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Political polarization is at an all-time high, and the consequences for our personal relationships are significant. Many people have friends and family members with whom they feel they can no longer communicate because of their extreme political views. In this book, psychologist Tania Israel presents her program for helping people have meaningful, constructive conversations with those they disagree with politically.

La sorpresiva desaparición de la célebre modelo estadounidense Lena Miles, en la idílica playa mexicana de Santa Catarina, detona las polarizaciones de clase, de género y de justicia en nuestro país. La policía utiliza todos los recursos para encontrarla, pero ¿es válido buscar solo a una, cuando nos faltan tantas? La agente Eréndira Sandoval se pregunta por qué los famosos importan más que los anónimos. Por si fuera poco, se le suman decenas de casos irresueltos de mujeres desaparecidas.

Caroline isn't a Scrooge, but the weeks leading to Christmas are not her favorite. The personal shopping department where she works is insanely busy and the clients have crazy requests. Plus, this is her first holiday being single after a bad breakup. When her last appointment of the day is a gorgeous, blue-skinned alien, she isn't too surprised. After all, everyone knows that aliens are real since a species of interstellar warriors revealed themselves and the fact that they'd been defending Earth for decades.

PĂCATELE TATĂLUI urmărește în continuare destinele lui Giles, Harry, Emma, sir Hugo și al întreprinzătoarei mame a lui Harry, Maisie, în perioada zbuciumată a celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial.

În 1957, Sebastian câştigă o bursă la Cambridge şi o nouă generaţie a familiei Clifton merge înainte. Va deveni el oare milionar? Va merge la Cambridge? Este oare viaţa lui în pericol? "Un secret bine păstrat" va răspunde tuturor acestor întrebări dar, din nou, va pune altele. Mult înainte de a atinge ultima pagină a acestui roman atrăgător, veţi fi lăsaţi nedumeriţi de întorsăturile de situaţie şi de misterele care v-au surprins şi în volumele anterioare.

Thomas Edison first developed direct current for New York City, but was challenged by Nikola Tesla, who believed his alternating current was a better solution.

A wild bird and the Boran people in Africa help each other to find honey.

“Working Mothers Inspiring Others” is a collective shoutout to all the fierce, unstoppable women who are rewriting the rules of what it means to be a working mother.

Unsettled by provocative news, clashing politicians, and social fragmentation, Americans struggle to navigate the challenges of living in a divided country. Facing the Fracture offers a path out of the distress and disempowerment plaguing everyday people. Grounded in psychological research, this book offers listeners strategies to foster resilience in the face of political polarization. In this valuable book, Israel moves beyond explaining the problem of polarization to demonstrate how individuals can cope with the political divide, which seems to widen with each passing day.

A Squirrel's Cafe is a collection of short fairy tales, with each story being concise and innovative in form. Despite their brevity, they contain a vast universe, allowing the author's understanding of life and emotional insights to be quickly and vividly conveyed to children.

When the airplane piloted by Elias Santos crashes one week before their wedding day, Coen Caraway loses the man he loves and the illusion of happiness he has worked so hard to create. The only thing Elias leaves behind is a recording of his final words, and even Coen is baffled by the cryptic message. Numb with grief, he takes refuge on the Mexican island that was meant to host their wedding. But as fragments of the past come to the surface in the aftermath of the tragedy, Coen is forced to question everything he thought he knew about Elias and their life together.

Leaders today want to stop feeling overwhelmed and alone. They want to build engaged, diverse, resilient, and joyful teams that achieve greater things together. They want a better way to lead. Lead Together is a fictional story, grounded in psychology and laden with practical tools, that offers leaders a power-with rather than power-over paradigm. It explores how leaders can develop power jointly rather than use it as a top-down means of control in the form of an engaging, squirrelly narrative.

Sienna Lane is a confident high school student whose lack of an internal filter gets her into a bit of trouble. After deciding to attend an underground circuit fight at the gym for MMA, Breaking Point, Sienna Lane finds herself mesmerized with the dangerous sport. And even more memorizing is the unrelenting and powerful champion of the night, Jax "Deadbeat" Deneris, who just so happens to spot Sienna out of the crowd.

Speel je mee met de vreugde- en gelukclub? Vier vrouwen en hun moeders spelen wekelijks samen mahjong, een traditioneel Chinees bordspel, waar ook hun problemen en gevoelens besproken worden. Maar als volwassen vrouw zit je niet altijd op het advies van je moeder te wachten. Al helemaal niet als zij jouw leven toch niet begrijpt. De vier moeders verhuisden in 1949 vanuit China naar San Francisco, terwijl hun dochters in Amerika zijn opgegroeid. Maar wanneer hun diepste geheimen boven (speel)tafel komen, kent één moeder haar dochter maar al te goed.

Susan Tan is in her 70s, hasn’t dated in more than 40 years, and is about to go back on the market. Lucky for her, she has a very committed dating coach in her corner: her daughter Megan. In Now or Never, host Megan Tan tracks her mother’s journey to find a relationship for her twilight years. But a lot has changed since the last time Susan dated.

In 1940, the German sons and daughters of infamous Nazi dignitaries Himmler, Göring, Hess, Frank, Bormann, Speer, and Mengele were children of privilege at four, five, or ten years old, surrounded by affectionate, all-powerful parents. Although innocent and unaware of what was happening at the time, they eventually discovered the extent of their father's occupations:

Youngest sister Grace Fairfield is the family rebel. Fun-loving, clever, and creative, she elevates rebelliousness to an art form, often resulting in chaos in Dark Hollow. When Grace is assigned her first Hex Support case at a haunted amusement park, she’s thrilled to revisit her beloved stomping grounds from college. Unfortunately, the case involves an employee found dead on an expensive new rollercoaster that's supposed to bring in enough revenue to prevent the park’s closure.

Leadership consultant BH Tan has written an outstanding exposition of the Asian perspective on leadership. He has drawn upon his deep appreciation of Daoist principles to propose a complementary approach to the Western-centric leadership mindset. A lifelong student of Eastern and Western thinking and leadership, he challenges some of our most cherished truths and perspectives.

Devon, 1867. Free-spirited Rebecca Westbrook recognizes her perfect match when she sees him. His name is Captain Adam Bradley. She is the harbour master's daughter. He is smouldering and sophisticated — the most eligible captain ever to sail into the quay. Anyone can see it's meant to be. But Rebecca is anything but charmed. Her heart belongs to Tom Mason, a lowly cooper she's known forever. Her father doubts Tom's ability to provide securely for her. But Tom has a plan to prove him wrong. And until then, passionate Rebecca refuses to wait to be with him. But fate has other plans.

Tania Aebi was an unambitious 18-year-old, a bicycle messenger in New York City by day, a Lower East Side barfly at night. In short, she was going nowhere - until her father offered her a challenge: Tania could choose either a college education or a 26-foot sloop. The only catch was that if she chose the sailboat, she'd have to sail around the world - alone. She chose the boat, and for the next two and a half years and 27,000 miles, it was her home.