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Autokratische Herrschaft besteht im 21. Jahrhundert nicht länger nur aus einem Tyrannen an der Spitze, der mit Gewalt sein Volk unterdrückt: Heute werden Autokratien durch ausgeklügelte Netzwerke geführt, es hat sich eine neue internationale autokratische Allianz gebildet, wie Bestsellerautorin Anne Applebaum in ihrem neuen Buch zeigt. Von China bis Weißrussland, von Syrien bis Russland unterstützen sich Autokraten von heute gegenseitig mit Ressourcen und Equipment made in Iran, Myanmar oder Venezuela.

Some of today's greatest storytellers reveal their choices of the ideal grown-up bedtime story: writers such as Margaret Drabble, Ken Follett, Tessa Hadley, Robert Macfarlane, Patrick Ness, Tony Robinson, and Warsan Shire. Fold away your laptop and shut down your mobile phone. Curl up and crash out with the ultimate bedside book, one you'll return to again and again. Full of laughter and tears, moonlight and magic, Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups joyfully provides the dream way to end the day - and begin the night....

The Lives of Adam and Eve belongs to a class of Apocrypha that could be described as books written, or claimed to have been written, before the time of Christ, as part of the Old Testament, and which frequently contain prophecies. Jewish legends about Adam were numerous and very old, and the Jewish literary custom of writing ethical works in the form of a survey of history was well established.

September 1939, and the worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on the set of Hitchcock's Rebecca. Then a shocking act of violence reawakens the shadows of the past, with consequences on both sides of the Atlantic, and Josephine and DCI Archie Penrose find themselves on a trail leading back to the house that inspired a young Daphne du Maurier—a trail that echoes Rebecca's timeless themes of obsession, jealousy, and murder.

“Working Mothers Inspiring Others” is a collective shoutout to all the fierce, unstoppable women who are rewriting the rules of what it means to be a working mother.

A rare bird is nesting in the lush summer meadows of the Swiss Alps, and the grizzled members of Uncle Albert’s Royal Society for Natural History Appreciation travel en masse to get a closer look. The fact that they will be encamped at an opulent villa, coupled with the promise of a midsummer party, persuades his niece, and unenthusiastic secretary, Lady Caroline, to follow suit. As the champagne flows, and tales of rare birds grow taller, a killer makes a bold move. One of the more risque guests is strangled with her own elaborate dress.

Faites la connaissance de l'anticonformiste et intransigeante Elizabeth Zott. Votre capacité à tout changer commence ici et maintenant. Elizabeth Zott n'est pas une femme ordinaire. Elle serait d'ailleurs la première à faire remarquer qu'il n'en existe pas. Nous sommes au début des années 1960 et, à l'Institut de recherche Hastings où elle est chimiste, les hommes ont une vision très peu scientifique de l'égalité.

"Three Women - Drei Frauen" ist der Text der Stunde über weibliche Sexualität zwischen Lust und Macht, anziehend und verstörend, vielschichtig, gewaltig und schön. Alles, was Lina will, ist, dass sie jemand begehrt. Wie ist sie in diese Ehe geraten, mit zwei Kindern und einem Mann, der sie nicht einmal mehr auf den Mund küsst? Alles, was Maggie will, ist, dass sie jemand versteht. Wie konnte sie sich auf ihren Lehrer einlassen? Und warum scheinen alle nicht ihn, sondern sie dafür zu hassen? Alles, was Sloane will, ist, dass sie jemand bewundert.

Dr. Jacqueline Zaleski Mackenzie, has been eating naturally for health since high school when she lost an aunt to cancer. She knew her grandmother had died in her 30s of cancer. Both her parents died of cancer. At age 19, Jacquie gave birth to an infant, who had congenital defects. Using totally natural foods and a non-chemical based medicine that simply slowed her heart rate (digitalis) so the heart muscle could heal; by the age of four the defect was gone.

