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Bengtsson's hero, Red Orm-canny - courageous and above all lucky - is only a boy when he is abducted from his Danish home by the Vikings and made to take his place at the oars of their dragon-prowed ships. Orm is then captured by the Moors in Spain, where he fights for the Caliph of Cordova. Escaping from captivity, Orm washes up in Ireland, where he marvels at those epicene creatures, the Christian monks, and from which he then moves on to play an ever more important part in the intrigues of the various Scandinavian kings and clans and dependencies.

Leadership doesn't come with a map-but it might come with a quest. Weird is the New Normal is not your average leadership book. Blending vivid storytelling with deep insight, this one-of-a-kind narrative follows Arcanus, a wizard navigating a turbulent, enchanted world that just happens to mirror the chaos of modern leadership. Along the way, he encounters strange allies, surprising challenges, and moments of clarity that illuminate what it really means to lead with purpose.

For three years Meyer rented a home in the rice-farming community of Wasteland, hometown of his wife's family, and their personal saga mirrors the tremendous change most of rural China is undergoing in the form of a privately held rice company that has built new roads, introduced organic farming, and constructed high-rise apartments into which farmers can move in exchange for their land rights.

Vietnam, 1966. A US Airborne platoon is pinned down in Phuc Tuy Province. A deadly ambush leaves multiple casualties, forcing a desperate withdrawal. With bullets slamming into the Hueys, one is forced down only for the soldiers salvation to be a convoy of Australian APCs. As the dust clears from the battlefield, the ruthless Viet Cong local officer, Lieutenant Vu Van Thinh hunts for intelligence on his enemies. Amidst the debris of war is one man, a mortally wounded soldier desperate for help.

Uncomfortably Dark presents DARK DISASTERSIn this third installment of the Dark Dozen series, stories collide with the real-life horror of Mother Nature in all her glory. See what happens when twelve spectacular authors rise to the challenge to combine the worst natural disasters imaginable with something evil and nightmarish hidden at its core. Curated and edited by Candace Nola, with a foreword by Patrick R.

June, 1877: the petite 29-year-old Annie Besant stands motionless before the 75-year-old Judge towering over her in the Palace of Westminster. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn is presiding over the scandalous 'trial of the century' where Annie Besant and her confidante Charles Bradlaugh have been charged with the unforgiveable crime of publishing and selling a guide to birth control. Charged with obscenity, she argued—controversially and outrageously, for the time—that it was a woman's right to be able to choose to have children.

Wo liegen die Grenzen menschlicher Entwicklung? Was ist das menschliche Potenzial? Das wichtigste für Christian Meyer ist, nicht nur über Erleuchtung zu reden, sondern Menschen darin zu unterstützen, Erleuchtung, das Aufwachen zu realisieren. Alle Podcasts sind Mitschnitte aus Retreats von Christian Meyer, oder Interviews mit ihm. Der Link zur Podcast Homepage: https://christianmeyerpodcast.com Christian Meyers Homepage: https://zeitundraum.org (Dort gibt es auch die Möglichkeit, zu spenden)

Was sind die besten Bond-Filme? Welche Filme von Robert Redford, Keira Knightley, Jerry Bruckheimer oder Bruce Willis gehören zur Creme-de-la-Creme? Was ist das beste, was Pixar produziert hat? Welche Oscar-Nominierte haben im Nachhinein wirklich den Preis verdient? Michael Hille und Rüdiger Meyer stellen alle 14 Tage eine Bestenliste zusammen - und versuchen anschließend das gemeinsame, abwechselnd erstellte Top-Ranking durch Vetos möglichst an den eigenen Geschmack anzupassen. Wem dies am besten gelingt, ist der Gewinner des Filmduells. Doch das eigentliche Ziel ist ein anderes: Bei uns ...

This book covers the two-year odyssey of our family owning an RV, from the decision to purchase our RV (named Winnie by my daughters) to the day we finally sold her. Spoiler alert: I am a bad driver and made so many mistakes.

