Higher Life

Don't let the title fool you. This isn't a book about high fiving everyone else in your life. You're already doing that. Cheering for your favorite teams. Celebrating your friends. Supporting the people you love as they go after what they want in life. Imagine if you gave that same love and encouragement to yourself. Or even better, you made it a daily habit. You'd be unstoppable. In this book, Mel teaches you how to start high fiving the most important person in your life, the one who is staring back at you in the mirror: YOURSELF.

We are back in Rilton Castle for the eighth story in the series, There is trouble blowing in the wind. Is it the answer or smoke from another holiday cottage, burnt to the ground by an arsonist? Maybe it is the aroma of Moonshadow Grey’s cooking, or the scent from one of her ready-rolled joints? Perhaps it is the noise from the huge loud speakers in the flat next door to Mrs Julia Fothergill, who is suffering from an outbreak of cuckoos. It’s July in Dorset and the peaceful summer is about to be disturbed by violence and mayhem, yet again. The twins are off from school, Mike is drawing ...

Filled with expert advice and real-life anecdotes, 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life is an essential guide to helping you escape negative relationships, build healthy connections, and safeguard your reputation and personal life in the process. And if you have a high-conflict personality, this book will help you help yourself.

The High Life: Communication with the Holy Spirit God speaks to Christians in various ways. Prophets were the primary people God spoke to in the Old covenant. In the new covenat, there are prophets but all Christians have the Holy Spirit dwelling on the inside of them. God speaks to us through scripture primarily but can also give us dreams or visions. My book explores the ways God speaks to us and how to be sure it is God that is speaking. Chapters include the following: Chapter 1 Communication with God Chapter 2 Conversations with God Chapter 3 Communion with God Chapter 4 Ways God Speaks...

The irascible A. J. Fikry, owner of Island Books - the only bookstore on Alice Island - has already lost his wife. Now his most prized possession, a rare book, has been stolen from right under his nose in the most embarrassing of circumstances. The store itself, it seems, will be next to go. One night upon closing, he discovers a toddler in his children’s section with a note from her mother pinned to her Elmo doll: I want Maya to grow up in a place with books and among people who care about such kinds of things. I love her very much, but I can no longer take care of her.

“Magick saved my life,” says Damien Echols. When he was on death row for a crime he didn’t commit, Damien used the spiritual practice of magick to stave off intense pain and despair, keep hope alive - and ultimately to manifest his freedom. Now this best-selling author presents an unabridged audiobook on this misunderstood tradition, bringing listeners instruction in key meditations, insights, and practices to reshape our reality with the divine energy of creation.

Neurochemicals affect just about everything in our bodies. David J. P. Phillips, an internationally acclaimed Swedish public speaker and coach, guides you through ways to harness the immense power of your mind and optimize your body's chemical factory by diving deep into six neurochemicals and how they can transform your life from within.

Darling, if you’ve ever wondered how the most poised and powerful women navigate life with grace, charm, and an air of effortless elegance, then this is the book you’ve been waiting for. The art of detachment is your ultimate secret weapon—not just to surviving life’s chaos, but to thriving in it, radiating confidence, and commanding the kind of respect that others only dream of. This isn’t just another self-help guide; it’s your invitation to level up in every aspect of your life—relationships, ambition, and personal growth—while keeping your heels high and your standards ...

Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, Cortisol, Endorphin and Testosterone - these are the six substances that internationally acclaimed Swedish public speaker and coach David JP Phillips will guide you through to understand just how our chemistry can affect us and how we can take control and affect it. In this simple and accessible guide, learn how to harness the immense power of your mind to its fullest potential and optimize your body's chemical factory to achieve lasting transformation. This book will lead you to the future you desire and is for everyone who wants to feel high on life for real.

Los Angeles, 1920s: Socialite Mirielle West's days are crowded with shopping, luncheons, and prepping for the myriad glittering parties she attends with her actor husband, Charlie. She's been too busy to even notice the small patch of pale skin on the back of her hand. Other than an occasional overindulgence in gin and champagne, which helps to numb the pain of recent tragedy, Mirielle is the picture of health. But her doctor insists on more tests, and Mirielle reluctantly agrees. The diagnosis - leprosy - is devastating and unthinkable.

In a world filled with trolls, we all need to live life more like a goblin. What does it mean to "live life like a goblin"? It means to give no f--ks, but also all the f--ks in the world at the same time. It means to be constantly anxiety-ridden while also eternally optimistic. A goblin's heart, specifically John Goblikon's, is filled with love, joy, angst, constant quandary, Chili's Southwestern egg rolls, metal, and empathy. Through goblin eyes, we learn about life, death, business, food, music, travel, culture, dating, school, drinking, compassion, and much more!

Being fake engaged to the guy you’re in love with is never a good idea. Life as a Royal is always chaotic. I’m the heroine. I save people. So when I suddenly become the damsel, I don’t know how to deal with it. My team goes into hiding with our rivals. We just have to keep a low profile and stay hidden. It sounds easy enough. But when is it ever easy to be a Spy School agent? And the very large engagement ring on my finger? It’s just for show. At least, I think it is. The High Life is book 4 in the Spy Academy: The Royals Series. This is a complete, full length, 80k+ word novel. It ...

Thrilling short stories featuring fan favorite characters from the beloved High Republic series each written by a New York Times bestselling author.

In That Time of Year, Garrison Keillor looks back on his life and recounts how a Brethren boy with writerly ambitions grew up in a small town on the Mississippi in the 1950s and, seeing three good friends die young, turned to comedy and radio. Through a series of unreasonable lucky breaks, he founded A Prairie Home Companion and put himself in line for a good life, including mistakes, regrets, and a few medical adventures.

The first biography to focus exclusively on Angus Young - from his remarkable rise from working-class Glasgow and Sydney to the biggest stages in the world. Angus Young, the cofounder and the last remaining original member of AC/DC, has for more than 40 years been the face, the sound and sometimes the exposed backside of the trailblazing rock band.

In The Ghost, investigative reporter Jefferson Morley tells Angleton's dramatic story, from his friendship with the poet Ezra Pound through the underground gay milieu of mid-century Washington to the Kennedy assassination to the Watergate scandal. From the agency's MKULTRA mind-control experiments to the wars of the Mideast, Angleton wielded far more power than anyone knew.

Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no one else. At twelve, her father convinces the owner of a bar in Lake City, Texas, to let her perform, and she stuns the audience. In the ensuing years, never staying anywhere for long, they move from one dusty town to the next, her passion for music growing every time she takes the mike in another roadhouse. But it is not an easy life with her father in charge and using her income to pay for gambling, women, and booze.

Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times's most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On assignment as the country careened between crises, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to the mountains of Waziristan. He met a diverse cast of extraordinary Pakistanis....

With heart-racing urgency and unflinching honesty, Jenkins takes you inside the grips of addiction and the desperate decisions it breeds. She is a born storyteller who lived an incredible story, from blackmail by an ex-boyfriend to a soul-shattering deal with a drug dealer, and her telling brims with suspense and unexpected wit. But the true surprise is her path to recovery. Tiffany breaks through the stigma and silence to offer hope and inspiration to anyone battling the disease - whether it’s a loved one or themselves.

Richard Pryor journeys from his childhood in a family that worked in whore-houses and bars, through to his years in Hollywood - the money, the women, the drugs - and the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.