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Ruth McClintock is obsessed with Annie Oakley. For nearly a decade, she has been studying the legendary sharpshooter, convinced that a scarring childhood event was the impetus for her crusade to arm every woman in America. This search has cost Ruth her doctorate, a book deal, and her fiance - but finally it has borne fruit. She has managed to hunt down what may be a journal of Oakley's midlife struggles, including secret visits to a psychoanalyst and the desire for vengeance against the "Wolves", or those who have wronged her. 

"Maníaco do Parque—Um Serial Killer Entre Nós" é um Original Audible de true crime que mergulha na sombria história de Francisco de Assis Pereira, um dos serial killers mais notórios do Brasil. Ambientado nos anos 90, na Grande São Paulo, a áudio série explora o caso que chocou o país, destacando como o machismo da época permitiu que Pereira agisse impunemente por mais de uma década.

Baltimore, 1919: After graduating in the top of her psychology major at Vassar, Rosalie Rayner accepts a coveted position in the lab of Dr. John B. Watson, the infamous father of American behaviorism, at Johns Hopkins University. The two begin a passionate affair that will cost Rosalie her PhD candidacy, her prominent Jewish family's good name, her dreams of her own career, and ultimately her sanity.

"Tiger Woods is "awake, responsive, and recovering" from surgery after a serious car crash" (BuzzFeed)...keep reading to reveal how this historic golfer has repeatedly overcome struggles and persecution to secure yet another championship title with his son! Tiger Woods, through his unprecedented success early in his life, began to bear unparalleled adversity and unrivaled hardship to inevitably lead to his version of a personal and professional "fall from grace".

The Charity Con: Philanthropy’s Dark Underbelly is a raw, step-by-step guide to understanding how charity fraud is conceived, executed, and inevitably exposed. Written from the jail cell of Rick, a disgraced nonprofit founder, this book pulls back the curtain on the dark side of philanthropy. It is both a confession and a cautionary tale, blending meticulous details of fraudulent schemes with hard-learned lessons about the vulnerabilities that lead to capture.

According to Michelle Gadsden-Williams, a global expert in diversity, workplace culture, and career building, intention is more than just setting goals. It's seamlessly executing and achieving them. In this groundbreaking guide, she shows women how to both show up authentically and, more importantly, do the work that gets results. Her research-based insights, real-world strategies, and self-empowering exercises provide all the tools you need. Driven by Intention is a book for impact seekers who want to make a real difference at work, in the world, and in their own lives.

Meet Cat. He thinks everything has its price. You can pay in gold, or you pay in steel. And for the right price, even the entire Sphere of Worlds can be bought. Ever the merchant, he pays in souls, freeing the Goddess of Darkness in the astral fortress of Pandorum and becoming the archnemesis of the most powerful alliance in all of Sphere. Even as an enormous bounty is placed on his head with hunters trailing his every move, he never wavers. His patron, the God of Shadows, sends Cat to the twilight world of the Hole to find the third of the seven Keys.

Estimado lector: Pongo en sus manos un tesoro apreciado por todo aquel que practica la religión de Palo Mayombe. Pero no solo ellos; A toda persona que realmente desea iniciarse en la comunicación con el mundo espiritual, o del muerto. En esta presentación del chamalongo usted aprenderá a: Crear, tanto el chamalongo, como el tablero, y asi dominar el oráculo del chamalongo a la perfección en todo su esplendor. Este libro esta diseñado lo mismo para el profano como que el que profesa la regla de Palo Monte, más solo los Tata (mayor de regla del palo) podrá ejecutarlo. A menos que su...

Every day we begin new projects and try to find pleasure in our work, all while chipping away at our long-term goals. To Do is a powerful asset for productivity that’s perfect for creative thinkers. This book brings together forty-one of the best models that can help build confidence and help propel you toward the life you want to live.

Rýdzo teoretické, ale i praktické poznatky zo sveta zrelých cucotiedok...

