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Sebastián lived a childhood of privilege in Mexico City. Now in his twenties, he has a degree from Yale, an American girlfriend, and a slot in the University of Iowa's MFA program. But Sebastián's life is shaken by the Trump administration's restrictions on immigrants, his mother's terminal cancer, the cracks in his relationship, and his father's forced resignation at the hands of Mexico's new president. As he struggles through the Trump and Lopez Obrador years, Sebastián must confront his father's role in the Mexican drug war and navigate his whiteness in Mexican contexts.

In 1941, Russian-born British journalist Alexander Werth observed the unfolding of the Soviet-German conflict with his own eyes. What followed was the widely acclaimed book, Russia at War, first printed in 1964. At once a history of facts, a collection of interviews, and a document of the human condition, Russia at War is a stunning, modern classic that chronicles the savagery and struggles on Russian soil during the most incredible military conflict in modern history.

Behind The Games,c’est le podcast qui interview les professionnel.le.s du jeu vidéo afin de découvrir leurs métiers et leurs quotidiens, dans une ambiance conviviale et chaleureuse.Le mardi matin deux fois par mois, un inédit de Behind the Games tu trouveras. Toute l’équipe vous dit à très bientôt pour un nouvel épisode ! Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

The Education of Joshua Chastain is a fictional memoir about a gay boy who grows up in a small Mormon community in northern Arizona, a kind of Mormon shtetl. The novel describes Josh's journey of self-discovery as he explores his sexuality, engages in various sexual relationships during his teenage years (including one with a Roman Catholic priest), and endures verbal and sometimes physical abuse from teachers and classmates.

Los seres humanos son como un rebaño de ovejas que se dirige al matadero. Su única esperanza de sobrevivir reside en un equipo que acaba de abandonar el planeta. Tras su exitosa misión, en la que lograron destruir el anillo de esclavización instalado en la ciudad de Nueva York, Bic y el resto del Equipo Phantom atraviesan el anillo original de la Antártida y llegan al corazón del Imperio androquí.

Un secreto enterrado en la Antártida por miles de años. Y un sargento muy cabreado por tener que hacer de niñera para los investigadores que tienen que resolver el misterio. La última misión de Patrick Finnegan, alias Bic, antes de jubilarse de los marines, lo lleva hasta las montañas subglaciales Ellsworth. Pero ¿el motivo de verdad por el que está ahí? Le debe un favor a un viejo amigo. Aunque eso no significa que lo hará con gusto. Cuando Bic ve lo que han descubierto, no puede creerlo. Tampoco está listo para el estallido de violencia que se va a desencadenar.

I'm sure you've heard the saying, "You can't skip the process." Well, it's true. The only way is through. You see, I believe there's a word for every season. It helps guide us, shape us and prepare us for who we will become. What is that word for you? Join me, Sasha Nycole, and some of my friends as we share how we're finding our way through the process one season at a time.

In a time when technology penetrates our lives in so many ways and materialism exerts such a powerful influence over us, Robert Cardinal Sarah presents a bold book about the strength of silence. The modern world generates so much noise, he says, that seeking moments of silence has become both harder and more necessary than ever before. Silence is the indispensable doorway to the divine, explains the cardinal in this profound conversation with Nicolas Diat, and he seeks to restore to silence its place of honor and importance.

The Invisible Deal serves as your guide to investing in this underestimated facet of real estate. It lays down misleading myths, refuting them one by one. It argues why this niche business is worth your time and effort. This investment book is divided into six chapters covering topics teaching you how to make a deal, along with the skill of discerning whether properties are worth pursuing at a discount. Inside this guide is an in-depth discussion on the ways you can invest: wholesaling, flipping, and renting.

Do you dream of excelling at a sport, music, art, cooking, writing, public speaking, or anything else? Learn, Improve, Master will help you make that dream a reality. Through a combination of learning science and strategies used by world-class performers, this guide will teach you what it really takes to master a skill (no, it isn’t talent or 10,000 hours).

Behind monastery walls, men of God spend their lives preparing for the passage of death. Best-selling French author Nicolas Diat set out to find what their deaths can reveal about the greatest mystery faced by everyone - the end of life. How to die? How to respond to our fear of death? To answer these and other questions, Diat travelled to eight European monasteries including Solesmes Abbey and the Grande Chartreuse. Through extraordinary interviews with monks, he learned that their death experiences are varied and unique, with elements of peace, pain, humility, sorrow, and joy.

