One of the greatest myths of leadership is that you must be in charge in order to lead. Great leaders don't buy it. Great leaders lead with or without the authority and learn to unleash their influence wherever they are.With practical wisdom and humor, author and pastor Clay Scroggins will help you [...]
Winner of the 2002 Christianity Today Book Award You're One Step Away from the Adventure of Your LifeDeep within you lies the same faith and longing that sent Peter walking across the wind-swept Sea of Galilee toward Jesus.In what ways is the Lord telling you, as he did Peter, 'Come'?John Ortberg in[...]
Full title: 'If You Want to Walk on Water, Youv'e Got to Get Out of the Boat'.
People often talk about worldview when describing the philosophy that guides their lives. But how have we come by our worldviews, and what impact did Christianity have on those that are common to Western civilization?This authoritative, accessible survey traces the development of the worldviews that[...]
In this six-session small group Bible study, If You Want to Walk on Water, You've got to Get Out of the Boat, by John Ortberg, you'll learn how to move beyond fear to discover God's unique calling for your life!Peter may have been the first one out of the boat, but Jesus' invitation to walk on water[...]
Praise for THE POWER TO GET IN: "It's 100 percent about making sure you get in, so you have the opportuntiy to present your product or service or capabilities." --Larry Wilson, coauthor of the bestseller The One Minute Salesperson "[Boylan] is a strong believer in combining risk-taking and perseve[...]
Why do some speakers succeed while many bore their audiences and lose their listeners? Speaking coach Joan Detz has worked with top clients for more than 15 years and has the answers. In this useful and lively book she presents strategies and tips for speeches, sales presentations, brief remarks, jo[...]
A trusted advisor to America's top corporations and recognized as one of today's preeminent marketing experts, Jay Abraham has created a program of proven strategies to help you realize undreamed-of success! Unseen opportunities face each of us every day. Using clear examples from his own experience[...]
Larry Swedroe has long maintained that investors and fund managers have had no sustainable success when chasing hot individual stocks, and that it is much wiser to buy "baskets" of stocks from prominent indexes - always selected from a variety of major well-run companies. Inevitable market rises (an[...]
This title is from the author of the bestselling classics "We're Just Like You Only Prettier", and "Bless Your Heart, Tramp", comes a collection of essays so funny, you'll shoot co'cola out of your nose. Topics include such gems as: why Miss North Carolina is too nice to hate; and, how Gwyneth Paltr[...]
Soon to be a major motion picture directed by George C. Wolfe, produced by Denise Di Novi and starring Hilary Swank, Josh Duhamel and Emmy RossumBec is adrift. It's the summer before her junior year in college. She's sleeping with a married professor, losing interest in her classes, and equivocating[...]
The final book in Davidson's laugh-out-loud trilogy featuring an unconventional FBI agent who finds love in the most unexpected places Candice (and her sisters) has moved in with Patrick and everything is more than she could have ever dreamed. Except why does the dreamy Dr. Gallo keep popping up une[...]
This is a collection of 200 photos culled from the popular facebook group - featuring misspelled and ungrammatical signs from around the world. The enthusiastic grammar-groupies of "I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammer" have taken and uploaded hilarious pictures of errors that capture outrageous gr[...]
You recognize when you know something for certain, right? You "know" the sky is blue, or that the traffic light had turned green, or where you were on the morning of September 11, 2001--you know these things, well, because you just do.In "On Being Certain," neurologist Robert Burton shows that feeli[...]
Seventeen-year-old Alyssa thought she knew who she was. She had her family, her best friends, and most importantly, she had Sarah. Sarah, her girlfriend, with whom she dreamed with about the day they could move far away and live out and proud and accepted for themselves, instead of having to hide th[...]
Seventeen-year-old Alyssa thought she knew who she was. She had her family, her best friends, and most importantly, she had Sarah. Sarah, her girlfriend, with whom she dreamed with about the day they could move far away and live out and proud and accepted for themselves, instead of having to hide th[...]
You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and thrown in a blender. The blades start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do? If you want to work at Google, or any of America's best companies, you need to have an answer to this and other puzzling questions.
ARE YOU SMART ENOUGH TO WORK AT GOOGLE? gui[...]
This book uses traditional reading teaching techniques (alliteration, rhyme, repetition, short sentences) to invite young children to read along with an adult. Eight short fairy tales fit on one spread and feature the characters and stories that children love best. With clear, color-coded typography[...]
The question of our time: can we reclaim our lives in an age that feels busier and more distracting by the day?
We've all found ourselves checking email at the dinner table, holding our breath while waiting for Outlook to load, or sitting hunched in front of a screen for an hour longer than we in[...]