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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ''I love the life these tools have allowed me to have' - JONAH HILL, director of Stutz

Change can begin right now. Learn to bring about dynamic personal growth using five uniquely effective tools- from psychotherapist Barry Michels and psychiatrist Phil Stutz, subject of the Netflix…

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1 author picked The Tools as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This isn’t a coding book - it’s more about getting your mind in the right place so you can focus and unleash one of your amazing superpowers: your creativity.

This book literally changed my life a year ago, as I was on year two of recovering from a heart-breaking divorce. Long story short: the tools is about action, not theory. Dr. Phil Stutz is turning the field of psychology upside down with his approach to offering actual tools to get through your problems rather than digging deeper into what makes you think the way you do.

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The Rosewood Penny by J.S. Fields,

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The dragons of Yuro have been hunted to extinction.

On a small, isolated island, in a reclusive forest, lives bandit leader Marani and her brother Jacks. With their outlaw band they rob from the rich to feed themselves, raiding carriages and dodging the occasional vindictive…

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