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What's more important to a soldier- his love of his country, or his love of a woman? In the summer of 1990, Rachel Weber spent a week down on the Florida coast, soaking up the sun's rays while she waited for her life to begin. It was there that she met Dean Sherman, a handsome, muscular soldier with blue eyes. The two spent a week together full of champagne kisses that only ended when Operation Desert Storm forced Dean to choose between his duty and his love. He chose duty.

When it comes to redesigning how government functions, most of the common assumptions about innovation don’t hold up. Hana Schank and Sara Hudson conducted nearly 70 interviews with people inside of government to understand the common threads for successful innovation projects...In The Government Fix, Hana Schank and Sara Hudson, both a public interest technology fellows at New America and veterans of both Federal and local government, share what they’ve learned about how to truly make change.

As you listen on, you will come across struggle, survival, disappointment, and hope. You will laugh, and you will cry; you will reflect, and you will remember, but most importantly, you will learn, grow, and be transformed by the stories of these resilient women. When a small group of career women met at a Let’s Grow Sip & Paint event in January 2020, they joked that 2020 was the only time they were all going to have 20/20 vision, and they should embrace it and create a legacy for the new decade.

This audiobook makes it easy to identify your own personality type and those of your family, friends, and colleagues. And once you find it out, your life will start to make so much sense. You will be stunned to see the depth of your persona and the invisible factors controlling your life.

Guillermo Trejo y Sandra Ley ofrecen en este libro una teoría novedosa y necesaria sobre la violencia criminal, que enfatiza la influencia crucial de la política. A diferencia de estudios previos, que ven a los grupos de crimen organizado como empresas económicas libres que operan en oposición a las autoridades estatales, Trejo y Ley los conciben como grupos ilegales íntimamente relacionados con el Estado. Por tanto, estos grupos responden al cambio político: el crimen organizado no puede existir ni operar con éxito si no cuenta con algún grado de protección estatal.

Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls 2 is the sequel to the sensational New York Times best seller and the most crowdfunded book of all time. The authors, Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli, will take you and your kids on an empowering journey through 100 new bedtime stories, featuring the adventures of extraordinary women from Nefertiti to Beyoncé. The unique narrative style of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls transforms each biography into a fairy tale, filling listeners with wonder and with a burning curiosity to know more about each hero.

There are tons of opportunities in college to help students stand apart, but which ones should you choose? How will those opportunities guide you in the right direction? And how can you be sure to identify opportunities as they present themselves?

This book contains information on how you can develop your conversation skills to build rapport and talk to people from all walks of life. In addition it contains 30 tips on how you can build rapport with just about anyone.

Pursued by one demon into the clutches of another, the ordinary life of Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols is made extraordinary by horrible, inhuman circumstance. Jack the Ripper's first victim comes to life in this sensitive and intimate fictionalized portrait, from humble beginnings, to building a family with an abusive husband, her escape into poverty and the workhouse, alcoholism, and finally abandoned on the streets of London where the Whitechapel Murderer found her.

New parents get overwhelmed, regularly pushed to their limits and confused by contradictory feelings of elation and near-despair. To soothe the frazzled and lift their spirits, writer and Bible scholar Alicia Jo Rabins has created “Even God Had Bad Parenting Days: ancient Jewish wisdom for new parents.” Humorous, self-reflective, and comforting, Rabins' musings on both heartening and cringe-worthy biblical examples of parenting can help any caregiver see beyond the detritus of day-to-day living with young children and recapture a sense of wonder at the process of raising small humans.

Ni contigo ni sin ti: rivalidades que cambiaron el mundo es un audiolibro exclusivo y repleto de escándalos, como si Monty Python te diese una clase de historia. Cada volumen incluye cuatro historias de 30 minutos y ahonda en los conflictos y descalificativos que dieron lugar a muchos de los grandes avances del mundo, con un humor fresco y descarado.

