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Energy English: Level Three (ESL B2) - Explain to Empower is designed for technicians, team leads, and operational professionals who need clear, confident English to lead, report, and solve problems. At this stage, learners don’t just follow instructions — they give them, justify them, and ensure others act on them.
With 24 advanced CEFR B2 lessons, this book covers incident reporting, SOPs, shift handovers, delegation, and professional workplace writing. Learners practise the language.
The job description didn’t warn you about this.
You thought leadership was about vision, values, and strategic improvement plans. Then the reality hit — overnight, you went from colleague to target. Every decision is scrutinised, every weakness exploited, and every win quietly erased by politics, entitlement, and the silent assassins of staffroom gossip. Welcome to headship.
Desires, Dollars & Deceptions reveals the six primal human drives that fuel empires—lust, beauty, health, education, fear, and the dream of riches—and shows you how to ethically build businesses around them.
Every scammer, marketer, and mogul already knows these levers of human behaviour. But instead of exploitation, this book arms you with strategy, psychology, and practical tools to create ventures that solve real problems, serve real people, and still make serious money.
A dangerous, witty, and practical guide to spotting and resisting manipulation in love, work, and life.
Seduction & Power Games exposes the hidden playbook of charm and control — and arms you with tools to fight back.
The Future is Here — A Done-For-You Guide for Schools, Universities, and MATs
AI isn’t coming. It’s here — and it’s rewriting the playbook of education leadership whether you’re ready or not.
This is not another theory-laden book on AI’s potential. This is a Leadership Operating Manual engineered for immediate execution, cultural transformation, and strategic dominance. Built for Heads, SLTs, Deans, Teachers, Administrators, and Students, this blueprint equips every layer of your institution.
Fat to Fit: From Sugar to Strength, From Lazy to Loose, From Tired to Toned is the blueprint for the comeback you know you’ve been putting off.
It’s written for the underdog, the misfit, the over-35s who feel forgotten, and the ex-athletes who still have fire in the tank.
This is a manual of mental rewiring, spiritual discipline, and physical revival.
They said “references” were about trust. They lied.
References are not a measure of your potential — they’re a weaponised snapshot of your past.
This book is the first to rip the lid off the professional charade that’s quietly killing careers.
If you’ve ever been rejected because of something someone else said about you — or worse, something they never bothered to say — you’ve already been inside the broken system this book dismantles.
You were never taught how to survive this. That ends now.
Storm Season is your brutally honest survival guide for the teenage years—written for when your head’s a warzone, your heart’s in freefall, and no one seems to get it. This isn’t therapy talk or teacher speak. It’s the guidebook you should’ve been handed the day puberty hit and life got complicated.
Packed with life tools, coping strategies, adult decoders, mental health maps, and wildcards for when everything breaks.
What if your English textbook skipped the only language your classmates actually use?
Welcome to Cuss Class — the brutally honest, culturally sharp, and verbally intelligent guide to navigating real-world English when things get sarcastic, shady, or straight-up savage.
It arms you with the tools to understand intent, read tone, and respond with verbal intelligence when the stakes are high.
This isn’t a book about heartbreak. It’s a book about betrayal in its most silent, strategic, and revisionist form.
The Deal Changed. I Didn’t. is a brutal, brilliant breakdown of what happens when people shift the goalposts without telling you — when they rewrite the terms, ghost the agreement, or pretend you misremembered the original deal.
Whether in love, friendship, family, leadership, or loyalty — betrayal rarely announces itself. It just stops showing up the way it used to.
The Language of Leadership in Energy – Energy English: Level Four (C1) is a high-performance English training system for senior technicians, supervisors, auditors, and cross-functional leaders operating in high-stakes environments.
With 24 advanced CEFR C1 lessons, this book builds confident, culturally aware, and command-ready English for leading briefings, managing crises, running meetings, giving high-impact instructions, and aligning global teams.
This isn’t an OET textbook. It’s a clinical performance upgrade.
Care to Talk was built for test-takers who already speak English — but want to speak like a clinician. Strategic, sharp, and pressure-proof.
Across Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking, this book dissects what Band A really sounds like under fire — and how to hit it without wasting time, over-explaining, or defaulting to memorised chunks.
With insider scoring tactics, professional scripts, role-play upgrades, and psychological re
The only Vietnam guidebook that tells you the truth—and teaches you how to survive it.
Whether you’re a tourist, backpacker, retiree, digital nomad, teacher, or long-term expat, Between Rice and Rules is your unfiltered, uncensored blueprint to thriving in Vietnam—ethically, safely, and intelligently.
Written by an insider with just under a decade of lived experience, this isn’t your average travel guide. It’s a brutally honest exposé, a cultural decoder, and a survival manual wrapped into one.
