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Too Proud to Lead provides essential advice on how to avoid hubristic behavior that can endanger businesses, as well as cope with arrogant overconfidence in others in the workplace.

Roma, settembre 1683. In una locanda nel cuore della Città Santa la morte improvvisa di un viaggiatore semina il panico: veleno o peste? Per paura del contagio, gli ospiti vengono rinchiusi in quarantena nelle proprie stanze. Tra loro c'è l'abate Atto Melani, ex cantante castrato e ora agente segreto del Re Sole, deciso a scoprire cosa si celi dietro quella strana morte. Atto dovrà scontrarsi con le reticenze e le paure degli altri ospiti, con lo spettro della peste che aleggia sulla locanda.

Jalair has always been told that Mongols slew his father, Darien--the greatest hawker of the Empire--and robbed him of a spectacular breed of hunting bird that Darien had perfected. Since then the Mongols have searched relentlessly for the son of the slain hawker. A broken promise and mysterious circumstances cause Jalair to risk the journey eastward to recapture the Golden Hawks. Striving at all costs to conceal his identity, the boy arrives at Karakorum, the city of Genghis Khan.

On the hottest day of the year, as a heatwave takes hold of the Appalachian Mountains, a five-year-old girl goes missing. Just as the sun is setting, a family vacation becomes a worst nightmare—Betsy, with her green eyes, ponytail, and rainbow T-shirt—disappears in the woods by Widow Lake. Detective Ellie Reeves is straight on the scene, promising Betsy’s heartbroken parents that she will stop at nothing to find their precious daughter.

Entering Blackburn Academy was supposed to be a dream come true. Instead, I’m trapped in a nightmare. A group known as The Elites rule the campus with fear and cruelty. They kill vampires for sport. Worst of all... they think I’m one of them. Only my boyfriend, Justin, knows my deadly truth and he’s suddenly gone missing. The only person who I can turn to for help is Mitch Holter, my Elite bodyguard and the biggest bully at Blackburn. I had no way of knowing the dark and sinister nature of the Academy’s secret traditions. Now, my only goal is to survive the night.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you. Greater Than a Tourist - Riga, Latvia by Rita Feigina offers the inside scoop on Riga.

Zara seemed happily married. But behind her smile at parties and gatherings was a lonely woman. She found herself neglected by her husband Jay, a successful and preoccupied businessman and was no longer needed by her entitled and wayward son Arun. This all changed when they met the award-winning coach Rita Chowdhry. Through the framework called SAVVI, the three characters, based on real-life stories, transformed their lives.

The Hawthorn Group has a new leader, and he’s itching to send all supernaturals to the Alderwood Reformatory. One wrong move, and I’ll be sent off to that prison masquerading as a school, where I’m viewed as a traitor to my own kind. Staying out of trouble becomes a near impossibility when the boy I love starts growing wings and battling dark, demonic urges. A malevolent essence is growing within him, consuming him with its power. Turning to the supernaturals of Alderwood Reformatory, who I’ve been warned to fear, may be my only chance to bring Justin back from the edge.

Franz Eberhofer, vor kurzem noch ein angesehener Kommissar bei der Münchner Polizei, wird strafversetzt – ausgerechnet in sein niederbayerisches Heimatdorf. Dort treiben ihn zwar erneut seine stocktaube Großmutter und sein Beatles hörender Vater in den Wahnsinn, doch ansonsten geht es in seinem Leben eher beschaulich zu. Bis eines Tages eine Reihe von seltsamen Unfällen die Idylle stört und seinen kriminalistischen Ehrgeiz weckt. Franz Eberhofer ermittelt in seinem ersten Fall und entlarvt die heile Welt der Dorfgemeinschaft als trügerisch.

Melanie Booher is considered, by many, as a name to know in the game of workplace culture transformation; here, she has collected a powerhouse team of authors who have offered their years of experience working in HR on how to create a passion within people for the work that they do everyday. Whether the work begins with silencing your inner critics, expanding the inclusion of critics within your culture, strengthening your leaders to guide to stronger integrity, or cultivating a workplace culture that is noticed and awarded by others, it’s all here in Culture Impact.

