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How to deal with the colonial history of art in museums and monuments in the public realm is a thorny issue that we are only just beginning to address. Alice Procter provides a guide for deconstructing everything you thought you knew about art history and tells the stories that have been left out of the canon. A much-needed provocation to look more critically at the accepted narratives about art and rethink and disrupt the way we interact with the museums and galleries that display it.

The dazzling and cinematic sequel to space opera Ocean’s Godori takes Ocean and her crew deep into the cloisters of the Moon and the conflicts of the heart. Teo Anand, former ne’er-do-well second son of the Anand Tech empire and current solar fugitive, has just crash-landed on the Moon after...

Le Caire, années 1980. La vie bien rangée de Tarek est devenue un carcan. Jeune médecin ayant repris le cabinet médical de son père, il partage son existence entre un métier prenant et le quotidien familial où se côtoient une discrète femme aimante, une matriarche autoritaire follement éprise de la France, une sœur confidente et la domestique, gardienne des secrets familiaux.

As a 22-year-old female professional bodyguard, Lia McIntyre is a rarity in a male-dominated field. She may be a petite, cute blond, but she's a master of martial arts and Krav Maga, and she can render a man twice her size unconscious in just seconds. Lia hides a painful past behind a snarky, take-no-prisoners attitude. She was horribly betrayed by her first love, and she's determined never to let anyone use her or hurt her again.

Il "Dhammapada", detto anche "percorso del Dharma", è un testo del Canone buddhista che si trova anche in quello cinese e tibetano. È formato da 423 versetti raccolti in 26 capitoli. Si dice che sia stato realmente pronunciato da Gautama Buddha. Il Dhammapada - ossia "La Giusta Via"- non può essere considerato un libro solo religioso. La parola "dio" non è mai presente, tuttavia non si tratta nemmeno di un testo "filosofico" o agnostico.

Nous sommes en 1985 dans la ville de Providence, à Rhode Island, et les quatre associés d'un important cabinet d'avocats lié à la mafia sont tués dans un jet privé qui s'écrase non loin de New York. Quatre femmes très différentes viennent de perdre l'amour de leur vie. Bien que le crash soit d'abord considéré comme un tragique accident, quelque chose ne colle pas : les associés n'étaient pas censés être à New York ce jour-là, et on découvre qu'une très grosse somme d'argent est partie en fumée avec l’avion.

We’re told women are good at listening, but we rarely examine what they’re listening to, what their worlds sound like, or how it feels to be expected to listen in a world of noise made by men. Like so many of us, Alice Vincent had become overwhelmed by the sensory overload punctuating our every moment. And then, a baby’s heartbeat arrived. A rapid, pulsing whoosh of white noise. An undeniable rhythm. Once again, Alice’s life became cacophonous – both with a new child, but also with the societal pressures that motherhood holds.

Spreadsheets are spells. Dragons are unionized. Nachos are a sacrament. Buckle up. When actuary Ptolemy “Tolly” Blackthorne inherits his grandmother’s scarf—a knitted, contraband probability anchor—he also inherits her secret: a multi-dimensional dragon-racing circuit that runs on risk, wit, and a frankly alarming amount of nacho cheese. Tolly’s talent for modeling disaster was supposed to keep him safe; instead it drafts him into a portal-hopping season where vertical Niagara roars upward, magma judges enforce “Fun is mandatory,” and Mars rovers form a picket line for better dental.

Featuring a foreword by Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, this fascinating handbook inspires potential founders and provides essential guidance and advice for people who want to create their own start-up and build a successful company. This audiobook answers the question “how do I get started?” It takes the listener from making the decision to plunge into entrepreneurship, through the process of choosing and developing an idea and team, all the way to raising capital and working with VCs and angel investors.

Mia and Jake have known each other their whole lives. They’ve endured summer vacations, Sunday brunches, even dentist visits together. Their mothers, who are best friends, are convinced that Mia and Jake would be the perfect couple, even though they can’t stand to be in the same room together. After Mia’s mom turns away yet another cute boy, Mia and Jake decide they’ve had enough. Together, they hatch a plan to get their moms off their backs. Permanently. All they have to do is pretend to date and then stage the worst breakup of all time.