You don’t need a boss, a business plan, or a background in tech. You need a system.
236 venture blueprints. Zero fluff. Built for rebels, introverts, and anyone who’s done being broke, burnt out, or boxed in.
This is not another “follow your passion” fantasy.
It’s a field manual for turning your living room into your launchpad — whether you’re a teacher, taxi driver, burnt-out exec, or ex-soldier wondering what’s next.
Outsourcing Is Over – No Subscriptions. No Gatekeepers. No Excuses. is not just a policy book; it’s a battle map for school leadership.
This platinum-standard toolkit dismantles the bloated consultancy model and hands schools a complete, written-for-you, fully aligned policy system — designed for real leadership, not tick-box compliance.
Aligned with the DfE, Ofsted EIF, EEF, and High Performance Learning (HPL) frameworks, every chapter fuses operational clarity with cultural intelligence.
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TEACHER TRAINING — SORTED. CULTURE — CHANGED. LEARNING — TRANSFORMED.
If you’re serious about building an exceptional school, this is your blueprint.
If you want your CPD to actually change what happens in the classroom — this is your toolkit.
And if you believe that students deserve teachers who never stop learning — this is your staffroom fuel.
👉 Teacher Fuel — CPD 101 Blueprint is your ready-to-use, field-tested framework to power professional conversations that actually move practice.
From the first label to the final deadline—this is English that delivers.
Speak to Move is the ultimate four-level English communication series for the logistics, warehousing, and freight industries—designed to build confident, competent professionals who move goods and speak globally. Whether you're on the loading dock or leading cross-border negotiations, this all-in-one edition takes learners from beginner to strategic leader with career-specific English and workplace-ready tasks.
Spanning CEF
Energy English: Complete Edition (Levels 1–4, A1–C1) is the definitive English language training system for the global energy sector. Spanning four CEFR levels and just under 1600 pages, this powerhouse resource delivers vocational precision, industry-standard vocabulary, and simulation-based fluency development — from basic safety language to strategic leadership communication.
You weren’t born to be liked. You were born to lead.
This isn’t a book. It’s a weapon. One forged for teens who feel unheard, underestimated, or labelled before they even speak.
Born to Command is a brutally honest, psychologically sharp, and unapologetically empowering leadership manual for young people ready to break the silence, set the standard, and own the room—without losing themselves in the process.
Built on real-life experiences and educational insight, this field guide equips teens.
Welcome to the graveyard of your greatness.
Echoes from the Edge is not a book. It’s an unflinching confrontation—a deathbed confessional delivered by the future version of you. Brutally honest, fiercely poetic, and spiritually violent, this is the literary equivalent of being slapped awake by your unlived life.
Each chapter is a visit to the grave of a potential you never became. Each “Angel” is a metaphor for a virtue you betrayed—Legacy, Audacity, Discipline, Wonder, and more.
This is not a poetry book.
This is a war cry, a resurrection manual, and a mirror held to your unspoken truths.
The Silence Between the Sentences rips open the quiet corners of ambition, grief, and grace—where most of us hide.
Crafted like a katana, each piece slices through performance, pain, and pretence, inviting the reader not to read—but to rebuild. With ten unapologetic sections, this collection weaponises metaphor, fractures structure, and awakens identity through poetic confrontation.
The game of education has changed — permanently.
The future will be led by schools that build value creators, leadership builders, public voices, entrepreneurial thinkers, and legacy shapers — not test-driven graduates.
👉 Blue Diamond Empire Thinking is the definitive blueprint for school leaders, educators, parents, and leadership-first builders who are ready to lead this change — globally.
Energy English: Level One (A1–A2) is the essential starting point for workers entering the oil, gas, and energy sector — in English. This book contains 24 complete lessons built around safety, site routines, tools, basic instructions, and real-life communication needed to function on site from day one.
This resource equips frontline workers, vocational learners, and early-stage trainees with simple but powerful English designed for dangerous environments and high-stakes teamwork.
Energy English: Level Two (ESL B1) - Comfort Through Conversation helps learners break past the basics and speak English with confidence in real-time, high-pressure work settings.
This book includes 24 complete CEFR B1 lessons focused on routine instructions, toolbox talks, safety drills, checklists, clarifying communication, and reporting site issues — all built for daily energy sector operations.
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“Every vet is an eye vet.”
This is the book that proves it.
Eye on the Patient is the definitive, motivational, and clinically sound introduction to veterinary ophthalmology—crafted especially for students, new graduates, and general practitioners.
Whether you’re in the lecture theatre, the consult room, or the field, this foundational volume delivers clear, compassionate, and confidence-building content to help you see, diagnose, and treat with sharper clarity.
