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Colonel Mark Kenslir is the last of the Cold War supersoldiers - and he's just come back from the dead. Sent to Arizona to hunt a heart-devouring shapeshifter, Colonel Kenslir and his team of supernatural-smashing soldiers thought it was just another mission. But instead of stopping the monster's murderous rampage, Kenslir and his stone soldiers became the latest victims in a trail of carnage blazed across the southwest.

In this new biography of General Donn Starry, armor officer Mike Guardia examines the life and work of this pioneering, crusading officer using extracts from interviews with veterans and family and from Starry's personal papers.

O otimismo é essencial para uma vida plena. No entanto, ele não é um dom natural nem uma qualidade do caráter, mas uma ferramenta preciosa que pode ser aperfeiçoada desde a infância. Depois de muitos anos de pesquisas, o autor e psicólogo Martin Seligman demonstra que crianças pessimistas correm um risco muito maior de ficarem deprimidas, e constata que o otimismo pode ser desenvolvido ao superar desafios, lidar com frustrações e experimentar conquistas individuais.

Vergonha Alheira é um podcast descontraído onde Gabriel Ribeira e Marta Silva falam sobre tudo o que lhes passa pela cabeça. Conversas soltas, leves e sem grandes formalidades, com espaço para temas variados e alguns jogos à mistura. Subscreve em https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vergonha-alheira/subscribe

Leaps, turns, and handsprings are hard enough, but when a beam is added, difficulty is maximized. In this book, gymnasts will learn the best tips and tricks to conquering the balance beam.

Floor exercise requires a lot from a gymnast. You need artistry, precision, and skill. But the feeling you get when you stick a complicated tumbling pass makes all your hard work and dedication worth it. Learn everything you need to know to compete in floor exercise.

From the time Courtney E. Martin strapped her daughter, Maya, to her chest for long walks, she was curious about Emerson Elementary, a public school down the street from her Oakland home. She learned that White families in their gentrifying neighborhood largely avoided the majority-Black, poorly-rated school. As she began asking why, a journey of a thousand moral miles began. Learning in Public is the story, not just Courtney’s journey, but a whole country’s.

Thrilling tales of despair litter the countryside of Rustle County, where children have been disappearing for hundreds of years. This collection of terrifying short stories details the odious occurrences that have haunted Boltsville for generations. Follow Sheriff LeBuff and his affable deputy, Officer LeBlanc, as they try to piece together the dark mystery.

The stories in this collection explore the physical and psychological effects of combat, both on those who serve and those back home. Told from the points of view of spouses and children as well as the soldiers themselves, the stories tackle 11 different scenarios spanning five American wars. Guilt and acceptance, despair and hope, selfishness and sacrifice, and above all, love, blend together as characters come to realize maybe their feelings aren’t futile after all.

With a foreword by James Martin, this classic manual on the Reformation by Martin Marty answers the question: Why is the Reformation relevant today? Most importantly, this audiobook is about how the Reformation impacts us devotionally as Christians of any denomination. Accessible for church groups or personal listening, this is not a historical narrative of Reformation events, but an explanation of the issues that led to Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses and their implications for the Church and the world.

Strange things are so common in Crescent Hollow that no one questions them anymore, except for the special few at the Everhart Academy for Extraordinary Youth. Students falling asleep in the middle of class isn't unusual, but when their nightmares cross over from the dream world, SQUID goes into action.

Are we living the good life - and what defines good, anyway? Americans today are constructing a completely different framework for success than their parents' generation, using new metrics that TEDWomen speaker and columnist Courtney Martin has termed collectively the "New Better Off".

Paige used to look up at the sky and wonder how far away the planets were. Now she learns planets are people, and they are doing more than just looking at us. Everyone is connected to a planet though most live their lives never knowing about the politics and plots weaving right in front of them. Some people are connected to Venus because they are romantics. The sneaky ones are connected to Mercury. Others are connected to Uranus because of their intelligence.

If you care about social change but hate feel-good platitudes, Do It Anyway is the book for you. Courtney Martin's rich profiles of the new generation of activists dig deep, to ask the questions that really matter: How do you create a meaningful life? Can one person even begin to make a difference in our hugely complex, globalized world?

Fighting to survive in a land that wants to destroy her, Ari refuses to surrender. If she were to be caught, she would lose her freedom first, her tongue second, and her life third. A fact she knows all too well. Burning with a fire beyond this world, she works to evade the forces of the Crown. Her unique abilities have marked her for death, she is all alone; the last of her people. Or so she believes.

Ferdinand Baum lebt nach 100 Regeln, die ihm helfen, in seiner Welt des Schmuggelns zu überleben. Doch ein Mord bei einer Übergabe, eine mysteriöse Fremde, in die er sich verliebt, eine geheime Organisation und ein altes Amulett scheinen seine Regeln außer Kraft zu setzen.

Paul Durell, eine Künstliche Intelligenz, ist Teil der Testphase von sechzig freilebenden Robotern. Doch wie begegnet der Mensch der Maschine? Paul trifft auf verschiedene Charaktere – die Nachbarn Ernesta und Laurin, deren Kater Hermann, seinen Vorgesetzten bei der Bank Dr. Brauer, sowie den Pensionisten Lois van der Zwan, den Paul regelmäßig in der Mittagspause trifft. Mit einigen davon schließt er Freundschaften, andere stellen sich gegen ihn und versuchen ihn auszuschalten. Die Ansätze und Lösungsvorschläge in „Paul Durell – mein Nachbar der Roboter“ treffen den Zeitgeist.

O psiquiatra Daniel Sampaio nasceu em 1946. Numa época muito diferente, em 1999, nasceu a jornalista Marta Amaral. “O Nosso Olhar Para Ti” é um encontro entre gerações que procura olhar para a saúde e para a doença mental numa perspectiva diferente. O foco é a prevenção, a partir da relação entre as pessoas desde a formação do casal, passando pelos filhos e até ao envelhecimento. Daniel Sampaio e Marta Amaral regressam para uma segunda temporada, para conversar sobre temas como o bullying; os telemóveis na nova geração; a anorexia e o Alzheimer.Um podcast Rádio Comercial.

MADE IN TAM è il podcast che ti racconta il Made in Italy del tessile e dell'abbigliamento attraverso la voce di imprenditori del settore. Un progetto di Marta Landoni e Filippo Migliorini.

God's Hand on My Shoulder is the true story of Joe Carl Martin, Jr., an ordinary man of extraordinary faith, quiet courage, and great humility. More than a memoir of one man's life, it is a glimpse into history through a warrior's eyes.