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The story of inspirational personal trainer Javeno McLean, who from the age of 16 has dedicated himself to helping others. Born in Jamaica in 1985, Javeno was raised in the Blackley and Crumpsall areas of North Manchester. Early on, he achieved his goal of becoming a top-flight professional cricketer, but soon realised that his true passion lay in helping and encouraging others to achieve. He began his new career running Manchester City Council funded community exercise classes, before deciding to open J7 in 2015.

An international icon in the world of tennis, legendary coach Patrick Mouratoglou has worked with some of the world's biggest players - from Serena Williams and Coco Gauff to Stefanos Tsitsipas, Simona Halep and Holger Rune. Now, in Champion Mindset, he presents the invaluable principles, skills, and mindsets that have made tennis championships and applies them to challenges and opportunities we face every day.

Top international sportswriter Christopher Clarey has interviewed Nadal since his first French Open victory at nineteen, marking his debut as a rising star, right up to his retirement in 2024, closing out an astonishing career as one of the greatest players of all time. Brimming with behind-the-scenes insight from Nadal, his team and his rivals, The Warrior tells the story of a global sporting icon—a must-hear account for anyone interested in the evolution of excellence.

We all know that at some point in life, we will experience pain, uncertainty and loss. Widowhood, redundancy, a life-changing diagnosis, pregnancy loss, or a global pandemic. So how can we weather the storms, and cope with whatever comes next? No one can answer this better than Lucy Easthope, an emergency planner whose job is to support survivors of major disasters. She has been there after countless earthquakes, fires and floods. Time and again she has watched how people rebuild: the work, the pitfalls and the fragile joy.

You’ve heard him as host of the Fighter Pilot Podcast. More than 100k listeners have been waiting for this book. Now ride along. From the cockpit of a Navy jet circling overhead, an aircraft carrier—1,000 feet long and displacing 98,000 tons—looks no bigger than a child’s toy. No wonder the fighter pilots call it a boat. Try landing on one of these bucking broncos without boltering.

When Marc was a small child, his father committed suicide. When his mother remarried, Marc thought his life was going to be OK but he could never have imagined just what was going to happen... Unloved is Marc's powerful story of sinking into the depths of addiction and despair and then finding the inner strength to rise above it. Marc is now at peace with his past and leads a happy and productive life.

One fine April day, Mary Ann Kenny’s husband died suddenly while jogging near their family home. In the months that followed, Mary Ann – who had no history of mental illness – began suffering from depression, and then from a terrifying succession of physical and psychological symptoms, including the delusion that her young children had been harmed by her medications.

Zbigniew Brzezinski was a political strategist who rose to prominence as an intellectual architect of US foreign policy during the Cold War. As National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter and a trusted advisor to US presidents from John F. Kennedy onwards, Brzezinski’s expertise helped shape global strategy at critical moments—most significantly as a key figure in the downfall of the Soviet Union.

Merging dreams and dailies, Pathemata recounts the narrator’s tragicomic search to alleviate her suffering, a search that eventually becomes a reckoning with various forms of loss – the loss of intimacy, the loss of her father and the loss of a pivotal friend and mentor. In exacting, distilled prose, her account blurs the lines between embodied, unconscious and everyday life.

At a time when we are faced with fundamental questions about the sustainability of the economic system, Capitalism and Its Critics provides a kaleidoscopic history of the now dominant system of global capitalism, from colonialism and the Industrial Revolution to the ecological crisis and artificial intelligence. John Cassidy adopts a bold new approach: he tells the story through the eyes of the system’s critics.

ينظر بعض المؤرخون لهتلر بأنه شخصية فريدة في التاريخ الألماني، حاولت تحسين الظروف السياسة والإقتصادية للشعب الألماني في فترة حكمه. وعلى الطرف الآخر، يعتبر مؤرخون أن هتلر واحد من أكثر الشخصيات دموية في التاريخ الحديث؛ حيث تسببت سياساته في قتل ملايين المدنيين والعسكريين، خلال الحرب العالمية الثانية.

One of the most peaceful spots in Singapore is hidden in plain sight. On Google maps, it's listed as "Shuang Long Shan Wu Shu Ancestral Hall", but a quick search reveals it's also known as "Shuang Long Shan Cemetery", "Yin Foh Kuan Hakka Cemetery" or "Holland Close Graveyard". Meet Teo Ee Koon, who has been manning the cemetery since 1982 with his father, who passed away in 2007.

Die verborgene Schönheit der Weltmeere Von den eisigen Ozeanen unserer Pole bis hin zu abgelegenen Koralleninseln - der weltbekannte Naturforscher David Attenborough erkundet zusammen mit Colin Butfield die letzte große Wildnis unserer Erde: die Ozeane. Lebendig und eindrucksvoll berichtet Attenborough von der Unberührtheit und Fragilität ausgewählter Habitate, die faszinierende Tier- und Pflanzenarten beheimaten, den großartigen Entdeckungen mutiger Meeresforscher vergangener Jahre und den Versuchen modernster Wissenschaft, die verborgene Welt unter Wasser genauer zu erforschen.

This is a revealing and inspirational memoir by Casey Hammer, sole granddaughter of the American billionaire, industrialist, art collector and philanthropist Armand Hammer. SURVIVING MY BIRTHRIGHT is a story of hope, love, and the reclamation of empowerment. Casey's is a journey of discovery—recounting many years of blocked memories, violence, nightmares, hazardous behavior, guilt and feeling unworthy of joy or happiness.

The power of communication is essential; some say a necessity. We all do it, humans, insects, birds, cats, dogs, etc. No matter which species we belong to, we all communicate. Unfortunately, some people struggle to do so. Damian was one of them. Developmental Language Disorder, a speech and language disability, which Damian has had from birth, causes sentences to come out muddled and slow, even though all Damian's ideas are there. Here Damian talks about how DLD has affected his life, and how the charity Afasic has been there to support him throughout.

Emprende un viaje transformador con El Camino Iluminado hacia el Éxito y la Plenitud, una guía integral diseñada para empoderarte a comprender y dominar tu interior, profundizar tus relaciones y liderar con autenticidad. A través de exploraciones perspicaces de la mente consciente y subconsciente, autoevaluaciones prácticas y estrategias accionables, este libro te brinda las herramientas necesarias para desbloquear tu máximo potencial y vivir una vida con propósito y plenitud.

The book is written with humour on a subject which could very easily be melancholy, and whilst not avoiding the truth about this degenerative neurological condition, Simon takes you on a journey with earnest compassion. A great listen for everyone, especially for anyone remotely connected to Parkinson’s Disease, this is an uplifting, supportive and reaffirming listen; life is still to be enjoyed no matter what the adversity.

The inspiration for this novel came to Lesley-Anne when she realised at her Father's funeral that although she'd known him her whole life, she'd never taken the time to ask him more about his life before she was born. She resolved not to let the same thing happen to her children, and that she would therefore tell the story of how she was born in Brazil and grew up in Nigeria, Switzerland, boarding school, Kenya, nursing, up to her marriage in 1979 and the birth of her two children.

An uncensored history of standup comedy in Miami, Florida, and how it was a microcosm of the regional live comedy scenes all over these United States, back in the days when free speech, hard drugs, and the mafia ruled the streets.

Sucka mitt hjärta men brist dock ej är ett urval av Mark Levengoods texter. I många år har Mark tillhört de populäraste radiorösterna i P1:s "Tankar för dagen", likaså har han varit en älskad krönikör i dags- och veckopress. I denna volym finner läsaren texter som tål att återvändas till, ofta och gärna.