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In Sheep's Clothing

Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People

by George K. Simon ...

Dr. George Simon knows how people push your buttons. Your children--especially teens--are expert at it, as is your mate. A co-worker may quietly undermine your efforts while professing to be helpful, or your boss may prey on your weaknesses. Manipulative people have two goals: to win and to look good doing it. Often those they abuse are only vaguely aware of what is happening to them. In this eye ... Read more

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Dr. George Simon knows how people push your buttons. Your children--especially teens--are expert at it, as is your mate. A co-worker may quietly undermine your efforts while professing to be helpful, or your boss may prey on your weaknesses. Manipulative people have two goals: to win and to look good doing it. Often those they abuse are only vaguely aware of what is happening to them. In this eye
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The Wise Woman

by George MacDonald ...

Narrated by Simon Bubb ...

Unabridged

3 hours 37 min

Two girls born to very different families become spoiled and rotten, though in very different ways. A wise and powerful woman visits each of them and offers them a look at their true self, at how others live, and at how to grow and change. This powerful story dissects parenting, privilege, self-awareness, and the ability versus the choice to change one’s life.This series, published by ONE ... Read more

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Two girls born to very different families become spoiled and rotten, though in very different ways. A wise and powerful woman visits each of them and offers them a look at their true self, at how others live, and at how to grow and change. This powerful story dissects parenting, privilege, self-awareness, and the ability versus the choice to change one’s life.This series, published by ONE
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Lilith

by George MacDonald ...

Narrated by Simon Hester ...

Series Audiobook 3 - George MacDonald Fantasy Works
Unabridged

11 hours 44 min

First published in 1895, Lilith stands as one of George MacDonald’s most enigmatic and haunting works, a blend of fantasy, theology, and metaphysical speculation. Revered by literary giants such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, MacDonald’s fiction does not merely tell stories—it beckons readers into a deeper reality where moral and spiritual truths are woven into the very fabric of narrative ... Read more

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First published in 1895, Lilith stands as one of George MacDonald’s most enigmatic and haunting works, a blend of fantasy, theology, and metaphysical speculation. Revered by literary giants such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, MacDonald’s fiction does not merely tell stories—it beckons readers into a deeper reality where moral and spiritual truths are woven into the very fabric of narrative
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The Golden Key & The Giant's Heart

by George MacDonald ...

Narrated by Simon Bubb ...

Unabridged

1 hour 54 min

The Golden Key is a beautiful allegory of life, death, and the afterlife. This story follows a young boy and girl as they embark on strange adventures that help them to better understand the circumstances of their own lives as well as those surrounding life itself. Their wanderings and discoveries bring them hope for life after death.In The Giant’s Heart two youngsters must learn to look for ... Read more

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The Golden Key is a beautiful allegory of life, death, and the afterlife. This story follows a young boy and girl as they embark on strange adventures that help them to better understand the circumstances of their own lives as well as those surrounding life itself. Their wanderings and discoveries bring them hope for life after death.In The Giant’s Heart two youngsters must learn to look for
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Afrikakorps at War 1941–43

by Simon Forty, George Forty ...

Series Book 25 - Casemate Illustrated Special
“The accounts bring a sense of the human element to the text and really gives a brutal perspective to all the challenges associated with warfare in the arid desert.” – AMPSThe battles in North Africa hold a unique place in the history of World War II. Praised in Parliament and the British press, German commander Erwin Rommel achieved near-mythical status as a general. The fighting was seen as one ... Read more

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“The accounts bring a sense of the human element to the text and really gives a brutal perspective to all the challenges associated with warfare in the arid desert.” – AMPSThe battles in North Africa hold a unique place in the history of World War II. Praised in Parliament and the British press, German commander Erwin Rommel achieved near-mythical status as a general. The fighting was seen as one
... Read more
Character Disturbance

the phenomenon of our age

by Dr. George K. Simon, Ph.D. ...

Modern permissiveness and the new culture of entitlement allows disturbed people to reach adulthood without proper socialization. In a book meant both for the general public and for professionals, bestselling author and psychologist George Simon explains in plain English:•How most disturbed characters think.•The habitual behaviors the disturbed use to avoid responsibility and to manipulate, ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Modern permissiveness and the new culture of entitlement allows disturbed people to reach adulthood without proper socialization. In a book meant both for the general public and for professionals, bestselling author and psychologist George Simon explains in plain English:•How most disturbed characters think.•The habitual behaviors the disturbed use to avoid responsibility and to manipulate,
... Read more
Grab Life by the Tale

Live a Longer Life, but Live a Quality Life

by George Simon ...

