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Everyday Etiquette

Everyday Etiquette: The Art of Mindful Living is a heartfelt, practical guide to reclaiming the lost art of everyday grace—at home, online, and at work.

In a world that is faster, louder and increasingly distracted, small courtesies are disappearing. A greeting goes unsaid. Messages remain unanswered. Presence is replaced by screens. Yet it is often these smallest gestures that shape how we are remembered.

Blending timeless Indian values with contemporary relevance, Manik Kaur reimagines etiquette not as rigid rules or social performance, but as mindfulness in action. From navigating WhatsApp groups and workplace meetings to hosting with warmth, dressing with intention, and communicating with empathy, she shows how small acts can have a powerful ripple effect on our relationships and self-worth.

With warmth, wit, and wisdom drawn from her own life, Manik weaves relatable anecdotes and practical tools into a compelling narrative. Whether you’re a young professional stepping into a big-city job, an educator seeking life-skills content, or a parent raising children in a hyper-digital world, this book is for you.

Uma Kapoor vs the Universe

What should one do when the Universe is conspiring against you?

That’s what twelve-year-old Uma Kapoor would like to know, thank you very much. Her friends are getting ahead of her, her crush thinks she’s embarrassing and her own body is betraying her. Meanwhile, her Type A mom, who could once re-organize the spice cabinet while juggling several clients, is now a walking disaster.

And her dad?

He’s become a shadow, trying to keep the peace. Then, the house catches fire. Well played, Universe.
As her private fears collide with public disaster, Uma must navigate the big, bad (and slightly sooty) world of adolescence. With her snack-fiend BFF Arjun and her astronomy-obsessed brother at her side, she begins to learn that growing up might mean there are no neat answers—only brave questions.

A Quest for the Perfect Rice

The story of rice—bigger, older and richer than you think. A Quest for the Perfect Rice is not a cookbook—it’s a cultural epic served on a plate

This is biryani as you’ve never encountered it before: not a recipe, but a civilization in a pot. Blending history, food writing and storytelling, the book takes you on a richly layered journey through the origins of biryani, khichadi, pulao, tehari and India’s enduring rice traditions.

Framed as a surreal midnight conversation with the spirit of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the last ruler of Awadh, the narrative unfolds like a grand, ghost-hosted durbar. As the night deepens, legendary figures from history arrive—bringing with them stories of royal kitchens, forgotten rituals, culinary rivalries and the evolution of India’s most beloved dish.

Part food history, part cultural anthropology and part whimsical storytelling, this book traces over 5000 years of culinary evolution—exploring Persian influences, regional adaptations and the emotional role rice plays in Indian homes and celebrations. From Muradabadi to Anglo-Indian variations, each chapter reveals how geography, memory and identity shape what ends up on our plates.

Witty, immersive and deeply researched, A Quest for the Perfect Rice is a feast of stories where flavour meets folklore. If you love biryani, food history, Indian culture or simply a great story well told, this book will change the way you see every grain of rice.

The Best Thing About You Is You! (Revised Edition)

Life doesn’t follow a script.
Kucch bhi ho sakta hai,
and that’s what makes it real!

In a world overflowing with stress, noise and uncertainty, motivational speaker and Bollywood icon Anupam Kher offers something rare: a comforting, honest conversation about what it truly means to live well. Drawing from his remarkable journey – from a modest upbringing to extraordinary success – he shares the lessons that shaped him, not just as an actor but as a human being. With warmth, wit and his signature grounded wisdom, Anupam gently reminds readers that success is wonderful… but peace of mind is priceless.

This book is not about grand philosophies or complicated formulas. It is about small, powerful shifts: choosing positivity over fear, meeting change with courage, learning from failure, handling relationships with grace, and discovering the quiet strength that already exists within. Uplifting, practical and deeply personal, you will return to these pages again and again – like a trusted friend who knows when to make you smile and when to simply tell you the truth.

Because in the end, the most powerful truth is also the simplest: the best thing about you is you!

