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Neste livro obrigatório para todos que desejam alcançar o sucesso, a psicóloga Angela Duckworth demonstra para pais, estudantes, educadores, atletas e empreendedores que o segredo para realizações incríveis não é o talento, mas uma mistura de paixão e perseverança que ela chama de "garra"—a capacidade de perseverar e produzir resultados além do puro talento, da sorte ou das eventuais derrotas.

Segunda Guerra Mundial. Na fúria expansionista do Terceiro Reich, a França é tomada pelas tropas alemãs. Os alemães estão cientes de que as forças aliadas planejam libertar a Europa. A oficial inglesa Felicity Clairet sabe que Hitler depende de suas linhas de comunicação para repelir um ataque. Assim, a dias da invasão pelos Aliados, a principal meta é inutilizar a maior central telefônica da Europa, alojada num palácio em Sainte-Cécile. Mesmo ciente do perigo, a equipe Jackdaws tentará explodir a fortaleza e aniquilar qualquer chance de comunicação alemã.

"You know those people who always radiate cheerful optimism? Nauseating, aren't they?" So proclaims Isabel Losada, Starbucks addict, exercise-allergic and self-confessed sceptic as she sets out on the road to enlightenment. This work is suitable for those who have been tempted to dip a toe in the waters of self-discovery.

Gayle Fortman has built a good life for herself and her three sons as an innkeeper in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. She has even maintained a cordial relationship with her ex, charismatic broadcast journalist Eric Fortman, covering with the boys for his absences and broken promises. Luckily Travis Allen, her closest neighbor, has been a loving surrogate father to the boys and her own best friend. Then, on the eve of oldest son Jared's graduation, Eric returns, having nearly lost his life in Afghanistan.

Aunque muchos títulos han sido escritos basados en las "Leyes del Pensamiento", muy pocos son los que combinan estas leyes con la Verdad Espiritual. Es precisamente la combinación de libros que compone este título ( Metafísica al Alcance de Todos, Te Regalo lo Que Se Te Antoje, El Maravilloso Número 7, y Quién es y Quién Fue el Conde de Saint Germain) lo que constituye una renovación para la persona no especializada en el tema.

“Ambitious, brave, and strange.” —Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan From the NBCC-winning author, a subversive, rollicking, and feminist retelling of Moby Dick through the eyes of one inimitable woman. I must work on a ship as a man…Yes, I must seek a new life, more adventurous than that...

IELTS is the most popular English exam in the world today. It is also the ideal way to perfect the English language from a basic to advanced level. In this series, you will be escorted through the course with Richard Aspinall, a teacher who has a proven track record in teaching the IELTS curriculum successfully all over the world. He will take you through this "easy to follow" step by step guide where you will be represented by a student and you will learn everything you need to know to improve your English.

Mareike Fallwickls neuer Roman über die Last, die auf den ­Frauen ­abgeladen wird, und das Aufbegehren: ­radikal, wachrüttelnd, empowernd. Helene, Mutter von drei Kindern, steht beim Abendessen auf, geht zum Balkon und stürzt sich ohne ein Wort in den Tod. Die Familie ist im Schockzustand. Plötzlich fehlt ihnen alles, was sie bisher zusammengehalten hat: Liebe, Fürsorge, Sicherheit. Helenes beste Freundin Sarah, die ­Helene ­ihrer Familie wegen zugleich beneidet und bemitleidet hat, wird in den Strudel der ­Trauer und des Chaos gezogen.

Showcasing narratives that celebrate strong, independent women, these fairy tales contain heroines that aren't reduced to being wives or witches! Instead, they run free and possess the qualities we would hope for in our daughters and friends: self-confidence, strength, wits, courage, fearlessness, and independence. They live freely, happily ever after, without restraint or narrowly defined roles.

IELTS is the most popular English exam in the world today. It is also the ideal way to perfect the English language from a basic to advanced level. In this series you will be escorted through the course with Richard Aspinall, a teacher who has a proven track record in teaching the IELTS curriculum successfully all over the world, he will take you through this "easy to follow" step by step guide where you will be represented by a student and you will learn everything you need to know to improve your English.

