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From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-world application of statistics continues to grow by leaps and bounds. How can we catch schools that cheat on standardized tests? How does Netflix know which movies you'll like? What is causing the rising incidence of autism? As best-selling author Charles Wheelan shows us in Naked Statistics, the right data and a few well-chosen statistical tools can help us answer these questions and more.

Silas Mason has no illusions about himself. He's not lovable or even likable. He's an overbearing idealist, a radical bookseller and pamphleteer who lives for revolution...and for Wednesday nights. Every week he meets anonymously with the same man, in whom Silas has discovered the ideal meld of intellectual companionship and absolute obedience to his sexual commands. But, unbeknownst to Silas, his closest friend is also his greatest enemy, with the power to see him hanged - or spare his life.

Right Here, Right Now: A Quick and Easy Guide to Choosing Peace Over Depression and Anxiety is a heartfelt guide to emotional balance and mindful living.

He never believed his nemesis perished in the Unity Fleet assault on his base. Now, he's about to be proven right in the worst possible way and at the worst possible cost... The Unity Sphere celebrated when the Unity Fleet destroyed Master Chaotist Hetz and his destructive organization, the Black Diamond, in a surprise assault. Despite the overwhelming evidence, Tac-team Captain Axel Fargo—his wife and friends victims of Hetz’s predations—never accepted his enemy death, not without a body.

In The Last Men: Liberalism and the Death of Masculinity, the Raw Egg Nationalist himself, Dr. Charles Cornish-Dale, delivers a provocative examination of the various biological and cultural forces eroding masculinity in contemporary society.

Ben bereut nichts. Aus seiner Provinz verbannt, findet er sich in der Stadt Foxcastle wieder, in der Händler, Piraten und Adlige um die Vorherrschaft kämpfen. In die Intrigen der Mächtigen hineingerissen, wartet ein ganzes Bündel an Quests auf ihn und verlangt sein äußerstes Können. Brachiale Gewalt ist keine Option, und so sieht Ben seine einzige Chance darin, die neuen Feinde gegeneinander auszuspielen. In diesem riskanten Spiel winken große Belohnungen, aber das Scheitern ist immer nur eine Haaresbreite entfernt. Wird Ben seinen Verbündeten trauen können?

In the 50 years following the First Crusade, the Latin states in the East were consolidated, but there were also growing tensions and new challenges. Against this backdrop, the fall of the County of Edessa in December 1144 at the hands of Zengi, the atabeg of Aleppo and Mosul, was a catastrophic event. Founded in 1098 by the future King Baldwin of Boulogne, Edessa was the first Crusader state, as well as the northernmost, weakest, and least populated.

Dieses zweisprachige Hörbuch bietet eine lebendige und praxisorientierte Methode für Deutschsprachige, Italienisch zu lernen und das Hörverständnis zu vertiefen. Die ausgewählten Texte stammen aus dem echten Leben – aus Gesprächen, Nachrichten, Reiseberichten, medizinischen Erklärungen, kulturellen Kommentaren und persönlichen Erzählungen – und zeigen, wie Italienisch heute wirklich gesprochen und verstanden wird.

Of the many campaigns during the Middle Ages, few are as remarkable or seemingly impossible to win at the start as the First Crusade (1095-99), and the true crowning achievement of that crusade, which resulted in two centuries of Western European Christian states in the Middle East and the permanent firing of the European imagination, was the conquest of Jerusalem on July 15, 1099 after three weeks of siege.

In a snow covered house in the mountains of Montana, Amy Johansen stares out the window of her new home. She feels so far away from everything she has ever known. How will Santa Claus ever find her when she is hidden away in the woods of this beautiful new land? There has to be something that she and Josh can do to make sure the reindeer team doesn't fly past them on Christmas Eve.

Dieses zweisprachige Hörbuch bietet eine lebendige und praxisnahe Methode für Deutschsprachige, Französisch zu lernen und das Hörverständnis zu verbessern. Die ausgewählten Texte stammen aus dem echten Leben – aus Gesprächen, Medien, Reisen, Arbeit und Alltag – und zeigen, wie Französisch wirklich gesprochen und verstanden wird. Jeder Abschnitt präsentiert den französischen Originaltext zusammen mit der deutschen Übersetzung. So können Lernende Wortschatz und Grammatik im Zusammenhang erfassen, anstatt isolierte Vokabeln zu pauken.

