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An alien ship rests over Water Island. For five years, the people of the US Virgin Islands have lived with the Ynaa, a race of super-advanced aliens on a research mission they will not fully disclose. They are benevolent in many ways but meet any act of aggression with disproportional wrath. This has led to a strained relationship between the Ynaa and the local Virgin Islanders, and a peace that cannot last.

Building upon the revelatory power of her book Overcoming Bias, which addressed managing individual and interpersonal bias, Erasing Institutional Bias scales up the framework to impact systemic change in organizations. Tiffany Jana and co-author Ashley Diaz Mejias bring together in-depth research on how biases become embedded into workplace cultures with practical and engaging tools that will mobilize listeners toward action.

Companies that proactively embrace diversity in all areas of their operations will be best poised to thrive. In Success Through Diversity, renowned business leader and visionary Carol Fulp explores staffing trends in the US and provides a blueprint for what businesses must do to maintain their competitiveness and customer base in this fast-changing demographic landscape, including hiring in new ways, aligning managers around diversity, providing new kinds of leadership development, and engaging employees to embrace differences.

Veteran White House reporter April Ryan thought she had seen everything in her two decades as a White House correspondent. And then came the Trump administration. In Under Fire, Ryan takes us inside the confusion and chaos of the Trump White House to understand how she and other reporters adjusted to the new normal. She takes us inside the policy debates, the revolving door of personnel appointments, and what it is like when she, as a reporter asking difficult questions, finds herself in the spotlight, becoming part of the story.

Stars need darkness to shine. Die 20-jährige Karina konzentriert sich ganz auf ihren Job in einem Massagestudio und will ansonsten einfach nur ihre Ruhe haben. Liebe endete für sie immer im Chaos, und deshalb verfolgt sie eine strikte No-Dating-Policy. Eines Tages taucht ein neuer Kunde auf: Kael ist immer freundlich und hat eine unendlich sanfte Ausstrahlung. Er zieht Karina auf geheimnisvolle Art und Weise an, und langsam öffnet sie sich. Doch plötzlich wird Karina durch Kael in eine Welt hineingezogen, die noch düsterer ist als ihre eigene - und voller Leidenschaft.

Many farm folks work hard at producing great crops and caring for livestock, but when it comes to communicating their deepest desires for the future of the farm, they get stuck. Building Your Farm Legacy: Tools to Empower Family is a useful toolbox created by a farm woman, partner, and mother to a successor.

Stars need darkness to shine. Die 20-jährige Karina konzentriert sich ganz auf ihren Job in einem Massagestudio und will ansonsten einfach nur ihre Ruhe haben. Liebe endete für sie immer im Chaos, und deshalb verfolgt sie eine strikte No-Dating-Policy. Eines Tages taucht ein neuer Kunde auf: Kael ist immer freundlich und hat eine unendlich sanfte Ausstrahlung. Er zieht Karina auf geheimnisvolle Art und Weise an, und langsam öffnet sie sich. Doch plötzlich wird Karina durch Kael in eine Welt hineingezogen, die noch düsterer ist als ihre eigene - und voller Leidenschaft.

Sie kommt aus der Asche und greift nach den Sternen... Theo ist noch ein Kind, als ihre Mutter, die Fire Queen, vor ihren Augen ermordet wird. Der brutale Kaiser raubt dem Mädchen alles: die Familie, das Reich, die Sprache, den Namen. Und er macht aus ihr die Ash Princess, ein Symbol der Schande. Aber Theo ist stark. Zehn Jahre lang hält sie die Hoffnung am Leben, den Thron irgendwann zurückzuerobern. Als der Kaiser Theo eines Nachts zu einer furchtbaren Tat zwingt, wird klar: Sie muss sich wehren - und der wunde Punkt des Kaisers ist sein Sohn. Doch womit Theo nicht gerechnet hat, sind ihre Gefühle für den Prinzen.

Der Hörer folgt in diesem interessanten Hörbuch dem Leben der jungen Cecilia Holt. Als Mädchen wuchs sie in behaglichen Umständen auf, aufgezogen von ihrer Mutter, und hatte alles was das Herz begehrt - jedenfalls fast. Ihr Verlobter Sir Francis Geraldine behandelt sie nur mit Gleichgültigkeit, weswegen Cecilia ihre Verlobung mit ihm beendet. Kurz darauf zieht sie ins Ausland, wo sie auf George Western trifft und die beiden kommen sich näher. Das Problem ist jedoch: Cecilia erzählt ihm nichts von ihrer Verlobung.