The Veterinary Ophthalmology Blueprint is not just a textbook — it’s a clinical companion, surgical coach, and leadership manual designed for veterinary professionals who want to elevate every aspect of their ophthalmic care.
Whether you’re a general practitioner, surgical resident, or clinic owner building an in-house ophthalmology service, this book empowers and transforms.
The Surgical Eye: Precision, Leadership, and Mastery in Veterinary Ophthalmology
The Surgical Eye is the final volume in the Veterinary Ophthalmology Trilogy — a platinum-standard manual for veterinary surgeons, trainers, educators, and ambitious practitioners ready to sharpen their surgical mindset, master ophthalmic procedures, and lead with clinical clarity.
This book isn’t just about technique — it’s about transformation.
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1SiB: One School in a Book is the definitive manual for building a school that outlasts you. Whether you’re an educational entrepreneur, a mission-led investor, or a senior educator stepping into school leadership — this is your end-to-end guide.
Aligned with the Cambridge International curriculum, UK Ofsted framework, HPL pedagogy, and DfE infrastructure standards, this book takes you from idea to inspection-readiness. With 31 core chapters across 7 structured parts.
This book is not HR-approved. It’s staffroom-approved.
Welcome to Detention-Level Jokes for Surviving School Life — the darkest, funniest, most unhinged staffroom survival guide ever smuggled past a photocopier. If you've ever made a cup of tea, forgot where you put it, found it cold, microwaved it, and then cried in a cupboard, this one's for you.
Packed with sharp one-liners, sarcastic skits, fake CPD sessions, and tongue-in-cheek tales from the chalkface, this book is therapy for teachers who’v
Love. Lust. Lies.
Stop Performing. Stop Proving. Start Living.
This is not a romance.
It’s a wake-up call disguised as a book.
A defiant, soul-stripping, brutally honest deep-dive into the masks we wear, the people we perform for, and the lies we swallow just to be loved, accepted, or tolerated.
In these pages, CHKZ rips off the social costume and turns the mirror around—not to show you how broken you are, but to remind you how whole you’ve always been underneath the layers of self-abandonment.
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At B2 level (Level 3), communication isn’t just about speaking—it’s about explaining clearly, supporting patients with complex needs, and delivering health information with empathy and accuracy.
Explain to Empower is a complete CEFR B2-level training book designed for healthcare professionals ready to improve how they communicate medical procedures, test results, medication instructions, and patient education.
With 24 fully structured lessons, clinical role-plays, assessments, cultural notes, and
The Language of Leadership (Level 4) in Medicine is the advanced-level training book that takes healthcare English to its highest communicative level.
Mapped to CEFR C1, this book equips senior nurses, lead practitioners, medical trainers, and future leaders to navigate complex clinical communication scenarios.
From triage, intercultural negotiation, and ethical discussions to crisis management and decision-making—this book prepares professionals to lead with clarity, calm, and cultural sensitivi
Character Over Curriculum is the definitive PSHE blueprint the education system forgot to write — and students never knew they needed.
In an age of digital distraction, performative behaviour, and watered-down life lessons, this platinum-standard curriculum slices through the fluff.
Designed for schools, youth groups, parents, and global educators, this bold 36-week journey rewires how we teach identity, ambition, ethics, mental health, leadership, consent, and purpose.
Aligned with UK DfE, Ofsted
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The Ultimate Reboot for Cambridge Teachers: Mindset, Mastery, and Mission — Rewiring the Way You Teach, Lead, and Inspire
What if the problem wasn’t the curriculum—but the way you teach it?
Outstanding by Design is not just a CPD manual. It’s a full system reset.
Written for educators who dare to rise above mediocrity, this powerhouse guide unleashes a transformational journey for Cambridge International teachers worldwide. Whether you’re a new recruit, a burnt-out veteran, or a leader trying to
First Words, First Care is a complete Level 1 communication training book designed for front-line hospital staff, receptionists, interns, porters, and carers who need to learn essential medical English quickly and confidently.
Covering 24 fully structured lessons mapped to CEFR A1–A2, this book includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing tasks—complete with answer keys, cultural insights, reflective practice, and ready-to-teach activities.
All model answers, assessments, and homework tasks
Comfort Through Conversation is the Level 2 essential medical English training resource for staff who work directly with patients in hospitals, clinics, and care environments.
Aligned to CEFR B1, this Level 2 book provides 24 complete lessons that help learners give reassurance, respond to complaints, deliver instructions, and hold short but clear clinical conversations.
With full model answers, vocabulary support, assessments, and reflective practice included, teachers and trainers can deliver e
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Why Getting It Wrong Is the Right Way To Get It Right.
What if failure wasn’t your biggest obstacle—but your greatest advantage?
