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Der Schatz im Silbersee mit seinen sagenhaften Reichtümern ist das Ziel einer Bande von Tramps unter Führung des berüchtigten "Roten Cornel"..

An unabridged audio collection spotlighting the "best of the best" science fiction stories published in 2016 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster, as narrated by top voice talents.

Close more deals by understanding what your customer really wants. Too often, we hear the message that selling is shallow. In reality, it's the opposite. The most effective salespeople are the ones who dive deeper—who prioritize relationships and stay focused on the big picture of what they're playing for. Iceberg Selling is a technique based on the understanding that, for every person, company, and situation, you can only see 10% of what's really going on. Using single-serving lessons and real-life anecdotes, you’ll learn a series of mindsets and best practices.

Outside in the sunshine, with flowers and plants, Abby Adams, Susan Hill, Christopher Lloyd, and more let their creative juices flow to produce this companion to The Writer in the Garden. It too is filled with passionate observations and philosophical meanderings. Ironic, amusing, and idiosyncratic, these delightful tales are a joyful addition to the first volume. So roll up your sleeves and play in the mud while these talented writers inspire you with their words.

The only child of Holocaust survivors who fled to Australia in 1950, Kruszelnicki has always forged his own destiny in an idiosyncratic way. Before he became one of the world's favourite scientific storytellers, he ambled through a convoluted cacophony of a career. In this long-awaited autobiography, you will learn that it's okay not to have a linear path through life, and that by following our curiosities and our passions, we can bend the universe to our liking.

In his second book, “Parkinson’s Empowerment Training” author Karl Sterling goes deep into exploring many areas that will help the person with PD to manage symptoms and improve quality of movement, cognition, memory, and life. Topics include: the power of hope, empowerment, and belief how to maximize neuroplasticity sleep management benefits of using Power Plate and whole body vibration learn about the many roles of dopamine improve memory and cognition “Nutrition in Parkinson’s Disease” written by dietitian, Cynthia Lopez Read inspiring stories by: people living with ...

Woher das Leben kommt und was es eigentlich ist: Um diese beiden Fragen kreist der neue Roman von Karl Ove Knausgård – der, wenn man so will, eine Art Prequel zum international bejubelten "Der Morgenstern" darstellt. Was ist geschehen, bevor dieser unerklärliche, weithin sichtbare unbekannte Stern am Himmel auftauchte und scheinbar sämtliche physikalische Regeln außer Kraft setzte? "Die Wölfe aus dem Wald der Ewigkeit" beginnt im Jahr 1986. In Norwegen gibt es eine Regierungskrise, und im fernen Tschernobyl ist ein Atomreaktor explodiert.

In this extensively revised new edition of one of the pioneering and best-selling books in the growing category of personal branding books, star business speakers and consultants McNally and Speak provide an inspiring and practical guide to how people can achieve more of what they want by developing and communicating a strong, entirely authentic, personal brand. Over 50,000 copies of the 1st edition sold.

Since the dawn of humankind, mental illness has been one of our greatest causes of suffering as a species. But for the majority of our history, its causes have remained a mystery. Professor Karl Deisseroth shares his breakthrough discovery, optogenetics, a biological technique that allows us to decipher the brain's inner workings using light. With moving and revelatory stories from both personal and professional experience, he reveals what mental illnesses really are, why we suffer from them and the unexpected role they have played in our evolution.

A drunken night out turns naughty when three new college friends get back to their dorm room and start talking about sex. The rumor that Ben is well-endowed becomes the topic of conversation, but he refuses to show when his two roommates ask to see. They aren’t about to take no for an answer though and the situation runs out of control as they tie him up to have their fun with some toys.

Nach Überwindung vieler Gefahren lichtet sich nun das Dunkel um Old Surehands Vergangenheit. Old Shatterhand und Winnetou ziehen mit ihren Begleitern, unter ihnen die "Verkehrten Toasts" Dick Hammerdull und Pitt Holbers, hinauf ins Felsengebirge, wo alle Fäden zusammenlaufen.

