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Er kann alles kontrollieren, nur seine Gefühle nicht ...Foster Boyd möchte das Familienunternehmen retten, bevor die Eskapaden seines Bruders den Ruf der Firma zerstören. Da er seinen Bruder nicht dazu zwingen kann, das Unternehmen zu verlassen, möchte er ihn stattdessen ablenken - oder zumindest sein Image aufpolieren. Wo kann er eine Frau finden, die für die Rettung der Firma zu allem bereit ist?Natalie Stolen war ganz oben auf der Karriereleiter angekommen. Als PR-Beraterin zählten namhafte Stars zu ihren Klienten.

Neal Stephenson - "the hottest science fiction writer in America" - takes science fiction to dazzling new levels. The Diamond Age is a stunning tale; set in 21st-century Shanghai, it is the story of what happens what a state-of-the-art interactive device falls into the hands of a street urchin named Nell. Her life - and the entire future of humanity - is about to be decoded and reprogrammed.

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. His work also included two books on recreational war games. THE DIAMOND MAKER: Some business had detained me in Chancery Lane until nine in the evening, and thereafter, having some inkling of a headache, I was disinclined either for entertainment or further work.

Sparhawk, the Pandion Knight and Queen's Champion, returns from a long spell of exile to find his native land overrun with evil and intrigue, and his young Queen grievously ill. Indeed, Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within a year.

Five years ago, I ran from the devil who got me pregnant. I have a son now. A boy I'd do anything to protect. But I left behind the sister I loved more than life itself. So when Ilarion Zakharov finds me again, I have an impossible choice to make: Do I go back with him to the world I left behind? Or do I leave my sister to drown in the mess I caused? Ilarion doesn't make choosing easy.

"The Diamond Maker" is a short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1894 in the Pall Mall Budget. It was included in The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, the first collection of short stories by Wells, published in 1895. In the story, a businessman hears an account from a man who has devoted years attempting to make artificial diamonds, only to end as a desperate outcast.

A.H. Almaas, whose writings brilliantly illustrate the unity of modern depth psychology and traditional spiritual wisdom, is a respected, pioneering teacher. Jack Kornfield has called him “one of the most significant voices for a new and remarkably integrated spiritual vision.” Almaas has...

"Diesmal bin ich wirklich wütend. Niemand darf dich berühren, Leni, niemand! Du gehörst mir ... für immer …" Das Feuerwerk ist verblasst, die Funken sind erloschen, und aus himmlischen Gefühlen wurden höllische Qualen. Für Leni und Luke ist ein Happy End unerreichbar geworden. Nie geahnte Abgründe, skandalöse Verdächtigungen und schmerzlicher Verrat lenken Lenis Schicksal in eine Richtung, die sie an ihre Grenzen bringt. Doch eben jenes Schicksal hält noch einige Überraschungen bereit.

One moment a man sits on a suburban hill, gazing curiously at the stars. The next, he is whirling through the firmament, and perhaps the most remarkable of all science fiction journeys has begun. Even Stapledon's other great work, 'Last and First Men' pales in ambition next to 'Star Maker' which presents nothing less than an entire imagined history of life in the universe, encompassing billions of years.

Escape to beautiful Provence with the dazzlingly romantic new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Veronica Henry! 'Gorgeously romantic, sweet as French pastries and the perfect read!' MILLY JOHNSON 'A delight from start to finish, being swept away to Provence, like sipping wine on lazy...

Volume seven of the Tom Swift series brings our hero, Tom Swift, to Phantom Mountain, somewhere in Colorado, in search of a band of rascals who use the power generated in a flash of lightning to create diamonds. Tom Swift encounters Barcoe Jenks, an eccentric character we met in the previous volume, who enlists Tom's aid to get the secret of making perfect diamonds from the sinister gang of Diamond Makers. Once again our hero, Tom Swift, saves his companions from many a disaster.

As an English-speaking denomination, Baptists originated within 17th-century Puritanism as an offshoot of Congregationalism. English Baptists migrated to the American colonies during the 17th century. During the 18th century, the Great Awakening resulted in the expansion of the denomination, and the conversion of many slaves to Baptist churches. Baptist congregations formed their first national organization the Triennial Convention in the early 1800.

Within minutes of landing in Kununurra, Frauke Bolten had made up her mind to get on a plane back home to Germany. It was 1981, and the dusty frontier town was no place for a woman. However, Frauke stayed, determined to help her husband carve out a new life farming. Tragedy struck just three years later when Friedrich took his own life and she was left to raise their family alone.

Filled with excitement and trepidation, Jeanie Munro is returning to India and her husband, Mungo, having been forced apart from him by the Second World War. Together, they can start their longed-for family. But post-war India is in a ferment of change and the undercurrents of tension begin to disturb their tranquillity. Still grieving for her beloved brother, killed in action, Jeanie tries to make the most of her new life. Her only true friends are the Lomaxes, a family haunted by scandal and owners of the glamorous Raj Hotel.

If you are a successful, career-driven professional, it’s likely that along with the sense of pride that comes with your unparalleled impact in your industry, you’ve also experienced stress, burnout, exhaustion. Pressure Makes Diamonds: Simple Habits for Busy Professionals to Break the Burnout Cycle is your quick, comprehensive guide to reshaping your perspective, becoming focused on how you want to move forward, and using the obstacles that have cut you down in the past to lift you up, so you can shine as the talented, multifaceted person you are purposed to be.

Brought to you by Penguin. We often read history as the biographies of ‘great men’ who shaped the world. But are leaders, whichever field they are in, really that influential? Should CEOs be given large bonuses when a company performs well? Why, when a political leader is assassinated, is...

Discover the secrets of courageous leaders in Hello Success: How Courageous Leaders Use Core Genius and Voices to Make a Powerful Impact. Written by three inspiring trailblazers who fearlessly redefine success after conquering adversity, this transformative book is a beacon of hope for those seeking to make a lasting difference.