Time: Your Ally or Your Enemy? by Clive Boyett

Get Time on Your Side with Effective Time Management Techniques

‘Tempus Fugit’, or Time Flies as expressed in Latin, is a saying that is very relevant in our modern lives. We would often feel the urgency of life, the rapid changes of our environment, and the fast mobility of people and work.

Time should be kept not as an enemy, but as a companion towards your destined paths. There's a time for love, for jubilation, and for sorrow. There’s a time to relax, and a time to catch up with the running moments. But what is important is to be in control of time, no matter the amount of pressure.

You only have one life to live. Would you like to spend most of it just working and being inundated with too many responsibilities to handle? Would you like to have more than enough time in the world to do the things you love and to enjoy your life, amidst all your tasks?

This book will show you how to manage your time efficiently using powerful techniques in the art of prioritizing, delegation, goal-setting, planning, organizing, and conquering the ‘time robbers.’

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Get Balance in Your Life by Clive Boyett

How to Balance Your Life as a Busy, Stressed-Out Individual

The characteristics of modern society are a combination of long working hours, stress, bad diet and lack of exercise and can lead to an excess of health-related problems. Yet, we feel pressurized to have it all – a big house, two smart cars, a career, and a family. But you need to review these demands in life and decide what your priorities are. If things like good health and good family relations are at the top of your list, you will have to learn how to balance your life.

Get Balance in Your Life is a guide to help you find that right balance between your work, family and personal life so that you can life a longer, healthier life full of joy and fulfillment.

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The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim

The year is 1913. The disgraced and formerly penniless aristocrat Sir Everard Dominey returns from German East Africa a reformed and wealthy man determined to take his place in English society. But is he Sir Everard or the German spy, Baron Leopold von Ragastein?

Leopold, educated at Eton and Oxford with the Englishman, bears a striking resemblance to Dominey and was often taken as his double at school. After a chance encounter in Africa, one of them has returned. But who?

The Great Impersonation is one of the most famous spy novels of all time. This is excellent reading with its fast moving plot and its imagery of the rich life of English aristocrats before the First World War, as well as its bold characters.

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Greenmantle by John Buchan

Greenmantle is a classic espionage thriller packed with action that is set in the First World War.

The reckless all-action hero Richard Hannay, first featured in John Buchan's thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps, is summoned to probe rumors of an uprising in the Muslim world. He undertakes a dangerous journey through enemy territory to meet up with his friend Sandy Arbuthnot; and together with Peter Pienaar, the old Boer scout, and John S. Blenkiron, the American determined to fight the Kaiser, they travel in disguise to the Russian border to face the German conspirators: the grotesque and hard-headed Colonel Ulrich von Stumm, and the powerful and wicked Hilda von Einem.

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The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

"I realised that I was bottled as sure as a pickled herring, and that there was only one way out. I had to die. If my pursuers knew I was dead they would go to sleep again."

Richard Hannay returns to England from South Africa to start a new life, but he gets caught up in a plot to ruin the British war effort (the First World War). Soon Hannay has to flee from his pursuers and has to fight for his life while trying to reveal the cipher code that will uncover the plot.

The Thirty-Nine Steps is a suspense-filled thriller (the first of three by John Buchan) featuring Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and an astonishing habit of getting himself out of sticky circumstances.

The novel formed the basis for a number of film adaptations, notably Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 adaptation, a 1959 color remake, a more faithful 1978 version, and a 2008 version for British television.

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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Seventeen year-old Catherine Morland goes to Bath for the season as the guest of family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen. Catherine is a naive girl who also has an overactive imagination, which is further magnified by her obsession with gothic literature.

She is captivated by Henry Tilney with his views on literature and his knowledge of history and the world. Henry's father, General Tilney, invites Catherine to visit their estate, Northanger Abbey.

Because of her interest in gothic literature, Catherine expects Northanger Abbey to be ancient, dark and full of fantastical mystery. She soon starts to imagine several gruesome secrets regarding the General and his house, but eventually she discovers that she cannot interpret the world through the pages of lurid thrillers.

Will it be too late to regain the General's trust and save her romance with Henry?

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

A humorous portrayal of the social atmosphere of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England, Pride and Prejudice deals with the intelligent, but high-spirited Elizabeth Bennet who endeavors to stay true to her ideals while her dim-witted, meddlesome mother plots to see all five her vivacious daughters married and to secure her family's destiny.

Twists and shocking revelations await Elizabeth who has to choose between the dashing Mr. Wickham and the aristocratic, but proud and aloof Mr. Darcy.

