New Releases by Paul Collins

Revealing · Provocative · Clarifying "The greatest strength of Life Curriculum is its fusion of traditional wisdom with proven systems. Charles Paul Collins's background in organizational performance management brings rigor and clarity to what is often an amorphous field of 'self-help,' providing you not just with inspiration but with actionable steps to enrich your life and take it in the direction you want." — Christian Sia, Readers' Favorite, 5 Stars A school catalog tells every student exactly what they're studying and what comes next. Nothing tells you that about your own life. Everything you have ever learned is your life curriculum. But almost no one can tell you what that curriculum actually is. Life has a structure: a curriculum, a developmental timespan, and quality standards. This book is specifically about naming the curriculum of life, the same way a school catalog names its courses. Family and Heritage. Household. Vocation. Finance. Your inner and outer being. These are not vague categories. They are subjects, with content you have already learned, and content you have still to learn and practice. Most people have never seen their life curriculum laid out this clearly. So, they cannot tell what they have actually mastered, what they are still guessing at, and what they have never been taught to notice at all. This book gives you that catalog. Building a meaningful life is not just a matter of motivation. It is a matter of knowing what you are working with. Life Curriculum is Book One in the Life Craft series. Book Two maps the developmental path every skilled craft requires, from apprenticeship to mastery. Book Three names the standard of workmanship that defines excellence in the practice of a life. Together, these three volumes treat your life the way any true craft deserves to be learned and practiced: with a curriculum, a timeline, and a standard.

In a galaxy where the Balance binds the stars, a curious alien named Troyt sets out from his humble home on Proxima b to uncover the mysteries of the universe. Armed with a homemade space billy cart and an unyielding determination, Troyt answers the call of a mysterious signal that leads him to a vast network of interconnected shards—fragments of an ancient system designed to unite the cosmos. But all is not as it seems. As Troyt journeys across breathtaking worlds, from glowing crystalline forests to desolate rogue planets, he discovers the remnants of a dark force: the Whisperer, a shadow of chaos determined to consume the network and unravel the Balance. Joined by a diverse band of Watchers—guardians drawn from across the galaxy—Troyt faces relentless challenges to restore harmony to the network. Together, they confront corruption, repair fractured shards, and battle the Whisperer in its lair. An epic tale of resilience, unity, and courage, The Adventures of Troyt and the Network blends cosmic wonder with heartfelt adventure. Follow Troyt as he rises from a humble tinkerer to a legendary protector of the stars, proving that even the smallest spark of curiosity can illuminate the universe.

An accessible guide to the history of the Assyrian empire from the perspective of its powerful elites. At the height of its power near 660 BC, the Assyrian empire, centered in northern Iraq, wielded dominance from Egypt to Iran. This vast region was ruled by a series of kings who demonstrated their power with magnificent palaces adorned by sculptures depicting rituals, battles, and hunts. Established by military might, the empire thrived under the guidance of scholars who interpreted divine will and administrators who relocated tens of thousands of people to serve the state. This book relates the history of Assyria through the lens of its royal family and the officials who commissioned its buildings, art, and literature—each a critical part of the foundation for the later Babylonian and Persian empires.

Amassing wisdom from as early as the 5th century B.C.E. to the modern day has produced an intensely profound, yet simple and straight to the point collection of quotes from the greatest minds all over the world: from speakers, philosophers, authors, entrepreneurs, scientists, and more. It is like having an entire library of wisdom contained within a single book. Below are just a few of the great minds included in this collection: Aristotle, Theodore Roosevelt, Confucius, Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, Kahlil Gibran, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maya Angelou, Leo Tolstoy, H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Benjamin Franklin, James Earl Jones, Horace, Winston Churchill, Voltaire, Benjamin Disraeli, Henry David Thoreau, Marcus Aurelius, Helen Keller, and Seneca. A Selection Of Three Quotes From The Book: “Never believe anything that requires you to hate people who do not believe it.” -Robert Brault “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” Louis B. Smedes “A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.” -Danish Proverb This collection presents an opportunity to seek and meditate upon the advice from the greatest counselors who ever lived, to receive teaching from the most venerated philosophers, and a passage for listening to those who have long since passed away. Drawing from an extremely careful and meticulous search of quotes, more focused yet more profound than any source ever made, this compilation is designed to permanently improve the reader’s mindset in every aspect of their life, creating an active and living asset for positive change in the world.

