What would you do if you found out that your life was built on a lie? After the death of her mother in a school shooting, Adeena Minor’s life unravels as she is catapulted into temporary fame. Days later, Adeena receives a letter that warns that her life is in danger. She is also told that everything she knows about her identity is a lie. As much as she wants to dismiss the letter, two previous “accidents” seem to support the outlandish warning. Determined to survive, Adeena knows the first step is to figure out not only who wants her dead, but why. During her annual sojourn to Las Vegas, Thomasina Salamander (Sal) receives a call for help. Her best friend, Cynthia, asks Sal to check out a woman claiming she’s the twin of Cynthia’s dead adopted sister. Cynthia suspects a con and needs Sal’s help to prove it. When Sal’s search leads her to Adeena’s doorstep, the two women decide to work together to find out the truth—despite their mutual suspicion of each other. Will their search for the truth create a bond that even the danger they’re facing can’t break?

In the early 12th century, members of the Chinese royal court found themselves surrounded by advisors who mirrored only their own perspectives. Out of fear and complacency, few of these advisors challenged accepted wisdom, questioned the status quo, or voiced their concerns. Insightful leaders realized this denied them critical access to the reality about themselves and their organizations. Court jesters, however, free from conventional restraints and fears, began to supply truth in very clever ways, thereby opening up new perspectives, insights, ideas and options for those leaders they attended. Today, more than ever, individuals are searching for ways to positively contribute to organizational leadership, culture and behavior. To do that successfully, they need insight into organizational truth as well as strategies to reveal that truth to others in a way that does not cause defensiveness or resistance. Jesters are needed as much today just as they were in the courts of old. David Riveness, in his insightful and entertaining book The Secret Life of the Corporate Jester, reveals how to adopt and apply a ?jester's perspective.? The perspective and behaviors of a jester can be understood and adopted by anyone regardless of his or her organization, role or position. Those who apply what they learn from this book can wield significant influence and bring about remarkable positive change.David Riveness is the founder and CEO of Corporate Jester, an organization created to assist individuals and organizations learn, develop and apply strategies for success. As part of this role, he delivers personalized keynote addresses, learning sessions and coaching for companies, organizations, and individuals. Prior to founding Corporate Jester, David served as the Director of Global Facilitations for Eagle?s Flight, a worldwide innovator in the development and delivery of practical training programs for organizations. While at Eagle?s Flight, he facilitated and implemented training programs with such industry leaders as Warner Bros., NIKE, ESPN, Pfizer, The American Heart Association and Citibank on a variety of topics relating to organizational and individual effectiveness. David has hosted dynamic training workshops and speaking engagements ranging from small groups to large workshops with 3,500 attendees. He has worked as a facilitator and speaker around the world, including such diverse locations as India, China and Brazil

Reproduction of the original: The Secret Doctrine by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Fate Unknown By: Leeann Lewis-Ramirez Fate Unknown is a novel inspired by adolescent years spent entirely in the world of fantasy. The original draft of the novel started the author’s freshman year of high school and was completed a month before graduating, with multiple edits since. This is the story of a secret Mystic Society blending in with modern civilization. It centers on a fourteen-year-old girl’s struggle to fit into both. With a prophecy hanging over her head and a war threatening to begin, Kana Young must team up with Lost Mystics and try to fend off the first wave of darkness.

Over the course of nineteen essays, Alan Watts ("a spiritual polymatch, the first and possibly greatest" —Deepak Chopra) ruminates on the philosophy of nature, ecology, aesthetics, religion, and metaphysics. Assembled in the form of a “mountain journal,” written during a retreat in the foothills of Mount Tamalpais, CA, Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown is Watts’s meditation on the art of feeling out and following the watercourse way of nature, known in Chinese as the Tao. Embracing a form of contemplative meditation that allows us to stop analyzing our experiences and start living in to them, the book explores themes such as the natural world, established religion, race relations, karma and reincarnation, astrology and tantric yoga, the nature of ecstasy, and much more.