Benjamin Brown

As if channeling Zig Ziglar, Frank Bettger, and Jeffrey Gitomer, Ben Brown shows you exactly how to achieve a radical improvement in your sales process to dramatically close more sales, develop long term clients, and enjoy more referrals. Straight forward and clearly written, business expert Ben Brown provides a high impact sales strategy based on his years of successful sales training and experience. Whether you are a sales representative who wants to take your business to the next level or a manager looking for a complete step-by-step sales system for your staff, this is the game-changing book you have been looking for - Discover the secrets for turning skeptics into buyers and buyers into referral machines. - Learn how to stop wasting time with those who will never purchase from you and quickly identify those who will. - Use a proven step-by-step sales strategy that will skyrocket your success and give you rock solid confidence in selling. - Improve your communication skills and ability to influence others, both in business as well as your personal life. Put your sales process on steroids with Master the Art of Closing the Sale and reap the benefits you and your business deserve. "Sales is an art, when done right it's a beautiful thing." -- Ben Brown

Hasidic groups have myriad customs. While ordinary Jewish law (halakhah) denotes the “bar of holiness” mandated for the ordinary Jew, these customs represent the higher threshold expected of Hasidim, intended to justify their title as hasidim (“pious”). How did the hasidic masters perceive the enactment of these new norms at a time in which the halakhah had already been solidified? How did they explain the normative power of these customs over communities and individuals, and how did they justify customs that diverged from the positive halakhah? This book analyzes the answers given by nineteenth-century hasidic authors. It then examines a test case: kedushah (“holiness”), or sexual abstinence among married men, a particularly restrictive norm enacted by several twentieth-century hasidic groups. Through the use of theoretical tools and historical contextualization, the book elucidates the normative circles of hasidic life, their religious and social sources and their interrelations.

A must-read book for understanding this vibrant and influential modern Jewish movementHasidism originated in southeastern Poland, in mystical circles centered on the figure of Israel Ba’al Shem Tov, but it was only after his death in 1760 that a movement began to spread. Today, Hasidism is witnessing a remarkable renaissance around the world. This book provides the first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism. Written by an international team of scholars, its unique blend of intellectual, religious, and social history demonstrates that, far from being a throwback to the Middle Ages, Hasidism is a product of modernity that forged its identity as a radical alternative to the secular world.

What the War Can't Erase (Love Romance Series) Rosaline is a twenty-eight year-old woman living in 1811, her parents are trying to find her a husband because she is of age. She's been constantly scaring off her suitors, mostly because she is unable to forget the friend she fell in love with and is married to her sister. But circumstances force her to try and it leads to her meeting with Benjamin. Benjamin is a widowed businessman with two daughters; his parents are also trying to get him to marry, but he is constantly getting his daughters to scare them off because he doesn't want to subject them to that pressure. Unfortunately his parents issue and ultimatum and demand that he marry or they will take his daughters; enter Rosaline. Upon meeting they realize that they don't want to marry each other, and that they could make that work in their favor: marry for a short while then get divorced. The arrangement seems simple enough, until an unavoidable but not unwanted attraction develops between them. Soon they're false marriage starts to become less false, as they find love and comfort with each other. But with war on the horizon, and with the war in their hearts, will their love survive?

Battling ghosts and demons isn't an easy job, and it's usually one that's best done alone - especially when you're the only one that can see them. But when Declan Brown, veteran ghost hunter, discovers that a mysterious figure known only as Mr V has set up a portal that allows demons to enter our world, he finds that maybe a partner - in the unlikely form of sassy, sharp-talking private investigator Jacqui Andrew - is exactly what he needs. Will Declan and Jacqui be able to seal the portal before our world is flooded with demons, and will they stop the source of this evil, Mr V, before it's too late? Find out in The Demon Portals, the exciting, fast-paced and action-packed first book of the Ghostbane: The Demon Hunter Chronicles series.

The first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism This is the first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism. The book's unique blend of intellectual, religious, and social history offers perspectives on the movement's leaders as well as its followers, and demonstrates that, far from being a throwback to the Middle Ages, Hasidism is a product of modernity that forged its identity as a radical alternative to the secular world. Hasidism originated in southeastern Poland, in mystical circles centered on the figure of Israel Baal Shem Tov, but it was only after his death in 1760 that a movement began to spread. Challenging the notion that Hasidism ceased to be a creative movement after the eighteenth century, this book argues that its first golden age was in the nineteenth century, when it conquered new territory, won a mass following, and became a mainstay of Jewish Orthodoxy. World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Holocaust decimated eastern European Hasidism. But following World War II, the movement enjoyed a second golden age, growing exponentially. Today, it is witnessing a remarkable renaissance in Israel, the United States, and other countries around the world. Written by an international team of scholars, Hasidism is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand this vibrant and influential modern Jewish movement.

Benjamin Brown was an early and faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was among the "First 100" pioneers to enter the Salt Lake Valley, traveling with the Brigham Young Company in June 1848. He was also an early settler of Nauvoo, Illinois and once assisted the prophet Joseph Smith in evading a violent mob. As a bishop at Winter Quarters, he helped the members of his ward survive the harsh and unforgiving conditions that claimed the lives of several hundred saints. Testimonies for the Truth was first published in 1853, while Benjamin Brown was a missionary in England. However, Benjamin Brown lived until May 22, 1878, making his autobiography prematurely incomplete. This edition was compiled by direct descendants of Benjamin Brown and contains additional annotations, including his Farewell Address to the saints in England on March 23, 1855. Benjamin Brown left behind a large posterity that desires to keep his testimony preserved for future generations.

Discover personalised, effective and natural solutions for your optimal digestive health. The Digestive Health Solution explores the mind–body connection, food intolerances, gluten sensitivity, dietary changes and key issues in the digestive system and provides practical ways to transform your digestive health. It looks at research on popular natural medicines, sifting fact from fiction and uncovering evidence-based, safe treatments that can enhance your digestion and improve, or even eliminate, symptoms fast. Using a personalised approach you can then follow an easy five-step plan for quick symptom relief, improve your health from the inside out and enjoy better digestive health, for life. This new edition includes updated information on gut bacteria and parasites, the FODMAP diet, additives and preservatives and a diet summary table.