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In this "deeply empowering and practical book"(Cecilia Muñoz), two technology and innovation leaders reveal dozens of tactics that enabled them to accomplish seemingly impossible reforms in organizations of all types and sizes. Whether you just started your first entry-level job, run the entire...

A nationally recognized security expert reveals the REAL Terrorist threat from the U.S. Southern Border and already INSIDE America. Terrorists on the Border and in Our Country reveals how radical, left-wing, liberal politicians and woke, progressive, "defund-the-police," and "stop-the-wall," nation-wrecking policies caused this crisis and the steps the country must take to combat crime, protect the homeland and its citizens and stop the growing existential challenge to American freedoms and way of life.

Constance is a fiercely independent high school senior living in rural James City County, Virginia. After their father abandons the family, she and her sister Abigail move into their late cousin's home with their mother, Delilah. Constance quickly becomes frustrated by her new life and her mother’s obsession with their family’s legacy. In defiance, she aspires to make a new life for herself and leave this place forever.

La saga degli Effinger ha inizio con Paul e Karl - figli del capostipite Mathias, orologiaio a Kragsheim - che da un piccolo paese si dirigono alla volta della Berlino cosmopolita per cercare fortuna. Ambiziosi e irrequieti, mecenati talentuosi e sensibili, ardenti patrioti e prussiani, in poco tempo gli Effinger riescono a guadagnarsi la fama di abilissimi imprenditori e a diventare una delle famiglie piú importanti della città.

Durante la Transición, un pueblo de pescadores de la costa levantina ve truncada su paz tras el asesinato de su alcalde. Eugenio Martín, subdirector del Cuerpo Superior de la Policía, viaja desde Madrid con el objetivo de investigar el escabroso asesinato. Allí se reencuentra con Paco y Rosa, compañeros de dolor durante el salvaje final de la Dictadura. Acechado por los fantasmas del pasado, Eugenio conocerá a toda una serie de personajes que le mostrarán el lado más sórdido de la sociedad.

Are you overwhelmed by multiple-step skincare routines, intimidated by long lists of ingredients, or just exhausted by the sheer number of products available? Do you just want a simple routine that's going to lead to incredible skin? Look no further. Dr. Marine Vincent, French pharmacist and...

In Marina Benjamin’s new set of interlinked essays, she turns her astute eye to the tasks once termed ‘women’s work’. From cooking and cleaning to caring for an ageing relative, A Little Give depicts domestic life anew: as a site of paradox and conflict, but also of solace and profound meaning. Here, productivity sits alongside self-erasure, resentment with tenderness, and the animal self is never far away, perpetually threatening to break through.

Sergey and Marina Dyachenko mix dramatic scenes with romance, action and wit, in a style both direct and lyrical. Written with a sure artistic hand, The Scar is the story of a man driven by his own feverish demons to find redemption and the woman who just might save him. Egert is a brash, confident member of the elite guards and an egotistical philanderer. But after he kills an innocent student in a duel, a mysterious man known as “The Wanderer” challenges Egert and slashes his face with his sword, leaving Egert with a scar that comes to symbolize his cowardice.

La historia peruana ha sido divida en tres grandes periodos, a saber: el prehispánico, desde la llegada de los primeros seres humanos hasta la caída del imperio inca, en 1532; el colonial o periodo español, entre 1532 y 1821, y el periodo republicano o independiente, entre 1821 y el momento...

Renowned artist Lucian Freud (1922-2011) was commemorated in an exhibition of 50 portraits spanning his working life, held at The National Portrait Gallery London from February to May 2012. The review explored the development of his art from the potent and hypersensed studies of the 1940s to major paintings in the later phase, where the artist engaged in a complex and sometimes brutal meditation on the human being, drawn from an intimate engagement with the sitter.

