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I never believed in love at first sight.... Until the ATM ate my debit card, and Jackson Boudreaux stepped in to save the day. All business, in his nine-to-five banker suit - I couldn’t help but wonder of what he was hiding under that perfect form. I was leather and handcuffs. He was ties and cuff-links, but it didn't matter that we were from two different worlds. Once we collided there was no going back.

Wer Abnehmen will, muss sich gesund und ausgewogen ernähren. Das klingt einfacher gesagt als getan. Denn es mangelt uns nicht an Wissen, sondern am Durchhaltevermögen. Bevor eine endgültige Ernährungsumstellung überhaupt stattfindet fallen 99% der Menschen wieder zurück in ihr altes Essverhalten. Der Grund warum Diäten langfristig nicht zum Erfolg führen können.

In the spring of 1961, 10-year-old Nate "Weenie" Dooley has a revelation: His father is not a good one. Inspired by National Geographic, his favorite thing next to the Bible storybook his mother gave him before she died, Nate plans to leave his father and their home in the Smokies to set out on adventure.

A great American voice narrates a poignant tribute to our most outstanding monument. One of Charles Kuralt's last projects, Our Lady of the Freedoms is a full-scale production of writer-director Norman Corwin's account of how the Statue of Liberty came to New York harbor.

In 1789 HMS Bounty under the command of Lieutenant William Bligh sailed off on a voyage to Tahiti in the South Pacific to obtain breadfruit trees for transplanting in the Caribbean. After a long, difficult voyage, in which a passage of Cape Horn had to be abandoned, the ship finally reached its destination. Within a few months, the Bounty was loaded with breadfruit plants and fresh provisions. But the return voyage never materialized.

Eine Reise durch Kunst, Künstlersein und Freundschaft, die an einem Treffen zweier alter Freunde in Köln beginnt und durch das Leben des emigrierten Armeniers Juri Kokschajan, seines Enkels Maxim Spektor bis zum Paradies im Kloster Maria Laach führt. Liebold entführt durch Bilderwelten und rührt an die Quelle der Inspiration. Maxim Spektor spielte hierfür die Musik auf seiner Handpan ein, der Autor liest seine Novelle selbst. Eine wahre Geschichte.

Die Liebe geht seltsame Wege. Durch Träume und über alle Altersgrenzen hinweg - und zuweilen auch über die Grenzen der Wirklichkeit. Eine berührende Geschichte über Schicksal, Liebe, Weisheit und menschliches Wachstum, angesiedelt auf Europas größtem Mittelalter-Fest, dem Festival Mediaval.

Auf der Suche nach einem geeigneten Platz für seinen Freitod dringt Georg in ein stillgelegtes Militärgelände vor. Mit dem Schritt durch den Zaun bricht die Grenze zwischen den Welten zusammen und er findet sich in einem absurden Krieg wieder und wird vom Berichterstatter Parzifal, der seit Jahrhunderten hier einen sinnfreien Dienst ableistet, durch eine irrwitzige Reise auf einer altersschwachen Zündapp mitgenommen, der ihn zuletzt in eine Horrorversion der Tafelrunde führt.

Eine seltsame Begegnung in einem Sanatorium, die mit der Eröffnung "vor Ihnen sitzt mit einiger Wahrscheinlichkeit ein Drache" eine erschütternde Wendung nimmt. Auf dem Grenzpfad zwischen Wahn und Erleuchtung taumeln die Protagonisten durch die Zerrissenheit der menschlichen Seele und die Notwendigkeit, zur eigenen Wahrheit zu stehen - und wenn das heißt, durch Flammen gehen und vielleicht sterben zu müssen.

Auf dem keltischen Ringwall von Otzenhausen im Nationalpark Hunsrück-Hochwald begegnet Georg einer scheinbar abgehobenen New-Age-Jüngerin, die Achtsamkeitstürmchen aus dem historischen Denkmal errichtet. Will er sie zuerst davon abhalten, zeigt sich schnell, dass er es mit etwas ganz anderem zu tun hat, als er dachte: Unter dem Dollberg schläft ein uraltes Geheimnis und der Hunnenring enthüllt seine wahre Funktion.

Poetry Rx presents 50 great poems as seen through the eyes of a renowned psychiatrist and New York Times best seller. In this book, you will find insights into love, sorrow, ecstasy, and everything in between: love in the moment or for a lifetime; love that is fulfilling or addictive; when to break up and how to survive when someone breaks up with you.

