Life is over in an instant for sixteen-year-old Finn Miller when a devastating car accident tumbles her and ten others over the side of a mountain. Suspended between worlds, she watches helplessly as those she loves struggle to survive.

"Some families are created in different ways but are still, in every way, a family." Writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Nia Vardalos firmly believed she was supposed to be a mom, but Mother Nature and modern medicine had put her in a headlock. So she made a choice that shocked friends, family, and even herself: with only fourteen hours' notice, she adopted a preschooler. Instant Mom is Vardalos's poignant and hilarious true chronicle of trying to become a mother while fielding nosy "frenemies" and Hollywood reporters asking, "Any baby news?" With genuine and frank honesty, she describes how she and husband Ian Gomez eventually found their daughter . . . and what happened next. Vardalos explores innovative ways to conquer the challenges all new moms face, from sleep to personal grooming, and learns that whether via biology, relationship, or adoption—motherhood comes in many forms. The book includes laugh-out-loud behind the scenes Hollywood anecdotes, plus an Appendix on how to adopt worldwide. Vardalos will donate proceeds from the book sales to charities. Vardalos candidly shares her instant motherhood story that is relatable for all new moms (and dads!)

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING Wishing to leave behind the isolation of her Orkney life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight to Berlin. She rents a loftbed in a shared flat and starts to look for work – and for love – through the screen of her phone. The Instant tells of the momentous year that follows, encountering the city’s wildlife in the most unexpected places, tracing the cycles of the moon, the flight paths of migratory birds and surrendering to the addictive power of love and lust.

The Instant-Series Presents "Instant Meditation" How to Meditate Instantly! Do you want to be more successful? Then the question becomes...what do successful people have in common? They all know how to stay calm no matter what, and are in control of their thoughts and emotions...which is not easy to do in a world that can be a very stressful, turbulent place with many people overworked and have lots of responsibilities to take care of, especially true for those on top in a fast-pace, competitive world? Want to know what that secret weapon is to stay calm and have self-control mastery over your mind and body? It's called meditation. Surely, you have heard of it...but why is meditation so important? Well, do you want to always have that sense of calmness, peace, and assurance, or diminish stress, anxiety, and pain for better health? Here are some profound benefits of meditation: * Develop clarity and focus to get things done. * Awaken your creativity and latent potential. * Receive inner guidance to make better decisions. * Rise above the struggles life throws at you. * Understand and relate better with other people. * Figure out a deeper meaning and purpose in life. * Connect to a Higher Power, which some might call God, or Spirit. That's all what meditation can do for you. The benefits of meditation are endless as it's only your mind doing the work for you, and the mind, as you know, is capable of limitless possibilities limited only to your imagination. “Everything you can imagine is real." - Pablo Picasso “Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” - John Lennon “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.” - Albert Einstein Contrary to what many think, meditation is not limited to the those of leisure or occult, but to anybody and also to everyday normal folks who don't have much time... Within "Instant Meditation," not only will you be given different meditation techniques, but you'll discover how to meditate even if you don't have much time and live a busy hectic life, with quick meditation techniques you can use and do on the go, either sitting or standing. Even if you are a beginner to meditation, "Instant Meditation" will get you started into meditation as quickly as possible, as well as how to do advanced meditation like Buddhist monks, the masters of meditation who devote their life to this art taking decades to master. All this and more within "Instant Meditation." Cleanse your mind, enhance your body, renew your soul, revitalize your spirit and experience a better life now instantly through meditation!

The Instant-Series Presents "Instant Forgiveness" How to Forgive Someone Who Harmed You to Let Go of Emotional Baggage Dragging You Down Instantly! Remember all those people have who have ever upset, offended, or harmed you, whether it was physically or emotionally, and you just can't seen to let it go. This could have been a random stranger, past relationship, or even worse...you live and have to interact around them everyday like at home or work. This unwillingness to let things go is not only controlling you, but eating you up alive deep down inside, and you want it to stop! Yet, you just can't seen to unburden yourself of these harbored negative emotions. Don't give them more power to do any more harm than they already have! You're robbing yourself of positive energy and focus that could be used for more productive positive priorities other than on those particular individuals who have at some point hurt you, either intentionally or even accidentally. Is that how you want go on living, which is not the life of your own, but that of being controlled by these strings of grudges from these puppet masters of inflictions? Then be the bigger person. Be willing to forgive and forget. Within "Instant Forgiveness": * How to confront and reconcile with those who inflicted pain to you, to not only let go of your emotional burdens but help them let go of theirs. * How to start each and every day rejuvenated from all negative energies, with the step-by-step process of doing "emotional detoxification." * How to NOT processes those immediate damages done by others, but alter them with the "blind spot pardon" technique to help you see the solutions instead. * How to keep yourself set on your path in life, without thinking nor getting deterred by the emotional baggage of the past. * How to allow the toughest form of forgiveness in your heart, for somebody responsible for the loss of someone close to you. * Plus, custom practical "how-to" strategies, techniques, applications and exercises to forgive others as well as yourself. ...and much more. Forgiveness is more than just about freeing yourself and moving on. It's about being cleansed and reborn to be better than who you were.

Never forget a name or occasion again with this guide to improving your powers of memorization that will make you a hit at home and at work. Foreword by Dominic O'Brien. Do you find names, events and facts reaching the tip of your tongue but going no further? Well help is at hand, memory master Michael Tipper guides you through his tried-and-tested techniques to boost your powers of memorization to astonishing new levels. Warm up by assessing your memory strength and the extent to which you can develop it. Stretch yourself a little more by practising shortcuts to retaining everyday information – such as route directions and simple lists. Work with techniques for remembering birthdays, putting names to faces and vice versa, and giving a word-perfect speech without notes. Finally, perform stunning feats of memory that will amaze yourself and your friends. Make forgetting a thing of the past. By following the wealth of easy techniques presented in Instant Recall your memory will soon be in tip- top condition, and you will find confidence and success.

In his second novel Garfinkle shows again his own brand of large-scale imagination. All of an Instant is a groundbreaking SF novel that chronicles the discovery of a medium of existence outside of time--the Instant--from which one can influence all past and future history. War dominates this strange, abstract place--war among forces contending for control of all times and places.