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When Donna Marie Gentile escaped from a home for delinquent girls and made her way to San Diego she had big dreams. She worked in security for a while and even dreamed of joining the police department. But things didn’t work out as she planned, and she found that the only way to survive was by turning to prostitution.

When Donna Marie Gentile escaped from a home for delinquent girls and made her way to San Diego she had big dreams. She worked in security for a while and even dreamed of joining the police department. But things didn’t work out as she planned, and she found that the only way to survive was by turning to prostitution. Donna allowed herself to be befriended by several police officers thinking that this would afford her some protection in her dangerous life on the streets. Instead she was ultimately victimized by some of the same police to whom she had turned for help. But Donna was a fighter.

Lucrezia e Antonia sono cugine, ma non potrebbero essere più diverse l’una dall’altra. La prima è bellissima, dedita a una cura morbosa del corpo e "maestra dell’immondo, eroina di una vita di scempiaggini". La seconda è bruttina, trascurata da tutti, "uno scarabocchio con l’incarnato olivigno" che a ventisette anni non ha ancora baciato nessuno. A irrompere nelle loro esistenze contrapposte, anche se legate dalla stessa necessità di riscatto, sarà Manfredi, un pianista di trentadue anni che si muove nella realtà come un fantasma, forse perché da bambino è stato un prodigio.

Dopo la pubblicazione di un romanzo mendace e offensivo sulla sua vita, il ricchissimo finanziere Andrew Bevel, diventato milionario dopo alcune speculazioni seguite al crollo in Borsa del ’29, assume la giovane Ida Partenza, figlia di un anarchico italiano, perché lo aiuti a scrivere un’autobiografia in grado di raccontare finalmente la verità sui suoi successi e sulla sua defunta moglie, Mildred. Ida intuisce presto che nemmeno dalla sua penna, strettamente controllata dal committente, uscirà il ritratto fedele di una donna complessa la cui reale personalità continua a sfuggirle.

This is the 2nd collection of real-life experiences and stories from Lean and Six Sigma practitioners who have spent time at the "gemba" volunteering their skills to help nonprofits and public agencies. They have generously offered to write a chapter about lessons learned and tools they have applied. A great book to share with potential volunteers, or nonprofits wanting to learn more about Lean or Six Sigma applied to their organizations.

Sometimes abnormal things happen to the most normal of people. The Big But takes the principles of The Secret to a whole new level, offering listeners a refreshingly humorous and deeply insightful look at how our thoughts shape our reality. While The Secret introduced us to the power of attraction, The Big But dives into the often-overlooked obstacles we create. Those mental 'buts' that stand in the way of manifesting our dreams.

In der Liebe und im Spiel ist alles erlaubt ... Willkommen am St. Gloria College, wo Ruhm und Reichtum auf seine angehenden Studierenden warten! Zwischen exklusiven Partys und gefährlichen Intrigen kämpfen hier die beiden Häuser Alpha und Omega um ein heiß begehrtes Stipendium, das ihnen die Tür zu einem Leben der Schönen und Reichen ermöglicht. Auch Felicia de Vries, ehrgeizig und fokussiert, hat es auf die akademische Auszeichnung abgesehen. Wenn da nur nicht Valentin Knight wäre. Der gut aussehende Bad Boy tritt für das verfeindete Haus Omega an und bricht dabei alle Spielregeln.

Why is it that when a crisis occurs some people immediately, instinctively step up and lead, as though hearing a calling? Are they just wired that way, born to lead? Or do certain moments in their lives put them on a path to extraordinary leadership? The Call to Leadership: Unlocking the Leader Within in Times of Crisis reveals the true essence of leadership in times of extreme challenge. Beyond the technical aspects of leadership, this book goes deep into the hearts and minds of global decision makers at the highest level.

Emma, Flaubert e altre ossessioni. Viziata, egoista, capricciosa, indolente, arrivista. Oppure: paladina del Desiderio, la pulsione fondamentale che muove ogni essere umano, che in lei è totalizzante al punto da guidare ogni sua azione, dalle relazioni amorose al suicidio finale. Di tutte le eroine della letteratura poche sono in grado di dividere il parere dei lettori quanto Emma Bovary. Antonella Lattanzi, una delle più grandi scrittrici italiane contemporanee, si è innamorata di Emma. Più di una volta, a ogni rilettura del capolavoro di Flaubert, in periodi diversi, e sempre cruciali, della sua vita.