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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility is the classic first novel by Jane Austen about the lives of the sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood.

After the death of the sisters' father, the estate passes to their older half-brother named John. The sisters are left in reduced circumstances and they have to move to a new home, a cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience both romance and heartbreak.

The story describes how the two Dashwood sisters, who have contrasting temperaments, both have to find a balance between sense and sensibility in life and love.

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Love Among the Chickens by P. G. Wodehouse

A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm.

After seeing his friend Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge for the first time in years, author Jeremy Garnet is dragged along on holiday to Ukridge's new chicken farm in Dorset.

Hilarious situations abound with Garnet's troublesome courting of a girl living nearby and the struggles on the farm, which are worsened by Ukridge's bizarre business ideas and methods.

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A Rip Van Winkle of the Kalahari by Frederick Cornell

Seven Tales of South-West Africa

First published in 1915, these seven stories exemplify the beautiful, but arid and treacherous area that forms part of the Kalahari Desert in South Africa and Namibia (then South-West Africa).

Most of these stories were written on the veldt; at odd times, in out- of-the-way prospecting camps, or in the wilds of the Kalahari Desert. They bring us reminiscences of a long-forgotten era and of a variety of fascinating characters and dangerous animals that roamed this area.

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The Man-eaters of Tsavo by J. H. Patterson

And Other East African Adventures

In 1898, the British East Africa Company commissioned Col. John H. Patterson to oversee the construction of a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in present-day Kenya. Almost immediately after his arrival, lion attacks started to take place on the workers, with the lions dragging men out of their tents at night and feeding on their victims.

Despite taking various measures to curb the attacks, they escalated dramatically, and eventually the bridge construction stopped due to a mass exodus of the workers. The superstitious workers became increasingly hostile and many of them were certain that the lions were evil spirits who came to punish the bridge builders.

With his reputation, livelihood and personal safety at stake, Patterson realized that he had to deal with the crisis in the only way he knew how - hunt the man-eaters down and kill them. This true story was the basis for 3 films; The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), starring Val Kilmer as Patterson, being the latest.

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is Mark Twain's classic story about a mischievous orphan who is cared for by his Aunt Polly. He lives in the carefree and wonderful world of boyhood on the banks of the Mississippi in the early-mid 1800s.

Tom and his friends go after adventure time and again, but one night he witnesses a murder by a fearsome character in town. Tom testifies against the murderer after the wrong man was accused of the murder, but the murderer escapes.

Eventually Tom and his sweetheart, Beckey, get trapped in a cave. To make things worse, they run into the murderer inside the cave, who uses it as a hideaway. Will they be able to get out in one piece?

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twain's classic novel about Huckleberry Finn, a teenaged misfit who has a tough time with his alcoholic father.

After an adventure with his friend, Tom Sawyer, Huck's father returns and kidnaps him. Huck escapes and floats on a raft down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave, Jim. Plenty of adventure and peril await them on their journey.

Ernest Hemingway commented the following about this work: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. It's the best book we've had."

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An Iron Will by Orison Swett Marden

Orison Swett Marden says "There are three kinds of people in the world: the wills, the won'ts, and the can'ts. The first accomplish everything; the second oppose everything; the third fail in everything." Are you of the second or third kind? Do you wish you knew how to be more successful in life?

This personal motivational book shows you how to attain a positive attitude, mental discipline and self-control in order to gain more willpower to achieve your goals.

You will not only gain willpower, but an Iron Will that you can use to succeed against the odds in your personal and business life.

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Above Life's Turmoil by James Allen

In this practical and spiritual guide, James Allen illustrates how to shut out the noise from outside to place the spotlight on the enlightenment of the inner self.

Allen, one of the most popular writers on inspiration and the power of thought of the 20th century, is best known for his work As a Man Thinketh.

We cannot alter external things, nor shape other people to our liking, nor mold the world to our wishes but we can alter internal things,-our desires, passions, thoughts,-we can shape our liking to other people, and we can mold the inner world of our own mind in accordance with wisdom. The turmoil of the world we cannot avoid, but the disturbances of mind we can overcome.

The duties and difficulties of life claim our attention, but we can rise above all anxiety concerning them. This book points the reader towards those heights of self-knowledge and self-conquest which, rising above the turbulence of the world, lift their peaks where the Heavenly Silence reigns.

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The Science of Being Great by Wallace D. Wattles

Discover timeless wisdom and practical information on the power of thought, positive self-esteem and personal achievement from the secrets buried in a long forgotten classic book from 1911.

"The Science of Being Great" is the third part in Wallace D. Wattles' series that started with "The Science of Getting Rich" and "The Science of Being Well".

