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The far southern reaches of Puget Sound are a beautiful region for sailing, boating, and small craft adventure. Still, people who live there and work there are among the few who get to enjoy it. This alternative guide to the waters of five inlets tells you how and why you might choose to visit these sparsely visited treasures of natural beauty.

Ne aflăm în anul 1942 – al Doilea Război Mondial a cuprins deja mare parte a Europei. Cu greu se mai poate găsi o cale de scăpare pentru cei prinşi de valul războiului. Singurul gînd ce însufleţeşte miile de refugiaţi, singura nădejde care ţine în viaţă generaţii întregi este visul de a fugi în America. În frămîntatul oraş Lisabona, unde speranţa libertăţii pîlpîie încă, un tînăr îşi lasă iubita la hotel şi încearcă să cîştige la cazinou banii pentru două bilete cu care să se îmbarce pe vaporul către New York. Mai are în buzunar şaizeci şi doi de dolari, din care pierde mare parte.

London, 1826. Leaving behind his father's tragic failures, Gabriel Swift arrives to study with Edwin Poll, the greatest of the city's anatomists. It is his chance to find advancement by making a name for himself. But instead he finds himself drawn to his master's nemesis, Lucan, the most powerful of the city's resurrectionists and ruler of its trade in stolen bodies. Dismissed by Mr. Poll, Gabriel descends into the violence and corruption of London's underworld.

Scris în limba franceză la Egina, în 1936, la întoarcerea din călătoria în Extremul Orient, și publicat în 1959 în Franța, după ce o traducere în neerlandeză văzuse lumina tiparului în 1939, Grădina de piatră (Le Jardin des rochers) este primul mare roman semnat de Kazantzakis înainte de emblematicul Viața și peripețiile lui Alexis Zorba.

Un artist ucide și lumea din jurul lui se schimbă. Amalia, o adolescentă deloc banală, dispare într-o dimineață de decembrie. În căutarea ei pornesc trei prieteni care sunt, în același timp, și suspecți în cazul dispariției tinerei: un scriitor mizantrop și de succes, un pictor fascinat de lolite, dar și de septuagenare, o prostituată atrasă de tot ce înseamnă sex extrem. Revoltele sociale din februarie 2012 constituie, în premieră în literatura română, o parte din fundalul acțiunii.

Andi si Marga s-au cunoscut intr-o imprejurare ciudata si locuiesc impreuna de un an si jumatate. Sint tineri jurnalisti si lucreaza la acelasi ziar dintr-un oras de provincie, ea la pagina de mondenitati, iar el la investigatii. Desi lucrurile intre ei merg bine, intr-o zi Marga dispare, lasind un sibilinic bilet de adio. In lipsa unei explicatii rationale, Andi apeleaza la un intreg arsenal de strategii ale uitarii.

Victor traieste cu sentimentul ca, dupa copilarie si adolescenta, percepute drept cele mai frumoase perioade ale vietii sale, prezentul se deruleaza monoton. Nemultumirii pricinuite de munca sa bizara i se adauga obsesia ca sotia lui, vesela Veronica, s-a transformat in timp intr-o femeie ce nu mai are nimic din farmecul si visurile fetiscanei cu care s-a insurat.

Volum de amintiri atipic, Trenul M este, în esenţă, o poveste despre curgerea vieţii, relatată de o legendă a muzicii punk rock americane. Fie că vorbeşte despre rutina ei newyorkeză sau despre legăturile cu artişti precum William Burroughs sau Paul Bowles, Patti Smith rememorează pentru a înțelege, în acordurile unei melancolii temperate, ale unui umor subtil.

Are you tired of living your life loaded to the brim with debt? Do you look at your mortgage, credit card payments and other bills with a deep sense of frustration and hopelessness? Believe it or not, millions of people each day suffer unnecessarily with debt when they could actually be much more free if they were just willing to take the steps necessary to break the bonds of debt. The problem is that while the world is loaded to the brim with debt, we often don't have access to the solutions that will free us.