Post-pandemic, the whole world is being reset. With this unifying experience that challenges our identity, rules are broken; beliefs are corrected. Happiness and meaning in work and life are no longer optional. With success being redefined as we speak, what this means for leaders is they too, now need to reset their compasses urgently—for the real threat is obsolescence and irrelevance. The time to act is now. But with many management practices fading into irrelevance, how then, can leaders chart their paths in these complex and disruptive times?

Ich hatte einen Plan, und der war gut. Finde, was versteckt wurde, und genieße es, damit zu spielen. Spiele mit ihr. Und er hat wunderbar funktioniert. Bis es eben nicht mehr so war. Wie sich herausgestellt hat, ist dieses quirlige kleine Ding ganz anders, als ich es mir erhofft hatte. Sie ist anders als alle, die ich kenne, und mehr, als ich erwartet habe.

Ms. V., a humble servant of the Lord, has been placed on assignment at Center of Hope Christian Academy. By day, she serves as a trusted counselor for students, giving them a safe haven to pour out their innermost feelings while providing professional and honest truth wrapped in a firm kindness and love that inevitably draws them closer to Jesus. Not to be outdone, the faculty also bends her ear from time to time.

On a routine trip to the Piggly Wiggly in Albany, Georgia, widower Fletcher Dukes smells a familiar perfume, then sees a tall woman the color of papershell pecans with a strawberry birthmark on the nape of her neck. He knows immediately that she is his lost love, Altovise Benson. Their bond, built on county fairs, sit-ins, and marches, once seemed a sure and forever thing. But their marriage plans were disrupted when the police turned a peaceful protest violent.

When someone would tap along and rescue me from being sandwiched between these two hardbacks, sorry, did I frighten you? You never heard or seen a talking book. Well, me either. The majority of the time, I am the only one in the room, or shall I say, “on the shelf”? So many humans walk right past me, playing blind games by pretending not to see that the struggle is real. Talk about the lack of accessibility.

One spring morning, Jodi Gibbons got up and went to school as she did every day. Her young life went sideways though when the police found that her mother had been brutally killed during the night. Twenty years later, many in Pine Grove believe Jodi got away with murder. After all, how could she have possibly slept through her mother’s violent death in the very next room? After decades of silence, Jodi accepts investigative journalist Nikki Bryant’s invitation to tell her side of the story. However, before the interview can take place, someone silences Jodi permanently.

Das magische Pony Sternenschweif ist der geheimnisvolle Held der zauberhaften "Sternenschweif"-Welt. Zusammen mit Laura erlebt es fantasievolle Abenteuer und aufregende Geschichten, die viel Platz zum Träumen lassen. Jess ist verzweifelt! Frühlingsfest auf Reiterhof Apfelhain! Auch Emma, eine neue Einhornfreundin, möchte zum Fest kommen. Doch auf einmal kann sie ihr Einhorn Goldstern nicht mehr verwandeln.

Das magische Pony Sternenschweif ist der geheimnisvolle Held der zauberhaften Sternenschweif-Welt. Zusammen mit Laura erlebt es fantasievolle Abenteuer und aufregende Geschichten, die viel Platz zum Träumen lassen. Die niedliche Katze Luna bittet Laura und Sternenschweif, ihr bei der Suche nach dem verschwundenen Kater Nox zu helfen. Doch sie stoßen nicht auf Nox, sondern auf einen traurigen Einhornfreund.

At a time when loneliness and isolation have reached unprecedented levels, it has never been more important for Christians to embrace the practice of hospitality. For many, it is a lost art—a practice we have forgotten, neglected or distorted beyond all recognition. Amid material comforts and rife individualism, practising hospitality can often hold unrealistic expectations and insurmountable pressure. But what if the practice of hospitality was simpler and yet more profound than we imagined?

Napoli, 1938. Carolina è un’operosissima sarta, sposata con don Arturo e madre di ben cinque figli. In occasione della visita di Adolf Hitler alla città, ella ha come un oscuro presentimento: ben presto, in uno sforzo quasi parossistico, inizia a lavorare di buona lena, per riuscire a stipare abbastanza risorse alimentari nella sua sartoria, così come nella cantina di casa. Di lì a pochi anni, poi, il suo impegno risulterà essere stato provvidenziale.

Joy Stapleton is Ireland’s most infamous prisoner. She was incarcerated for two life sentences after the bodies of her two young sons were found buried in a shallow grave in the Dublin mountains. But she has always maintained her innocence and argues the only reason she was ever arrested in the first place comes down to mere coincidence.