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De la mano de especialistas de Harvard Business Review, en este libro se explica cómo es posible forjar el carisma, la seguridad y la determinación que proyectan los grandes líderes.

Following a tip-off from a contact in the Dutch Security Service, HARPA Director James Gates tasks his deputy, Amy Fox, to raid a container ship and secure a cache of smuggled biblical relics. Among the haul, they hope to find an enigmatic statue made by John the Apostle and the answer to a riddle about the Apocalypse.

Dr Max Hunter, Special Agent Amy Fox and the rest of the HARPA Team are on the most important mission of their lives to rescue their teammate Quinn Mosley, HARPA Director Jim Gates and his wife Susanna, and Hunter's UNESCO manager Professor Juliette Bonnaire who have all been kidnapped by a mysterious organisation claiming to be the Illuminati. The group's leader, Oriax, says he will trade their friends' lives for the Sword of the Archangel Michael and gives them a 24 hour deadline to meet his demands.

When ex-army officer and UNESCO archaeologist Max Hunter is sent to Normandy on the trail of England's missing crown jewels, he thinks he's in for a few easy weeks. But when the ancient Mont Saint-Michel abbey is attacked by gunmen, Hunter and his research assistant Lauren Lane are forced to flee for their lives with a mysterious treasure chest hidden for centuries inside the abbey. After evading the assassins, Hunter and Lauren find something inside the chest with world-changing consequences.

When world-famous archaeologist and ex-soldier Max Hunter finds a mysterious artefact in a tomb beneath the Gates of Nineveh, his lifelong dream of finding The Atlantis Covenant comes one step closer. But there is a problem. He is not the only one looking for it and his discovery unleashes a high-speed hunt for the lost civilisation between a mysterious Swiss foundation, the FBI, and the world's most secretive society.

In the tradition of The Promise of a Pencil and Kisses from Katie comes an inspirational memoir by the founder of Comfort Cases about his turbulent childhood in the foster care system and the countless obstacles and discrimination he endured in adopting his four children. Rob Scheer never...

The wonder and mystery of The Great Tomes series continues with The Great Tome of Fantastic and Wondrous Places. Volume three of this collection features narratives revolving around the exploration of fantasy or alien locales in which the acts of exploration and adventure are central to the plot.

It’s the 22nd century. The galaxy has opened up to humanity as a hyperactive beehive of stargates and new technologies, and we suddenly find ourselves in a vast playground of different races, environments, and cultures. There’s just one catch: We are pretty much at the bottom of the food chain.

In Thunder God, former Special Forces specialist Joe Hawke must take even greater steps to secure the future of humanity when an international human-trafficker embarks on an insane pursuit of the greatest power in the world, a power so mighty it will change the course of history forever. Joe Hawke and his team fight their way through the Shanghai underworld to Genghis Khan's tomb and then on to the final resting place of the ancient Map of Immortality in a bid to stop the Thunder God from seizing the greatest power on Earth.

What is the oldest, darkest secret in the world? The discovery of an ancient Greek text that could be the final piece of a mysterious puzzle older than time itself leads to a hunt for the truth as Joe Hawke fights to stop dark forces intent on changing the course of history forever.

Too many companies are managed not by leaders but by mere role players and faceless bureaucrats. What would it take to replace these empty suits with real leaders - men and women who are confident in who they are and who truly inspire people to achieve extraordinary results? Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones argue that leaders don't become great by aspiring to a list of universal character traits. Rather, effective leaders are authentic: They deploy individual strengths to engage followers' hearts, minds, and souls.

The Tomb of Eternity is the third and final part of the Immortality Arc and sees former Special Forces soldier Joe Hawke and the rest of the team face a lethal enemy who will stop at nothing in the epic hunt for the oldest secret in the world. As the struggle to discover the elixir of life draws to its furious conclusion, Hawke fights against the clock in a desperate search for the dark truth about not only the source of eternal life but also his wife's savage murder, and what he discovers shocks him to his core.

