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This is the story of Dan—a high school dropout who plays guitar in a heavy metal band and has a minimum wage job wearing a mouse costume. He's not exactly destined for great things. Then Dan wakes up in another world—a world where science never progressed past the Middle Ages, and the laws of physics have been replaced by role-playing game rules. Dan makes some mistakes—some big mistakes. Dan becomes a Death Knight: a walking personification of death and darkness. Now, Dan must fight monsters, zealots, and demons just to survive, and he must do it all alone.

For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears, León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors.

Two decades after the Civil War, first-generation Irish-American Zachary O'Hara, son of a legendary Marine and a force of a man in his own right, finds himself playing a critical role as the very existence of the Marine Corps is being decided. If he can help persuade the Secretary of the Navy that the Marines will be crucial to America's security in years to come, all the while hefting a heavy, secret weight in his heart, he'll save the Corps and make his career.

Brunetti auf der Jagd nach Raritäten: Der Commissario wird zu einem ungewöhnlichen Tatort gerufen, der altehrwürdigen Biblioteca Merula. Wertvolle Folianten liegen aufgeschlitzt da, und der amerikanische Forscher, der ein Dauergast war, ist verschwunden. In Venedig, das einst auch eine florierende Bücherstadt war, entdeckt Brunetti eine eigenartige Welt: einen florierenden Schwarzmarkt für Bücher.

Wer Mensch sein will, muss fühlen. Der Psychologe Leon Windscheid begibt sich auf eine bewegende Reise durch unser Innenleben. Gefühle bestimmen unser Leben, und doch wissen wir wenig über sie. Windscheid geht den Fragen nach, ob Angst auch eine gute Seite hat, ob es die ewige Liebe gibt, und wofür wir eigentlich Langeweile brauchen? Er zeigt, was gerade so starke Emotionen wie Trauer und Wut besonders wertvoll macht und wie sie uns als Menschen helfen. Am Ende gewinnen wir ein neues Verständnis von uns selbst und verstehen, wieso Fühlen unsere größte Stärke sein kann.

When a man is found stabbed to death floating in the canal, Commissario Brunetti is convinced he recognises him from somewhere. It doesn't take long for Brunetti to realise why he remembers the dead man - he saw him at a demonstration a couple of years ago, where farmers were protesting about European milk quotas. But what was his involvement with the protest? And could it have anything to do with his murder?

It could be said that Leon Panetta has had two of the most consequential careers of any American public servant in the past 50 years. His first career, beginning as an army intelligence officer and including a distinguished run as one of Congress' most powerful and respected members, lasted 35 years and culminated in his transformational role as Clinton's budget czar and White House chief of staff.

In this deliciously strange debut collection, Leon Craig draws on folklore and gothic horror in refreshingly inventive ways to explore queer identity, love, power and the complicated nature of being human. In the 13 darkly audacious stories of Parallel Hells, we meet a golem, made of clay, learning that its powers far exceed its Creator's expectations; a ruined mansion which grants the secret wishes of a group of revellers and a notorious murderer who discovers her Viking husband is not what he seems.

Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. He was one of the leaders of the Russian October Revolution, second only to Vladimir Lenin. During the early days of the Soviet Union, he served first as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and later as the founder and commander of the Red Army and People's Commissar of War. He was also among the first members of the Politburo. Why fascism was able to conquer only in those countries where social democratic or Stalinist parties blocked the workers and their allies from utilizing a revolutionary situation to remove the capitalists from power.

Discover the fastest path to organizational growth and impactful messaging through the immersive world of live events. In this book, you'll gain invaluable insights from my 18 years of experience producing world-class events nationwide. Million Dollar Event unveils the strategies that have propelled me to serve prestigious clientele, including US presidents, professional sports teams, Fortune 500 companies, Grammy Award-winning artists, social media influencers, christian ministries, and numerous non-profit organizations.

