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Hygge can be translated in many different ways although it is impossible to describe all that it covers in one English word. A sense of belonging and community, warmth, comfort, companionship, a sense of purpose that values looking after yourself, your family and friends above all - these might be some of the ways to think of hygge.

Our brains are programmed to help us find the easiest route to what we want in life. So why can it be so hard to achieve the results we crave? Working harder rarely has the desired effect. The answer is to work smarter, and with - not against - our natural strengths. Mindset with Muscle takes you on a different transformation journey. Rather than hitting the gym and obsessing about success, this audiobook brings you 'sets and reps for the brain'.

Henry Bins hasn’t seen his mother in 30 years. She walked out when he was six and never looked back. Five years ago, Henry started looking for her. Now she’s been found. At the bottom of the Potomac River. Henry soon learns everything he thought he knew about his mother was a lie. And that maybe his condition wasn’t the reason his mother left all those years ago. Because Sally Bins wasn’t your average woman. She was a spy.

Cassandra's life has never been simple because of her mark, but for a second she believed she had everything, she had her pirates. When she is kidnapped and ripped away from everything she loves, she has no choice but to fight to survive. Cassandra is taken to the King, and secrets she never could have expected come out. When the King does something impossible and pain is all that is left, will her pirates be able to save her?

Two weeks after Henry's abduction, he's still burning with questions: Had his mother really tortured him with a synthetic nightmare? Was he really one of the CIA Sleep Control Program's first experiments? What was on the flash drive the President had supposedly given him? Most importantly, if his mother had caused his condition, could she reverse it? Henry soon begins the hunt for his mother, but to find her, he'll need to delve into her past, a world where nothing is as it seems, where the Cold War still exists, where secrets are the only currency, and where torture is an art form.

Considering that he has gone down in history as Ivan the Terrible, the first tsar of Russia could hardly have been a boy scout. As his name suggests, Ivan had an utterly terrifying presence during his 37-year-long reign. Ivan's story is not only one of brutality, it is also a tale of great suffering.

In Seeding Innovation: The Path to Profit and Purpose in the 21st Century, veteran entrepreneur, award winning author, global strategist, speaker, and Rice University Innovation and Entrepreneurship professor, Robyn O’Brien, delivers an insightful and data driven roadmap to authenticity and smart leadership in the face of accelerating technological, environmental, and social change.

One hundred years ago, H.P. Lovecraft created the Necronomicon, a grimoire of lost souls, magical rites and forbidden lore. Now, locked away, the hoarder of horror is after new voices, new blood, to add to his collection. Listen as he shares the tales that come to him, whispered through the keyhole and written in the dust. From ghost stories to encounters with demons, haunted houses and a fateful Celtic goddess, they will draw you into his claustrophobic and disturbing world.

It's naturally easier to learn something when it's set to rhythmic music, so that is exactly what we've done. Simple words and phrases are set to a varied pattern of rhythms and music designed to help you learn and to keep you engaged so that you won't just switch off after five minutes. It will give you an easy road into starting to learn a completely new language. If you just want a few simple words and phrases before going abroad, Rhythms is all you need.

Virtual Training is the definitive guide to delivering virtual training that engages learners and makes new skills and behavioral changes stick. Jeb Blount, one of the most celebrated trainers and authors of our generation, walks you step-by-step through the seven elements of effective, engaging virtual learning experiences.

In 2006 Jamie Tworkowski wrote a story called “To Write Love on Her Arms”, about helping a friend through her struggle with drug addiction, depression, and self-injury. The piece was so hauntingly beautiful that it quickly went viral, giving birth to a non-profit organization of the same name. If You Feel Too Much is a celebration of hope, wonder, and what it means to be human. The essays in this audiobook invite listeners to believe that it’s okay to admit to pain and okay to ask for help.

A scathing examination of a wealthy Southern family and the greed that tears them apart. Regina’s brothers have inherited their father’s wealth, while after years of neglect, her dying husband is determined to see she gets nothing. It will take every ounce of her ruthless guile to outwit her relations and assure herself a gilded future.

Jack Forge started as an unwilling recruit, but has quickly risen through the ranks. He has become humanity’s best hope of surviving against the Chitin onslaught that has proven superior at every turn. Three missions will prove to be the beginning of the end for one side, but which side will it be?

If we ask just one question, does everything fall apart? In All Things Reconsidered, popular podcaster Knox McCoy uses a unique blend of humor, pop culture references, and personal stories to show how a willingness to reconsider ideas can actually help us grow ourselves, our lives, and our beliefs.

Dessa has plans. She plans to stay out of trouble in the group home where she lives. She plans to work crazy hours at the grocery story to save for her own place. She plans to get her little brother back, soon, from his foster parents. But when a zombie apocalypse arrives, it wrecks all of Dessa's plans. With the city falling into chaos, Dessa must use her street smarts to survive. Her only weapon against the zombies is a pillowcase of tuna cans. And there's only one plan left in the entire universe that matters. Find and save her brother before it's too late.

Seven of Jamie Lee Curtis' very popular books to grow by, available unabridged on audio!

Ben Gannon and his girlfriend have sailed across the Pacific for a restful vacation before he reports to work at his next deep-sea diving job. But when they witness a freighter under attack from machine-gun-toting pirates, they find their lives in peril. Reporting the incident does no good, as the authorities find no trace of the ship in their registry. Soon Ben and Sasha are hunted by the dangerous men who seek the ship’s valuable cargo - a mysterious cache worth millions on the black market. Trouble is, the doomed freighter lies at the bottom of the ocean.

A vast caravan of RVs roams the United States. A girl grows a unicorn horn, complicating her small-town friendships and big city ambitions. A young lady on a spaceship bonds with her AI warden while trying to avoid an arranged marriage. In Allegra Hyde’s universe nothing is as it seems, yet the challenges encountered in these pages mirror those we face in our modern age.

Saturday, February 27, 2016. 3:00 a.m. - 4:00 a.m. It's the wedding that everyone has been waiting for....What could possibly go wrong? (And introducing Archie the Kitten!)

A single drop of blood is all it takes to begin changing you. Sometimes the blood fills you with rage, but sometimes it does...something else. For a limited time, grab book one at a substantial discount. When a new virus unleashes violence that devastates 18-year-old Corrina's neighborhood, all Corrina can think about is surviving. But when the boy she loves is kidnapped by a group of government soldiers, she must team up with a strange group of street kids to save him.