a madman chemist who possesses the world’s most deadly virus. Separated from the support and resources of PSI—and from Kylie, the audial psychic he loves—John must defeat the diabolical mastermind on his turf. But first, he must escape. The clock is ticking during John’s odyssey into the dark side of paranormal spying. When a life-or-death battle ensues, John fights for the greater good, for his own ...

Many believe that despite its destructive character, war ultimately boosts long-term economic growth. For the United States this view is often supported by appeal to the experience of the Second World War, understood as a triumph of both production and productivity. Alexander Field shows that between 1941 and 1945 manufacturing productivity actually declined, depressed by changes in the output mix and resource shocks from enemy action, including curtailed access to natural rubber and, on the Eastern Seaboard, petroleum.

Lanie’s a teenage girl running on bad luck and breaks. She spends more time with her earphones in than out, and spends most of her days dodging her pervy foster dad as well as the kids at school. She’s a total loner except for a homeless woman inhabiting the neighborhood park, and a certain Hummer-driving mystery boy. All she dreams of is finding her place in this world. She has no idea she belongs in another world entirely.

Born in 1933, Philip Zimbardo is a renowned and controversial American social psychologist who is fascinated by why people can sometimes behave in awful ways. Some psychologists believe people who commit cruelty are innately evil. Zimbardo disagrees. In his 2007 book, The Lucifer Effect, he argued that it is the power of situations around us that can cause otherwise good people to commit "evil", citing many historical examples to illustrate his point.

One of the worst things that happen to us is getting fooled and realizing later that someone we trusted turned against us. You wish you could turn back the hands of time and say no to being fooled. You realize you were manipulated into helping someone obtain their selfish favors. However, everything can be remedied. This audiobook will help you take control of your situation and protect yourself and those you love by giving you all the necessary tools that will allow you to identify those "dark" people and explaining all the techniques to prevent being manipulated.

Greater Than a Tourist - Boston Massachusetts USA, by Alexander J. Dunn, offers the inside scoop on Boston. This audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Russian President Vladimir Putin used to seem invincible. Today, he and his regime look enervated, confused, and desperate. Increasingly, both Russian and Western commentators suggest that Russia may be on the verge of deep instability, possibly even collapse.

In See No Evil, the thrilling adventure continues with Kylie Cain, a beautiful and deadly audial telepath who can hear conversations from miles away, who works for a black ops branch of the CIA. After rescuing Hope, Kylie flees from WON (World Order Now), a rogue operative faction. When things go south at PSI, Kylie and Hope run for their lives with PSI teammates Noah, who can read the past, and Ayden, who can see the immediate future.

FUBU cofounder and entrepreneur J. Alexander Martin shares his compelling story about how he helped build a neighborhood business into a billion-dollar international brand. Teaming with behavioral finance expert and author Ted McLyman, they present an easy to understand and useful road map for success and financial security. J uses his inspirational story as the backdrop to explain why financial success is about discovering your Money Values and Money Temperament.

Audial telepath Kylie Cain works for a black ops branch of the CIA (PSI - Psychic Sensory Intelligence unit). Now tasked with the biggest challenge of her life when a faction of rogue operatives who call themselves WON (World Order Now) kidnap 11-year-old Hope Mitchell, a powerful girl who may be the link to other worlds, Kylie feels immediately drawn to the girl's energy, and vows to save her.

In the years after A Nation at Risk, conservatives' ideas to reform America's lagging education system gained much traction. Key items like school choice and rigorous academic standards drew bipartisan support and were put into practice across the country. Today, these gains are in retreat, ceding ground to progressive nostrums that do little to boost the skills and knowledge of young people. Far from being discouraged, however, conservatives should seize the moment to refresh their vision of quality K-12 education for today's America.

Discover the Secret to The Strength of For Us By Us and how America's Black communities can thrive and create wealth...In a world where diversity is celebrated, Black people in America have faced a multitude of challenges, resistance, and struggles for their basic rights and freedoms. The scars of slavery and segregation still linger, echoing through the generations. Yet, amid adversity, pockets of unity have emerged, forging unbreakable bonds of strength and solidarity. From the plantations of forced labor to the fight for civil rights, this book takes you on a profound journey through ...

The longer the Russian war against Ukraine continues, the more likely it is that President Vladimir Putin’s regime will collapse.

For thriller fans, seven is… …your lucky number. Pilate's 7 features seven short stories spotlighting seven characters in the world of the popular John Pilate Mystery Series. In this unique installment--the fifth in the series--John Pilate isn't the center of attention, but his presence is keenly felt in stories featuring his friends, family and even a few enemies. The stories span several genres, sure to please every reader with bite-sized insights, juicy character backstory, and a few "Easter eggs" for the devoted John Pilate Mystery fan. Buy Pilate’s 7 now and discover why readers ...

You have been through hell and hot water, feeling as if there is no hope. You've been tossed and trampled upon; you are tired, but just can't give up. Something won't allow you to. When you are just about to quit, your spirit man is revived. You are determined to fight. You have declared that you will live and not die. Today is the day you proclaim that you are more than a conqueror. Why, because the battle has just begun.

Neurologist Oliver Sacks' 1985 book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat challenges the impersonal approach doctors took to patient care and paved the way for a new literary genre: popular science. At the time of its publication, neurologists and physicians relied mainly on clinical studies and their own expertise to set the course of treatment. Sacks found this inhumane and developed a very different approach, clearly demonstrated in The Man Who Mistook His Wife.

Want to try your hand at crowd-funding your creative project through Kickstarter or Indiegogo? Learn valuable secrets to success in this brief book by a first time Kickstarter who succeeded in raising 106% funding for his project. Kickstarter Success Secrets gives tips, dos and don'ts that are easily digestible and ready to be put to use on your campaign.