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How the captains of the last 50 years have gone about leading the world's most successful rugby team. The job of All Blacks captain comes with a scrutiny that puts it alongside the prime minister in terms of profile and public expectation. It takes a strong, confident and assured personality to...

Even half a century after his death, Humphrey Bogart remains one of the most iconic actors of all time. The epitome of class and cool, he embodied the ultimate tough guy—and no one wore a fedora quite like him. “Bogie” began life under uncertain circumstances, born to parents addicted to drugs and disorder, but he would rise above these difficulties to become a star. From Broadway to Hollywood, he became a top-billed actor, the likes of which the world has rarely seen.

Nature can be a very powerful ally in magic. Since ancient times, Celts have known how to unlock the secrets of this world and the realm beyond it. With the help of their magic, you can learn to do the same.

How do you rebuild a broken life? Where do you begin? These were the questions Gregory Smith asked himself after stumbling out of a NSW rainforest in 2000, close to death after living as a hermit in the wild. Determined to turn a wretched life into one worth living, Gregory stripped himself bare emotionally, psychologically and spiritually to undertake an extraordinary personal reconstruction. Today, with a PhD to his name and a loving family by his side, Gregory has overcome a life of homelessness and despair to become one of society's great teachers.

What is "struggle love"? It's a term used to describe relationships that are defined by constant conflict, emotional abuse, and other toxic behaviors. Many people find themselves trapped in these relationships, feeling as though they can't escape the cycle of pain and hurt.

When a woman is found murdered in the marshes near Pawleys Island, suspects and motives prove elusive as Deputy Alex Frank leads the investigation to find the killer. A quirky new neighbor next to Hanna's beach house on Pawleys Island, and a new partner for Alex with a troubling past, raise the tensions as the murder case remains unsolved and the body count begins to rise. With fears that a serial killer is on the loose in the Low Country, Sheriff Pepper Stokes calls in the FBI to assist. An FBI profiler is assigned and dives deeper into the troubling investigation.

Wren Nightingale isn’t supposed to have any elemental powers. Born of magickal parents but not under one of the four fated astrological full moons, she is destined for life as a Mundane—right up until she starts glowing on her eighteenth birthday. In a heartbeat, Wren’s life is turned upside down, and she’s suddenly leaving her home for the mystical Academia de la Luna—a secret magickal school on a hidden island off the Seattle coast.

At one point, the Japanese Empire was one of the largest the world had ever seen, governing almost 20 percent of the total population of the Earth. One of the most striking features of this empire was the rapidity with which it grew. In 1870, Japan was a largely agrarian nation with a culture and society based on feudal values.

Austin joins Dallas and Houston in Akashic's deep dive into the Lone Star State's darkest dimensions. Featuring brand-new stories by: Gabino Iglesias, Ace Atkins, Amanda Moore, Jeff Abbott, Scott Montgomery, Richard Z. Santos, Alexandra Burt, Lee Thomas, Miriam Kuznets, Jacob Grovey, Chaitali Sen, Molly Odintz, Amy Gentry, and Andrew Hilbert.

Whether your goals are money, weight loss or an authentic loving relationship, harnessing the Law of Attraction is the key to manifesting the life of your dreams! It is never too late nor too early to begin creating the life you want using the law of attraction principles.

Internationally renowned medium and spiritual teacher Gordon Smith brings you four meditations to help create space in your everyday life to connect with different levels of the spirit world and access deeper spiritual awareness. Whether you're looking for solutions to the deeper mysteries of...

You are always manifesting. You are always attracting your reality. And the law of attraction is always in motion. Your core beliefs and belief systems are what drive the momentum of what you attract.

The Day My Dad Came Home is a true story about a devoted daughter who invested all her time and energy to save her father from falling into a vicious trap. A woman who seemed like a harmless sidechick to her father had ulterior motives and a hidden agenda. Jennifer Crenshaw takes matters into her hands as she attempts to save her father from this desperate, mentally ill woman. This story is about a daughter who actually cared enough to save her father and, in doing so, caught herself in the middle of a crossfire that cost her much more than her peace. It cost her her freedom.

Wimer could have become a monk. Instead, his decision to become a Chaplain–to make his way in the wider world of men–has put his soul in mortal danger. In 12th Century East Anglia, poor Saxon boys stay poor. It takes an exceptional one to win Henry II's friendship, and to rise to the job of High Sheriff of all Norfolk and Suffolk. Falling foul of the stormy relationship between Henry and his Archbishop, he is excommunicated three times, twice by Thomas a' Becket, and once by the Pope.

This book is for anyone who feels stuck in societal expectations or who wants to live life on their own terms. Join the movement to redefine the meaning of success and happiness by embracing the beauty and value of both marriage and singleness.

Imagine a society with no unemployment, zero inflation, free healthcare and education, free childcare, virtually no serious crime, and where women and men are treated with absolute equality. Such a society has existed: in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), popularly known as East Germany.

Justice is blind, they say, but perhaps not to beauty. In supposedly dispassionate courts of law, attractive women have long avoided punishment, based largely on their looks, for cold-blooded crimes. The Beauty Defense: Femmes Fatales on Trial gathers the true stories of some of the most infamous femmes fatales in criminal history, collected by attorney and true crime historian Laura James.

Alfred Hitchcock’s work is legendary, and although he himself was known as a rather quiet and subdued figure in public, those who knew him privately saw a fiery disposition and unbridled passion lurking just beneath the surface of his placid exterior. Films such as Rebecca, Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds sky-rocketed him to fame, and have since led many to hail him as the greatest director of all time.

Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this story features two French Hussar officers, D'Hubert and Feraud. Their quarrel over an initially minor incident turns into a bitter, long-drawn out struggle over the following fifteen years, interwoven with the larger conflict that provides its backdrop. At the beginning, Feraud is the one who jealously guards his honor and repeatedly demands satisfaction anew when a duelling encounter ends inconclusively; he aggressively pursues every opportunity to locate and duel his foe.

The British Raj refers to the time from 1858 to 1947 when the British Crown directly ruled the Indian subcontinent. During those 90 years, India saw enormous social, political, and cultural upheaval. New systems of education were introduced, and increasing industrialization brought societal change. The British administration also united large numbers of indigenous people, though they were often united mainly by their opposition to the British and their desire for independence.