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A Rogue for Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas with three wonderfully wicked Regency rogues who woo their heroines with passion, secret presents and snowball fights! Lose yourself in three romantic holiday tales from USA Today Bestseller Lauren Smith.
This set includes:
The Rogue’s Seduction – Perdita Darby, the ton’s favorite lady, seeks the help of the notorious rogue, Vaughn, Viscount Darlington. If she can convince him to pretend to be her fiancé over Christmas, she will escape a dangerous fortune hunter who means to do her harm. But will the infamous Devil of London, Vaughn, find a way to win her heart?
The Gentleman’s Seduction – Martin Banks is quite the scrooge. After a tragic Christmas when he was young, he despises the holidays. But when he wins a hand of cards against the man who destroyed his life, he bargains for a sweeter prize than money. He takes Livvy, the man’s daughter, home with him to ruin her reputation and perhaps convince her to be his mistress. But neither he nor Livvy expect the spirit of Christmas to surprise them with the best gift of all: love.
His Wicked Seduction- Horatia Sheridan is cursed. She’s been madly in love with her older brother’s best friend, Lucien, since she was young. But the wicked rogue has never once noticed her except to treat her with annoyance. But when Christmas arrives and it’s clear that someone is targeting Horatia’s life, Lucien brings her home to his country estate to protect her. A Christmas kissing bough, a snowball fight and forbidden desire take hold, leading to a love that will change their lives forever.
*Note: These stories have been previously published as single titles or in other collections.
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Draw You In
When hopeless romantic meets New York cynicism…there's one clear winner.
Cartoonist and hopeless romantic Sage Mathews has moved home to Cape Van Buren to find her happy ever after. And why not? It’s happened to everyone else in the town where love washes in with each wave. She’s even landed the perfect job, head cartoonist for The Van Buren Tribune—her late grandfather’s newspaper. The only thing more important than finding love is keeping her grandfather’s legacy alive. A hard task when the paper’s sexy and irritating new consultant is determined to digitize her dreams.
Parker Edwards has never measured up in his grandfather’s eyes. So when the opportunity arises to consult for the small town newspaper where the old man sits as a board member, he’s determined to prove his grandfather wrong. Step one, digitize the paper to keep the sinking ship afloat. Step two, get his tiny town tour guide, who happens to be the cute and curvy cartoonist, on board. With the glitz covered cynicism of New York. in his blood, he can’t wait to do the job and get back to the city. That is, until his sweet new friend with her sexy assets and chocolate brown eyes colors her way into his heart one comic at a time and makes him feel things he doesn’t think he can live up to.
Can small town and big city find their happy ever after in Cape Van Buren or is love just another shipwrecked, romantic notion?
Draw You In a Cape Van Buren novella book 4 by USA Today bestselling author MK Meredith is the perfect mix of both sweet and sexy. Read as a series or standalone.
Read this romantic comedy romance today!
Formerly FALLING FOR YOU, part of Marina Adair’s St. Helena Vineyards, Draw You In is the perfect addition to the irresistible town of Cape Van Buren.
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Associates, The - Sulk (40th Anniversary Edition) LP
Tracklist:
SIDE A:
1 Arrogance Gave Him Up (2016 Remaster)
2 No (2016 Remaster)
3 Bap De La Bap (2016 Remaster)
4 Gloomy Sunday (2016 Remaster)
5 Nude Spoons (2016 Remaster)
SIDE B:
1 Skipping (2016 Remaster)
2 It's Better This Way (2016 Remaster)
3 Party Fears Two (2016 Remaster)
4 Club Country (2016 Remaster)
5 Nothingsomethingparticular (2016 Remaster)
No Filter
Writer and former model Paulina Porizkova pens a series of intimate, introspective, and enlightening essays about the complexities of womanhood at every age, pulling back the glossy magazine cover and writing from the heart.
Born in Cold War Czechoslovakia, Paulina Porizkova rose to prominence as a model, appearing on her first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover in 1984. As the face of Estée Lauder in 1989, she was one of the highest-paid models in the world. When she was cast in the music video for the song “Drive” by The Cars, it was love at first sight for her and frontman Ric Ocasek. He was forty at the time, and Porizkova was nineteen. The decades to come would bring marriage, motherhood, a budding writing career; and later sadness, loneliness, isolation, and eventually divorce. Following her ex-husband’s death—and the revelation of a deep betrayal—Porizkova stunned fans with her fierce vulnerability and disarming honesty as she let the whole world share in her experience of being a woman who must start over.