La decisión de una humilde familia campesina de dar una hija en adopción a un matrimonio adinerado es el fundamento sobre el que Khaled Hosseini - autor de las inolvidables Cometas en el cielo y Mil soles espléndidos - ha tejido este formidable tapiz en el que se entrelazan los destinos de varias generaciones y se exploran las infinitas formas en que el amor, el valor, la traición y el sacrificio desempeñan un papel determinante en las vidas de las personas.

One September day in 1955, Rita’s life changed forever when polio struck her family. She was five years old. Rita became totally paralyzed; her brother was partially affected, and she lost her mother to the virus. The hospital became her home, and the ward sister her mother. Hospital life was harsh in the 1950s: Crying was a punishable offence and meant solitary confinement. Rita struggled to walk again using leg callipers and a spinal brace, and later became mobile with the use of a wheelchair.

Life is a journey and physical birth and death are its points of transition. Many people across multiple cultures and faith systems believe that the spirit lives on—and have experienced contact with the spirits of loved ones who have passed to the higher side. This contact is joyous, comforting and healing—but you wonder if it's actually real and whether you can share in it, too. This enlightening guide will show you exactly how to uncover your own mediumistic capabilities and connect with those no longer on your plane.

The Wholesome Addiction Podcast is a popular podcast that discusses a range of topics related to sexuality, relationships, and adult entertainment. The podcast was first launched in 2012 and has since gained a large following, with new episodes released on a regular basis. The cast is hosted by Beef and Sean and they often have guest speakers join them to discuss various topics related to sexuality, adult films, and relationships. They have a casual, humorous style of conversation that is designed to make listeners feel comfortable and engaged. Topics covered on the Wholesome Addiction Podcast...

Esta es la historia de Ben y de su abuela, ¡una ancianita con un secreto súper emocionante! Humor y aventuras de la mano del autor número uno en Inglaterra.

This astonishing novel from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America is an epic masterwork—empathetic, brutal, and entirely human—and essential reading for both teens and adults grappling with the long history of American racism.

Esta es la increíble historia de Gilbert y de su papá... ¡que es ladrón! Humor y aventuras de la mano del autor número 1 en Inglaterra. Hay padres de todo tipo: gorditos, delgados, altísimos, bajitos, divertidos, súper estrictos, chillones, callados... Y por supuesto, hay padres buenos, y padres no tan buenos. Cuando Gilbert termina en la cárcel por ser cómplice de un robo, a su hijo Frank no le queda más remedio que tramar un plan para rescatarle y devolver el dinero que ha robado. Pero, ¿cómo se quitará de encima al terrible mafioso que les persigue?

For five years, Cora Reeves has searched for her baby, who went missing in a fire - a baby she swears is still out there. When the private investigator sniffing out clues ends up dead, Sheriff Jacob Maverick’s on the cold case. As old evidence takes on new meaning, Jacob is desperate to ensure Cora’s safety. Especially once he realizes how far someone is willing to go to keep her from learning the truth behind what really happened that fateful day....

Tras recitar sus poemas en una velada literaria en Dublín, Frances y Bobbi conocen a Melissa, una atractiva escritora que quiere publicar un reportaje sobre ellas. Estas dos universitarias que en el pasado fueron pareja se verán atraídas hacia ella y su marido Nick: un matrimonio acomodado que se acerca a la cuarentena y con el que terminarán formando un complejo ménage à quatre.

A revised, updated, and expanded edition of the best-selling self-help book that encourages women to overcome adversity, embrace change, and discover their power: This Is Not the Life I Ordered is the culmination of weekly "kitchen table coaching" sessions that took place for more than a decade and were designed to support four extraordinary women through life's ups and downs. These women realized that their support of one another could help other women struggling with life's myriad issues of work, family, and love, as well as the big questions of life and death.