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You see this, and then you look at the stone busts of Stoicism’s leading proponents: Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius. All seem dour and foreboding. They may have been stern-faced gentlemen, but the fact remains, many who have incorporated Stoicism into their daily lives report that they can face life’s challenges with greater equanimity. Your Daily Dose of Stoic Wisdom is a 30-day guide to practicing the foundational tenets of Stoicism. Without being a primer on Stoic philosophy, the book is here to help you integrate its basic principles into your everyday experiences.

Today, we believe that the difference between failure and success, from average to elite, from deadbeat dropout to CEO, is the mentality. It might sound like an easy answer, but a healthy mentality requires constant work, just like happiness and all the good things in life. To help you achieve that wholesome mentality that takes you from good to great, we analyzed three of the greatest philosophers and broke down their observations on human nature, mentality, and happiness.

When we get to this stage in our lives, the majority of us were brought up to go to college, graduate, find a career, and that’s it. For the most part, we achieved our high school diploma, GED, or college degree. What about the adult responsibilities and challenges that you weren’t taught in school? I know it is frustrating to learn these skills on your own. This book includes personal stories from my combined 15 years of playing football and college experience.

A hot-tempered, very neglected Mafia wife. Her 18-year-old lover in a black leather jacket with switchblade. Her missing "Made Man" husband who had been playing fast and loose with pay-offs collected for the local Capo de Capos. A dozen juvenile delinquents who were ready to rumble and just as ready to harmonize when record producers dropped by. Two tough-as-nails cops convinced that Harry Horne was guilty of everything. And a young woman with a penchant for shedding her clothes and trying to shoot Harry. It all adds up to one of journalist/sleuth Harry Horne's craziest cases.

Lucas looked up at the water-stained ceiling and sighed. It was time to get moving. It was time to follow through with his task. Psychopathic serial killer Lucas Bruesh lives in squalor with his college girlfriend, Suzy, because it suits his needs. But Suzy’s weakness for drugs and deviant sexual escapades are starting to grate on him. He has other, more important things to do.

The world spun and rolled as I collapsed at Macy’s in San Francisco to the voices of Christmas carols being sung and bells ringing. Fresh out of the ICU and a week later, a beige man gave me a beige folder with a dark diagnosis that would color the rest of my life - multiple sclerosis. This set off a tidal wave, a tsunami inside of me that ravaged my body and crushed my lungs. The MS Diaries is a memoir that seeks to impart the journey inside one man’s mind struggling with a severe chronic illness through uncensored personal anecdotes and humorous situations.

Oz Porter, a prepper and former Marine sniper, has led his people into the Appalachians, where they create a refuge, a place they name Endurance. Building log cabins for shelter, trapping and hunting in the forest for food, they manage to scrape enough to live a meagre existence. But how will they combat the new enemy? When people lose everything, who will keep them safe?

Rog Phillips' Rat in the Skull and Other SF Classics is a giant helping of classic Golden Age science fiction. The main ingredient is Phillips' science fiction masterpiece Rat in the Skull (unavailable for nearly 50 years). What the magazine editors said then about this controversial Hugo nominee novelette remains true today: "Some people will be shocked by this story. Others will be deeply moved. Everyone who reads it will be talking about it. Read the first four pages: then put it down if you can."

Arizona Red Ghost is one of the more bizarre tales out of the Old West based on a true story reported by the 1883 Mohave County Miner, a weekly newspaper of Kingman, Arizona. Joe Crane runs a freight business using camels to carry goods through the brutal Arizona desert. He is attacked by three vicious outlaws looking for a gold shipment.

La mano del muerto es una novela corta que trata, esencialmente, sobre la venganza. Si la justicia de los hombres no es capaz de calmar el vacío que deja la pérdida de aquello que más querías, y la de los dioses te resulta del todo etérea y lejana, quizá es el momento de que, al igual que nuestro protagonista, tomes las riendas del destino. Aunque para ello debas convertirte en juez, víctima, asesino o verdugo. Quizá en todos ellos a la vez.

Something stinks in Skidd's Bay... Is it the masked bikini bandits on a crime spree? The urine-flavored water at Splash Downs Water Park? Or the carnal carnage of the annual swinger's swap meet at Harlot's Motel? How about the beach strewn with empty beer cans and hungover summer breakers roasting in the sun? Nah, it's the damn bloodthirsty mutant... SEWER SHARKS!

Are you a notetaker, or a notemaker? Take a page out of this book to find out… What would you say were critical life skills you needed to get by? Budgeting… the ability to communicate… critical thinking… notemaking? That last one may have thrown you for a loop. After all, who needs notes after they leave school? Actually, everyone does. As a presenter, you need them to create experiences that educate, persuade, and wow your audiences. But did you know despite all your hard work, your audience is destined to forget most of what you said within an hour? That's not all.

In our increasingly digital world, most of us are overwhelmed by the constant inflow of data, files, notes, and random bits of inspiration. But what if there was a simple, proven solution to tame the chaos? You'll learn a step-by-step approach for constructing your very own "second brain"—a pragmatic method that requires no fancy apps or proprietary tools.

He wondered how best to cultivate qualities that make us better individuals within a society. Plato parlays this chaos into a recipe for living a good life, the building blocks of which are outlined in this book. Each of Plato's works is discussed, and important parallels to modern life are made with lessons you can draw from.

Modern life is hectic and it's easy to lose sight of what truly matters. This book is a reminder to pause and reconnect with deeper meaning behind your actions. This book shares wisdom from ancient philosophers in a relatable way. Their revelations offer a fresh perspective on today's challenges and those you'll face tomorrow.

When a high-ranking U.S. Embassy official is violently murdered in Beijing, seasoned security officer Jack Decker is reluctantly dragged back into action to unravel the mystery. Teaming up with Zheng Lei, a prodigious Beijing police officer, Jack delves deep into the investigation, uncovering a startling link between the murders and the disappearance of Liang Wei, a business tycoon who publicly opposed China's Central Bank Digital Currency before vanishing into thin air.

It's Friday night, date night, in the quiet little town of Woodvale. For Suzie Palmer, this means hanging out at the All-Night Diner and maybe cruising up to Make-Out Point with her sweetheart. Little does she know there's something on it's way to Woodvale. Something cruel and insidious. Something… out of this world…

Policewoman Peggy Ellen has secret - by night, she's a caped vigilante, known as The Queen of Spades. Her city is crippled with crime, thanks to the notorious gang, The House of Games. When police Lieutenant Jack Malone, who's also Peggy's lover, gets too close to uncovering the truth behind this band of criminals, it's up to The Queen of Spades to rescue him. Can she save him in time, or will her rescue plans fold like a house of cards?

After tragedy leaves Lynia devastated, she feels more alone than ever before. She and her sister, Lynessa, face an uncertain future, but at least Lynessa has her boyfriend, Ithon, to cling to. Yet he faces his own sorrow. As Lynessa and Ithon prepare to bind themselves together in love during this uncertain time, Lynia finds herself trapped—bound to a deal that she made.

There are thousands of stories in Central City. Here are just a few of them from the mind of Adam C Mitchell, three hardboiled noir novellas and a gripping short, all following private eyes, detectives and crooks all set against the backdrop of the 1940's....