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Möchten Sie die Menschen in Ihrer Umgebung einfach verstehen und toxische und skrupellose Personen erkennen können? Sind Sie daran interessiert, Ihre Überzeugungskraft zu entwickeln, indem Sie die menschliche Psychologie verstehen und in der Lage sind, sich gegen undurchsichtige Strategien zu verteidigen? Laut einer von der Harvard Business School veröffentlichten Studie werden 87 % der Bevölkerung in ihrem täglichen Leben manipuliert oder beeinflusst, sei es durch ihren Partner, am Arbeitsplatz oder durch andere Personen, mit denen sie in Kontakt kommen.

Layla Firestar starts an agency that fights the supernatural beings that threaten her existence. When she comes upon a demonic creature that isn’t from her world, she has to make a choice. If she consumes him, then she will upset the balance of good and evil, but if she allows him to continue, he will end her.

Frank Xavier; ex-boxer, ex-stuntman, ex-con…current unemployed, Detroit loser. After a chance meeting with a group of thugs leaves Frank dead on an operating table for a full three minutes, he awakens with the ability to see otherworldly things. The bizarre visions only seem to bring more of the same bad luck and trouble Frank has always known. Salvation comes in the form of Raina Whatley, a foul-mouthed mortician who offers to help Frank understand and control his new abilities in exchange for his protection as a bodyguard. What does a mortician need protection from? Nothing. Raina needs...

Once, Luke Bernali's proud Navajo blood and strong carpenter's hands made genteel Jessie Callahan love him with youthful abandon. But, to his endless regret, Luke faltered and he let Jessie down. Hurt, Jessie left, with a broken heart....and unaware that she was pregnant with Luke's child. Now, eight years later, Jessie was back - with a darling daughter in tow. Luke was older - and wiser - and determined to recapture the beauty lost. Could a fierce, desperate long-ago love soar anew on the delicate wings of a child?

The themes that thread through these nine accomplished stories are drawn from the great tradition of the twentieth-century weird tale, and they are suffused with a distinctly cosmopolitan, European feel. Mark Samuels writes about the fundamental fears of modern life, especially the effects of isolation and the dislocation that city dwellers can experience in their inhospitable, man-made environment. Apartment: Pieter Slokker awoke from a dream in which he was trapped in a dark, windowless room. It was three o'clock in the morning, and it sounded as if someone were hammering at the door of his flat.

This book contains a series of engaging yet controversial essays by Samuel Butler, the famous Luddite who argued back in the 1860s that machines would one day take over the world and should be destroyed lest civilization as we know it is annihilated. He was a contrarian thinker who claims to have not liked books (though he wrote many) and disdained many aspects of Darwinian evolution, even while he agreed with key points.

Raising Chickens is an authoritative and practical manual that offers invaluable insights into the world of chicken farming. Authored by a leading expert in the field, this guide provides a comprehensive overview of the essential aspects of poultry farming, designed to help both beginners and experienced farmers achieve successful and sustainable chicken-raising practices. The guide begins by introducing the fundamental principles of chicken farming, including selecting the right breed and understanding their specific requirements.

Whether you have bipolar, know someone who does, or you're a mental health professional, this book will help you see that there is light, even when things feel hopeless, and give you the tools you need to win the war with bipolar.

The Reilly family, after being driven from their native lands by zealots, found peace in the peaks and valleys of Virginia for generations. In an attempt to keep the past from repeating itself, the Reillys practiced the old ways in secret, passing the family’s gift from parent to child for decades. But now, in the midst of prohibition, the great depression, and a booming coal business, the Reilly clan is at the precipice of facing a new kind of evil. Sean—a novice yet to take an animal, his father, Erin—the scarred bear, and grandsire, Donovan—the white wolf, are the last three ...

Two crooked lawyers who've stumbled upon a simple way to make some quick cash soon find that the easy money comes at a price. This new short by Pamela Samuels Young is a thrilling listen.

