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In 1914 Paul Bumer and his classmates are marched to the local recruiting office by a sentimentally patriotic form-master. On a calm October day in 1918, only a few weeks before the Armistice, Paul will be the last of them to be killed.Here, he tells their story. A few years after publication, the Nazis would denounce and publicly burn Remarque's novel for insulting the heroic German army - in other words, for 'telling it like it was' for the common soldier on the front line where any notions of glory and national destiny were soon blasted away by the dehumanizing horror of modern warfare.

L.A. is parched, dry as a bone, and all Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family, desperately wants is a little rain. He’s harboring a costly secret that distracts him from everything else. His wife, Keila, desperate for a life with a little more intimacy and a little less Weather Channel, feels she has no choice but to end their marriage. Their three daughters - Claudia, a television chef with a hard-hearted attitude.

Luego de su contundente debut, Azares del cuerpo, María Ospina Pizano regresa con una novela que es animales y movimiento: una tangara migratoria lucha con los desvíos que imponen las luces de la ciudad y sus edificios, una puercoespín huérfana es alimentada con leche humana, dos perras se refugian juntas de sus abandonos y un cucarrón recién salido de la tierra se extravía. Ospina Pizano nos regala fogonazos de vida a través de aquellas criaturas que existen a plena vista sin ser vistas, pero que aquí (y siempre) son testigos de las heridas humanas.

He needs a fake girlfriend but all I've ever wanted is him... Rock bottom has never felt so good. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I bargain with the enemy and score a renovation for my hair salon. The enemy? Nick Stamos, my best friend’s older brother. He’s got a body and face the Greek gods would envy but his personality needs a major overhaul. He’s surly. A rule-follower. Did I mention he’s seen me n*ked?

In the early 1900's Dr. Maria Montessori began to reform educational methods with her work the 'Case dei Bambini' in Rome, Italy. Montessori began her work by developing methods to educate mentally retarded children, the method she developed was used with several children who at age eight took the state examinations in reading and writing, the children passed with above average scores. Because of this success (which is known as the 'first Montessori Miracle') Dr. Montessori was asked to open a school for children in Rome which she did. It was called the Case dei Bambini or “Children's House...

For PR guru-turned-advice-columnist Waverly Bryson, life is pretty sweet. She has an amazing job, a devoted boyfriend, and the best friends a girl could hope for. Things couldn’t possibly be better - or so she thinks - until she receives an offer to turn her popular advice column into a regular guest spot on national television. The new gig means moving cross-country to New York to work for a woman who can’t stand her, not to mention leaving her best friends, Andie and McKenna, behind while still missing her already-too-long-distance boyfriend, Jake.

Las formas en que aman los hombres dependen de la relación que tienen o tuvieron con su madre, de sus conocimientos innatos, del modo de asumir sus lesiones emocionales, del peso que brindan al entorno social que los rodea, de su nivel cultural y de los valores que los motivan. Hay hombres con miedo al compromiso, con necesidad de maltratar y dominar, hombres que se vengan de antiguas huellas de traición en cada nueva pareja, hombres infieles para alimentar su ego, hombres pusilánimes ante mujeres tiranas, hombres de amores virtuales...

Maria Semple joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest book.

¡Bienvenidos a la segunda temporada de IA para Dummies, ahora Inteligencia Artificial al Desnudo ! Este podcast, que en su primera temporada conociste como Inteligencia Artificial para Dummies , ha evolucionado para seguir el ritmo de los rápidos avances en tecnología. Hoy, más que nunca, estoy inmersa en un mundo donde la inteligencia artificial impacta nuestra vida diaria, desde la forma en que trabajamos hasta cómo nos relacionamos y aprendemos. Por eso, decidí actualizar el nombre y enfoque de esta segunda temporada para reflejar mejor la profundidad y diversidad de temas que ...

Kids today are more susceptible than ever to anxiety and stress. As a parent, you want to shield your child from these overwhelming feelings, but it can be daunting in an unpredictable world. Fortunately, there are ways to help, and Raising Calm Kids in a World of Worry shows how. Psychotherapists and parent coaching team Ashley Graber, LMFT, and Maria Evans, LMFT, introduce SAFER Parenting—a simple yet powerful five-step approach designed to help children ages 6-12 regulate emotions and build lasting self-esteem.

