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For some people success, wealth, having great relationships and being happy and fulfilled seems to be so easy and simple. They seem to effortlessly have it all. The truth is, they have to face the same obstacles like everybody else. What makes them different? They know a secret that makes them overcome every barrier. In One Step at a Time, Michaela Wild, author, international speaker, entrepreneur, and coach, takes you with her on her journey to climbing the highest freestanding mountain in the world - Mount Kilimanjaro. In this book she shares all the powerful lessons.

There are four distinct types of managers. One performs much worse than the rest, and one performs far better. Which type are you? Based on a first-of-its-kind, wide-ranging global study of over 9,000 people, analysts at the global research and advisory firm Gartner were able to classify all...

I was born into luxury and used to getting what I wanted. What I desired most, with my life in disarray, was the man who sat across from me. He was tall, dark, and handsome, but, most notably, forbidden. It made every accidental touch more sinful and every session more addictive.

Brought to you by Penguin. Charlotte Raven had never heard of Huntington's Disease when, in her mid-thirties, she discovered that her father was suffering from the illness. Life for her and her young family would never be the same again. Patient 1 is her brutally candid account of coming to...

After 17-year-old Micki moves in with her father, strange events begin to take place. Something unnatural lurks about in the sleepy southern town of Eastwick, Louisiana. Trusting the wrong friends, Micki encounters a vampire, and her life begins to spiral out of control. Somewhere between, she finds love and friendship: Her BFF, Candy, and the rebellious half-vampire biker Valentine, who are willing to risk their own life to help Micki prevent the inevitable future - The Crossing.

Oscar Wilde's only novel is half gothic horror, half morality tale, and is as timeless as his plays and poems. First published in 1889, this unabridged audiobook edition narrated by Jake Urry captures the wit, the charm, and the horror of Wilde's most controversial work. Perhaps the most well-known outing for Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles has all the ingredients of the coziest of mysteries. Jake Urry brings this head-scratching tale to life in this unabridged telling of a timeless classic. 

A man rises out of an abyss of frustration and rage and creates works of art out of destruction, goddesses out of mere dental hygienists, and beauty out of death. It’s also about the sickness and obsession that is love. Enter into Michael’s world through the pages of his personal journal, where every diseased thought, disturbing dream, politically incorrect rant, and sexually explicit murder highlights his journey from zero to psycho.

I get crushes the way some people get seasonal allergies. And sharing a house with four hot roommates is like being stuck in permanent spring. Too bad I keep getting friend-zoned. But it’s senior year now, and I’m done pining for the impossible. Time to live it up and go out with a bang. Or a lot of bangs.

The most renowned and wittiest of Oscar Wilde's comedies, The Importance of Being Earnest ridicules Victorian sensibilities and is still strikingly relevant to this day. This full-cast audio adaptation featuring Tim Brooke-Taylor as Lady Bracknell is unique yet at the same time reassuringly familiar, with wonderful performances from the Offstage Theatre Group.

Merkwürdige Dinge geschehen im sommerlichen Littleport: Erst verschwindet eine Leiche, dann ein uralter Silberkessel. Maisies Spürnase ist gefragt - im 15. Teil von Fiona Wilders Cosy-Crime-Reihe "Masie, Mord und Meer". Finley hat mit der geplanten Kelten-Ausstellung alle Hände voll zu tun - da kann der neue Praktikant Jamie gleich mit anpacken. Doch etwas stimmt nicht mit dem jungen Mann: Warum hat Mercedes solche Angst vor ihm? Als kurz darauf ein Toter zu beklagen ist, geht Maisie der Sache nach.

For millions of years, our ancestors followed all-meat diets, taking advantage of the dense, nutrient-filled protein sources as they fought to survive. Those proteins allowed human brains to evolve in earnest, while their digestive systems broke down the most essential nutrients and vitamins animal products provide. To survive ancient perils they needed to be quick on their feet, energized, and alert. In fact, our entire digestive system evolved for the consumption of animal products, and it's only recently in history that plant-only diets have become viable.