After graduating high school Abby returns to Harmony Springs, her spiritual home. She plans to reconnect with friends, take one college class over the summer — and of course, resume her magical studies. But life in central Florida is not as peaceful as she hoped. Nightmares and visions torment her: a weird castle, an armored ghost, a giant white frog devouring people.

Winter break in England is not turning out as relaxing as I’d hoped. I’m a 17-year-old kid, walking down a deserted road in the middle of the night in a foreign country. All alone, except for a friend who is haunted, possessed, and prone to panic attacks. I really ought to have kept up better with my magical training.

Nachdem ich herausgefunden hatte, dass mein Verlobter mich betrügt, ertränkte ich meine Sorgen in Wein und Eiscreme. Sechs Monate später überredeten mich meine Freundinnen dazu, mich wieder unter die Leute zu wagen. Sie schenkten mir einen Gutschein fürs Abenteuer-Dating. Ich war wenig begeistert, aber ich bin keine Frau, die einer Herausforderung aus dem Weg geht. Das war der Moment, in dem ich IHN traf. Lucas Cummings. Er war nicht der klassische reiche Junge, mit dem ich sonst immer ausging. Nein, er war der Typ tougher Bad Boy, vor dem jeder Vater seine Tochter warnen würde.

When Danny Canterbury begins his fourth year at St. Oliver Plunket’s all he wants is for fellow student Janna Chisely to notice him. But when sinister episodes shake the school, Danny finds himself at the center of a destructive plot. Can the enigmatic Chardelia Foss help him rescue the truth before it becomes too late? Chardelia Foss and the River of Fear is a startling debut that marks the pain of first love within the often dark skies of school.

Communicating Through Change is a life-changing book, which will show you how to communicate through major changes in your life, and to best express yourself when you need to be heard. It is packed with real-life stories, practical exercises, insightful tips, and uplifting affirmations. Addressing relevant challenges, which everyone meets at one time in their life, this book will give you hope, resilience, and clarity about how to move forward. By sharing her vulnerability with authentic openness, the author helps you to find your inner strength and to speak up for yourself.

Un dia, la madre de Caperucita Roja le pidió que le llevara unos pasteles a su abuelita que estaba enferma y vivía en el bosque. A pesar que su madre le previno de no ir por el camino peligroso, Caperucita la desobedece y se encuentra con el lobo feroz.

Audiolibro incluye dos hermosos cuentos infantiles de la literatura universal: El gato con botas y la cenicienta. El gato con botas: Al morir un molinero, le dejó por herencia a su hijo, solamente un gato. Pero no era un gato cualquiera y las aventuras están recién empezando.// La Cenicienta es una hermosa joven que vive con su madrastra y hermanastras. Hay un gran baile al que han ido sus hermanastras, pero ella es obligada a quedarse en casa. Un hada transforma una calabaza en un hermoso carruaje; unos ratones y lagartijas en caballos, lacayos y cocheros.

Brooke Kingston is smart, capable and strong-willed, and runs her family's property with dedication and skill. More at home on horseback than in heels, her life revolves around her beloved 'boys' – showjumpers Poddy, Oddy and Sod. Then a tragic accident leaves Brooke a mess. Newcomer Lachie Cambridge is hired to manage the farm, and Brooke finds herself out of a job and out of luck. But she won't go without a fight. What she doesn't expect is Lachie himself – a handsome, gentle giant with a will to match her own.

Es geht weiter mit den heißen MacKenzie-Brüdern von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Elle Casey. Eine Begegnung mit nicht absehbaren Folgen: Eigenwilliges Stadtmädchen trifft ungezähmten Cowboy. Die sonnige Candice aus Florida ist fürs winterliche Landleben nicht gemacht. Dennoch nimmt sie die Herausforderung an und besucht ihre Lieblingsfreundin Andie. Die ist hochschwanger, lebt auf einer Ranch und braucht unbedingt Beistand. Mit viel Charme und den falschen Schuhen meistert Candice das Leben im verschneiten Oregon. Und erobert das Herz von Andies Schwager Ian MacKenzie.