On their mission to explore the Mariana Trench at the very bottom of the ocean, the deepest and most inhospitable place on Earth, the crew of the deep sea vehicle Erebus make an unusual and startling discovery. A battered blue police box. As the Doctor, Romana and K9 join them on their journey, the submariners soon discover that the TARDIS is not the only unusual find lurking on the sea floor.

This is the quickstart guide to famed love guru Kathryn Alice's love magnetization process. This super effective method has worked for tens of thousands of people, now happily together with their soulmates. As you begin this magical journey, rest assured you will be next! Start magnetizing love to you within moments of beginning this book. Get introduced to a method of attracting love that has worked for thousands. A short, concise "quickstart" guide to a proven "calling in love" process.

In the fashionable spa town of Bath, one man is the arbiter of taste and the epitome of elegance: the self-proclaimed ‘King of Bath’, Beau Nash. In his capacity as Master of Ceremonies, he presides over the city’s social life, arranging balls and concerts for the ‘ton’, keeping a discreet eye on distinguished visitors and smoothing over any quarrels or disagreements. In these six episodes, he has his work cut out for him...

Being a nanny for three girls who belong to a grumpy boxing legend was not on my list of plans when I followed my brother to Macon, Oregon. I went from ruling the boardroom to baking cupcakes in the blink of an eye. And aside from a few mishaps and seemingly always upsetting their dad, it oddly fits me better than anything else I've ever done. Until Liam put everything into question.

Tutti noi, almeno una volta nella vita, ci siamo trovati di fronte a una montagna apparentemente insormontabile: una sfida così complicata da convincerci di non poterla superare, un problema a prima vista irrisolvibile – che spesso siamo stati noi stessi a creare. Con la voce autentica ed empatica che ha cambiato la vita a migliaia di persone, Brianna Wiest ci accompagna nella scalata verso la vetta dell’autoconsapevolezza, insegnandoci a riconoscere le opportunità nascoste dietro gli ostacoli che incontriamo lungo il cammino.

A Opus Sky—o conjunto dos três principais satélites de telecomunicação do território nacional, também conhecidos como a starlink brasileira, exigem observação e manutenção constante. Porém o seu bom funcionamento está ameaçado, desde que a astronauta Lilith, que chefia a nave de reparos sozinha, parou de desenvolver seu trabalho, além de não responder a seus superiores na Terra.

Une histoire d'amour insolite et bouleversante qui a conquis le monde. Des comédien.nes distincts pour incarner chaque personnage, un accompagnement sonore sur-mesure... Une immersion totale dans l'incroyable aventure vécue par Arthur et Lauren. Dans le décor d'un San Francisco lumineux bercé par la rumeur de l'océan, une expérience audio unique où les héros prennent vie. Plongez dans cette grande histoire d'amour et d'amitié qui défie les lois de la rationalité ! Hugo Becker et Alice Isaaz incarnent respectivement Arthur et Lauren, Thierry Janssen est le narrateur.

Handling conflict well is the most neglected but most transformative professional skill of all–here’s the blueprint for doing it better.

I'm sitting on the bus to León and the lady next to me is taking one candy after another to suck on while she's talking on the phone at the same time. If there was even the slightest chance that she could understand me, I would scream out loud: FOR GOD'S SAKE, STOP THAT! Instead, I cover my ears and wait for the trip to be over.

When Ashen heads east to New York City to find Finn's brother, she finds herself confronted by an entirely new set of problems. The city is a war zone overshadowed by the Behemoth, the largest arcology in existence. Few are allowed entry and those who go in never leave. She soon discovers that the power in New York is held entirely by one young man. Known only as the Bishop, he's mysterious, unnervingly handsome, and smooth-voiced. His allure is undeniable, despite his tendency toward cruelty. Who is the Bishop really? What exactly goes on inside the Behemoth?