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Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire, written by the world's foremost scholar of late antiquity.

The world is falling to the burning shadow of the Possessed and only the power of a battle mage can save it. But the ancient bond with dragonkind is failing. Of those that answer a summoning too many are black. Black dragons are the enemy of humankind. Black dragons are mad. Falco Dante is a weakling in a world of warriors, but worse than this, he is the son of a madman. Driven by grief, Falco makes a decision that will drive him to the brink of despair. As he tries to come to terms with his actions Falco follows his friends to the Academy of War.

In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes listeners across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide; in China, he races the Silver Dragon, a 25-foot tidal bore that crashes 80 miles up the Qiantang River; in France, he interviews the monks that live in the tide-wrapped monastery of Mont Saint-Michel; in Chile and Scotland, he investigates the growth of tidal power generation.

Magic and myth inhabit these chapters in figures both familiar and strange. Giant trolls and talking animals are everywhere. The winds take human form. A one-eyed old woman might seem reminiscent of the Norse god Odin. We meet sly aunts, resourceful princesses, and devious robbers. These stories, set in Norway's majestic landscape of towering mountains and dense forests, are filled with humor, mischief, and sometimes surprisingly cruel twists of fate. All are rendered in the deceptively simple narrative style perfected by Asbjørnsen and Moe.

La collaboration phénoménale de deux experts les plus chévronnés dans le domaine des finances et des investissements selon le New York Times ! Le livre audio monumental par les auteurs de renommée mondiale : Tony Robbins, l'un des Top 200 des gourous en affaires et le coach en développement personnel le plus populaire du monde, et Peter Mallouk, #1 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors, premier conseiller financier indépendant des États-Unis en 2013 par le magazine spécialisé Barron's.

Mutual fund superstar Peter Lynch and author John Rothchild explain the basic principles of the stock market and business in an investing guide that will enlighten and entertain anyone who is high school age or older. Many investors, including some with substantial portfolios, have only the...

These biographies of the great quattrocento artists have long been considered among the most important of contemporary sources on Italian Renaissance art. Vasari, who invented the term "Renaissance", was the first to outline the influential theory of Renaissance art that traces a progression through Giotto, Brunelleschi, and finally the titanic figures of Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, and Raphael.

Within this audiobook, you will find everything you need to become a successful investor - from skills you need to acquire to tried-and-tested tools and proven strategies. If you want to become a successful options trader with ease and start making a fortune today, all you need to do is follow the step-by-step guides and expert strategies, tips, and tricks found in this audiobook.

Accompanied by a powerful vampiress, an innocently alluring healer, a fiercely honor-bound druidic warrior, and a sultry (if badly-behaved) doppelganger, Lazarus has his hands full as he makes deals with deities to grow his power for him and his harem. But his vampiress lover insists that his strength would be even greater if Lazarus was able to seduce some of the dark creatures that have beset his kingdom, turning their allegiance and pitting them against the demonic goddess Sanguiana.

Consciousness is the main source of organizational greatness. Conscious business, explains Fred Kofman, means finding your passion and expressing your essential values through your work. A conscious business seeks to promote the intelligent pursuit of happiness in all its stakeholders. It...

The History of Science offers a fascinating overview of the major leaps forward in science across the ages. From the mathematical and medical advances of the ancient world, to the Scientific Revolution in the Renaissance, to the ground-breaking developments of the 20th century, a precise chronological account of progress is given.

April 1897. Auf dem Brocken wird ein verbotenes Ritual vorbereitet – und etwas hört zu. Als eine junge Schottin spurlos verschwindet, wendet sich Karl May an Sherlock Holmes. Die Spur führt in den Harz – an einen Ort, an dem Mythen nicht vergangen sind.

Das Hörspiel "Geistige Gefangenschaft" ist eine Momentaufnahme, eine Art Zeitzeugenbericht der Jahre [redacted-phone-number], der die Entwicklungen und Geschehnisse in Deutschland zugespitzt beschreibt. Zugespitzt? - Die junge Mutter, die nach Ausgangssperre den Müll rausbringt und festgenommen wird. Ein Zuhörer bestätigt: Im Dorf seiner Eltern ist Ähnliches geschehen. - Die Nachbarn, die das Zusammenkommen von vier Jugendlichen bei der Polizei melden und dabei zuschauen, wie die jungen Burschen abgeführt werden: "Wir haben richtig gehandelt.

Venu de l'aile gauche du nazisme, Joseph Goebbels commence sa carrière dans l'orbite de Gregor Strasser avant de se soumettre inconditionnellement à Hitler. Dès lors, son ascension épouse celle du Führer jusqu'à obtenir en 1933 le ministère de la Propagande, dont il fera l'un des piliers du IIIe Reich. Archétype du narcissique, d'un orgueil qui n'a d'égal que sa soif de pouvoir, il souffre en regard de violents accès de dépression résultant pour partie de son handicap physique.

Good relationships lie at the heart of every successful organization. Yet no relationship is more important—or more challenging—to navigate than the one between the board and the CEO. In this practical and concise book, Peter Greer and David Weekley draw from their years of experience to...

The Necessary Goodbye is a practical, eye-opening guide to one of leadership’s most misunderstood and avoided responsibilities: firing someone.

Priest and fisherman Pete Nunnally loves to teach people how to fish for fish and, through that, how to fish for what their soul is yearning for: to come alive. In Catching Hope, he takes his listeners fishing with him. Each chapter explores a different aspect of the fishing process—from preparing your tackle, to reading the landscape, to finally catching something (or not). But this isn't a book about how to fish. It's a book about the bigger and more profound truths about our lives that the act of fishing reveals.

Jack Irish doesn't spook too easy. He's had guns pointed at him too many times - more often since he started hiring himself out as a debt collector - and he saves his nerves for the racetrack. So when he receives a phone message from an ex-client begging for help, he's inclined to ignore it...

Sowohl in der Milchstraße als auch im sterbenden Universum Tarkan steht die Entscheidung kurz bevor. Die Galaktiker wehren sich gegen die Mächte des Hexamerons. Da aktivieren diese eine vernichtende Waffe: den Feuersturm. Gleichzeitig suchen die Menschen nach der verschollenen Superintelligenz ESTARTU.

Die Gauner Lang und Finger haben genug vom Gangsterleben. Mit einem eigenen Lieferservice wollen sie endlich ehrlich werden. Und wer könnte ihnen dabei besser helfen als die Nordseedetektive Emma und Lukas? Als Kommissar Stone die beiden mit dem Catering für die Abschiedsfeier des Polizeichefs Hinrik Eilers beauftragt, scheint alles perfekt zu laufen… wäre da nicht Boss Nase! Der Gangsterboss ist überhaupt nicht begeistert von Lang und Fingers neuen Plänen. Können die Nordseedetektive ihn rechtzeitig stoppen und den Diebstahl verhindern?