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Davis McGowan could not have anticipated how his career would isolate him in his private life. After ordination, he finds himself an alien in a world of human need. This fictional account of a young pastor's rise and fall is based on the secret reality faced by the ordinary people who have sensed a "call" to one of the helping professions. Never quite accepted as a local, he navigates the path of conscience through the pitfalls of personal loneliness.

Moskau, 1953. Auf den Bahngleisen wird die Leiche eines kleinen Jungen gefunden. Nackt. Fürchterlich zugerichtet. Doch in der Sowjetunion der Stalinzeit gibt es offiziell keine Verbrechen. Und so wird der Mord zum Unfall erklärt. Der Geheimdienstoffizier Leo Demidow kann jedoch die Augen vor dem Offenkundigen nicht verschließen.

Moskau 1950. Geheimagent Leo Demidow soll dem schwarzen amerikanischen Sänger Jesse Austin ein perfektes kommunistisches Russland vorgaukeln...

Der Anruf des Vaters ist ein Schock: Daniels Mutter, die seit einigen Monaten mit ihrem Mann in Schweden lebt, wurde in die Psychiatrie eingeliefert. Ida leide unter Verfolgungsangst und Wahnvorstellungen, behauptet ihr Mann. Doch Ida selbst erzählt eine ganz andere Geschichte. Eine von vertuschten Verbrechen, vom Verschwinden einer jungen Frau, von einer eingeschworenen kleinen Gemeinschaft in einer abgelegenen Gegend Schwedens. Und von ihrer Angst, dass niemand ihr glaubt.

The legendary Ice House Club celebrated it's 50th Anniversary with this live all-star comedy extravaganza. The recording of this momentous night features 8 national headliners in an amazing tribute that will be remembered as one of the strongest Comedy shows in history.

"Generation X" grew up with Star Wars, prepared to deal with the problems of a fantasy universe. They also grew up during the longest period of economic growth in American history. Rob Stam argues that Generation X is assuming leadership of a very different country than the one they grew up in. Even so, if the Star Wars generation will learn and apply classic American principles, they can defeat the "Debt Star" and other real-world problems and pass on a better nation to their children.

This book debunks the myth that leaders need to be creative like designers to apply design thinking. Applying design approaches and practices to organizational leadership is not just about its leaders becoming more creative. It is definitely not about the person at the top coming up with the grand answer. Design thinking starts with the 'pain point' related to the problem you are trying to solve. You get to the heart of the issue. It is a collaborative effort that neatly leads stakeholders and representatives affected by the problem to design novel leadership solutions that work.

The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist...Antarctica. Cold People follows the journeys of a handful of those who endure the frantic exodus to the most extreme environment on the planet. But their goal is not merely to survive the present.

The apocalypse is coming! Scientists and science fiction novelists have long predicted various forms of the apocalypse, from plagues to wars to aliens. If there’s a way to end civilization, someone has probably prophesized it. Civilizations rise and civilizations fall…but are you ready for it to happen to you? How will you survive and thrive in the event of an apocalypse?

Harmon Tomeral and his friends wanted nothing more than to go to space, and they have beaten the odds, time and again. They developed a mech and won the Top Fleet Marine Competition. They brought back a battlecruiser from an unknown system and made it their own. They made allies who helped them achieve great victories, and they ultimately founded new colonies in what has become known as the Salvage System.

Tom and Rob set out to confuse and confound one another, and you, listener, are the collateral damage

Learn about UK nature, conservation and rewilding in this immersive podcast hosted by award-winning BBC broadcaster and journalist, Rob Smith. Rob meets people and visits projects on the ground that are helping to tackle the nature and climate crisis by reintroducing species, rethinking farming, managing landscape-scale conservation projects, teaching and educating the public and even studying cultures of soil in a lab. There are so many ways people are making a difference - join Rob to find out more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.