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Setting boundaries with your significant other isn’t always as simple as it may sound. We all want to be respected and loved by our partner without toxicity getting in the way, but sometimes we are blind to the red flags and tend to get caught up in the “new relationship” status. While some couples may appear to have it all together, looks can be deceiving. Those couples may also be struggling to find their middle ground, and they're probably unaware of how essential boundary setting truly is.

Independent insurance adjusters all over the United States and Canada are praising the publication, How to Succeed as an Independent Insurance Claims Adjuster by Frank Medina. Another helpful, practical, and easy-to-listen audiobook from the author helps new adjusters start off right in the industry. Get the step-by-step requirements to get your new business started in just a few weeks. Experienced adjusters consider the audiobook an excellent review and note several hints and tips that make the purchase well worth listening.

Nem todas as coisas difíceis na vida podem ser facilitadas. Mas é possível tornar mais fácil aquilo que é mais importante. Em Sem esforço, Greg McKeown oferece conselhos práticos para você realizar suas atividades essenciais com mais facilidade e, assim, atingir seus objetivos. Se você trabalha muito mas continua distante de suas metas, quer contribuir mais mas lhe falta energia, vai encontrar neste livro ótimas estratégias para lidar com seus projetos e desafios.

Promover uma cultura de inovação parece ótimo na teoria, mas o que é preciso para realmente fazê-la funcionar na prática? Neste livro, o físico Safi Bahcall demonstra a importância das estruturas organizacionais e explica como projetá-las de modo a permitir que essa cultura se instale e dê resultados. Vivemos uma época em que é comum rejeitar e desconsiderar o pensamento inovador. No lugar disso, Bahcall propõe uma estrutura que promove o trabalho em equipe e abraça iniciativas ousadas e com um quê de loucura, as chamadas missões lunáticas.

Love Dresden is a helpless, battered woman in need of compassion. Or at least that’s what Officer Micah Sullivan thinks when he responds to a domestic disturbance call involving her and her boyfriend at the Easton residence. Stephen Easton is a military man, getting ready for his latest detachment - not only for the Navy, but from his crazy girlfriend. He’s fed up with Love’s antics, but Love isn’t letting him get away that easily. No one rejects Love Dresden, and both men will learn that lesson the hard way.

In the past decade, there has never been such a pop culture titan as Game of Thrones. We all now live in the seven Kingdoms of Westeros, yearn for the Iron Throne, believe in dragons and know the magic word that makes them breathe fire. What is it in the HBO show, spawned by George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels, that has propelled it into the cultural Hall of Fame and made it such a global phenomenon, with loyal fans from all nationalities, cultures, ages, genders, and even tastes?

In this addition to the New York Times bestselling series, learn how incredible activists made the public aware of AIDS and spurred medical breakthroughs. In the early 1980s, the first cases of a devastating and fatal new disease appeared, a disease that at first struck only gay men and was...

En esta oportunidad vamos a resaltar acerca de algunos jóvenes que se destacaron por la obediencia a la palabra desde su niñez y que se convirtieron en instrumentos para cumplir los propósitos que Dios había trazado para ellos, su familia y su nación.

Liberty Livingston is a pathological liar who uses her lies to connect with people. Through those lies, she meets a veteran online who is coping with PTSD. After falling in love with the virtual stranger, he disappears on her and goes offline - permanently. She soon discovers his untimely death, which ignites in her an intense urge to uncover what happened to him.

El espejo de la pobreza es el libro del que todo mundo habla con más de 1000 ejemplares vendidos, por lo cual, es obligado que sea parte de tu biblioteca personal. A quien no le ha pasado que no logras lo que siempre has querido por pensarlo mucho, dejamos pasar el tiempo, o simplemente colocamos excusas en nuestra mente para no lograr los sueños que siempre nos pasan por la mente.

I’ve always heard that you should marry someone that loves you more than you love them - that if you do this, you’ll always be happy. Did I follow that advice? No. Am I happy? No. And is Finn happy? No. I’m stuck in a marriage with an ex-Marine suffering from PTSD. I’m not sure we’re in love anymore. We have a baby who brings us both joy - but it’s not enough. I feel like my life is crumbling around me and I’m struggling to keep the pieces together.

The Labrador retriever is hands-down the most popular dog breed in America, and with good reason. This wonderfully versatile breed was originally bred to be a working dog, later as a hunting dog, and finally as a beloved home companion. Labradors also excel as therapy dogs, assistance dogs, drug detection dogs, and search and rescue dogs. In the show ring, the Labrador dazzles.

"Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass." That’s what some girl tells Piddy Sanchez one morning before school. Too bad Piddy doesn’t even know who Yaqui Delgado is, let alone what she’s done to piss her off. All Piddy knows is that Yaqui hates her - and she better watch her back because Yaqui isn’t kidding. At first Piddy just focuses on trying to find out more about the father she’s never met and how to balance honors courses with her job at the neighborhood hair salon. But as the harassment escalates, avoiding Yaqui starts to take over Piddy’s life.

Juana’s life is just about perfect. She lives in the beautiful city of Bogotá with her two most favorite people in the world: her mami and her dog, Lucas. Lately, though, things have become a little less perfect. Mami has a new hairdo and a new amigo named Luis with whom she has been spending a LOT of time. He is kind and teaches Juana about things like photography and jazz music, but sometimes Juana can’t help wishing things would go back to the way they were before.

Though everyone in the village of  Tres Montes thinks Sonia Ocampo is blessed, she knows she is nothing but a fraud. She’s spent her life listening to the hopes and wishes of her neighbors and family, but when a classmate dies despite her prayers, she is forced to realize that she has no special powers - no way to prevent bad things from happening.

Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don’t have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition.

Seventh grade is going to be a real trial for Merci Suárez. For science she’s got no-nonsense Mr. Ellis, who expects her to be a smart as her brother, Roli. She’s been assigned to co-manage the tiny school store with Wilson Bellevue, a boy she barely knows, but whom she might actually like. And she’s tangling again with classmate Edna Santos, who is bossier and more obnoxious than ever now that she is in charge of the annual Heart Ball.

Juana loves many things - drawing, eating Brussels sprouts, living in Bogotá, Colombia, and especially her dog, Lucas, the best amigo ever. She does not love wearing her itchy school uniform, solving math problems, or going to dance class. And she especially does not love learning the English. Why is it so important to learn a language that makes so little sense? But when Juana's abuelos tell her about a special trip they are planning - one that Juana will need to speak English to go on - Juana begins to wonder whether learning the English might be good.

Nora Lopez is 17 during the infamous New York summer of 1977, when the city is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam who shoots young women on the streets. Nora's family life isn't going so well either: her bullying brother, Hector, is growing more threatening by the day, her mother is helpless and falling behind on the rent, and her father calls only on holidays. All Nora wants is to turn 17 and be on her own.

The Science of Sleep, by developmental molecular biologist Dr. John Medina, gives you the facts - and the prescription to sleep well - in his signature engaging style. Adapted from Medina's Brain Rules for Aging Well: 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp, you'll learn how the sleep cycle is born of a constant tension between hormones and brain regions vying to keep you awake and hormones and brain regions trying to make you go to sleep. This is called opponent-process theory.