Shawn Stevenson is a health expert with a background in biology and kinesiology who has helped thousands of people worldwide to improve their health, through his private work as well as his #1 Nutrition and Fitness podcast on iTunes. In his work, Shawn brings a well-rounded perspective to the perennial question: how can we feel better? In investigating complex health issues such as weight loss, chronic fatigue and hormone imbalance, Shawn realised that many health problems start with one criminally overlooked aspect of our routine - sleep. In Sleep Smarter Shawn explores the little-known and even less-appreciated facts about sleep's influence on every part of our life. Backed by the latest scientific research and packed with personal anecdotes and tips from leaders in the field of sleep research, this book depicts the dangers of insufficient sleep - from weight retention to memory loss to bad sex to increased risk of disease. In his clear, personable and relatable style Shawn offers 21 simple, immediately applicable ways for readers to take their well-being into their own hands and improve their sleep now

There she thinks, the woman on a mission, what she sees and reads changes everything for these new lives. She wants you to know we are out there, and there is another way. Help is on the way. Do you feel stuck in your life? Looking for purpose? Take the journey. Take your life back. Be free from the situations that own you. This true story brought one woman, the ninth child of twelve, from a farm to the streets of New York City as a foster mother. The unique children that shared her home and love will bring tears and strength to those who are weak. Just know when you make the choice of life that you are never alone. This is the story of those who were the decided and the people who bring it to full circle. This book is for you. May we all find protection and inner peace. Her life once the leap was made changed uncertainties to advocacy and beyond. Once the choice of life was made, her work gladly began. Her life was now populated with smiles, cries, night calls, and play dates. Let's travel with her on this journey of birth to adoption. The book will take the uncertainties that dictate all our lives and place ourselves in his hands because he called this author to open her door. Many who knew her describes her as their rock and sounding board. If you needed something, she would be there for you. Her heart was as big as the ocean, which was seen with all the children she fostered and loved as her own. Compassion and acts of kindness are her hallmarks.

In his book, Bayram has shared his observations regarding what happened during the period of curfews in 2015 and 2016 in the districts of Sur, Lice and Silvan in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakir, in the city center, Cizre and Silopi in Şırnak and in the district of Nusaybin in Mardin. The book consists of stories written in the style of "literary journalism". In addition to the stories, there are also more than 30 photographs taken by Murat Bayram during the related period. About Murat Bayram Murat Bayram is the founder of Botan International, the first institution in the history of Turkey to provide media education in Kurdish. In partnership with Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Botan Inteernational prepared a free studio, a newsroom and a workshop in Diyarbakir where journalists can receive training. In the Kurdish media, he worked as a news editor, columnist and reporter in the Evro newspaper as well as Kurd1 TV, Waar TV and Kurdistan24 television channels. As a freelance journalist, he worked for the Middle East Eye, Al Jazeera International, Deutsche Welle, RT TV and The New York Times in Diyarbakir. Bayram was awarded "the most creative and original young writer" by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)-KAES in 2012 and was given the award of "the best journalist of the year" in the category of Kurdish news and program by the Southeast Journalists Society in 2014.

After her friend Abby’s spectacularly romantic wedding in Illinois, Victoria Berhenke returns to her home town in Arkansas to visit her mother and brothers, but she has an ulterior motive. She is determined to find her father, who disappeared after the death of her twin baby brothers, leaving her mother devastated and alone to raise her and her four brothers. Victoria’s guilt over leaving her mother alone to raise the family has haunted her for ten years and until she exhausts all means to find her father and reunite the family, she feels she will never be able to find a love of her own. Not just a love, but the love of her life. Meeting Abby’s new husband’s handsome brother, Raymond, has awakened her desire for love and family. Could Raymond be the one? However, back in Arkansas her childhood buddy reappears on the scene. Now, a handsome and successful Pastor, Jeremy makes himself available to help her in her search for her father, and is very, very attentive, making her more confused than ever. Perhaps one of these men will be her forever love. Which one? Or, is there someone else on her horizon? She won’t know until she finds her father. If she’s not too late.