As part of the major heritage interview program conducted in 2006 by the French National Audiovisual Institute (INA) in collaboration with the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah, Roman Polanski recorded his account of his childhood in Poland during the war. It was while writing that he remembered asking his father, in 1973, to write his memoirs. He recently rediscovered this account, which he had never read before. It now forms the second part of this unique book, Letters to My Son by Ryszard Polanski.

Nachts befreie ich die Welt von Untoten, und am Morgen genieße ich ein ordentliches Frühstück unter den neugierigen Blicken meiner Freunde. Doch ihre Fragen müssen warten, denn wie auch immer man seine freie Zeit verbringt – das Leben geht weiter. Manchmal auf unerwartete Weise, für dich ebenso wie für deine Bekannten. Was könnte schließlich überraschender sein, als wenn plötzlich die Verwandtschaft deines Mitbewohners vor der Tür steht? Mit Untoten weiß ich immerhin umzugehen: Kopf abtrennen und – bumm – Problem gelöst.

Beaver Falls, New York. Rustic. Charming. Bewitched. Local legend claims that the town was settled hundreds of years ago by a coven of witches. Discounting stories of myth and the supernatural, sensible Willow has never been one to believe in, much less dabble in, magic. When she receives an unexpected invitation to a gathering hosted by the mysterious Korzha brothers at their castle, Willow accepts. There Willow learns of a terrible family secret and discovers that things are not always what they seem. Can Willow accept a truth she never believed and develop her gifts to keep an innocent ...

How to safely store fish, wild game, beef, pork, and poultry by canning, smoking, salt curing, freezing, freeze-drying, dehydrating, and brining—for camping, RVing, hiking, long-term storage, and doomsday preppers. Born from this need is our journey to finding ways to store food safely. Food preservation is a large part of human history.

A practical and inspirational guide to examining your career and deciding whether it truly makes you happy—this book will show you the steps it takes to find a job that truly makes you thrive. The desire for fulfilling work is one of the great aspirations of our age. This book reveals explores...

Ausgehend von den beiden ikonischen Daten 753 v. Chr. (der Legende nach die Gründung Roms) und 476 n. Chr. (die Absetzung des letzten weströmischen Kaisers Romulus Augustulus) umfasst die Geschichte des Römischen Reiches mehr als 1200 Jahre. Das war nicht nur ein langer Zeitraum, sondern auch ein ereignisreicher - immerhin eroberten die Bewohner der Stadt am Tiber ein Reich, das bei seiner größten Ausdehnung 116 n. Chr. den Großteil Europas sowie Teile Nordafrikas und Kleinasiens umfasste.

In this thought-provoking and empowering audiobook, cultural writer Roman Krznaric unpacks the history, philosophy, and modern-day applications of seizing the day and delivers a rousing call to action for anyone who wants to improve their lives - or our world. Carpe Diem is a far-ranging audiobook, drawing on everything from the neuropsychology of regret to the anthropology of play, from medieval carnival rites to religious conceptions of the afterlife and early Japanese cinema.

A chance encounter with a ruthless billionaire shattered my world—and maybe, just maybe, pieced it back together. Lyra: Whoever said “plenty of fish in the sea” never had a date with catfish pretending to be marlin. By the time I fled the restaurant, I deserved a medal—or at least another drink. A dive bar and vodka was the answer to my prayers. And so was he. Tall, dark, broody, a man with his own thundercloud. A man who can give me the kind of passion I’ve always craved. But this isn’t a love story. It’s just one night. However much I want him, after tomorrow I’ll never ...

Nineteen humorous sci-fi stories telling of the man who saved the world (kind of), and the man who didn’t, the laptop that discovered it is self-aware, the puzzling Christmas message from outer space, the unluckiest man on Earth, and the spur-of-the-moment decision that doomed mankind.

An exquisitely sensuous collection of exotic short stories and erotic flashes designed to fuel your senses.