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The Gray Castle research facility has been studying Susan, a prehistoric woman entombed in a layer of ice. But when the lead researcher Mike decides to investigate a curious green bubble inside, he releases a gas into the air that starts a series of changes. He's growing, he's becoming a woman, but the same is also happening to Susan. She wakes up, now a twelve-foot giantess.

I’ve dealt with difficult ghosts before, but this guy! Trashed my room, and he wasn’t even the one I summoned. That was a woman ghost haunting my friend Molly. We were just trying to help this poor lady spirit move on. Instead, I end up driving Molly out to Cedar Key on Florida’s Nature Coast, near where the lady and her angry companion lived until a hurricane destroyed the place in 1896. We find some clues along the way, but in the end there’s no escaping it: We have to rent kayaks and paddle out to Prosper Key.

For many in product management, success comes from mastery of tools like road maps, MVPs, strategy frameworks, and OKRs. These and other technical skills describe what a product person does to design, build and support new complex technologies for our users. But as technologies quickly become ubiquitous, it’s the human approach to creativity, innovation, decision-making, and leadership that makes the difference in whether an individual, team, product, and even organization is successful or not.

Precognitions hints at past lives and common experiences, as it draws subtle connections between people on their personal quests for adventure, love, and family. A schoolteacher in Revolutionary France lives a life full of mystery and regrets. A teenager in New York is struggling with her ambitions as an athlete, school and daily life. Is it possible that an apprentice medicine-man in 15th century Africa and an ancient sword hold the answers to a question which transcends time itself?

Product development teams today face an increasingly complex set of ethical problems. How do we protect user privacy? With whom should we partner? Who do we welcome into our online communities? How do we ensure online fairness? How do we keep our users safe? Too often, the first time we consider questions like these is after a complaint in the market - a painful and expensive starting point. At that point, all we can do is react. Instead, it's possible to take a proactive approach, baking an ethical framework into our product development process.

Lilly liebt ihren Vater über alles. Als sie erfährt, dass er schwer krank ist, will sie nur noch eins: ihm seinen größten Wunsch erfüllen, seine jüngste Tochter zum Altar zu führen. Dummerweise hat Lilly ihren Fast-Verlobten Florian gerade erst durch einen blöden Fehler vergrault und er befindet sich nun auf einem Selbstfindungstrip in Thailand. Was läge da näher, als sich auf die Suche nach ihm zu begeben und um ihr gemeinsames Glück zu kämpfen? Doch es gibt jemanden, der diese Idee überhaupt nicht gut findet: Patrick, ihr "Fehler".

Getreu diesem Motto schreibt Romanautorin Lillian McAllister über die ganz große Liebe, obwohl sie Männer im wahren Leben bewusst auf Distanz hält. Einzig der charmante Unternehmensberater Logan Donovan wäre ihr eine Sünde wert. Doch dieser bereitet sich zielstrebig auf die Übernahme des Familienunternehmens vor und scheint an Ablenkung in Form des weiblichen Geschlechts keinerlei Interesse zu haben.

La tragedia sacude la vida de Freya Miller, quien, tras perder a su marido y su casa en un breve espacio de tiempo, se enfrenta a multitud de preocupaciones. La primera y más importante es dónde van a vivir ella y su hija de cinco años, Skye. Cuando el carismático doctor Marsden se cruza fortuitamente en su camino, todo cambia para ellas. Le ofrece a la joven madre una oportunidad increíble: vivir en un apartamento situado en una de las zonas más exclusivas de Londres, pagando una renta muy por debajo de los precios de mercado. Es una oferta que Freya no puede rechazar.

Esta es una guía que explica cómo es el desarrollo motriz de un bebé durante sus primeros 24 meses de vida, con el fin de que los padres puedan acompañarlo de la mejor manera posible: no solo activamente, es decir, estimulando un desarrollo adecuado, sino también teniendo presente qué no hacer para no distorsionar el desarrollo natural del bebé. Además, el libro servirá como guía a la hora de comprar “las cosas para el bebé”, ya que la industria de la puericultura ofrece un sinfín de artilugios que muchas veces son perjudiciales.

