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In our rapidly-changing world of "social media", everyday people are more and more able to sort themselves into social groups based on finer and finer criteria. In the near future of Robert Charles Wilson's The Affinities, this process is supercharged by new analytic technologies - genetic, brain-mapping, behavioral.

A critique of football (soccer) in the USA, the richest country in the world, and how we became mediocre on the world stage of men's football and how to get from here to become #1 in the world for both the men and the women.

Este libro le dará tips ejecutables y maneras para comenzar con la dieta cetogénica, proporcionándole no sólo el porqué, sino el cómo empezar este programa de dieta cetogénica. A través de este programa estructurado, usted tendrá acceso a pulgadas de reducción en sus medidas corporales, mejor humor y una mejora en su salud general.

A secluded Pacific Northwest cottage becomes a door to the past for Tom Winter, who travels back to the New York City of 1962, followed by a human killing machine that he alone must stop.

Here is an unabridged audio collection of the "best of the best" science fiction short stories published in 2009 by current and emerging masters of the genre, as narrated by top voice talents. In "Erosion",l by Ian Creasey, a man tests the limits of his exo-suit prior to leaving a dying earth. In "As Women Fight", by Sara Genge, a hunter has no time to train for a fight to inhabit his wife's body in a society of body-switchers....

Alyshia D'Cruz, daughter of Indian tycoon Frank D'Cruz, has grown up in London and Mumbai wanting for nothing. But one night, after a boozy evening out, she gets in the wrong cab home. Charles Boxer, ex-army, ex-police, has found his niche in private security. His specialty: kidnap and recovery. When D'Cruz hires Boxer to find Alyshia, Boxer knows Frank's crooked business empire has made him plenty of enemies. MI6 officers in India follow Boxer's leads and soon it seems more lives than Alyshia's are at stake, as the trail crosses paths with a terrorist plot on British soil.

Although humankind today can peer far deeper into the universe than ever before, we still find ourselves surrounded by the unknown and perhaps the unknowable. All great science fiction has used the human imagination to explore that realm beyond the known, just as theistic religions have done since long before the genre existed. As Hugo Award-winning author Robert Charles Wilson argues, the genre’s freewheeling speculation and systematic world-building make it a unique lens for understanding, examining, and assessing the truth claims of religions in general and Christianity in particular.

What is the coronavirus, and why is everyone talking about it? Narrated by Hugh Bonneville, this approachable and timely audiobook helps answer these questions and many more, providing children aged five to 10 and their parents with clear and accessible explanations about the coronavirus and its effects - both from a health perspective and the impact it has on a family’s day-to-day life.

During the five full years of his presidency (1964 - 1968), Lyndon Johnson initiated a breathtaking array of domestic policies and programs, including such landmarks as the Civil Rights Act, Head Start, Food Stamps, Medicare and Medicaid, the Immigration Reform Act, the Water Quality Act, the Voting Rights Act, Social Security reform, and Fair Housing.

First there was Buffy the Vampire Slayer; then its spin-off, Angel; then the cult hit Firefly and its follow-up film, Serenity. They all had two things in common: their creator, Joss Whedon...and their surprising psychological depth. Revisit the worlds of Joss Whedon...with trained psychologists at your side. What are the psychological effects of constantly fighting for your life? Why is neuroscience the Whedonverse's most terrifying villain? How can watching Joss' shows help you take on your own psychological issues?

Charles Boxer, ex-army, ex-police, has found his niche in private security. His speciality: high-stakes kidnap resolution. But it's a rootless life that doesn't impress his teenage daughter, Amy, or her mother, Detective Sergeant Mercy Danqah. Alyshia D'Cruz, daughter of Indian tycoon Francisco 'Frank' D'Cruz, has grown up in London and Mumbai wanting for nothing. But one night, after a boozy evening out, she gets in the wrong cab home...

Want to bid goodbye to that stubborn fat around the waist and say hello to a slim, fit physique you have always wanted? How about snipping off the dreaded chains of diabetes and obesity while getting your blood glucose and cholesterol levels optimized? Achieve all these and more with a way that doesn’t leave you hungry and listless all the time! Come on over and hop into the world of the Ketogenic Diet!

What if you put your fate in the wrong hands? What if taking it back was your worst option? A virus devastated the world, and humanity lies in ruin. Army veteran Thomas Ricard lost everything but his life - and his adopted son, Joseph. Two years later, Thomas serves the Second Alliance. They bring stability to the region's survivors. They're far from perfect. But chaos was worse. Thomas wants more for himself. Simply surviving isn't enough. The opportunity comes when a band of human traffickers encroaches on the Second Alliance's territory.

The Second Alliance presses on. The town of River's Edge is under their control. In two years since the virus, Xavier finds himself alone. His sister is dead. His mother is missing. His father is out searching for her. He thought it couldn't get any worse, but the Second Alliance proves him wrong - cracks in their facade reveal the grim truth of their presence. While the other survivors submit to this harsh new reality, Xavier refuses to bend. Someone must ignite the revolution before the Second Alliance swallows the town whole. Alone, Xavier doesn't stand a chance.

In the 1840s and 1850s, "Brady of Broadway" was one of the most successful and acclaimed Manhattan portrait galleries. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Dolley Madison, Henry James as a boy, Horace Greeley, Edgar Allan Poe, the Prince of Wales, and Jenny Lind were among the dignitaries photographed in Mathew Brady's studio. But it was during the Civil War that he became the founding father of what is now called photojournalism and his photography became an enduring part of American history.

Möchten Sie ohne viel Aufwand im Kryptomarkt handeln und wie von selbst ein Vermögen aufbauen? Wollen Sie mit Bitcointrading erfolgreich werden, hatten aber bisher zu viel Angst vor Verlusten? Würden Sie gerne schnell und einfach finanzielle Freiheit erlangen und schon bald ein erfülltes Leben führen, bei dem Sie sich keine Gedanken mehr um Geld machen müssen? Dann haben Sie jetzt das perfekte Buch gefunden! Entdecken Sie das Geheimnis der erfolgreichsten Krypto-Trader und lernen Sie alles über die Währung der Zukunft!

Jenny’s life shattered within the grip of the Second Alliance. She had no choice but to flee the occupation of River’s Edge. After the escape, Jenny and her friends find refuge with another community - one just outside the influence of the Second Alliance. With a fresh start, she finally discovers her purpose in the world after the apocalypse. But not everything is as it seems. Unknown to Jenny, dark promises have been made that threaten her freedom. Will she uncover the plot in time to save herself? To save her friends? Or will she meet the same fate as others before her?

Evolution and creation are in a spiritual battle. Evolution scientists ignore, dismiss, and unequivocally reject creation out of hand - "It is not science or fact as evolution is," they say. However, Nullifying God shows that random Darwinian evolution does not have the direct evidence required to support the claim. Not only that, but it provides contrary evidence that evolution is biologically impossible.

Get ready for a wild ride through an alternate universe of music in Rock & Roll Nightmares: Parallel Lines. These short stories, written by award-winning and bestselling authors, cover everything from hilarious antics to deep reflections, all set in a music world that's not quite what you remember. What ties them together? Each tale takes a real rock star's story and spins it in a whole new direction.

Glenda Jackson stars in this compelling drama series inspired by Émile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, highlighting different aspects of contemporary Britain. In 2015, double Oscar winner Glenda Jackson made a triumphant return to acting in Radio 4's Blood, Sex and Money, a radical reimagining of Émile Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle. Now, she reprises her role as matriarch/narrator in this eclectic mix of dramas inspired by Zola's novels, but set in modern Britain.