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Born to indigenous working-class Mexican immigrants in San Diego in the 1970s, Jesse Leon’s childhood was violently ruptured. A dangerous and harrowing encounter at a local gift shop when he was eleven years old left Jesse with a deadly secret. Hurt, alone, and scared for his life, Jesse numbed his pain by losing himself in the hyper-masculine culture of the streets and wherever else he could find it—in alcohol, drugs, and prostitution.

One afternoon, Commissario Guido Brunetti gets a frantic call from the director of a prestigious Venetian library. Someone has stolen pages out of several rare books. After a round of questioning, the case seems clear: The culprit must be the man who requested the volumes, an American professor from a Kansas university. The only problem-- the man fled the library earlier that day, and after checking his credentials, the American professor doesn't exist.

Oregon, 1983 - nach einer grausamen Serie mysteriöser Morde scheint in dem kleinen Küstenstädtchen Harmony Bay endlich wieder Normalität einzukehren. Zumindest, wenn es nach Bürgermeister White geht. Doch Deputy Landers traut dem Frieden nicht, denn zu viele Fragen sind noch immer ungeklärt: Warum und wohin sind Sheriff Cody und seine beiden Kinder verschwunden? Wieso war die Regierung hinter dem Nachtmahr her? Was hat es mit dem ominösen Manila Club auf sich?

Soon after the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Revolution, Leon Trotsky led the Red Army against the counter-revolutionary White armies. Written in the white heat of the Civil War, "Terrorism and Communism" is one of the most potent defences of revolutionary dictatorship of the twentieth century. In his provocative commentary in this new edition, the coruscating critic Slavoj Zizek argues that Trotsky's attack on the illusions of democracy has a vital relevance to today.

"La mente es como el agua. Cuando está calmada y en paz, puede reflejar la belleza en el mundo. Cuando está agitada, puede tener el paraíso enfrente y no lo refleja." (David Fishman) La meditación y la hipnosis clínica son técnicas que potencian y utilizan los recursos internos, consiguiendo de una forma más rápida y eficaz la resolución de los conflictos. Te acompaño en este proceso para mejorar tu autoconocimiento, tu capacidad de autorregulación, a modular del dolor, aumentar tu creatividad, motivación y autoestima. Tu calma es la llave para vivir mejor.

Surprised, if not dismayed, to discover from his superior, Vice-Questore Patta, that leaks are emanating from the Questura, Commissario Guido Brunetti is surprised more consequentially by the appearance of a friend of his wife's, fearful that her son is using drugs and hopeful Brunetti can somehow intervene. When Tullio Gasparini, the woman's husband, is found unconscious and with a serious brain injury at the foot of a Venice bridge at midnight, Brunetti is drawn to pursue a possible connection to the boy's behavior. But the truth, as Brunetti has experienced so often, is rarely straightforward.

It is June 1936. Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) has finally been granted a visa for asylum in Norway, having been banned first from living in Paris, and then the whole of France. With him comes the draft of The Revolution Betrayed: What Is the Soviet Union and Where Is It Going?, which is completed and sent to the publishers on the 4th of August. The book, published by Faber in 1937, is considered to be Trotsky’s major work on Stalinism.

Amy ist zurück in Harmony Bay - und mit ihr das Monster. Cody weiß, dass seine kleine Tochter eine Gefahr für die gesamte Stadt darstellt, und trotzdem kann er es nicht zulassen, dass irgendjemand ihr etwas antut. Eine echte Zerreisprobe bahnt sich an. Als sich unter den Einwohnern der kleinen Küstenstadt ein merkwürdiges Virus verbreitet, das die Betroffenen unkontrollierbar macht, scheint der Nachtmahr allerdings nicht mehr die einzige Gefahr zu sein. Sheriff Landers muss handeln, um seine Stadt zu retten - und trifft dabei eine folgenschwere Entscheidung...

Growing up in the Bronx, Joél Leon was taught that being soft, being vulnerable, could end your life. Shaped by a singular view of Black masculinity espoused by the media, by family and friends, and by society, he learned instead to care about the gold around his neck and the number of bills in his wallet. He absorbed the “facts” that white was always right and Black men were seen as threatening or great for comic relief but never worthy of the opening credits. It wasn’t until years later that Joél understood he didn’t have to be defined by these things.

