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Zwischenmenschliche Kommunikation ist das, was uns ausmacht, und stellt uns gleichzeitig vor große Herausforderungen: Was sage ich zu meiner Vorgesetzten, die meine Ideen ständig schlechtredet? Oder zu meinem Freund, der mich immer falsch versteht und gleichzeitig Recht haben will? Wie reagiere ich, wenn mein Gegenüber mein Nein nicht akzeptiert oder im Streit zu weinen anfängt? Auf welche Weise setze ich Grenzen oder bitte am besten um Hilfe? Jefferson Fisher zeigt uns, wie wir für uns einstehen und die Beziehungen zu unseren Mitmenschen dennoch nicht gefährden.

Visiting nurse Melanie Bass is slated to be maid of honor at her good friend Lynn Duncan's upcoming wedding to dermatologist Alex Drover. The wedding plans screech to a halt when Alex's sharp-tongued mother is murdered, and Lynn becomes the prime suspect. Melanie must now help clear her friend's name and at the same time avoid becoming the next suspect—or victim—as she learns there is more than one person with reason to want Mrs. Drover dead.

Tired of feeling stuck? The Path to a New You offers real transformation, not empty promises. Discover powerful stories of people who overcame life's toughest challenges and crafted a life they love.

The use of hallucinogenic substances like peyote and desert tobacco has long played a significant role in the spiritual practices and traditions of Native Americans. While the majority of those practices are well documented, the relationship between entheogens and Native Americans of the Southeast has gone largely unexplored.

After participating in a blind dating experiment with three guys, she’s ready for a break from men, even if that includes her best friend, Rhodes. So she does what almost any thirty-year-old in crisis mode would do: she purchases a van and flees her hometown with her favorite sidekick and pet, Cleocatra, hoping to get lost in Montana and maybe even find herself. If only it were that easy. Rhodes didn’t think confessing his undying love for his best friend would push her to leave town suddenly. Wrong. It did.

High school friends Lani, Tinker, Maya and Stig were inseparable until an unthinkable act shook the group. Now in their thirties, three of the friends are still close while Stig has disappeared completely, unable to face what happened in high school. With Lani’s wedding fast approaching, she is determined to bring the group back together. This leads them to a spiritual retreat where Stig has been living off-the-grid, and to Stig’s enigmatic partner–or leader–Acharya.

This is the extraordinary story of Jaqueline; a young girl denied her true identity, whose courageous life was interfered with and strategically manipulated by her narcissistic mother, royalty, spies, raconteurs, and gangsters. And one remarkable secret.

Die Klimakrise ist da–und mit ihr vielfältige Auswirkungen auf unsere Gesundheit: Kreislaufprobleme, Dehydrierung, zu hohe UV-Belastung, Hitzewellen, die inzwischen auch in unseren Breiten Tote fordern, Infektionskrankheiten, allergische Reaktionen. Und immer mehr Menschen fühlen sich auch psychisch stark belastet. Was jeder Einzelne von uns dagegen tun kann, wie er körperliche und seelische Widerstandskraft, kurz Klimaresilienz, aufbaut, zeigt die renommierte Wissenschaftsjournalistin und Bestsellerautorin Christina Berndt.

In The Arrogant Ape, Christine Webb draws on years of research into the rich social, emotional, and cognitive lives of our closest living relatives to show that human exceptionalism is an ideology that relies more on culture, delusion and faith than on evidence. She exposes the ways that many scientific studies are biased against other species and reveals underappreciated wonders of nonhuman life—from the language of songbirds and prairie dogs, to the cultures of chimpanzees and reef fishes, to the acumen of plants and fungi.

Drei Menschen, drei Welten: Lisa Kunz ist die neue Leiterin des Dezernats Leib und Leben der Kantonspolizei Bern, jener Abteilung, die sich mit den schlimmsten aller Verbrechen befasst: mit Totschlag und Vergewaltigung, mit vorsätzlicher Tötung und kaltblütigem Mord. Schon als Kind hat sie lieber Detektivin als mit Puppen gespielt und wähnt sich am Ziel ihrer Träume. Renate Berger hat geglaubt, dass sie es vielleicht doch noch schaffen kann, dass mit der Geburt ihrer Tochter ein neues Leben beginnt, ein Leben ohne Drogen. Aber die Sucht ist stärker.