The bestselling Mindfulness Meditation Course. In today's chaotic world, it's easy to let stress take over and damage our lives. We're plagued with anxiety, tension, fatigue, and tiredness. The bright-eyed happiness and optimism we once viewed the world with is a thing of the past. Mindfulness Meditation can help to restore your natural joy, vigour and confidence. It's all about using simple “being in the now” exercises, to help gently focus your mind, and bring about positive change in your life.

Montpelier Parade is just across town, but to Sonny it might as well be a different world. Working with his father in the garden of one of its handsome homes one Saturday, he sees a back door easing open and a beautiful woman coming down the path toward him. This is Vera, the sort of person who seems destined to remain forever out of his reach. Hoping to cast off his loneliness and a restless sense of not belonging - at high school, in his part-time job, and in the increasingly suffocating company of his own family - Sonny drifts into dreams of a different kind of life.

When 17-year-old Toby McGonigal finds himself lost in space, separated from his family, he expects his next drift into cold sleep to be his last. After all, the planet he' s orbiting is frozen and sunless, and the cities are dead. But when Toby wakes again, he' s surprised to discover a thriving planet, a strange and prosperous galaxy, and something stranger still - that he' s been asleep for 14,000 years. Welcome to the Lockstep Empire, where civilization is kept alive by careful hibernation. Here cold sleeps can last decades and waking moments mere weeks.

In Demand, Adrian Slywotzky provides a radically new way to think about demand, with a big idea and a host of practical applications - not just for people in business but also for social activists, government leaders, non-profit managers, and other would-be innovators. To succeed in their various missions, all these groups need to master such ground-breaking concepts as the hassle map (and the secrets of fixing it); the curse of the incomplete product (and how to avoid it); why “very good” does not equal “magnetic”....

A summer visit to his uncle's ranch takes an unexpected twist for 23-year-old Greg when he finds there's a new ranch hand dealing with the horses. It’s clear the older man is interested from the first minute they meet and Greg is all too keen to enjoy a new experience when they’re alone in the stables. He gets what he wants when he finds himself tied up and dominated by a man that wants to use his body.

When Charlie arrives in a new town, he goes looking for a job at the surrounding ranches. There’s nothing available and he thinks he’s wasted his time when the owner of the last ranch he turns up at isn’t available. The owner’s dad is there though and offers a deal. He’ll make sure work will be offered if he gets what he wants. Charlie isn’t sure when he hears what that is, but eventually decides to take the offer and willingly lets himself be used as a plaything by an older man in exchange for a job.

Este texto fue escrito en 1938 por uno de los grandes pensadores del siglo XX. Muestra tanto la radicalidad con la que Nietzsche rechazó el cristianismo como las diversas declaraciones totalmente incompatibles con tal rechazo. Karl Jaspers interpreta esta contradicción diciendo que Nietzsche jamás llegó a asumir las ideas cristianas. Por lo tanto, tampoco tuvo necesidad de rechazar nada que previamente hubiera aceptado. Sin embargo, la fuerza de estos impulsos cristianos, aun despojados de contenido, sí que constituyó la base del pensamiento de Nietzsche hasta su filosofía tardía.

Die Titelerzählung "Halbblut" und "Der Pfahlmann" führen in den Wilden Westen. Es folgt die Geschichte des "Kaperkapitäns" Robert Surcouf. Erlebnisse in der afrikanischen Wüste ("Von Mursuk bis Kairwan") beschließen das Hörbuch.

Nach vielen spannenden Erlebnissen unter den Komantschen und in Kalifornien setzt die Erzählung vom Leben und Sterben des edlen Häuptlings dem ganzen indianischen Volk ein unvergängliches Denkmal. Der Bericht über das Testament des Apatschen beschließt das tragische Geschehen.