This is a wise and compelling exploration of heartbreak, grief, beauty, aging, relationships, re-invention and finding your purpose. In these essays, Porizkova bares her soul and shares the lessons she’s learned—often the hard way. After a lifetime of being looked at, she is ready to be heard.
MMXX - Sacred Cargo LP
Tracklist:
1. This Breath Is Not My Breath Feat. Mikko Kotamäki
2. Perdition Mirror Feat. Mick Moss
3. The New Forgotten Ones Feat. Yann Ligner
4. Faint Flickering Light
5. The Tower Feat. Mick Moss
6. Unavailing Feat. Marco Benevento, Chris Cannella
7. Der Nukleus Feat. Carmelo Orlando
8. Sacred Cargo Feat. Aaron Stainthorpe
9. Espirare
10. Shadow Haven Feat. Dan Swano
Jethro Tull - Bursting Out (The Inflated Edition) 3CD+3DVD
Jethro Tull je britská rocková skupina založená v roku 1967, reprezentuje folk-rock, progresívny rock a hard rock. Názov skupiny je odvodený od mena a priezviska anglického agronóma žijúceho na prelome 17. a 18. storočia. Zloženie skupiny sa počas rokov menilo, ale pilierom, ktorý určoval jej umeleckú podobu, zostával celý čas extravagantný líder flautista Ian Anderson, ktorý ovládal niekoľko nástrojov na čele s priečnou flautou, ale ajgajdy, mandolínu a gitaru. Ian si obliekal šašovské farebné kostýmy, štylizoval sa do úlohy starca, krepčil na pódiu na jednej nohe a svojou originálnou inšpiráciou stredovekým folklórom získal rešpekt odborníkov. Pre skupinu je typická rytmická hra na bicie, basovú gitaru, gitary,klávesové nástroje, sporadicky hrané melodické riffy, spojené s vybrujúcim zvukom flauty a charakteristickým spevom Iana Andersona. Texty piesní sú veľmi poetické, často ironické a provokujúce.
Box obsahuje:
- CD 1: Jethro Tull Live: Bursting Out (Part 1) - Steven Wilson Stereo Remix; Soundcheck Recordings - Steven Wilson Stereo Remix; Tracks 7, 10, 11 (Full Version) & 12-16 Previously Unreleased
- CD 2: Jethro Tull Live: Bursting Out (Part 2) - Steven Wilson Stereo Remix; Soundcheck Recordings - Steven Wilson Stereo Remix; Tracks 11-13 Previously Unreleased
- CD 3: Edited Version of the 1978 Madison Square Garden Show Issued in 2009, Now Mixed by Steven Wilson
- DVDs 1 & 2: Remixed Tracks in 96/24 Stereo & 5.1 Surround + Flat Transfers of the Original Album at 96/24 Stereo
- DVD 3: Full 93-Minute MSG Show Including 50+ Minutes of Video which Was Part of a Transatlantic Broadcast with the BBC & Radio 1; Audio Is 48/24 Stereo & 5.1 Surround
- 96-Page Hardcover Book
Skladby:
CD1:
01. Claude Nobs - Introduction By Claude Nobs (Live) [2024 Remaster]
02. No Lullaby (Live) [2024 Remaster]
03. Sweet Dream (Live) [2024 Remaster]
04. Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day) [Live] [2024 Remaster]
05. Jack-In-the-Green (Live) [2024 Remaster]
06. One Brown Mouse (Live) [2024 Remaster]
07. Heavy Horses (Live) [2024 Remaster]
08. A New Day Yesterday (Live) [2024 Remaster]
09. Flute Solo Improvisation / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Bouree (Medley) [Live] [2024 Remaster]
10. Living In the Past (Live)
11. Songs From the Wood (Live) [2024 Remaster]
12. No Lullaby (Live)
13. Sweet Dream (Live)
14. Heavy Horses (Live)
15. Botanic Man (Live)
16. 4.W.D (Low Ratio) (Live)
CD2:
01. Thick As a Brick (Live) [2024 Remaster]
02. Hunting Girl (Live) [2024 Remaster]
03. Too Old To Rock N Roll: Too Young To Die! (Live) [2024 Remaster]
04. Conundrum (Live) [2024 Remaster]
05. Minstrel In the Gallery (Live) [2024 Remaster]
06. Cross-Eyed Mary (Live) [2024 Remaster]
07. Quatrain (Live) [2024 Remaster]
08. Aqualung (Live) [2024 Remaster]
09. Locomotive Breath (Live) [2024 Remaster]
10. The Dambusters March (Live) [2024 Remaster]
11. Conundrum (Live)
12. Quatrain (Live)
13. The Dambusters March (Live)
CD3:
01. Sweet Dream Fanfare (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
02. Sweet Dream (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
03. One Brown Mouse (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
04. Heavy Horses (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
05. Thick As a Brick (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
06. No Lullaby (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
07. Flute Solo Improvisation (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
08. Songs From the Wood (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
09. Quatrain (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
10. Aqualung (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
11. Locomotive Breath (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
12. The Dambusters March (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
13. A Single Man (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
14. Too Old To Rock N Roll: Too Old To Die! (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
15. My God (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
16. Cross-Eyed Mary (Live At Madison Square Garden October 1978)
DVD1:
01. Claude Nobs - Introduction By Claude Nobs (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
02. No Lullaby (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
03. Sweet Dream (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
04. Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day) [Live] [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
05. Jack-In-the-Green (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
06. One Brown Mouse (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
07. Heavy Horses (Live) [96/24 Stereo]
08. A New Day Yesterday (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
09. Flute Solo Improvisation / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Bouree (Medley) [Live] [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
10. Living In the Past (Live) [96/24 Stereo]
11. Songs From the Wood (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
12. No Lullaby (Live) [96/24 Stereo]
13. Sweet Dream (Live) [96/24 Stereo]
14. Heavy Horses (Live) [96/24 Stereo]
15. Botanic Man (Live) [96/24 Stereo]
16. 4.W.D (Low Ratio) [Live] [96/24 Stereo]
17. Claude Nobs - Introduction By Claude Nobs (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
18. No Lullaby (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
19. Sweet Dream (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
20. Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day) [Live] [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
21. Jack-In-the-Green (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
22. One Brown Mouse (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
23. Heavy Horses (Live) [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
24. A New Day Yesterday (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
25. Flute Solo Improvisation / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Bouree (Medley) [Live] [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
26. Living In the Past (Live) [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
27. Songs From the Wood (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
28. No Lullaby (Live) [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
29. Sweet Dream (Live) [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
30. Heavy Horses (Live) [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
31. Botanic Man (Live) [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
32. 4.W.D (Low Ratio) [Live] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
33. No Lullaby (Live) [Flat Transfer]
34. Sweet Dream (Live) [Flat Transfer]
35. Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day) [Live] [Flat Transfer]
36. Jack-In-the-Green (Live) [Flat Transfer]
37. One Brown Mouse (Live) [Flat Transfer]
38. A New Day Yesterday (Live) [Flat Transfer]
39. Flute Solo Improvisation / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Bouree (Medley) [Live] [Flat Transfer]
40. Songs From the Wood (Live) [Flat Transfer]
41. Thick As a Brick (Live) [Flat Transfer]
DVD2:
01. Thick As a Brick (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
02. Hunting Girl (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
03. Too Old To Rock N Roll: Too Young To Die! (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
04. Conundrum (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
05. Minstrel In the Gallery (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
06. Cross-Eyed Mary (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
07. Quatrain (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
08. Aqualung (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
09. Locomotive Breath (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
10. The Dambusters March (Live) [2024 Remaster] [96/24 Stereo]
11. Conundrum (Live) [96/24 Stereo
12. Quatrain (Live) [96/24 Stereo]
13. The Dambusters March (Live) [96/24 Stereo]
14. Thick As a Brick (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
15. Hunting Girl (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
16. Too Old To Rock N Roll: Too Young To Die! (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
17. Conundrum (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
18. Minstrel In the Gallery (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
19. Cross-Eyed Mary (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
20. Quatrain (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
21. Aqualung (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
22. Locomotive Breath (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
23. The Dambusters March (Live) [2024 Remaster] [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
24. Conundrum (Live) [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
25. Quatrain (Live) [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
26. The Dambusters March (Live) [Dd & Dts 5.1 Surround]
27. Hunting Girl (Live) [Flat Transfer]
28. Too Old To Rock N Roll: Too Young To Die! (Live) [Flat Transfer]
29. Conundrum (Live) [Flat Transfer]
30. Minstrel In the Gallery (Live) [Flat Transfer]
31. Cross-Eyed Mary (Live) [Flat Transfer]
32. Quatrain (Live) [Flat Transfer]
33. Aqualung (Live) [Flat Transfer]
34. Locomotive Breath (Live) [Flat Transfer]
35. The Dambusters March (Live) [Flat Transfer
DVD3:
01. Sweet Dream Fanfare (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
