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A complicated and multifarious notion, manipulation is mostly about our capacity to direct, influence, or control people, events, or results. It is profoundly rooted in human contacts and shapes people's communication, persuasion, and power assertion techniques. Though it is usually connected with negative connotations, manipulation is neither always good nor bad. The ethical consequences of the activity depend on its goal, technique, and effect. Manipulation is fundamentally the strategic use of knowledge, emotions, or actions to get a desired result.

Written by sex educator and body-positivity advocate Ruby Rare, Sex Ed is the practical and fun guide to sex that you've always wanted - but never known how to ask for. This is the information you should have been taught at school: a no-holds-barred roadmap that covers everything from how the brain is the most important sex organ and how to communicate what you want to yourself and a partner, all the way down to the messy stuff - solo sex, orgasms, touching, kissing, blow jobs, cunnilingus, anal play, lube, toys, kegels.

Deeply personal experiences, vivid stories and anecdotes that have shaped who we've become. Thoughtfully selected, produced and shared by Ruby Teys.Transcripts avalible: https://substack.com/@theblondeleadingtheblind?

I don't know the secrets that lurk within my sorority, and apparently neither does anyone else. My search for the truth behind the disappearances meets with blank stares and pleas of innocence. But someone knows. They're watching. They're waiting. They're hiding. They're attacking the man I love. The only way to put an end to it is to bend the Sallys to my will. I'm taking over and hunting the kidnappers down. Before the next person to disappear is me.

In today’s online culture, it’s easy to confuse influencers with leaders and chase the followers, the likes, and the superficial success. But, while influencers paint a pretty picture, real leaders pave a path. Leadership isn’t about what you do, nor is it about what you’ve accomplished. It’s about who you be. What people really yearn for is someone who cuts through the bullshit and lives and operates authentically.

It was only a few days ago that Tess Biedermann, Theo Biedermann, and Jaime Cruz, along with a mysterious figure from the past, managed to survive an assault on the location of the latest clue in the Morningstarr cipher - and, in the process, made a shocking discovery about their own connection to this 160-year-old enigma. Now the friends are divided. Tess and Theo have no idea what the photo they found in Greenwood Cemetery means, but Jaime is convinced that they do, and that they've been keeping their own secrets from him.

My brother’s best friend harshly rejected me as his mate years ago. Now I’m back in town, and guess who my new neighbor is? I want to forget him, but fate is throwing us together in every possible way. I want to avoid him, but that’s hard in a small town like this. I’m sure that he’s forgotten all about me. But unfortunately, I’ve never been able to forget about him. I’ve always remembered the woodsy smell of his body. I’ve always remembered the softness of his lips.

All Cara Parker wants is to be swept off her feet...but the way her life is going, that's not happening anytime soon. She's got a humdrum office job and a self-centered boyfriend, but those things are stable and safe. All that changes with the arrival of Ellery Chandler, a silver-haired corporate superstar and the "most eligible lesbian in the business world". Cara's encounter with this powerful, captivating woman starts off a series of events that challenge everything Cara thought she knew about herself, her life...and her desires.

Bridges Out of Poverty is a unique and powerful tool designed specifically for social, health, and legal services professionals. Based in part on Dr. Ruby K. Payne's myth-shattering A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Bridges reaches out to the millions of service providers and businesses whose daily work connects them with the lives of people in poverty.

Die Ice Planet Barbarians bringen alle Herzen zum Schmelzen! Kaum zu fassen, oder? Raahosh, einer der blauen Alienmänner von Not-Hoth, hat mich entführt, damit ich mich unsterblich in ihn verliebe. Das wäre ja noch schöner! Okay, er ist unglaublich sexy, aber diese unwiderstehliche Anziehungskraft, die von ihm ausgeht, ist reine Biologie. Da sind keine Gefühle im Spiel. Das liegt alles an dem Symbionten, den alle auf Not-Hoth aufnehmen müssen, damit sie auf diesem unwirtlichen Eisplaneten überleben können. Der Symbiont sorgt dafür, dass Raahosh glaubt, dass wir füreinander bestimmt sind.