Walter is a bright, imaginative boy who loves to explore the world around him. But like many kids, he struggles with fears that sometimes feel too big to handle. One day, Walter discovers something remarkable—when he faces his fears with creativity and courage, he becomes unstoppable.

After graduating high school Abby returns to Harmony Springs, her spiritual home. She plans to reconnect with friends, take one college class over the summer — and of course, resume her magical studies. But life in central Florida is not as peaceful as she hoped. Nightmares and visions torment her: a weird castle, an armored ghost, a giant white frog devouring people.

Este libro está lleno de consejos sencillos y tácticas fáciles de usar - te sorprenderá ver lo fácil que es realmente comprometerse, conversar e interactuar con confianza a diario. Con estas simples estrategias la gente se sorprenderá y te preguntará qué pasó, que ahora eres mucho más consciente y seguro de ti mismo.

En Noches insomnes una mujer repasa su vida - la galería de personajes, los variados telones de fondo de los lugares - y elabora un cuaderno de recuerdos, reflexiones, retratos, cartas y sueños. En una vivificante fusión de hechos y ficciones, este audiolibro lírico, endurecido y perfectamente construido, no es sólo una de las mejores obras de Elizabeth Hardwick sino una de las grandes contribuciones a la literatura estadounidense de los últimos cincuenta años.

In 1884 London, 12-year-old Albert Gladwyck must decide whether to follow his generous heart or learn to harden it in the harsh world in which he lives. As a River Thames scavenger, he has made the find of a lifetime, a wrecked boat full of goods, washed up on the Isle of Dogs and hidden from view. To save himself and his mum from severe poverty, he must try to make salvage from the wreck before the other mudlarks find it, before the bully, George Hardly, catches up to him, before illness and death from the poisonous river have a say in the matter.

Being a vegetarian vampire isn't always easy. Carl's dad works night shifts in a warehouse so that he can keep his family in synthetic blood, but longs to be a real estate agent. Carl, desperate not to become a scary vampire, would do anything to help him live his dream, even if it means taking a huge risk and getting into trouble. Carl's bat friends, Dari and Foxy, follow him throughout his adventure, and share interesting bat facts with listeners.

Even the best brains need a little vacation. When a bored brain makes an escape, a child goes on a zany adventure to track down a wandering mind and make it home in time for dinner.

This short, practical book includes case studies, examples, and practical guidance to help you get started on your own OKR journey.Written by Natalija Hellesoe and Sonja Mewes, who bring their extensive experience working OKRs in companies of all sizes. Natalija and Sonja are trainers, coaches, and change agents. They work with companies at different stages of the their OKR journeys - from first know-how workshops to OKR practitioner coaching and organizational development.

DEA Special Agent Maggie Holt is fierce, smart, beautiful - and in over her head. Maggie has been working undercover 15 months when she is taken by Chinese-Mexican cartel leader, Chenglei. She tries to escape with eight other women and is captured and brutally punished. Adam O'Connor is angry and frustrated. It's his fault his partner, and one-time lover, is missing and no matter how many leads he chases, they don't bring Maggie home.

Es geht weiter mit den heißen MacKenzie-Brüdern von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Elle Casey. Eine Begegnung mit nicht absehbaren Folgen: Eigenwilliges Stadtmädchen trifft ungezähmten Cowboy. Die sonnige Candice aus Florida ist fürs winterliche Landleben nicht gemacht. Dennoch nimmt sie die Herausforderung an und besucht ihre Lieblingsfreundin Andie. Die ist hochschwanger, lebt auf einer Ranch und braucht unbedingt Beistand. Mit viel Charme und den falschen Schuhen meistert Candice das Leben im verschneiten Oregon. Und erobert das Herz von Andies Schwager Ian MacKenzie.

This audiobook makes it easy to identify your own personality type and those of your family, friends, and colleagues. And once you find it out, your life will start to make so much sense. You will be stunned to see the depth of your persona and the invisible factors controlling your life.