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In his first major work of fiction in more than a decade, Norman Mailer offers what may be his consummate literary endeavor: he has set out to explore the evil of Adolf Hitler. The narrator, a mysterious SS man who is later revealed to be an exceptional presence, takes the young Adolf from birth through his adolescence. En route, reavealing portraits are offered of Hitler's father and mother, sisters, and brothers.

I tredje del af Bounty-trilogien følger vi mytteristernes skæbne på Pitcairn-øen, hvor ni af mytteristerne, anført af Fletcher Christian, slog sig ned i 1790 sammen med seks indfødte mænd og tolv kvinder fra Tahiti. I 1808 blev deres skjulested opdaget og bekendtgjort for verden af kaptajn Mayhew Folger fra det amerikanske sælfangerskib Topaz.

Mistaken identity + misbehaving doctor = perfect final book in this quartet. So this is book four in the Iron Ladies series, it's the final book of the four main women of the group and it quite frankly was absolutely awesome. Olivia Vinning believed that all men were trouble. In fact, her career was dedicated to bringing lying, cheating, chauvinistic men to their knees. When she spies Drake Bannon, her current client, she decides to get him to make a pass at her to end the case swiftly. But what she doesn’t realize, her mark...is not Drake.

When billionaire, Keanen Connelly’s son is kidnapped he needs an expert negotiator. The ransom note says no police but it says nothing about private organizations. Melanie Oakes is smooth, sexy, and just what Keanen needs. But there is one problem, she co-owns the Iron Ladies, an all ladies detective service that is committed to helping women. And Keanen most definitely is not a woman. Can Melanie negotiate the rescue of his son, while Keanen negotiates a place in her heart?

Henry Donner had heard of people avoiding a flight because of premonitions of doom, but he never suspected that the opposite may also be true: some people are drawn to a doomed plane because deep down, they hunger for the end. Worse, it may be their collective, suicidal will that makes it happen. Now, only as redeye Flight 290 lifts off does Donner realize the truth: the airliner's final destination isn't New York, but oblivion, and he's the only one who can do anything about it - if, that is, he can get past the demonic forces.

The creator and producer of Emmy Award-winning television series All In the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons, Norman Lear is a pioneer of a genre of programming that addresses pressing social issues with unusual candor. He is the founder and chairman of Act III Communications, a multimedia holding company with interests in the recording, motion picture, broadcasting, publishing and licensing industries.

Love, Norm is a multifaceted retelling of inspirational profiles of famous Jewish fighters from across history, and it is also the singular story of how one man dug into his own past and found pieces to preserve his Jewish identity. Together, empathetically channeled through his heartfelt letters and remembrances, Love, Norm shares a collected wisdom with the next generation.

During the five full years of his presidency (1964 - 1968), Lyndon Johnson initiated a breathtaking array of domestic policies and programs, including such landmarks as the Civil Rights Act, Head Start, Food Stamps, Medicare and Medicaid, the Immigration Reform Act, the Water Quality Act, the Voting Rights Act, Social Security reform, and Fair Housing.

This book was written to help anyone with grief. Grief is the deep sorrow especially that is caused by someone’s death. Through stories of my life, I explain the 5 stages of grief. I tell you what I went through trying to process my grief. It wasn’t until I had lost Stormy and started writing this book that I was finally able to put a title with my emotions.

Britain fought the French and Indian War, from 1754-1763, to protect its American colonies from France. During it, Britain poured money into New England, and New England’s industries grew and supplied Britain’s forces in North America. Britain’s victory over France led to a revolution in the American colonies and creation of the United States of America.

Adam Smith is now widely regarded as 'the father of modern economics' and the most influential economist who ever lived. But what he really thought, and what the implications of his ideas are, remain fiercely contested. Was he an eloquent advocate of capitalism and the freedom of the individual? Or a prime mover of 'market fundamentalism' and an apologist for inequality and human selfishness? This exceptional book, by a writer who combines to an unusual degree intellectual training and practical political experience, dispels the myths and caricatures and gives us Smith in the round.

This volume presents information about causes and results of U.S. military actions and wars, since Vietnam, as well as Islam, American exceptionalism, and military challenges facing the U.S. It will give listeners an understanding of warfare, as the U.S. military has experienced it since the Vietnam War.

Norman Mathews was born in the wrong town, the wrong era, and with the wrong name. What’s a boy to do? He conjured up a more enticing, imaginary world to better navigate the perils of childhood. Dreams of a life in the theater and of passionate romance were stymied by lack of self-assurance.

Nina Anderson is free of the man who hurt her for so many years. Now, she can throw her whole heart into a relationship with her unearthly protector, Liam. She's thankful for the time she's been given with him but hates the restrictions. Nina is determined to find a way to make Liam human, even if it means putting her own life in jeopardy. Liam would give anything to be with Nina permanently, so when he's offered an assignment to investigate strange occurrences around, he jumps at the chance.

Luke Livingstone is a respected solicitor, a father and grandfather, a pillar of the community. Yet Luke is struggling with an unbearable secret, and it's threatening to destroy him. All his life, Luke has hidden the truth about himself and his identity. It's a truth so fundamental that it will shatter his family and leave him outcast. But to continue living, he must become the person - the woman - he knows himself to be, whatever the cost.

Norman Wisdom's early years could easily have come straight from the pages of a Dickens novel. Left by their frightened mother and ill-treated by a brutal father, Norman and his brother were forced to fend for themselves, sleeping rough in London and stealing food to survive. This is a rags to riches tale of the man Charlie Chaplin said would take his mantle and who went on to make millions laugh around the world for over five decades.

"Die Kraft des positiven Denkens" hat Männern und Frauen auf der ganzen Welt geholfen, durch kraftvolle Botschaft des Glaubens und der Inspiration Erfüllung in ihrem Leben zu erreichen. Glücklich sein, Erfolg haben, mit seinem Leben zufrieden sein - wer möchte das nicht? Mit Hoffnung und Zuversicht lässt sich jedes Problem lösen - so behauptet Norman Vincent Peale mit klaren und einfachen Worten. Mit einer Fülle von Beispielen aus dem täglichen Leben zeigt uns der Autor, wie man durch positives Denken sein Leben verändern kann.

Do you find the art of computer hacking interesting to you? Do you want to become a hacker? Are you ready to get the real business of becoming an expert hacker? Well, you now have what you need to kick-start your journey of a stellar hacking career. This audiobook, Hacking for Beginners, guides you in an easy-to-understand, step-by-step procedure that’s ideal for a beginner who is intent on acquiring basic hacking skills. The audiobook is well-researched, neatly arranged, and ideally targeted at new learners.

Twenty years after the Holocaust and the Nazi reign of terror, Thor, a neo-fascist organization born out of the Nazi defeat in Europe, is ready to take over the United States. Rabbi Ben Zvi Kantorwicz, an escapee from Auschwitz, and his organization the Aleph Bet, is determined to stop them from achieving their objective - new world order of blond-haired, blue-eyed super people with a hand-raised American president as its Fuhrer, continuing the policies and philosophy of the Third Reich.

In Heaven on Earth, Family Style, Norm shares the amazing story of how he and his wife encountered Jesus in a powerful way, regaining health and wholeness, and beginning an incredible adventure of faith. Once farmers from rural Pennsylvania, Norman and Betty Charles and their family spent 10 years as missionaries in Brazil. Returning to Lancaster County, they launched Abundant Living Ministries, a Christian counseling organization which helps families and individuals discover and apply God's life-changing principles.