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Weve been duped into believing a number of unhelpful notions about starting and leading a successful company, not least of all that profit and purpose are mutually exclusive. Rob Craven believes that we can evolve toward a better kind of capitalism. Infuse purpose and passion into all parts of your company so that as your business grows and flourishes, so does your impact.Scaling a business is a straightforward endeavorgrow and expand your company while maintaining efficiency and profitability. Impact-minded leaders need a field guide for generating both economic value and contributing to societal well-being. Let Scale Passion be your companion on the journey to building a company whose social impact differentiates you from the competition, drives exceptional employee engagement, and becomes a prized asset for your stakeholders and investors. CEO, investor, consultant, and founder of ScalePassion Rob Craven empowers you to leverage your organizations as a force for good by showing you how to: Elevate your leadership by tapping into your personal purpose, passion, and power Scale your purpose and passion by building an impact-minded company/team Inspire an ever-widening circle of customers, investors, and community stakeholders Organized around his fathers three most important principles for livingbe bold as hell, do it right, commit to making a differenceCravens guidance is a mentorship-in-your-pocket resource for cultivating your superpowers as a leader.Scale Passion offers a proven, practical method for building a successful, impact-minded organization and achieving your change-the-world goals, featuring inspiring stories of leaders who are doing just that.

Immerse yourself in serenity with 20 stunning mandalas for cross-stitch, each inspired by global destinations, blending intricate designs with color symbolism to create beautiful, calming art for your home!Mandalas are intricate circular designs used around the world to invoke calm through reflection. In recent times, drawing, coloring, and painting mandalas have become popular ways to seek out this inner serenity. It is in this spirit that the talented embroiderer Isabelle Haccourt Vautier offers 20 mandalas inspired by cities and countries she dreams of visiting. Using her imagination and knowledge of the places histories and traditions, she has created breathtaking mandalas that celebrate the spirit of each destination.Completed pieces are shown finished in a variety of ways: wall hangings and banners, pouches and totes, pincushions, tea towels, and more. Each design includes a list of fabrics and embroidery floss colors used and detailed cross-stitch charts. Both stitching and admiring these stunning mandalas will transport you to a place of calm and joy!20 beautiful cross stitch patterns from Bulgaria, Moscow, Bora Bora, Botswana, Pondicherry, Santorini, Helsinki, Osaka, the Sahara, Texas, Kuala Lumpur, Belfast, Ibiza, Romania, France, Casablanca, Papeete, Finland, Delft, and Kharkiv Each pattern has a section with information about the country or city of origin Patterns include finished dimensions, a supply list, strand counts, a color and notated chart, and a large color photo of the finished piece Use these beautiful mandalas anywhere! Finished pieces are shown on pillows, wall hangings, purses, tablecloths, and more to spark your creativity Each pattern also has an associated stone like rhodochrosite and red jasper with information about its mental and physical properties 8in x 10in pages and large color charts make it easier to keep track of your place Written and designed by humans, for humans!

Take advantage of the full potential of your blending board with The Spinners Blending Board Bible, where expert Deborah Held reveals innovative techniques for transforming your fiber preparation into a creative adventure!As more and more spinners delve into fiber preparation for intentional spinning, the blending board has become more popular than ever before. Its space efficient, lightweight, and far less costly than investing in expensive blending tools and machinery (Held even includes instructions for making your own budget-friendly DIY board). While most spinners know that the blending board makes lovely rolags, few are aware of the many other ways it can be used in ones fiber preparation practices. In The Spinners Blending Board Bible, lauded spinning teacher and writer Deborah Held explains the many ways to use a blending board to its fullest capacity. Step by step, she reveals secrets for maximizing the boards carding and blending properties, providing an as-yet untapped level of know-how for putting the blending board to use in color management, combining fibers and mix-ins, and for creating specific yarn structures in spinning along the woolen and worsted continuum. Beginners and advanced spinners alike will find plenty to learn from her beautiful and instructive photos of fiber, detailed explanations of techniques, and numerous blending recipes.

