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What is evil? Is it something supernatural that seeps into our world… or something far more human, lurking just beneath the surface? In The Evil Edition, Kevin J. Kennedy assembles a relentless collection of dark tales that blur the line between monster and man.

Now in a fully rewritten fourth edition, this is the authoritative presentation of motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating change. It has been updated and streamlined to be even more user-friendly as a practitioner guide and course text. MI originators William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick elucidate the four tasks of MI—engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning—and vividly demonstrate what they look like in action. A wealth of vignettes and interview examples illustrate the dos and don'ts of successful implementation in diverse contexts.

Misery, c’est le nom de l’héroïne populaire qui a rapporté des millions de dollars au romancier Paul Sheldon. Après quoi il en a eu assez et il a fait mourir Misery pour écrire enfin le " vrai " roman dont il rêvait. Mais il suffit de quelques verres de trop et d’une route enneigée, dans un coin perdu, pour que tout bascule... Lorsqu’il reprend conscience, Paul est allongé sur un lit, les jambes broyées dans l’accident. Sauvé par une femme, Annie. Une admiratrice fervente qui ne lui pardonne pas d’avoir tué Misery.

An enlightening and entertaining collection of the most esteemed love poems in the English canon, retold in contemporary language everyone can understand James Anthony has long enjoyed poetry with a strict adherence to beat, rhythm, and rhyming patterns, which he likens to the very best pop...

When it comes to helping patients manage chronic and acute conditions and make healthier choices in such areas as medication adherence, smoking, diet, and preventive care, good advice alone is not enough. By using MI techniques, doctors, nurses, and other providers can transform conversations about change. The book shows how even the briefest clinical interaction can serve to build trust, clarify patients' goals as well as reasons for ambivalence, and guide them to take positive steps.

Unique among most debates on homosexuality, this book presents a constructive dialogue between people who disagree on significant ethical and theological matters, and yet maintain a respectful and humanizing posture toward one another. Few topics are more divisive today than homosexuality. Two...

Les grandes théories du cosmos : du Big Bang aux trous noirs. Premier livre de Stephen Hawking écrit à l'intention du non-spécialiste, succès incontournable dès sa parution, "Une brève histoire du temps" présente dans un langage simple et accessible les développements contemporains de l'astrophysique. Retraçant les grandes théories du cosmos, de Galilée et Newton à Einstein et Poincaré.

Reclus à Sara Laughs, sa maison de campagne, près d'un lac, Mike Noonan n'écrit plus. Depuis la mort brutale de sa femme Jo, enceinte, ce romancier à succès connaît l'angoisse de la page blanche. La rencontre de la petite Kyra, puis de sa mère Mattie, jeune veuve en butte à la malveillance de son richissime beau-père, amorce-t-elle pour Mike un nouveau départ ?

Ihr Name ist Tuesday - und sie nimmt unerbittliche Rache an Vergewaltigern und Gangstern. Wie eine Naturgewalt schlägt sie aus dem Verborgenen zu, nur um sofort wieder zu verschwinden. Für die Menschen in London wird Tuesday bald zur Heldin, doch die Polizei fahndet nach ihr. Detective Inspector Loss wird mit dem Fall betraut - ein ausgebrannter Kommissar, der noch immer unter dem unaufgeklärten Mord an seiner Tochter vor drei Jahren leidet.

Discover how to become the man that God has called you to be—a manly man. In Mansfield's Book of Manly Men, join New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield for a journey through millennia of wisdom from some of history's most remarkable men as you resurrect your inborn, timeless...

Science and Christianity are often presented as opposites, when in fact the order of the universe and the complexity of life powerfully testify to intelligent design. With this comprehensive resource that includes the latest research, you'll witness how the findings of scientists provide compelling reasons to acknowledge the mind and presence of a creator.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Retold by William Shakespeare and James Anthony, with a foreword by Stephen Fry. Read by Stephen Fry, Paapa Essiedu and the author. 'James Anthony has done something I would have confidently stated to be impossible. He has...

A collection of the funny, curious verse written during the 19th and 20th centuries, read by some of Britain's most renowned actors. Humorous and whimsical verse are collated together in these timeless readings of poetry from our funniest writers. Performed by Sir John Gielgud; Imogen Stubbs; Tim Pigott-Smith; Peter Orr; Wendy Hillier. 

Fourteen outstanding authors. Fourteen worlds that never were. Throughout the human experience, historians have wondered, “What if?” What if Japan had been on the side of the U.S. in World War II? What if things had been just a little different in the Falklands? What if Russia had started World War Three?

Mrs Paschal, the heroine of Revelations of a Lady Detective, is regularly consulted by the police and serves as an undercover agent as well as investigating her own cases. But even though she is 'verging on 40', she throws herself into cases with verve and gusto and has no hesitation in infiltrating a deadly secret society or casting off her crinolines in order to plummet into a sewer on the trail of a criminal.

An experienced tech writer fully explains blockchain technology and how it will radically transform the world as we know it in this reader-friendly, illuminating guide—“a book for the nerd but especially for the rest of us scratching our tech-terrified heads” (Patricia Hampl, author of The...

In the wake of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers faced a daunting task: overcome their competing visions to build a new nation, the likes of which the world had never seen. Washington and Hamilton chronicles the unlikely collaboration between two conflicting characters working together to protect their hard-won freedoms. Yet while Washington and Hamilton's different personalities often led to fruitful collaboration, their conflicting ideals also tested the boundaries of their relationship - and threatened the future of the new republic.

The perfect book for everybody who's either never heard of Blockchain or simply wants to know more about the technology which is about to transform the world we live in for the better. What is blockchain? Why does everyone from tech experts to business moguls to philanthropists believe it is a...

1960: Enfant triste et rêveur, Bobby fait la connaissance d'un étrange voisin, qui se dit traqué par de mystérieuses crapules en manteau jaune. 1966: À l'université, Pete mène joyeuse vie entre la musique, la contestation et les parties de cartes, sur fond de guerre du Viêtnam. 1983: Willie, vétéran de guerre, gagne sa vie en jouant les aveugles. Des destins différents qui se croisent autour d'une femme, Carol. Tous l'ont aimée. Bobby la retrouvera. L'Atlantide?

Quatorze ans de mariage, quatorze ans de mauvais traitements: toute la vie de Rosie. Un enfer! Doublé d'une obsession: fuir son tortionnaire de mari, flic jaloux, bourreau sadique, prêt à la massacrer à la première occasion. Neuf cents kilomètres suffiront-ils à la préserver de Norman? Qui donc pourrait lui venir en aide? Personne en ce monde. Mais il existe un autre monde. Celui de Rose Madder. Cette femme n'est peut-être qu'un personnage de tableau, une hallucination.