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The Motivation Hoax: A Smart Person’s Guide to Inspirational Nonsense

Everywhere you look – on posters, in offices, on social media – there’s a motivational quote to greet you. Dreams can come true! Happiness is a journey! Think positive! You can do anything! But how many of these are accurate? How many are wise? And which of them are based on evidence you can actually trust? The answer is depressing: not many at all.

The Motivation Hoax exposes and unravels the nonsense that permeates the inspiration industry, and in its place offers a suite of tools and insights that are reliable, credible and, most importantly, tested.

Who will benefit from this book? The Motivation Hoax is for you if:

· You’re a leader who abhors clichés and vacuous platitudes.
· You’re an employee who desires a realistic guide to workplace success.
· You find yourself rolling your eyes when you see or hear yet another nauseating motivational quote.
· You value science over rhetoric, no matter how eloquently worded.

A reality check like no other, The Motivation Hoax is among the most refreshing, liberating and surprisingly affirming books you’ll read this year.

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Everyday Grace for Men: 60 Devotions (Devotional Inspiration)

This daily reminder of God’s grace is just the encouragement and assurance men need in a complicated and challenging world.

For men, the challenge to succeed, to be tough, to do more can be exhausting and overwhelming. These devotions, quotes, and Scripture passages are the perfect combination to encourage and remind them that God is bigger than any obstacle and His grace is sufficient in every situation.  Each day offers a new start and a new opportunity to be filled with His grace.

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A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea

The harrowing true story of one man’s life in-and subsequent escape from-North Korea, one of the world’s most brutal totalitarian regimes.

Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, was lured to the new Communist country by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a higher station in society. But the reality of their new life was far from utopian.

In this memoir translated from the original Japanese, Ishikawa candidly recounts his tumultuous upbringing and the brutal thirty-six years he spent living under a crushing totalitarian regime, as well as the challenges he faced repatriating to Japan after barely escaping North Korea with his life. A River in Darkness is not only a shocking portrait of life inside the country but a testament to the dignity-and indomitable nature-of the human spirit.

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The Fallen

“Decker is one of the most unusual detectives any novelist has dreamed up.” (Washington Post)

Amos Decker is the Memory Man. Following a football-related head injury that altered his personality, Decker is now unable to forget even the smallest detail – as much a curse as it is a blessing. And in number one New York Times best-selling author David Baldacci’s gripping new thriller, Decker’s life might be about to change again….

Something sinister is going on in Baronville. The rust belt town has seen four bizarre murders in the space of two weeks. Cryptic clues left at the scenes – obscure Bible verses, odd symbols – have the police stumped.

Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are in Baronville visiting Alex’s sister and her family. It’s a bleak place: a former mill and mining town with a crumbling economy and rampant opioid addiction. Decker has been there only a few hours when he stumbles on a horrific double murder scene.

Then the next killing hits sickeningly close to home. And with the lives of people he cares about suddenly hanging in the balance, Decker begins to realize that the recent string of deaths may be only one small piece of a much larger scheme – with consequences that will reach far beyond Baronville.

Decker, with his singular talents, may be the only one who can crack this bizarre case. Only this time – when one mistake could cost him everything – Decker finds that his previously infallible memory may not be so trustworthy after all…

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A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

In his audiobook, A Higher Loyalty, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. 

Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. He previously served as US attorney for the Southern District of New York and the US deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush. From prosecuting the mafia and Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration’s policies on torture and electronic surveillance and overseeing the Hillary Clinton email investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases and policies of recent history.  

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Mastering Psychology: Discover the Science behind Motivation, Productivity and Success (Overcome Procrastination and Laziness)

Everyone in the world is motivated by something.
Some people are motivated by a need to engage in certain actions. Others might feel a desire to earn a particular reward. There are also times when people are motivated to act by simply avoiding very specific problems or issues that might happen in their lives. It is vital for people in supervisory positions to understand whatever it is that influences and motivates someone to action.
The purpose of this book is to help understand what motivation is and the many theories that make up the science of psychology.
Contents:
Understanding Motivation and Productivity
– Why Is Motivation so Important?
– A Basic Cycle
– The Three Key Parts of Motivation
– Managing Both Desires
– Maslow’s Theory of Needs and Wants
– The Jonah Complex (A Fear of Success)
– The ERG Theory
– Theories X and Y
– The Two-Factor Theory
– The 16 Basic Desires
– Resistance
– Understanding Willpower and the Link to Motivation
– Cognitive Motivation
– Intrinsic Motivation
– Extrinsic Motivation
– Arousal Theory
– The Incentive Theory
– Expectancy Theory
– Equity Theory
– Goal-Setting Theory
– Developmental Perspectives on Motivation
– Piaget’s Values for Cognitive Development
– Self-Determination Theory
– The Concept of Positive Psychology on Motivation
– The Principle of Utility
– The Instinct Theory
– Drive-Reduction Theory
– How Managers Become Leaders When Motivating People
– What Causes People to Impair Motivation?
– Positives to Find In Any Motivational Plan
– A Few Final Points
If you are sincere in changing your life for the better, this book will definitely help you.

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Witty Lines: 300 Funny Quotes From Real Smart People

Focused on helping you live a relaxed life, WITTY LINES is a unique collection of the best inspirational and mature funny words ever spoken or written. Every page is alive with vivid images, and inspirational words – perfect as a compact read, funny read, coffee table book, conversation starter, icebreaker, bedtime read, pick-me-up book, and motivational gift for all ages and everyone. WITTY LINE is funny, mature, and a pleasure to read! Live. Love. Inspire. Dare to live a fully-fulfilled life! Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts – E. B. White If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything – William Lyon Phelps Only the mediocre are always at their best – Jean Giraudoux Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively – Laurence J. Peter I haven’t spoken to my wife in years. I didn’t want to interrupt her – Rodney Dangerfield If it’s the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number? – Robin Williams Two wrongs don’t make a right, but they make a good excuse. – Thomas Szasz

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Holy Quotes From Heaven’s Holy Notes

In Holy Quotes from Heaven’s Holy Notes, Susan G. Chamberlain, PhD, is intuitively channeling and capturing the energetic, mystical whispers from Heaven. As she sits in Holy Silence, these mystical, subtle energies come forth indicating and dictating Sacred line after Sacred line.

These Messages are for those souls who desire daily to connect with the passion of Heaven’s Holy Notes. They are for those souls who are looking for Holy, Sacred guidance from the other side of the veil. Susan These are 365 days of collaborating with Heaven to give souls here a magical, mystical experience. They are deeper soul knowledge and reflection with inner guidance, allowing the soul comfort in its physical skin.

These mystical whispers are daily inspirations for the soul to liberate and empower itself. The maturity of the soul comes with wisdom and understanding, of the mystical journey to the GOD in you.