Who are we? Or perhaps more accurately, why are we who we are? That depends on whom you ask, but most people will agree that our identity is largely determined by our experiences. This includes personal highlights, such as first love, but also personal crises and dealing with our deepest fears. Basically, what matters most to our personal journey through life is the strategies we use to master such very special challenges in the first place.

Being empathetic at work means seeing the situation from another’s perspective, and using that vantage point to shape your leadership style, workplace culture, and branding strategy. Pairing her knowledge as a branding expert with proven research and fascinating stories from executives, change makers, and community leaders, Maria Ross reveals exactly how empathy makes brands and organizations stronger and more successful.

As long as she can remember, Maria Konnikova has been fascinated by the tension between luck and skill. But nothing could prepare Konnikova for the string of bad luck that befell her in 2015, when, in quick succession, she was diagnosed with a painful auto-immune disease, her beloved grandmother died in a tragic accident and unexpected layoffs for her mother and husband left the family in financial disarray.

Sira Quiroga é uma jovem costureira que, na Madri dos anos 1930, se apaixona por Ramiro. Ainda que mal o conheça, decide deixar o país por aquele novo amor. Mas o destino lhe reserva uma série de surpresas, a começar pelo desaparecimento de Ramiro pouco depois de chegarem ao Marrocos. A partir daí, a jovem se converte, quase sem se dar conta, numa peçachave na luta contra o fascismo europeu - da ditatura franquista em sua Espanha natal ao nazismo na Alemanha.

Communication is important in any kind of relationship, especially in marriage. Couples who can communicate effectively with each other are more likely to have a happy and lasting marriage than those who cannot communicate properly. It is by improving communication that a marriage can be saved from falling apart. This audiobook is your handy manual that will teach you the ins and outs of effective communication. If you truly love your spouse and want to be able to communicate effectively with each other, then this guide is for you.

Far more alarming than the millennial “sex recession"—the phenomenon of young people having less sex than previous generations—is that we’re in the middle of a bad sex epidemic that all generations are suffering from. Despite major advances in sex education, positivity, and technology, we haven’t moved the needle on better: we’re still quietly enduring unsatisfying sex, whether that’s resigning ourselves to the same three positions we secretly hate, or lying when our Bumble date asks if we’re “close” after fifteen seconds of oral.

La decisión de no mostrar los sentimientos por miedo al rechazo o por el ego, y el deseo de conquistar de modo recurrente son constantes en las formas de amar en estos tiempos, cuando se elige dominar al otro. Mientras en otros existe un apasionamiento obsesivo y febril por alcanzar fundirse con un ser que no sabe amar ni le interesa aprender, haciendo de la idealización de ese amor una cadena que los mantiene atados a una relación tóxica, sin paz, plagada de maltrato psicológico mutuo.

Will Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy's fiery passion survive the chilling revelations of a winter storm? When a winter storm forces Elizabeth Bennet to take shelter at a seemingly deserted Netherfield Park, she is caught in an unexpected whirlwind of romance and scandal with the enigmatic Mr. Darcy. As the blizzard rages outside, so too does the brewing storm of emotions within, drawing them closer in a dance of wicked banter and blistering passion. But this charged atmosphere serves as the backdrop for a deeper turmoil within Mr. Darcy. Haunted by his decision to persuade Mr. Bingley to abandon ...

Madrid, 1980. Juan de Vere, nearly finished with his university degree, takes a job as personal assistant to Eduardo Muriel, an eccentric, once-successful film director. Urbane, discreet, irreproachable, Muriel is an irresistible idol to the young man. But Muriel's voluptuous wife, Beatriz, inhabits their home like an unwanted ghost, and on the periphery of their lives is Dr. Jorge Van Vechten, a family friend implicated in unsavory rumors that Muriel now asks Juan to investigate.

Over the past six years, Michael K. Simpson’s Unlocking Potential has helped leaders motivate, inspire, and fully engage their teams. This revised edition, written with Maria Sullivan and Kari Saddler, builds on that powerful foundation for a new generation of leaders. The key is not just managing but coaching - developing the talents of your organization’s most important asset: the employees. In any successful organization, that begins with the basic skills developed by Simpson: building trust, recognizing potential, challenging paradigms, and more.