02. Sweet Dream (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
03. One Brown Mouse (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
04. Heavy Horses (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
05. Thick As a Brick (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
06. No Lullaby (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
07. Songs From the Wood (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
08. Quatrain (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
09. Aqualung (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
10. Locomotive Breath (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
11. The Dambusters March (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
12. A Single Man (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
13. Too Old Too Rock N Roll:Too Old Too Die! (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
14. My God (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
15. Cross-Eyed Mary (Live At Madision Square Garden October 1978) (Music Video)
Búrka v srdci
Príťažlivé postavy, pútavý dej a poriadna dávka zmyselnosti... úžasná kniha! Nebudete sa môcť od nej odtrhnúť.
Library Journal
Kapitán pirátskej lode, obávaný Cypr
ian Dare, sa už celé roky chystá pomstiť svojmu otcovi, bohatému šľachticovi Lloydovi Habertonovi, ktorý opustil jeho matku a odsúdil ho na život v biede. Napokon sa v jeho hlave zrodí plán: unesie Habertonovi syna a dediča Aubreyho a vychová ho v ro
vnakých podmienkach, v akých vyrastal on sám. Cyprianov plán sa vydarí, no spolu s Aubreym námorníci unesú aj jeho sesternicu, pôvabnú Elizu Thoroughgoodovú, ktorá sa odvážne postavila na chlapcovu obranu. Na pirátskej lodi sa však zajatci nemajú zle
. Aubrey sa zotavuje zo zranenia nohy a Elizu trápi len jediné: príťažlivý kapitán...
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Catalyst
From the author of New York Times bestsellers Contagious and Invisible Influence comes a revolutionary approach to changing anyone's mind.
Everyone has something they want to change. Marketers want to change their customers' minds and leaders want to change organisations. Start-ups want to change industries and nonprofits want to change the world. But change is hard. Often, we persuade and pressure and push, but nothing moves. Could there be a better way?
This book takes a different approach. Successful change agents know it's not about pushing harder, or providing more information, it's about being a catalyst. Catalysts remove roadblocks and reduce the barriers to change. Instead of asking, "How could I change someone's mind?" they ask a different question: "Why haven't they changed already? What's stopping them?"
The Catalyst identifies the key barriers to change and how to mitigate them. You'll learn how catalysts change minds in the toughest of situations: how hostage negotiators get people to come out with their hands up and how marketers get new products to catch on, how leaders transform organisational culture and how activists ignite social movements, how substance abuse counselors get addicts to realise they have a problem and how political campaigners change deeply rooted political beliefs.
Lacná kniha Avatar: The Field Guide To Pandora (-90%)
This lavishly illustrated film companion takes the reader on a journey into the magical world of Pandora, to get closer to the landscapes, creatures and characters of James Cameron´s blockbuster epic, AVATAR. This is the only adult tie-in book to what man
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Homelessness among Young People in Prague
Undoubtedly, homelessness is an interesting phenomenon of today. It represents a clear social failure which can be viewed as a syndrome of a complex social failure. Everyone knows the homeless and sees them on everyday basis, but only few people know about them more than that they look neglected, drink alcohol and always sleep in various places. The reality is, however, in many respects different, primarily as concerns young people for whom the life in the street may be merely a temporary stage in their lives. The book entitled Homelessness as an Alternative Existence of Young People provides information about those who lost their background or even never had it. It is about life in the street and about what preceded it, about their attitudes to the various problems which they face, often unsuccessfully. Young homeless people are different and the stories and causes of their social downswing are also different. The description of life in the street where one loses his privacy, the possibility to satisfy his basic needs and often even self-respect shows what must be endured in order to survive. The second part of the publication is devoted to the opposite process: a return from the street to the society, and the difficulties that must be overcome in order to accomplish it. Often it is not merely about coping with one’s past stigma but also other consequences of non-standard life, such as drug addiction, criminal records or accumulated debt. The text is based on interviews with homeless people and represents and authentic picture of this social group in Prague.