The search for a kidnapped singer in Prohibition-era New York leads an intrepid reporter from Harlem speakeasies to the dazzling world of the theater, all while grappling with her warring passions.Ambitious advice columnist Ginny Dugan knows shes capable of more than solving other peoples beauty problems, but her boss at Photoplay magazine thinks shes only fit for fluff pieces. When she witnesses the kidnapping of a famous singer at Harlems hottest speakeasy, nobody takes her seriously, but Ginny knows what she sawand what she saw haunts her.Guilt-ridden over her failure to stop the kidnappers and hard-pressed for cash to finally move out of her uptight showgirl sisters apartment, Ginny resolves to chase down the truth that will clear her conscience and maybe win her a promotion in the process. When private detective Jack Crawford starts interfering with her case, Ginny ropes him into a reluctant partnership but soon finds herself drawn to the kind heart she glimpses beneath his brooding exterior. Equally as alluring is Gloria Gardner, the star dancer of the Ziegfeld Follies who treats life like one unending party. Yet as Ginny delves deeper into the criminal underworld, the sinister plot she uncovers seems to lead right back to the theater.Then a brutal murder strikes someone close to her, and Ginny realizes the stakes are higher than she ever imagined. This glamorous world has a deadly edge, and Ginny must shatter her every illusion to catch the shadowy killer before they strike again.

The discovery of a corpse turns a cross-country train journey into a closed-circle hunt for a killer.The magnificent Transcontinental Express, showcasing the cutting edge of mid-1930s luxury train travel, is making its first trip from New York to San Francisco. For its record-breaking maiden voyagecoast to coast in three days with no passenger stopsthe express carries only invited guests, among them renowned businessmen, physicians, psychologists and even a high-ranking member of the NYPD.Among refined staterooms, an elegant dining car and a recreation room for bridge, ping-pong and dancing, the vehicles most lauded feature is the swimming pool carwhich is precisely where the waterlogged corpse of a prominent banker is discovered just one day into the journey. Uncertain of the cause of death and fearing negative publicity, the conductor drives on for the West Coast, charging a select group of passengers, including the sharp-witted Dr. Pons, with the task of uncovering what has occurredeven as every new piece of evidence seems to suggest more perplexing possibilities.Hopelessly rare in first edition and never before published in the United States, Obelists en Route is a brilliantly complex Golden Age mystery from one of the greatest American authors of the period. Besides its intriguing whodunit plot, the books period detail and locomotive setting make it a welcome rediscovery today.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER"Brutal." Huffington Post"Scathing." New York Post"[D]epicts Bidens decline in vivid detail."PoliticoSo many revelations. Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBCs Morning Joe"Bombshell." Jesse Watters, host of FOXs Jesse Watters PrimetimeThe authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller Shattered provide a revelatory, inside look at the Biden, Harris, and Trump camps during the 2024 battle for the White House, arguably the most consequential contest in American history.The ride was so wild that it forced a sitting president to drop his re-election bid, a once and future president to survive felony convictions and a would-be assassins bullet, and a vice president, unexpectedly thrust into the arena, to mount an unprecedented 107-day campaign to lead the free world. Fight is the backstage story of the 2024 election and its bloodsport politics in their rawest formthe clawing, backstabbing, and rabble-rousing that drove Donald Trump into the White House and Democrats into the wilderness. At every turn, the combatants went for the jugular, whether they were facing down rivals in the other party or their own. Bestselling authors Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes give readers their first graphic view of the characters, their motivations, and their innermost thoughts as they battled to claim the ultimate prize in a defining moment for modern American politics. Based on real-time interviews with more than 150 insidersfrom the Trump, Harris, and Biden inner circles, as well as party leaders and operativesFight delivers the vivid and stunning tale of an election unlike any other.In the end, Trump overcame voters concerns about his personal flaws by tapping into a deep vein of dissatisfaction with the direction of the country. At the same time, Democrats struggled to connect with an electorate that felt gaslit by Bidens insistence that he had delivered economic prosperityand his pledge to be a bridge president. He tore his party asunder, leaving destroyed personal relationships in his wake, as he clung to power. And when he gave it up, he kneecapped Harris by demanding unprecedented loyalty from her.As Allen and Parnes have done in the #1 New York Times bestseller Shattered and Lucky, they provide readers with a skeleton key to the rooms where this landmark political history happened, revealing a story more shocking than previously reported.Exclusive Access: Go behind the scenes with more than 150 insiders from the Trump, Harris, and Biden inner circles, revealing their private motivations and innermost thoughts. A Historic Contest: Chronicles the unprecedented 107-day campaign that followed a sitting president dropping his re-election bid, a would-be assassins bullet, and felony convictions. Revelatory Reporting: Uncover the clawing, backstabbing, and secret deals that defined the battle for the White House, with details more shocking than previously reported. Unfiltered Politics: Witness American bloodsport politics in its rawest form, as every combatantin their own party and the oppositiongoes for the jugular.