Der liebenswürdige Schneemann Olaf aus Arendelle liebt es zu lesen. Eines Tages erhält Olaf eine unerwartete Nachricht und begibt sich mit seinen Freunden Anna, Kristoff und Sven auf eine Mission zum Haus Biblio–einem Ort, der als "Meer aus Geschichten" beschrieben wird. In diesem Audible Original begleiten wir die Freunde dabei, wie sie Berge überqueren, unter Brücken nach Monstern suchen und mit freundlichen Schafen plaudern. Unterwegs findet Olaf neue Freunde und hört jede Menge aufregende Geschichten.

Von der internationalen Bestseller-Autorin von Daisy Jones & The Six und Die Sieben Männer der Evelyn Hugo. Zwei Leben, zwei Lieben, eine Entscheidung ...

Quelque chose a été découvert sur Terre, au fond de l'océan. Un ancien artéfact, semblable à une porte géante, encastrée dans le fond marin. Une énigme gigantesque, enfouie et oubliée... dix-neuf mille pieds sous terre. Afin de l'étudier, Maas-Dorian, l'entreprise la plus puissante de la galaxie, a construit tout autour de l'artéfact un immense laboratoire autonome et secret. Le nom de cette base est FATHOM. Son objectif : percer les secrets de l'artéfact et découvrir ce qu'il recèle. Mais certains mystères devraient rester enfouis. Et certaines portes devraient ne jamais être ouvertes...

Siddhartha, the respected son of a Brahmin, is expected, by all who know him, to follow in the footsteps of his father. No matter what rituals and meditations Siddhartha undergoes, he is totally unsatisfied with self, rituals, and learning. Sidhhartha leaves his father's house and together with his close friend Govinda, he starts his journey to enlightenment. He starts his journey with the ascetics, and moves on to learn what Gotama can teach, finally discovering his path for himself.

Quelque chose se trame sous la surface de la métropole archaïque de Mexico. Des tremblements de terre à répétition et des éruptions volcaniques sèment la terreur chez les habitants. Mais les dernières catastrophes naturelles qui ont frappé la ville semblent de plus en plus anormales...et sinistres.

Another day, another dead body. It's all in a day of the life of Salem Grimes. Salem Grimes figures even a God who works in mysterious ways wouldn’t resort to a dead body in a dumpster in answer to Salem’s prayers to help her stay on her diet - excuse me - strat-eat-gic plan. But a dead body in a dumpster it is, and now Salem and Viv, her octogenarian partner-in-crime-solving, are on the case once again.

Whether it’s rose quartz for love or a tiger’s eye for protection, Salem-based intuitives Sandra Wright and Leanne Marrama show you how to put the power of these simple ancient tools to work in your daily life, to improve your relationships, achieve success, increase health, honor those who have passed, promote self-love and -care, and make magic happen - from the garden to the office and everywhere in between.

In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women, and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama, aboard a ship called Clotilda. Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands along the Alabama River before being secretly parceled out to various plantations, where they made desperate attempts to maintain both their culture and also fit into the place of captivity to which they'd been delivered.

When feline black-market dealer Catra begins her heat cycle for the first time, she quickly finds herself overwhelmed by her instincts. Just when it seems like her misery will eclipse her desire, one of her clients offers to help her out. Prince Leon knows how to avoid trouble when scouting the black markets of his father's kingdom, but he doesn't expect Catra. Instinctively and irresistibly drawn to her, he offers to help ease her heat symptoms, and she is quick to agree.

Everyone needs some faith and hope! This book is just the ticket, with a collection of some of the best stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul's past on God's healing power, divine intervention, and comfort from heaven. These true stories, written by regular people, tell of prayers answered miraculously, amazing coincidences, rediscovered faith, and the serenity that comes from believing in a greater power, appealing to Christians and those of other faiths - anyone who seeks inspiration.

This eight-session study of the Book of Psalms masterfully mixes scholarly and practical teaching of one of the most well-read wisdom Books. Sandra Richter’s pedagogy offers every modern listener the scaffolding they cannot bring to the table themselves and introduces the people of God today to their ancestors in the faith in a cross-cultural-experience kind of way. There will be numerous connections to contemporary worship and devotional practices and focus on a few psalms that have become “classics” in the Christian world and need a deeper explanation.