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A storyteller in the very best southern tradition, Lee Smith pens unexpected plots vibrant with luminous prose. Her powerful short stories in Me and My Baby View the Eclipse capture those extraordinary moments in everyday life when greatness and tragedy shimmer through the surface. This collection was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

I sin selvbiografi fortæller Bettina Tammaro, der er kendt som deltager i Robinson Ekspeditionen, om sit liv som eventyrer. Fra lille Danmark til Afrika, Thailand og USA har hun lavet alt fra at arbejde på børnehjem til at komme helt tæt på vilde dyr. Desuden fortæller hun om livet som alenemor til tre børn, som hun har taget med på sine rejser og om sine to kræftforløb, hvoraf hun besluttede kun at modtage alternativ behandling under sidste forløb. Bettina Mattila Funch Tammaro (f. 1966) er måske mest kendt fra Robinson Ekspeditionen, men lever også personligt et liv som eventyrer.

Leading on the Frontline brings humanitarian leadership into the boardroom, giving business leaders a powerful lesson in engagement, motivation, inspiration, and innovation. Drawing upon a lifetime of humanitarian work in some of the world's most difficult places, author Linda Cruse shares stories from the front line that illustrate how to dig deep, inspire, thrive, and more.

Set in 1936 Kansas, Where Willows Grow transports listeners to America's drought-stricken heartland as the hopes and dreams of hardworking farmers blow away with the wind. As pregnant Anna Mae and her husband Harley struggle to feed their growing family, Harley travels 100 miles to build a WPA monument. But Anna Mae grows increasingly desperate as months drag on with no word from her husband.

It's 2012, the year the world is supposed to end, but no one expected this. An infection spreads through New York's Hudson Valley. The government tells us it is just the flu, but people are turning into crazed killers. Can it be stopped?

There are a host of neuroscientific explanations for why laughter makes us feel so great. Laughter triggers "feel good" chemicals in the brain which activate opiate receptors throughout your body and mind. Creating a workplace culture in which laughter is not only allowed but expected is an important step in building the trust, openness, authenticity, storytelling, and teamwork (TOAST) that are essential to any healthy collaborative environment.

Inclusion, Inc.: How to Design Intersectional Equity into the Workplace moves beyond having tough conversations to deliver an innovative and proven approach to organizational diversity. Eschewing the "mindset-first" approach taken by many diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, author and GEN founder Sara Sanford focuses on countering the systemic barriers that abet inequity by adjusting "cultural levers" to facilitate organization-wide change. The book offers sustainable and cost-effective solutions that yield real, measurable returns.

Discover the real-life inspirations behind history’s most infamous serial killers: John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, and so many more.

May 1875: Mary Todd Lincoln is addicted to opiates and tried in a Chicago court on charges of insanity. Entered into evidence is Ms. Lincoln’s claim that every night a Savage Indian enters her bedroom and slashes her face and scalp. She is swiftly committed to Bellevue Place Sanitarium. Her hauntings may be a reminder that in 1862, President Lincoln ordered the hanging of 38 Dakotas in the largest mass execution in United States history. No one has ever linked the two events - until now.

A series of cataclysmic events are felt around the globe, and throughout the United States the last vestiges of society band together in rag-tag groups to face off against the ghastly horrors of their shattered world. Opposing them is the enigmatic Adam Sigil - a man seemingly able to inflict others with his own darkest fears - and his equally mysterious companion Jelnik. As the world slips into darkness, the survivors of the onslaught struggle with the new normal of their now-dystopian lives amid ongoing skirmishes with mankind’s nightmares.

She’d move mountains for a cure. But reentering the supernatural world to chase an antidote could get her killed. Scotland. Erica Hutchinson can barely juggle her life as it is. Orphaned at age eight and a struggling single mother by 18, the witch-werewolf barista has worked hard to forget her occult origins. But her buried past comes crashing back when her beloved child catches a deadly lupine virus. Willing to go down whatever road it takes, Erica returns to her former life to heal her daughter from a sickness with no survivors.