Como você imagina os árabes antes do Islã? Pessoas que bebem álcool, ordenham cabras e brigam umas com as outras por motivos triviais? Ou talvez você os imagine ignorantes em um ambiente de trevas e

From the creator of top career YouTube channel Self Made Millennial, the only job search guide youll need to get employers competing for youAs a former recruiter and head of HR at multiple companies, Madeline Mann has seen every kind of job application under the sun. If youre tired of sending resumes out into the void, then listen up: the antiquated job hunting advice youve been told before is all wrong.After years of working in HR, Mann began to share her behind-the-scenes insight into the world of hiring, creating viral career tip videos and posts onlineand soon amassing nearly 1 million followers across YouTube, LinkedIn, and TikTok. In Reverse the Search, Mann distills her juiciest advice into a concise guide on how to turn the job search around, going from job seeking to job shoppingfrom desperately sending out applications to having your pick of jobs. Beginning with determining your ideal career path, Mann guides readers through the networking and job interview phases, all the way to negotiating the final offer. By following the simple but proven steps that have landed hundreds of Manns career coaching clients positions at dream companies, you will transform into a lifelong Job Shopper, getting recruited and attracting opportunities at every stage.Because Job Shoppers know they deserve to land more than any old job. They deserve a career that brings meaningful work, happiness, flexibility, and financial stability. And with Reverse the Searchs help, youll get noticed and approached, even when youre not actively looking for a job. You will have the leverage, and you will never have to perform a soul-sucking job search again.

* [W]ith magnificently scrawled artwork, Kinkz offers a story that blends deep empathy, raucous candor, and a useful ritual for dealing with shame. Publishers Weekly, starred review A chaotically funny debut picture book about a girl whos had a terrible day full of mistakes and finds that making mistacos could be a delicious solution.After an awful day at school (including a tragic but plausibly deniable mishap with a pudding cup), Izzy wants to be left alone. But its Friday, and that means making tortillas with Lito.As the mistakes pile up, they come tumbling out of Izzyand Lito surprises her by saying everyone makes mistakes, and if she makes a tortilla out of her mistakes, he will EAT it. "Mmmm. . .spicy! And boogery! With a hint of courage. My favorite taco EVER!"Suddenly, the whole family is confessing and getting mistakes off their chests with a feast of mistacos! A delightfully silly picture book for fans of Dragons Love Tacos and The Book of Mistakes. Includes instructions on how to make and enjoy your own mistacos!

