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The forces of persuasion are all around us. What you might often consider a free choice is quite often the result of persuasion from one or any number of forces. Persuasion influences people to make decisions about what they buy, where they live, who they vote for, and who they love. Persuasion can change our views, change our acts, change our personality, and change our world.

Tired of procrastinating on every task? Do you spend hours just thinking about what you should be doing? The truth is most of us have this same problem and it can be overcome. There are certain steps you can take to effectively alter your mindset and forever improve your focus, literally stopping procrastination in its tracks for good - and in doing so you, you can unlock your true working potential.

Minimalism is more than a simple passing phase: It is a way of living one’s life simply and freely. What this means is entirely up to interpretation. To some, it does mean giving up worldly possessions and embracing the life of a vagabond. To others, it more closely resembles a tool that one can use to make more conscious, intentional decisions about the possessions in our lives. To Simple Man, it means living unpretentiously, modestly, and authentically.

Many governments are starting to talk about the introduction of Covid-19 passports. Some society members are very concerned about this, seeing the possibility of abuse of the data collected. Critics pointed to how YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter have de-platformed users who do not comply with their mindest. These mega tech companies have destroyed some businesses that they deem inappropriate. This has been very much pronounced in right-leaning news stations that have not agreed with the mainstream media.

In the Wild West, at a time when pioneers went west for a dream, one such family traversed the Oregon Trail to follow such a dream.... This is their story....

What if I told you your ability to set goals is the secret to getting everything you always dreamed of? Or that your personal and professional life can be exactly how you decide? Wouldn’t you like to have the power to reach all your goals? The Power of Goals is a concise, practical guide that will help you to clearly define: What you “really” want in life, why you want it, and how you can get it. Achieving your aims is possible, and much easier than you think. Your aims are the basis and structure that dictate your success.

Your brain can be your own worst enemy, but also your most powerful tool. Struggling with judgmental thoughts can be paralyzing and demotivating. If these thoughts are overwhelming you and if you feel as if you can’t get away from them, know that you can do something about it. By taking a few simple measures to manage your thoughts better, you will finally be able to shed that nagging, ruthless inner critic of yours and swap it out for one of confidence and empowerment.

Ten-year-old Jackson Rockwell loves to sail, and dreams of living on an island just for kids off of the coast of Maine. With the help of some friends his dream comes true, but running Kid Island is harder than he had thought. Follow his adventures as he tries to keep the island out the hands of the nasty Samuel Snarly. Will the children of Kid Island prevail? Only those who listen will find out!

In Belle Valley, little league baseball is the biggest sport in town. For years, Benny Warren dreamed of pitching on a little league team and striking out the school bully Mitch. One summer, he finally gets his chance when he plays for a new team called the Tigers, who are coached in an unorthodox manner by Benny's musician father Harry. Follow Benny and his teammates as they learn about baseball, friendship and winning. And Benny becomes known as the boy with the golden arm.

Tips and techniques for the unemployed, underemployed, or entrepreneurs on how survive tough times by keeping a job or finding new employment or clients.

A sortie involving a moonless visit to a cemetery reputed for supernatural and threatening manifestations qualifies as a worthy nocturnal event for the boys. A condemned structure - formerly serving the county as a prison for the criminally insane is deemed irresistible. But highest on their list of destinations for adventure is a place that will haunt their memories forever: the old Gramercy house.

Philip Whitney, a luckless young man who strangely becomes attracted to his family's genealogy, discovers that his American roots began in Salem, Massachusetts during the time of the Puritans. As his search takes him to a witch's house in modern day Salem, a witch that was known to be hanged in 1692, a procession of odd events take him back to the witch trials, where he is to free the woman's daughter, who was hanged for witchery, and bring her to the future.

Have you ever had the thought that you might need to change or tweak them a little to get what you want from life? In this book you will discover how to get on to the right track by applying simple, everyday habits, proven strategies and tactics to achieve success in your life! We all have our own habits. Each individual differs in their habits. A famous line has said that all men are the same in nature but only differ in the habits that they are doing in life. If your habits tend to push you off track from the right way, then it’s probably best to change them as soon as you can.

We bring together these two books on Covid to look at it in a realistic way. Does it make sense to shut down the entire world for Covid? We don't think so! In the first book, we will attempt to answer some earnest questions which have arisen over the past year and a half during the Coronavirus "Pandemic".

In this short book, we will attempt to answer some earnest questions which have arisen over the past year and a half during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Official records show that some 80,000 Welshmen made their home in the place now known as the Wild West, though the true figure is likely to have been much higher. This is the story of one of those men.

Their hearts were slamming against their rib cages. With shaking hands, they tried to be there for each other, support one another. The future had trapped them in the events that were set to traumatize them.

It is now 1939, two years after Sam and Howie solved the giant horseshoe mystery. Sam, age 13, and Howie, age 12, are now involved in another hazardous adventure.

Far from being a poet of note or the wordsmith I wish to be, I’ve been flattered by others asking how I do it. Without the benefit of salient literary instruction, I’m urged to write, as providential inspiration may move while caring immensely about the outcome. I have learned that writing poems is cathartic and a wonderful laxative for the mind. Thus, to that question, I responded with the poem Take a Thought…Wholesome and Good to describe my way. That isn’t to say all poets follow the same creative pattern, and surely they don’t—I boast only of myself.

Sam, age 11, is an eager explorer around the farm where he lives in rural Indiana during the 1930s. His cousin Howie, age 10, comes for a relaxing visit. This visit, however, soon turns into a hair-raising adventure as Sam and Howie embark on adventures and discover long-hidden secrets. Together they explore an abandoned log cabin on the farm and make a gruesome discovery: a skeleton in an underground tunnel, holding a horseshoe. Is the skeleton the result of a murder? Why is the skeleton holding the giant horseshoe?