Ming Lee - The Chinese Dragon - is the unbeaten, undisputed queen of virtual martial arts. Until she meets James Gong, fresh from his starring role in Ham Solo: Revenge of the Fist. Can their combined skill, grace and teamwork defeat everything the virtso world throws at them? Do they take down the mobsters? The bully? And just where does 'the gymnast' fit into all of this?

The Sumerians are widely believed to have created the world’s earliest civilization on the fertile floodplains of southern Iraq from about 3500 to 2000 BCE. They have been credited with the invention of nothing less than cities, writing, and the wheel, and therefore hold an ancient mirror to our own urban, literate world. But is this picture correct? Paul Collins reveals how the idea of a Sumerian people was assembled from the archaeological and textual evidence uncovered in Iraq and Syria over the last one hundred fifty years. Reconstructed through the biases of those who unearthed them, the Sumerians were never simply lost and found, but reinvented a number of times, both in antiquity and in the more recent past.

A haunted house, trouble at the zoo, a girl who gets zapped into a computer game, homework-stealing aliens, a pirate war, the loudest kid alive, a princess under a magic spell, racing snails, a family of monsters and much, much more in this collection of seven-minute stories.

The concept of stylus phantasticus (or ?fantastic style?) as it was expressed in free keyboard music of the north German Baroque forms the focus of this book. Exploring both the theoretical background to the style and its application by composers and performers, Paul Collins surveys the development of Athanasius Kircher?s original concept and its influence on music theorists such as Brossard, Janovka, Mattheson, and Walther. Turning specifically to fantasist composers of keyboard works, the book examines the keyboard toccatas of Merulo, Fresobaldi, Rossi and Froberger and their influence on north German organists Tunder, Weckmann, Reincken, Buxtehude, Bruhns, Lubeck, Bohm, and Leyding. The free keyboard music of this distinguished group highlights the intriguing relationship at this time between composition and performance, the concept of fantasy, and the understanding of originality and individuality in seventeenth-century culture.

Calbaras has knowledge that the dragons of Dracondas desperately want. As payment, they are willing to grant him his wish to become the greatest warlock of all time. But can Calbaras handle this power? Or will it ultimately destroy him?

Although Dantar is able to shapeshift into dragon form, he still thinks like a rebellious teenager. His sister Velza has been given the ultimate gift by the dragons of Dracondas - the mind of a dragon. Now they must combine their gifts to stop the most powerful warlock of all time from casting his doomsday spell.

It's hard to save the world when you are in jail. Dantar and Velza, children of the warlock Calbaras, need to escape from jails six hundred miles apart to stop their father unleashing a catastrophically dangerous spell. Both will soon learn that they are not just special, they are also very dangerous.

Not since Garth Nix and Sean Williams joined forces has there been such a great collaboration! The warlock Calbaras wants to revive the ancient, forbidden magic of dragons, and his son Dantar is vital to his plans. Dantar is on the run in an enemy kingdom, unaware that he is so important. Worse, his sister Velza is now working for the enemy king.

When two of Australia’s most popular fantasy authors collaborate, The Warlock’s Child weaves a new and exciting brand of magic. The Invincible has been attacked, and all seems lost. Dantar’s only escape from his enemies is through the foul-smelling sewers of Savaria. Velza’s plans to save him are soon thwarted by three enormous dragons threatening to set fire to the city. Can Dantar and Velza deliver the city from danger?

