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From the organization We Need Diverse Books and Dhonielle Clayton, the co-author of Blackout, comes a fantasy collection of short stories from a list of diverse, award-winning, and best-selling authors. This critically acclaimed young adult anthology welcomes every voice to lead, empower, and take command of their universe.

Apprenez les mots et les expressions les plus importants pour la vie quotidienne et les voyages grâce au cours audio " Le tchèque pour tous ". Plus de 1300 mots et expressions sont arrangés par thèmes, résumés en chapitres et transmettent de façon authentique les bases fondamentales de la langue. Ainsi, vous pouvez vous concentrer sur l’apprentissage des mots et expressions relatifs à certains sujets comme " les bases ", " voyage ", " banque ", ou " moyens de communication ".

Edward Snowden riskierte alles, um das System der Massenüberwachung durch die US-Regierung aufzudecken. Jetzt erzählt er seine Geschichte. "Mein Name ist Edward Snowden. Sie halten dieses Buch in Händen, weil ich etwas getan habe, das für einen Mann in meiner Position sehr gefährlich ist: Ich habe beschlossen, die Wahrheit zu sagen." Mit 29 Jahren schockiert Edward Snowden die Welt: Als Datenspezialist und Geheimnisträger für NSA und CIA deckt er auf, dass die US-Regierung heimlich das Ziel verfolgt, jeden Anruf, jede SMS und jede E-Mail zu überwachen.

Getting trapped in a psychotic fae’s twisted game isn’t my idea of a fun Friday afternoon. When one of them shows up in my territory of Toulouse uninvited, I was never going to just let it slide. Now I’m stuck, in a locked room mystery in another dimension.

In the year that David Bowie died, Brexit shocked us, 'Hiddleswift' was a thing and Trump trumped, we are all asking ourselves: was 2016 really the worst year ever? Find out in this special commemorative book. In this cathartic memento of the annus shitabulus that was 2016, you'll find a hilarious guide to everything that went wrong and the few - very few - things that actually went right.

I didn’t know I was a witch until a pair of cats started talking to me and I received an official summons to report to a training school for my supernatural abilities. That’s when I’m shipped off to a highly esteemed university for the supernatural, Moongrove Academy. I go to class alongside shifters, vampires, and other creatures straight from the paranormal books I love so much.

I had run away to get away from one domineering man…Now, I’m in the arms of one who would give me the world. I didn’t want to leave my Pride, but I didn’t have much of a choice. Everything that I have done has been for myself, trying to make ME happy. Then one day, I ran into him while swimming and my life fell apart. I didn’t know how name, just that he brought out desires inside of me that I didn’t think was possible. I can play his game of cat and mouse…I just didn’t realize how quickly I was falling into his trap.

A feminist anthology inspired by legendary Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown’s Sex and the Single Girl, featuring twenty-four new essays on the triumphs and heartbreaks of modern singlehood from acclaimed and bestselling authors, including Kristen Arnett, Morgan Parker, Evette Dionne, and Melissa Febos.

At the start of 2020, in what felt already like an age of disorder, our world faced one of the gravest global challenges in a century. Yet in the midst of this crisis, billions of human beings responded with love. Tim Shriver saw an opportunity for those hungry for community to answer a call to heal, a call to hope, a call to unite. He asked monks and nuns, artists and activists, nurses and doctors, ex-presidents and ex-cons to come together to share messages of inspiration, transformation, and love. This book captures the spirit of that 24-hour event.

Joe Silvestri was a tough kid from the mean streets of New York. He went from street brawler to wearing a tux at the glamorous Copacabana. He eventually provided “muscle” for the Mob, a highly respected and feared fixer - the guy you went to if you had a problem that needed to be resolved. Award-winning Mob author Dennis Griffin joins forces with Joey “the Fixer” Silvestri to tell a tale of a bygone era when organized crime dominated New York City.

From October 2002 to September 2005, the crew of the USS San Francisco (SSN 711), a nuclear fast-attack submarine, took an incredible and gut-wrenching journey through three homeports, two missions vital to national security, two dry-dockings, dozens of leaders, and the worst submerged grounding in the history of the US Navy that did not result in the loss of the vessel.

Demler Mansion has seen its share of darkness. In 1995, serial killer Edmund Demler set a fire there, ending his own life. A quarter-century later, urban explorers break into the old ruin. They find a once-grand house now falling into decay - blackened walls, broken furniture, echoes that sound like voices. Then something far more terrifying finds them. After this latest tragedy, medium Penny Wright arrives to investigate. From her first moments inside the house, Penny suspects that the spirit of Edmund Demler has never left.

Set in a world where Adam and Leila and their friend Zak live as Nons under the Permitted ruling class. Then, when Adam and Leila’s father dies unexpectedly, their mother faces losing her permit to live in the Stone City with deportation to where she was born. Before music-loving Adam can implement his plan to save Mama, Zak is arrested for a bold prank that goes wrong, with far-reaching repercussions for them all.

Each of us is participating in a supernatural experience that we call incarnation. We have been given a divine gift called "intuition'" to guide us through our journey. Our task is to awaken to this gift. Our intuition is the voice of God encouraging us to return home to divine truth.

After the last few misadventures, I’m not so much broken as ruined, a shell of my former self. But I can’t stop. The trail of those who betrayed me is getting cold, and if I’m going to get any answers, I need to keep following it. Except it leads to Faerie. And the way is barred to all but the Fae.

In Houston, Texas in the year of 1964, a black veteran in his late 20’s named Aaron hears an angry mob of white people near his home. After a bullet flies through his home he hears something moving on his porch. To his surprise it is a black woman named Diana seeking to come in.

Have you ever wondered how you can best move out of your comfort zone? While there are occasional benefits to comfort zones, they essentially hold you back from pursing your goals. To achieve any truly meaningful accomplishment, it's necessary to venture far out from your safe, familiar routine. Are you looking for a complete beginners guide to learn how to move out of your comfort zone? and still looking for true peace of mind? Listen on, and commit to leaving your comfort zone behind.

Marco ist ein Künstler Anfang dreißig. Das Gehalt seiner Freundin Camilla reicht knapp für sie beide. Camilla jedoch hat sich mehr vom Leben erhofft, weshalb sie sich von Marco trennt. Es ist eine Kopfentscheidung, doch wann, wenn nicht jetzt, soll sie ihre Zukunft in die Hand nehmen? Um seine verlorene Liebe zurückzugewinnen, ist Marco zu allem bereit. Als eine ältere Dame ihm die Chance bietet, zu einem Vermögen zu kommen, lässt er sich auf den zweifelhaften Deal mit ihr ein.

A Family History of Illness is a gritty historical memoir that examines the body's immune system and microbial composition as well as the biological and cultural origins of memory and history, offering a startling, fresh way to view the role of history in understanding our physical selves.

Echte Lektüre auf der Niveaustufe A1! Kurze, einfache Sätze lassen vor dem inneren Auge des Lesers einen Film erstehen - Menschen, die mit ihren Gefühlen, ihren Hoffnungen, ihren Träumen und Begehrlichkeiten aufeinander treffen und ihr gegenseitiges Schicksal beeinflussen. Die Hueber Lese-Novelas bieten echten Lesestoff auf einem denkbar einfachen sprachlichen Niveau: Lesespaß, der nicht durch didaktische Maßnahmen gedämpft wird; das großartige Gefühl, schon auf dieser frühen Stufe des Lernens authentische Lese-Erlebnisse genießen zu können; die Chance, sich einfach von den Geschehnissen mitreißen zu lassen und dabei schon fast zu vergessen, dass es sich um Lektüre in der "schwierigen" Zielsprache handelt.