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Nikki didn't want to be at the stupid Devil's Beasts MC clubhouse. Growing up with a mother who had a revolving door of men or clients, she wasn't into the party mood. However, she was not going to let her best friend down. She was there in case her friend needed a ride. That was the day she met him. Hawk loved women. He enjoyed many a variety and was not the settling-down type. When a young brunette walked into his domain, he knew he should have steered clear. He couldn't get her out of his head. She was not like any other woman.

Becoming a bounty hunter and taking on the call sign of Murder Mittens wasn’t Harri’s brightest move, but what’s a lynx to do with millions of debt while working a customer service gig? The scars deforming her face won’t remove themselves, and she’ll bag and tag every criminal in the United States to get rid of them if necessary.

Dieses Hörbuch präsentiert eine Auswahl moderner Kurzgeschichten, die typische Alltagssituationen lebendig und authentisch einfangen – Begegnungen im Café, kleine Missverständnisse unterwegs, Gespräche mit Nachbarn oder Momente, die gewöhnlich beginnen und doch etwas verändern. Jede Geschichte wurde so konzipiert, dass sie Lernenden der Mittelstufe einen natürlichen Zugang zur französischen Sprache ermöglicht, ohne zu überfordern. Die Themen sind vertraut, die Erzählweise klar, und die sprachliche Gestaltung bietet genau die richtige Balance zwischen Verständlichkeit und Herausforderung.

Urban planning is a craft learned through practice. Planners make rapid decisions that have an immediate impact on the ground - the width of streets, the minimum size of land parcels, the heights of buildings. The language they use to describe their objectives is qualitative - “sustainable,” “livable,” “resilient” - often with no link to measurable outcomes. Urban economics, on the other hand, is a quantitative science, based on theories, models, and empirical evidence largely developed in academic settings.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In this illuminating and “scoop-rich biography…the tell-all tales rush forth” (Los Angeles Times) offering a “penetrating analysis of the ongoing Republican civil war through the eyes of one of its last embattled centrists” (Publishers Weekly). Few figures in...

Causal Inference provides a brief and nontechnical introduction to randomized experiments, propensity scores, natural experiments, instrumental variables, sensitivity analysis, and quasi-experimental devices. Ideas are illustrated with examples from medicine, epidemiology, economics and business, the social sciences, and public policy.

Good girl. I am good. I’m good at my job, running my company, and making a filthy amount of money. But when a tattooed, dark-haired stranger a decade younger than me whispers Good Girl in my ear—I don’t want to be good anymore. Behind closed doors, Salt shows me things I’ve never experienced. He holds me captive with his burning touch and fevered demands of submission. He brings me to my knees and makes me yearn to stay there forever, even as the clock ticks… Everyone says what we’re doing is sinful. That a woman like me shouldn’t have desires like this.

I came back to Calgary for business, not pleasure. Settling my ex-husband’s estate was supposed to be a simple, temporary detour—deal with the mess Troy Bowen left behind, finalize the paperwork, and leave. Then I met André Leclerc.

Macroeconomics takes a broad perspective on the economy of a country or region; it studies economic changes in the aggregate, collecting data on production, unemployment, inflation, consumption, investment, trade, and other aspects of national and international economic life. Policymakers depend on macroeconomists' knowledge when making decisions about such issues as taxes and the public budget, monetary and exchange rate policies, and trade policies-all of which, in turn, affect decisions made by individuals and businesses. 

Part travel, part history, part adventure, and 100% Pure Michigan, The Turtle, The Mitten, and An Epic History of Michigan tells the irresistible story of the Wolverine State from the receding glaciers to the indigenous tribes to the European colonialists to the lumber kings, auto barons, and culture shapers who helped create the America we recognize today.

Pragmatism, America's homegrown philosophy, has been a major intellectual movement for over a century. Unlike its rivals, it reaches well beyond the confines of philosophy into concerns and disciplines as diverse as religion, politics, science, and culture. In this concise, engagingly written overview, John R. Shook describes pragmatism's origins, concepts, and continuing global relevance and appeal.