If you are a pastor or ministry leader, this book is for you! If you have a loved one living a homosexual lifestyle, this book is for you! If you have a desire to understand and walk alongside those who struggle with same-sex attraction, this book is for you! Addressing this issue has never been more crucial. Is the Word of God still relevant today? Can we as believers still be moved with compassion without compromising God’s word? As Janet Boynes gives spiritual guidance to parents and pastors around the country, I realize that many of them are flooded with questions about what to do and...

Enjoy the best of Lakeland poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey in this specially selected anthology, including "The Two-Part Prelude", Wordsworth's own shortened version of his great autobiographical work The Prelude, and Coleridge's celebrated Kubla Khan. John Rowe, Alex Jennings, and Stephen Critchlow read these perfect evocations of majestic Cumbrian scenery.

In this stunning first novel, Belacqua - a young version of Molloy, whose love is divided between two women, Smeraldina-Rima and Alba - "wrestles with his lusts and learning across vocabularies and continents, before a final 'relapse into Dublin'" ( New Yorker). Youthfully exuberant and visibly influenced by Joyce, Dream of Fair to Middling Women is a work of extraordinary virtuosity. Beckett delights in the wordplay and sheer joy of language that mark his later work.

The world is changing; everything is getting digitalized. Right now, there are only two main things that are impossible to digitalize fully. Human mind and nature. But there is one thing that isn't being talked about enough now, it's the future of money! Throughout time, there have been many forms of currencies. The invention of Bitcoin was an exciting development because it offered the first decentralized form of money.

Osnat was born five hundred years ago - at a time when almost everyone believed in miracles, but very few believed that girls should learn to read. Yet Osnat's father was a great scholar whose house was filled with books. Then, she in turn grew up to teach others, becoming a wise scholar in her own right, the world's first female rabbi! Some say Osnat performed miracles - like healing a dove who had been shot by a hunter! But, perhaps, her greatest feat was to be a light of inspiration for other girls and boys, to show that any person who can learn might find a path that none have walked before.

San Diego, Autumn 1986. Riku Ramirez is an exemplary student at San Diego High School. After school he teaches beginner karate at a local dojo. The apple fell far from the tree. Riku's father, a criminal and ex-member of a fearsome biker gang, took no part in Riku's upbringing. When Riku receives news that his father is dead, he feels little. All the same, he accepts the meager inheritance his father has left him; an enduro motorcycle and a souvenir jacket Riku's mother made. Wearing the jacket and riding the motorcycle give Riku a sense of belonging until a case of mistaken identity ...

In the aftermath of the Headlock of Destiny Tournament, battle lines are being drawn. The return of the Titan Wars is inevitable, and Van the Beer Man must carry forward alone against his greatest enemy. With the dreaded OverLord drawing ever closer, can Van find safe harbor in this world of violent giants? And will he ever get that cold beer he's been pining for?

In the summer of 1991, Claire Conrad, a water analyst for the Charleston Sanitary Board, is sent on assignment to the small town of Palestine, West Virginia. A string of illnesses in Palestine has the sheriff of a neighboring county worried about a water contamination problem. Soon after arriving, Claire discovers she is not welcome in Palestine. The town matriarch, a severe old woman and wife to a snake-handling preacher, believes the sickness spreading through her town has divine origins, and she views Claire’s intervention as something blasphemous. What starts as simple sabotage soon ...

Sumérgete en la fascinante aventura de La Luna que Jugaba al Escondite, un cuento infantil encantador y educativo. Ideal para pequeños exploradores y soñadores, esta historia lleva a los niños en un mágico viaje por el cielo, donde descubrirán los secretos de la Luna, sus fases y sus cráteres.

This is a collection of remarkable personal accounts of a variety of American Civil War incidents, from both Union and Confederate perspectives. These vivid and absorbing reminiscences provide an inside view of many fascinating events of the time, shedding light on our shared past and illuminating the character and point of view of those who lived through an extraordinary time in our nation's history. Enjoy these excursions back through the mists of time, recounted by those who were there.