Wattles says about this extremely practical companion to "The Science of Getting Rich" that "The Science of Being Great" is in the first place for "the men and women, young or old, who wish to make the most of life by making the most of themselves." This book teaches the principles of true greatness and shows you how to turn your ideals and dreams into reality.

You can view more about this title at the CruGuru website. It is available from Amazon.com. ISBN: 978-1-920265-48-9

The Science of Being Well by Wallace D. Wattles

Discover timeless wisdom and practical health information from a long forgotten classic book from 1910. "The Science of Being Well" is the second part in Wallace D. Wattles' series that started with "The Science of Getting Rich".

Wallace D. Wattles explains to us that many of the principles of good health are under our control. We have control over the food we eat, how we breathe and how well we sleep. Yet these seem to be skills that we have mainly forgotten, as demonstrated by the increasing number of illnesses and chronic diseases in our modern lifestyle.

This concise and to-the-point work teaches us to take control of our own health and how to use mind power to aid us in healing our bodies.

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The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner

The Story of an African Farm (published 1883 under the pseudonym Ralph Iron) was South African author Olive Schreiner's first novel.

This book is generally recognized as one of the first feminist novels and also as the first great South African novel. This pioneering work caused quite a stir when it first appeared and it transformed the shape and course of the late Victorian novel.

Schreiner unflinchingly deals with her society's greatest fears, namely the loss of faith, the dissolution of marriage, and women's social and political independence. The setting is the vast arid plains of South Africa's Karoo region and the novel contains notable descriptions of the African landscape.

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The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini

The Sea Hawk is another pirate adventure novel penned by Rafael Sabatini, author of Captain Blood. It was originally published in 1915 and is set in the late 16th century.

Sir Oliver Tressilian, a typical English sea-faring gentleman, is villainously betrayed by his jealous half-brother and is accused of murder. Sir Oliver is kidnapped off the Cornish coast, and forced to serve as a slave on a Spanish galley. Eventually Sir Oliver is freed by Barbary pirates. He joins the pirates, gaining the name "Sakr-el-Bahr", the hawk of the sea, and swears vengeance against his half-brother.

This story is filled with adventure, religious conflict, melodrama, romance and intrigue, and is perhaps best known for its many film adaptations.

You can view more about this title at the CruGuru website. It is available from Amazon.com. ISBN: 978-1-920265-42-7

As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

"All that we achieve and all that we fail to achieve is the direct result of our own thoughts."

A classic work in the truest sense, few books have been so widely read as "As a Man Thinketh", have stood the test of time so well, and have had such an immense impact on generations of readers. The reason for this is that it conveys such a simple, yet profound message: You are what you think.

The book covers topics such as thought and character, effect of thought on circumstances, effect of thought on health and the body, thought and purpose, the thought-factor in achievement, visions and ideals, and serenity.

You can view more about this title at the CruGuru website. It is available from Amazon.com. ISBN: 978-1-920265-41-0

The Rangeland Avenger by Max Brand

A Western. He gave them the same chance his brother got ... none at all.

"At once the blind anger faded from the eyes of Riley. By the weight of that first blow he knew that he had encountered a worthy foeman, and by the position of Cartwright he could tell that he had met a confident one.

The big fellow was perfectly poised, with his weight well back on his right foot, his left foot feeling his way over the rough ground as he advanced, always collected for a heavy blow, or for a leap in any direction. He carried his guard high, with apparent contempt for an attack on his body, after the manner of a practiced boxer.

As for Riley Sinclair, boxing was Greek to him. His battles had been those of bullets and sharp steel, or sudden, brutal fracas, where the rule was to strike with the first weapon that came to hand. This single encounter, hand to hand, was more or less of a novelty to him, but instead of abashing or cowing him, it merely brought to the surface all his coldness of mind, all of his cunning."

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The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln

A whodunit from the 1920's.

Twin sisters Helen and Barbara McIntyre give evidence against a burglar who suddenly dies in court, at first seemingly from a heart attack. They discover that the burglar was disguised in court and they recognize him as Helen's fiancée after removing his disguise.

After an autopsy, the burglar is found to have died from poisoning. Was it suicide or murder? The sisters think it was the latter and try to find out who the murderer was. Suspicion shift from the one suspect to the next and a mysterious white envelope with a red wax seal appears and is passed from one person to the other.

What is the content of this envelope, and what role does it play in the whole mystery?

You can view more about this title at the CruGuru website. It is available from Lulu.com. ISBN: 978-1-920265-04-5