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Bücher über Philosophie gibt es viele. Doch Richard David Prechts Buch "wer bin ich, und wenn ja wie viele?" ist anders als alle anderen Einführungen. Niemand zuvor hat den Leser so kenntnisreich und kompetent und zugleich so spielerisch und elegant an die großen philosophischen Fragen des Lebens herangeführt.

Detective Lotte Meerman is convinced the death of Frank Stapel, a painter and decorator, isn't an accident after she and his widow, Tessa, find a skeleton in a sports bag in his left luggage locker at Amsterdam Central train station. The remains date from the Second World War, and Lotte's colleagues consider it of minor importance...until forensic tests show that amongst the bones is the arm bone of a crime boss who recently went missing.

The best-selling author of The Anti-Cool Girl returns with a devastating, heartbreaking, brilliant, brave, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir of telling lies and being on the brink....

Stefan Kronos has wanted to get close to Celina for a long time, but she has walls that he's been forced to go around in some unusual ways. When a case he's been called to consult on puts her square in his radar, he has to watch his step...and hers. Unraveling the threads twisting between them and a killer like none Stefan has seen before means Celina has to trust him enough to let him inside her barriers. That's when Stefan realizes he's not the only one with eyes into her soul.

In a remote hill farm in beautiful Scotland, Ellen and her father Duncan are enjoying a peaceful life. In time they're joined by rugged farmhand Tom, come to lend some muscle to Ellen's ageing father. Almost inevitably romance grows between Ellen and the new arrival but once married however, Ellen discovers that Tom has a brutish side to his character.

Family is everything to Siobhán: her five siblings; her dear departed mother for whom the family business, Naomi’s Bistro, is named; and now her fiancé, Macdara Flannery. So precious is her engagement that Siobhán wants to keep it just between the two of them for a little longer. But Macdara is her family, which is why when his cousin Jane frantically calls for his help, Siobhán rushes with him from Kilbane to the rural village where Jane and her mother have recently moved. In a cottage, Ellen Delaney lies on her bed in a fancy red dress, no longer breathing.

Green products have been around since the 1970s, but it's only in recent years that they've become ubiquitous. It's not because consumers suddenly prize sustainability above all. It's because savvy green marketers are no longer trying to "sell the earth" -instead they're promoting the value their products provide: better health, superior performance, good taste, cost-effectiveness, or simply convenience. This central emphasis on primary benefits - the new rules - is critical to winning over the mainstream consumer.

Your family are always there for you...aren't they? For Tara, Vee, Niall, and Damian, the children of the Shine family, their parents have seen them through thick and thin. In fact, Gus and Joan's lifetime of hard work has given their children a very comfortable start in life. But with the Irish economy in crisis - money is thin on the ground and perhaps it's time to for the younger generation to learn a few home truths. As the children are forced to live a life without the Bank of Mum and Dad.

Découvrez l'inspectrice Renée Ballard, la nouvelle héroïne de Michael Connelly. Reléguée au quart de nuit du commissariat d'Hollywood, l'inspectrice Renée Ballard se lance dans des enquêtes qu'elle n'a pas le droit de mener à leur terme. Le règlement l'oblige en effet à les confier aux inspecteurs de jour dès la fin de son service. Mais, une nuit, elle tombe sur deux affaires qu'elle refuse d'abandonner : le tabassage d'un prostitué laissé pour mort dans un parking, et le meurtre d'une jeune femme lors d'une fusillade dans un night‑club.

As the winter snow falls on the small Irish village of Ballybray, Roisin O’Connor and her young son, Ben, are saying goodbye to their beloved neighbour Mabel Murphy. Mabel lived a bold and colourful life, but the arrival of her brooding nephew ‘blow-in’ Aidan Murphy just makes life more complicated for Roisin. However, in one final act of love, a message arrives from Mabel that changes everything. And as winter turns to spring and the cold snow melts, the secrets both Roisin and Aidan are hiding must be revealed at last....

As undertaker Drew Slocombe drove to Greta Simmonds’ burial in Broad Campden, deep in the heart of the Cotswolds, thoughts of his troubles at home and at work played on his mind. The last thing he was worried about was becoming a murder suspect. Thea Osbourne becomes Drew’s unlikely friend and defender when the council worker opposing the burial is found dead just minutes from Thea’s latest house-sitting assignment: the Cotswold home of the late Mrs Simmonds.

Are you an introvert or loner who feels painfully different from others and unable to fit into society? Do you often feel misunderstood and alienated from those around you? Do you find yourself opposing conventional beliefs and society’s values? Do you feel deeply frustrated and alien to this world, like you don’t belong here? You are not alone.

Press Ganey's chief nursing officer Christina Dempsey has worked everywhere in healthcare, from the ward floor to the hospital boardroom. She has also experienced the system as a patient and as a family member of a critically ill patient. In The Antidote to Suffering, this 30-year healthcare veteran and patient-experience thought leader argues that the key to improving healthcare is to reduce the suffering - physical, psychological, and emotional - of patients and caregivers alike through Compassionate Connected CareTM.

If you've yet to experience this historical masterpiece, what are you waiting for? Passport to European Travel Guides offers this comprehensive, yet quick and concise, five-day guide to Rome - one of the world's most iconic cities to visit. Have no idea where to start? Or maybe you have some idea but could use a treasure trove of great insider tips? Well, listen up! You see, we know your trip begins long before you even book the flight, so this guide is chock full of dynamite tips on everything you need to know before you go.

Virginia City in 1862 is a mining camp sitting above a rich vein of silver in America's Wild West. It's a dangerous place, full of gamblers, hurdy girls and gunmen - all of them on the make! When twelve year-old P.K. Pinkerton arrives there, homeless, penniless and hunted, things don't look good. But P.K. soon finds allies in Sam Clemens, a newspaper reporter, Poker Face Jace, a gambler who can tell when someone is bluffing, and Ping, a Chinese photographer's apprentice.

Filled with engaging improv activities, this interactive guide will ensure you never come away from a tough moment pondering the woulda, coulda, shoulda! again. You'll learn how to nurture your personal style for communicating in every professional situation. From effective listening in the office, giving presentations, and leading meetings to negotiating a raise, acing an interview, and more, you'll start communicating with confidence.

His favourite mares having died of old age, Thowra goes north for a summer, where he courts Yuri, the firstborn daughter of the sun and the moon, Wurring and Ilinga. Will he be able to keep Yuri safe from the sons of the iron grey, and the furies of a killer storm? And what of the hundreds of brumbies that come to see if it is true that the great silver stallion really is alive? Will Thowra be able to reach his beloved Ramshead, far to the south, where he was born and where his mother's bones bleach, to keep his appointment with destiny?

Meet Maggie Doyle, an ex-cop turned private investigator, who's on a mission to find a slice of paradise in her new home of Whisper Island, Ireland. Too bad wherever Maggie goes dead bodies and mystery seem to follow. Enjoy the first three audiobooks in Movie Club Mysteries series in one convenient set! This collection includes: Dial P for Poison, The Postman Always Dies Twice, and How to Murder a Millionaire. Grab your copy and meet Maggie today!

Annie Madden and her husband, Peter, seemed to have the perfect life: two beautiful children, a wonderful home and each other. That was before everything changed. Now Annie must face a different future, after a devastating event casts a shadow over her family and their future. When she is offered the chance to pick up her previous career as a writer, Annie is reluctant. Hollywood bad-boy Senan Donnelly has scared off every other ghost-writer who has tried to tell his story, so why would she be any different?

This poem explores the life of elephants in their natural habitat and in captivity, and details their relentless destruction at the hands of man. Evocatively read by the author.