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A trip to Havana, Cuba, otherwise known as the “City of Columns”, tops many bucket lists for good reason. The mere mention of this once-hidden gem of a city, situated on the western part of the largest Caribbean island nation, evokes the breathtaking imagery of sun-soaked streets and sprawling, golden-sand beaches surrounded by twinkling, almost impossibly crystalline waters, reminiscent of pastel sapphires.

The Wright Brothers initially underestimated the difficulties involved in flying, and they were apparently surprised by the fact that so many others were working on solving the “problem of human flight” already. Decades before their own historic plane would end up in the National Air & Space Museum, Wilbur and Orville asked the Smithsonian for reading materials and brushed up on everything from the works of their contemporaries to Leonardo Da Vinci.

Few people need to be reminded in the 21st century of the cost of European imperialism and colonization on indigenous and native cultures around the world. The increasingly controversial view of Columbus Day, still represented on the United States commemorative calendar, attests quite clearly to an ambiguous modern view of early European encounters with Native Americans. Slavery, disease, land and resource appropriation, and the rapid disintegration of indigenous societies are all characteristics of European global expansion.

Lorenzo Delmonte consacre tout son temps au grand parc animalier qu'il a fondé dans le Jura. Quand un ancien camarade d'études lui propose de venir passer un mois dans la réserve de Samburu, au Kenya, Lorenzo voit là une occasion inespérée d'observer la faune sauvage dans son habitat naturel. Pour la première fois, il accepte de s'absenter et de confier la responsabilité du parc à son équipe, sous la direction de Julia, sa meilleure vétérinaire.

Early Balloons and Airships: The History of the City’s Underground Ossuaries and Burial Network looks at the development of the first balloons and airships, and how they were primarily used. You will learn about the first airships like never before.

Plenty of unusual characters came to the colonies to participate in the war, with many sporting dubious titles such as the Baron de Kalb, but perhaps none arrived in a more unique way than John Paul Jones...and his aggression became the stuff of legend. While the British accused him of being a pirate, he was feted by the Americans and French during the war before joining the Russian navy after the war.

A young boy lays dreaming on a grassy hill, escaping the harsh realities of the real world. His family pressures him to grow up and conform, but he resists. One day, he finds a discarded refrigerator box, which he drags home and paints blue. Climbing inside, he goes off on fantastic adventures, picking up a companion along the way. Then, one day, something happens and his make-believe world is shaken. Is drudgery and conformity inevitable, or can a childish imagination survive? Find out as we travel to the far reaches of space and time with a boy and his box.

Today the Space Race is widely viewed poignantly and fondly as a race to the Moon that culminated with Apollo 11 “winning” the Race for the United States. In fact, it encompassed a much broader range of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States...On February 20, 1962, John Glenn orbited the Earth, nearly a year after Gagarin’s orbit, and he remains best known for that historic feat...this audiobook profiles his life, chronicles his historic space mission, and details all the highlights before and after it.

If you want to learn how to beat the market, you have to learn how the market works. Never forget it: Trend is your friend! Would you like to know the world of swing trading but don't know where to start? That's why you have to buy this audiobook: This book contains all the information you need to help you approach the world of trading in the best way. Thanks to the contents of this manual, you will learn to predict market trends and generate profits thanks to proven and successful swing trading strategies.

The Winking Stork says, “This is a tale that takes place twice upon a time in a magical, enchanted land." The Winking Stork remarks, “Froggy do you remember now that you were once a human prince who lost his memory?“ Froggy replies, “What are you talking about?” Froggy says, “All I can remember is that I’ve always been a frog who loves to eat flies, sing, and dance” The Stork says, “Let me tell you your story as a prince before you ever became a frog.”

Do you want to know more about anxiety that the internet cannot answer you? Do you have so many questions inside your head about it? Then, Anxiety Workbook: Take Control Over Your Brain is the right book for you! The author has carefully picked the topic without meaning to offend anyone. Every word in this audiobook has been designed to ensure that you will understand what anxiety is and how it affects you or the people around you.

