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On June 23, 2018, 12 members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach were exploring the Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand when disaster struck. A rainy season downpour flooded the tunnels, trapping them as they took shelter on a shelf of the dark cave. Eight days of searching yielded no signs of life, but on July 2, they were discovered by two British divers. This is the incredible true story of their inspiring rescue. Award-winning author Marc Aronson brings us the backstory behind how this astounding rescue took place.

What would one call taking teens with no evident running talent and putting them through breakneck training combined with mantras from rock n' roll, techniques from Kenya, and philosophy from Australia, and turning them into champions? Is it revolutionary? Or just plain crazy? Bill Aris has heard both, but one thing is indisputable. Everything Aris does with his runners - male and female - is new and extraordinary, and he has created a new American running dynasty.

The Offering is a meditation on prophetic Scripture and its message for our time. God has given ample testimony to men through nature, history, and his own word of who he is and what he is doing here now. Marc Erickson unpacks this in The Offering.

In the fast-paced world of oil and gas pipelines, innovation is key. With the PHMSA Mega Rule reshaping the industry, companies need cutting-edge solutions to stay compliant, safe, and efficient. This audiobook is your essential guide to leveraging GIS technology to meet these new challenges and elevate your operations. This comprehensive guide explores the integration of Virtual GIS with advanced technologies to enhance compliance, safety, and efficiency in pipeline operations.

"Cesse de te laisser emporter par le tourbillon." Ouvrage majeur de la philosophie stoïcienne, les pensées de l'empereur Marc Aurèle furent rédigées entre 170 et 180 ap. JC. Ces pensées apparaissent aujourd'hui comme étant d'une modernité surprenante. Considérées comme une véritable méthode pour atteindre le bonheur, ce chef de guerre, en avance sur ce temps, y démontre que le coaching moderne et la tendance du développement personnel n'ont rien inventé.

Can the Bible be approached both as sacred scripture and as a historical and literary text? For many people, it must be one or the other. How can we read the Bible both ways? The Bible and the Believer brings together three distinguished biblical scholars--one Jewish, one Catholic, and one Protestant--to illustrate how to read the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament critically and religiously.

Christians believe many myths about emotions: Emotions lead you astray. Emotions aren’t spiritual. And the biggest myth: God is not emotional. These myths, combined with a lack of training work together to create Christians who are fragile, reactive, and emotionally immature.

Behalve de standaardtaal worden er in Nederland nog duizenden andere soorten Nederlands gesproken: de oude dialecten, de nieuwe straattaal, chat-taal en veel meer. Hoe komt het dat onze taal voortdurend aan het veranderen is? Is het niet onhandig voor de communicatie dat iedereen net een beetje anders praat? Moeten we ons zorgen maken over taalverloedering of ons juist verheugen in de vitaliteit van onze taal? Marc van Oostendorp behandelt in zijn college duizend jaar geschiedenis van het Nederlands.

Ces 14 entretiens entre Edgar Morin et l’éditeur et ami Marc de Smedt éclairent l’histoire récente, les mutations de notre société et abordent des sujets intemporels – le désir, l’approche de la mort, la création.

Depuis qu’un drame immense l’a frappé, Antoine ne supporte plus les injustices. Il lit les journaux, comme tout le monde, mais ça ne passe plus. Selon lui, les ordures s’en sortent. Presque toujours. Ce sont les gens bien qui perdent. Si seulement, juste une fois, il pouvait rectifier le pointage entre les bons et les salopards. Faire gagner les gentils. Bêtement.

Pitman walks you through the how and why of social media. He gives you tips and an outline for starting a social media strategy and shows how to get your website up and running on a shoe-string budget. Then he shows you how email, blogging, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and other social media tools fit into your strategy. He even shows you how to learn all these new tools and still stay sane.

Imagine waking up in the morning and living on your own terms! No more soul-sucking job commutes or unfulfilling eight-hour days! Make money online, and live the life of your dreams! People live this way every day, and you can too! The truth is you can't live the life you've always wanted working in a cubicle. The best part about making money online is that you can do this from anywhere in the world! It's the perfect solution for anyone who wants more out of life.

At 11 years old, Gabriel Naumann is witness to a horrific crime. Twenty-nine years later his girlfriend is taken. Then the messages begin. 'If you want to find her, then you'll have to find me.' Somebody knows the truth. Somebody knows what he did. And now his girlfriend will pay for it - unless he can find her in time. When you've spent decades running from your past, what do you do when it finally catches up with you?

In Out of Captivity, Gonsalves, Stansell, and Howes recount for the first time their amazing tale of survival, friendship, and, ultimately, rescue, tracing their five and a half years as hostages of the FARC. Their story takes you inside one of the world's most notorious terrorist organizations, going behind enemy lines with vivid and haunting imagery.

While investigating a temporal anomaly in Central London, the Doctor and Jo Grant meet Professor Harold Saunders, a man who possesses an unstable alien artefact and who is seemingly haunted by the ghosts of dolls. Who is the mysterious Mrs Killebrew? Why is a pack of hounds hunting them in reverse? And can Jo pick up any bargains while backwards shopping on Oxford Street?

In "Niemand regeert" leest Marc Chavannes een selectie van zijn columns voor die eerder werden gepubliceerd in de NRC. "De Nederlandse overheid is als een broodje zacht open asfaltbeton. Twee identieke zachte happen met een toegankelijk lijkende harde laag ertussen." Dat ontdekte Marc Chavannes na zijn terugkeer uit Frankrijk en Amerika. Nederland heeft zich bekeerd tot een ingrijpend marktdenken, zónder helder idee over wat we van de overheid blijven verwachten.

Eine exklusive Kurzgeschichte, die 10 Jahre nach dem totalen Blackout beginnt... Immer wieder kommt es vor: Es gibt einen Stromausfall, und plötzlich geht nichts mehr. Meist kommt der Strom nach einiger Zeit wieder und alles ist gut. Was, wenn das mal nicht so wäre? Marc Elsberg hat das Szenario in einem atemberaubenden Thriller ausgemalt und damit bereits Millionen Leser*innen und Hörer*innen begeistert. Jetzt, zum 10-jährigen Jubiläum seines Megabestsellers "Blackout" hat Marc Elsberg eine exklusive Kurzgeschichte geschrieben, die erzählt, wie es weitergeht...

But that’s exactly what Marc was. Repeatedly bullied and overweight, Marc was an unpopular kid who turned pain into fuel to transform his body, train his mind, and change the course of his entire life. What started as self-defense became an unquenchable thirst for self-improvement from pre-dawn sprints at his high school track to living in a storage closet while training for the NFL draft. It took blood, sweat, sacrifice - and his mom’s heartfelt advice - for Marc to go from an insecure boy to a professional NFL athlete.

Dive into the future of AI with this audiobook! Embodied AI is transforming the world by seamlessly integrating advanced technologies into real-world applications. This audiobook offers an in-depth exploration of how AI is bridging the gap between simulations and reality. Discover the secrets of Embodied AI and learn how it’s revolutionizing industries. From innovative techniques like Sim2Real Transfer to the latest in Multimodal Perception, this audiobook covers it all.

Chien Pourri a toujours rêvé d'aller à la campagne. Mais le hasard l'a conduit dans une ferme dirigée par un affreux géant vert qui met les animaux en boîte.