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In this compelling audio series, renowned human behavior experts Roy Baumeister and Dianne Tice unravel the mysteries surrounding one of humanity’s most talked about but least understood forms of social interaction: sex.

"Dieser Roman war seiner Zeit weit voraus." Margaret Atwood Florentine heißt Gabrielle Roys lebenshungrige Heldin, sie ist 19 Jahre alt und schlägt sich in Montreal als Kellnerin durch. Fest entschlossen, ihre Mutter, die kleinen Geschwister und sich selbst aus Armut und Elend zu befreien, kämpft sie für ein besseres Leben und sozialen Aufstieg. Doch auf ihrer Suche nach Liebe und Glück gerät sie an den Falschen.

Terrorism. Same-sex marriage. Debt cancellation. The AIDS pandemic. These are just some of the critical contemporary issues addressed in this book. Issues Facing Christians Today helps thinking Christians sift through and respond to a sweeping array of complex and pressing topics. Thoroughly revised and updated by Roy McCloughry and fully endorsed by John Stott, this fourth edition continues a two-decades-plus legacy of bringing important current issues under the lens of biblically informed thinking.

Roy Wood Jr. tackles freeway protests, examines the origin of the blues, and explains why the Confederate flag is sometimes helpful.

Fata morgana handler om den midaldrende forfatter, John, der skriver på en roman. Han har været undervejs med den i fire år, men er gang på gang gået i stå. Nu er han sammen med sin kone og to halvstore børn taget fra det nordlige Norge til den mondæne ferieby Drøbak ved Oslofjorden for i det lejede sommerhus at skrive sin bog færdig. Den kommer til at handle om familiens ophold.

Den kvindelige politibetjent Marion indgår i et hemmeligt efterforskningsteam ved Oslo politi. Teamet skal tage sig af en usædvanlig sag: I en glascontainer finder man en ung pige af pakistansk oprindelse, dækket af hijab, myrdet. Hun mangler venstre hånd.

One hundred fifty years after the end of slavery and nearly 60 years after the passage of the civil rights laws of the 1960s, average Black household wealth in the 21st century remains a fraction of the median assets of other racial, ethnic, and immigrant populations. There are many reasons, but this book is about one: two centuries of governmental encouragement of periodic sustained surges in immigration. Governmental policies and actions have enabled employers to depress Black wages and to avoid hiring African Americans altogether.

Every good hitter is fighting a battle.... Do you know what yours is and how to turn it to your advantage on the field? Three out of every four appearances at the plate result in an out. You probably know this...so why are you doubting your skills? To hit like a pro, you need to think like a pro - and that means mastering a specific mental attitude as well as your physical technique.

This audiobook breaks down the complex language into its simplest parts. It focuses on patterns with frequent repetition in a way that is easy to follow and remember. The goal is to have children talk like native speakers instantly! It includes various learning modes such as repetition, Q&A, lots of music and encouragement. Your child will have a blast. They won’t even know they’re learning!

An army vet and former bodyguard for the rich and famous, Jessie Mercado has faced all kinds of danger and always emerged victorious. But one thing this motorcycle-riding private investigator has never encountered before is an incarceration consultant. Preparing wealthy people to go to prison is big business. When Owen Blake of Mamertine Consulting hires Mercado to find his missing partner, her suspect list is filled with recently released white-collar criminals, a few drug kingpins, and a couple of murderers to keep things interesting.

Da finnerne rømmer og brænder den lille by Suomussalmi før russerne kommer i december 1939, bliver én mand tilbage. Det er brændehuggeren Timmo Vatanen. Timmo har boet i Suomussalmi hele sit liv, og hører ikke til nogen andre steder. Og nogen må jo forsvare ruinerne og gøre det rigtige, hvor umulig opgaven end må synes, og uanset om det giver venner eller fjender.

Det begynder den dag en mystisk halvlillesøster ankommer mutters alene med bussen. Hun hedder Linda, og med sig har hun en lyseblå kuffert. I kufferten ligger en brugsanvisning. På Linda. For Linda er lidt ud over det sædvanlige. Det er i Berlinmurens, præsident Kennedys og Jurij Gagarins år. Finn bor alene med sin mor i en lejelejlighed i Oslos nybyggede forstæder.

“I was tired of speed. I wanted to live tree time.” So writes Sumana Roy at the start of How I Became a Tree, her captivating, adventurous, and self-reflective vision of what it means to be human in the natural world.

One night, Elango has a dream that consumes him, driving him to give it shape. The potter is determined to create a terracotta horse whose beauty will be reason enough for its existence. Yet he cannot pin down from where it has galloped into his mind. The Mahabharata? The Trojan horse legend? His anonymous potter-ancestors? Once it’s finished, he does not know where his creation will belong. In a temple compound? Gracing a hotel lobby? Or should he gift it to Zohra, the woman he loves, yet despairs of ever marrying.

This audiobook breaks down the complex language into its simplest parts. It focuses on patterns with frequent repetition in a way that is easy to follow and remember. The goal is to have children talk like native speakers instantly! It includes various learning modes such as repetition, Q&A, lots of music, and encouragement. Your child will have a blast. They won’t even know they’re learning!

Michelle Cameron’s name is associated with the most abhorrent of crimes. A child who lured a younger child away from her parents and to her death, she is known as the black girl who murdered a little white girl; evil incarnate according to the media. As the book opens, she has done her time, and has been released as a young woman with a new identity to start her life again. When another shocking death occurs, Michelle is the first in the frame.

In the four years since he traveled through time to save the world, Quinn Black has settled happily into life as a new space race billionaire, despite the fact he’s no longer able to travel or loop time. But before long, things start to go horribly wrong. The system he created to save the planet mysteriously begins to malfunction. His team receives a cryptic message, and he’s hurled back into the past once again...but with a twist. Now, instead of trying to go back in time, he’s desperate to travel in the other direction and get back to the future.

When he wakes up, Elango knows his life has changed. His dream will consume him until he gives it shape. The potter must create a terracotta horse whose beauty will be reason enough for its existence. Yet he cannot pin down from where it has galloped into his mind - the Mahabharata, or Trojan legend, or his anonymous potter-ancestors. Nor can he say where it belongs - in a temple compound, within a hotel lobby, or with Zohra, whom he despairs of ever marrying.

Do Over Doc is the first book in the Matchmaker Series. Dr. Cody Roberts is a large animal veterinarian and bi-vocational pastor. He works exclusively for the H&F Ranch in Bandera, Texas where he is dealing with grief over the death of his wife the year before.

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