This is a book of short stories for those who have little time to read and who wish to get the most enjoyment from the time available. The stories are written with the ingenuity and humor of a pixie and they run the gamut to make you think, laugh or cry. If you make the time, you are bound to experience all of them. Treat yourself. Take a few minutes and enjoy this most pleasant array of short ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

This is a book of short stories for those who have little time to read and who wish to get the most enjoyment from the time available. The stories are written with the ingenuity and humor of a pixie and they run the gamut to make you think, laugh or cry. If you make the time, you are bound to experience all of them. Treat yourself. Take a few minutes and enjoy this most pleasant array of short
... Read more
EuroDiversity

Edited by George F. Simons ...

How has cultural diversity affected the business climate of the growing European Union? What are European institutions and enterprises doing to manage it? In 'EuroDiversity,' Dr. Simons gathers issue-centered perspectives on how Europe's entwined past, present, and future have made it the most strikingly diverse part of the world and what this means for doing business there. 'EuroDiversity' ... Read more

$152.52 CAD

How has cultural diversity affected the business climate of the growing European Union? What are European institutions and enterprises doing to manage it? In 'EuroDiversity,' Dr. Simons gathers issue-centered perspectives on how Europe's entwined past, present, and future have made it the most strikingly diverse part of the world and what this means for doing business there. 'EuroDiversity'
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Saint Joan

by George Bernard Shaw ...

The life of fifteenth-century heroine Joan of Arc is the stuff of legend, and her cruel death (burnt at the stake aged just nineteen) led to her being declared a martyr, granting her an extraordinary legacy.Following her canonisation in 1920, and against a history of overly romanticised retellings of the story, Bernard Shaw put pen to paper to give a more accurate account, without resorting to ... Read more

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The life of fifteenth-century heroine Joan of Arc is the stuff of legend, and her cruel death (burnt at the stake aged just nineteen) led to her being declared a martyr, granting her an extraordinary legacy.Following her canonisation in 1920, and against a history of overly romanticised retellings of the story, Bernard Shaw put pen to paper to give a more accurate account, without resorting to
... Read more
Traffic Management

Edited by Simon Cohen, George Yannis ...

Transport systems are facing an impossible dilemma: satisfy an increasing demand for mobility of people and goods, while decreasing their fossil-energy requirements and preserving the environment. Additionally, transport has an opportunity to evolve in a changing world, with new services, technologies but also new requirements (fast delivery, reliability, improved accessibility).The subject of ... Read more

$174.99 CAD

Transport systems are facing an impossible dilemma: satisfy an increasing demand for mobility of people and goods, while decreasing their fossil-energy requirements and preserving the environment. Additionally, transport has an opportunity to evolve in a changing world, with new services, technologies but also new requirements (fast delivery, reliability, improved accessibility).The subject of
... Read more
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The Diary of a Nobody

by George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith ...

Narrated by Simon Stanhope ...

Unabridged

4 hours 52 min

An unabridged reading of the much-loved classic comic novel. Charles Pooter, an ordinary suburban man, is one of the immortal comic creations of Victorian literature; his diary chronicles his hopes and dreams, his trials and frustrations, with a wonderful supporting cast of family, friends, co-workers, ex-schoolfellows, tradesmen, and “swells”.George Grossmith (1847–1912) and Weedon Grossmith ... Read more

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An unabridged reading of the much-loved classic comic novel. Charles Pooter, an ordinary suburban man, is one of the immortal comic creations of Victorian literature; his diary chronicles his hopes and dreams, his trials and frustrations, with a wonderful supporting cast of family, friends, co-workers, ex-schoolfellows, tradesmen, and “swells”.George Grossmith (1847–1912) and Weedon Grossmith
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Violence

Humans in Dark Times

by Brad Evans, Natasha Lennard, Simon Critchley, George Yancy, Zygmunt Bauman, Adrian Parr, Henry A. Giroux, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Nicholas Mirzoeff, Simona Forti, Bracha L. Ettinger, Cary Wolfe, Richard J. Bernstein, Moira Weigel, Oliver Stone, Alfredo Jaar, Tom McCarthy, John Akomfrah, David Theo Goldberg, Christopher Alden, Jake Chapman, Brian Massumi, Elaine Scarry, Erin Manning, Michael J. Shapiro, Allen Feldman, Mickey Mod, Jack Halberstram, Gottfried Heinwein, Neo Muyanaga ...

Series series City Lights Open Media
Through a series of penetrating conversations originally published in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Review of Books, Brad Evans and Natasha Lennard talk with a wide range of cutting edge thinkers--including Oliver Stone, Simon Critchley, and Elaine Scarry--to explore the problem of violence in everyday life, politics, culture, media, language, memory, and the environment. "To bring out ... Read more

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Through a series of penetrating conversations originally published in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Review of Books, Brad Evans and Natasha Lennard talk with a wide range of cutting edge thinkers--including Oliver Stone, Simon Critchley, and Elaine Scarry--to explore the problem of violence in everyday life, politics, culture, media, language, memory, and the environment. "To bring out
... Read more

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