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Ayla lebt vor 30.000 Jahren in einer Zeit, in der Schnee und Eis weite Teile des europäischen Kontinents bedecken. Als während eines Erdbebens Aylas Stamm vernichtet wird, irrt sie ziellos umher und überlebt nur knapp den Angriff eines Höhlenlöwen. Völlig entkräftet wird sie vom Clan des Bären gefunden und aufgenommen. In Iza, der Heilerin des Clans und deren Bruder Creb, einem mächtigen Medizinmann, findet Ayla neue Eltern. Bald schon ergeben sich Konflikte durch Aylas Andersartigkeit.

Across the world, we are killing too many dogs needlessly. In Australia, approximately 80 percent of all dogs that end up in shelters are there due to either dog-to-dog or dog-to-human reactivity. Sadly, this is not a problem exclusive to Australia. While this is a startling statistic, the sad truth is that the vast majority of dogs facing euthanasia in these shelters are highly salvageable and the solutions are often very simple to apply.

Steve Jobs. Jeff Bezos. Larry Page. Sergey Brin. Zhang Ruimin. Marc Benioff. Millions of words have been written about the great entrepreneurs of the world. This book is not about describing their achievements. Nor is it about their charisma, personal trials, or their place in popular culture. We have all heard or read about them already. This book is about the entrepreneur, the thinker. It is about the grand ideas, the disruptive thoughts, the innovative underpinnings and business philosophies that gave rise to their achievements.

Dieses Werk stellt einen umfassenden und wissenschaftlichen Leitfaden dar, der verschiedene Aspekte der Angst untersucht, von der Definition und ihren Auswirkungen auf die öffentliche Gesundheit bis hin zu den effektivsten therapeutischen Ansätzen. Es richtet sich an Fachleute der psychischen Gesundheit, Psychologie- und Medizinstudenten, sowie an alle, die an einem tieferen Verständnis der Angststörungen interessiert sind, und bietet eine aktualisierte und detaillierte Sicht auf das Thema.

How do people come up with truly original ideas? The answer is to think outside the box - way outside. For the past decade, Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and Michael Wade, professors of innovation and strategy at IMD Business School, have studied inventors, scientists, doctors, entrepreneurs, and artists. These people, or “aliens,” as the authors call them, are able to make leaps of creativity, and use five patterns of thinking that distinguish them from the rest of us.

Die sagenumwobenen Glénan-Inseln vor Concarneau wirken wie ein karibisches Paradies. Kommissar Dupin möchte am liebsten bei bretonischem Hummer in der urigen Inselkneipe sitzen, doch es wartet Arbeit auf ihn. Drei Leichen liegen am Strand und alles deutet auf Tod durch Ertrinken hin. Als Dupin erfährt, welchen Geschäften die drei nachgingen, gerät er ins Zweifeln. War der tragische Unfall in Wahrheit ein kaltblütiger Mord?

We now know that the universe is mostly dark, made up of particles and forces undetectable by our most powerful telescopes. The discovery signaled a Copernican-like revolution in astronomy: not only are we not the center of the universe, neither is the stuff of which we're made. Vera Rubin played a pivotal role in this discovery. By showing that some astronomical objects seem to defy gravity, Rubin helped convince the scientific community of the possibility of dark matter. In Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond, Ashley Jean Yeager tells the story of Rubin's life and work.

The thrill-a-minute stories the writers of the original movie, The Mummy, with Boris Karloff, and its many sequels and remakes, used for research. Fans of those films will find the origins of: the scene in which the sacred formula for eternal life is secreted in the base of a statue of Isis; as well as the scenes in which mummies are brought back to life by burning a rare Egyptian herb; where a modern woman, who is the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian princess, begins to turn into a mummy herself; where mummies can only be truly destroyed by fire; and many others

Am äußersten Rand der Bretagne, inmitten der Urgewalten des Atlantiks, liegt die wildschöne, tiefgrüne Insel Ouessant. Dort soll Kommissar Dupin ausgerechnet im Spezialauftrag des Präfekten einen mysteriösen Tod aufklären. Ein mittelloser keltischer Musiker wird kurz vor dem wichtigsten Festival des Jahres tot am Ufer angeschwemmt. In seinem Haus entdeckt die Polizei einen Hinweis, der mit einem uralten dunklen Ritus in Verbindung gebracht wird.

