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Across London, hospital patients are dying - in shockingly unnatural circumstances. A sadistic young woman is targeting them as they lie helpless in their beds, eking out every last sensation of pain as their lives ebb to an excruciating close. The killer is a sadist, but careful too, so the police bring in forensic psychologist Dr. Alex Madison to track down what is clearly an extraordinary and damaged mind.

These are personal reminiscences of Grant which allow us to peer back in time to see him through the eyes of those who knew him. Some of the anecdotes describe brief encounters with Grant, while others are from historically prominent men who knew Grant well. What they have in common are the intimate details that reveal the personality and character of General Grant.

First published in 1776, this work is the classic statement of economic liberalism or the policy of laissez-faire and is widely considered on of the hundred greatest books of all time. Several fundamental principles or “axioms” were introduced in this work, including the division of labor...

Hawkins, Navidad de 1984. Lo único que anhela el jefe Jim Hopper es disfrutar de una primera Nochebuena tranquila junto a Once, pero su hija adoptiva tiene otros planes. Acaba de rescatar del sótano una caja de cartón con las palabras «Nueva York» y es entonces cuando empiezan las preguntas complicadas. ¿Por qué se marchó Hopper de Hawkins hace ya tantos años? ¿Qué significa «Vietnam»? Y ¿por qué nunca había hablado de Nueva York?

Have you ever wondered how peas, kale, asparagus, beans, squash, and corn have ended up on our plates? Well, Adam Alexander has. In The Seed Detective, Adam shares his own stories of seed hunting, with the origin stories behind many of our everyday food heroes. Taking us on a journey that began when we left the life of the hunter-gatherer to become farmers, he tells tales of globalization, political intrigue, colonization, and serendipity—describing how these vegetables and their travels have become embedded in our food cultures.

Adam Smith was een Schotse filosoof en econoom van de Verlichting. Het blijft in de geschiedenis als de vader van de moderne economie, waarvan de belangrijkste werk, "The Wealth of Nations", is één van de oprichters teksten van het economisch liberalisme. Deze tekst inspireerde deze grote economen, die Marx de "klassiekers" en dat de belangrijkste principes van het economisch liberalisme zal leggen. De meeste economen beschouwen hem als "de vader van de politieke economie".

Una novel·la inspiradora que mostra la importància de prioritzar el que realment importa. En Nil sent que la seva vida s'ha acabat: fa temps que no li arriben feines d'actor i la seva dóna l'ha deixat. Però un dia coneix en Walrus, un nedador expert amb un passat dolorós. En Nil aprendrà a nedar amb ell i, pel camí, sortirà de l'espiral de pensaments autodestructius. Una història intimista i positiva que ensenya a deixar-se anar i, simplement, ser.

Funny. Messy. Honest. Across eleven real stories, Joseph Adam Lee explores relationships, childhood, and New York City misadventures through dark humor and sharp self-awareness. In the opening essay, A Royal Rumble on Fire Island, Lee recounts his accidental starring role in a romantic spiral involving a Ghanaian princess.

Hannes, a haunted witchfinder tries to purge the hidden coven and believes he's fighting evil. When darkest secrets unravel, father and daughter must confront a horrifying truth—the true evil may not be supernatural, but the scars left by war, faith, and obsession.

Dix ans jour pour jour après la mystérieuse disparition de son fils, Hélène croise la route d’un garçon qui lui ressemble à s’y méprendre. Elle a besoin de croire qu’il peut revenir, qu’il peut sauver sa famille de ce deuil impossible. Et Liam, ce jeune homme à l’existence...

Aquest audiollibre és un tractat per sobreviure a l'era digital i tornar a donar importància a un dels elements que més ens caracteritza com a humans: les mans. Al llarg del temps, les mans han ajudat a l'esser humà a evolucionar i desenvolupar cultura, art i enginyeria. Amb l'aparició del món digital, les funcions de les mans han passat a un segon pla. La reconciliació amb les mans per tornar a fer-les servir pot ser el camí cap a la tranquil·litat i cap a una vida plena, més lenta i menys estressant.

Adam Smith é um filósofo e economista escocês do Iluminismo. Ele permanece na história como o pai da economia moderna, cuja obra principal, A Riqueza das Nações, é um dos textos fundadores do liberalismo económico. Este texto inspirou os seguintes grandes economistas, aqueles a quem Karl Marx chamaria "clássicos" e que estabeleceram os grandes princípios do liberalismo económico. A maioria dos economistas consideram-no "o pai da economia política".

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New mindset. In The Best Team Wins, author Adam Robinson gives you a proven, straightforward, and effective method for hiring new employees. He teaches you how to rethink the process of finding, assessing, and hiring the right people.

Read by the author, Adam Kay. The multi-million copy bestseller Book of the Year at The National Book Awards ‘Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable.' - Stephen Fry Welcome to the life of a junior doctor...

Tribulation is a twisted mystery about an end-of-days religious cult manipulating space and traveling across planes of existence on electricity and radio signals. Cult members willingly accept seven brutal years of torture, known as their “tribulation,” to atone for their earthly sins and come out on the other side saved (or thoroughly brainwashed?). The hero of this thriller, Stacy Carlson, must uncover the mystery of the Tribulation cult after her husband Greg is kidnapped by its leader, Brother Elijah (Josh Charles), through a bizarre AM radio broadcast.

Kevin was a young man enjoying his college life when a car jumped the curb and crippled his body. Unable to support himself and dependent on others to meet his needs, Kevin was slipping into depression when his best friend convinced him to play a new game called Genesis Online. The concept was simple: a revolutionary artificial intelligence controlled the game world and adapted it to the actions of the players. Even the developers didn't know what course the game could take as it evolved.

El origen de la invasión de los españoles al fútbol inglés viene de hace muchos años, de 1937, cuando la Guerra Civil Española ocasionó un éxodo de gente huyendo de sus casas en búsqueda de un refugio seguro en Inglaterra. Familias enteras de refugiados que aprendieron de este maravilloso deporte en Inglaterra, antes de regresar a España donde muchos de ellos vieron los primeros goles del Real Madrid en el Santiago Bernabeu y muchos otros fueron testigos del nacimiento de La Masía.

Grab a flashlight and go monster-hunting in the safe company of Adam Jortner, award-winning professor of religion at Auburn University. You’ll encounter chilling tales of living houses, sentient plants, psychotic toys, brain-eating zombies, and otherworldly beings whose mere name is enough to drive people insane. Along the way, you’ll learn how monster stories change how Americans think and what Americans do, how they shape the history of our country, and what secrets about human nature these inhuman monsters can share.

When leaders normalize the topic of mental health on their teams, performance gets unleashed,and lives transformed —usually including their own. This is surely not your typical leadership book. It’s a heartfelt and authentic exploration of oneman’s journey, and what he learned along the way, as a twenty-year corporate executive all thewhile struggling with severe, yet undiagnosed depression and anxiety. It’s for all sorts of leaders. From board members and corporate executives to small businessowners and factory supervisors. From partners in law firms to nonprofit professionals.