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We don’t lack comfort — we lack inner rest. The Practice of Happiness is not another book telling you to “stay positive.” It’s a calm, intelligent invitation to recalibrate your inner system — biological, psychological, and emotional — so that peace is no longer an accident, but a habit. We often confuse happiness with its sparks: pleasure, excitement, recognition, love. These moments are precious, but they are not the foundation of a fulfilled life — they are only the flashes. True happiness, Sébastien Studer explains, is not euphoric; it is coherent.

Marcus Hale believes he’s a good neighbor. He keeps his yard neat. He minds his business. And when something unsettling happens next door late one night, he convinces himself it isn’t his problem. But silence has consequences. As small omissions begin to pile up, Marcus is forced to reckon with what it means to witness something—and choose not to act. The truth doesn’t arrive all at once. It settles in slowly, tightening with every rationalization.

Adrian Merrow wakes inside the Quiet Archive with no memory of how he arrived—or why the building itself seems to recognize him. The Archive is a place where people surrender memories they can no longer live with, sealed and cataloged to preserve order and prevent collapse. But when a volunteer archivist vanishes and records begin shifting without authorization, the system reveals a flaw it was never meant to expose.

From a quiet bend in the Trinity River to one of the most dynamic cities in America, A Brief History of Dallas traces the extraordinary rise of a place built on ambition, resilience, and reinvention. Across ten vivid, cinematic chapters, Derek Monaghan brings Dallas’s story to life—beginning long before the city existed, when ancient landscapes shaped the lives of Indigenous peoples who called the region home. From John Neely Bryan’s frontier settlement to the explosive arrival of the railroads, Dallas emerges as a crossroads of opportunity, industry, and culture.

Plainfield, Wisconsin was a place of silence—where everyone knew everyone, and secrets stayed buried. But when police entered the Gein farmhouse in 1957, they stepped into a waking nightmare: masks made of human skin, furniture stitched from corpses, body parts preserved like trophies. The friendly handyman with the soft voice and shy smile had been hiding hell in his home.

What if your business didn’t just pay bills but built you an empire? "Building Wealth: A Guide to Commercial Real Estate for Entrepreneurs" is your key to that life. Commercial real estate isn’t a rich man’s game—it’s your fast track to wealth. This book shows you how to turn your grind into a goldmine, starting today. Meet owner-occupied commercial real estate (OOCRE): buy your business’s home and stop feeding landlords. Every payment stacks equity—wealth you own. As values rise, leverage it for loans or new ventures. Rental cash flows in, steady and sweet. Tax breaks?

Do you struggle to start conversations, navigate social situations, or build deep, lasting connections? Have you ever felt invisible in professional settings, lost for words in networking events, or overwhelmed by the pressure of small talk? If that's the case, you're not alone, and you don't have to stay stuck. In The Practical Guide on How to Talk to Anyone, you will find 65 simple and powerful secrets to master the art of communication, build genuine relationships, and enhance your success, both in your personal life and career.

The year 2026 is not a distant marker on a slow technological horizon; it is the crest of the wave. The time for conceptualizing AI’s future impact is over. We are now entering a compressed, high-velocity era—the Three-Year Leap (2026–2028) that will redefine the structure of work, capital, and society. This audiobook is a field guide to that leap. For decades, AI was a computational assistant, requiring explicit instruction for every task.

As we stand in June 2025, it is our hope that this handbook serves its intended purpose: to empower professionals across diverse fields to engage with AI tools like Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, CoPilot, and Grok with greater skill, confidence, and ethical awareness. May it contribute to a future where human ingenuity is augmented by artificial intelligence, leading to more innovative, efficient, and responsible professional work.

One of the leading architects of the historic Abraham Accords, David Friedman explains why in these turbulent and dangerous times, the simple phrase of three words—ONE JEWISH STATE—must be the guideline for Israel and the world’s collective future.

In a lab full of whirring gears and glowing screens, Max dreams of building the perfect companion: a robot that can laugh. With his team—Dr. Harper, Jenna, and Elliot—he finally powers up Lumo, a small silver robot designed to help children learn science.

When a curious and imaginative child, stumbles upon a mysterious glowing crystal, they are thrust into a world of elemental magic, hidden secrets, and ancient prophecies. Guided by an enigmatic mentor and tested by perilous trials, they must harness the incredible power of Hydrogen—the first spark of creation—to protect the balance of a magical realm under threat.

In a world that often feels like it’s handing us lemons, Mitchell Kuhnert’s Lemon Shaker: Shake Your Thinking to Shake Your Life serves as a transformative guide to reclaiming mental clarity. Moving beyond standard self-help tropes, Kuhnert explores the Three Principles: Mind, Thought, and Consciousness—to prove that our experience of life is created from the inside out.

Tired of restless nights, sluggish mornings, and all-day fatigue? The secret to better sleep and more energy lies in your Circadian Rhythm. Circadian Rhythm Reset: How to Fix Your Sleep Cycle Naturally is your practical, science-based guide to aligning your body clock for deep, restorative sleep and vibrant energy—without pills or side effects.

He was a trusted neighbor, a respected businessman, and a smiling clown who entertained children. But beneath the floorboards of his quiet suburban home, a nightmare festered. When police entered 8213 Summerdale Avenue in 1978, they expected answers about a missing teenage boy. What they found was a house of horrors. One body. Then another. Then another. By the end of the excavation, the remains of twenty-six young men and boys had been pulled from the crawl space.

They promised perfection. The Black-Box program built Echo-units — cloned soldiers engineered to never tire, never falter, never fail. Dr. Elara Kane called it evolution. General Heller called it the future of war. But Sergeant Major Cole Maddox saw what they really became. It started with a single patient in a hospital ER. One bite. One moan for brains. Then it spread city to city, faster than bullets, fire, or bombs could stop it. Napalm couldn’t. Nuclear fire couldn’t. Humanity’s weapons only turned the world to ash.

In this vivid and cinematic narrative, author and historian Derek Monaghan traces the evolution of St. Louis from its Indigenous roots and French colonial founding to its rise as a frontier boomtown, industrial powerhouse, and cultural beacon. Through ten immersive chapters, A Brief History of St. Louis explores the city’s defining moments: the Dred Scott decision, Civil War upheaval, the 1904 World’s Fair, the rise and fall of Pruitt-Igoe, and the Ferguson protests that reignited a national conversation on race and justice.

Zacharias has loved Elisabeth all his life. When negotiations are made for their marriage, the childhood friends trust that their future will be bright. But as their story unfolds in their village near Jerusalem, the life they build together is marked by both the joy of love and the sorrows of loss and longing, for as the years pass by, the steadfast couple is never blessed with the thing they desire above all: a child.

Transform your online dating results with proven psychological strategies. This tactical playbook delivers 40 practical techniques to optimize your profile, manipulate dating algorithms, and craft conversations that convert matches into dates. Master profile optimization, algorithmic domination, opening lines that bypass filters, conversation escalation tactics, and protocols for securing meet-ups. Stop struggling with online dating and start succeeding with exact psychological hacks designed to dominate dating platforms.

From ancient riverbanks to modern skylines, A Brief History of San Antonio traces the soul of one of America’s most storied cities. Author Derek Monaghan guides listeners through ten immersive chapters that blend historical depth with cinematic storytelling—revealing how Indigenous roots, Spanish missions, revolution, and resilience shaped San Antonio’s unique identity.