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"In this YA memoir, pro surfer Maya Gabeira tells the awe-inspiring true story of her journey from unstoppable teenager to the Guinness World Record-holding legend she is today Beyond the Board is the untold story of living legend Maya Gabeira who-at 25-broke her back and went on not only to recover but to hold the record for highest wave conquered by any big-wave surfer in the 2019-2020 winter season. Gabeira has been heralded as one of the top surfers...
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When losing your job shakes your world, how do you rebuild your career and reclaim your identity?
With unflinching honesty, former Aller Media CEO Lars Sander Matjeka shares his personal story, offering powerful insights for executives and leaders navigating redundancy, career transitions, and leadership identity crises.
Unlike typical career books, he reveals the emotional toll of losing a top executive role, the strain it placed on his family, and...
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"Cities across the country rely on nonprofit organizations to provide quality services and effective campaigns that will benefit individuals, families, and communities. Reliable men and women are placed in leadership roles within these organizations, but are they prepared to lead? Dr. Troy Washington worked with and studied the leadership of Peacemaker Social Services under Gary Bellamy II, which provided him with insight into this unique line of...
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Everything changed the night that executive assistant Rachel Adler indulged her fantasy and slept with her boss. Shane Elliott was better than any dream, but having gone to bed with the executive, Rachel knew she could no longer work with Shane. Engaged in a battle to control his family's empire, Shane would not accept her notice. Rachel was his right-hand woman-he needed her. And after their incredible night together, he wanted her. The millionaire...
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Step into the cutthroat world of high finance and innovation, where ambition reigns supreme and power is its own currency. At the apex of this thrilling landscape stands Apex Corp, a titan built on relentless vision and unyielding strategy. But even within its polished glass towers, human hearts beat with unseen desires, and professional boundaries blur with the irresistible pull of unspoken affection.This is the compelling premise for a romance that...
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Improve young children's language, social-emotional, and number sense development with effective developmentally appropriate teaching strategies in story retelling. This book demystifies the story retelling experience for teachers of young children by identifying effective, intentional teaching and learning practices and providing a variety of examples for integrating story retelling activities across the curriculum for building skills in social-emotional...
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If the global pandemic taught us anything, it's that all organizations need a strategy to manage in a crisis. In Governing in Scary Times, authors Dr. Debra L. Brown, David A.H. Brown, and Rob DeRooy offer a step-by-step plan to prepare your board to provide direction for your company and reinforce your stakeholders' confidence.
With a combined 75 years of experience governing companies and boards, the authors guide you through a process that will...
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"In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the builder of board games, Milton Bradley. Follow the story from Bradley's childhood, his early entrepreneurial work creating and selling stationery, his drafting education at Harvard, his first business creating and selling lithographs, and how these experiences came together when he formed the Milton Bradley Company and created the Game of Life. Bradley's family, retirement, and work producing...
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All children must have an opportunity to share the joy of choral music participation - whether in school, church, or community choirs. What happens before the singing begins is critical to supporting, sustaining, and nurturing choirs to give every child the opportunity to experience the wonder of choral singing. Based on years of experience conducting and teaching, this book brings practical information about ways of organising choirs.
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When Mandie Shaw is thrust into Miss Heathwood's School for Girls, she struggles to grasp the school's new rules and the finer points of high society. As Mandie tries to stay out of hot water with Miss Heathwood and discover what the headmistress seems to have against Christmas, she stumbles upon a mystery in the school's forbidden attic. Will Mandie ignore the warning to flee or try to get to the bottom of the strange noises beyond the boarded-up...
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Step into the Future of Strategy: The Triple Set Game Unleashed
Unlock a new dimension of chess with The Triple Set Game, an inventive deep-dive into Model III - the Longitudinal Star Gate 14. More than just a game, this is a battle across levels, a fusion of logic and imagination played out on two interconnected game boards that function as one unified battlefield.
Model III, formed by merging two dynamic StarFish Models, challenges players...
14) Renaissance to the Dawn of a New Age: A Qualitative Validation For The Art Of Psychological Warfare
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For centuries, chess has been a battle of intellect, strategy, and foresight-a timeless game that challenges the mind. But what if it could be more? What if chess could transcend the conventional board and become an immersive, multi-dimensional experience?
Fueled by an insatiable curiosity and a desire to push the boundaries of strategic thinking, I embarked on a journey to revolutionize the game. My passion for adventure and intellectual challenge...
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Unlock a New Dimension of Chess Mastery
Book #10 marks the exhilarating beginning of a groundbreaking series on Advanced 3-D Chess-a game reimagined through the lens of mathematics, strategy, and multidimensional thinking.
Step into the world of the Longitudinal StarGate 14 Model III, a sophisticated 3-D chessboard where the rules evolve and traditional play ascends to new heights. Packed with stunning diagrams, illustrations, hand-drawn schematics,...
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Is your organization's level of innovation where you think it should be today?
Now is the time to shape your future through innovation management. This book provides a wealth of information, tools, techniques, models, approaches, and methodologies that are all specifically designed for excellence in innovation, solution generation, and execution.
Within these pages you will find innovation concepts, methods, and case studies that build upon the...
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Chess is a sport, a science, and an art. For more than a thousand years, people around the world have enjoyed this game of skill and tactics and intellectual prowess. From Parisian nightclubs to Hollywood films to everyday dining rooms and dens, you can find people furrowing their brows in concentration over their next strategic move. The fun of the game is that anyone can play, and there is always something more to learn—especially with the right...
18) They say blue
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A young girl describes where she finds colours in both the world around her and beyond what she can see.
19) Good girls lie
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"Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy. The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, it accepts only the best and the brightest. Its elite status, long-held traditions and honor code are ideal for preparing exceptional young women for brilliant futures at Ivy League universities and beyond. But a stranger has come to Goode, and this...










