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Russia is an exceptional country, the biggest in the world. It is both European and exotic, powerful and weak, brilliant and flawed. Why are we so afraid of it? Time and again, we judge Russia by unique standards. We have usually assumed that it possesses higher levels of cunning, malevolence and brutality. Yet the country has more often than not been a crucial ally, not least against Napoleon and in the two world wars. We admire its music and its writers. We lavish praise on the Russian soul. And still we think of Russia as a unique menace.

The best-selling Extinction Cycle series by Nicholas Sansbury Smith first introduced listeners to a world ravaged by an engineered virus that turned men into monsters. Now, for the first time ever, comes a collection of Extinction Cycle short stories that explore the human spirit and the fight for survival in the face of overwhelming odds from some of the leading voices in the post-apocalyptic genre.

Here's the first book to apply guerrilla sales and marketing tactics to the unique, high-pressure environment of electronic communications. This groundbreaking resource is packed with valuable tips, expert advice, and insider secrets on finding, closing, and increasing sales by phone and fax, as well as via e-mail and the Internet.

Sepp Gregory, a reality-TV hunk and one of People magazine's "sexiest men alive", is on tour to promote his debut novel. Not that Sepp's actually read the book - he doesn't have to. He lived it! And everyone just wants him to take his shirt off. The book has hit the best-seller list and is even getting rave reviews from serious critics. Aside from Harriet Post, that is. One of the blogosphere's most respected literary minds, Harriet fears that the novel's reception means the end of civilization is upon us.

Bryan LeBlanc worked his way up into a plum position on Wall Street as the boy genius of the foreign exchange desk. Surrounded by "the few, the proud, the completely full of themselves", he decides to give Wall Street a taste of its own medicine and hatches an intricate plan to disappear permanently with just enough misappropriated money - and sailing classes - to spend his golden years cruising the Caribbean. Bryan quickly learns that being a criminal, even a really smart one, is more complicated than he thought. He finds himself on the run in the Cayman Islands, wanted for murder.

What could cause Bob to give up his job at the Los Angeles pathology lab that demands so little of him, where he can play Tetris and web surf whenever he wants? What could lead him to walk out on his beautiful girlfriend, who makes her living as a masturbation coach? What could make him risk everything and ultimately transform him into Roberto, a kingpin in the Los Angeles Mexican mafia?

When the greedy owner of a Las Vegas movie catering company tries to muscle in on a local, family owned business in Honolulu, it leaves a very bad taste in the mouths of the natives, and the battle for paradise begins for Joseph, a young Hawaiian chef. As far as Joseph's father, Sid, is concerned, this is an invasion on par with Captain Cook, and the mainlanders have to be stopped at all costs.

Sie brauchen eine Information? Sie kennen die Person, die diese Information hat, aber sie hüllt sich in Schweigen? Lassen Sie das meine Sorge sein. Ich hole immer die Wahrheit aus meiner Zielperson heraus. Denn ich bin ein Spezialist. Dabei befolge ich stets meinen Kodex. Eines Tages bekam ich den Auftrag, gegen meinen Kodex zu verstoßen. Die Folgen waren schrecklich. Für meinen Auftraggeber. Mein Name ist Geiger. Ich spiele Violine. Und foltere Menschen...

Textilfrei und Spaß dabei? Worin liegt der Kick, auf einem Kreuzfahrtschiff unter 2.000 Nudisten einen Drink zu nehmen - und sich dann für den textilfreien Yoga-Kurs anzumelden? Wie fühlt es sich an, nackt zu dinieren - während alle Kellner angezogen sind? Und ist es überraschend, dass bei einer Nackt-Trekking-Tour in Österreich alle Entgegenkommenden freundlich grüßen?

Each of us, even the most simple, is called to a journey. We may be asked to leave behind everything we have grown dependent on. And when this is the case, the tale of Frodo and his friends offers hope that we will be given the strength and the help we need to overcome every obstacle and defeat every foe. This book is meant to help you find the way.

Sie brauchen eine Information? Sie kennen die Person, die diese Information hat, aber sie hüllt sich in Schweigen? Lassen Sie das meine Sorge sein...

'Terrahawks, stay on this channel....' Back in action after 30 years comes Terrahawks, the fondly remembered action-adventure comedy originally brought to you by the men who created Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Dick Spanner. In the not too distant future, the Earth finds itself under constant threat from Zelda, a bloodthirsty android who, along with her fiendish family and monstrous creations, has established a base on Mars.

Scrisă cu ajutorul lui Mark Manson, Will este povestea felului în care un om reușește să-și stăpânească propriile emoții, scrisă ca să-i ajute pe cei care caută să realizeze același lucru. Doar câțiva dintre noi vom cunoaște vreodată presiunea interpretării pe cele mai mari scene ale lumii, pentru cele mai mari mize, însă cu toții putem înțelege că uneori e nevoie să renunțăm la carburantul care ne-a adus până într-un punct al evoluției personale, dacă vrem să ne continuăm călătoria.

Mark Smith and Christine Kawai talk to the leaders in their field about facing the fires of life and coming out stronger on the other side.

Finn, Kas and Willow have survived the winter of storms. Severe winds and cold have kept the Wilders at bay. Now that spring has come, everything has changed. They're being hunted again, and they won't be safe while Ramage wants their blood. But Finn and Kas made a promise to Rose—to find her baby and bring her back. And finding Hope means finding Ramage.

Amid perpetual upheavals and accelerating world changes, we transition from the Experience Economy, where buyers choose memorable outcomes, to the Transformational Economy, where buyers choose meaningful, authentic, and socially responsible outcomes. This book’s premise: the future belongs to the nimble, those able to resiliently innovate to deliver meaningful goods and services that customers seek. Being nimble makes demands on your company that go beyond traditional business strategies, tactics, and company culture.

The Mind Friends Podcast helps students to progress to high performance learning while maintaining good mental health. Dialogue is the key to unlocking and exploring academic potential and mutual flourishing.

The Guy's Side is a show that's meant to educate and inspire while touching on topics sensitive to both men and women. Geared more towards men with the hurdles we have to overcome, but is not meant to be discriminatory against anyone.

We are a collective group of people who love all things shooting. We find the martial art of marksmanship-at-speed fascinating and we intend to get better at it regularly. Your host, Mark Smith, is an avid competitive pistol and carbine shooter, who happens to be a USPSA Grand Master. Mark runs JBS Training Group, where he travels the country teaching others what he knows about being fast AND accurate. There truly is so much to learn about shooting and we hope to be an outlet for those of you who desire to constantly better yourselves as shooters, and as people. Join us on this adventure!

There are lights on the horizon. Electricity. Order. A return to civilisation. After three years cut off, living by their wits in the bush, Finn and Kas might at last find a life without danger and threat. But the tracking device beneath Kas’s skin begins to buzz – she can’t ignore that she is a Siley, a slave, and will never be free. And when the search parties arrive, with brutal force, Finn and Kas face a new reality – a world divided by fences, a world where they can’t be together. But after everything they’ve been through, they’re not about to play by the rules.