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In 1966, more than 200 courageous Aboriginal people walked off the Wave Hill Cattle Station in the Northern Territory. Led by Vincent Lingiari, these stockmen and their families were walking together to fight for equal pay and land rights. This non-fiction audiobook brings a landmark historical event to a new generation. Many people have seen the iconic photograph of Gough Whitlam pouring a handful of red soil into the hands of Vincent Lingiari – a symbol of the legal transfer of Gurindji land back to the Gurindji people – and recognise this as a key moment in the ongoing land rights movement.

Stark. Lebendig. Inspirierend. Spanien, 16. Jahrhundert: Das Schicksal einer Frau ist vorgezeichnet: Ehe oder Kloster. Doch Teresa von Avila liebt ihre Unabhängigkeit und ist nicht bereit, andere über sich bestimmen zu lassen. Verzweifelt und mit unbändiger Lebenslust sucht sie trotz aller Rückschläge ihren Weg. Die spätere Schutzpatronin Spaniens begehrt mutig auf und startet ein lebensgefährliches Unterfangen, um ihren Traum zu verwirklichen. Aber nicht nur die Macht der Inquisition tritt ihr entgegen.

Alle sind gekommen, um die Hochzeit des Jahres in Thunder Point zu feiern. Nur der Bruder der Braut, Matt Lacoumette, ist nicht in Stimmung: In seinem Leben haben Romantik und Liebe ausgedient. Prompt lässt er seine Verbitterung an der sensiblen Ginger aus. Am nächsten Tag zwingt ihn seine Schwester, sich bei Ginger zu entschuldigen. Dabei stellt Matt fest, dass auch sie schwere Schicksalsschläge ertragen musste. Können sie gemeinsam die Wunden ihrer Seelen heilen und neues Glück finden? "Die zarte Liebesgeschichte von Ginger und Matt ist süß.

Mein Name ist John Doe. Das Fehlende in mir ist schrecklich. Und wissen Sie, was es so schrecklich macht? Nein, natürlich wissen Sie es nicht, denn Sie sind nicht ich. Sie sind nicht … dieser John Doe. Ich erzähle Ihnen, was so schrecklich ist. Ich verliebe mich voll und ganz in diese wunderbare und wunderbar schöne Dahlia Flower … in meine Retterin. Oh nein, nicht aus Dankbarkeit, sondern aus echter … aufkeimender Liebe. Aufkeimende Liebe? Fast schon Prosa, nicht wahr? Ob ich früher Gedichte geschrieben habe? Oder habe ich gar jemanden getötet?

Grayson has kept his feelings for his best friend's little sister buried for as long as he could remember. She was off-limits for him. You just didn't touch your best friend's little sister. It was against the bro code.

Inside, you’ll learn how to break the cycle of being broke and take charge of your finances. Budget without restrictions using a method that will save money and build wealth even if you’re starting small off debt faster with proven strategies that deliver results, your mindset to stop feeling stuck and start building momentum

Die Navigation im komplexen und dynamischen Bereich des Gesundheitswesens gleicht dem Segeln in unbekannten Gewässern. Die wechselnden Gezeiten des technologischen Fortschritts, der politischen Veränderungen und der Patientenbedürfnisse erfordern eine sich ständig anpassende Strategie. An der Spitze dieser herausfordernden, aber lohnenden Reise stehen die klinischen Mikrosysteme, in denen die Pflege in ihrer rohesten und tiefsten Form erbracht wird.

The letters of the Apostle Paul are central witnesses to the Christian faith and to the earliest history of Christianity. And yet, when students, preachers, and others turn to Paul, they find many things "hard to understand" (2 Peter 3:16) in these ancient writings. James Prothro's new book aims to help listeners see the Apostle's faith and hope at work as he evangelized the nations. Steeped in up-to-date scholarship and a passion for the gospel Paul preached, Prothro draws listeners into Paul's life and letters in order to help them hear the Apostle's voice.

Earth stands at a tipping point. As we fail to curtail emissions fast enough, our planet stares down a cascade of imminent, catastrophic, and irreversible disaster triggered by climate change. Yet a potent technology already exists to buy us more time: solar geoengineering. Through methods such as atmospheric aerosols, human-generated cirrus clouds, and solar sails, we humans can—at least in the short term—slow the Earth's warming. Should we?

