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Science fiction can often seem to be pure imaginative fantasy, but many authors are more fluent in real science than many readers and viewers may realize. Professor Charles L. Adler of St. Mary’s College of Maryland was the perfect choice for this subject, as he is both a longtime science-fiction fan and a real-world scientist. Professor Adler’s talent for using literature to shine a light on science - both the accurate and not-so-accurate versions employed by creators, spanning two centuries - makes this course a great survey for fans of both science fact and science fiction.

This book is written for everyone involved in the hiring process. It will help hiring managers and recruiters find and hire more top-notch people for any job, from entry-level to CEO. Using the two-question Performance-based Interview, anyone who is involved in assessing candidates will quickly be more effective and more accurate. Just as important, it will help job-seekers find better jobs by giving them an inside view of how most companies look for, assess and hire new employees. Hiring top talent starts by clarifying expectations up front.

This guide will provide you with a comprehensive and practical overview of the alkaline diet. It explains exactly how to change your lifestyle so that you can think clearly, have unlimited amounts of energy, detoxify your system and lose weight!

Beautiful small-town interior decorator Danielle Austen-Pyne had finally rid herself of her charismatic two-timing husband Bradley Pyne. While she has sworn off men, Danielle secretly retains her romantic ideals about love and marriage.

Klug essen, ohne die Lebensfreude einzuschränken! Das neue Hörbuch über Ernährung von der Nummer-1-Bestsellerautorin Dr. med. Yael Adler. Kohlenhydrate, Fette, Proteine, Vitamine, Ballaststoffe – wir wissen mittlerweile, dass all das wichtige Bestandteile unserer Ernährung sind. Aber wenn es um konkrete Empfehlungen geht, widersprechen sich selbst Expertinnen und Experten regelmäßig. Ständig werden wir mit neuen Diätformen und Superfoods bombardiert, die viele Fragezeichen hinterlassen.

Der kleine Drache hat es nicht leicht. Nun soll er fliegen lernen, obwohl er schreckliche Höhenangst hat. Und dann stürzt er auch noch ab. Doch was geschieht, hilft ihm wieder zurück in seinen Mut. Erlebe mit, wie der kleine Drache mit Hilfe des 8-jährigen Max seine Angst kennenlernt und Schritt für Schritt mutiger und größer wird. Auch Max stellt sich seiner größten Angst mit Lehrern zu sprechen. Nachdem du die bewegende Geschichte von Max und dem kleinen Drachen erfahren hast, lernst du im zweiten Teil des Hörbuches, dem Angst-Entdeckerteil, deine eigene Angst kennen.

Conventional wisdom says most startups need to be in Silicon Valley, started by young engineers around a sexy new idea and backed by VC funding. But as Mikkel Svane reveals in Startupland, the story of founding Zendesk was anything but conventional. Founded in a Copenhagen loft by three 30-something friends looking to break free from corporate doldrums, Zendesk Inc. became one of the hottest enterprise software companies, rapidly growing with customers in 150 countries. But its success was anything but predestined.

Vivien Simpson is a happy stay-at-home mom with a young son who adores her successful husband. Edward Davis is an ambitious aide to an important Congressman who loves his wife. When a plane crash brings about the discovery that their supposedly loving and now-deceased spouses were entangled in a deeply passionate love affair, they are devastated and baffled by the revelation. Determined to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives, they embark on a hunt for the truth behind their spouses’ infidelity, guided only by the two mysterious identical keys they left behind.

If you've ever struggled to stay motivated to change your life and are looking for real world solutions that have been proven to work in the trenches of life, this bundle will help you transform your mindset and embark on a fascinating journey of personal and professional transformation. Take the first step towards building your dreams and becoming unstoppable!

Steven Adler examines the dynamic life and workings of the theatre company responsible for some of the world's most compelling performances and influential productions of the last 40 years, including Marat/Sade, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Les Misérables, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Nicholas Nickleby.

The caller made it clear - $10 million or her daughter's head. The power of unintended consequences sends the privileged life of prominent anti-war activist Sarah Raab crashing down around her. Fear and terror take hold, and Sarah turns to former CIA operative Carl Helman, a man she has only just met and who stands against everything she has been fighting for.

