Sean Pratt

This is the story of two small-town former high school sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks. Now middle-aged, they have taken wildly divergent paths, but neither has lived the life they imagined, and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever altered their world. When they are both called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter, they will be forced to confront the choices each has made,...

Created as a primer for the beginning actor, To Be or Wanna Be takes you on a journey that reveals the path to becoming a successful actor, as well as how to avoid the pitfalls of the starving artist. Beginning with the simple, yet important distinctions of how to take control of your career, and through personal anecdotes of how he discovered them, Sean Pratt guides you toward the more complex and powerful concepts that will make all the difference...

New York Times Bestseller • Now a Netflix Film

"Rich, tragic...monumental . . . true-crime reporting at its best."—Washington Post

The bestselling account of the lives of five young women whose fates converged in the perplexing case of the Long Island Serial Killer. Now updated, with a new epilogue by the author.

One late spring evening in 2010, Shannan Gilbert—after

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First published in 1955, "Believe in Yourself" by Dr. Joseph Murphy, the Irish-American author and New Thought minister with a Ph.D. in Psychology, is the inspiring and fascinating book on the power of self-confidence and positive thinking. Dr. Murphy draws on the experiences of highly successful and talented people, such as inventors, artists, and businessmen, to show that believing in your dreams and your own potential is the secret to great success....

Doubt and fear hold men in bondage of sickness and failure. Often times as you attempt something new, doubt comes into your mind. The way to overcome is to increase your faith and awareness of your deep, spiritual potencies. Opportunity always knocks at your door. Dr. Murphy deals especially with mental and spiritual laws that promote peace, health, and happiness. Every chapter of this book should aid the reader in a greater understanding of the...

Dr. Joseph Murphy has been acclaimed as a major figure in the human potential movement, the spiritual heir to writers like James Allen, Dale Carnegie, Napoleon Hill, and Norman Vincent Peale and a precursor and inspirer of contemporary motivational writers and speakers like Tony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, and Earl Nightingale. He changed the lives of people all over the world and was one of the best-selling authors in the mid-20th century. Dr. Murphy wrote,...

A new account of Herman Melville and the writing of Moby-Dick, written by a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Biography and based on fresh archival research, which reveals that the anarchic spirit animating Melville's canonical work was inspired by his great love affair with a shockingly unconventional married woman.

Herman Melville's epic novel, Moby-Dick, was a spectacular failure when it was published in 1851, effectively ending its author's

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In The New Geography of Jobs, award-winning Berkeley economist Enrico Moretti looks at the major shifts taking place in the US economy and reveals the surprising winners and losers ​— ​specifically, which kinds of jobs will drive economic growth and where they'll be located ​— ​while exploring how communities can transform themselves into dynamic innovation hubs.
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Dr. Joseph Murphy expands on his theory that the latent powers inherent in our subconscious can improve our lives. Each of us possesses two minds: the objective mind and the subjective mind. Murphy discusses ways to integrate the two. He also explains how to harness the power of the mind, especially the subconscious, and gives specific steps to nourish your conscious mind with the tools and attitudes that will open up the infinite power of your subconscious...

Joseph murphy's most powerful program for using the visualizing faculties of thought to attain the life you want. It is your right to be rich. Let Joseph Murphy teach you how to use your mind and the visualizing faculties of thought to attain a life of abundance. Murphy boils down the essentials to achieving a prosperous life in this Original Classic Edition with an introduction by New Thought author and historian Mitch Horowitz, who explains how...