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The way in which organizations manage their people has always been pivotal to their performance, long before formal human resource management coalesced into a definable and somewhat fashionable discipline in the mid-1980s.

Immerse yourself in the vanished world inhabited by Jane Austen's contemporaries. Packed with detail and anecdotes, this is an intimate exploration of how the middle and upper classes lived from 1775, the year of Austen's birth, to the coronation of George IV in 1820. Sue Wilkes skillfully conjures up all aspects of daily life within the period, drawing on contemporary diaries, illustrations, letters, novels, travel literature, and archives.

Many people hear the word "Buddhism", and they think it is a religion. However, a person of any religion can bring Buddhist principles into their life without giving up their religious beliefs. Buddhism is a simple and practical philosophy, practiced by more than 300 million people worldwide, that can make your life better and help you find inner peace and happiness.

Her brother Ethan is dead. then why does he visit and why does he leave the doors open for Lucy and her sisters -- doors that whisper of the place that claimed Ethan's body and mind?

A royal wedding masks the unfolding of Catherine de Medici's murderous plot against the Huguenots. Survival rests with a beautiful young couturiere and a dashing nobleman. Faith in Christ must uphold them, and all who stand alone, to escape the venom of Madame le Serpent.

In the midst of the first Gulf War, a young Iraqi girl huddles with her neighbours in an air raid shelter. There, she meets Nadia. The two girls quickly become best friends and together they imagine a world not torn apart by civil war, sharing their dreams, their hopes and their desires, and their first loves. But as they grow older and the bombs continue to fall, the international sanctions bite and friends begin to flee the country, the girls must face the fact that their lives will never be the same again.

Davie was lost and presumed dead. With no choice but to move on without her, Bron, Mallory, and Mickey are forced to prepare for a war they appear incapable of winning. When a young street urchin shows up claiming to have critical information, they may have found salvation. Will they risk everything on the fantasies of a homeless orphan boy? Dragon Oracle Omnibus: Volume 2 contains books 4-6 in the Dragon Oracle urban fantasy series.

Against a backdrop of Islamophobia, Europeans are increasingly airbrushing from history their cultural debt to the Muslim world. But this legacy lives on in some of Europe's most recognizable buildings, from Notre-Dame Cathedral to the Houses of Parliament.

In this book, I become your Fairy Godmother, guiding you step-by-step to transform into the poised and magnetic woman you aspire to be. You know that feeling when you walk into a room and all eyes turn your way? That magnetic charm, that effortless confidence, that's the High Value Woman glow, and it's about time you discovered yours!

In a gripping novel full of plot twists, B. A. Shapiro embeds us in a circle of famous painters in late-nineteenth-century Paris, centering on the anguished Impressionist artist Berthe Morisot—the one woman in their midst who never got her due—and the story of Morisot’s great-great-great-great granddaughter, Tamara Rubin, who has inherited Édouard Manet’s Party on the Seine, a painting that completely upends her life.

Eine Chinesin, die es wagt, ihren brasilianischen Freund nicht mehr länger nur in einer virussicheren, virtuellen Realität zu treffen. Ein junger Mann in Sri Lanka, der mittels autonomer Fahrzeuge Leben rettet. Ein Münchner Quantencomputerprofi, der die Welt mit KI-gesteuerten Waffen ins Chaos stürzen will... In KI 2041 haben sich der international bekannteste KI-Experte und ein führender Science-Fiction-Autor zusammengetan, um eine zwingende Frage zu beantworten: Wie wird künstliche Intelligenz unser Leben in zwanzig Jahren verändert haben?

Tout a commencé par un rêve où me fut délivré un mystérieux message... Cette nuit-là, Patricia reçoit en songe la visite d'un templier : Jacques de Molay, le dernier grand maître du Temple, brûlé vif sur le bûcher le 18 mars 1314. Celui-ci a une mission à lui confier. Pour accomplir ce que l'ancien chevalier attend d'elle, il lui faudra multiplier les rencontres, canaliser de nombreux messages et révélations de l'au-delà, vivre une initiation et des synchronicités saisissantes qui l'amèneront à comprendre bien des mystères entourant cet ordre de moines-soldats dont le destin et la puissance n'ont cessé d'interroger à travers les siècles.

Body-based psychotherapist, movement specialist, and renowned author-educator Christine Caldwell (Oppression and the Body) offers a radically ambitious mode of somatic awareness and inquiry—and shows how designing our own conscious movement practices can improve not only our own lives, but our relationships, communities, and culture. This anthology explores how movement practices can help us be more present; more grounded and intentional in responding to and working with experiences in the moment; and claim our own bodily autonomy.

The celestial rulers need human women to prevent the end of their alien civilization. Their human agents, working nonstop to recruit suitable mates, will stop at nothing to accomplish their purpose. That purpose is simple. Pair beautiful, fertile women with multiple extraterrestrial men. If you’ve ever wondered what it would mean to have a male harem available to you, maybe you’ll be fortunate enough to find out. Keep your eyes and ears open because the universe is closer than you think. * ** It’s the end of my vacation when out of nowhere, I get abducted by aliens.

The celestial rulers need human women to prevent the end of their alien civilization. Their human agents, working nonstop to recruit suitable mates, will stop at nothing to accomplish their purpose. That purpose is simple. Pair beautiful, fertile women with multiple extraterrestrial men. If you’ve ever wondered what it would mean to have a male harem available to you, maybe you’ll be fortunate enough to find out. Keep your eyes and ears open because the universe is closer than you think. * ** I decide it’s finally time to sleep with Connor. After a whole lot of dates, I’m ready. He’s special.

Curated from messages shared in Unstoppable, Undaunted, and Unexpected, along with new insights and encouragement, Permission to Dream is a reminder that you are needed in this world, and you matter. Your purpose is bigger than you know, and God has created you to do something that will reflect his light in the world, and he has qualified you to do it. With his help, you can fulfill all that He's created you to do.

In Psalms for Trials: Meditations on Praying the Psalms by Lindsey Tollefson, we see that the psalms are not just pious words for the religious, but they are meant to be our prayers for every trial we face, just as they have been a comfort for generations of Christians before us, including King David and the Lord Jesus. The psalms allow us to pour ourselves out in prayer to God and to receive the comfort that comes from the promises found in his word.

Die Erinnerungen an ihre Kindheit sind das einzige, das Ellie von ihrer Heimat Schottland noch geblieben sind. Doch als das urige "Rose Cottage" ihrer Tante vor dem Ruin steht, reist sie Hals über Kopf zurück nach Fallbury–in das Fischerdorf direkt neben den Klippen. Fest entschlossen, das Bed & Breakfast zu retten, stürzt Ellie sich in die Arbeit und wird dabei von zahlreichen Erinnerungen eingeholt. Eine von ihnen trägt den Namen Graham Flynt und hat Ellies Herz schon einmal im Sturm erobert …

Die Wetterhexe Gula hat wieder einmal beschlossen, den Sommer mit Regen und Hagel zu verderben. Da können der kleine Drache Kokosnuss und seine Freunde natürlich nicht tatenlos zusehen.

This is the story of Joan de Geneville, wife to one of England's most infamous traitors: Roger Mortimer. After the death of her father in 1292, Joan becomes one of the greatest English heiresses of her generation. In a time when women are subservient, she is raised by her mother to command. Educated by her tutors, she becomes a formidable woman in her own right. When Joan is married her husband's lust for power knows no bounds. She is forced to choose between her duty to her King and her loyalty to her husband.