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Hablar en público, es, en la actualidad, una exigencia urgente para quienes desean alcanzar éxito profesional e influencia social. Conocer y practicar técnicas para hablar en público puede mejorar notablemente tus perspectivas profesionales gracias a tu capacidad de persuadir, influir e inspirar a otros. Convertirte en un buen orador también aumentará tu autoestima incrementando la confianza que tienes en ti mismo y disminuyendo tus miedos e inseguridades, aspectos fundamentales para lograr hablar en público con eficiencia.

After a visit to London that nearly cost her everything, Lady Elizabeth Darcy, Dragon Sage, desperately needs the solace of her country home, Pemberley. Sir Fitzwilliam Darcy, knight of the Pendragon Order and Keeper to Pemberley, counts the minutes until Pemerbley's walls protect his family once more. Their homecoming cannot happen soon enough. Pemberley and its substantial population of minor dragons welcomes them home with open arms. But those open arms contain more than happy dragons.

Cincuenta y dos semanas: ese es el tiempo que le queda a Mona, una niña de diez años, para atesorar toda la belleza del mundo. Es el lapso que su erudito y original abuelo se ha dado para descubrirle, cada miércoles después del colegio, una obra de arte antes de que se quede ciega.

A lo largo de una trama que discurre con la precisión de un mecanismo de relojería, Jane Austen perfila una galería de personajes que conforman un perfecto y sutil retrato de la época: las peripecias de una dama empeñada en casar a sus hijas con el mejor partido de la región, los vaivenes sentimentales de las hermanas, el oportunismo de un clérigo adulador...

Más de 1.000.000 de lectores El verano está terminando y la teniente Valentina Redondo está contando los días para empezar sus vacaciones. Pero algo insólito sucede en el centro mismo del pueblo costero de Suances: el jardinero del antiguo Palacio del Amo ha aparecido muerto en el césped de esa enigmática propiedad. El palacio es una de las casonas con más historia de los alrededores, y después de permanecer mucho tiempo deshabitada, el escritor americano Carlos Green, heredero de la propiedad, ha decidido instalarse temporalmente en el lugar donde vivió sus mejores veranos de juventud.

German poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s (1875-1926) Letters to a Young Poet has been treasured for nearly a century. Rilke’s personal reflections on the vocation of writing and the experience of living urge an aspiring poet to look inward, while also offering sage wisdom on further issues including gender, solitude, and romantic love. Barrows and Macy’s translation extends this compilation of timeless advice and wisdom to a fresh generation of readers and listeners.

Maria Hinojosa is an award-winning journalist who, for nearly 30 years, has reported on stories and communities in America that often go ignored by the mainstream media - from tales of hope in the South Bronx to the unseen victims of the war on terror and the first detention camps in the US. Best-selling author Julia Álvarez has called her “one of the most important, respected, and beloved cultural leaders in the Latinx community”. In Once I Was You, Maria shares her intimate experience growing up Mexican American on the South Side of Chicago.

Machado de Assis’ classic novel, the precursor of Latin American fiction, is finally rendered as a stunningly relevant work for 21st-century audiences. In eloquent, contemporary prose, Costa and Patterson breathe new life into the dynamic character of Brás Cubas and reveal the vivid, tempestuous Rio de Janeiro of his time. The recently deceased Cubas narrates his life story, admitting glibly: “I am not so much a writer who has died, as a dead man who has decided to write.”

I was prepared to let the Silverton men fall, but now, I want to be their savior. I thought I understood everything there was to know about the Alpha Gods. Elijah was the one that stole my heart. Albedo was the playboy teacher that kept trying to tempt me into his heartbreak ways. Sterling was the aloof one, he couldn't care less what happened to those around him unless it interfered with his precious game. And Julian was the ring leader of the group, an asshole through and through, and lived to cause me torment. But after understanding there's more to the Alpha Gods, than I ever believed, ...

The Gospel as Revealed to Me (formerly The Poem of the Man-God) is the title of the new edition of Maria Valtorta's main work. The new English edition is similar to the original Italian both for the title and for the subdivision in 10 volumes. It narrates the birth and childhood of the Virgin Mary and her Son Jesus; the three years of Jesus' public life (forming the largest section); his passion, death, resurrection, and ascension; the beginnings of the Church; and the assumption of Mary.

