Books with author J. Powell

This book by the author of Why Am I Afraid to Love? contains insights on self-awareness, personal growth and communication with others. Why do people continually hide their real selves from the people around them? Why are so many so insecure and afraid to open up? The answer, explains John Powell, is that maturity is reached by communicating and interacting with others. This book considers the consequences our real self faces if no one else ever finds out what we are like. In this enduring classic, the companion to Why Am I Afraid to Love?, John Powell explains how to be more emotionally open, and shows how people adopt roles and play psychological games to protect their inner selves. The courage to be our real selves can be developed, and then we can begin to grow. Now newly designed for a fresh audience, Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am? is as relevant as it has been for twenty years. With a proven track record, it continues to speak to the needs and aspirations of people today. It is best included in self help sections of general bookshops, but also has a religious appeal.

(Piano Solo Songbook). This songbook features 14 piano solo arrangements from the Oscar-nominated Celtic-influenced scores by John Powell for the first two Dreamworks movies. Pieces include: The Downed Dragon * Dragon Racing * Flying with Mother * Ready the Ships * Should I Know You? * Sticks & Stones * Stoick Saves Hiccup * This Is Berk * Where No One Goes * and more.

Read Jim Powell's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. The Breaking of Eggs is the story of the curmudgeonly Feliks Zhokovski, Polish by birth, Communist at heart, who at age 61 finds that just about everything he has based his life on is crumbling. Separated from him family as a child when the Nazis invaded Poland, Feliks is currently living in Paris and his life's work is a travel guide to the old Eastern bloc. But unfortunately for Feliks, it's 1991: the Berlin Wall has fallen, Communism has collapsed, East Germany isn't the economic miracle he wants it to be, and he's forced to confront the fact that his travel-writing days are numbered. His guide was a flourishing business, but the old pro-Communist descriptions won’t do, for Western visitors will now be able to see for themselves. So he makes the (extremely difficult) decision to sell his guide to a big, capitalist American publisher. This sets in motion a chain of events that will reunite him with a brother living in Ohio that he hasn't seen in fifty years, reveal the truth about the mother he thought abandoned him and offer him a second chance with a long-lost love. Equal parts hilarious and moving, The Breaking of Eggs is the story of a man who closed himself off from everyone and everything years ago and now awakens to discover the world has changed dramatically and he must change with it. The Breaking of Eggs also has the added bonus of being a crash course in 20th century European history, subtly told as a backdrop to Feliks' riveting personal story. Imagine Everything is Illuminated meets The Elegance of the Hedgehog, then forget all the publishing clichés and discover this incredible new voice.

SEQUEL to the #1 BESTSELLER in three Teen & Young Adult Categories, The Guardian's Playlist, a Haunting Dark Fantasy. New 2018 Edition! *Includes new original song lyrics and cover.*Set against a Fentanyl-fueled overdose epidemic savaging the west side of Cleveland, the Devil and his Demons push Cate, Michael and Jason to the wall. They'll each have to decide what they stand for before they can protect the ones they love.CATE FORSYTHE:Having barely survived a brutal demon assault, she wakes up in the hospital to learn she's landed on the Devil's hit list and guarded by her own team of Angels. As Cate tries to atone for the tragedy she caused while under demonic influence and head off the next attack, she starts to question everything, including her feelings for Michael and his offer of the only thing he can give her.JASON KING:As Saint Joan's rising varsity basketball star, he had all the right answers and money to burn. Now, addicted to heroin and trapped in an afterlife run by demon-led gangs, the Devil offers him a deal. With a score to settle, Jason has no qualms about bargaining with the Devil...until he discovers the dark truth about himself that places the one person he loves most in mortal danger.MICHAEL CASEY:After he died, Cate risked everything to drag him back from the darkness that almost destroyed him. Now, he swears he'll do whatever it takes to keep her safe from the Devil, who wants her dead, and a freshly dead enemy, who wants revenge. Michael hates Cate's ex-boyfriend, Jason, but things get complicated when he finds out one of them left a little piece of himself behind.THE DEVIL'S PLAYLISTVicious Demons. Vengeful Ghosts. Love & Betrayal. Three teens, growing up Catholic on the west side of Cleveland, question everything they were taught was unassailably true when demons upend their world. Strap in, because this fast-paced, dark and twisty, YA Paranormal Fantasy ends in a shocking climax that will haunt you long after the last page is turned. Enjoy the ride.WARNING: The Devil's Playlist contains strong language and mature themes--drug abuse, teen pregnancy, domestic violence and the exploration of the relationship between religious fervor, faith and identity.*Cover designed by international cover-designing sensation, Xavier Comas. Find him at CoverKitchen, based in Thailand.