When E. Jean Carroll—possibly the liveliest woman in the world and author of the “Ask E. Jean” advice column in Elle Magazine, realized that her eight million readers and question-writers all seemed to have one thing in common—problems caused by men—she hit the road. Crisscrossing the country with her blue-haired poodle, Lewis Carroll, E. Jean stopped in every town named after a woman between Eden, Vermont and Tallulah, Louisiana to ask women the crucial question: What Do We Need Men For?

What is a crone? Life after forty doesn’t end. So why do most women treat it like it does? Put aside your midlife crisis and embrace the aging process with Crones Don't Whine. They're juicy and they trust their own instincts. Meditating, not groveling, and choosing the path with heart, crones are fierce about what matters to them. They speak the truth with compassion. They listen to their bodies, reinvent themselves, and savor the good in their lives. Featuring thirteen brief essays and small practices, this lighthearted book gives listeners resources to turn to again and again.

All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if we can't get out of bed. And the healthiest body in the world won't stay that way if we're frazzled about five figures' worth of debt. Today show financial expert Jean Chatzky and the Cleveland Clinic's chief wellness officer, Dr. Michael Roizen, explain the vital connection between health and wealth - giving listeners all the tactics, strategies, and know-how to live longer, healthier, more lucrative lives.

Erich Bannon is happy in the small Irish village he has thought of as home since he arrived as a terrified, traumatised seven year old, one of the last Jewish children to escape Berlin in 1939. Now at twenty-three, it feels like all of his friends are drawn to The Promised Land, and he can understand why, but Israel is not for him. One by one, they leave, and Erich is bereft. He feels lost but a chance encounter with an Irish Catholic girl gives him hope.

There was once a poor little girl called Karen. In summer, she walked barefoot and in winter, she wore clogs that hurt her feet. She had no choice, it was all she had. Dame Shoemaker wanted to help her and sewed, as best she could, a pair of red shoes. When she wore them for the first time, Karen’s life took an unexpected turn. - Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist.

Im Dschungel Venezuelas trifft Jean Liedloff, eine junge Amerikanerin, auf die Yequana-Indianer. Fasziniert vom offenkundigen Glück dieser "Wilden", bleibt sie insgesamt zweieinhalb Jahre bei dem Stamm und versucht, die Ursachen dieses glücklichen und harmonischen Zusammenlebens herauszufinden. Sie entdeckt dessen Wurzeln im Umgang dieser Menschen mit ihren Kindern und zeigt, wie dort noch ein bei uns längst verschüttetes Wissen um die ursprünglichen Bedürfnisse von Kleinkindern existiert, das wir erst neu zu entdecken haben.

Avital Cohen isn’t wearing underpants—woefully, for unsexy reasons. Chronic pelvic pain has forced her to sideline her photography dreams and her love life. It’s all she can do to manage her family’s kosher bakery, Best Babka in Brooklyn, without collapsing. She needs hired help. And distractingly handsome Ethan Lippmann seems the perfect fit. Except Ethan isn’t there to work—he’s undercover, at the behest of his ironfisted grandfather. Though Lippmann’s is a household name when it comes to mass-produced kosher baked goods, they don’t have the charm of Avital’s bakery.

Geheime Gärten, seltene Vogelarten und viel Cidre. Kommissar Dupin ermittelt in einer der wildesten und beeindruckendsten Gegenden der Bretagne – im hohen bretonischen Norden. Ein vertrackter und vor allem sehr persönlicher Fall. Denn es geht um die Familie von Inspektor Kadeg.

Comment cet Aurel Timescu peut-il être Consul de France ? Avec son accent roumain, sa dégaine des années trente et son passé de pianiste de bar, il n'a pourtant rien à faire au Quai d'Orsay. Il végète d'ailleurs dans des postes subalternes. Cette fois, il est en Guinée, lui qui ne supporte pas la chaleur. Il prend son mal en patience, transpire, boit du tokay et compose des opéras... Quand, tout à coup, survient la seule chose au monde qui puisse encore le passionner : un crime inexpliqué.

Estela wants to be Queen Aliénor’s troubadour and ex-crusader Dragonetz los Pros is commanded to teach her. In a world where love and marriage are as divided as Christian, Muslim, and Jew, personal and political passions create deadly enemies.

C'est Cécile de Brunhoff qui est à l'origine de "Babar". Elle a coutume de raconter à ses deux fils les aventures d'un petit éléphant "Babar" qui, après la mort de sa mère, s'enfuit pour échapper aux chasseurs et arrive à Paris et se lie d'amitié avec une vieille dame.