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It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low.

We all try to influence others in our daily lives. We are all marketers, whether you are a manager motivating your team, an employee making a big presentation, an activist staging a protest or a company executive selling the next big thing. In For the Culture, Marcus Collins argues that true cultural engagement is the most powerful vehicle for influencing behaviour. To effectively engage with communities we first need to think hard about what we will contribute to those communities and how we align with their core values.

When General Stanley McChrystal took command of the Joint Special Operations Task Force in Iraq in 2003, he quickly realized that conventional military tactics were failing. The allied forces had a huge advantage in numbers, equipment and training - but none of the enemy's speed and flexibility. McChrystal and his colleagues discarded a century of conventional wisdom to create a 'team of teams' that combined extremely transparent communication with decentralised decision-making authority.

In the 1800s, the moist soil of the Midwest would stick to plow blades, stopping the farmers as they plowed. Young blacksmith John Deere knew about the problem, so he designed and built a self-scouring plow. With this small start, he founded the famous farm implement company Deere & Company and started down the road to success.

In dieser Romantasy-Geschichte verbirgt ein mysteriöser Spiegel nicht nur die Wahrheit, sondern auch unzählige Lügen – und er verändert mein Leben für immer. Ich stecke voller Abenteuerlust, habe gerade mein Studium in London abgeschlossen und träume davon, die Welt zu entdecken. Doch meine Pläne zerschlagen sich, als ein scheinbar harmloser Spiegel mich in eine düstere, geheimnisvolle Welt zieht. Durch den Spiegel lerne ich Nikita kennen – einem Vampir, dessen Absichten ebenso faszinierend wie undurchschaubar sind.

Marc Bennetts, foreign correspondent for The Times and The Sunday Times, moved to Russia in the chaotic yet free final years of President Yeltsin's rule. Twenty-five years later, The Times pulled him out of Russia over concerns for his security following his arrest in Moscow at a protest against the war in Ukraine. From the "wild" 1990s in Moscow to narrowly escaping death under fire in Ukraine, The Descent is a unique and personal diary of how Russia spiraled into violent insanity.

First published in 1876, Wilkie Collins’s The Two Destinies follows the lives of childhood friends George and Mary. George is the son of a nobleman, while Mary is the daughter of the nobleman’s bailiff. As the friends grow older and closer, George’s father, determined to end their affair, dismisses the bailiff and moves George to America. Years later, George returns to his native Suffolk to track down his former love. Although she has long gone, he remains determined to find Mary at all costs. But are the two lovers destined to find each other again?

Archie Legge is a successful hypnotherapist…and a recovering drug addict. Stuck in a mundane cycle of sessions for weight loss and smoking cessation, he becomes intrigued by the question: what happens to a person's soul when they temporarily lose consciousness? His investigations bring startling results, and suddenly Archie is addicted to something else–discovering the truth behind these ethereal adventures.

Beth has been the GEM--Giantess Execution Marshall--for many years. She's seen the worst of the worst. But when Timothy Braxton shows up for his scheduled execution, she realizes she doesn't have what it takes to end him. He's a kindred spirt. The two are just alike . . .

En las sombras del Londres victoriano, un bebé abandonado es hallado a las puertas de un hospicio. Junto a él, un misterioso papel que solo dice un nombre: "Walter Wilding". Años más tarde, ese niño se convierte en un hombre de bien y dueño de una próspera casa de comercio de vinos. Pero cuando Walter decide vender el negocio, un oscuro secreto emerge del pasado y lo sumerge en un torbellino de dudas sobre su verdadera identidad.

MEDDICC gives you methods to increase your hit rate—by asking 8 important questions to customers, you can focus all your energy on the deals you can win—and ignore the rest. You will win faster and close more deals.

After driving through a tear in the middle of the road, Tim finds himself in a whole new world. A world filled with giant women! As he wanders aimlessly into a giant house, he's thrust into the middle of an adult toy party. When he thinks he's found a good hiding spot, he realizes it's anything but safe--and now the ladies believe he's just a cutting-edge toy, ready to be used! Contains: (Giant women at 60 feet tall).

¿Te intriga descubrir cómo las mentes más influyentes de la historia han manipulado, persuadido y controlado a quienes les rodean? Conoce los secretos de la Psicología Oscura y las Técnicas Prohibidas de la Manipulación que se aplican en el día a día, a veces sin que siquiera lo notes. Este libro te dará las herramientas para influir, convencer y protegerte de quienes intenten manipularte, ya sea en tus relaciones personales, el entorno laboral o en el mundo digital.

KENNEDY COLLINS’ living retelling of the account of Desmond Doss’s heroism on the Maeda Escarpment is sure to leave every reader, young and old, emotionally stirred and eager to rise up in the name of selfless service and sacrifice.

Miss Penelope Monckton, just returned from nursing with Florence Nightingale's in Crimea, has come to the country estate of one of the most scandalous men in England, Lord Rickarby—nicknamed Rakerby—to collect a bequest from his late wife, her childhood friend Millie. But something about Millie's death doesn't sit right with Penny. A celebrated painter, Joss, Lord Rickarby, knows Miss Penelope Monckton only from the letters she sent to his late wife during her time nursing in a war zone.

Barbara Bridgett is the powerful CEO of Sweet Squeak, a shrinking dating app. After striking up a relationship with her lawyer, Harvey, the two build upon a playful, if not tense, relationship. Harvey wishes he was a little bigger--but Barbara loves him less than two inches tall!

"Nichts kann mich jemals von dir trennen. Keine Zeit, keine Dimension und kein Tod. Ich werde immer zu dir zurückkehren. Das verspreche ich dir." Dirion: "Endlich sind wir zusammen, aber wieder muss ich Angst haben, dich zu verlieren – an mein altes Ich ..." Freya: "Noch immer kommen weitere Geheimnisse ans Licht. Wie oft habe ich bereits gelebt? Wer bin ich wirklich? Werde ich mich am Ende in meiner Vergangenheit verlieren?"

Luz en el Sendero es un breve pero profundo texto, un manual espiritual que ofrece instrucciones y reflexiones para aquellos que buscan avanzar en su camino espiritual. La obra está dirigida especialmente a los aspirantes que desean alcanzar una mayor comprensión y desarrollo de sí mismos a través de la introspección, la disciplina y el contacto con las verdades espirituales universales. El libro está dividido en aforismos y comentarios, cada uno de los cuales proporciona una guía práctica y reflexiva para el aspirante espiritual.

Tea with a hedgehog and supper with a rabbit? Beatrix Potter entertained guests that most people—certainly Beatrix Potter's proper Victorian parents—would have thought belonged in a meadow, not in a London nursery. Such unlikely companions were company for lonely Beatrix, and she spent much of her time sketching and making up stories about these small creatures. Beatrix was so well acquainted with the characters of her various animal friends that when she was older it seemed natural to write and illustrate small books about their delightful adventures.

As a small boy, Charles Dickens worked in a dark, musty London warehouse, pasting labels onto pots of boot polish. He tried not to listen to his grumbling stomach or the rats squeaking on the stairs. His dream was to escape that misery one day and become a fine, educated gentleman. Through his gift for writing, that day did come for Dickens. But he never forgot what it was like to be poor. He wrote stories about London's lower classes—tales that made people laugh, cry, and work to improve their social conditions.