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My name is Teddy, and I’m in the sixth grade. It’s my first day at a different school, and so far, the only person I know is Zane, the school bully. I was just your everyday kid trying to stay off everyone’s radar, but when I met my new best friend, Bud Wiper, everything changed.

Managing the demands of a hectic lifestyle, be it juggling career demands, running a business, or raising a family, can leave you feeling worn out and stressed. Chronic stress comes with many health problems like insomnia and chronic aches that can affect your quality of life. That’s why we created this book–to help you take control of your mental health and develop simple but effective strategies for managing the stresses of daily life.

My physicist friend calculated that my head hit the floor at about 100 mph. New York Yankee Aaron Judge swings the bat at around 90 mph. So my injury was equivalent to getting hit in the head with a wooden bat by a major league baseball player. Sweeeet! And so began a journey of injury, pain, recovery, grieving, loss, cruel humor, metamorphosis, rebirth, and bloom.

If someone had told me in 2008 that the single most time-consuming issue facing me as one of the newest of America’s three thousand-and-eighty-one sheriffs would be mental health, I would have laughed. I was the SWAT team leader. I was a drug education officer on patrol and a street-level narcotics interdiction officer for a larger (by Iowa standards) sheriff’s office. I would do the occasional court-ordered, emergency mental health committal and the random transport from one health care facility to another mental health facility on a judge’s order from time to time.

The fusion of distributed artificial intelligence with highly autonomous military systems ushers in a type of lightning-quick conflict that has never been seen before. Yet this is more than a revolution in military affairs; it is a revolution in human affairs that will transform the 21st century defense and security environment. Advances in AI will fundamentally change the human condition, and with it, a profoundly human undertaking war.

Have you ever pondered... What led to the creation of the humble sandwich? Why does chocolate have that irresistible allure? What's the story behind our morning cup of coffee? Like the ever-curious, you've perhaps questioned the origins of these everyday items on your plate. Prepare yourself for an enlightening journey as you uncover your favorite foods' unexpected and perhaps slightly peculiar history.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of cryptocurrency scams and aims to educate listeners on how to recognize and avoid such scams.

This practical, no-nonsense guide to bold leadership offers strategic, research-based, actionable methods that leaders of all levels can implement, including, motivating peak performance and results.

Men of War is a book of essays, where fact is often intertwined with fiction. Inside you will find stories about loss, a joke that Bradley doesn’t understand, the afterlife, an amusement park injury, a beloved toy set free, how the rich choose to spend their free time, and how drinking alcohol and the internet don’t mix.

From out of a terrible tragedy, can those affected by the blindsiding turn of events grow from the experience? That’s what Ethan, a high school sophomore, who surrounds himself with acquaintances has to figure out. Will he break free from his predestined place in life? And get away from his desolate town?

In the wake of a devastating car accident, sixteen-year-old Micah Hunter’s world begins to unravel. A mysterious illness leaves him unable to pursue the football dreams that he once shared with his father. At the peak of his illness, Micah bumps his wheelchair into Evie Thompson, a headstrong fifteen-year-old living with her own challenges. Coming of age and coming to terms with their disabilities, Micah and Evie find solace and companionship in each other.