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  Practice the Pause - Jesus'...

  Caroline Oakes

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  These days, many of us live in a state of overreactive fight-or-flight response and chronic stress. The demands of modern life pull us in all directions and can often put the meaningful connections in our lives at risk—connections to our deepest selves, to others, and even to God. 
   
   
   
  But there is good news. New developments in brain science have recently proven that an intentional practice of pausing for a few minutes of meditation, prayer, or other contemplative practice actually rewires our brain in ways that make us calmer, less reactive, and better able to see the bigger picture. 
   
   
   
  In Practice the Pause, spiritual director and writer Caroline Oakes offers easy-to-understand explanations of how this new brain science is confirming what every spiritual tradition has been telling us for millennia: by practicing the pause, we become more self-aware and better able to understand others. We become more "God aware." With a refreshing focus on the Eastern Christian understanding of Jesus as a master of wisdom, Oakes shines a spotlight on Jesus's own centering pause practice as a transformative path for personal and social change. We learn that even a seven-second pause practice can move us beyond the fight-or-flight responses of our ego in our daily lives and actually equip us to cultivate the common good in the world.

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  On the Boardwalk

  Martin Sherman

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  A memoir from the writer of BENT with a foreword by Ian McKellen
  Sherman takes us on a journey through America in the mid twentieth century, starting in New Jersey – where he was born in the 1930s to a Jewish immigrant family – ending on Broadway with the premier of his seminal play Bent starring Richard Gere. On route, we encounter other famous performers including Meryl Streep, Bee Gees, Joan Baez, but the scene-stealing character is always his father – a charismatic narcissist who might have given Trump a run for his money. We stop off in Woodstock, Los Angeles and London – a city Martin would eventually make home; he relays his story with self-depreciating humour as he struggles to make it in theatre, with his sexuality, and under the shadow of the inheritable disease that killed his mother tragically early – a disease from which he finds himself finally free, as he turns forty in the book's closing pages.
  
  "As in his plays, Martin Sherman writes here of complexity with simplicity, of the hidden with utter candour. A fascinating and brilliant example of what a memoir ought to be."—ALAN CUMMING
  "Most shove childhood memories into the recesses of forgetfulness, while others gather each detail like colours in a paint box and use them to create. We call those folks artists. Martin Sherman is such a creature. Within these pages you will find his painterly application of memories, fashioning a masterwork of experiences for us to enjoy."—HARVEY FIERSTEIN
  "Absolutely mesmerising and so fantastically well written that I wish Martin Sherman had written novels as well as plays and screenplays"—STEPHEN FRY
  "Completely absorbing and funny and sad and beautifully told—a real treat and an extraordinary story—what a life."—IAN HISLOP
  "One Hell of a ride. Profound, witty, beautifully written and difficult to forget."—HUGH JACKMAN
  "This memoir is astounding. I'm reading it a second time."—VANESSA REDGRAVE
  "A volume filled with moving, entertaining and fascinating memories, by one of our great stage and screen writers."—PETER TATCHELL
  "On the Boardwalk is full of audacity and joyfulness, jokes and tears, it blew my mind, as it will blow yours." – PETE TOWNSHEND
  "He writes like Philip Roth—but even funnier."—RUBY WAX

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  Residual Governance - How South...

  Gabrielle Hecht

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  In Residual Governance, Gabrielle Hecht dives into the wastes of gold and uranium mining in South Africa to explore how communities, experts, and artists fight for infrastructural and environmental justice. Hecht outlines how mining in South Africa is a prime example of what she theorizes as residual governance—the governance of waste and discard, governance that is purposefully inefficient, and governance that treats people and places as waste and wastelands. She centers the voices of people who resist residual governance and the harms of toxic mining waste to highlight how mining's centrality to South African history reveals the links between race, capitalism, the state, and the environment. In this way, Hecht shows how the history of mining in South Africa and the resistance to residual governance and environmental degradation is a planetary story: the underlying logic of residual governance lies at the heart of contemporary global racial capitalism and is a major accelerant of the Anthropocene.

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  Restless Spirits

  ELISA J WILKINSON

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  Restless Spirits is a fascinating and compelling read by well-known ghost-hunter Elisa Wilkinson, author of Seeing is Believing. Recounting specific hauntings and numerous ghostly occurrences around Britain, this is the culmination of years of personal research and details crucial elements of the locations visited and the skeletal apparitions to unexplainable faces and plasmatic orbs seen there.This is a must read for the paranormal community, but the psychic phenomena detailed within will open a reader’s eyes up to the realities of the spirit world, effectively proving that ghosts do exist and are part of our daily lives. This book is sure to have you flicking pages long after bedtime…

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  Kaizen Project Management -...

  Daniel Green

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  In the dynamic world of project management, where adaptability and efficiency are paramount, a revolutionary methodology has emerged — Kaizen Project Management. This book serves as your comprehensive guide to unlocking the power of Kaizen, seamlessly integrating the principles of continuous improvement into project management practices. 
  Embark on a journey through the origins and philosophy of Kaizen, understanding its core principles and how they align with project life cycles. Explore real-world examples showcasing the transformative impact of Kaizen principles on project outcomes. Learn to foster a Kaizen mindset within project teams, empowering them to embrace change and innovation. 
  Discover a toolkit of Kaizen-inspired tools and techniques tailored for project management, from Gemba walks to Kanban, and witness their practical application through insightful case studies. Uncover the importance of continuous monitoring and adaptation, with a focus on key performance indicators (KPIs) that drive project success. 
  Navigate the challenges associated with implementing Kaizen in project management and gain valuable insights from organizations that have successfully overcome hurdles. Delve into strategies for scaling Kaizen for large projects and entire organizations, ensuring that the benefits of continuous improvement resonate across every level. 
  "Kaizen Project Management" is your indispensable companion on the journey to project success through continuous improvement. Transform your projects, empower your teams, and elevate your outcomes with the timeless wisdom of Kaizen. 
   

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  Nightstalkers - The Wright...

  Richard Phillip Lawless

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  “Takes the reader into the Pacific war and offers a front-row seat to the exploits of the Wright Project and their highly innovative technology.” —War History Network 
   
  In August 1943, a highly classified US Army Air Force unit, code-named the “Wright Project,” departed Langley Field for Guadalcanal in the South Pacific to join the fight against the Empire of Japan. Operating independently, under sealed orders drafted at the highest levels of Army Air Force, the Wright Project was unique, both in terms of the war-fighting capabilities provided by classified systems the ten B-24 Liberators of this small group of airmen brought to the war, and in the success these “crash-built” technologies allowed. The Wright airmen would fly only at night, usually as lone hunters of enemy ships. In so doing they would pave the way for the United States to enter and dominate a new dimension of war in the air for generations to come.  
   
  This is their story, from humble beginnings at MIT’s Radiation Lab and hunting U-boats off America’s eastern shore, through to the campaigns of the war in the Pacific in their two-year march toward Tokyo. The Wright Project would prove itself to be a combat leader many times over and an outstanding technology innovator, evolving to become the 868th Bomb Squadron.  
   
  Comprehensive and highly personal, this story can now be revealed for the very first time, based on official sources, and interviews with the young men who flew into the night. 
   
  “A limber romp across the world of electronics and into the history of World War II.” —ARGunners.com

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