If you have a tough time coping with life's disturbances, disappointments, and challenges, this book is for you. Dr. Peale offers a simple, sure-fire solution for stress: a healthy dose of enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the magic ingredient that can make the difference between success and failure, and it can help you to: improve your problem-solving abilities; overcome your fears; sharpen your mind; make your job more rewarding; calm your tensions; build self-confidence; and kindle the powerful motivation that makes things happen.

The many ills of the modern world can be debilitating. With a lot seemingly senseless violence, pain, and destruction, we need a lot of inner strength to overcome cynicism and despair - and to remain hopeful about the future. With Dr. Peale's careful guidance, you can achieve happiness and security by learning how to: conquer your fear; free yourself of guilty feelings; live well and prosper, personally and professionally; become physically healthy - the natural way; stay enthusiastic even in poor circumstances; tackle problems hopefully and creatively; and harness the power of prayer.

In this powerful reassessment of the postwar order in Europe, Norman Naimark suggests that Joseph Stalin was far more open to a settlement on the continent than we have thought. Through revealing case studies from Poland and Yugoslavia to Denmark and Albania, Naimark recasts the early Cold War by focusing on Europeans' fight to determine their future. As nations devastated by war began rebuilding, Soviet intentions loomed large. Stalin's armies controlled most of the eastern half of the continent, and in France and Italy, communist parties were serious political forces.

Over 50 years after his death, Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) is celebrated as the greatest rock guitarist of all time. But before he was setting guitars and the world aflame, James Marshall Hendrix was a shy kid in Seattle, plucking at a broken ukulele and in fear of a father who would hit him for playing left-handed. Bringing Jimi’s story to vivid life against the backdrop of mid-century rock, and with a wealth of new information, acclaimed music biographer Philip Norman delivers a captivating and definitive portrait of a musical legend.

In Stand Up Straight and Sing!, Jessye Norman recalls in rich detail the strong women who were her role models, from her ancestors to family friends, relatives, and teachers. She hails the importance of her parents in her early learning and experiences in the arts. And she describes coming face-to-face with racism, not just as a child living in the segregated South, but also as an adult out and about in the world.

Set in Dodge City, Kansas, during the thriving cattle days of the 1870s, the Gunsmoke radio show was routinely called by radio drama enthusiasts “the best show of any kind and any time”. For nine years from 1952 to 1961, Gunsmoke dominated the airwaves as it portrayed the epic legend of the American West. The lead character of Marshall Matt Dillon, as played by William Conrad, was called the “Philip Marlowe of the Old West”. Besides Conrad, the superb supporting cast included Parley Baer as Chester, Howard McNear as Doc Adams, and Georgia Ellis as Miss Kitty.

In How to Keep Your Brain Young, best-selling Christian counselor H. Norman Wright explores the basics of how the brain operates and provides helpful strategies for bettering your brain. Make the most of the incredible gift God has given you! Whether you’re young or old, right-brained or left, How to Keep Your Brain Young is packed full of simple yet invaluable tips to help you stay sharp for a lifetime.

Award-winning journalist Caitlin Bergman's mother is dead - at least that's what she’s told everyone for the past 40 years. It’s easier to lie than to explain how Maya abandoned her only daughter before dropping off the map forever. But when a rural sheriff invites Caitlin to the woods of coastal Oregon to identify her mother's remains, Caitlin drops everything to face the woman she's spent a lifetime hating. Unfortunately, the body - abandoned on the land of a reclusive cult, the Daughters of God - was left faceless.

Chronische Krankheiten rückgängig machen und sogar heilen? Mithilfe von Neuroplastizität ist das möglich! Dank der Neuroplastizität ist unser Gehirn in der Lage, die Art und Weise, wie es Aktivitäten und mentale Erfahrungen aufnimmt und verarbeitet, selbsttätig zu verändern. In seinem Buch berichtet Norman Doidge, Psychiater und Psychoanalytiker, von den erstaunlichen Fortschritten einer zweiten Generation von Neuroplastikern und vielen Patienten, die davon schon profitiert haben. Jede Geschichte im Hörbuch zeigt eine besondere Facette der neuroplastischen Heilungsmöglichkeiten.