Michael Parker is the UK's most experienced pitch coach, bringing over two decades of expertise from Saatchi & Saatchi. His background as a hurdler in two Olympic Games provides a unique perspective on performing under pressure. Parker understands the critical elements needed to deliver a winning performance.
Edwin grapples with a devastating secret that has shaped his life as the heir to a wealthy Southern family. Struggling with a morphine addiction, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery, aiming to confront the hidden truths his parents have kept from him. The narrative explores themes of family, addiction, and the quest for redemption in the face of personal demons.
Finding Your Way in a World Full of Risk, Discomfort, and Uncertainty
Struggling with OCD can lead to overwhelming self-doubt and difficulty in trusting one's own thoughts and feelings. This book offers insights and strategies to help individuals navigate their OCD challenges, fostering self-acceptance and improving mental resilience. Through practical advice and relatable experiences, it aims to empower readers to regain confidence in their decision-making and develop healthier coping mechanisms.
Focusing on the essential role of habits in personal development, this book offers a structured approach to transforming your lifestyle. Michael S. Parker, a Master Personal Trainer and Life Coach, provides a comprehensive 90-day program designed to help you establish sustainable habits that promote health and well-being. Through systematic guidance, readers will learn to create a proactive life plan that addresses the underlying causes of their challenges, ensuring lasting change and improvement.
Would you rather your child was smart or good? This book is designed to teach children how to think. It has over 100 conversational and interactive questions for teachers and parents to discuss that will decipher their stance on ethics - and hopefully sharpen the 'right values'.
Bailey's unique perspective as a missionary and scholar in the Middle East allows him to reinterpret Jesus's parables within the context of traditional village culture, which he observed remains largely unchanged since the first century. His acclaimed works, including The Cross and the Prodigal and Jacob and the Prodigal, illustrate how Jesus employed story and metaphor to challenge contemporary leaders, offering insights that resonate with modern readers while highlighting the enduring relevance of his teachings.
Infinity's Gateway is an intense, action packed story of survival, self- reliance, and discovery.
This revised and updated second edition takes into account technical and regulatory developments in biotechnology. It offers the reader a clear argument about why we worry about the body becoming a mere commodity and what we can do to prevent it, whilst bringing together bioethics and feminist theory.
The first complete account of the secret battle of Skyline Ridge, 1972, when a ragtag Laos-Thai army supported by the CIA threw back a vast NVA army in northeast Laos.
In Ellen Foster, the title character is an 11-year-old orphan who refers to herself as "old Ellen," an appellation that is disturbingly apt. Ellen is an old woman in a child's body; her frail, unhappy mother dies, her abusive father alternately neglects her and makes advances on her, and she is shuttled from one uncaring relative's home to another before she finally takes matters into her own hands and finds herself a place to belong
In his most accomplished and arresting book yet, critically acclaimed author Michael Parker tells the page-turning, unforgettable story of Earl, a 17-year- old boy in prison for a crime he didn't commit, whose one bad decision irrevocably changed the course of his life.
No matter what your speaking challenge is, this inspirational, cleverly illustrated book will ensure you perform with passion, power and persuasion; at your very best. Whether you are chasing a job, planning a pitch, giving a speech at a wedding, presenting to one or one thousand people, youâe(tm)ll discover how to: -Use the rule of three to win any audience over -Prepare so you can be yourself âe" but better -Embrace the unknown and conquer any fear Capturing a life timeâe(tm)s work in the art of persuasive communication, this powerful book reveals the principles, tools and tricks to help you become a courageous, memorable, stand-out speaker.
From the vertiginously talented Atlantic staff writer James Parker, a collection of uproarious prose odes that show how to find gratitude in unexpected places
Living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder can be a bewildering experience. The daily battle taking place in your brain can leave you feeling lost without a compass. But you don't have to take this journey alone. The OCD Travel Guide will provide you with the strategies you need to recognize your OCD symptoms, reduce the influence these symptoms are having over your life, and prioritize your own internal compass over OCD's "Bad Directions." Employing evidence-based strategies from Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), The OCD Travel Guide will prove invaluable to anyone trying to find their way in the world, while living with OCD.
Set against the backdrop of grief and healing, the story follows best-selling author Max Reilly as he navigates the aftermath of his wife's tragic death. Struggling with betrayal, he encounters Emma, a woman seeking freedom from her abusive marriage. Their connection sparks a complicated romance, with Max eager to move forward while Emma remains wary. The narrative explores themes of love, loss, and the challenges of starting anew amidst personal turmoil.
Rozhovory o demokracii, filozofii, životním prostředí, válce a odplatě, o lidstvu a dalších velkých myšlenkách Co je to věčnost? Co je to demokracie? Nebo dokonce: Je v pořádku, když vlastním zbraň? Kniha amerického autora se věnuje takzvaným „velkým“, ne vždy snadno zodpověditelným otázkám, kterým se rodiče obvykle vyhýbají, protože v nich často nemají zcela jasno ani oni sami. Sedmdesát pět témat je uvedeno stručnou informací o dané problematice nebo mysliteli a doplněno řadou otázek, často kladených z neobvyklé perspektivy a někdy i dost provokativních, které otvírají nové úhly pohledu a poukazují na zajímavé souvislosti. Jejich smyslem je poskytnout prostor pro diskusi s dětmi, která je pravděpodobně zaujme více než četba knihy.
Povídejte si s dětmi o etice: poctivost, přátelství, tolerance a dalších 106 věcí, na kterých opravdu záleží V posledních dvou generacích se významně změnil způsob, jímž jsou předávány etické a morální hodnoty. V některých rodičích sílí pocit, že už nemají dostatečnou autoritu potřebnou k tomu, aby je u svých dětí „prosadili“. Relativizující tvrzení, že „všechny názory mají stejnou hodnotu“, bývá často laciný způsob, jak rodiče a učitele zaskočit, když se řeší etické a morální problémy a jde do tuhého. Promyšlené rozhovory s dětmi o etice a morálce vedou k tomu, že se stáváme součástí slavné liberální tradice, která už trvá stovky let. Je to stejná tradice, díky níž nyní máme demokracii, svobodu slova, bylo zrušeno otroctví a vysílá se Monty Python. Je naší povinností předat tuto tradici dětem tak, že s nimi budeme rozmlouvat o otázkách v této knize, využívat postupy etického myšlení a zamýšlet se nad filozofickými otázkami a dilematy.