The Midnight Library Silver Edition

Nora’s life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live?

Limitless Expanded Edition: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life

Brand-new tools to unlock your brain’s potential – now in paperback! This expanded edition of the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller includes chapters on A.I., nootropics, discovering your brain type, and more.

For over 30 years, Jim Kwik, the world-renowned brain coach, has been the secret weapon of success for a diverse range of high achievers, including actors, athletes, CEOs, and business pioneers. In Limitless, he reveals science-based practices and field-tested tips to accelerate self-learning, communication, memory, focus, recall, and speed reading to create amazing results.

In this expanded edition, you’ll find four new chapters:

• How to harness A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) to boost H.I. (Human Intelligence)
• The latest breakthroughs in nootropics and nutrition to enhance cognitive performance
• Limitless at Work–tools to adapt and thrive, whether you’re fully remote, embracing the hybrid model, or resuming the traditional office setting
• A self-assessment to crack your “brain animal” code

Newly updated with transformative success stories from people who’ve used Jim’s teaching in the real world, the expanded edition of Limitless gives people the ability to accomplish more—more productivity, more transformation, more personal success, more business achievement—by changing their Mindset, Motivation, and Methods and creating unstoppable Momentum. These “4 M’s” live in the pages of Limitless along with practical techniques that unlock the superpowers of your brain and change your habits.

Limitless Expanded Edition is the ultimate brain training book, packed with practical techniques to help you level up your mental performance and transform your life.

“There’s no genius pill, but Jim gives you the process for unlocking your best brain and brightest future.” — Mark Hyman, M.D.

The Key to Positivity: Why You’ve Got Comfort Zone All Wrong-and How to Tap Its Power to Live Your Best Life Now

New in paperback (originally published as The Comfort Zone).

What would it take for you to really love your life? To feel genuinely happy, positive, and fulfilled? The answer may be simpler than you think.

“This book will change the way you think about growth and comfort forever!”
— Lewis Howes, New York Times best-selling author of The School of Greatness

In this paradigm-shifting book, Kristen Butler, creator of Power of Positivity—an online community with 50+ million people globally—reveals a surprising secret: in a world full of self-sabotaging beliefs, the gateway to a life you truly love is found in the last place you’d think. It’s situated safely in your Comfort Zone.

No matter what you’ve been told, your comfort zone is NOT your danger zone. It’s not the place where dreams spiral down and die. It’s the opposite. Kristen knows this firsthand. From a state of deep and chronic discomfort—at one point experiencing panic attacks so severe she couldn’t get out of bed—she transformed a life of merely surviving into a life of truly thriving.

In these pages, she shares how you, too, can find the key to:

· self-love and self-esteem
· feeling genuinely happy
· overcoming fear and inaction
· a mindset of gratitude, abundance, and success
· healthier boundaries in relationships
· stop cycles of burnout and start cycles of balance

Your comfort zone is not a static place where nothing grows. In fact, your growth depends on how fully you thrive in it. And The Key to Positivity unlocks the door to this inner sanctuary. Kristen gives you practical and research-based tools to help inspiration meet ease, creativity flow effortlessly, growth happen naturally, and positive emotions run freely. She leads you back to what’s comfortable and natural for you to create a life you love with less stress and more flow. It’s time to claim your best life now!

Angel Prayers: Harnessing the Help of Heaven to Create Miracles

LEARN FROM KYLE GRAY – WORLD-RENOWNED ANGEL EXPERT AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RAISE YOUR VIBRATION, POWERFUL PRAYERS FOR ATTRACTING MIRACLES, HAPPINESS, AND PEACE

DISCOVER HOW TO CALL ON ANGELS AND ARCHANGELS WHO WILL SUPPORT YOU AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED

“Kyle Gray changes lives!” – The Sun Newspaper

If you ever feel that your prayers are going unanswered, Kyle Gray is here to change this for good. In this expanded edition of Angel Prayers, Kyle reveals how to use affirmative prayer to bring about positive change in your life.