Nach einem Unfall hat er seine Erinnerung verloren: wird es Journalist Sebastian Lamprecht gelingen, mithilfe seiner Audiotapes die Ereignisse zu rekonstruieren? Staffel 1 der fiktionalen True Crime-Serie von Thrillerautor Philipp Reinartz folgt der Frage, ob das Gedächtnis in Zukunft manipulierbar werden könnte. Ein Autounfall führt bei Sebastian Lamprecht zu einer retrograden Amnesie: jede Erinnerung an den Unfall selbst und die Monate davor ist wie ausgelöscht. Die Diagnose ist nicht nur schockierend, sondern führt auch zu Spannungen in seinem Umfeld.

Manchmal ist Conni einfach traurig. Weil ihr ein Missgeschick passiert, weil Mama oder Papa etwas falsch machen, weil Kater Mau Blödsinn anstellt oder weil sie sich wehtut. Zum Glück sind Connis Eltern immer da, um sie aufzufangen und zu trösten. Und so macht Conni die Erfahrung, dass Kummer einfach dazugehört, dass Tränen okay und sogar wichtig sind und wie gut sich Trost anfühlt. Conni möchte wissen, wie spät es ist. Aber sie kann die Uhr noch nicht lesen. Zum Glück hat Mama versprochen, es ihr zu erklären, und schnell stellt Conni fest: So schwer ist das gar nicht!

Soul Messengers is a true story that details the miraculous after-life encounters that have been part of Dr. Annette Childs' 25-year career working with the dying and the grieving. Annette had always walked between worlds, and this was why her work with those at the end of life had been such a natural fit. However, it was not until meeting the dying Margaret Borwhat that Dr. Childs would really begin to understand how real and how powerful our allies on the other side can be.

Ein eigenes Baumhaus? Conni und ihre Freunde sind sofort Feuer und Flamme! Schon wird losgezimmert und gewerkelt, aber so einfach ist das gar nicht. Und dann ist dort, gleich nebenan, auch noch das alte Herrenhaus. Ob es da wirklich spukt? Das müssen Conni, Anna, Billi und Paul natürlich unbedingt herausfinden... Ein spannendes Hörspiel für alle Conni-Fans ab ca. 5 Jahren, nach dem gleichnamigen Buch von Julia Boehme.

Ein Camping-Ausflug mit Oma und Opa ans Meer? Klar, dass Conni sich da freut. Zumal sie Anna und Billi mitnehmen darf. Wattwanderungen, eine Leuchtturmbesichtigung und sogar ein Ausritt in den Dünen? Besser könnte es nicht sein! Doch dann passiert es: Auf einmal ist Connis kleiner Bruder Jakob verschwunden! Und dabei hatte sie doch auf ihn aufpassen sollen... Es wird ihm doch nichts passiert sein.

Au weia! Conni muss ins Krankenhaus. Ihr Bein soll operiert werden. Doch von dem Eingriff kriegt Conni gar nichts mit. Und als die fröhliche Krankenschwester Ulla zu ihr ans Bett tritt, um Blut abzunehmen, lenkt sie Conni einfach ab  -  die Nadel bemerkt Conni erst, als sie schon längst im Arm steckt. "Das hat ja gar nicht weh getan!"

For many business owners...the words "business plan" conjure up thoughts of a painful, overwhelming task they'd rather avoid at all costs! (And many do!) But any business without a well-thought-out plan is like a ship without a rudder - you'll get somewhere, certainly, but not likely where you want to...With 27 years as a business coach, and a passion for systems, organization, sound business practices, and problem-solving, Linda has come up with a fool-proof method for creating a business plan that’s doable for anyone, in any industry, in any size business.

Guided visualisations to raise self-esteem and develop self-belief. Positive visualisation and affirmations are widely recognised in the field of contemporary psychology as effective tools for changing how we feel about ourselves. These four powerful guided meditations use beautiful natural imagery and positive suggestion to build inner confidence.

At her core, merchandising maven Sophia Anton is an old-fashioned girl. To start a family by age 30, she'll do what’s needed to make sparks fly with an old friend - including a crash diet. But when Sophia meets Jackson Thomas, the handsome new minister in town, she quickly finds she’s playing with fire. Sophia's new look is working like a charm to snag the man of her dreams, so why is it Jackson's face she sees when she closes her eyes?