Have you ever thought how small gestures in your daily life can bring a big transformation to your life? Tâmara Castelo explains how. First of all, through a simple test, we will identify your biotype - associated with your metabolism and personality traits - in order to make a personalized plan, which includes the appropriate rituals to rebalance sleep, manage stress and anxiety, the foods that regulate and deregulate each biotype, and practical and delicious recipes. Practicing gratitude, drinking tea, yawning, lighting a candle, applying an essential oil to your pillow to help you sleep better, taking a bath to …

Generating Talent: How to Put Intelligence to Work develops an innovative model that explains the generation of talent as intelligence acting in a way that is suitable, brilliant and efficient. It reveals how it is generated not only in individuals, but in organizations and societies as well.

«This is an optimistic book. Not optimistic with the slightly flaccid optimism of self-help books that promise us all that we can become instant millionaires, but optimistic because it describes how neuroscience shows our capacities to be even greater than previously thought.»
José Antonio Marina

Every year, countless studies are published which …

A personal look at underwater filming by award-winning wildlife cameraman Jeff Goodman. It looks at all aspects of filming underwater wildlife film, from the prospective of both the amateur and the professional photographer. The technical aspects are easily mastered by anyone, the compositional elements make a sound base from which to develop one's own style, and the straightforward text guides the filmmaker right through to the premiere! The text is interwoven with relevant factual stories from the career of cameraman Jeff Goodman and packed with wonderful marine wildlife images. This unusual blend of genres makes for an engaging read as …

Grey Feathers is the story of a combat platoon leader’s role and responsibilities in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1970. The story is derived from the countless after-action reports, personal observations and experiences, interviews, and 4th division magazine articles about this period of the Vietnam War. The unit served was the 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, which was a highly decorated unit marked by a cloverleaf symbol of the 4th Division. It was nicknamed "the Braves." In 1967 when the unit was transferred to the border of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, the unit’s main …

When I first started writing poetry at 16, I never intended to write a book. Writing poetry for me was over a girl. Then it turned into more of a biography of my own life, such as a snapshot of that moment in time.When I was feeling in love, I wrote poems about love, and also those more depressing moments that come with heartbreak and loneliness. Poetry became a method of therapy at first, but as I experienced different moments in life through the military, traveling, marriage, children, and divorce, I have grown through the years and so has my …

In Sherry’s Secret Dictionary, author Sherry Bedard shares her knowledge of dog training, plus the skill and expertise of various veterinarians and other trainers. Humorist Robert Benchley said, “A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.” But this book is focused on the reverse, what we can teach our dogs. You will enjoy this romp in the park with Sherry. And while you are at it, you will learn plenty about canines and their behaviours. Many dogs are abandoned or neglected because their owners do not know how to cope with their …

Teosinte began as a series of poems and then merged with the symbolism of Regina Szczypiorski’s art. It is structured on the seven days and nights of the Mayan Underworld. A parallel story emerged with the author’s diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in December 2010. This book is an honest account of one woman processing the system of cancer treatment in our country. It was written in the form of poetry and journals over a period of 10 years, culminating with the assertion of a new myth; a myth that responds to the common theme …

As a child in South Vietnam, poet Natasa To never dreamed that a home across the globe could inspire poetry within her. But after moving to the United States as a teenager, she was struck by the awe-inspiring changes each season ushered in, like a halo of snowflakes or an autumn sky. It was this awe that compelled To to honor the majesty of Virginia’s landscape in the form of poetry. Inspired by many Vietnamese poets – like Nguyen Du, Huy Can, and Xuan Dieu before her – Natasa To’s poetry makes us fall in love with every passing autumn, …