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Everyone wants to be happy, but there’s no one right way to get there. There are some common steps you can take to bring you closer to contentment and satisfaction. Self-help expert Gilbert Pennant uses important psychological models to explain the concepts of self-actualization and satisfaction. He focuses on concrete, measurable progress in the form of daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly activities that add value to your life. Tried and tested by his own clients, his work has been proven to contain a winning formula for achieving greater contentment in all facets of life.

It is the smallest of anomalies. A tiny error lurking in Bob Ludlow’s DNA that could have untold consequences for civilization. Dr. Barry Gifford hopes that understanding this genetic error could provide revolutionary advances for humanity. Bob believes in Barry and his vision for the future. The two men team up to solve the mystery of Bob’s genetics and to develop a drug based on this inborn error. Unfortunately, in the cutthroat world of medical research, altruism doesn’t always take precedence over money or ego. Dr. Dexter Brunswick, a bitter man with a tough past, is strangely jealous of Barry’s accomplishments. Yet he needs Barry’s research to unlock the treasures hidden in Bob’s genetic code. Unlike Barry’s noble intentions, Brunswick’s plans are more sinister.

Do you live or work around someone who is so focused on their wants and needs that everything and everyone else is invited to take the backseat? Is this person so obnoxious that you want to scream or pull your hair out? Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental illness that causes the sufferer to think so highly of themselves that they can get nearly delusional.

Are you dreaming of finding and falling in love with "the one" ?While some are still waiting on that dream to become a reality, many have connected with their mates for life and are trying to build happy homes with them.This book will teach you a thing or two about the science and emotion of love and provide you with ways to establish a relationship that is filled with unwavering passion.

Rejection is terrifying, no matter what form it takes, at school, at work, at home or at play. It shakes our conviction that we are worthwhile, valuable, wanted: if it continues, it shatters confidence long-term.

By learning to love yourself, you can achieve emotional well-being and open yourself to the love of others.

Im Garten des Mandeville College werden zwei reiche Sponsoren vergiftet. Nicht nur der Professor für politische Ökonomie hatte gute Gründe, auf diese Weise die Einrichtung eines Lehrstuhls für angewandte Wirtschaftswissenschaften zu verhindern.

Bankier Harrogate und seine Familie planen eine Kutschfahrt über die einsamen Pässe der Apenninen. Gemeinsam mit dem jungen Dichter Muscari, dem Fremdenführer Ezza und Father Brown geraten sie in den Hinterhalt einer Räuberbande. Und Montano, der König der Diebe, hat sehr präzise Vorstellungen vom Lösegeld.

Über dem Adelsgeschlecht der Darnaways lastet ein Fluch. Die Ehefrauen des jeweils siebten in der Erbfolge starben keines natürlichen Todes. Doch allen Warnungen zum Trotz will die junge Adelaide den letzten männlichen Erben heiraten. Als dieser kurz nach seiner Rückkehr aus Australien Selbstmord begeht, fühlt sie sich schuldig an seinem Tod. Sie glaubt, er habe dem Fluch zuvorkommen wollen und sich selbst gerichtet.

Hauptmann Musgrave ist ein vielgefragter Mann. Der Anwalt Granby will ihm auf den Zahn fühlen, und Elizabeth Fane soll den jungen Adeligen heiraten. Doch während der Anwalt schnell überzeugt ist, kommen der Nichte Father Browns erste Zweifel.

Der Meisterdieb Tiger Tyrone will ein kostbares Reliquiar aus einem nahegelegenen Kloster rauben. Flambeau und Father Brown wollen den Diebstahl...

Aus dem Zimmer von James Todhunter dringen merkwürdige Stimmen und Geräusche. Seine Vermieterin befürchtet das Schlimmste für den künftigen Schwiegersohn. Als Father Brown mit dem Kriminologen Dr. Orion Hood das Zimmer betritt, finden sie den Verdächtigen gefesselt und geknebelt.

Una antologia policial unica. Alrededor de tres de los mas grandes y famosos detectives de la novela policial se ha hecho esta antologia que presenta historias protagonizadas por Sherlock Holmes, un genio de la deduccion y precursor de la narracion policial moderna; por Hercules Poirot, la satirica creacion de Agatha Christie y el Padre Brown, el curita que aplica los dogmas religiosos a la solucion de crimenes.

Join the world-renowned expert Adrian Gilbert as he explores the world of celestial prophecy and star worship. Gilbert discusses the ancient prophecies seen by man in the sky and how to read them. He explores Orion, Sirius, and the Stargates. He takes us on a journey into the Book of Revelation and explains how we are living in the end of days. Did our ancestors understand more than us? All the answers and much more will be explained.

Meet Serafina Trent. A woman about to take 19th Century London by storm. It's London, 1857, and everything is at stake for Serafina Trent. A woman of means...but not the typical Victorian lady who feels her place is to be seen and not heard. When her brother's most recent female dalliance, a beautiful actress, is found murdered, all evidence points to him. Especially since the actress had just rejected him in a most public manner. Now everyone believes Clive is headed for the gallows. Everyone, that is, but Serafina.

Booklover Charlotte is delighted to welcome an eclectic group of guests to Chapters Bed and Breakfast for a book-club retreat focused on fairy tales and classic children’s literature. But when one of the guests is poisoned at a Mad Hatter tea party, Charlotte realizes she’s fallen down a rather unpleasant rabbit hole. The victim—an opinionated busybody whose jewelry store sold original designs, along with some possibly “hot” merchandise—had plenty of enemies, spurring Charlotte and Ellen to offer their well-honed investigative skills to assist the local police.

Recapture the valuable time bulimia has stolen from you and focus it on what matters most in your life: your family. Stop your mental battle of preoccupation with binges or thinking about where the next purge will take place. Free yourself from the obsession of a bulimia bender.

In How to Analyze People, you will learn how to read people quickly by paying attention to their body language, analyze human behavior to get the most concrete conclusions, and even use psychological methods to get a better picture of who you're dealing with. Whether you'd like to use those tools in your career, to find a worthwhile relationship, or simply just curious - How to Analyze People will help you with all of the above and more!

The Club of Queer Trades revolves around the members of a London club who must invent their own peculiar and unique professions, and make a living from them. These six tales send up the British class system, the state of London in the Victoria era, the ironies of the law, and more.

"Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable of translating the one into the other, however obviously they mean the same thing. Say to them 'The persuasive and even coercive powers of the citizen should enable him to make sure that the burden of longevity in the previous generation does not become disproportionate and intolerable, especially to the females.'"