When NFL star Brock runs into his childhood friend and former neighbor Ainsley, all grown up and drop-dead gorgeous, he wants her. Too bad she friend-zones him. When Sacramento Vipers tight end Brock Remington goes home to take care of his deceased father’s affairs, he doesn’t expect to run into Ainsley Hunter, his former neighbor and the younger sister of his old high school buddy. The last time he saw her, she was a gangly fourteen-year-old. Now she’s all grown up and drop-dead gorgeous. Too bad she wants to keep him in the friend zone.

When Shay Campbell flees her abusive boyfriend and ends up in the middle of nowhere, she stumbles upon an unoccupied cabin. At least she thinks it’s unoccupied. That is, until NFL Quarterback Josh Wisner shows up. Too bad he thinks she’s a groupie. After kicking her out, Josh has second thoughts, but with her ex hunting her, Shay will have to decide if she’s safer with Josh or out on her own. Protected by the Quarterback is a clean and wholesome standalone sports romance.

He's an NFL all-star and a single dad. She's his daughter's nanny. Their attraction is too powerful to ignore. When NFL running back and single dad Hank Parson meets Mari, his daughter's nanny, he's smitten. Too bad his movie star ex-wife can yank Mari out of his life on a whim. Mari adores four-year-old Harper, but when Harper's mother sends them to stay with Hank while she finishes her movie shoot, Mari doesn't know what to expect. It doesn't take long for sparks to fly. Too bad acting on their attraction will ignite a firestorm.

This is the first book in the 2-book Witness series. College student Courtney Hartford's worries are confined to doing well in school and having an active social life. That is, until she witnesses a murder. And then recognizes the murderer. His warning not to tell, coupled with his threat against her life and the life of her mother, pushes her to make a difficult decision--tell the police the truth, or let the people who are threatening her control her life.

After confessing to the police that she witnessed a murder, college student Courtney Hartford has relocated to what she hopes is a safe place. Hanging over her head is her commitment to testify against Dylan, the gang member she witnessed killing a man, as well as Baldy, a gang member who tried to kill her to keep her from testifying. In addition, her budding relationship with Tyler, who was beaten because of her, has been interrupted.

With a traitor in their midst and an outside group continuing to attack them, Alex, Melissa, Luke, and Stan struggle to keep their neighborhood safe. This is book 3 in the EMP Collapse Series.

Heartwarming and inspiring. Based on a true story, Chris loves baseball. She's from Brooklyn, NY, and dreams of seeing her favorite team play in Queens. Chris finally gets her wish, but when no one can take her, with determination and grit she figures out a way. A Day at Shea reminds us to dream big and the simple act of going to a ballgame can positively impact a child's life.

Morgan is thrilled to be back in her world with her family, and is ecstatic that Billy is by her side. Ready to settle into her life and to show Billy how wonderful her world is, Morgan becomes alarmed when a government official makes an unexpected announcement at her school.

Trapped in a parallel universe where it is illegal to be overweight, Morgan Campbell is dragged out of her house and locked up in a Federally Assisted Thinning (F.A.T.) Center. Bullied by the Enforcers who run the place, and treated like a prisoner, all she can think about is breaking out so she can get back to her world. With her whereabouts constantly monitored by the chip injected in her arm, and not having any access to the outside world, she fears she won't be able to escape and that she will be stuck in this world forever.

Suspended for getting into a fight with a bully, when 16-year-old Morgan Campbell is grounded, she runs away. When she returns home the next day, her world is turned upside-down. Not only is her family missing, but another family is living in her house and claims to have lived there for weeks. As Morgan desperately works to figure out what has happened, she finds society has become obsessed with weight in a way she has never seen before.