An Instant USA TODAY Bestseller! A PR partnership between a pop superstar and a pro-athlete bad boy turns into so much more in this swoony romance from the acclaimed author of When I Think of You.Ella Simones popstar life is what dreams are made of. Her eight year marriage to renowned music producer, Elliot Majors, has helped garner the hits, awards, and adoring fans to prove it. But when Ella tires of Elliots many infidelities, she decides to fight for her independence despite the ironclad prenup that threatens her career. To help her case, Ella is under strict orders to stick to The Plan: no headlines, no rumors, no rocking the boat. But this strategy is thrown a curveball after an awards show wardrobe snafu and quick rescue by Miles Westbrook, MLBs most eligible player, sends the tabloids into a frenzy. Amid tricky divorce proceedings, Ellas magnetic connection with the charismatic pitcher might just be her downfall.Now the pressure is on to turn a scandal into an opportunity and give their teams what they want: a picture-perfect performance that will shore up both Ella and Miles reputations. But as the lines between reality and PR begin to blur, Ella will either stick to the choreographed life she knows so well, or surrender to a love that could set her free.

CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR HONOR BOOK A lyrical picture book from the award-winning author of Heavy, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South to visit family.On the ground of that garden, covered in vegetables and dirt, coated in laughter, I want to say that the Mississippi and New York in our Black boy bodies were indistinguishable. Three Black boys spend one special summer exploring the Mississippi woods and woulds and coulds of sharing the kind of freeing friendship that is love.Watched over and given space to discover by Grandmama and Mama Lara, New York, Country, and little C find camaraderie in their contrasts and all the unspoken things between them while playing games of marco polo in the thick garden and sledding on cardboard by the underpass. With text brimming with love by award-winning author Kiese Laymon and deeply evocative illustrations by Alexis Franklin, City Summer, Country Summer illuminates the tenuous and tender bonds of friendship Black boys forge with one another.

Vera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wongs Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.A New York TimesBest Mystery Novels of 20252026 Edgars Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award Nominee2026 Audie Award for Best Mystery FinalistEver since a man was found dead in Veras teahouse, life has been good. For Vera that is. Shes surrounded by loved ones, her shop is bustling, and best of all, her son, Tilly, has a girlfriend! All thanks to Vera, because Tillys girlfriend is none other than Officer Selena Gray. The very same Officer Gray that she had harassed while investigating the teahouse murder. Still, Vera wishes more dead bodies would pop up in her shop, but one mustnt be ungrateful, even if one is slightly...bored.Then Vera comes across a distressed young woman who is obviously in need of her kindly guidance. The young woman is looking for a missing friend. Fortunately, while cat-sitting at Tilly and Selenas, Vera finds a treasure trove: Selenas briefcase. Inside is a file about the death of an enigmatic influencerwho also happens to be the friend that the young woman was looking for. Online, Xander had it all: a parade of private jets, fabulous parties with socialites, and a burgeoning career as a social media influencer. The only problem is, after his body is fished out of Mission Bay, the police cant seem to actually identify him. Who is Xander Lin? Nobody knows. Every contact is a dead end. Everybody claims not to know him, not even his parents.Vera is determined to solve Xanders murder. After all, doing so would surely be a big favor to Selena, and there is nothing she wouldnt do for her future daughter-in-law.

Maxwell Dark is on a mission to help kids hunt down and defeat the nightmares haunting them in this chilling horror graphic novel filled with monsters and mayhem.A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEARIm Maxwell. Please dont call me Max. I have a gift that I was born with, although most of the time it feels like a curse.That giftor curseallows twelve-year-old Maxwell to sense, experience, and enter other kids nightmares. He drifts from town to town, drawn by the darkest dreams, till he can help people defeat whatever is truly haunting them. With seventy-three clients and counting, hes seen every monster there is to face.Or so he thinks, until he meets Sid. Sids dreams start off as typical nightmare fare, but soon they get weirder. Creepier. Impossible to ignore. As Maxwell goes deeper and deeper into Sids nightmares, he starts to realize he may be trapped in one of his very own