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Lacná kniha The Believers (-90%)
When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel's children will have to deal with this unsettling secret themselves, but meanwhile, they are trying to cope with their own dilemmas.
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Burn After Writing (Floral 2.0)
Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through incisive questions and thought experiments, this journal helps you learn new things while letting others go. Imagine instead of publicly declaring your feelings for others, you privately declared your feelings for yourself?
Help your heart by turning off the comments and muting the accounts that drive you into jealousy for a few moments a night. Whether you are going through the ups and downs of growing up, or know a few young people who are, you will flourish by finding free expression—even if through a few tears!
Push your limits, reflect on your past, present, and future, and create a secret book that's about you, and just for you. This is not a diary, and there is no posting required. And when you're finished, toss it, hide it, or Burn After Writing.
Budapest böngésző - Streets of Budapest
A kétnyelvű böngésző egy varázslatos és nem mindennapi Budapesten vezet körbe minket.
Furcsa épületek, mókás és nem városba illő járókelők, vicces feliratok találhatók mindenütt.
A helyszínek könnyen felismerhetőek, mégis mások, mesésebbek, mint a valóságban.
De nézd csak: a „figyelmetlen” grafikus (aki több oldalon is felbukkan ám!) számos hibát ejtett az ismétlődő részleteknél, érdemes hát alaposan végigböngészni az oldalakat. A lap alján pedig kérdések segítik a keresést és a beszélgetést.
És ne felejtsd el megkeresni a könyv minden oldalán Gyurit, a szökött papagájt!
Vesd bele magad a játékba Budapest utcáin!
This bilingual browser takes you on a magical and unusual tour of Budapest.
Among the fantastic depictions of familiar easily recognisable locations are many strange buildings, quirky and out-of-town passers-by, and funny signs.
A careful scroll through reveals small, scattered deviations in detail made by the artist. Questions at the bottom of the page leave you hints to find the differences, and in sometimes the artist himself is lurking in the details too. And don't forget to look for Gyuri the escaped parrot on every page of the book!
Join the game on the streets of Budapest!
Armadale
Armadale (1866) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century semi-epistolary novel. Some chapters consist of letters between the various characters, while other chapters record the events as the characters perceive them.The novel has a convoluted plot about two distant cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other (the two fathers are also named Allan Armadale). The story starts with a deathbed confession by the murderer in the form of a letter to be given to his baby son when he grows up. Many years are skipped over. The son, mistreated at home, runs away from his mother and stepfather, and takes up a wandering life under the assumed name of Ozias Midwinter. He becomes a companion to the other Allan Armadale, who throughout the novel never discovers the relationship. But Ozias is constantly haunted by feeling that he might harm Allan, first after he reads the letter left for him, and then again after they spend the night on a shipwreck off the Isle of Man--the ship turning out to be the same on which the old murder took place (the murderer locked his victim in a cabin as the boat filled with water). On the boat, Allan has a mysterious dream involving three characters. This dream fills Ozias with foreboding, its three scenes becoming fulfilled in the course of the novel.
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Jerks at Work
Want to get those difficult colleagues off your back and restore your sanity? NYU psychology professor Tessa West shows you how.
Have you ever watched a colleague charm the pants off management while showing a competitive, Machiavellian side to the lower ranks? They don't hesitate to throw peers under the bus, but their boss is oblivious to their bad behaviour. What about a constantly interrupting colleague? Or an over-bearing manager? While these jerks stress us out in small ways throughout the day, they aren't technically breaking any rules, so we're expected just to put up with them.