England, Ende des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts: Lord Henry Wotton, ein geistreicher englischer Aristokrat und Dandy, ist fasziniert vom Aussehen des jungen Dorian Gray. Im Atelier seines Freundes, dem Maler Basil Hallward, versucht Henry, den noch knabenhaften Dorian zu manipulieren, um ihn letztendlich als Jünger für seine hedonistischen Ideale zu gewinnen. Durch den Einfluss des Lords wird sich der junge Mann der eigenen Schönheit als auch deren Vergänglichkeit bewusst. Dies lässt ihn im Angesicht seines Portraits einen Wunsch ausrufen, der sich sehr bald zu einem bösen Fluch entwickeln wird.

Two rivals. One law internship. A whole lot of objectionable activity. It wasn’t always this way between us. We were best friends growing up. Competitive? Yeah. Ruthless? Definitely. Neither of us liked to lose. But the intense chemistry? That’s new. The hatred in his eyes? That’s new, too. I should let it go. There’s too much bad blood between our families. Between us. But I can’t. I don’t think he can, either. Now we’re gunning for the same internship. If he thinks I’ll back down, he’s dead wrong. Once upon a time, I lost everything. I won’t let it happen again.

Sea Paths is the first book in The Book of Bera trilogy. It’s a tale of love and resilience in a cruel landscape. Young Viking Bera’s gift of sight and healing is scorned by her brutal folk, yet they survive because of her leadership at the ice edge of the known world.

Oscar Wilde visited America in the year 1882. Interest in the Aesthetic School, of which Wilde was the most prominent representative, had spread to the United States, and Wilde decided to undertake an American lecture tour to explain the Aesthetic movement. Towards the end of September 1883 Wilde returned to England and immediately commenced a lecturing tour. His first visit was to Wandsworth Town Hall where he presented his "Impressions of America", the text of which was published in 1906.

This collection contains Oscar Wilde's four best-known comedies: The Importance of Being Earnest; Lady Windermere's Fan; An Ideal Husband; and A Woman of No Importance. All of them satirize upper-class English society of the 1890s, dramatizing scandalous secrets, political and marital intrigue, and dandyish bad behavior with Wilde's trademark wit and wisdom.

Mal'chik neobyknovennoj krasoty, kotorogo nashel v lesu v zolotoj mantii i prines domoj bednyj drovosek, vyros zlym, nadmennym i zhestokim. Odnazhdy on vygnal iz doma nishhenku, kotoraja priznalas', chto ona ego mat'. I on prevratilsja v merzkogo uroda s kotorym otkazyvalis' igrat' ego rovesniki. Chtoby iskupit' svoju vinu on nachal iskat' svoju mat' v nadezhde vymolit' u nee proshhenie…

Over the years I’d been with my share of women. Hell, I’d had more than I could count, but for one reason or another, it never seemed to last. I’d told myself that I just hadn’t found the one, and I was okay with that. I had the club, and with my brothers at my side, I had everything I needed - or so I thought. Alyssa was young, smoking hot, and had the world at her fingertips. I knew better than to even give her a second look. I was too old, lived a life that wasn’t suited for a woman like her, and if that wasn’t enough, she was Hyde’s younger sister.

Aliens exist and humans are on the endangered species list. So when I save the life of a kid, the last thing I expect is to be thrown onto an alien jail on a planet where the jailers are at war with the inhabitants. All I have to do is figure a way off this hellhole and I look to one being who might help me. He’s one of the most dangerous prisoners here, even though he looks like a sexy angel. But he’s not like anyone I’ve ever met before…stirring desires in me that I can’t, shouldn’t act on. Yet he might be my only chance to escape.

Get comfortable, and turn the lights down as you prepare to for a good scare...or 11! You'll want to sleep with the lights on after you listen to these stories of ghosts, ghouls, maniacs, werewolves, and so much more! Get close to the fire because the stories will chill you to the bone. Stories you can share with children if they love to be scared!