Bøker av Mark Edwards

Whether you're standing up in front of a crowd at a conference or chatting with a colleague on Zoom, storytelling is the most effective way to get your point across. It works in 90 second Superbowl TV spots, it works in 10 second social media formats, and it works in that email you have to fire off in 5 seconds flat.Why? The short answer is that people don't make decisions based on logic. They make decisions based on emotions. To persuade, influence and inspire, you need to make an emotional connection. And storytelling is the best way of doing that.Journalist-turned-business coach Mark Edwards has developed his own methodology - SUPERB - for telling compelling stories at work. From the classic Hero's Journey to why we all need to Save a Cat, Best Story Wins shows how storytelling will make better communicators of us all.

In this mesmerising thriller from the bestselling author of Keep Her Secret, a family's fresh start is just the beginning of their nightmare...Ethan Dove's family has moved to a new home in a safe community, and it's exactly the fresh start they need. Not only is his marriage to Emma hanging by a thread, but his son, Dylan, and twelve-year-old daughter, Rose, deserve to have a happy childhood.After Rose is bullied by the boys across the road, Ethan is relieved when the woman who lives next door steps in. Fiona Smith has come into their lives at just the right moment, and when she offers to look after Rose during the school holidays, Ethan and Emma can't believe their luck.Which is exactly what Fiona wants. Because, far from being the perfect neighbour, Fiona is the last person you should trust with your child. With a vicious plot for revenge, Fiona is happy to train Rose to be her accomplice, especially when she begins to suspect that Rose might not be as innocent as she appears...The Psychopath Next Door is a gripping and twisted psychological suspense thriller set in the terrifying world of Mark Edwards's bestselling The Magpies universe.

This is a book to demonstrate how we can draw short, yet affective applications from the gospel of Mark. This is a basic overview of the shortest gospel of the four. Each chapter contains the scripture, a synopsis and a sermon. I hope this will serve the unchurched who are considering what a faith in Jesus might look like, as well as those who have recently come to faith, in teaching them how to construct a basic talk.

"In this chilling thriller from the bestselling author of Keep Her Secret, if you don't take your dark secrets to the grave, maybe they'll take you there first... Calvin finally owns the bakery of his dreams, in an idyllic village in the Lake District. After reluctantly following his wife Vicky's advice to promote it on social media, he's thrilled when a viral clip makes him a legend overnight. But then the creepy DMs start flooding in--all from a stranger who claims she's his biggest fan. Meanwhile, a local recluse is found on a nearby beach, buried to his neck and left to drown, and the community goes into shock. Why would anyone want him dead? And who exactly was he? Detective Imogen Evans, new to the Lake District, is under pressure to find out before the killer strikes again. As the murder hunt gathers pace, Calvin's obsessive admirer turns up right on cue after his assistant is injured in an accident, and to Vicky's horror she's here to stay. As events begin spiralling into darkness, is there anyone in this quiet backwater Calvin can trust--or have his mistakes already put him, and everyone he loves, in terrible danger?"--

"After twenty years apart, Matthew and Helena have rekindled their college romance and are away in Iceland on their first holiday together. Swept up in the romance on a mountain hike, one moment they are taking the perfect photo, the next Helena is plunging over the cliff edge... Terrified, Matthew almost misses Helena's sudden and shocking confession--but what he hears chills him to the bone. And when Helena reveals the full truth Matthew is horrified, not only by what she's done, but why she did it. Does he really know her at all? His shock turns to horror when, back in England, they discover that someone not only overheard Helena's confession but plans to blackmail her. Now Matthew must decide whether to go to the police or help Helena keep her secret--and as events spiral out of control, how far is Matthew willing to go to protect his 'perfect' girlfriend?"--Page 4 of cover.

"Two years ago, on a trip to Seattle to visit her brother Aidan, fifteen-year-old Scarlett vanished into thin air. After years of false leads and dead ends, Aidan has almost given up hope. But then a woman sees a girl running for her life across a forest clearing in Northern California. She is convinced the girl is the missing Scarlett. But could it really be her? Heading south, Aidan finds a fire-ravaged town covered in missing-teenager posters. The locals seem afraid, the sheriff won't answer any questions and it looks like another dead end--until a chance meeting with returned local Lana gives Aidan his first clue. But as they piece together what happened, Lana and Aidan make deadly enemies. Enemies willing to do anything to silence them - and to protect the terrible truth about what is really going on in the forest..."--Providedby publisher.

A unique take on mindfulness, meditation and meaning filtered through the life and work of David Bowie.

A short novel of Love and Trust intertwined with poetry for the grown and sexy, to the real-life street hustlers. A story that tells of a man and a woman who finally finds love until one of them finds out that the other has more secrets than the Government. The question then becomes...Do you pray and ask God for clarity? Do you go to the streets that raised you to get the answers? Do you look through weary eyes filled with distrust, or do you follow your heart because love conquers all?

December, 31st, 1930. As they have for over a decade, four friends will meet in the West Smoking Room at the famous-and very exclusive-14¿N Club in downtown Boston. Stalwart adventurers in their own right, they are ostensibly gathering to share drinks and rousing adventures. But the dark truth is, the horrific events which they witnessed at Salem Normal School's Claremont Hall in 1916, compel them to meet. Little do they know, this year will be unlike any previous gathering. Even now, outside forces conspire to bring them together for an adventure which could herald the end of the world as they know it.

Virtually everyone sells in some capacity today, and we can become better at selling by becoming smarter at it. In today's highly competitive marketplace, creating an advantage through sales is imperative.

What did the pagan gods mean to a Christian poet of the fifth century? What did Paul quote when he thought he was quoting Greek poetry? What did Socrates mean to the Christians, and can we trust their memories when they appeal to lost fragments of the Presocratics? And what God or gods await the Neoplatonist when he dies?

Citizenship is increasingly the core concept by which human belonging is defined but do we really understand what it is? This book develops an evolutionist argument to challenge accepted ideas about citizenship and question how well it fits between political prescriptions for sociality and human nature.