Find out what really happened when an entire colony disappeared in 1590, just five years after it was founded. What is the truth about the missing members of the lost colony of Roanoke?In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to found the very first permanent English settlement in the Americas. The initial settlementcalled the Lane colonyfailed due to extremely low supplies and a hostile relationship with the Native American people who were already living on the land. Despite this miserable first attempt, Raleigh decided to establish another settlement. Over one hundred people agreed to join this new colony on Roanoke Island, just off the coast of what is now North Carolina. The colonys governor, John White, chose to return to England to get more supplies but found himself stuck there for three years due to an unexpected war. When he arrived back at Roanoke, the entire colony had vanished. Over one hundred people, including his wife and daughter, had seemingly disappeared. They were never heard from again. The only clue left was the word "Croatoan" carved into a post. What really happened to the missing English settlers? Find out what we do know about this historic unsolved mystery in this nonfiction book for young readers.

Daddies are so special! Little truck lovers, join all your favorite diggers as they celebrate their daddies and all they do. Perfect for new daddies, Fathers Day, and every day!From diggers to fire trucks, from street sweepers to cement mixers to other favoritesall the vehicles love their daddies and want to show them just how much! A barbecue is perfect for food trucks and all the other diggers on a lovely Fathers Day! Families will enjoy reading this book all year round because Daddies love their little diggers, too!Children who cant get enough trucks will love all the books in the bestselling Where Do... series, including:Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?Where Do Diggers Celebrate Christmas?Where Do Diggers Say I Love You?Where Do Diggers Hunt for Easter Eggs?Where Do Diggers Trick-or-Treat?Where Do Diggers Celebrate Hanukkah?Diggers Love Their Mommies!Diggers Love Their Daddies!

A myth-shattering, inspiring book that combines research, reportage, and memoir to explore the growing phenomenon of estrangement from toxic relativesshowing it not as a tragedy, but as an empowering and effective solution to the heartbreak of family abuse.After decades of enduring his mothers physical and psychological torment, after years of trying in vain to set boundaries, Eamon Dolan took a radical step: he cut his mother out of his life. No more phone calls, no more visits, no more contact. Parting with his abuser gave him immediate relief and set him on a path toward freedom, confidence, and joy like none he had ever felt before.In The Power of Parting, Dolan has written the book he wishes hed had when he was struggling to free himself from his mothers abuse. In the process, he discovered how widespread estrangement really is. At least 27 percent of Americans are estranged from a parent, sibling, or other family member. He also learned why so much stigma surrounds this commonand often lifesavingphenomenon. Even among therapiststhe professionals who would seem most attuned to the pain relatives can inflicttheres a bias toward reconciliation, when millions of their patients need instead to escape their abusers grip. Estrangement, Dolan realized, should be understood and embraced, not shrouded in shame.Drawing on his own suffering and healing, as well as experts advice and the testimony of other courageous survivors, Dolan first explains why abuse is much different and more prevalent than we may think, how it harms us in childhood and beyond, and why limiting or eliminating contact might be our best possible choice. Then, he walks readers through the steps of a successful, positive estrangement: how to take crucial time for yourself; how to make sure no one can gaslight you into minimizing or forgetting; how to set rules for your abuser andif they cant or wont respect your limitshow to end a toxic relationship. He also offers valuable counsel on how to ease the guilt and grief that often accompany parting, and how to break the cycle of abuse that was likely passed down to you through many generations.With a convincing blend of clarity and empathy, Dolan encourages others to do what he ultimately did for himself: determine whether the people in your life treat you with the care and concern you deserveand part ways with them if they dont.