A candid and beautifully written wrinkles-and-all meditation on the middle years, with all their dilemmas and challenges.... In a society obsessed with living longer and looking younger, what does middle age nowadays mean? How should a 50-something be in a world ceaselessly redefining ageing, youth and experience? The Middlepause offers hope and heart. Cutting through society's clamorous demands to work longer and stay young, it delivers a clear-eyed account of midlife's challenges.

Dive into the history, geography, and culture of Georgia in this installment of the 50 States series. From major cities to historic events, Where Is Georgia? introduces you to the state in a whole new way, whether you’re proud to call it home or learning about a distant destination. Visit...

Charlotte Coburn has a tragically dark past. But she’s safe now. She lives in a gated community, protected from danger. When teenager Elle knocks at her door looking for shelter during a particularly severe storm, the woman can’t help but think how lucky Elle’s been to have found someone as friendly as her. Except Elle chose her door on purpose...

December, 1961, Marta is a young girl who saw thirty miles of barbed wire appear across her city overnight, separating Berlin into West and East—with Marta's home on the Communist Bloc-controlled eastern side. January, 1989, Now a spray-painted concrete monolith, the Berlin Wall bisects the city. Kurt, a young East Berliner, often wonders what those living on the other side must think of their unseen neighbors. Do they hate the people of East Germany as completely as Kurt has been instructed to hate them?

En “Manual de juegos para los más pequeños” les brindamos 200 actividades lúdicas para acompañar el crecimiento del niño desde los 6 meses hasta los 6 años. Aquí compartimos reflexiones y juegos para estimular oportunamente a cada niño. Su niño o niña es irrepetible.Este audiolibro contiene el desarrollo de los siguientes temas:¿A quiénes dedicamos este libro? Queridos papás Valor de la comunicación ¿Estimulación temprana de la mamá?¿Estimulación temprana del papá?

Acque cristalline, tramonti infiniti, scorci unici: in Sicilia, Angela ha trovato una serenità che le mancava da tempo. Purtroppo, la vacanza che è riuscita a ritagliarsi insieme all'amica di sempre, Beatrice, è agli sgoccioli: la Fashion Week incombe, e per lei, senior fashion buyer di un importante studio milanese, significa il ritorno obbligato ai ritmi frenetici della città. Ma alla vigilia della partenza, tutto precipita: Beatrice, uscita nel pomeriggio per una commissione, non fa ritorno in albergo.

In the midst of a successful year, visionary CEO Gui Loureiro decided that Walmex—Walmart’s biggest division outside of the United States—needed to make massive changes to make the iconic company a more data-driven, customer-centric business that would be competitive in our digital economy. The stakes were high: no company the size of Walmex had ever attempted a transformation at such a magnitude of scale. Reinventing the Leader is the turbulent story of how it happened that’s especially relevant in this age of globalization.

This book unravels the personal intrigues, hidden tensions, power plays, and cultural twists behind the media empire now known as Univision, and reveals how its programming —including telenovelas, soccer, news, and music—defined an identity and won over an audience that grew at the same pace as the network.

La guía más completa para equilibrar tus hormonas, prevenir el aumento de peso y restaurar la salud de tu sistema nervioso. Un libro brillante y accesible con sencillas soluciones cotidianas para superar el impacto del estrés crónico en el cuerpo y la mente. Nuestro cuerpo está diseñado para responder al estrés liberando cortisol, una hormona esencial para afrontar los retos a corto plazo. Pero cuando esta respuesta se mantiene activa de forma constante, puede alterar nuestras hormonas, nuestro metabolismo y nuestro bienestar emocional.

Self-appointed hall-monitor of life, Milly Smartt is ready to take some chances and live life balls-to-the-wall. After all, it was her sister’s dying wish for Milly to chase happy, which is the only reason she accepts a dare to kiss a random stranger in a bar. Only the stranger isn’t a stranger at all—in fact, she’s pretty sure it’s her childhood crush, Lucas Macintyre. And when one kiss turns into a passion filled night, Milly couldn’t be happier—until she discovers she slept with Jaxon Macintyre—Luca’s playboy of a twin brother.