...Until now. Tessa West has already helped thousands of people resolve their most pressing workplace issues. And here she draws on a decade of original research to profile classic workplace archetypes, including the Gaslighter, the Bulldozer, the Credit-Stealer, the Neglecter, and the Micromanager, giving advice to anyone who's ever hidden in the bathroom to cry at work. She digs deep into the inner workings of each bad apple, exploring their motivations and insecurities, and offers clever strategies for stopping each type of jerk in their tracks.
Know a Jerk at Work? This proactive approach reveals the single, most effective way to achieve emotional wellbeing at work.
The Happy Index
Discover the secrets of upside-down management and doing the right thing with James Timpson's The Happy Index.
With over 2,000 locations across the UK and overseeing multiple operations daily for the past two decades, it's fair to say that the CEO of the family-owned Timpson business knows a thing or two about running a successful company.
What makes James Timpson's approach to collaboration, profit and success is simple: let the people you hire run your business.
That might seem like a simple concept to a CEO, manager or director but if you think about the hundreds of meetings, hours lost from your day by responding to emails, signing off on projects and more, you will notice that you are still working in a traditional, top-down mindset. Doing this means the team you work with only see themselves as a cog in the machine instead of the trusted, valued colleagues that they are.
The Happy Index is structured into lessons that will equip you and the people you work with, with the tools and tactics to re-evaluate the ways you manage your business. Offering insight into the ways in which James has overseen the family business, he firmly believes that you will see the benefits of working with an upside-down mindset, not only for financial success but also your team's wellbeing and happiness.
Really, though, it's easy. Turn up on time. Trust your team. Do your work.
Barlow Gary - The Dream of Christmas CD
Tracklist:
1 The Dream of Christmas
2 Sleigh Ride
3 Wonderful Christmastime
4 How Christmas is Supposed to Be
5 This Christmas
6 Come on Christmas
7 My Dear Acquaintance
8 Winter Wonderland
9 The Colder It Feels
10 Merry Christmas Everyone
11 A Child's Christmas in Wales
A Brief History of Paris
Paris: city of love, food and fashion.
Paris: the city that played host to major historical and cultural dramas.
Paris: a modern metropolis.
Paris is all of these, all at once, all the time.
There is a unique fusion of past and present in this purposefully grand and well-planned city. The Triumphal Way, which runs straight from the Louvre through the Tuileries Gardens, across the Place de la Concorde - where the guillotine once stood - through the Arc de Triomphe towards the Arche de la Defense and into the modern business district is just one example of the many eras that remain present.
Famously a city for walkers, Paris has echoes of its history at every turn. Wandering through Montmartre, you will discover the birthplace of the energetic cancan at the Moulin Rouge; stroll around Montparnasse and see the haunts of American writer Ernest Hemingway; observe the striking new Opera de la Bastille, which stands in the same place as the notorious prison.
To walk in Paris is to walk in history.
Cecil Jenkins recounts the often turbulent history with due attention to social conditions and cultural development as well as to the political events that shaped the city. It is the colourful story of a city emerging to modernity through repeated conflicts, both internal and regional: a struggle between piety and passion, prince and peasant, against competing countries in Europe.
The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
First ever deluxe, slipcased edition of the peerless A-Z guide to the names, places and events in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, fully illustrated in colour throughout by acclaimed Tolkien artist, Ted Nasmith, and featuring an exclusive colour foldout poster.
J.R.R. Tolkien's works of epic adventure and fantasy, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion have delighted many millions of fans since they were first published, and are now more popular than ever before.
The Complete Guide to Middle-earth has been compiled to enhance the reader's enjoyment of Tolkien's books by bringing together in an A-Z sequence all the key facts and information about names, places, languages and events from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
Coupled with numerous genealogical tables and a unique Chronology of the First Age, it will provide an indispensable aid to every reader's discovery of Tolkien's world.
The first, and definitive, encyclopedia, The Complete Guide to Middle-earth is now available for the first time as a clothbound deluxe edition, housed in a fully illustrated slipcase, to complement the deluxe illustrated editions of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, and is lavishly illustrated with more than 50 full-colour paintings by acclaimed Tolkien artist, Ted Nasmith, with many appearing exclusively in this edition.