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Some knowledge and wisdom can only truly be accessed from experience: your own experience or that of others. In this book, Aka has encapsulated two decades of mindful experience on the importance of care as we lead and serve our employees and teams. This book contains rich, deep lessons for the novice and the seasoned leader that put the spotlight on the importance of basic human emotions in how we respond to others. At the core, therefore, this book takes a pragmatic approach to emotional intelligence. This book allows you to start or restart right!

Welcome to the semi-irreverent adventures of parenting a precocious, hilarious, autistic child! We salute you. And you.

« Je te hais depuis le jour où j’ai entendu ton nom pour la première fois. Je te hais depuis que j’ai lu dans le Scientific American ce que tu avais fait. Je te hais depuis l’âge de douze ans. Je te hais plus que tu ne me hais, depuis plus longtemps et pour de meilleures raisons. Jack n’a plus du tout l’air amusé. Et pour moi, c’est une première.

The ugly duckling from high school is all grown up, and she’s fiery hot now. She’s also the CEO of the company I’m trying to work for, and the only thing that stands between me and the next level of my career. Fortunately for me, most women fall at my feet. But this ice-hearted beauty from my past? She has me working my ass off to prove that I’m the right model for the GQ cover. You’ve got to be kidding me. This bone structure doesn’t get told no. Not in the boardroom and certainly not in the bedroom. She can play hard to get all she wants. She’s just delaying the inevitable. ...

It’s hard to overstate how much we put pressure on early sexual encounters—and how little real advice is out there. How do I deal when I keep running into my one-night stand? How can I tell if I’m too drunk to have sex? How do I say stop when I’m not really into it? Why do I keep getting all these UTIs? And most of all: Why is so much of sex ed focused on what could go wrong instead of what actually feels good? In this unflinchingly honest guide to hookups and relationships in the twenty-first century, Ali Drucker answers these questions and more.

With her new backpack and light-up shoes, Faizah knows the first day of school is going to be special. It's the start of a brand new year and, best of all, it's her older sister Asiya's first day of hijab - a hijab of beautiful blue fabric, like the ocean waving to the sky. But not everyone sees hijab as beautiful, and in the face of hurtful, confusing words, Faizah will find new ways to be strong.

"Ey millet, birçok şeyler verdiniz, büyük sıkıntılara katlandınız, ama dostun düşmanın hayran olduğu bir sırça köşk elde ettiniz. Onun azameti, onun parlaklığı yanında üç beş çuval ekin, dört beş davar nedir ki?.. Biz sizin şanınız, şerefiniz için çalışıyoruz, sizin iyiliğinizden başka bir şey düşünmüyoruz. Bakın, bugün getirip bıraktığınız koyunların bile hepsini yemedik, boğazımızdan kestik, bir kısmını size geri vereceğiz. Bütün koyunların kelleleri halka dağıtılsın!"

New Year? New you. Nope… screw resolutions. I’ve got too much of the past to make up for to look toward the future. This New Year’s Eve is all about proving myself. But I won’t be able to do it alone. I need her. The sexy, hardcore musician who knows everyone. This beauty has the power to bring in the crowds to make my event a hit. I’m not using her. Not exactly. She’s a punk temptress on stage, but offstage? She might be the kind of girl you take home to Mom and Dad. But not my parents. Some say my greatest ancestors invented the wheel. Try living up to that. But this New ...

Kendal Richoux and Piper Marmande return to New Orleans, both now immortal. The peace along the Mississippi River is short-lived with the arrival of Kendal's old friends, Morgaine and Lenore. They come with an order from the Genesis Clan for Kendal to return with them to face judgment for mixing the elixir of the sun for Piper without their consent. Their presence, though, wakes the seer the elders have waited centuries for. The small band of immortals, along with Piper's grandparents, must work to prepare for what their future holds with the return of one of Kendal's oldest enemies.

End the dread! What if instead of dreading the triathlon swim, it could be your favorite part of the race? This smart step-by-step guide to conquering triathlon swim fear brings you the product of more than 40 years of experience healing adults with the fear of water. Authors M. Ellen Dash and Ali Meeks unpack for triathletes the most fundamental and far-reaching solution to open-water fear available.

My boss’s daughter is off limits. For now. Wanting her wasn’t in the cards. Tell that to the need pumping through my veins. When we’re thrown together at work, resisting temptation goes out the window. So does my shot at the job I’ve had my eye on for years. Her father chooses her to take the role instead of me. Talk about unqualified. She’s everything I want in bed and everything I don’t want at the office. And she gets to call all the shots. I’m honestly not sure how much I can put up with. Especially because I don’t have to. But she needs me. The coworker in me wants to ...

𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 ✅ 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 ✅ 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 ✅ 𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 ✅ 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 ✅ 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 ✅ 𝐖𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐟𝐚 ✅ 𝐃𝐮𝐚 ✅ 𝐈𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚 ✅...

"Perfect deadpan marks the opening of Ali Simpson’s The Monster'" writes Susan Merrell of The Southampton Review in her introduction to this issue of Recommended Reading.

The book highlights the role of the mindset in determining the form of life we live and how it can either limit or power our success. In general, it discusses two types of mindsets: the fixed mindset and the growth mindset, and the patterns associated with each one of them, and illustrates how our mindset can determine the course of our lives.

For years, Miranda has stared at postcards of August Isle, Florida. The town where her mother spent her summers as a girl. The town that Miranda has always ached to visit. She just never wanted it to happen this way. When she arrives on the isle, alone and uncertain, to stay the summer with an old friend of her mother’s, Miranda discovers a place even more perfect than she imagined. And she finds a new friend in Sammy, “Aunt” Clare’s daughter. But there is more to August Isle than its bright streets and sandy beaches, and soon, Miranda is tangled in a web of mysteries.

Prince Ryden is as hot as he is off limits. I have no intention of sleeping with a client, especially not a royal client. He’s got the weight of an entire kingdom on his shoulders, and he deserves to let loose for a bit. Maybe, I can show him a thing or two. It can never be more than a fling. A guy like Ryden wouldn’t want me forever anyway. His family will never approve.

The devil's daughter can't hide anymore. Her destiny has come. Desi thought all her choices had been made and there were no second chances - but she was wrong. There's one more choice she must make: eternal peace or the weight of Thor’s Hammer in the battle for Midgard. On that choice alone, hinges the fate of all the worlds. With her history of terrible choices, how can Desi possibly get it right?

𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 ✅ 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 ✅ 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 ✅ 𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 ✅ 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 ✅ 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 ✅ 𝐖𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐟𝐚 ✅ 𝐃𝐮𝐚 ✅ 𝐈𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚 ✅...

I had no trouble saying no to Channing when he left for college two years ago. I’m two-and-a-half decades older than him, and he was just a kid. But he’s all man now, and it’s hard to stay away. Especially when he takes a job at my tattoo shop for the summer. He’s got his whole life ahead of him. I can’t let him waste it on me.

Noch nie war Schach so cool und flirty... Mallory Greenleaf hat sich geschworen, nie wieder Schach zu spielen. Denn das Spiel, das sie jahrelang geliebt hat, hat ihr zu viel genommen. Doch als ihre beste Freundin sie überredet, bei einem Wohltätigkeitsturnier einzuspringen, kann Mallory nicht ablehnen. Ein letztes Mal spielt sie – und besiegt versehentlich den amtierenden Weltmeister Nolan Sawyer. Nolan, der Schach auf ein ganz neues Level gehoben hat. Nolan, der dafür bekannt ist, dass er mit Niederlagen nicht gut umgehen kann. Nolan, der wahnsinnig gut aussieht.