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Dissatisfied with his empty, Sisyphus-like existence in New York City, where he has abandoned his creative dreams for a job in corporate advertising, a highly cultured aspiring composer wants nothing more than to tear his life up from the root. He soon finds his escape hatch: a university-sponsored mission to South America to look for indigenous musical instruments in one of the few areas of the world not yet touched by civilization. Retracing the steps of time, he voyages with his lover into a land that feels outside of history.

On the surface, Arlo is just your typical teenager who loves playing video games, struggles with popularity, and has parents who nag him. But deep inside, Arlo is hiding a secret—something evil has crept into his dreams, terrorizing his nights with horrific visions.

"Je dédie cet abécédaire des concepts des cultures éloignées à la mémoire de Marcel Mauss. Pour moi, ce sont autant d’éléments du gigantesque puzzle que pourrait être un répertoire de l’humanité. Marcel Mauss a su, comme nul autre, distinguer dans les mondes éloignés les concepts spécifiques à une culture, celle-ci et pas une autre, leur restituer leur signification et leur usage.

The Big Book of Bad Decisions is a collection of tragicomic vignettes from the hilarious true adventures of Scott Michael Nathan, as he sets out to devour everything Hollywood has to offer — bad dates, worse roommates, A-list celebrities and porn stars, models, moguls, and mushrooms.

Nathan Gotch interviews successful SEO entrepreneurs to unlock the keys to success.

Quiet Impact is the podcast where successful tech founders share their stories of building and scaling B2B businesses, despite facing the unique challenges of being introverts in a world that often values extroversion. Each episode dives deep into how these leaders overcame sales hurdles, navigated growth, and found success by embracing their strengths. Whether you're a technical founder struggling with sales or an entrepreneur looking to scale your business without compromising your personality, Quiet Impact delivers practical insights and inspiring conversations to help you grow on your own ...

Caesar and Anders find themselves on a dangerous quest to save the only man who can bring them home. But Logan Rutherford is sought by others, and whoever reaches him first will harness the power of Arcadia. Amelia is quickly appointed Chief, yet the role comes with unforeseeable dangers. She soon realizes the town holds dark secrets connected to the Shift, but some secrets are best kept buried.

"Anchor of Support" offers a proven method that has helped thousands in your situation. Rooted in the author’s personal journey and professional expertise, this book provides a clear roadmap for supporting your loved one's recovery while maintaining your well-being.

In The Viral Storm, award-winning biologist Nathan Wolfe tells the story of how viruses and human beings have evolved side by side through history; how deadly viruses like HIV, swine flu, and bird flu almost wiped us out in the past; and why modern life has made our species vulnerable to the threat of a global pandemic. Wolfe's research missions to the jungles have earned him the nickname "the Indiana Jones of virus hunters," and here Wolfe takes listeners along on his groundbreaking and often dangerous research trips - to reveal the surprising origins of the most deadly diseases....

Already sold in eight countries around the world, these nine energized, irreverent stories from Nathan Englander introduce an astonishing new talent.

In this dispatch from exile, Hong Kong political activist Nathan Law explores the meaning of freedom - and shows how easily freedoms can be eroded or dismantled. Freedom is fragile - it is not a given, and each generation must fight to protect it, whether in emerging democracies or in the Western world, where freedom is too often taken for granted.

Private Detective Greyson Travers has a secret, but he isn’t the only one. When a stunning widow asks him to investigate the suicide of her husband, Greyson plans for an easy resolution. But a quick look into the past gets dangerous for his future. He isn’t the only one interested in the case, and the longer he’s involved, the more victims turn up dead.

The tragic story of Natalee Holloway still remains a mystery to this day. The events prior to her disappearance are centered on unreliable witnesses, investigators not following proper procedures, and friends who had left her alone with local patrons. To say that a school trip is never supposed to turn out this way is a monumental understatement.

The new digital assets for instant, global value transfer. Borderless. Universal access. Free from gatekeepers, central authorities, and middlemen. Anyone with an interest in technology and their own financial future needs to understand this new age of cryptocurrency and cryptoassets. The Crypto Intro is your ultimate guide to understanding and using crypto. No prior knowledge assumed.

« Connaissez-vous l'Antimonde ? le seul jeu vidéo que vous allez préférer à la vie ! (…) Puisque votre vie n'a pas l'air palpitante, je suis heureux de pouvoir vous en offrir une deuxième. Place à votre anti-moi... ! » Alors que Julien, jeune musicien de 28 ans, s'enlise dans son quotidien morne, il découvre en ligne un monde "miroir" d'une précision extraordinaire où tout est possible ; un écosystème ludique où les abonnés interconnectés vivent la vie de leurs avatars, reléguant au deuxième plan leur vie réelle.

Arlo Lewis faced the enemy and survived. Barely. What they found at Refuge would change the future of mankind forever, but will it be enough to save Earth? When Preston Lewis’ true motives become clear, Arlo must choose between his friends and his grandfather. Bryson Kelley is a man on a mission, and his desire to bring his loved one from the clutches of the enemy might bring humanity’s ultimate downfall.

Nathan Runkle would have been a fifth-generation farmer in his small Midwestern town. Instead, he founded our nation's leading nonprofit organization for protecting factory farmed animals. In Mercy for Animals, Nathan brings us into the trenches of his organization's work; from MFA's early days in grassroots activism, to dangerous and dramatic experiences doing undercover investigations, to the organization's current large-scale efforts at making sweeping legislative change to protect factory farmed animals and encourage compassionate food choices.

In our culture, there is a premium placed on finding our passion, as though somehow once we've found it, our lives will finally start to come together as we've always imagined. We've held onto these beliefs about passion and have made daily and even life-changing decisions based on the principle of following our passion.

Winning is not a some of the time activity it is an all of the time activity. Success in sales takes talent, skills, discipline, practice, and most importantly honesty with a genuine concern for the client. Experienced sales professional and entrepreneur, Nathan Jamail has developed a playbook of techniques and best practices, which have allowed hundreds of sales teams to find success. The Sales Leaders Playbook focuses on how to build and lead a winning team.

Your mental model is not rigid. At any point in life, you possess the ability to change your perspective. Have you found that success does not erase insecurity and self-doubt? Do you know what it feels like to long for a different life? Sleeping Giants provides practical insights into how ordinary people can choose to build lives that matter.