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The Economics of Belonging argues that we should step back and take a fresh look at the root causes of our current challenges. In this original, engaging book, Martin Sandbu argues that economics remains at the heart of our widening inequality and it is only by focusing on the right policies that we can address it. He proposes a detailed, radical plan for creating a just economy where everyone can belong. Sandbu demonstrates that the rising numbers of the left behind are not due to globalization gone too far.

This book clearly explains the highly successful portfolio management system used by the authors to protect their clients' wealth as well as garner substantial gains - by participating in profitable market opportunities when they occur. Divided into several informative and engaging sections, The Evergreen Portfolio reveals how you can use hedges to protect the long portion of your portfolio when the market starts to go down. It covers the tactical and technical methodologies needed to protect and grow your assets at a time when many investors are getting wiped out.

Una nueva incursión en el terror de un autor clave en el panorama de novela negra española contemporánea: Andreu Martín. Ronnie Corona convive con fantasmas conyugales y rutinarios que la asaltan por la noche, que se le enredan entre los sueños y no la dejan descansar. Puede que su única salida pase por un personaje que carga consigo todos los miedos del mundo.

Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident - or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court. Now, Mahit must discover who is behind the murder, rescue herself, and save her station from Teixcalaan's unceasing expansion.

Distinguida en Francia y Bélgica con los galardones más prestigiosos, La vida verdadera ha conquistado a los lectores europeos gracias a su poderosa voz narrativa, la frescura de su estilo y una historia palpitante con las dosis precisas de ternura, desasosiego y humor. Una primera novela que para las generaciones más jóvenes se ha convertido en un manual de supervivencia en un ambiente hostil.

In today's market, a good real estate agent is identified by the way in which they are acting as experts with deep knowledge of the industry, they are responsive and always at the service of a client, meaning they can always be called upon to make a deal happen. Just as we live in an age where technological advancements are on the increase, it not enough to be able to show a client home or places to buy because they can see that for themselves from the internet and subsequently buy from there.

Alexandra, una exitosa abogada afincada en Nueva York, recibe la noticia de que su madre, muerta en la cárcel, la ha nombrado albacea de su testamento. Aunque nadie en su entorno lo sabe, la protagonista fue años atrás la Chica Uno, la única que logró escapar de la casa donde sus padres la tenían prisionera junto a sus hermanos.

Ahora Alexandra deberá ponerse en contacto con los demás, que crecieron en familias adoptivas diferentes, incluido su extraño hermano Ethan, que ha convertido la pesadilla que vivieron de niños en un lucrativo negocio de conferencias…

Gero und seien Kameraden werden im Auftrag des Ordens zu kräftezehrenden Überfällen auf die Mameluken an der Küste vor Antarados entsandt. Da diese aber immer öfter mit hohen Verlusten enden, wächst in Gero ein ungeheuerlicher Verdacht. Zurück auf der Insel eilt er zu Warda und findet sie an schweren Schmerzen leidend vor. Von seiner Zuneigung zu Warda übermannt, setzt er erneut sein Schicksal für sie aufs Spiel und erfährt die Hintergründe ihres Leidens.

Gero erneuert nach dem erlittenen Schicksalsschlag das Gelöbnis, sein Leben in den Dienst des Templerordens zu stellen, um das Heilige Land für die Christenheit zurückzuerobern. Er begibt sich nach Troyes um in den Orden aufgenommen zu werden. Dort erwartet ihn jedoch erst die Prüfung zum Soldaten Christi, in der sich die jungen Ritter für den Dienst als kämpfende Ordensbrüder würdig erweisen müssen.

Nach seinem Ritterschlag muss Gero von Breydenbach mit Elisabeth vor dem Zorn seines Vaters fliehen. Bei Geros Tante, der Gräfin von Lichtenberg zu Waldenstein, finden sie Unterschlupf. Dort offenbart Elisabeth die Umstände ihrer einstigen Befreiung und berichtet von einer geheimnisvollen Tasche, die Geros Vater für Jaques de Molay, den Großmeister der Templer, unter Einsatz seines Lebens verteidigt hatte.

Nach dem Verlust der Stadt Akko kehrt Richard von Breydenbach von den Kreuzzügen auf seine Burg zurück. Dort erwartet seinen jungen Sohn Gero eine große Überraschung im Gefolge des Vaters: Elisabeth, ein junges Mädchen, das von Richard nach einem Angriff der Mameluken an Kindes statt angenommen wurde. Gero soll als zweitgeborener Sohn in den Orden der Tempelritter eintreten.

Making a permanent change often feels outright impossible. Making one attempt after another, you fail and continue to fail, and it seems there's no way to make the change stick for longer than a couple of weeks. Perhaps… except some people somehow manage to stick to their resolutions in the long term and their lives do get better - permanently. What makes the difference between those superheroes and “mere mortals”? More importantly, can the “mortals” acquire those superpowers, or should they accept that they'll never be able to permanently change their lives?

As much as we’d like to avoid suffering in life, all of us will occasionally face earth-shattering hardships. You might be dealing with one now, or perhaps your friend or a loved one is, or maybe you’d just like to prepare yourself for when one inevitably occurs in your life. Self-Discipline in Difficult Times is the right book for you if you want to learn how to press ahead as your world turns upside down.

Do you make goals yet get discouraged when your plans don't work? We all know those people who seemingly were born to succeed. Fitness, health, business - they achieve all their goals. You want that success and know you can get it... but how?

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If you are an entrepreneur or want to become one, self-discipline is one of the most important skills you need to develop to achieve success. Entrepreneurship is a wild rollercoaster. It will test your willpower and persistence time after time. Get yourself ready for that ride by listening to Self-Discipline for Entrepreneurs. Drawing upon my own experience of successful entrepreneurship and scientific research, this book covers the many challenges you will face in your entrepreneurial life.

Sometimes we lack discipline or motivation. However, there's another reason why you might struggle to make changes in your life - you have low self-efficacy. What is self-efficacy? What are the main four sources of it? How can you develop more confidence in your abilities? These are some of the questions I'll answer in this short book. The advice you're about to read is based both on scientific research and my personal experience.

Discover four steps to permanently eliminate distractions and focus on your goals in the long-term. How do you feel about investing years of your life into achieving an important goal - your time, energy, money, blood, sweat, and tears - only to give up and throw it all away? If you constantly switch your attention from one thing to another, dabble in multiple projects, and give up on your goals whenever things get hard, you'll eventually fail - absolutely guaranteed!

Science has figured out a lot of interesting aspects of self-discipline and willpower, but most of this knowledge is buried deep inside long, boring scientific papers. If you'd like to benefit from these studies without actually reading them, this audiobook is for you. I've done the job for you and researched the most useful and viable scientific findings that will help you improve your self-discipline.

Today's world is charging at a breakneck speed. People are working over 12 hours every single day, catching extra minutes of sleep in the metro, and completely giving up on the antiquated notion of time to spend with their own kids. There are people in their 20s looking twice as old as they should, who neglect every single aspect of their lives but their careers. This book will teach you how to step away from noise, relax, and recharge your batteries so you have enough left in you to control your life.