The remarkable true story of a turn-of-the-19th century murder and the trial that ensued—a showdown in which iconic political rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr joined forces to make sure justice was served—from bestselling author of the Edgar finalist, Murder of the Century. In the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic. Waging a fierce battle for its uncertain future were two political parties: the well-moneyed Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the populist Republicans, led by Aaron Burr. The two finest lawyers in New York, Burr and Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out of the courtroom, and as the next election approached, their animosity reached a crescendo. But everything changed when a young Quaker woman, Elma Sands, was found dead in Burr''s newly constructed Manhattan Well. The horrific crime quickly gripped the nation, and before long accusations settled on one of Elma’s suitors: a handsome young carpenter named Levi Weeks. As the enraged city demanded a noose be draped around his neck, Week''s only hope was to hire a legal dream team. And thus it was that New York’s most bitter political rivals and greatest attorneys did the unthinkable—they teamed up. Our nation’s longest running cold case, Duel with the Devil delivers the first substantial break in the case in over 200 years. At once an absorbing legal thriller and an expertly crafted portrait of the United States in the time of the Founding Fathers, Duel with the Devil is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.

A view into the tumultuous and creative life of Edgar Allan Poe.

A narrative history of the origins of Western civilization argues that Europe was transformed in the tenth century from a continent rife with violence and ignorance to a continent on the rise.

Quentaris is at war with Tolrush, draining the city of every able bodied fighter. Famous Quentaran rift guide, Rad de La’rel, is shocked to discover that his beloved city has been left wide open to attack by vampires. Other cities have already fallen to the scourge and Quentaris is next in line. Rad prepares Quentaris for its greatest onslaught yet. But how can a ragtag army stop vampires who suck the souls from their victims, leaving zombie-like remains? Quentaris is fast filling up with the walking dead ...

The “enormously entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) account of a shocking 1897 murder mystery that “artfully re-create[s] the era, the crime, and the newspaper wars it touched off” (The New York Times) AN EDGAR NOMINEE FOR BEST FACT CRIME • “Fascinating . . . won’t disappoint readers in search of a book like Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City.”—The Washington Post On Long Island, a farmer finds a duck pond turned red with blood. On the Lower East Side, two boys discover a floating human torso wrapped tightly in oilcloth. Blueberry pickers near Harlem stumble upon neatly severed limbs in an overgrown ditch. The police are baffled: There are no witnesses, no motives, no suspects. The grisly finds that began on the afternoon of June 26, 1897, plunged detectives headlong into the era’s most perplexing murder mystery. Seized upon by battling media moguls Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, the case became a publicity circus, as their rival newspapers the World and the Journal raced to solve the crime. What emerged was a sensational love triangle and an even more sensational trial. The Murder of the Century is a rollicking tale—a rich evocation of America during the Gilded Age and a colorful re-creation of the tabloid wars that forever changed newspaper journalism.

When Jack Sligo runs away from his loving Boston-Irish family, he hopes to get a summer job on a cruise ship. His dream becomes a nightmare when he meets two strangers who give him mysterious drinks in a waterfront saloon. Jack wakes up, far at sea, shanghaied aboard the African freighter, SS Iron Prince. The ship’s first call is a remote jungle port in Venezuela where there’s plenty of rum, women, and thieves, but no opportunity for escape.

