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Das Leben des Sklaven Moses ist hart. Das ändert sich auch nicht, als sein Herr Henry Townsend, ein ehemaliger Sklave, der jedoch freigekauft wurde, stirbt. Schwere Misshandlungen und Mangelernährung sind noch immer an der Tagesordnung, und weiter arbeitet Moses 14 Stunden am Tag. Wenn er endlich zur Ruhe kommen kann, isst er die Erde des Ackers, um dessen Stärken und Schwächen zu schmecken. Dann bricht auf der Farm auf einmal Chaos aus – und alles ändert sich.

In a world of stiffening competition, business strategy is more crucial than ever. Yet most organizations struggle in this area - not with formulating strategy, but with executing it, or putting their strategy into action. Owing to execution failures, companies realize just a fraction of the financial performance promised in their strategic plans. It doesn't have to be that way. Building on their breakthrough works on strategy-focused organizations, the authors describe a multistage system that enables you to gain measurable benefits from your carefully formulated business strategy.

Es ist jetzt Mitternacht... In der Ferne höre ich die laut aufgeregten Rufe meiner Verfolger und das wütende Bellen der Bluthunde die sie mit sich führen. Noch bevor der Morgen graut, werden sie mich hier gefunden haben. Sie werden mich mitnehmen und in eine finstere Zelle werfen wo ich vor mich hin vegetierend darauf warten werde, mit meinen geliebten Toten eins zu werden. Unstillbare Gelüste werden an meinem Geist zerren und mein Herz vor Qual verdorren lassen.

Written before all of Antarctica was fully mapped and explored, At the Mountains of Madness tells of a terrifying journey into the unknown. Epic in scope, cinematic in its sweep, and breathtaking in its revelations about humanity, this—described by some as the first true science-fiction novel—may be Lovecraft’s greatest literary achievement!

Nach einem tragischen Unfall, der Addys Leben aus den Fugen gerissen hat, kehrt sie zurück in ihre Heimat Wyoming. Eines Tages begegnet sie dem aufgeschlossenen Hufschmied Cooper Coleman. Ein Mann, der mehr für sie sein könnte, wenn sie es zulassen würde. Gerade als sie sich der Liebe wieder öffnen möchte, wird ihr Leben erneut bedroht.

Financial Times, Best Business Books Forbes, Best Business Books The Next Big Idea Club, Best Leadership Books The Globe & Mail, Best Management Books “A bracingly direct guide about the pitfalls of strategy, based around a climbing metaphor" (Financial Times) What passes for strategy in too...

April, eine fleißige Restaurantbesitzerin aus Boston, wagt eine Pause und besucht über Weihnachten ihre Eltern in Chicago. Auf dem Hinflug lernt sie den Arzt Jake kennen, der sie von ihrer Flugangst ablenkt. Sie findet ihn sehr interessant, doch ihr Weg trennt sich, sobald der Flieger gelandet ist. Plötzlich steht er vor ihr. Zu ihrer Überraschung stellt sich heraus, dass er der Nachbar ihrer Eltern ist. Sie verbringen aufregende und intensive Momente zusammen. Auf einer Benefiz-Gala verlässt sie auf einmal das Glück. Schließlich hat sie nur einen Ausweg: Flucht.

Linguistics falls in the gap between arts and science, on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries and the most important problems are found. Rather than following the conventional organization of many contemporary introductions to the subject, the author of this stimulating guide begins his discussion with the oldest, "arts" end of the subject and moves chronologically through to the newest research - the "science" aspects.

The Anxious Perfectionist shines a much-needed light on the hidden costs of "being the best," and offers essential skills based in acceptance and commitment therapy to help you cope with the anxiety that is driven by your perfectionism. You'll learn how your "need to be perfect" can actually hinder your productivity and keep you from reaching your goals. You'll also learn skills to help you gain distance from negative self-talk, let go of unhelpful and self-limiting labels, and give yourself permission to make mistakes while still honoring your aspirations.

