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In Navola, a city-state dominated by a handful of influential families, business is power, and power is everything. For generations, the di Regulai family—merchant bankers with a vast empire—has nurtured tendrils that stretch to the farthest reaches of the known world. And though they claim not to be political, their wealth has bought cities and toppled kingdoms. Soon, Davico di Regulai will be expected to take the reins of power from his father and demonstrate his mastery of the games of Navolese diplomacy. But in Navola, strange and ancient undercurrents lurk behind the gilt and grandeur.

Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history's lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko...Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People, Emiko is not human; instead, she is an engineered being, creche-grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman.

Benvenuti in Dal caos ai ricavi prevedibili, il podcast ufficiale di PiMason dedicato a imprenditori, CEO, sales manager e professionisti che vogliono trasformare la propria macchina commerciale in un sistema di crescita prevedibile e misurabile.Questo podcast nasce da un progetto ambizioso:48 episodi, uno per ogni articolo del mio blog, per guidarti passo dopo passo a costruire una strategia di vendita solida, scalabile e funzionale.Ogni episodio affronta un tema critico del B2B moderno:• perché i venditori non chiudono• come eliminare il caos commerciale• come migliorare pipeline, ...

In the American Southwest, Nevada, Arizona, and California skirmish for dwindling shares of the Colorado River. Into the fray steps Angel Velasquez, detective, leg breaker, assassin, and spy. A Las Vegas water knife, Angel "cuts" water for his boss, Catherine Case, ensuring that her lush, luxurious arcology developments can bloom in the desert, so the rich can stay wet while the poor get nothing but dust.

In America's Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota - and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life.

*The book that inspired the film The Eight Mountains* For fans of Elena Ferrante and Paulo Coelho comes a moving and elegant novel about the friendship between two young Italian boys from different backgrounds and how their connection evolves and challenges them throughout their lives. “Few...

Tra sette giorni Jet Mason sarà morta. Jet ha ventisette anni e sta ancora aspettando che la sua vita decolli. Il suo mantra è "lo farò più tardi", pensando di avere tutto il tempo del mondo. Fino alla notte di Halloween, quando viene aggredita in casa sua da un intruso. L'attacco le procura un forte trauma cranico e il medico è certo che entro una settimana la lesione scatenerà un aneurisma mortale. Jet non ha mai pensato di avere dei nemici, ma ora vede tutti sotto una nuova luce: la sua famiglia, la sua ex migliore amica, ora sua cognata, il suo ex fidanzato possessivo.

Khaim, The Blue City, is the last remaining city in a crumbled empire that overly relied upon magic until it became toxic. It is run by a tyrant known as The Jolly Mayor and his devious right hand, the last archmage in the world. Together they try to collect all the magic for themselves so they can control the citizens of the city. But when their decadence reaches new heights and begins to destroy the environment, the people stage an uprising to stop them.

Vous voulez vous initier à l'italien ? Vous avez envie de réactiver vos connaissances ? "40 leçons pour parler italien" est un outil d'auto-apprentissage complet et progressif.

The complexity of mathematics - its abstract rules and obscure symbols - can seem very distant from the everyday. There are those things that are real and present, it is supposed, and then there are mathematical concepts: creations of our mind, mysterious tools for those unengaged with the world. Yet, from its most remote history and deepest purpose, mathematics has served not just as a way to understand and order, but also as a foundation for the reality it describes.

Having marital issues? If you were looking for a solution. It is quite likely you answered "yes" to this question. After some time a marriage could get stale and boring. Wouldn't it be nice to find a solution to all these marital problems? I won't lie, some of these tips will be hard to do because you are so used to doing them differently or you take your spouse for granted, but it will get easier in no time.

50 Things to Know Books bring you 10 books in one called 500 Things to Know About Saving Money by authors with experience from around the world. This book includes: 50 Things to Know About Saving Money When You Are Shopping For Food: Ways to Start Saving At the Check-Out to Stay Out of Debt, 50 Things to Know About Couponing: Getting the Most Out of Your Money, 50 Things to Know about Cooking on a Budget: Eating Healthy and Delicious Meals without Spending Too Much Money, and seven more titles.

Getting High is an illuminating, funny, sometimes shocking reminder of how big a band can get, and how quickly the insanity sets in. Oasis have today sold in excess of 70 million records worldwide. Hewitt's intimate account of this explosive and beloved band, in their prime, is a rock classic and a riveting narrative.

Paolo Bacigalupi's debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science-fiction short story. Social criticism, political parable, and environmental advocacy lie at the center of Paolo's work. Each of the stories herein is at once a warning and a celebration of the tragic comedy of the human experience.

Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse is a new anthology of postapocalyptic literature from some of the most renowned authors in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres today, including George R. R. Martin, Hugh Howey, Junot Díaz, David Brin, and many more. This eclectic mix of tales explores famine, death, war, pestilence, and harbingers of the biblical apocalypse.

In a dark future America where violence, terror, and grief touch everyone, young refugees Mahlia and Mouse have managed to leave behind the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities by escaping into the jungle outskirts. But when they discover a wounded half-man - a bioengineered war beast named Tool - who is being hunted by a vengeful band of soldiers, their fragile existence quickly collapses.

Nel suo nuovo libro, Paolo Borzacchiello ci accompagna in un viaggio sorprendente nel mondo del cervello, da quando ci svegliamo al mattino a quando andiamo a letto la sera. Attraverso brevi dialoghi immaginari vedremo in azione la corteccia prefrontale (la regista razionale sempre pronta a pianificare), l'amigdala (la sentinella emotiva perennemente all'erta) o il nucleus accumbens (l'amante del piacere), ma anche ormoni e neurotrasmettitori come dopamina (il motivatore da palco), cortisolo (il project manager ansioso), serotonina (a.k.a.

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Cidade de Deus: a place where the streets are awash with narcotics, where violence can erupt at any moment over drugs, money, and love - but also a place where the samba beat rocks till dawn, where the women are the most beautiful on earth, and where one young man wants to escape his background and become a photographer. When City of God erupted on screens worldwide, it became one of the most critically and commercially successful foreign films of recent years.

Khaim, The Blue City, is the last remaining city in a crumbled empire that overly relied upon magic until it became toxic. It is run by a tyrant known as The Jolly Mayor and his devious right hand, the last archmage in the world. Together they try to collect all the magic for themselves so they can control the citizens of the city. But when their decadence reaches new heights and begins to destroy the environment, the people stage an uprising to stop them.