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The Ultimate Essays Collection is a wide-ranging collection of 30 classic essays analysing everything from war to love, journalism to race, travel to nature, and much more, read by an award-winning cast of narrators. Included here are essays by some of the greatest writers of all time, including George Orwell; Thomas Paine; Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Henry David Thoreau; Virigina Woolf; Sigmund Freud; Zorea Neale Huston; Langston Hughes; Jack London, and more.

Jahrelang war Court Gentry auf der Flucht vor der CIA. Inoffiziell wieder rehabilitiert, soll er nun einen jungen chinesischen Cyberhacker finden, der aus der Volksrepublik nach Hongkong desertiert ist. Die Amerikaner wollen den Flüchtling lebend, die Chinesen wollen ihn liquidieren, weil er alle Schwächen ihrer geheimsten Computernetzwerke kennt. Aber was will der Computercrack? Und warum ist er überhaupt geflohen? Hongkong ist nur der Beginn einer gnadenlosen Hetzjagd durch Südostasien.

Oppositionelle Exilsyrer engagieren Court Gentry, um die Geliebte des syrischen Diktators Ahmed Azzam zu entführen – sie hoffen, so dem grausamen Regime in ihrer Heimat ein Ende zu bereiten. Doch die Sache wird schnell viel komplizierter und tödlicher als gedacht. Killerkommandos des Islamischen Staats und des syrischen Geheimdienstes mischen mit, korrupte französische Polizisten, ein berüchtigter Spezialagent im Dienst der syrischen First Lady ... Und obendrein hat die schöne Geliebte des Diktators noch ein kleines Geheimnis: Sie ist die Mutter von Azzams einzigem Erben.

Ripped from the '80s and hurled through time to the American Civil War, Sergeant Scott Rees and his team adapt to life as they’re rescued and brought to the 21st century. But they didn’t come alone. US Cavalryman Corporal Andy O’Toole has spent months in isolation since his mistaken journey into the future, missing his former life and the woman he loves as the Air Force ponders what to do with him.

This volume, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Early Adventures, is an amazing collection of some of Holmes and Watson’s fascinating cases that occurred during those first three years in Baker Street, when Holmes was creating his unique profession of consulting detective and Watson was still recovering from the war wounds that he’d received in Afghanistan and slowly returning to the business of being a civilian doctor. Included are 31 new stories in three companion volumes by some of today’s best Sherlockian pasticheurs.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. În urma cercetărilor făcute, Andrew Newberg și Mark Robert Waldman au constatat în mod repetat că o conversație dificilă se poate transforma într‑una binevoitoare în doar câteva minute – dacă se face apel la comunicarea empatică. Prin 12 pași simpli, comunicarea empatică schimbă realmente structura creierului, contribuind la crearea unei legături stabile între oameni. Astfel, eliberați de neîncredere și conflict, putem vorbi mai eficient, asculta mai profund, colabora fără efort și rezolva mai rapid orice problemă.

Ex-CIA-Killer Court Gentry weiß, wie man unter dem Radar fliegt und zu einem Schatten wird. Den Gray Man erwischt keiner. Als Gentry sich an einem früheren Auftraggeber rächen will, ist ihm plötzlich ein Feind von unbekanntem Kaliber auf der Fährte. Ein Killer, der ihm sehr ähnlich ist. Der weiß, wie der Gray Man denkt, wohin er gehen wird und wie er tötet. Russell Whitlock alias Dead Eye arbeitet im Auftrag einer skrupellosen Institution mit mächtigen Verbündeten. Ihr Auftrag: den Gray Man endlich erledigen.

This is the Podcast designed by and for The School of Nursing, Education and Human Studies at Robert Morris University. Hosted by Dr. Mark Meyers.

Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake news, alternative facts, and media partisanship has led to a breeding ground for all types of myths and misinformation to gain traction and legitimacy. Poorly Understood is the first book to systematically address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty.

Introductory podcasts for enquiries that feature in the OCL History Curriculum, delving in to the planning process and the concepts and narratives that lie at the heart of each sequence of lessons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In For a Greater Purpose: The Life and Legacy of Walter Bradley, authors Robert Marks and William Dembski detail the story of this remarkable man whose passion for God, science, higher education, and human empowerment provides an excellent model of someone who integrates faith and learning.

Venture into new realms of terror with Scare Street’s latest bone-chilling collection. This spine-tingling volume contains 15 ghastly tales of horror and the paranormal - more than enough to while away the hours as you lose yourself in the shadows of the night. The deeper you plunge into this realm of terror, the farther away the real world seems. But don’t worry...resist pausing, and stay a bit longer.

Monday Morning Coffee with Mark. A spiritual boost to start the week.

Discussions with musical artists about their work and practice. Hosted by Mark Pascucci-Clifford and Robert Woods-LaDue.

Harmon Tomeral and his friends wanted nothing more than to go to space, and they have beaten the odds, time and again, to get there. They developed a mech and won the Top Fleet Marine competition. They brought back a battle cruiser from an unknown system and made it their own. They made allies who helped them achieve great victories, and they, ultimately, founded new colonies in what has become known as the Salvage System.

Doomsday headlines warn that the age of “killer robots” is upon us, and that new military technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to the annihilation of the human race. What’s fact and what’s fiction? In The Case for Killer Robots: Why America’s Military Needs to Continue Development of Lethal AI, artificial intelligence expert Robert J. Marks investigates the potential military use of lethal AI and examines the practical and ethical challenges.

The homesteaders have a terrible crop, and with winter on its way, Morgan knows what could happen. He had seen it all before on the Kansas plains and comes up with a great idea. Sheriff Farley has his own problems mounting. Even as he sobers up one town drunk, another one comes along. Only, this time, it's a violent one, and he blames all his problems on Morgan and Miss Betty. With the night air turning chilly and the sagebrush turning brown, Sheriff Farley, Morgan, and Miss Betty all know that turbulent times are on the horizon.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so, too! Listen to Jesus Short Stories: Vol. 6, and experience the compelling world of Jesus' life on earth.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so, too! Listen to Jesus Short Stories, Vol.1, and learn about Jesus and his life.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Jesus Short Stories: Vol. 2 and experience the compelling history of Jesus.