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Find your creative purpose. Overcoming the barriers to innovation is easier than you think. Marc Silber, best-selling author and award-wining creative and educator shows you how to avoid the traps of procrastination, overthinking, and self-doubt. The exercises in Create are specifically designed to help you find certainty and confidence in self-expression.

John Fowles won international acclaim for his innovative, allusive novels The Collector, The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman. All were critical and commercial successes, translated into several languages and adapted as feature films. This collection brings together the BBC Radio adaptations of these three modern classics, with stellar casts including Judi Dench, Charles Dance and John Hurt.

Determined to offer an unfiltered version of events, the Washington Post's Anthony Shadid was neither embedded with soldiers nor briefed by politicians. Because he is fluent in Arabic, Shadid, an Arab-American born and raised in Oklahoma, was able to actually disappear into the divided, dangerous worlds of Iraq. Day by day, as American dreams clashed with Arab notions of justice, he pieced together the human story of ordinary Iraqis weathering the terrible dislocations and tragedies of war.

Aiden Wagner is shattered when his identical twin is blown to pieces in front of his eyes and he can’t do anything to help except hold him as he takes his last breath. In his guilt and grief, he turned to the one person he’d loved from afar, and the one person he never should have touched—his brothers’ fiancée. Their wild night together left him full of shame and bitterness, so he ran to the other side of the world and signed on with Eidolon, a Black Ops team who works for the Crown.

Stanford University published a paper that showed that self-affirmations help create a narrative about ourselves, making us more flexible and more capable to adapt to situations. Affirmations have also been shown to help us form a positive new self-image. Within this audiobook, you will have a 28-day affirmation plan, containing specific 10- to 15-minute digestible daily affirmations to ensure you stay motivated and inspired to continually live your best life.

Pure Christmas magic in the enchanting world of the Treebobs. When Father Christmas arrives to begin his journey across the world on Christmas Eve, Rotten Rena the wicked witch is waiting for a present and she is not at all pleased when she does not get one. In true Rotten Rena style she casts one of her wicked spells to ruin Christmas for the World. However the Treebob Queen with the very best of the Treebob air force, the "Royal Air Bobs", use the pure magic of Christmas to make sure that Father Christmas does indeed get to fly his sleigh that Christmas eve.

Dive into an unparalleled synthesis of military history and decision theory with The Ardennes (Counter) Offensive: A Decision Analysis of Allied and German Strategy Leading Up to the Greatest Battle of World War II. This groundbreaking book, augmented by more than 60 insightful diagrams and tables, propels listeners into a thoughtful investigation of the strategic decisions that formed the remarkable Ardennes Offensive.

The 1992 Los Angeles Riots: six days of looting, arson, assault, and murder. America's second largest city in chaos. In All Involved Ryan Gattis weaves a heart-stopping narrative from the perspectives of characters whose stories of the riots were never told. In six sections, each covering a single day, we follow the intersecting lives of 17 people: gang members, firefighters, nurses, law enforcement officers, and graffiti artists, every one changed for ever.

You are invited on the most powerful journey that you can take in your life: the journey from your head to your heart. On August 11, 1938, Bill Wilson created the first 12-step fellowship. Since then, countless men and women have participated in this powerful program. The spirituality of the 12 steps transcends multiple religious and secular traditions. This is truly a spiritual approach for everyone. Now, renowned spiritual expert Fr. Anthony Ciorra, PhD, will guide you through the deep spirituality behind the 12 steps.

Conflict is essential to story - regardless of genre. The friction between what a character wants and the lengths they will go to reach that goal is what pulls readers through your book. Great conflict is what leaves readers cheering (or crying) at the end of a story. Using humour and her deep knowledge of human behaviour, counsellor and award-winning author Eileen Cook will guide you through the causes of conflict, the differences between internal and external conflict, and show you how conflict resolution techniques can be turned upside down to ramp up the tension in your book.

Here is one of the great autobiographies of the English language - exuberant, wonderfully contemporary in spirit, by a man twice as large as life who—he said so himself—had no trouble remembering everything that had ever happened to him and a lot of things besides.

Power, tragedy and hubris are played out in this quartet, all of which are set in the febrile political atmosphere of ancient Rome. Performed by an incredible array of the 20th century’s greatest actors, Marlowe alumni including Ian McKellen, Prunella Scales, Patrick Wymark and William Devlin can be heard in these recordings.

The Cloud of Unknowing, a 14th-century mystical text on contemplation amid a pandemic, is experiencing a renaissance in our current moment. Join award-winning Christian spirituality expert Fr. Anthony Ciorra to discover why this “journey from head to heart” is so relevant to today’s spiritual seekers. Through 12 transformative audio lectures with Fr. Ciorra, a Learn25 favorite, you can experience the power of The Cloud of Unknowing to open your mind and heart. You will discover a precious treasure that will open your eyes to God in the ordinary.

Emma Watts was almost the perfect lady. That is, until her father joined the notorious Prometheans' Club and gambled away all her prospects. Now, cast out of society, and with only her name intact, Emma will do what a young, intelligent lady can when she is thwarted by circumstance. Take revenge, of course. And the gentlemen's club, including its members, is first on the list . . .

The Book of Ruth is not a random romantic story, but a significant look at the sovereignty of God and His plan of redemption for all people within the world. It also contains interesting character studies of the main people—Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz. The Mosaic Law and history of Israel give prophetic insight to make the history of the Bible relevant to our own time.

A collection of fabulous tales of genies, heroes, flying carpets and fantastic voyages, The Arabian Nights has enchanted generations of children and adults. Forged in the Islamic Golden Age, it was brought to Europe in the 18th Century, where it became an instant sensation. Included here are seven full-cast dramatisations, starring Carolyn Backhouse as Shahrazad and Derek Jacobi as the King, as well as a bonus edition of In Our Time exploring the story behind the tales.

Tich thinks dragon slaying is tough but dragon baby-sitting is even tougher! Tich is small and fed up! He thinks life is rubbish. Then dad gives him an old board game and suddenly he s off on an adventure. Slay a dragon on his own? Maybe school s not so bad after all. When Tich brings a real live dragon's egg home, can the gang really cope? A baby dragon may be a cool pet but no one wants to be burnt to a crisp.

Vlad the Drac is on holiday in England and staying with old friends, the Stones. But what does a vegetarian vampire who loves the limelight find to do with himself all day long? Well, whatever he starts out to do, poor old Vlad always ends up in a scrape - like the day he falls in the food mixer! Luckily the Stones are there to pick up the pieces: and before he goes home to Romania, Vlad finds a way to repay his friends in style.

Aboard the Carthena, on its way from Sydney to Southampton, a passenger walks on the dark deck, unaware his death is only seconds away. It's a death which will set in motion a criminal investigation stretching from England to Australia.

Homer's Iliad can justly be called the world's greatest war epic. The terrible and long-drawn-out siege of Troy remains one of the classic campaigns, the heroism and treachery of its combatants unmatched in song and story. Driven by fierce passions and loyalties, men and gods battle to a devastating conclusion.