An einem nebligen Wintermorgen entdecken Luca Wolf und Emma Reich ein mysteriöses Schiffswrack. "Orakel" steht an seinem Bug, und weder Emma noch Luca können sich erklären, wie das Schiff auf das brachliegende Blumenfeld gelangt ist, auf dem es sich befindet. Neugierig geworden, klettert Emma hinein – und verschwindet spurlos. Als elf weitere Menschen vermisst werden, tritt Robert Grim, seines Zeichens Spezialist für das Okkulte, auf den Plan. Doch was er über die "Orakel" herausfindet, lässt selbst ihm die Haare zu Berge stehen.

John Singleton became a living legend at just 24 years old when he earned Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Boyz N the Hood, the sleeper hit of the summer of 1991 and one of the decade’s most important films. Though he wasn’t victorious on Oscar night, it didn’t detract from his achievements.

Gregory Collins inherited a flourishing wine importing business in London from his father and is now a prosperous tradesman. Upon discovering he is the heir presumptive to a relative's estate, he realizes he must make the journey to meet the family, as he has no knowledge of landowning or agriculture. He is determined to amass as much knowledge as he can so that when he comes into possession, he can tend to the land and its tenants properly.

Thomas Schreiner, a respected scholar and a trusted voice for many students and pastors, offers a substantial and accessibly written overview of the whole Bible. He traces the storyline of the scriptures from the standpoint of biblical theology, examining the overarching message that is conveyed throughout. Schreiner emphasizes three interrelated and unified themes that stand out in the biblical narrative: God as Lord, human beings as those who are made in God's image, and the land or place in which God's rule is exercised.

May and Isabella are both successful career women, with a strong sense of responsibility towards the other. But as the pieces of this tragic event begin to unravel, it becomes clear that both women have their secrets, ones they have been hiding from each other.

Sometimes a workplace isn’t just a workplace but a place of safety, understanding, and acceptance. And sometimes murder threatens the sanctity of that beloved refuge.... In the leafy suburbs of Austin, Texas, a small branch library welcomes the public every day of the week. But the patrons who love the helpful, unobtrusive staff and leave rave reviews on Yelp don’t always realize that their librarians are human, too.

The New Heart Project is in reality a crash course on the making of a disciple. It breaks the barrier of traditional thinking as it reveals exactly what a disciple is, how one is made and how you can become one. Revealing certain principles that are generally not included in many people’s Christian learning, the author creates a guided path that systematically reveals how discipleship is the way Jesus chose to fulfill His highest calling.

A book that pulses with life in the midst of death, The Magic Mountain is a mammoth masterpiece of erudition and irony, sexual tension, and intellectual ferment. Mann utilises a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community dedicated solely to illness, as a microcosm for Europe, which in the years prior to 1914 was already displaying the initial signs of its own terminal madness, in this dizzyingly dense novel of ideas.

On the morning of April 5th, 33 AD, Pontius Pilate wakes to news from his First Centurion that the body of Jesus Christ whom he crucified a few days earlier is missing from the tomb his soldiers were guarding. There is a general alarm at Pilate's residence and within the Jewish Temple, both in Jerusalem. Pilate is visited by Chief Priest Caiaphas to whom he commits to finding the body. Pilate commissions his tax collectors and other informants who were welcomed associates of Jesus to find out what happened to the body.

Employing in-depth reporting on cutting edge science and technology, veteran journalist Thomas E. Weber takes us on a tour of how meteorologists, scientists, and officials track and prepare for major weather events. As climate change is altering our planet and making weather events more extreme, Weber introduces us to those on the front lines of weather preparation and prediction.

When a group of young Native Americans launches a series of protests against climate change and its effects on the waters and woods of Maine, veteran FBI agent Ryan Tapia is assigned to monitor the movement. The protestors, who become determined to split away from American society, are led by "Peeled Paul" Soco, a Malpense hermit who played a key role in one of Tapia's previous investigations. When the marchers begin making camps on the lawns of luxurious summer mansions along the Maine coast, they win national media attention—and the wrath of a reactionary president.