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In a world awash in educational chess content, knowing how to study the game most effectively can be challenging. As the Perpetual Chess Podcast host, USCF Master Ben Johnson has spent hundreds of hours talking chess with many of the world’s top players and most accomplished trainers. In the popular Adult Improver Series, he has spoken with dozens of passionate amateurs who have elevated their games significantly while pursuing chess as a hobby.

An endless Winter. A dark Manor. A frightful Beast. An uncommon Beauty. And the power of True Love. To save his family from poverty, Marius Dufresne chooses to become the captive of a mysterious Beast. Her domain is an eternal winter's night, deep and dark and hidden far away from the world. Soon Marius discovers that there is more to his mysterious captor than meets the eye. A terrible curse has taken hold of this place, and only the compassion and forgiveness in a young man's heart may be able to break it.

Senior year is over, and Lucy has the perfect way to celebrate: tonight, she's going to find Shadow, the mysterious graffiti artist whose work appears all over the city. He's out there somewhere—spraying color, spraying birds and blue sky on the night—and Lucy knows a guy who paints like...

What is PJ doing with the man in the box in his basement? The man in the box deserves whatever he gets, and PJ is just the man to give it to him.

Come along with a little boy in a spaceship looking for his friends, a grown man coming to terms with his dreams and fears, random encounters, kinky BDSM sex, comets and planets made of hard rock, yin, yang, a Raven, a Leopard, and a Wiccan, and an unforgettable can of whipped cream, all in Day of the Dead.

Ben Johnson has spent more than 15 years in and around organized labor as a strategist on both sides, first as an elected union president, then as a consultant and advisor to management teams related to organized labor.

The true tale of an addict’s search for grace through ancient Greek philosophers, a decade as an elected union official, and a childhood among evangelicals. Throughout it all, Ben Johnson could find no grace, only the fury that chases him across the decades of his life. When his life finally falls apart, he begins a new journey that delivers grace born from that very fury.

A Financial Times Music Book of the Year 2023 'Key to understanding black British history' - Sunday Times 'Sharp and still relevant' - Zadie Smith Recognized as one of the great poets of modern times, and as a deeply respected and influential political and cultural activist and social critic...

On a hot summer day in 2015, Anita Krajnc performed an act of compassion for which she was arrested and faced up to 10 years in prison. She gave a bit of water to thirsty, overheated pigs that were being transported in a dirty, crowded truck to be slaughtered. This is the story of her trial, of why what she did matters, and of what we all can do.

Making a Quantum Leap: From There to Here, Vol. 1 takes you deep inside the mind of international best-selling author, Tom Nelson, as he goes from a maximum security prison cell to being a successful businessman, respected member of society, and father. Tom tells how he went from being a street thug and cocaine trafficker to owning the largest private fitness training facility in Los Angeles, being voted Trainer of the Year and Best Gym in Los Angeles.

Written by three experts in their fields - a pediatric neurologist, a psychiatrist, and a martial arts instructor - this breakthrough title provides a unique program for instilling the ability to focus in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder...The audiobook begins by explaining the basics of ADHD, including its common signs and what researchers have discovered about it. The remaining sections detail the components of the program, including its principles, its goals, and the practical ways in which these goals can be achieved.

Thick white fog, headlights coming straight-on, and a violent car accident. A devoted father, Lucas confronts what parents fear most as he clutches his daughter’s hand in the hospital. The doctors say she has severe head trauma and there is little hope. Her fate will be decided in the next 24 hours. Lucas is forced to wait, but he doesn't give up hope. He talks to his daughter, fighting to break through, and what unfolds is his story of love, his dreams, and the struggles he endured keeping his family together.

A vicious murder with a broadsword leaves a man dead at a remote and ancient castle in the Bavarian forests. Shortly thereafter, the bubonic plague - a hideous disease believed to be eliminated centuries ago, is detected in Bavaria, killing its victims. German police Kommissar Franz Waldbaer strongly suspects a link to the castle, but his investigation is impeded by the master of the castle, the arrogant Count von Wintelock.

Pittsburgh has recently (and more than once) been called the most livable city in America; yet the old image of smoky skies and steel mills spewing forth grit has never quite disappeared. Its history as a dirty industrial center is a part of its residents, a part of their toughness. The people of the steel city fight.

Freudian slips, spoonerisms, double-talk, and nonsense from famous and infamous figures past and present, are all here in one digest that will have you howling with laughter. Imagine saying to the Beatles, "You'll never make it…Go back to Liverpool." That's what a Decca Records executive told the Fab Four in 1962. Senator S.I. Hayakawa allegedly pointed out, "The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep."

This collection of letters conveys timeless tales of love and passion written by some of the most interesting male figures in history, including revolutionary thinkers, visionary painters, and enlightened writers. Even dark minds like Edgar Allan Poe experience love, and each letter reveals personal desires, intimate details, and intense emotions.

A Financial Times Music Book of the Year 2023 'Key to understanding black British history' - Sunday Times 'Sharp and still relevant' - Zadie Smith Recognized as one of the great poets of modern times, and as a deeply respected and influential political and cultural activist and social critic...