Two friends hash out topics covering investing, technology, lifestyles, hobbies, and more

Six years since the A Shau Valley incident, and the Ky Lan is back. Contact has been lost with a secret military facility on the Vietnamese island of Con Son. The final transmission is just a few broken words. They are being hunted. There have been rumours of this creature for years, with the stories covered up and buried to hide the terrible truth. As the country collapses from within it falls to an elite unit made up of special forces, military specialists, and others to return to the island to rescue any remaining survivors.

Zur Show“Queer as Berlin” ist der Diversity Podcast aus der Hauptstadt, der interessante Gäste und Themen präsentiert. (Sub-) Kultur, Politik, Unterhaltung, Musik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft – alles aus der Diversity Perspektive kann hier Thema sein. In Deutschland leben ca. 8-10 Millionen schwule, lesben und diverse Menschen (LGBT), davon allein 400 000 in Berlin. Dabei soll es durchaus auch um Themen gehen, die über den BerlinerTellerrand hinaus interessant sind. www.podcast-eins.deZur PersonMichael Meyer arbeitet seit fast 30 Jahren für den ARD-Hörfunk, zunächst für den SFB und...

Willkommen zum HANSA Podcast! Ab sofort sprechen wir im maritimen Talk mit interessanten Gästen über das, was sie und die Branche bewegt!

Im »THE SUIT LEAGUE Podcast« sprechen wir mit spannenden Persönlichkeiten und Unternehmern über Kunst, Kultur, Genuss, Architektur, Reise, Mode und Uhren.

US Army Private William Richards faces an experienced regiment of North Vietnamese regulars in the mountainous of the A Sau Valley. They have fortified the area for a determined stand and as the battle begins, both sides take heavy losses. But in the middle of this carnage lies an unknown and unseen horror. Something from the ancient past has risen deep inside the jungle. Powerful and deadly, it strikes without warning, leaving death and destruction in its path.

Noah Cage is a cybernetic supersoldier, a war hero and a man on his fifth and final life. He's a Lifer, an enhanced warrior. Repaired, rebuilt and improved after four lifetimes of soldiering. With each death comes further modification and enhancement, although at the loss of yet another piece of his dwindling humanity. Cage is thrust into the debacle of the Third Martian War. One that sees every man in his unit killed, including his best friend Rob Romero.

Pierre Lagun, der steppende Privatdetektiv, ist wieder mal pleite. Lediglich die einzige Pflanze in seinem Zimmer sitzt offenbar noch viel länger...

Welche Rolle spielen die Klassiker heute? Rüdiger Safranski im Gespräch mit Michael Krüger und Martin Meyer - Live aufgezeichnet im Literaturhaus München. Goethe und Schiller, Hölderlin und Nietzsche: Wie steht es um die Klassiker? Wie bewähren sie sich in einer Zeit, die einstige Gewissheiten unserer Kultur radikal in Frage stellt? Welche Rolle spielen sie noch auf dem Theater, für die private Lektüre? Fragen, die man am besten Rüdiger Safranski stellt.

Corporal Jackman and his platoon, alongside their ARVN allies, are thrust into a deadly mission on Long Son Island during the early months of 1967. Tasked with rooting out a fortified Viet Cong force, they encounter relentless guerrilla tactics, ambushes, and a sniper who strikes with deadly precision. As the island becomes a brutal battleground, Jackman must lead his men through a maze of violence and betrayal.

IMPULSE RUND UM GLAUBEN UND SPIRITUALITÄT Was bedeutet für mich Spiritualität? Wie und wo kommt meine Spiritualität zum Ausdruck?" Spiritualität ist ein Thema, das unser Leben herausfordert, bereichert und berührt. Um über Spiritualität nachzudenken und neue Formen auszuprobieren, braucht es Muße, Orte und den gemeinsamen Austausch. Die Verbundenheit zu Gott, zur Natur, zu den Mitmenschen und zu sich selbst zu denken und zu erfahren, ist nicht einfach und schon gar nicht alltäglich. Deshalb braucht es einen Anstoß – und warum nicht in Form eines Podcast? In den ab Januar ...