Michael, Cate & Jason never saw the demons coming.Get lost in the Haunting Dark Fantasy Horror story that earned #1 BESTSELLER ranking in three Teen & Young Adult Categories!"Spellbinding! How can anyone not fall in love with the ghost of Michael?"-- Barnes & Noble 5 Star review"Poignant and Powerful!" -- TC McMullen, Author of Gone Before Dawn"Well done. If a writer's job is to make their readers feel, you are a writer indeed." -- Daniel Bell, Author of Nadir's FireCATE FORSYTHE is an asthmatic, Sci-fi loving geek with a list of songs that mysteriously play on the radio whenever she needs a lift. Sometimes, Cate thinks an Angel picks them.MICHAEL CASEY is an aspiring rock guitarist with a past full or rumors and one last shot at a fresh start. Sometimes, Michael thinks it might not be worth it.In one tragic instant, their lives collide, and Michael's fresh start ends with his last breath.Everyone wants Cate to move on, but she can't forget the boy with the soft gray eyes, nor the defiant look in those eyes as he died. Weeks later, she's shocked to find his ghost trapped in the woods near her home. Unwilling to let him wander the cold woods forever alone, Cate visits him daily and their connection grows. Cate is convinced she can free him by helping him face his past--a past Michael will do anything to forget. With Michael stonewalling her at every turn, Cate enlists her ex-boyfriend, Jason, to help her dig deeper, but as they close in on the terrible truth Michael hides, the demonic nightmares Cate suffered as a child return and her life unravels.Cate wants to believe her Playlist means she's safe. That her nightmares mean nothing. That someone is watching over her.Michael, whose fledgling feelings for her have begun to grow, starts to worry something is hunting her down.Angels, Demons. Ghosts. Betrayal. J. Powell Ogden ratchets up the supernatural tension in her genre-bending ghost story until the final, heart-pounding scene, delivering a story of love, loss and redemption you will never forget.Warning: Contains strong language and mature themes--drug abuse, suicide and abandonment.*Cover creator, Xavier Comas, can be found at CoverKitchen.

The story of young man with a deep dark secret growing up in a medium size blue collar town in the 40's and 50's in Camden, New Jersey who finds through his mother's last request to discover whether or not the stories she and her siblings heard as children that they were of Native American stock. What he finds out is that he is not the only family member with a deep dark secret. He finds out what has split the family apart and more....

Canyons of the Colorado is a classic American nature text by J.W. Powell. On my return from the first exploration of the canyons of the Colorado, I found that our journey had been the theme of much newspaper writing. A story of disaster had been circulated, with many particulars of hardship and tragedy, so that it was currently believed throughout the United States that all the members of the party were lost save one.

John Powell applies his valuable insights into self-awareness and interpersonal communication to help us develop self-esteem and improve our relationships with others. We all fear rejection. We are afraid that people will not like us if they know what we are really like, so we often assume poses to avoid being honest with them and with ourselves. Powell identifies five levels of communication and suggests that the kinds of information we disclose determine the level or depth of our relationships. Only when we face our fears openly and honestly can we learn to like ourselves and trust that others will accept us as we really are.

SEQUEL to the #1 BESTSELLER in three Teen & Young Adult Categories, The Guardian's Playlist, a Haunting Dark Fantasy. New 2018 Edition! *Includes new original song lyrics and cover.*Set against a Fentanyl-fueled overdose epidemic savaging the west side of Cleveland, the Devil and his Demons push Cate, Michael and Jason to the wall. They'll each have to decide what they stand for before they can protect the ones they love.CATE FORSYTHE:Having barely survived a brutal demon assault, she wakes up in the hospital to learn she's landed on the Devil's hit list and guarded by her own team of Angels. As Cate tries to atone for the tragedy she caused while under demonic influence and head off the next attack, she starts to question everything, including her feelings for Michael and his offer of the only thing he can give her.JASON KING:As Saint Joan's rising varsity basketball star, he had all the right answers and money to burn. Now, addicted to heroin and trapped in an afterlife run by demon-led gangs, the Devil offers him a deal. With a score to settle, Jason has no qualms about bargaining with the Devil...until he discovers the dark truth about himself that places the one person he loves most in mortal danger.MICHAEL CASEY:After he died, Cate risked everything to drag him back from the darkness that almost destroyed him. Now, he swears he'll do whatever it takes to keep her safe from the Devil, who wants her dead, and a freshly dead enemy, who wants revenge. Michael hates Cate's ex-boyfriend, Jason, but things get complicated when he finds out one of them left a little piece of himself behind.THE DEVIL'S PLAYLISTVicious Demons. Vengeful Ghosts. Love & Betrayal. Three teens, growing up Catholic on the west side of Cleveland, question everything they were taught was unassailably true when demons upend their world. Strap in, because this fast-paced, dark and twisty, YA Paranormal Fantasy ends in a shocking climax that will haunt you long after the last page is turned. Enjoy the ride.WARNING: The Devil's Playlist contains strong language and mature themes--drug abuse, teen pregnancy, domestic violence and the exploration of the relationship between religious fervor, faith and identity.*Cover designed by international cover-designing sensation, Xavier Comas. Find him at CoverKitchen, based in Thailand.

The childhood I thought I had? That was a lie. The family I thought I knew? That was a lie, too. There's nobody left to help me, nobody to explain it to me, nobody to tell me that it's alright, nobody to tell me everything's going to be okay. I've got to run. I've got to get out of here. I've got to figure out what I am, and why I can do these impossible things.Am I a superhero? A monster? A freak?My name is Grayson Guinness.Who am I?Grayson Rising charts ten unforgettable days in the life of Grayson Guinness, as she works to determine who she is, who's after her, and how to make sense of her rapidly-changing world. Set in present-day Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grayson's story will leave you on the edge of your seat as she works to figure out what happens next.