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"The Forty-Five Guardsmen" is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas, a part of his Valois romances series. Set in 16th-century France, during the tumultuous era of the Wars of Religion, the novel follows the aftermath of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. It weaves a rich tapestry of intrigue, romance, and adventure, centered around the forty-five guardsmen who served under Henry III of France.

Every person is wired for love differently—with different habits, needs, and reactions to conflict. The good news is that most people's minds work in predictable ways and respond well to security, attachment, and routines, making it possible to neurologically prime the brain for greater love and connection and fewer conflicts. This go-to guide will show you how.

Scholars of US and transatlantic slavery have largely ignored or dismissed accusations that Black Americans were cannibalized. Vincent Woodard takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part of the slaveholder, and further draws attention to the ways in which Blacks experienced their consumption as a fundamentally homoerotic occurrence.

Ne aflăm în anul 1942 – al Doilea Război Mondial a cuprins deja mare parte a Europei. Cu greu se mai poate găsi o cale de scăpare pentru cei prinşi de valul războiului. Singurul gînd ce însufleţeşte miile de refugiaţi, singura nădejde care ţine în viaţă generaţii întregi este visul de a fugi în America. În frămîntatul oraş Lisabona, unde speranţa libertăţii pîlpîie încă, un tînăr îşi lasă iubita la hotel şi încearcă să cîştige la cazinou banii pentru două bilete cu care să se îmbarce pe vaporul către New York. Mai are în buzunar şaizeci şi doi de dolari, din care pierde mare parte.

Elibereaza-ti intreg potentialul de a reusi! Adevaratul secret al succesului este acela ca nu exista nici un fel de secrete. Exista doar principii universale si adevaruri nepieritoare care au fost descoperite si redescoperite de-a lungul anilor. Toate sunt rezultatul unui mecanism deliberat si al legii de fier cauza-efect. Iata o regula simpla: daca faci ceea ce fac si alti oameni de succes, nimic nu te poate impiedica sa ajungi la aceleasi rezultate ca ei. De asemenea, daca nu faci nimic din ceea ce fac alti oameni de succes, nimic nu te poate ajuta.

Un artist ucide și lumea din jurul lui se schimbă. Amalia, o adolescentă deloc banală, dispare într-o dimineață de decembrie. În căutarea ei pornesc trei prieteni care sunt, în același timp, și suspecți în cazul dispariției tinerei: un scriitor mizantrop și de succes, un pictor fascinat de lolite, dar și de septuagenare, o prostituată atrasă de tot ce înseamnă sex extrem. Revoltele sociale din februarie 2012 constituie, în premieră în literatura română, o parte din fundalul acțiunii.

"Understand your brain, improve your relationships." That's what Stan Tatkin has learned from his leading-edge work as a researcher and couples therapist. In this complete audio learning program, he merges current insights from neurobiology and attachment theory to help us shift out of conflict and into deeper and more loving connections. Listeners first learn to identify attachment styles - the patterns of intimacy that begin in our earliest years - both in ourselves and in those around us.

După ce partenera lui dintr-o aventură mai veche îl abandonează într-o cameră de motel, Jack Reacher își reia călătoria fără o țintă anume și lasă norocul să-i aleagă calea. Ajunge astfel la un banal magazin de amanet unde îi atrage atenția un obiect ciudat: un inel de absolvent al Academiei Militare West Point – un trofeu greu de obținut și la care titularul n-ar renunța ușor. Și mai ciudat este că inelul descoperit de Reacher pare să fi aparținut unei femei.

What do the most successful investors have in common? David M. Rubenstein, cofounder of one of the world’s largest investment firms, has spent years interviewing the greatest investors in the world to discover the time-tested principles, hard-earned wisdom, and indispensable tools that guide their practice. Rubenstein, who has spent more than three decades in the hypercompetitive world of private equity, now distills everything he’s learned about the art and craft of investing, from venture capital, real estate, private equity, hedge funds, to crypto, endowments, SPACs, ESG, and more.

How do you spot an area poised for gentrification? Is spring or winter the best time to put your house on the market? Will a house on Swamp Road sell for less than one on Gingerbread Lane? The fact is that the rules of real estate have changed drastically over the past five years. To understand real estate in our fast-paced, technology-driven world, we need to toss out all of the outdated truisms and embrace today's brand new information. But how?

From the New York Times best-selling author of Me Before You and One Plus One, a surprising and moving romance set in an old-fashioned seaside town on the verge of unwelcome change. Liza McCullen will never fully escape her past. But the unspoiled beaches and tight-knit community of Silver Bay offer the freedom and safety she craves - if not for herself, then for her young daughter, Hannah. That is, until Mike Dormer arrives as a guest in her aunt's hotel.

When Katherine Fraser's husband Craig mysteriously disappears, she is beset by problems: two children to raise, frightening expenses, and no job. Judith Michael adds to this classic dilemma the glamour and intrigue of Craig's wealthy, prestigious, feuding San Francisco family for a fascinating and compassionate story of one woman's self-discovery.

Diamond Goldfish uncovers how business is a game. It's a guide for driving sales and deepening client relationships. Based on the Diamond Rule, over 150 case studies, and the science-backed framework of market force, the audiobook provides perspective and tools for winning in sales and client management.

Companies need to stand out in a crowded marketplace, but true differentiation is increasingly rare. Based on over 200 case studies, Pink Goldfish provides an unconventional seven-part framework for achieving competitive separation by embracing flaws instead of fixing them.

John Madden is synonymous with football. He was the television face and voice of the nation’s most popular sport, the namesake of its best-selling sports video game, and the man with the highest career winning percentage of any NFL coach. Despite his international fame, there was a side of Madden known only to those who listened to morning radio broadcasts in the San Francisco Bay Area. That’s where Madden grew up, lived, and died. It's where for decades he found joy in a daily chat with his hometown radio station: a chance to unwind, tell stories, and impart his own brand of wit and wisdom.

Few things are more frustrating than repeating the same fight with your partner. Playing out the same disagreement about money, parenting, sex, or household chores may leave you exhausted, cut off from the person you want to feel close to. While conflict in any relationship is inevitable, healing is possible. With In Each Other's Care, Stan Tatkin shares a hands-on repair manual that will help you discover how arguments get triggered, why they keep happening, and what you can do to get better at communicating what you want without the drama.

Couple therapy combines the intense work of one-on-one sessions with the need for close mediation skills - which is why the practice can be twice as difficult and emotionally draining. This is why Stan Tatkin put together What Every Therapist Ought to Know - a comprehensive guide to the psychobiological approach to couple therapy.

One day, Stan and Jan Berenstain were captured by a family of bears. It was a family of three - an overenthusiastic Papa whose high opinion of himself was exceeded only by his ability to do silly things (often placing himself in jeopardy from bees, skunks, low-hanging branches, whales, irate farmers, etc.) a wise, steady Mama with a firm grip on reality, and a bright enterprising little boy cub.

A moment comes for every addict when the consequences are so great or the pain is so bad that the addict's life becomes out of control because of his or her behavior. Some are news-making moments, such as the public censure when a congressman, minister, general, or professional athlete is cited for unacceptable sexual behavior. For most people those moments are followed by resolves to "never do it again", but somehow after the promise is made, they often find themselves doing something they vowed never to do again. That is addiction.

The Berenstain Bears Save Christmas: This year, it seems everyone in Bear Country has gone Christmas-crazy, and Mama Bear is concerned the true holiday spirit has been lost. Santa worries also and is ready to cancel Christmas! Now, it's up to the Berenstain Bears to change his mind.