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On Secret Service is the story of a war within a war on various levels: the North versus the South, the Union's Pinkerton Detective Agency versus the Confederacy's agent provocateurs, and youthful idealism versus youthful lust. It chronicles the lives and times of four young Americans, from the war's early tremors in January 1861 through its bloody conclusion: Lincoln's assassination and John Wilkes Booth's murder in May 1865.

Unternehmer, Gründer und Teams stehen täglich vor der Herausforderung: Womit soll man zuerst anfangen, worauf sich am meisten fokussieren? Und wie viele Diskussionen und Meetings sind nötig, bevor man ganz sicher die garantiert richtige Lösung hat? Die Folge ist, dass allzu oft das Projekt auf der Stelle tritt und man überhaupt nicht vorwärtskommt. Dafür gibt es eine geniale Lösung: Sprint. Die ist ein einzigartiger, innovativer und narrensicherer Prozess, mit dem sich die härtesten Probleme in nur fünf Tagen lösen lassen - von Montag bis Freitag.

Sie haben genug von vollgestopften Terminkalendern, übertriebener Geschäftigkeit und ständiger Ablenkung? Sie wollen wieder die Kontrolle über Ihre Zeit und Aufmerksamkeit - dann halten Sie das richtige Hörbuch in Ihren Händen! Die Google-Venture-Entwickler und Autoren des Bestsellers "Sprint", Jake Knapp und John Zeratsky, liefern hierzu ein narrensicheres 4-Stufen-System, mit dem sich Zeit gewinnen lässt.

Learn the truth behind the mask of Hollywood in these 10 bizarre tales of dreams and dream weavers, movies and movie-makers, by some of the most respected fantasy writers of our time.

December, 1864. The 60,000 strong army of General William Tecumseh Sherman has swept it's way through the south, burning Atlanta on its march to the sea. Next in line, the city of Savannah, which Sherman intends to capture as a Christmas present for Abraham Lincoln. When old "Uncle Billy", as Sherman is affectionately called by his troops, rolls into town, he meets his match in the form of 12 year old Miss Hattie-Harriet Lester, a "damned little rebel" who tells it like she sees it.

In the late 19th century, Newport, Rhode Island, was a cauldron of money, excess, and unapologetic greed, where reputations were made and lost in a whirlwind of parties and fancied slights. But amid the glamour of yacht races, tennis matches, and costume balls raged undeclared class warfare, scandalous doings, even madness. In 1893, railroad mogul Sam Driver, one of the few surviving robber barons of the lawless years after the Civil War, knocks on the door of fabled Newport with his daughter, Jenny.

In the late 19th century, Newport, Rhode Island, was a cauldron of undeclared class warfare where reputations were made and lost in a whirlwind of parties and fancied slights. Sam Driver, railroad mogul and one of the few surviving robber barons of the lawless years after the Civil War, knocks on the door of fabled Newport, along with his daughter, Jenny, who is determined not to be turned away.

Buffalo Bill Cody, Bat Masterson, and other legendary heroic figures of America's Old West get the royal treatment in White Hats, a collection of stories by esteemed Western authors. This anthology is expertly compiled by Robert J. Randisi, who has gathered extraordinary stories of those who wear the white hat from well-known authors like John Jakes, Richard S. Wheeler, James Reasoner, and others.

Jake Almond and John Foutz became friends in 2001 after discovering a mutual admiration for all things Cinematic. They have collaborated through all stages of film production on each other's projects over the years. They created Waxing Cinematic to get a dialogue going about, not just what they love about Cinema from the past, but also what they look forward to in the future. Where did your love of movies begin?

Leitura obrigatória para qualquer um que já tenha pensado "E se meu dia tivesse pelo menos algumas horas a mais?", Faça tempo não é uma fórmula-padrão sobre produtividade. Tampouco propões soluções irreais, como jogar fora seu celular ou sair de todas as redes sociais ao mesmo tempo. Em vez disso, é um guia que proporciona pequenas mudanças na sua vida para que você se liberte da ocupação e da distração constantes e priorize o que é realmente importante na sua vida.