All the most well-known leaders in sales have one thing in common: They believe in continuous growth and learning from those who have walked the path before you. Leon Ehumadu has walked that path in exactly your trajectory. Not only does he know what works and what doesn’t work in sales he knows what works and what doesn’t work in furniture sales. Consistently successful salesmanship requires you to quickly understand any situation that lies before you and interpret the needs of your customer. It requires you to make that customer trust you…and then go forth and spread the word.

Après avoir quitté son petit ami durant des vacances ratées, Anna Maria Giusti rentre chez elle. Lorsqu’elle passe récupérer son courrier chez sa voisine Constanza Altavilla, elle trouve celle-ci étendue sur le sol, sa tête baignant dans une flaque de sang. Pour le légiste, cela ne fait aucun doute, la vieille dame a été terrassée par une crise cardiaque et, dans sa chute, sa tête a heurté le radiateur de sa chambre. Dépêché sur les lieux, le commissaire Brunetti ne trouve aucune preuve flagrante infirmant cette hypothèse.

Dialectal behavioral therapy (DBT) is designed to teach people how to healthily cope with the stress and find it easier to handle their emotions. In this bundle, you will find guidance on how to properly incorporate DBT in your life. Learn about all the benefits of DBT, and gain essential skills that will make you stronger, help you develop mindfulness, and make your life easier.

Congratulations on finding your ultimate travel guide to Hawaii! So you’re going to Hawaii? Lucky you. Your friends and family will sure be jealous because you’re going to one of the best place on earth! As a traveler myself, I’ve been lucky enough to travel to Hawaii, and my goal for this book is to give you all the useful, practical information about Hawaii so you can enjoy your travel to the fullest! With accurate, up-to-date information, this book will take you along the scenic trails of Hawaii to provide you with the best vacation ever. From the most luxurious resorts to affordable albeit comfortable inns, you will discover a plethora of stunning places, including those secret gems that are not normally publicized.

Commissario Guido Brunetti must contend with ingenious corruption, bureaucratic intransigence, and the stifling heat of a Venetian summer. As he plans a trip to the mountains with his family, he learns that cases at the local court - hardly known as a model of efficiency - are being delayed to the benefit of one of the parties. A creative new trick for corrupting the system, perhaps, but what can Brunetti do about it?

Is there a Universal Consciousness in whose consciousness we live, move, and have our being? The exploration of consciousness is the final frontier in the exploration of life and the mysteries of existence - its origin and on-going presence - as well as for answering questions that intellectual analysis cannot answer, because it is based on the speculations of the five senses. This book is a compilation of 50 essays Dr. Masters wrote based on his more than 50 years of research into higher consciousness.

Recopilación de relatos de Juan León Mera. Estas narraciones muestran una amplia visión de costumbres, un cuadro del Ecuador del siglo XIX, y nos introducen en el pensamiento del autor. Estos cuentos son "Entre dos tías y un tío", "Porque soy cristiano", "Un matrimonio inconveniente", "Historieta", "Un recuerdo y unos versos" y "Una mañana en los Andes".

Es una de las obras cumbres de la literatura rusa y sin lugar a dudas de la literatura universal. Se considera uno de los mejores logros literarios de Tolstói y sigue siendo un clásico de la literatura mundial alabado internacionalmente.

Established under the leadership of the writer and thinker Idries Shah, ICR considered profound questions facing human society, seeking answers by tackling problems in new ways. Or, rather, as Shah insisted - in an ancient way. Such systems were employed routinely by human civilization, until recent divisions and subdivisions disrupted well-honed methods of advancement and progression.

Este audiolibro proporciona una investigación informativa sobre la formación de la cultura extrovertida de la sociedad moderna, donde la timidez, la sensibilidad y la seriedad se perciben a menudo como algo negativo. Utilizando los ejemplos de muchas personalidades famosas, la autora demuestra de manera convincente que, la naturaleza introvertida de aproximadamente la mitad de la humanidad hace posible alcanzar el éxito donde los extrovertidos no pueden.

Two decades after the Civil War, first-generation Irish-American Zachary O'Hara, son of a legendary Marine and a force of a man in his own right, finds himself playing a critical role as the very existence of the Marine Corps is being decided. If he can help persuade the Secretary of the Navy that the Marines will be crucial to America's security in years to come, all the while hefting a heavy, secret weight in his heart, he'll save the Corps and make his career.