Most people spend their lives avoiding mistakes, playing it safe, and fearing failure—but that’s exactly why they stay stuck. The truth is, failure isn’t the end. It’s the beginning.
A game-changing guide that will reframe the way you see failure, helping you turn mistakes into momentum, setbacks into success, and risks into rewards.
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If you're tired of endless motivational clichés, positivity that borders on delusion, and advice from people who smile a little too much, this is your book.
Written for the realistic, intelligent, and delightfully cynical reader, it offers laugh-out-loud humour, dark wit, and real-life stories that every proudly grumpy person will immediately relate to.
Educated to Pass, Unprepared to Think, Because Real Life Doesn’t Have a Mark Scheme.
Education was never meant to create thinkers, innovators, or leaders. It was designed to produce obedient workers—people who follow instructions, memorise facts they’ll forget after the test, and never question the system. And it’s working perfectly.
ThIt’s a DEFCON-LEVEL TAKE-DOWN of an outdated, corrupt system that has spent decades dumbing down generations while pretending to educate them. And it stops now.
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Oliver has always been in control—until now.
A 20-year-old university student obsessed with academic perfection, Oliver believes that success comes from meticulous planning, relentless achievement, and eliminating uncertainty.
Every decision is calculated. Every outcome is predicted.
Failure is not an option.
But life doesn’t fit into neat formulas.
And neither does Sophie!
How Business Leaders Destroy Education One Spreadsheet at a Time: Why CEOs Fail, Why Headmasters Fight Back, and Why Education...
This is not another dull, sugar-coated business manual. This is a brutal, unapologetic reckoning.
Business leaders entering education don’t want to read this book—because they think they already know what they’re doing. They don’t.
Because Life’s Rigged—This is Your Cheat Code
This is the ruthless, savage, nothing-held-back playbook on how power, influence, and success are actually engineered.
This is the book that exposes the con—while showing you exactly how to play it.
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The definitive manifesto for young people, parents, educators, life coaches, and cultural architects who are done with shallow advice, weak systems, and the global dumbing-down epidemic.
Brutal. Surgical. Transformational. This powerhouse blueprint slices through the lies we’ve fed the next generation and arms them with the truth they were never given. Expect deep psychological insights, hard-hitting case studies, spiritual jolts, and dark NLP threads designed to provoke, equip, and empower.
A brutally honest, blueprint-style manual designed to confront your excuses, break your patterns, and rewire your mindset so you finally become who you were born to be.
Written by CHKZ — British educator, ex-military, and leadership disruptor — this book doesn’t coddle, sugarcoat, or waste time. It delivers 61 no-fluff chapters that hit like a training manual and guide like a mentor. Each chapter is a standalone masterclass packed with mindset rewires, practical tools, and blueprint wisdom.
The 90-Minute Edge That Separates Teachers and Managers From Leaders
Reclaim 546 Hours of Life Lost — Now What Would You Do With Those Extra 23 Days of Life?
What if the difference between average and exceptional was only 90 minutes a day?
This is not another pastel-hued wellbeing manual or fluffy leadership pamphlet recycled from a TED Talk. This is a nuclear-level wake-up call for educators, school leaders, and middle managers who are tired of meetings about meetings, inbox bravado, and performa
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Let’s start with a simple truth—nothing you’re about to read is entirely original. Not these books, not the others stacked on your shelf, and not even the thoughts swirling around in your head. Ideas echo. They travel through time, reworded, reshaped, repackaged. But does that make them any less meaningful? Not even close. If anything, it’s what gives them strength.
These books—like everything I create—aren’t trying to sell you some long-lost secret or whisper the final answer to life’s big questions. They’re here to serve as a kind of ignition: a curated set of provocations, tools, and perspectives collected through years of living, leading, failing, learning, and rebuilding. They’re not here to tell you what to think or even how to think. They’re here to make you think better.
That’s where you come in.
I’m a teacher. A headmaster. A coach. A trainer. But most of all, I’m someone who designs books not to be read—but to be wrestled with. These pages aren’t here to entertain or comfort. They’re here to challenge, to question, to stir something in you. Each chapter is an invitation to pause, dig deeper, and apply. You’ll meet questions—the sharp kind: What? Why? When? Who? How? What if? You’ll be asked not just to read, but to write, reflect, and push forward. Because passive reading is easy—but transformation is earned.
So, a heads-up: if you’re after light reading or quick wins, these books might test your patience. But if you’re ready to engage, to grapple with ideas, and to carve your own conclusions—then you’re exactly where you need to be.
My job isn’t to hand you answers. It’s to offer the kind of tools and tension that help you sharpen your own. So grab a pen. Make some space. And let’s begin.
Because learning was never about remembering what someone else once said.
It’s about figuring out what you believe—when you finally dare to think.
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