After retrieving fresh lobster nets from a local laundromat, Cass Halloran rushes to attend a last-minute gathering with her knitting circle. But Cass can't stop worrying about the lonely boy she saw hanging around the dryers and the school uniform he left behind in a hurry. When she and her friends return the lost clothing the next day, they find the child and his younger sister alone, seemingly abandoned by their mother.

Why do we vividly recall a traumatic childhood event but forget where we left our keys five minutes ago? How can a scent take us back fifty years while a colleague's name eludes us? In this compact introduction, two leading psychological researchers describe memory—how it works and why it sometimes doesn't; how it can be tricked, trained, or improved; and what changes with time. In a manner as engaging as it is informative, Fergus Craik and Larry Jacoby explain the strengths and weaknesses of memory.

Eine Kindheit und Jugend im Ausnahmezustand und ein Mädchen, das zur Heldin der eigenen Geschichte wird. Lale wächst in den 80ern in einer Berliner Männer-Kommune auf, in der Partys gefeiert und Revolutionen geplant werden. Sie darf wach bleiben, solange sie will, Süßigkeiten essen und ewig fernsehen. Doch sie sehnt sich nach Geborgenheit und Verlässlichkeit, während ihre eigenen Grenzen immer wieder übertreten werden. Auf dem schmalen Grat zwischen Freiheit und Vernachlässigung sucht Lale ihren Weg, taumelt an den Rändern und findet Jahre später Halt im Erzählen selbst.

Artificial intelligence powers Google's search engine, enables Facebook to target advertising, and allows Alexa and Siri to do their jobs. AI is also behind self-driving cars, predictive policing, and autonomous weapons that can kill without human intervention. These and other AI applications raise complex ethical issues that are the subject of ongoing debate. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an accessible synthesis of these issues.

Growing up, my biggest dream was to marry my best friend, Teo Kirby. Life had other plans—or he did, anyway. His perfect future involved football, not his curvy best friend. He broke my heart…and a horrific accident destroyed my life. I've never been able to get past it. I don't think he has, either. When we come face to face at my concert after six years, Teo swears I don't know the full story. And he isn't the same boy I loved back then. This version of him is harder. Angrier. A tornado in a jersey. And God help me, he still has the power to break me.

Alira, a devoted demigod knight, has found herself trapped in the throes of a brutal curse—a time loop in which the demon kingdom's Blood Knight kills her every time. She is haunted by the attack she led on the innocent village of Thornhall, and her guilt consumes her from the inside out. After the twentieth time loop, she has finally had enough. Something has to change, lest she die at the Blood Knight's hand for the rest of time. A choice she hopes she won't regret—one to end the war between demigods and demons.

Einschlafen mal anders: Gesund und tiefenentspannt, fernab von allen Gedanken. Sie suchen nach einem einfachen und neuen Weg in den Schlaf zu finden? Lassen Sie sich in dieser Einschlafhilfe mit dem einfach anzuwendenden Tiefenentspannungsverfahren der Progressiven Muskelentspannung in einen gesunden Schlaf führen. Mit der Progressiven Muskelentspannung wird durch den Wechsel von willentlicher und bewusster An- und Entspannung verschiedener Muskelgruppen ein tiefer Entspannungszustand des ganzen Körpers und des Geistes erreicht.

I was running out of options. Jobless, hungry, and exhausted, with no clue what to do next. Then help came in the form of a business card. Bite: an underground blood agency matching consenting donors with vampires willing to pay a premium for live feedings. One bite may not be so bad. It could fix a lot of my problems. But then one bite turns into two, and the next thing I know, I'm standing at a donor gala, catching the eye of the most powerful man in the room. James Devereaux, vampire king of the Northeast. A vamp who never drinks from the same human twice. Until me.

Critical thinking is regularly cited as an essential 21st century skill, the key to success in school and work. Given our propensity to believe fake news, draw incorrect conclusions, and make decisions based on emotion rather than reason, it might even be said that critical thinking is vital to the survival of a democratic society. But what, exactly, is critical thinking? Haber describes the term's origins in such disciplines as philosophy, psychology, and science.