Master Your Minutes: 7 Systems to Take Control of Your Time is the ultimate handbook for anyone ready to stop feeling overwhelmed and start working with purpose. Time is your most valuable resource, but without a plan, it easily slips away. This book introduces seven powerful systems including the 80/20 Rule, Eat the Frog, Pomodoro Technique, and Deep Work, which will help you focus on high-value tasks, eliminate distractions, and gain back hours in your day.

What happens when you unearth boxes of old letters, dog-eared essays, rebellious cartoons, and forgotten report cards from a dusty storage unit? You get SCRIBBLINGS FROM STORAGE, The Confessions of an English Major—a candid, witty, and deeply human memoir by Charles Francis Guittard, Baylor class of 1964. Told through the artifacts of his so-called “permanent record,” this unconventional memoir traces Charles’s winding journey as an earnest but often insecure teenager stumbling reluctantly toward adulthood.

Barbe Bleue est un homme très laid à cause de sa barbe, bleue, et personne ne veut l’épouser. Un jour pourtant, alors qu’il donne une fête somptueuse dans son château, la fille de sa voisine trouve ce grand Monsieur étrange, à la barbe bleue, très séduisant. Ils se marient, et peu de temps après, Barbe bleue part en voyage en confiant à sa jeune épouse toutes les clés de son château. Elle peut inviter toutes ses amies, aller partout, ouvrir toutes les portes, sauf une qu’il lui interdit…

Un meunier donne à son dernier fils son plus petit héritage : un chat. Celui-ci, désespéré par sa pauvreté, se demande bien en quoi un petit chat pourrait bien l'aider à surmonter ses soucis d'argent. Mais c'est sans compter sur l'intelligence de cet animal incroyable, inventant mille tours de malices !

Ce célèbre conte dont l'origine remonte à l'antiquité égyptienne a traversé les âges et les continents pour s'adapter à toutes les cultures. On ne dénombre pas moins de 500 adaptations artistiques de cette histoire. Charles Perrault a écrit la version la plus connue en 1697, c'est cette version emplie de poésie que vous allez découvrir ou redécouvrir ; Cendrillon vit avec son père, sa belle-mère très méchante et ses deux filles, toutes trois très méchantes avec Cendrillon qu’elles chargent de toutes les tâches de la maison.

Sous le règne du Roi Louis 14, appelé aussi le Roi Soleil, régnait bien souvent dans les campagnes une grande misère. Beaucoup de familles paysannes n’avaient presque plus rien à manger, et les enfants étaient alors les premiers sacrifiés. Cela nous paraît incroyable aujourd’hui, mais dans ces terribles moments de famine, certains désespérés en arrivaient jusque-là. C’est dans ce triste contexte que naissait, issu de la tradition orale comme beaucoup d’autres contes, l’histoire du petit Poucet.

Il était une fois une petite fille surnommée le petit chaperon rouge, qui allait très gentiment porter quelques friandises à sa grand-mère malade. Mais en traversant le bois, elle fit la rencontre du loup. Comme il lui parut très sympathique, elle lui indiqua sans se méfier le chemin qu’elle allait prendre… Ce conte de tradition orale connut plus de trente versions différentes. Celle que nous proposons ici est issue des « Histoires ou Contes du temps passé » écrites par Charles Perrault en 1697.

The year after gastric sleeve surgery is a season of healing, habit building, and transformation. It is also a time filled with emotions, adjustments, and new beginnings. This book is your daily companion, offering warm and human affirmations that guide you from surgery day through your entire first year post-op.

A Classic Fantasy in the Tradition of Topper! Mark Pillsworth was a dreamer. That was good because it helped make him a success in advertising. But it was bad when his idle thoughts of what his dream girl would be like turned out to be so strong they tapped the magical plane and she came to life right before his eyes! You'd think that would be good. But Mark found out different! For his dream girl, Toffee, had a mind of her own, and a life of her own too! Worse yet, she had magical powers and insisted on using them in Mark's behalf.