ANGEL PRAYERS SECTIONS INCLUDE:

· PART I: The Miracle of Prayer – The Power of Prayer and Angel Prayer Techniques
· PART II: Directory of Angels and Angelic Beings
· PART III: Directory of Prayers

Receive Loving Guidance to Build Your Faith and Intuition Like:

· The power of prayer, demonstrated by true stories from Kyle’s clients and his own personal experiences
· The spiritual laws at play in the world and how your words and intentions affect your life
· The Angelic Hierarchy, including the 15 major Archangels and other angelic beings who support you on your journey
· Invocations and prayers to call specific Angels and Archangels, including lesser known Angels such as Faith, Hope and Charity

As well as introducing you to angelic beings you might not have heard of before, Kyle also shares powerful prayers to support you through all life events.

“Your angel loves you beyond your human comprehension. You are their purpose and they are dedicated to your wellbeing on all levels.

“They see you as a perfect, innocent child of the universe and they will do everything within their power to guide you on your way.

“Your guardian angel is with you right this second, waiting for your invitation to help you in all areas of your life.

Be Your Own Bestie: A No-Nonsense Guide to Changing the Way You Treat Yourself

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
USA TODAY BESTSELLER

Hey, Bestie! Start loving yourself radically with the 4-step SASS Method that literally anyone can do—from social media star Misha Brown.

You deserve happiness.
You deserve hope.
And you deserve a sassy best friend who can help you learn not to settle for less.

It’s time to start loving yourself radically. And Misha Brown—you may know him as @yourbestiemisha—is here to guide you along your journey of self-discovery, accountability, and most importantly, self-love. With his no-nonsense (but always loving) approach, Misha shares stories from his own life, encounters with others, and the wisdom gleaned from them to help you release the patterns, relationships, and beliefs that have kept you from stepping into your full fabulousness.

With equal parts hilarity and heart, Misha’s S.A.S.S. Method to glowing up your life consists of:

S – Self-reflection: Turn your focus inward to push away what’s been holding you back
A– Affirmations: Reshape the way you speak to and about yourself
S – Standing your ground: Set boundaries and stop apologizing
S – Sculpting the life you want: Take bold steps toward your own happily ever after

No matter where you are today, now is the time to begin showing up for yourself as your own best friend. Because you deserve it, bestie!

Becoming Yourself: A Journey of Self-Discovery Using the Wisdom of the Enneagram

Know yourself better—and understand the people around you more fully—with a fresh, practical approach to the wisdom of the Enneagram from a top author in the field.

“If you think something is missing in your life, it is probably more of the real you.”

The Enneagram is one of the most powerful self-awareness tools we can access for greater happiness, success, and fulfillment. But if we just identify our own “Ennea-Type” and its most overt characteristics—and we stop there—we’re not tapping this powerful thought system’s full potential.

Enneagram expert Robert Holden wants us to have a fuller picture: not just to understand what our own Type means for us personally, but to see the people around us through the Enneagram’s lens and navigate our lives by its light. Becoming Yourself is inviting and exciting, a rich and reader-friendly deep dive full of timeless wisdom and practical insight you can put to use in your life right now.

In Becoming Yourself, you’ll start by pinpointing your Enneagram Type, then you’ll explore all 9 of the types in detail—since all their energies are present in all of us. Robert illuminates the essential characteristics of each Type: their core strengths and innate gifts; their ego drivers, fixations, and basic fears; the path of growth that connects them to the virtues of other Types; and more.

On every page, you’ll find insight and guidance to help you:

• Thrive in your personal relationships
• Excel at work
• Improve your mental health
• Walk your spiritual path
• Live your purpose

“My aim with this book is to help you use the Enneagram to become yourself,” Robert writes. “The Enneagram doesn’t try to fix you or change you; it helps you to grow. It recognizes that your essential self is already whole, complete, and perfectly made.”

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