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Se acerca la fiesta de Navidad de Perfume Factory y la sexy a la par que estricta Camilla Ribestjärna le encomienda al perfumista Angelo una difícil misión: ha de crear un perfume capaz de evocar feromonas, afrodisíacos y sexo. Junto con la ayuda de Lisa, su asistente, creará un perfume que, casi como en el libro de Patrick Süskind, volverá a toda la empresa deseosa de sexo.

Magic and myth inhabit these chapters in figures both familiar and strange. Giant trolls and talking animals are everywhere. The winds take human form. A one-eyed old woman might seem reminiscent of the Norse god Odin. We meet sly aunts, resourceful princesses, and devious robbers. These stories, set in Norway's majestic landscape of towering mountains and dense forests, are filled with humor, mischief, and sometimes surprisingly cruel twists of fate. All are rendered in the deceptively simple narrative style perfected by Asbjørnsen and Moe.

Invariably, armies are accused of preparing to fight the previous war. In Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife, Lieutenant Colonel John A. Nagl—a veteran of both Operation Desert Storm and the conflict in Iraq—considers the now crucial question of how armies adapt to changing circumstances during the course of conflicts for which they are initially unprepared.

My title explains itself. But it's misleading. There are more than 40 reasons. Each of my reasons is an independent point, so I have not organized this book by a succession of chapters or headings. After all, most people only remember a few big ideas or separate points after reading or listening to a book. I've never heard anyone say "Oh, that was a good continuous-process-of-logically-ordered-argumentation" but I've often heard people say, "Oh, that was a good point." And back to my main point: "Why are you a Catholic?" is a good question. A good question deserves a good answer.

In The Heartbeat of Trees, renowned forester Peter Wohlleben draws on new scientific discoveries to show how humans are deeply connected to the natural world. In an era of climate change, many of us fear we’ve lost our connection to nature - but Peter Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the forest remain alive and intact. We just have to know where to look.

User story mapping is a valuable tool for software development, once you understand why and how to use it. This insightful book examines how this often misunderstood technique can help your team stay focused on users and their needs without getting lost in the enthusiasm for individual product features. Author Jeff Patton shows you how changeable story maps enable your team to hold better conversations about the project throughout the development process. Your team will learn to come away with a shared understanding of what you’re attempting to build and why.

These biographies of the great quattrocento artists have long been considered among the most important of contemporary sources on Italian Renaissance art. Vasari, who invented the term "Renaissance", was the first to outline the influential theory of Renaissance art that traces a progression through Giotto, Brunelleschi, and finally the titanic figures of Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, and Raphael.

Professor Castillo's daughter has mysteriously disappeared into the Amazon jungle. Determined to find her, he begs Ulysses and Cassie to go with him. Unable to dissuade him and not wanting him to go on his own, they both accept to help their old friend in his crazy attempt at her rescue. The three embark on an incredible journey to a place that should not exist, the Lost City of Z. A journey nobody has ever returned from.

Neste manifesto inovador, Attia revela como a sua jornada pessoal o fez repensar a abordagem da medicina com a qual ele e tantos outros colegas e pacientes estavam acostumados. Afinal, apesar de todos os seus sucessos, a medicina tradicional parece ter falhado no que diz respeito às doenças relacionadas ao envelhecimento.

Современный социум не дает человеку спокойно жить: все время его подгоняет, ограничивает немыслимыми рамками, вещает ярлыки, пропагандирует культ успеха и требует практически невозможного. Что же делать? Для начала – просто прослушайте эту аудиокнигу! Перед вами практическое руководство по достижению внутренней гармонии и свободы, основанное на взглядах Марка Мэнсона, популярного автора бестселлеров по личностному развитию, который известен своей прямолинейностью.

Modelos mentales: 30 técnicas asociadas al pensamiento arroja luz sobre la verdadera inteligencia: no se trata de conocimientos y de ser capaz de nombrar todas las capitales del mundo. Se trata de la forma en la que piensas, y cada modelo mental es un entramado específico sobre cómo pensar con inteligencia y entendimiento.

Just when Ben Nickels thought life on Lucky Nickel Acres couldn’t get any sweeter, his happily ever after takes a complicated turn. With his new wife, Alicia, by his side, Ben’s farm is flourishing. The gardens are bursting with produce, the pigs are rooting, the chickens are laying, and Meadow, the gorgeous dairy Holstaur, has made the farm’s milk and cheese the talk of Grimsby’s market. Even better, the rescued demi-beasts from Ashburn’s cruel factory farm are finding a new life of freedom under Ben’s care. And they need breeding as soon as there are enough bed's to hold them!

An ex–Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball’s famed sabermetrics to place bets that would beat the Vegas odds on Major League Baseball games—with a 41 percent return in his first year. Trading Bases explains how he did it. After the fall of Lehman Brothers, Joe Peta was out of a job. He...

La véritable solution pour gérer son temps efficacement ? Cibler son énergie sur ce qui est important et arrêter de vouloir tout faire. Le noyau dur de la démarche de Peter Bregman ? 18 minutes par jour pour s'organiser et hiérarchiser ses priorités.

Neuf personnes, sans aucun lien apparent entre elles, reçoivent simultanément une liste de neuf noms, dont le leur. Une simple liste, sans la moindre explication. Certains y voient une mauvaise blague, d'autre une erreur, en tout cas rien de vraiment digne d'intérêt. Mais lorsque deux d'entre eux sont retrouvés mort, un terrifiant compte à rebours s'enclenche. De nouveaux meurtres s'enchaînent mais aucun rapport entre ces neuf individus ne se dessine. Jessica Winslow, agent du FBI, est bien décidée à tirer tout cela au clair, d'autant que son nom figure également sur la liste.

Smilla Qaavigag Jaspersen er 37 år gammel, af grønlandsk oprindelse og bosat i København. Hun er ugift, utilpasset, barnløs, vred. Smilla bliver venner med den seksårige dreng Esajas, der bor i samme opgang. Da Esajas en morgen findes død i sneen, siger politiet, at det er et uheld. Men det tror Smilla ikke på. Hun har set hans fodspor i sneen. Og hun har en fornemmelse for sne. "Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne" er et portræt af en kvinde, hendes forhold til et barn og hendes forsøg på at opklare en forbrydelse i en kultur, hun aldrig helt har forsonet sig med.

Create your own guide to mastering the disciplines of organizational learning with this invaluable guide based on the national bestseller The Fifth Discipline. “The Fieldbook is a must read for anyone serious about building communities of common purpose, collective action, and continuous...

The Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world.

Noted naturopathic physician Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo introduces a revolutionary new way to eat—and to live. In Eat Right For Your Type, he explains his groundbreaking diet plan based upon blood type. Our blood type is a roadmap to our inner chemistry—and each blood type processes food, handles...

Not only is Graham Peterson unlucky in his choice of careers, he's also been terrible with women throughout his adult life. That changes when he meets Alison on a work night out. Unfortunately for Graham, however, things change so drastically that within a month of dating Alison, he gets the news that he's about to become a father for the first time.