Mack Max Dunstan has played Moses, Marc Anthony, Ben-Hur, President Andrew Jackson, and Long John Silver. He has starred in The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, El Cid, 55 Days in Peking, Planet of the Apes, Omega Man, and Soylent Green, to name a few. Sadly, in this age of social media, reality television, and political correctness, todays generation know him only for his hard right point of views and his outspoken nature. Mack Dunstans Inferno was written as a satirical, fantasy work, where Mr. Dunstan succumbed to Alzheimers, went through the death process, and descended into hell, where he met victims of his pro-gun policy. Collins was a fan of Mack Dunstan. This manuscript was actually inspired when the author viewed Michael Moore, who challenged Mr. Dunstan in Bowling for Columbine. The author did not support Mr. Moores penchant for skewing the facts, or promoting his own agenda, but has acknowledged the filmmaker for providing the inspiration for Mack Dunstans Inferno. Collins was never a fan of filmmaker Michael Moore. In fact he was utterly appalled and disgusted to hear how Mr. Moore accepted the academy award. The American Academy awards were about Gucci shoes, who was wearing what, and who''s sleeping with whom. It was never about social issues. Collins never understood how a movie director could become infamous through documentary filmmaking. Only in America! Mack Dunstans Inferno began with Mack Dunstan going through and experiencing the death process. As he journeyed, he met Virgil, who guided him through hell, heaven, and eventual illumination. In his journey, Mr. Dunstan met the many victims of his pro-gun policy. Many were Hispanic and African-Americans, all of whom were from the poorer classes. It was in this scenario of the underworld; Mr. Dunstan was confronted with the many sad and tragic stories, leaving him to go through the process of expurgation of guilt, anger, and elimination of the ego. Mr. Dunstan, however, did meet a lot of celebrities in his journey of the underworld. Some were from the silent era, golden age of cinema, and classic, American TV shows. Mack Dunstans Inferno was not only a satire on those who enjoy distinction in the modern era, but a parity, or update, of The Divine Comedy. Within in the perimeters of fiction, Collins satirized and the so-called pillars of the communities and media darlings. He lampooned present actors, dead actors, present/past members of the political and business elite. Therefore, instead of mentioning long, dead ancient figures of history, Collins sketched in Kelsey Grammar, Sally Struthers, or JK Rowlings. Mack Dunstans Inferno does not promote a dogmatic, Christian belief system, but an Eastern point of view. Find out more by reading Mack Dunstans Inferno, where sci fi adventure fantasy and religious superstitions will collide.

Every good exercise program starts with a method by which training principles are based upon. In Kettlebell Conditioning, Coach Collins has developed the 4-Stage BodyBell(R) Training SystemA' that allows you to learn the basic strength and swing pattern drills before more complex power orientated movement patterns. The unique shape of the ......

The national bestseller, now in paperback.

Follows the trail of the corpse of the author of "Common Sense," who was shunned as an infidel by the church, buried in an open field on a New York farm, and whose body was later dug up and moved to Britain years later by a well-meaning admirer who nevergot around to burying the remains.

This title presents more than 100 exercises specifically designed to help increase speed, agility, and reactions. This superb new volume - for men and women - from award-winning personal fitness trainer Paul Collins, presents readers with practical, easy-to-follow exercises to develop your speed, agility, and reactions. "Speed for Sports" features more than 100 training drills using agility poles, mini hurdles, and speed ladders, as well as sample speed training sessions that will help to maximize your speed potential, both as an individual and as part of a team - giving you that extra edge over the competition.

Presents practical, easy-to-follow exercises to condition your body for athletic and sports performance. This title - for men and women - provides step-by-step coaching advice and workouts utilizing body weight, fitness balls, medicine balls, plyometrics, resistance bands, stability and speed training equipment.

Collins elucidates, with great compassion, what it means to be 'normal' and what it means to be human.-Los Angeles Times

A fractured world, 1600-1550 BC -- The rise of the great powers, 1550-1500 BC -- The birth of empires, 1500-1400 BC -- Power and prestige, 1400-1300 BC -- Empires collide, 1300-1200 BC -- Collapse and transformation, 1200-1100 BC -- The threat of chaos, 1100-1000 BC -- Survival and revival, 1000-900 BC -- Expanding horizons, 900-800 BC -- Stability and change, 800-700 BC -- From Babylon to Egypt, 700-00 BC -- A world united, 600-500 BC

Annotation Strength Training for Women has been developed as a training guide as more women begin to understand the health benefits of this activity.

Contains over 70 easy-to-follow exercises using your own body weight as well as fitness balls, medicine balls and abdominal machines that gives you leaner abs, a stronger lower-back, better posture and a trimmer waistline.