Pourquoi Merete Lyyngaard croupit-elle dans une cage depuis des années ? Pour quelle raison ses bourreaux s'acharnent-ils sur la jeune femme ? Cinq ans auparavant, la soudaine disparition de celle qui incarnait l'avenir politique du Danemark avait fait couler beaucoup d'encre. Mais, faute d'indices, la police avait classé l'affaire. Jusqu'à l'intervention des improbables Carl Mørck et Hafez el Assad du Département V, un flic sur la touche et son assistant d'origine syrienne.

"L'Unité Alphabet" est le service psychiatrique d'un hôpital militaire où, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les médecins allemands infligeaient d'horribles traitements à leurs cobayes, pour la plupart des officiers SS blessés sur le front de l'Est. Bryan, pilote de la RAF, y a survécu sous une identité allemande en simulant la folie. Trente ans ont passé mais, chaque jour, il revit ce cauchemar et repense à James, son ami et copilote, qu'il a abandonné à l'Unité Alphabet et qu'il n'a jamais retrouvé. En 1972, à l'occasion des Jeux olympiques de Munich, Bryan décide de repartir sur ses traces.

Calvin Waffle doesn't believe in bad ideas. Danny knows his friend Calvin has crazy ideas, so he's not surprised when Calvin suggests they start a Rent-a-Pet business. After all, Calvin's Aunt Ruth wants the boys to watch her dog while she's away, and what better way to get the miniature Collie off their hands than loaning him to a kid in the neighborhood for a few days? But in order to rent a pet, you need a renter. Which Calvin and Danny don't have. Can the two drum up some business before it's too late? Or will their plan go to the dogs?

How to end homelessness in America: a must-read guide to understanding housing instability, supporting our unhoused neighbors, and reclaiming our humanity. A deeply humanizing analysis that will change the way you think about poverty and homelessness—for the socially engaged reader of Isabel...

Nach dem Bestseller "Erbarmen" präsentiert Audible den zweiten Fall der Thriller-Hörspielserie "Sonderdezernat Q" um Carl Mørck. Mørck, der sich mit seinem Sonderdezernat Q mit alten, ungelösten Fällen beschäftigt, bekommt eine Akte untergeschoben. Darin geht es um einen brutalen Mord an einem Geschwisterpaar vor 20 Jahren. Der Verdacht fiel auf eine Gruppe Schüler eines exklusiven Internats, die für ihre Gewaltorgien bekannt waren. Einer von ihnen gestand. Warum ist die Akte jetzt auf Mørcks Schreibtisch gelandet? Wer will, dass der Fall wieder aufgerollt wird?

Start creating a stress-free and balanced lifestyle with ayurvedic aromatherapy and essential oils. Your ayurvedic aromatherapy home spa is waiting for you!

Lizzie Brandt was valedictorian of her high school class, but at Radleigh University, all she's acing are partying and hooking up with the wrong guys. But all that changes when her parents are killed in a tragic accident, making her guardian to her two younger brothers. To keep them out of foster care, she'll have to fix up her image, her life, and her GPA - fast. Too bad the only person on campus she can go to for help is her humorless, pedantic Byzantine history TA, Connor Lawson, who isn't exactly Lizzie's biggest fan.

The message from Carmen Vincent’s mother wasn’t possible. She died in the Mars base disaster two years ago. But when government agents show up at Carmen’s door, she realizes the message is no hoax. Someone is still trying to cover up the disaster and the reason why Earth abandoned its space program.

Die Haut beschäftigt uns täglich: Pflege, Sensibilität, Allergien, Anti-Aging, Sonne... Sie ist knapp zwei Quadratmeter groß und umhüllt alles, was wir in uns tragen; sie sorgt dafür, dass wir die Hand wegziehen, wenn wir aus Versehen in ein Messer greifen, schützt uns davor zu überhitzen oder zu erfrieren und schirmt uns vor gefährlichen Eindringlingen ab. Keine Erregung, kein Sex ohne - unsere Haut. Aufschlussreich und unterhaltsam rückt die fernsehbekannte Dermatologin Yael Adler unserer Haut zu Leibe und erklärt alles, was man über sie wissen will.