A WALL STREET JOURNAL TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 ALSO NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY "Valley of Forgetting reminds us that scientific progress is measured not only in breakthroughs but also through the sacrifices people make, the trust that is built. It is a tender story of the unshakable will to make meaning in the face of inexorable loss. . . . Smith elegantly captures what it means to love, to belong, to hold on to one another when so much is uncertain. Washington PostThe riveting account of a community from the remote mountains of Colombia whose rare and fatal genetic mutation is unlocking the secrets of Alzheimers diseaseIn the 1980s, a neurologist named Francisco Lopera traveled on horseback into the mountains seeking families with symptoms of dementia. For centuries, residents of certain villages near Medellin had suffered memory loss as they reached middle age, going on to die in their fifties. Lopera discovered that a unique genetic mutation was causing their rare hereditary form of early onset Alzheimers disease. Over the next forty years of working with the paisa mutation kindred, he went on to build a world-class research program in a region beset by violence and poverty.In Valley of Forgetting, Jennie Erin Smith brings readers into the clinic, the laboratories, and the Medellin trial center where Loperas patients receive an experimental drug to see if Alzheimers can be averted. She chronicles the lives of people who care for sick parents, spouses, and siblings, all while struggling to keep their own dreams afloat. These Colombian families have donated hundreds of their loved ones brains to science and subjected themselves to invasive testing to help uncover how Alzheimers develops and whether it can be stopped. Findings from this unprecedented effort could hold the key to understanding and treating the disease, though it is unclear what, if anything, the families will receive in return.Smiths immersive storytelling brings this complex drama to life, inviting readers on a scientific journey that is as deeply moving as it is engrossing.

Christina Perri teams up with New York Times bestselling illustrator Joy Hwang Ruiz to turn her hit song "A Thousand Years" into a tender picture book on motherhood.I have spent every day waiting for you.Darling, dont be afraid.I have loved you for a thousand years.Ill love you for a thousand more.A child ventures out into the world, one bold step at a time, as her mother looks on, both of them brave in embracing change and steadfast in their ever-evolving love. In this ode from parent to child, Christina Perri teams up with New York Times bestselling illustrator Joy Hwang Ruiz to turn her hit song "A Thousand Years" into a tender reminder that a mothers love is forever.

A clever, transporting murder mystery, The Gatsby Gambit explores a world of class, money, glamour, and foul playand reimagines some of Americas most beloved literary characters Greta Gatsby has at last graduated from her stifling finishing school, is on the brink of turning twenty-one, and hopes to finally have her own legendary summer with her brother and guardian, Jay, at his West Egg mansion. Orphaned along with him some years before the war, Greta has seen her fortunes rise on the high tide of his entrepreneurship, even as she has remained in the shadows of his lifetoo young to join his late-night soirees or infamous summer parties and too shy to trade banter and barbs with his cadre of new friends. Jays wish for her has been to shake off their new-money stain and gain a level of social acceptance hes never quite enjoyed. Shes simply looking forward to reconnecting with him and embracing life as a modern young woman. She arrives at West Egg with a fresh and daring new bob hairdo to find Daisy and Tom Buchanan also summering at the mansion, along with Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker. And its hard to be noticed when the luminous and multifaceted Daisy Buchanan is in the same room. But when one of their guests is murdered, Greta turns sleuth as the veil is lifted on Gatsbys household and its inhabitants, including its staff. Tightly plotted, with thrilling prose and sensuous detail, this homage to and reinvention of a world American readers have lionized for generations ultimately reveals the secrets and lies that perpetuate the romantic notion that being rich is the answer to all of lifes problems. Like the Enola Holmes series and The Christie Affair, The Gatsby Gambit is designed to bring new readers into the world of the original, iconic novel, as well as delight fans with its clever secrets and reverence for all things Gatsby.

In the hilarious and poignant graphic novel follow-up to National Book Award finalist Huda F Cares?, Hudas life and worldview is turned upside down when her parents announce theyre divorcing.A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL AND KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEARHuda Fahmy is ready for junior year. Shes got a plan to join all the clubs, volunteer everywhere, ace the ACTs, write the most awe-inspiring essay for her scholarship applications. Easy.But then Mama and Baba announce the most unthinkable news: theyre getting a divorce. Huda is devastated. She worries about what this will mean for her family, their place in the Muslim community, and her future. Her grades start tanking, she has a big fight with her best friend, and everything feels out of control. Will her life ever feel normal again? Huda F wants to know.