La simple idea de “estar a dieta” es un concepto restrictivo y no es sostenible a largo plazo. De la mano de Nicolás Mier y Terán, nutriólogo especializado en obesidad y sobrepeso con más de 15 años de experiencia, aprenderás a desengancharte de una vez por todas de las conductas tóxicasque evitan que logres lo que deseas y a crear hábitos duraderos y sencillos para, al fin, alcanzar la mejor versión de ti mismo.

Tras su exitosa misión, en la que lograron destruir el anillo de esclavización instalado en la ciudad de Nueva York, Bic y el resto del Equipo Phantom atraviesan el anillo original de la Antártida y llegan al corazón del Imperio androquí. Pero a medida que el alcance de la operación de la especie extraterrestre se hace evidente, el Equipo Phantom se da cuenta de que no puede quedarse de brazos cruzados mientras la humanidad es sometida. Hay que esforzarse por frenar el avance del enemigo, o incluso detenerlo del todo.

Jason and the Golden Fleece is one of the finest tales of Ancient Greece, an epic journey of adventure and trial standing beside similar stories of Perseus, Theseus and the Labours of Heracles. The finest classic account comes from Apollonius of Rhodes, the Greek poet of the 3rd century BCE and librarian at Alexandria. Though less well-known than Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and much shorter, it is an epic poem which is both exciting and moving, with remarkably vivid portraits of the main characters, Jason and Medea.

Ray Bruno and his fiancé Kip Hayes are horrible on paper. Ray is a chaotic millennial writer who's been oversharing his every thought on the internet since he was a teenager; Kip is a pragmatic Gen X medical doctor who values stability and privacy in his personal life above all else. But somehow it works. The pair has been madly in love ever since they were brought together six years ago in a meet-cute straight out of a romantic comedy.

This version includes an introduction from Yogi Ramachakra from his book, Mystic Christianity, giving additional incite into the unknown years of Jesus Christ's life. There is also an afterword by Baird T. Spalding from his book, Life And Teaching of The Masters of The Far East. Nicolas Notovitch journeyed to Tibet in 1887 and discovered manuscripts in a monastery describing some of the unknown years of Jesus Christ. In The Manuscripts he is referred to as Saint Issa.

"El príncipe" habla de las monarquías hereditarias y especialmentede las monarquías formadas a partir de "principados nuevos". Paraello describe como a través del contexto histórico ciertos hombresy principados han logrado mantener el poder y hacerse con nuevosterritorios y dominios políticos. Entre los hombres que toma como modelos de príncipes están "Cesar Borgia" y "Francesco Sforza", elprimero gracias a la gran fortuna de su padre y el segundo por méritopropio.

A mediocre category designer will beat a world-class marketer every day of the week. The reason is because all marketing sits within a context. "He or she who frames the problem owns the solution." Without this context—without a category—your marketing becomes nothing but screaming, shouting, and pitching customers with deals, discounts, and other short-term tactics in the hopes of landing a sale.

Août 1992. Une vallée perdue quelque part à l'Est, des hauts fourneaux qui ne brûlent plus, un lac, un après-midi de canicule. Anthony a 14 ans, et avec son cousin, ils s'emmerdent comme c'est pas permis. C'est là qu'ils décident de voler un canoë pour aller voir ce qui se passe de l'autre côté, sur la fameuse plage des culs-nus. Au bout, ce sera pour Anthony le premier amour, le premier été, celui qui décide de toute la suite.

Un secreto enterrado en la Antártida por miles de años. Y un sargento muy cabreado por tener que hacer de niñera para los investigadores que tienen que resolver el misterio. La última misión de Patrick Finnegan, alias Bic, antes de jubilarse de los marines lo lleva hasta las montañas subglaciales Ellsworth. Pero ¿el motivo de verdad por el que está ahí? Le debe un favor a un viejo amigo. Aunque eso no significa que lo hará con gusto. Cuando Bic ve lo que han descubierto, no puede creerlo. Tampoco está listo para el estallido de violencia que se va a desencadenar.