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"Think and Grow Rich" is a motivational personal development and selfhelp audiobook written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by a suggestion from Scottish-American businessman Andrew Carnegie. While the title implies that this book deals only with how to achieve monetary wealth, the author explains that the philosophy taught in the book can be used to help individuals do or be almost anything they want in this world.

Love comes when you least expect it... Tressa Buckland likes her quiet life in Port Lowdy, with its cobbled streets and colourful terraced houses overlooking the sea. Her job at the local paper allows her to pursue her art in her free time, with no one but her tabby cat Ginger Pickles to mind her in Mermaid Terrace. But then the owner of the paper is called away on an emergency, and it's up to Tressa to run the paper for six months. Her first task: find a new part-time journalist.

"Sense and Sensibility" is a novel by Jane Austen, and was her first published work when it appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym "A Lady". A work of romantic fiction, "Sense and Sensibility" is set in southwest England between 1792 and 1797 and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak.

Odysseus has been to Hell and back. Deserted by the Gods, and now in bitter conflict with his friend Eperitus, times look bleak. He dreams of returning to his home. But back on Ithaca things look little better. His son Telemachus and wife Penelope are besieged by a gang of suitors, believing Odysseus to be dead and looking for the queens hand in marriage.

It is freezing 38 degrees. Stalingrad, the winter of 1942-1943. A chilling wind sweeps over the plains, slinging ice crystals into our faces. We are marching past thousands of frozen bodies. The SS-general is marching in front of the convoy, silently and withdrawn. He is angry. We realized that a while back. A fanatic who wishes to die in battle. And the SS-general wants to take as many to die with him as possible. "MOVING STUDY IN THE STALINGRAD CAMPAIGN...

Cuando, en junio de 2013, Edward Snowden reveló que la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional había interceptado a millones de personas, incluyendo varios jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, se descubrió que no se había escapado de espionaje, ni siquiera Jorge Mario Bergoglio o los cardenales que habían elegido al nuevo Papa.

Candide est un jeune garçon vivant au château du baron de Thunderten-tronckh qui se trouve en Westphalie. Il a pour maître Pangloss, philosophe qui enseigne la "métaphysico-théologo-cosmolonigologie", et qui professait, à l'instar de Leibniz, que l'on vit dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

Gautama Buddha is also known as Siddharta Gautama, or simply the Buddha, which means "Awakened" or "Enlightened". Born a prince, he chose a path of ascetism only to realize that it was as profound an illusion as self-indulgence. He achieved Enlightenment after 49 days of meditation; his awakening led him to discover the cause of suffering and the ways to eliminate it. These discoveries founded Buddhism, and his "Four Noble Truths" still form the heart of its teachings.

Little My is a true firecracker; small but fierce yet clever and brave - and one of Moomintroll’s best friends. She is independent and wherever Little My goes, something exciting is bound to happen. From Little My's first meeting with the Moomin family to turning a garden into a jungle, these adventures are all about Little My - with appearances from some of your favourite Moomins such as Moomintroll, Moominpappa, and Moominmamma along the way.

Growing up in Edwardian south London, Alice Rowlands longs for romance and excitement, for a release from a life that is dreary and lonely. Her father, a vet, is harsh and oppressive; his new girlfriend, brash and lascivious. Alice seeks refuge in fantasy, in her rapturous longing for Nicholas, a handsome young sailor, and in the blossoming of what she perceives as her occult powers. Harrowing and haunting, a Gothic tale that is a strange cross between Daphne Du Maurier and Stephen King, but will also intrigue readers of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Diane Setterfield.

Un nuevo misterio. Una revelación. La saga de Santa Rita alcanza su esperado final. El invierno ha llegado a los jardines de Santa Rita y, con él, nuevos misterios acechan a los habitantes del balneario. La hija de uno de los residentes ha confesado el asesinato de su exmarido, un productor de cine cuya empresa se había adentrado en terrenos más oscuros. El excomisario Robles trata de frenar a dos personas que rematan los detalles de otro plan homicida. Y, como telón de fondo, encontramos el pasado de Santa Rita, cuyos secretos finalmente saldrán a la luz.

Las decisiones que tomamos, por muy pequeñas que sean, marcan el rumbo de nuestras vidas. Cuando Nora Clayton, una importante vicepresidenta ejecutiva de una gran compañía farmacéutica de Nueva York, debe despedir a diez mil trabajadores que serán sustituidos por maquinaria robotizada, desata la furia de Bonnie Larson.

Ready yourself for cosy adventures with all your favourite characters from the Moomins! Follow along as Moomintroll and his friends play detective and help solve the mystery of Mrs Fillyjonk's stolen necklace, the disappearance of Hermulen’s last stamp, and much more. Heartwarming, joyful and filled to the brim with mystery, these short stories are perfect for young readers and is the ideal bedtime book option.

The early "New Age" philosophy of "New Thought", which was wildly popular at the turn of the 20th century, owes much of its emphasis on the concept of "mind over matter" to the works of Thomas Troward. This audiobook contains the substance of a course of lectures given by the author in the Queen Street Hall, Edinburgh. Its purpose is to indicate the Natural Principles governing the relation between Mental Action and Material Conditions, and thus to afford the student an intelligible starting point for the practical study of the subject.

When a dead body appears on a carnival float at the village show, Sophie Sayers knows that a case of murder in plain sight ought to be easy to solve. But why do none of the villagers agree? And what dark secrets are they hiding? As she tries to investigate the crime, it’s clear that someone is desperately trying to stop her from unmasking the killer.

El general musulmán de Granada, Ozmán ben Abi-l-Ulá, escucha la confesión de Esteve, el médico templario. Esteve va desgranando los episodios de su vida a través de los cuales narra los momentos más desgarradores de la historia ocurridos en aquel momento de la edad media en que la caída de los caballeros templarios provocaría todo tipo de consecuencias que cambiarían el curso de la vida en Europa.

Профессор Пьер Аронакс - известный морской биолог, который работает вместе со своим слугой Конселем и гарпунёром Недом Лэндом. Трое отважных мужчин неустанно охотятся на загадочного морского монстра в опасных морских водах. Над ними нависла большая опасность. Почему трое моряков гонятся за чудовищем?

The great figures of modern philosophy led generations to struggle with the most crucial of questions and break through a new understanding of conscience and existence. Nietzsche's work is radical, sometimes violent, often ironic; it fascinates anyone bold enough to delve into it, exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history, and covers a wide range of subjects. Immanuel Kant is one of the most important figures of German philosophy, said to have affected a Copernican revolution in philosophy.

La Divina Comedia es un poema alegórico donde el protagonista encuentra su propia identidad a través de un viaje desde el Infierno hasta el Cielo. La vida real y la sobrenatural se entrelazan mediante la lucha entre el ser y el espíritu. El poema consta de tres partes: Infierno, Purgatorio y Paraíso, donde para alcanzar la felicidad humana y religiosa es preciso seguir un camino que obliga a pasar antes por el rechazo del pecado y la purificación del arrepentimiento.

Un cuento inolvidable en forma de fábula que aborda la relación de madre e hijas desde el punto de vista de una niña de siete años que ayuda a su madre a recuperar la paciencia perdida. Mariú, una niña de siete años, está muy preocupada porque su madre, aparte de perder las cosas normales, esta vez se ha quedado sin paciencia. Mariú se siente responsable, porque ha sido, en parte, por su causa y se pregunta en qué lugar fabrican la paciencia, o la prestan.