A rising Gen Z star empowers members of her generation to embrace conservative values and to rise up and fight for the future and those who will come after us Gen Z has the power to change the world. As the largest emerging demographic in American history, Gen Z is at the center of a cultural...

For 20 years, Nerd Nite has delivered to live audiences around the world, the most interesting, fun, and informative presentations about science, history, the arts, pop culture, you name it. There hasn’t been a rabbit hole that their army of presenters hasn’t been afraid to explore. Finally, after countless requests to bring Nerd Nite to more fans across the globe, co-founders and college pals Matt Wasowski and Chris Balakrishnan are bringing listeners the quirky and accessible science content that they crave in book form.

The final installment of Isabel Allende's celebrated trilogy of the journeys of Jaguar and Eagle soars with radiant settings, spirits, beings, and the transformation of an extraordinary friendship, as Alexander and Nadia embark on mission in Kenya that begins as a search for elephants and ends...

For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. The anonymous author depicts her fellow Berliners in all their humanity, as well as their cravenness, corrupted first by hunger and then by the Russians. A Woman in Berlin tells of the complex World War II relationship between civilians and an occupying army and the shameful indignities to which women in a conquered city are always subject—the mass rape suffered by all, regardless of age or infirmity.

In Isabel Losada's extraordinary For Tibet with Love, she explores whether it's possible for an ordinary person to change the world, just a little, and if something so serious can be achieved with joy in one's heart. From visits to Nepal and Tibet, to meetings with the Chinese ambassador and Tibetan awareness-raising groups, Isabel single-handedly hatches a stunning PR coup involving Nelson's Column, a 15-meter banner and a base-jumping parachutist that captured headlines worldwide.

Three full-length standalone stories by USA Today Bestselling author Claudia Burgoa about the men who created HIB Securities and the women behind them.

"Es gibt zwei Menschen, die mich von der Sache mit dem Auto abhalten. Kevin und Hubert. Kevin wohnt um die Ecke, ist voll intelligent und Hubert wohnt im dritten Stock und ist voll dement." Linda ist fünfzehn und spielt mit dem Gedanken vor ein Auto zu laufen. Doch noch halten zwei Menschen sie davon ab, ihr Vorhaben in die Tat umzusetzen: Ihr einziger Freund Kevin, der daran verzweifelt, dass die Welt am Abgrund steht. Und Hubert, sechsundachtzig Jahre alt, ein Bademeister im Ruhestand, der seine Wohnung kaum mehr verlässt, Karotten toastet und auf seine Frau wartet, die vor sieben Jahren verstorben ist.

Authentisch und humorvoll erzählt Isabel Demirel, Podcasterin und Mutter eines Sohnes mit Autismus und ADHS, aus ihrem turbulenten Alltag. Sie verrät, wie es gelingt, die Neurodiversitäts-Welle zu surfen, ohne unterzugehen. Und zwar durch Akzeptanz und innere Stärke statt Funktionieren, Kämpfen und Vergleichen. Mit einer Kombination aus persönlichen Erfahrungen, psychologischen Erkenntnissen und praktischen Tools zeigt sie, wie mehr Leichtigkeit und Gelassenheit möglich werden und eine neue Perspektive den "besonderen" Familienalltag entlasten kann.

Fonolibro se enorgullece en presentar El Librito Azul de Conny Méndez, un manual de metafísica en términos sencillos dirigido a quien necesite conocer la verdad de Dios. Está escrito en "palabras de a centavo", como su autora solía decir, y se debe consultar constantemente, pero sobre todo cada vez que se presente un problema o se enfrente una situación angustiosa. En él encontramos temas muy variados como la mecánica del pensamiento, los decretos, la fe y el amor entre otros.

La Dra. Belaustegui nos da las claves de la flexibilidad metabólica, una herramiente imprescindible para optimizar nuestro metabolismo a través de la alimentación, la actividad física y el estilo de vida. Detrás de la inflamación crónica, del exceso de peso, de la falta de energía y de enfermedades tan graves como el cáncer, subyace una rigidez metabólica que nos impide acceder al combustible celular adecuado cuando lo necesitamos.