T.S. Eliot tells us in his poem “The Hollow Men” that the world will end not with a bang, but with a whimper. Well, he was wrong. Dead wrong. When death and destruction come, the screams of terror, horror, and excruciating pain will rend the blood-red sky and be heard across the world. When your number is up, there’s nowhere to run and no place to hide. You can't cheat death; death will find you. It always does.

Joe Hawke ist in Amerika und wird dort Zeuge der Entführung des amerikanischen Präsidenten und einem der schlimmsten Terroranschläge in der Geschichte der USA auf die Hauptstadt Washington. Von den Bergen Idahos über Washington, D.C. und bis nach New York City heftet sich Joe Hawke an die Fersen der Entführer, um den Präsidenten vor einem furchtbaren Schicksal zu retten, und sieht sich mit einem Gegner konfrontiert, der bereit ist, in einem Racheakt ganz Amerika zu vernichten.

Joe Hawke und sein Team müssen sich einem gnadenlosen Feind stellen, der auf der Jagd nach dem ältesten Geheimnis der Welt vor nichts zurückschreckt. In seinem Wettlauf gegen die Uhr muss Hawke nicht nur das Geheimnis des Elixiers ewigen Lebens lösen, sondern auch die Wahrheit über den brutalen Mord an seiner Frau aufklären. Dieser führt ihn von der Kälte Russlands und den gewundenen Kanälen Venedigs bis zu den Pyramiden Ägyptens. Doch die Schatten seiner Vergangenheit sind länger als geahnt.

Der zweite Band der Abenteuerreihe stellt den Ex-Special-Forces-Soldaten Joe Hawke vor noch größere Herausforderungen, die Zukunft der Menschheit zu retten, denn ein Menschenhändler verfolgt den wahnsinnigen Plan, in den Besitz der größten Macht dieses Planeten zu gelangen, um damit die Geschichte für immer zu verändern. Joe Hawke und sein Team müssen sich daraufhin durch die Unterwelt Schanghais und zum Grab von Dschinghis Khan kämpfen, aber auch eine gestohlene und streng geheime Tesla-Technologie zurückerobern, mit deren Hilfe an einem unbekannten Ort ein verheerendes Erdbeben ausgelöst werden soll.

Find out how cow-farts are wrecking the world, what a fossil fuel even is and why 'earthships' (and not spaceships) are the future! This book will help you understand what climate change is and how on Earth we can stop it TOGETHER! A hilarious and light-hearted look at the problems facing planet Earth, perfect for educating and comforting children who are worried about climate change.

Die Entdeckung eines geheimnisvollen griechischen Textes führt den ehemaligen Special-Forces-Soldaten Joe Hawke auf die Spur eines mysteriösen Rätsels – älter als die Zeit selbst, und so gefährlich, dass die Götter es vor den Augen der Menschheit verbargen. Um zu verhindern, dass diese ungeheure Macht in die Hände eines wahnsinnigen Feindes fällt, begibt sich Hawke in ein gefährliches Abenteuer, welches ihn von London nach New York und bis Griechenland führt. Denn nicht weniger als die Zukunft der Menschheit steht auf dem Spiel.

The apocalypse is coming! Scientists and science fiction novelists have long predicted various forms of the apocalypse, from plagues to wars to aliens. If there’s a way to end civilization, someone has probably prophesized it. Civilizations rise and civilizations fall…but are you ready for it to happen to you? How will you survive and thrive in the event of an apocalypse?

Uncover the side-splitting life of cucumber scaredy-cats, non-stop pooping hamsters, exploding fish and everything in-between (and some things that have nothing to do with pets but are still ridiculously funny). This hilarious audiobook answers all the big questions, like: do sausage dogs eat sausages? Why has my cat done a poo behind my wardrobe? And how can I persuade my parents to get me a pet? For real-life pet facts, imaginary stories, and a generally laugh-so-hard-snot-comes-out-your-nose listen, this is the only pet book you’ll ever need!