Human Life

Unveil the Extraordinary with Human History: 1000 Interesting Facts and 101 Weird Moments.

Truth-Driven Thinking is a straightforward examination of human emotion and its impact on everyday life. Emotion impacts healthcare choices, investments, careers, businesses, and virtually every corner of public policy, because it largely defines the nature of public dialogue. Indeed as the old saying goes, conventional wisdom can be more conventional than wise.

In this collection of 28 "riotously funny and outrageously honest" true-life tales, author Joni B. Cole manage to mingle low moments with high comedy; and social awkwardness with social observation.

The title essay was inspired when the author went to the bookstore and noticed all the best sellers about adorably naughty dogs. At first resentful of these other writers' successes, Cole eventually realized she had her own bad-dog story to exploit....

Mary's Choices summarizes the 12 Life Choices that Mother Mary made during her lifetime and captures some profound concepts and understandings that support us in mastering the human experience. The book is a series of 15 Questions and Answers that meaningfully capture the relevance of each of Mary's 12 Life Choices in a simple and beautiful way. Via Mary's example, we have a practical roadmap to reach ascended levels of living beyond our usual day-to-day understandings.

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.

Ricardo Osorio es el antipático y obsesivo jefe del departamento de Recursos Humanos de una compleja empresa con tintes kafkianos que es el otro gran protagonista de esta novela. La vida de Osorio se desmorona: su arbitrario y cínico comportamiento en la empresa provoca la desconfianza de sus jefes, el odio de sus compañeros y, lo que es más grave, que su secretaria Elsy —mano derecha insustituible de Osorio— le abandone. Y en el peor momento. Como jefe de Recursos Humanos tiene que organizar la fiesta anual de la empresa.

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.

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.

Dans "Les fils cachés de la raison : comment les distorsions cognitives guident nos vies", l'auteur renommé Monsieur Franz Winter nous entraîne dans les profondeurs de la psyché humaine et révèle les mécanismes cachés qui se cachent derrière nos décisions quotidiennes. Ce livre est une exploration magistrale des influences cachées qui façonnent nos pensées et nos actions, et un examen critique des forces qui façonnent notre réalité - souvent à notre insu.

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.

On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a private company that within three years would unravel the complete genetic code of human life, seven years before the projected finish of the U.S. government's Human Genome Project. Venter hoped that by decoding the genome ahead of schedule, he would speed up the pace of biomedical research and save the lives of thousands of people. He also hoped to become very famous and very rich.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.