With humanity joining the alliance to fight the Naxli invaders, the war should be turning in their favor. Unfortunately, the enemy must not have gotten that memo. Across the galaxy, the Naxli strive for total domination. To create a stronger resistance, Gunny Pelletier is sent to work with the various races, but he and his team soon discover that reaching common ground and coordinating military action is far more difficult than they’d imagined.

The war has only just begun. While rescuing a world from Centaur control, the Marines discover that not all humans on the planet are slaves. The Children of Angels believe their masters have been sent by the gods to lift up mankind. Humanity now has two enemies, one from the farthest reaches of the Galaxy and the other from within.

Sunny, a working-class reporter at the trashy tabloid The Bulletin, dreams of writing hard-hitting stories that change the world. Ludo, a privileged musical theatre fanatic turned journalist at the prestigious Sentinel, can’t seem to enter a room without causing chaos. When an unexpected scoop lands in their laps at the same time, thrusting them into a web of political intrigue, these arch-nemeses find themselves reluctantly working together—and fighting an unexpected attraction.

Als die Ezzirash die Kolonisten von Neu Terra verbannen, beschließen die Menschen, die von den Insektoiden beherrschte Erde zurückzuerobern. Als erstes sollen die Space Troopers einen Hüter bei Portland ausschalten - Carls alter Heimat. Überraschend erhalten sie dabei Hilfe von Rickys totgeglaubten Verwandten, während Carl auf sich allein gestellt mit den Dämonen seiner Vergangenheit konfrontiert wird.

His cultivation is broken. His soul fractured. And he is trapped—locked inside a realm ruled by an unseen force that plays with fate like a gameboard. The Incursion pulses through the land, each wave birthing stronger enemies and twisting the laws of reality. Li Wei stands alone, surrounded by beasts, cultivators, and otherworldly threats that only grow more relentless.

Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management.

Now in its third edition, The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety offers trusted tools to help you take charge of your anxiety, fears, and your life. Grounded in evidence-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), this fully revised and updated edition offers compelling new information on self-compassion and values, as well as new exercises, activities, and practices to help you achieve genuine peace of mind.

An FBI agent hunts a new kind of terrorist through a Washington, DC, of the future in this ground-breaking book - at once a gripping techno-thriller and a fact-based tour of tomorrow. America is on the brink of a revolution, one both technological and political. The science fiction of AI and robotics has finally come true, but millions are angry and fearful that the future has left them behind. After narrowly stopping a bombing at Washington’s Union Station, FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan receives a new assignment: To field-test an advanced police robot.

Home alone on the night of her 25th birthday, Air Force Sergeant Christine Canady yearned for something to cure her loneliness. After drinking too much champagne, she recited a divine invocation to revive her humdrum life. But how was she to know the spell would actually work? When her plane crashes into the ocean, CC's life changes forever. She awakens, bewildered, to find herself in a legendary time and place ruled by magic - and in the body of the mythic mermaid Undine.

Invitation in hand, it’s time for Eve and friends to travel north in search of the legendary Dragonwrought. With a single-minded focus, they’ll trek deep into the mountains, willfully ignoring the onslaught of side quests threatening to derail their journey. The only things anybody knows about the illusive Dragonwrought, greatest of all the adventuring companies in Leshk, are their deep connections to the dragons that roam the skies beyond their keep, and that they haven’t deemed take a new recruit in decades. But nobody’s sure exactly how many decades.

Die Rückkehr der klassischen Gruselikonen als atmosphärische Hörspiele. Mumien, Vampire, Werwölfe, Geister und Dämonen. Neue Geschichten klassischer Prägung. Hier steht der wohlige Schauer im Vordergrund. Mit speziell für jede Folge komponiertem Soundtrack und den Stimmen Hollywoods. In der sechsten Episode entpuppt sich die Rückkehr einer erfolgreichen Anwältin in ihr Heimatdorf zu einem Horror-Trip. Ein alter Fluch lebt wieder auf. Ein Mörder aus der Vergangenheit kehrt zurück und entführt sie und ihren Ehemann in das verlassene Schloss am Ort.