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Shadows in Paradise: The Dark History of the CNMI Guest Worker Program explores one of the most overlooked chapters of modern American history. For decades, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a U.S. territory in the Western Pacific, operated a labor system that brought tens of thousands of foreign workers from countries such as the Philippines, China, Bangladesh, and others to build its economy.

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It's Friday afternoon. A deployment is delayed. Security has concerns. Engineering has deadlines. Finance wants answers. And everyone is convinced someone else is the problem. If you've worked in cloud, you've been in this meeting. In SOLVING the CLOUD thinking game, Lori Higham takes listeners inside the conversations, rivalries, assumptions, and organizational dynamics that shape modern enterprises through the alternating perspectives of a CTO and CISO.

What makes a star last for more than 35 years? Salman Khan is not just one of Bollywood’s most recognizable names—he is a mass phenomenon. Across more than three decades of changing audiences, shifting film trends, media scrutiny, box office highs and lows, television dominance, and digital fandom, he has remained emotionally connected to millions. But his longevity is not an accident. The Salman Khan Formula explores how one actor became more than a movie star—how he became a mass emotion, a family presence, a fan identity, and a cultural habit.

Transform Your Faith into Powerful Action and Create Lasting Community Impact. Are you tired of watching the world's problems from the sidelines? Do you feel called to make a difference but don't know where to start? Seizing Compassion by Judy Hoff is your roadmap to transforming good intentions into life-changing action. Discover the Power of Compassionate Leadership, with over three decades of ministry experience and leadership in Foursquare Church's compassion initiatives, Judy reveals proven strategies that mobilize churches, transform communities, and change lives.

Nach mehr als dreißig Jahren, in denen unzählige Berichte, Dokumentationen, Filme und sogar Theaterstücke über den mutmaßlichen Serienmörder Jack Unterweger erschienen sind, kommt dieser hier erstmals selbst zu Wort: In Form des Tagebuchs, das er während des Jahrhundertprozesses verfasst hat. Zeilen voller Wut, Verzweiflung, aber auch Leidenschaft, die neue, ungeahnte Facetten des Menschen Jack Unterweger zum Vorschein bringen.

Feminism affects us all and a sound basic knowledge of the subject is essential, especially at the moment. In this book, you will learn what all these terms mean and how they relate to feminism. Once you understand how sexism works, how it manifests itself and how feminism can help combat it, you too can contribute to creating a modern world without gender discrimination.

Mitos, cuentos y leyendas del antiguo Egipto hace un breve recorrido por el universo fantástico de uno de los países más influyentes en la historia de la humanidad. El libro está bellamente ilustrado y presenta las figuras más importantes de la mitología del país de los faraones, con sus distintivos y características, el lenguaje jeroglífico y muchos otros elementos gráficos que te ayudarán a comprender el pensamiento de los antiguos egipcios, los creadores de una de las civilizaciones más prósperas de la historia humana.

Mujeres apasionadas es una exploración fascinante sobre las mujeres que han marcado la historia con su pasión y deseo, desafiando los límites impuestos por la sociedad. A través de un enfoque audaz y revelador, el autor nos presenta a figuras históricas como Cleopatra, Catalina la Grande y Marilyn Monroe, mostrando cómo su sexualidad fue vista, manipulada y a menudo demonizada.

Bloomsbury presents Don't Shoot: One Man, a Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America by David M. Kennedy, narrated by Patrick Lawlor. The remarkable story of David Kennedy's crusade to combat America's plague of gang- and drug-related violence - with methods that have...

If you're looking for a way to make a positive impact on the world, Matthew S. Friedman's inspiring book is the perfect guide. Through his incredible experiences and tireless activism over 35 years, he shows us that one person truly can create a ripple effect that leads to global change. As you...

"A graphic but powerful reminder of the horrors of that day—and the horrors that the first responders have faced ever since." —Booklist The untold story of an American hero who proved that one person can turn trauma into heroic action—from the wounded construction worker who became a...

Queer Studies: The Basics offers a concise and accessible introduction to the foundational principles, history, and contemporary concerns of queer studies. Organized across eight themed chapters, the book traces the development of queer theory from the late twentieth century to the present...

Step into the Alpine Regions of Austria for a complete introduction to the local traditions, beliefs, and folklore surrounding the dark half of the year. Within these pages you will come face-to-face with the ghostly procession of otherworldly beings called the Wild Hunt, the goddess Percht who...

ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN. OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING. CARER TO MORE THAN 150 CHILDREN. Can Cathy help troubled Lily sort her life out and piece together the truth? Late on boxing day, Cathy hears a strange noise outside her house, only to find Lily, a child she fostered ten years ago, shivering on...

The extraordinary account of The New York Times's effort to save hundreds of lives during the 2021 Afghanistan evacuation, highlighting four exceptional young women who, having escaped the fate of their fellow countrywomen back home, now face the challenges of forging a new life in a new land, a...

Veteran journalist Joe Nocera’s neighbor in the Hamptons was a therapist named Ike. Ike counted celebrities and Manhattan elites as his patients. He’d host star-studded parties at his eccentric vacation house. But one summer, Joe discovered that Ike was gone and everything he’d thought he’d known about his neighbor -- and the house next door -- was wrong. From Wondery, the company behind Dirty John and Dr. Death, and Bloomberg, “The Shrink Next Door” is a story about power, control and turning to the wrong person for help for three decades.

'Reveals the deep roots of the parenthood gap. Vivid and persuasive’ Professor Sarah Franklin 'One of the biggest questions facing modern civilization: whether and how its next generation will come to be' Christine Emba ________________________________ For generations, starting a family was an...

*Canada Reads 2019 Longlist *National Bestseller *New York Times Bestseller *Finalist for the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction *Finalist for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Awards *Longlisted for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize *Winner of the Blue Metropolis First Peoples...

Hundreds of thousands of clinicians and graduate students have relied on this text--now significantly revised with more than 50% new material--to learn the fundamentals of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Leading expert Judith S. Beck demonstrates how to engage patients, develop a sound case conceptualization, plan individualized treatment, structure sessions, and implement core cognitive, behavioral, and experiential techniques.