He needs a fake girlfriend but all I've ever wanted is him... Rock bottom has never felt so good. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I bargain with the enemy and score a renovation for my hair salon. The enemy? Nick Stamos, my best friend’s older brother. He’s got a body and face the Greek gods would envy but his personality needs a major overhaul. He’s surly. A rule-follower. Did I mention he’s seen me n*ked?

After rebounding from a broken engagement and relinquishing her job in sports PR, the irrepressible Waverly Bryson has a new man, a new career, and a new lease on life. Her part-time gig as an advice columnist has proven to be as entertaining as it is affirming, and her fledgling greeting card line, Honey Notes, is off to a promising start. After a series of disastrous romantic rebounds, she has settled into a long-distance relationship with handsome Jake McIntyre.

Un pequeño oasis entre el árido territorio de tantas dietas milagro y/o de moda, promesas falsas y estudios rigurosos. Para mantener una buena salud debes proporcionar a tu cuerpo más de 30 vitaminas, minerales y otros compuestos que este no puede fabricar. ¿Tomas suficiente cantidad de todos ellos? Muchos expertos consideran que no. Su teoría es que la dieta típica de las sociedades modernas, deficitaria en ciertos minerales y vitaminas, podría estar relacionada con la gran prevalencia de algunas enfermedades crónicas actuales. Pero ¿es cierto?

The Gospel as Revealed to Me is the title of the new edition of Maria Valtorta's main work. The new English edition is similar to the original Italian, both for the title and for the subdivision in 10 volumes. It narrates the birth and childhood of the Virgin Mary and her Son Jesus; the three years of Jesus' public life (forming the largest section); his passion, death, resurrection, and ascension; the beginnings of the Church; and the assumption of Mary.

Vuelve a sumergirte en un tiempo inolvidable. Después de "El tiempo entre costuras", "Sira", la nueva novela de María Dueñas. La Segunda Gran Guerra llega a su fin y el mundo emprende una tortuosa reconstrucción. Concluidas sus funciones como colaboradora de los Servicios Secretos británicos, Sira afronta el futuro con ansias de serenidad. No lo logrará, sin embargo.

If leaders aren't integrating their digital offerings into a philosophy of customer success, they will be defeated in the next decade because technical excellence and other traditional competitive advantages are becoming too easy to imitate. The Customer Success Economy offers examples and specifics of how companies can transform. It addresses the pains of transforming organizational charts, leadership roles, responsibilities, and strategies so the whole company works together in total service to the customer.

Maria Hatzistefanis should know. Having spent 20 years building her own company (described by the press as "an overnight success"), she acknowledges how hard it is to keep going and find your motivation, especially in the face of self-doubt, rejection, and unexpected setbacks. This punchy, easy to digest book spells out how to motivate yourself and harness your drive and energy to make things happen. With clear guidance, tips, and celebrity stories throughout, Maria sums up her business secrets with three golden rules: Set your goals; plot your trajectory; make it happen!

Mother Knows Death with Nicole Angemi (@Mrs_Angemi) and her daughter, Maria Q. Kane (@MariaQKane), is a weekly podcast focusing on pathology, forensics, death, and more! Each week, they will discuss related topics in the news followed up by External Exams with special guests. Enjoy! 📺 Watch - www.youtube.com/c/MrsAngemi 🧠 Join The Gross Room - www.thegrossroom.com 🎙 Follow the Show - www.instagram.com/motherknowsdeath 🔬 Nicole's Book - www.theduramater.com/book 🥼 Merch - www.bonfire.com/store/theduramater

Opal Cowan has lost her powers. She can no longer create glass magic. More, she's immune to the effects of magic. Opal is now an outsider looking in, spying through the glass on those with the powers she once had, powers that make a difference in the world. Until spying through the glass becomes her new power. Suddenly, the beautiful pieces she makes flash in the presence of magic. And then she discovers that someone has stolen some of her blood--and that finding it might let her regain her powers.

¿Crees que la realidad que vives es la que realmente te mereces? O por el contrario, ¿sientes que vives en modo automático tus relaciones, tu trabajo y tu diario vivir? Ha llegado el momento de los cambios, de abrirte al mundo y de recibir toda la abundancia que el universo ha preparado para ti. Y lo mejor, es más sencillo de lo que creías....