La parole de Gaston Couté est à la fois ciselée, mordante, drôle ou lyrique... Elle sait encore nous toucher à un siècle de distance. Le poète tisse de si belle manière un lien entre un patrimoine qui nous est encore proche et les rêves d'aujourd'hui vers un monde plus humain. Cette langue, patois ou français est simple, vivante, colorée faites pour le plaisir de la dire ou de la chanter. Ce livre audio comprend un choix de textes proposé par Bernard Meulien.

Ils ne se connaissent pas, mais un même rêve leur a donné rendez-vous dans une mystérieuse chapelle des Highlands en Écosse. Valeria, Peter et Stefan ignorent qu'ils sont la preuve vivante d'une découverte révolutionnaire sur les arcanes de la mémoire faite vingt ans plus tôt par deux scientifiques disparus. Une découverte que beaucoup voudraient s'approprier - à n'importe quel prix. Pour échapper à ceux qui les traquent, ils n'ont pas d'autre choix que de remonter à l'origine du secret dont ils sont les ultimes gardiens. Leurs souvenirs sont des sanctuaires.

"Le chef d'œuvre inconnu" : cette nouvelle primordiale repose en fait, sur un leurre. Elle contribue à révéler le statut de l'artiste et prouve effectivement que, chez Balzac, la mystification permet en fait de dire le vrai, de dire la vérité. Adieu 1812, lors des derniers moments du passage de la Bérézina, Philippe de Sucy sauve d'une mort certaine le général de Vandières et sa jeune épouse qui n'est autre que l'amour de jeunesse de Sucy. 1819, Sucy retrouve la comtesse de Vandières folle et il entreprend de lui rendre la raison.

The big exhibition of Matisse's Cut-Outs at Tate Modern in London was, certainly on the face of it, everything that a major museum of modern and contemporary art should be doing. It was beautifully presented, very professionally curated, had an extremely thorough, excellently illustrated catalogue, and was greeted with ecstatic reviews.

To Morena Darkstorm, fighting for the equality of her citizens in her kingdom of Arisite is a dangerous game in the vampyre court. The high nobles seek to enslave their lower silver counterparts to enhance their rule and to sign an alliance with Kindred, their enemy kingdom of 100 years. She finds herself at odds with her family, speaking against the injustice of their lands with only the support of her closest servants: Lucille, an ancient silver of great power, and Amelia, a silver-haired maid with more power than she knows.

Les rêves les plus fous s'accomplissent dans les vies sans réserve. Découvrez le roman d'un homme qui rêvait de distraire les tigres... Lorenzo, jeune vétérinaire, se lance dans un projet de parc animalier basé sur le respect de la faune sauvage. Pour asseoir son succès et le pérenniser, il doit cependant trouver de nouveaux financements... C'est vers sa famille, et plus particulièrement vers son beau-père Xavier, qu'il se tourne d'abord, sans grand succès... Les relations sont houleuses depuis de nombreuses années entre les deux hommes. Mais voici que dans ses déboires, revient Julia, l'amour de jeunesse de Lorenzo.

The meaning mastery gap is the difference between our expectations and the reality of our lives that can leave us feeling dissatisfied, frustrated, or cynical. It’s a mastery gap because although we may legitimately blame our circumstances, fate, or other people, we know that we also have responsibility for our life situation.

Avril 1975, Saïgon est en plein chaos. À l'abri d'une villa, entre deux whiskies, un général de l'armée du Sud Vietnam et son capitaine dressent la liste de ceux qui pourront quitter le pays par les derniers avions. Mais ce que le général ignore, c'est que son capitaine est un agent double au service des communistes. Arrivé en Californie, tandis que le général et ses compatriotes exilés tentent de recréer un petit bout de Vietnam sous le soleil de L.A., notre homme observe et rend des comptes dans des lettres codées à son meilleur ami resté au pays.

The Ecovia do Litoral (the coastal eco-way) is a cycle route that, as the name suggests, follows the coast across the beautiful Algarve region of Southern Portugal. This audiobook follows numerous attempts at the route but focuses mainly on the author's first and, albeit unplanned, disastrous solo expedition in 2012 and two more successful but nonetheless traumatic trips made with equally unprepared friends in 2014 and 2018.