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La Universidad, el bastión del conocimiento, atrae a las mentes más brillantes para aprender ciencias como la artificería y la alquimia. Pero bajo esos edificios y sus concurridas aulas existe un mundo en penumbra.

No man fails on purpose. Quite the opposite. When our feet hit the floor every morning, we're looking for a win. But these are turbulent times to be a man. In gathering material for this book, Morley interviewed many men. Their input was powerful. And transparent. They agreed that it's increasingly difficult to juggle all their responsibilities as men, husbands, fathers, friends, workers, churchmen, and citizens. As Nick put it, "It feels almost impossible to live out a biblical model of manhood."

J'ai libéré des princesses. J'ai incendié la ville de Trebon. J'ai suivi des pistes au clair de lune que personne n'ose évoquer durant le jour. J'ai conversé avec des dieux, aimé des femmes et écrit des chansons qui font pleurer les ménestrels. Mon nom est Kvothe.

Most methods focus on vocabulary drills and robotic voices that sound nothing like real people. That’s where Learn Spanish like a MF comes in. This audiobook is designed to help you master conversational Latin American Spanish, so you’ll finally be able to understand—and be understood by—native speakers.

What if you are only tapping into 75% of the full potential of yoga? If there was a simple and free way to harness the other 25% and make major improvements in both your asana practice and overall health, would you want to know what it is? This revolutionary yoga and breathing manual unites modern science, with clinically-proven breathing techniques, and the (mostly) forgotten wisdom of ancient Yogis to enhance your yoga practice. Written by international breath expert Patrick McKeown and leading yoga educator Anastasis Tzanis, this is an essential book for every practitioner and instructor.

I was just a cop on my beat when the world ended. My last memory was of an alien death ray ripping me from existence. When I woke up in a strange world, I should have just laid low. Figured out the rules of this place before I got involved. But, when you see a woman running from slavers. Well, let's just say they got what they deserved. Only problem is that makes enemies—demigods with the power to bind the magically gifted women of Timeria to their will.

On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The British had trapped George Washington’s army against the East River, and the fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side-by-side in one of the country’s first diverse units, they pulled off an “American Dunkirk” and saved the army by navigating the treacherous waters of the river to Manhattan.

The only way I know how to tell a story is to start at the beginning. My story begins in the eighteenth century, when South Texas was first settled by civilized people and when the big ranches came into being. History has been sanitized, but I am not dead yet. I have the verbal history to share, along with some of the greatest Texas hunting stories ever told. This true story takes you back to a time when outlaw hunting on the King Ranch was nothing more than a game. Jumping the fence was a way of life.

Freshly trained detective Johannes "Hannes" Niehaus is brand new to the Criminal Investigation Department. And his partner, unconventional veteran detective Fritz Janssen, isn't the least bit thrilled to train a rookie. When a woman's body washes up on the nearby shores of the Baltic Sea, Hannes gets his first taste of real crime - and a chance to prove himself. Quickly the investigation pulls him and Fritz into a whirlpool of dangerous, decades-old cover-ups.

Improve Your Conversations teaches you how to use the ingenious framework from improv comedy and apply it directly to your everyday social interactions and conversations...and can't we learn something from the greatest improv comedians in the world, like Tina Fey and Will Ferrell? Improv comedy and memorable conversations have almost everything in common, from their premise to what makes them great to their end goals.

Mental Agility is not a common “think smarter” book. No, it starts from biological bases of analytical thinking and how we can reprogram ourselves for deep insight. This book provides real, actionable tool after tool, because smart thinking is all about HOW and not why or what. The bottom line is that you’ll be able to apply this book’s thinking models immediately, until they become habit.

Someone is targeting high-stakes poker games in Las Vegas, brutally murdering the players and stealing the cash. They leave no evidence, no witnesses, no calling cards behind. What's even more bizarre is that even with all the cameras in Las Vegas at their disposal, Chase and her team have no idea how the killers got in or out of the hotel room. In a city known for its glitz, glamour, and magic, it appears as if the FBI have a real-life Houdini on their hands. And the only way to reveal the true nature of this deadly trick might be to go undercover.

Un jour, deux inconnus qui prétendent avoir retrouvé le carnet d'adresse de l'écrivain Jean Daragane insistent lourdement pour le rencontrer. Daragane leur accorde un rendez-vous et le voilà embarqué malgré lui dans l'enquête que ces deux jeunes gens mènent sur un certain Guy Torstel. Si Daragane a tout oublié de Torstel, ce nom en fait ressurgir d'autres. Ceux de Jacques Perrin de Lara, de Roger Vincent, de Colette Laurent, d'Annie Astrand. Une maison aussi, habitée par de drôles de gens, à Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.

After suffering stinging defeats in the 1960 presidential election against John F. Kennedy, and in the 1962 California gubernatorial election, Nixon's career was declared dead by Washington press and politicians alike. Yet on January 20, 1969, just six years after he had said his political life was over, Nixon would stand taking the oath of office as 37th President of the United States. How did Richard Nixon resurrect a ruined career and reunite a shattered and fractured Republican Party to capture the White House?

Contains two standalone books from Benedict Patrick’s Yarnsworld series.

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, the “Joyful Vegan,” has guided countless individuals through the process of becoming vegan. In The Joyful Vegan, she shares her insights into why some people stay vegan and others don’t. Understanding that the food is the easy part of being vegan, Colleen turns her attention to what she believes is the most challenging - dealing with the social, cultural, and emotional aspects: being asked to defend your eating choices, living with the awareness of animal suffering, feeling the pressure to be perfect, and experiencing guilt, remorse, and anger.

We help medical device professionals deepen their knowledge of customers, the industry, and their role. Our main objective is to help you become expert in your current position, and through a better understanding of others within your company and the best practices in others in the industry, enable you to fast-track your career.

The world is collapsing. Planesfall is imminent. Cha Ming and friends have returned to the Inkwell Plane. They are much strengthened from their experiences in the Heartforge Realm and ready to make a difference. But it's not just them who have returned—their enemies have as well. What's worse, the Churches of Jezeriah and Harid Dej have captured the Monkey King. It falls to his student, Cha Ming, to save him.

Born with an unusual "twin teardrop" birthmark on her neck, Txema (pronounced Chema) is one of only a handful of females in the world who bears this trait. It marks her as a vessel of eternal youth and beauty for an elite vampire society determined to protect her precious blood. But it also is the only thing standing in the way of a rogue "undead" nation determined to destroy humankind and usurp the power their sexier brethren have held uncontested for centuries.

The Confidence Formula is filled with real, actionable advice for your life today. It’s not generic, borderline useless advice you can read in any blog post online. This book will take you on a deep dive into the depth of confidence, self-perception, and the psychology of confidence - understand yourself so you can break through your mental barriers.