On a trip to Dublin, Chris Harrison falls head over heels in love with Daniela, an Italian girl with eyes the colour of Guinness - and he follows her home. He abandons his previous life for LA DOLCE VITA, with its luscious foods and sun-drenched vistas. Among olive groves and cobblestone lanes, Chris takes us on a moving, insightful and often hilarious journey into the heart of southern Italy...

As World War II nears its end, the last elements of the German Army struggle to survive. Sergeant Peter Dietrick of the Third Platoon knows the war is lost, but he must fulfill his duty to his country despite dwindling supplies and support from Germany. Trapped between advancing American troops and Nazi SS units instructed to arrest or execute retreating troops, Dietrick and his soldiers engage in a hardened battle of survival against the freezing, desolate landscape and the will to live.

Did you know President Obama coached his daughter’s basketball team? While serving as President? Did you also know that he got destroyed in a previous election run, which most people have no idea about? These secrets, and so much more, are available in this short work that will both educate and inspire. Learn how Obama found his calling, how he mastered speaking (he didn’t start out very good), and how he overcome so many obstacles, including the crushing election defeat mentioned above. Number 44 is part biography, part self-help, all inspiration.

One Plus One is ABC TV's weekly long-form interview show, where hosts have an in-depth conversation with prominent figures from around the world. ABC presenters Kurt Fearnley, Barrie Cassidy and Stan Grant sit down with personalities and storytellers from Australia and around the world, to talk about their work, life and what makes them tick.

Shocked and utterly distraught by the news of his cousin’s suicide, Grove Mathews leaves his Georgetown apartment in the middle of a 1972 summer night to drive to the family homestead in Orange, Virginia. Throughout the trip, he is haunted by memories evoked by road signs. By the time he arrives, he has learned things about himself and his family that disgust him.

In this high-speed and lusty tale, Jesse, an auto mechanic of great renown, wins big at Powerball. Now, with tens of millions at his disposal, he decides to close up shop and retire...well, mostly. He will still work on cars, but only those belonging to beautiful young ladies who simply cannot afford his very over-inflated rates. Having just used some of his winnings on the Lamborghini of his dreams, he takes his non-paying customers on the rides of their lives...in more ways than one.

If you want to be a great student, a really good student, or simply a better student, the school success secrets you'll learn on this audio program can make it happen! They are super easy to do and shockingly effective. They don't require super genes or a genius IQ. They don't involve a 'study guide' that looks more like the schematic diagram for the space shuttle. Anyone can do them. And not only will these traits of the greats help you to ace tests and get better grades on your report card, but also ultimately build the life of your dreams.

When Old McDonald retires, he leaves his farm to his son, Young McDonald. Young McDonald has some different ideas about running a farm, as you will hear. Sing along with Stan Munslow and enjoy the hilarious fun!

What do a doctor in Bangladesh, the senior aid to one of the most powerful senators in the United States, and the driver of a tow truck in Chicago have in common? This un-human force of the cosmos was their predator. A being so powerful that it can turn its victims into a pile of smoking cinders. A true force of evil. What happens to these three will affect our expanding cosmos.

In my 35 years as a private music instructor, the question I'm asked the most by parents is: How can I get my child to practice? And in this crazy-busy time, it gets asked even more! In this discussion I will give you answers to this question as well as a heap of advice on helping your young musician/singer/dancer become the very best he or she can be! Put these strategies to use, and you will be helping your child maintain an endeavor that will last a lifetime and provide joy, satisfaction, and a sense of accomplishment along the way!

Think about it... If you ever find yourself up there in front of the room, giving talks or presentations lacking in confidence, expertise, or charisma, you don't lead, you don't convince, and you don't sell. Bottom line: Bad talks are bad for business. In this one-of-a-kind "Learn & Affirm" audio you will not only learn eight powerful strategies that will give you the ability to speak with poise, power, and pizzazz in front of any audience, but by using Stan Munslow's proven "Learn & Affirm" process, you will learn these strategies faster and more effectively than you ever thought possible.