Human Life

Special Agent Floy Turner returns for her final crime-fighting battles. With the first page bringing us back to historical 9/11, Floy finds herself in a precarious situation as she and her team face the potential threats of entering and searching the apartments of the 9/11 terrorists mere hours after the attacks. From escorting renown serial killer Aileen Wournos to her execution to interrupting the insidious ploys of kidnappers, cybercrime predators, and human traffickers, Turner uses her seasoned investigator’s skills to ensure justice is served.

In this compelling audio series, renowned human behavior experts Roy Baumeister and Dianne Tice unravel the mysteries surrounding one of humanity’s most talked about but least understood forms of social interaction: sex.

In Ain’t Nobody Really Happy at the Bottom...Except Catfish, author J. W. Neal helps the listener navigate out of the murky waters of mediocrity so prevalent in today’s “settle-for” mentality. Acknowledging that we all face temporary setbacks and perceived failures in life, the author emphasizes the definitive word temporary. By focusing on three fail-safe components and then flowing in their natural repercussions the listeners is guided from a “ho-hum” mediocre existence into a life of challenge, power, and victory.

Today, many decisions that could be made by human beings from predicting earthquakes to interpreting languages can now be made by computer algorithms with advanced analytic capabilities....Algorithms can better predict human behavior than trained psychologists and with much simpler criteria. Studies continue to show that the algorithms can do a better job than experts in a range of fields. Artificial intelligence is reshaping healthcare, science, engineering and life. The results will make our lives more productive, better organized, and essentially, much happier.

A Path Appears is even more ambitious in scale: nothing less than a sweeping tapestry of people who are making the world a better place and a guide to the ways that we can do the same - whether with a donation of $5 or $5 million, with our time, by capitalizing on our skills as individuals, or by using the resources of our businesses.

The world we live in nowadays is so frantic and full of distractions. You’re not the only one feeling anxious and unable to focus on your personal life due to this fast-paced society. The good news is the right change of perspective can offer you clarity and help you achieve the mental balance you need to live an efficient and successful life. Stoicism, as a philosophy, can help you achieve just that.

The normal human way of doing things is rife with inefficiencies. It means starting a new writing project and blankly staring at your screen, waiting for inspiration to hit you. It means reading books at such a slow pace that you never have time to finish them in your busy schedule. It means having a capricious mind that jumps from one distraction to the next, stifling your ability to learn and retain information. To become superhuman is to achieve superhuman memory, reading, and writing skills.

Modern thought tends to divide life into categories, but in the process of living, all the currents mix and mingle, and worthwhile answers only come from finding a harmonious relation to the whole. Seeking holistic understanding, this book ranges through psychology, art, science, religion, relationships, culture, mythology, philosophy, and the world’s wisdom traditions. Although no one can be expert in all these areas, the living of life does not offer the choice of avoiding any of them.

La historia sigue a Segismundo, un príncipe encarcelado desde su nacimiento por su padre, el rey Basilio, debido a una profecía que predice que Segismundo se convertirá en un tirano. A través de una serie de eventos dramáticos, Calderón de la Barca teje una reflexión filosófica sobre la vida y los sueños, cuestionando la realidad misma.

Bienvenido a un viaje por los rincones ocultos de la mente humana, una expedición que arroja luz sobre los hilos invisibles que guían nuestros pensamientos y decisiones. En este libro, "Hilos ocultos de la razón: Cómo las distorsiones cognitivas guían nuestras vidas", el Sr. Franz Winter abre las puertas a espacios de la mente desconocidos para muchos de nosotros, aunque los habitemos a diario.

In this teen mental health book for parents, teachers, and youth leaders, international speaker Joe Beckman takes the popular presentations he’s shared with more than 1,500 schools, to create truly empowered mentors—and reconnected kids.

Entdecken Sie die unsichtbare Macht, die Ihr Leben steuert. In "Die Macht der Glaubenssätze" entführt Sie die renommierte Neuro-Resonanz-Meisterin und Sportexpertin Jeanie Bäder auf eine erhellende Reise in die tiefsten Winkel Ihres Unterbewusstseins. Lernen Sie wie unsere Glaubenssätze, ob wir uns Ihrer bewusst sind oder nicht, jede Entscheidung beeinflussen, die wir treffen, jede Beziehung, die wir eingehen, und jeden Erfolg, den wir anstreben.

This audiobook guides us towards a surprising awakening and leads us towards a personal and global evolution. It aims at great changes on many levels and gives the keys to get there. It is structured in concepts revealing teachings of a high spiritual nature and approaches them in a way that makes them accessible and understandable to all. These fascinating concepts allow us to access great wisdom and initiate us to secrets aimed at helping us in multiple spheres. These teachings are invaluable and can make a big difference to our future and that of the entire planet.

This playbook anchors you to the notion that your environment dictates your performance and that you alone are responsible for adopting a position of leadership, exercising regularly, and managing your diet to stay healthy in body and mind, while being accountable for all that you do in the world. Think of this book as your call to arms to be brave, have fun and lead by example at work and in life.

This anthology of interdisciplinary writings looks at the integration of mind, body, and spirit as it plays out in the workplace—whether in birth coaching, teaching parents, assisting the terminally ill, or working in the military, the classroom, or the corporation. These essays reveal what gets in the way of our humanity in the work world and how to rediscover that humanity.

In "Versteckte Fäden der Vernunft: Wie kognitive Verzerrungen unser Leben lenken", entführt uns der renommierte Autor Herr Franz Winter in die Tiefen der menschlichen Psyche und enthüllt die verborgenen Mechanismen, die hinter unseren täglichen Entscheidungen stehen. Dieses Buch ist eine meisterhafte Erkundung der versteckten Einflüsse, die unsere Gedanken und Handlungen formen, und eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit den Kräften, die unsere Realität gestalten – oft ohne unser Wissen.

Rarely are human dilemmas out of the news. And what medical science can do and ought to do—or ought not to do—impinges on our personal lives, families and societies. John Wyatt examines the issues surrounding the beginning and end of life against the background of current medical-ethical thought. Writing out of a deep conviction that the Bible's view of our humanness points a way forward, he suggests how Christian healthcare professionals, churches and individuals can respond to today's challenges and opportunities.

Today, many decisions that could be made by human beings, from predicting earthquakes to interpreting languages, can now be made by computer algorithms with advanced analytic capabilities. Everyday we make millions of decisions, from selecting a life partner, to organizing your closet, to scheduling your life, to having a conversation. However, these decisions may be imperfect due to limited experience, implicit biases, or faulty probabilistic reasoning.

"Life Insurance and Slavery: The Dark History of Profit and Human Commodification" by Elvin Lee Blake Thompson is a revealing exploration of the disturbing intersection between the financial industry and the transatlantic slave trade. This meticulously researched work uncovers how several prominent American insurance companies played a pivotal role in perpetuating and profiting from the institution of slavery by insuring the lives of enslaved individuals and the ships that transported them.

What Is Human Factor: The Key to a Joyful Life is the interplay between masculinity and femininity. Here is the starting premise that I investigate in-depth here for some fascinating findings. As humans, we all have masculinity. As a human factor, masculinity differentiates us from Mother Nature. Mother Nature blesses us to be her child creation with her femininity. Therefore, femininity is like a deity body that embodies the deity kingdom whose omni-permeating spirit gives birth to the human kingdom.