Amy ist zurück in Harmony Bay - und mit ihr das Monster. Cody weiß, dass seine kleine Tochter eine Gefahr für die gesamte Stadt darstellt, und trotzdem kann er es nicht zulassen, dass irgendjemand ihr etwas antut. Eine echte Zerreisprobe bahnt sich an. Als sich unter den Einwohnern der kleinen Küstenstadt ein merkwürdiges Virus verbreitet, das die Betroffenen unkontrollierbar macht, scheint der Nachtmahr allerdings nicht mehr die einzige Gefahr zu sein. Sheriff Landers muss handeln, um seine Stadt zu retten - und trifft dabei eine folgenschwere Entscheidung...

Comissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a prosperous Venetian businessman. He's charmed - perhaps too charmed, suggests his wife Paola - by her love of Virgil and Cicero, but shocked by her appearance. A few days later, Brunetti is visited by Carabinieri Maggior Filippo Guarino from the nearby city of Marghera. As part of a wider investigation into Mafia takeovers of businesses in the region, Guarino wants information about the owner of a trucking company who has been found murdered.

Vladimir Lenin (speaking Russian) was the main theoretician and practical leader of the Blosheviks. He was voted the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR. Leon Trotsky was a communist theorist, prolific writer, and leader in the 1917 Russian Revolution. Josef Stalin (speaking Russian) was the General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party and a key leader in World War II.

The General’s dysfunctional home life drove him to apply to the Air Force Academy almost 40 years ago, where he was provided with a new family and sense of worth he had never gotten from his own father. This purpose has driven the General throughout his remarkable career, taking him to Alaska, the Pentagon, and Germany; to Florida during Hurricane Opal, and has also allowed him to work alongside Presidents Bush and Obama and Secretaries of Defense Leon Panetta and Ashton Carter. Journey is a book about leadership. It is packed with the General’s lessons from life in the military.

Conscripted into the Polish army as Hitler’s forces draw closer, Jewish soldier Tolek Klings vows to return to his wife, Klara, and son, Juliusz. However, the army is rife with anti-Semitism and Tolek is relentlessly tormented. As the Germans invade Poland, he is faced with a terrible dilemma: flee home to protect his family - and risk being shot as a deserter - or remain a soldier, hoping reports of women and children being spared by the occupying forces are true.

Many today actually feel less aware or knowledgeable of how money, government, and society connect. However, the important keys to understanding have not changed for centuries. We need once and for all an effective overview of money in this context. The players in this space certainly wield great power. Their wide-reaching influence and actions have critical consequences for the majority of the world. Are they for the greater good or for the destruction of our freedom and happiness?

Was ist geschehen, wenn schwerbewaffnete Carabinieri die Wohnung eines Kinderarztes stürmen und ihm sein 18 Monate altes Baby entreißen? Brunetti gibt keine Ruhe, bis er die Hintergründe kennt. Geldsegen und Vergeltung, Kindersegen und unerfüllter Babywunsch: In 'Lasset die Kinder zu mir kommen' wird der Familienmensch Brunetti vor eine harte Zerreißprobe gestellt.

Since childhood, Yolanda Vance has forged her desire to escape poverty into a laser-like focus that took her through prep school and Harvard Law. So when her prestigious New York law firm is raided by the FBI, Yolanda turns in her corrupt bosses to save her career - and goes to work for the Bureau. Soon she’s sent undercover at Red, Black, and Green - an African-American “extremist” activist group back in her California college town. They claim a biotech corporation fueled by Pentagon funding is exploiting the neighborhood.

Dans la belle Venise, les activités criminelles semblent se calmer tandis que la ville sort de la pandémie. Le commissaire Brunetti profite de ce moment pour renouer avec la splendeur de la Sérénissime et sa riche culture. Cependant, la trêve prend fin quand une amie d’enfance de Brunetti arrive en catastrophe à la questure. Elle soupçonne son gendre d’être mêlé à des affaires sordides, et de mettre ainsi toute sa famille en danger. Brunetti va mener l’enquête en secret, aidé de la signorina Elettra et de la commissaire Claudia Griffoni, au risque de désobéir à sa hiérarchie.

This is a rapid Greek course designed to help you learn and remember key words and phrases quickly. The initial course takes just 90 minutes, with recommended review modules after one week and one month if you aren't putting your newly acquired language skills to use immediately. This is the ideal way to build a functional understanding of the Greek language.