Dieser Eisplanet bringt jedes Herz zum Schmelzen! Georgie und einige andere Frauen wurden von Aliens entführt und sind auf einem fremden Planeten abgestürzt: einem Eisplaneten mit Schneestürmen und lebensbedrohlichen Temperaturen, auf dem es weit und breit nur Schnee und Kälte gibt. Georgie macht sich mit der einzigen wetterfesten Kleidung auf die Suche nach Hilfe, um ihre Begleiterinnen und sich zu retten. Und tatsächlich findet sie diese auch: Vektal, ein großer blauer Einheimischer, ist nicht nur äußerst hilfsbereit, sondern auch ziemlich sexy.

One half of an intergalactic assassin team, Jadzion heads to New Mexico for his target while his brother Heriot heads to California. They've traveled millions of miles and through star systems to find their targets, who are gun-runners on a galactic scale. Now, though, Jadzion has a problem. He's waited until the last minute to go planetside, and his target's at a couples retreat.

The Brotherhood has us in their sights. The attacks are coming from everywhere and nowhere from a seemingly invisible enemy. When we discover how the Brotherhood manages to stay five steps ahead, it’s up to me to find and stop the traitor. But it requires me to revisit a place I swore I’d never go: my past. The battle for the city we love is heating up. The Brotherhood challenges the Merchants’ right to rule, and Genny and the Savage Princes don’t give a f--k. Cinco is theirs and they’ll fight to the death to protect it. And me…well, I just might be their secret weapon.

This workbook is a guide on how to drop anchor when life, and the world around you, gets too daunting. It's filled with exercises and information for when you're suddenly forced to confront the hard truths or as I like to call them, the BIG SIX realities - difficult emotions, uncertainty, loneliness, change, dissatisfaction and death. It isn't just about how to get through a pandemic.... Or the post-pandemic fall-out. It is a WAKE-UP call. One that will increase your awareness of every moment through mindfulness.

Lucky . . . isn't. In fact, she's considered 'off limits' to the Bedlam Butchers because she's caused them nothing but bad luck in the past. As a bonus? She's also the president's kid sister. Single and lonely? That's Lucky's way of life. Now, the Eighty-Eight Henchmen are harassing her and they're out for blood.

A secret lies at the heart of this town. At the heart of my tragedies. And I won’t stop until I find the truth. Unfortunately, I can’t count all the obstacles in my way. The battle between the Crows and Bedlam Boys is heating up.

At DigiSmith Press, we're unaware of any fantasy that holds greater appeal to women than the fantasy of a first lesbian sex experience. How would it be different? How would it be the same? How would it feel, and just how nervous and excited would it make you? Would a woman's kiss be like a man's kiss, or would it be something different entirely? Would it be thrilling? Scary? Comforting? Would it be sexy as hell? Here is a collection of lesbian sex erotica stories that might answer some of those questions.

Life has never been worse. The Phantom who haunted my nightmares turned out to be bigger, badder, and deadlier than I ever knew was possible. My guys are in hiding. My allies are enemies. And I have nowhere to turn.

Das Buch ist eine der schönsten Erfindungen der Menschheit. Bücher lassen Worte durch Zeit und Raum reisen und sorgen dafür, dass Ideen und Geschichten Generationen überdauern. Irene Vallejo nimmt uns mit auf eine abenteuerliche Reise durch die faszinierende Geschichte des Buches, von den Anfängen der Bibliothek von Alexandria bis zum Untergang des Römischen Reiches. Dabei treffen wir auf rebellische Nonnen, gewiefte Buchhändler, unermüdliche Geschichtenerzählerinnen und andere Menschen, die sich der Welt der Bücher verschrieben haben.

The time is coming that everyone will have to make a choice: their homes, their loves, or their lives. I made my choice for the Bedlam Boys in every way that matters. But when the time comes and the old bells of Bedlam chime for war a second time, will Cairo, Arsenio, Jacques, Legend, and Roan choose me?