Tenderness and cruelty, loyalty and betrayal, ambition and regret - Alexia Arthurs navigates these tensions to extraordinary effect in her debut collection about Jamaican immigrants and their families back home. Sweeping from close-knit island communities to the streets of New York City and midwestern university towns, these 11 stories form a portrait of a nation, a people, and a way of life.

Kathryn Casey lives a charmed life in affluent Chester-le-Street. Her husband adores her, her children are bright, well-behaved and beautiful and her world is orderly and predictable. Until one day she walks into her kitchen - and sees the son she gave up for adoption 21 years ago. Kathryn was once Kelly, a girl who lived on one of the roughest estates in the North and got pregnant at 16. She'd tried her hardest to keep her baby, but without any help, it all got too much for her. She's never told her husband about her past. Now her child is in her home. But what does he want?

America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably linked to her parents’ homeland and Honduran culture. Speaking Spanish at home, having Saturday morning salsa-dance parties in the kitchen, and eating tamales alongside apple pie at Christmas never seemed at odds with her American identity. Still, she yearned to see that identity reflected in the larger American narrative. Now, in American Like Me, America invites 31 of her friends, peers, and heroes to share their stories about life between cultures.

Defiant chronicles the remarkable life of Janine Shepherd, an elite ski racer whose bid to represent Australia in the Olympics was cut short by a tragic accident. She recalls the 10 days she hovered between life and death, faced with the difficult choice to let go or return to a body that would never be whole again. Defiant offers hope and encouragement for anyone facing a life challenge, sharing the author's hard-won wisdom and priceless advice for navigating one's way from loss to healing.

As a lawyer for A-list Hollywood actors, Jillian Price's job is soul-sucking, and she needs a way out. She may have found one - at a yard sale. Across a junk-strewn lawn, she spies a painting that makes her heart stop. It looks to be a lost masterpiece! With that painting she could have it all: the new job, her own gallery, and even the guy - gorgeous banker Aero Jantzen.

Released in 1998, Lauryn Hill’s first solo album is often cited by music critics as one of the most important recordings in modern history. Artists from Beyoncé to Nicki Minaj have claimed it as an inspiration, and it was recently included in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, as well as named the second greatest album by a woman in history by NPR (right behind Joni Mitchell’s Blue). Award-winning feminist author and journalist Joan Morgan delivers an expansive, in-depth, and heartfelt analysis of the album and its enduring place in pop culture.

The year is 2051, and The MedMoore Group is the largest pharmaceutical and medical device producer in the world. The introduction of a new device, The Electric Mask, was revolutionary for Denise, a reclusive burn victim. But when a visit from her estranged sister opens the floodgates, the horror of childhood memories rush in, demanding resolution and the mask is the perfect tool.

When someone asks you to spend your life with him, it shouldn't come as a surprise - or happen in front of 45,000 people. When freelance writer Nikole Paterson goes to a Dodgers game with her actor boyfriend, his man bun, and his bros, the last thing she expects is a scoreboard proposal. Saying no isn't the hard part - they've only been dating for five months, and he can't even spell her name correctly. The hard part is having to face a stadium full of disappointed fans....

After helping dieters lose more than two million pounds in two years, JJ Smith realized the most important yet most overlooked factor for permanent weight loss is mental mastery. In Think Yourself Thin, Smith helps you uncover the root of your struggle and address the spiritual or emotional issues tied to your eating behavior. By applying the strategies outlined in this audiobook, you will have the tools you need to take control of your weight, and thus your health, and experience the joy of having your dream body.

In I Choose Love: A Journey from Fear to Love, you will discover the secret that helped millions of people to find true love. Whether you are in a romantic relationship or looking for your ideal life partner, A. G.Billig's proven approach to freeing oneself from the tyranny of fear, false beliefs, and self-imposed limitations will help you to experience true love starting today.

Meet the 12 people that can accelerate your success - in business and in life. It's Who You Know is the long-awaited handbook to effective, productive, and influential networking.