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Zack Lightman sempre quis que sua realidade fosse mais parecida com o universo dos livros de ficção científica, filmes e videogames. Apesar disso, Zack diz conhecer a diferença entre fantasia e realidade. Sabe que adolescentes fanáticos por videogames não salvarão o mundo. Até que um dia, durante a aula de matemática, vê pela janela uma nave parecida com o caça Glaive, do videogame online, Armada, que ele costuma jogar todas as noites. Tal nave tem como objetivo proteger a Terra de uma invasão alienígena, fato que agora parece estar realmente acontecendo.

This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and best-selling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages.

No final da década de 1960, a jovem Evie Boyd vive sozinha com a mãe no norte da Califórnia. Aos quatorze anos, imersa em inúmeras questões de autoaceitação, ela se sente muito desconfortável com o próprio corpo e tem apenas uma pessoa com quem contar: Connie, sua amiga de infância. No início do verão, uma briga faz com que as duas se afastem, e Evie encontra um novo grupo: garotas que demonstram extrema liberdade, usam roupas desleixadas e emanam uma atmosfera de abandono que a deixa fascinada.

Breaking into the boardroom or stepping confidently into leadership doesn’t happen by accident—it happens when you know the rules of the game and play them with purpose. In The Rules of the Game for Women in Business, you’ll discover how to shift from being overlooked to owning your place at the table with strategy, confidence, and a winning mindset. Drawing from real experience building and selling a multi-million-dollar company, the author reveals how women can decode the “playbook” of business, overcome self-doubt, and step into success with clarity and courage.

The majority of people on Earth are familiar with the foundational ethical principle often called The Golden Rule—humanity's number one rule. It's time now for us to embrace a far more expansive and effective version of the original. GoldenRuleism is the name of our overarching ethic—an ethic universal in its scope. Discover what it can mean for your life. This audiobook stimulates you to act—to do what YOU can—from where you are.

At thirty years old and unmarried, Vesta Blonik’s future looks bleak when her widowed father remarries, sells the family farm, and moves away during the depths of the Great Depression, leaving her behind. With winter approaching, she seeks shelter with her brother Josef and his wife, Eva, in a nearby town. The two women start a laundry business to make ends meet, but when Eva announces she’ s expecting a baby, Vesta realizes she must forge her own path

Vous saviez que dans le vin chaud, il y avait de l'alcool ? Eh bien moi, je l'ignorais ! Et c'est probablement pour cette raison que je me réveille dans le lit d'un mec canon que je ne connais pas, quand lui dort à moitié nu sur son canapé. Il dit s'appeler Tom, comme mon husky. Mais ce n'est pas tout ! Il a les mêmes yeux vairons que lui, ainsi que des cheveux poivre et sel… dans le mille, comme les poils de mon chien.

To escape her grievous past and avoid her bleak future, twenty-eight-year-old widow Victoria Clarke joins her friend, Isabella Bird, on a once-in-a-lifetime journey from England to America in 1854. But Harrison Wright, the man acting as escort to the women on their journey, is cold and gruff, and his mannerisms conjure up the pains of Victoria’s past, especially her former husband’s mistreatment. Victoria doubles the defenses of her already fragile heart, but will it be enough to endure what she now feels is an ill-fated expedition?

In Wired for Wonder, writer and editor Aaron Cline Hanbury explores big questions related to how technology shapes and reshapes our world. What does it mean to be human when AI can do more and more? Does technological advancement necessarily mean human progress? Hanbury asks practical, day-to-day questions about how we interact with tech in everyday life. Where is our attention going, and who is buying it? Fundamentally, this book asks the age-old question: How do we relate to the stuff we make? Just because we can make something, does that mean we should?

Forty years ago, the Gather family—James, his daughter Beau, and his son Billy—vanished during a whitewater rafting trip and were presumed dead. Five years later, Billy reappeared on the far side of the world, telling an impossible tale of a primordial valley populated by dinosaurs, aliens, Neanderthals, and androids. Little Billy became the punchline of so very many jokes, until he finally faded from the public eye. Now, a group of graduate astronomy students follow their professor, Noah Barnes, up a mountain for what they believe is a simple stargazing trip.

In 1887, an Egyptian woman made an astonishing discovery among the ruins of the heretic king Akhenaten's capital city, a site now known as Amarna. She found a cache of cuneiform tablets, nearly four hundred in all, that included correspondence between the pharaohs and the mightiest powers of the day, such as the Hittites, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Love, War, and Diplomacy tells the story of the Amarna Letters and the dramatic world of the Bronze Age they revealed.

The year was 1968. I had already been in Vietnam for five months. I was 20 years old. In August 1967 I was drafted out of my Anaheim, CA. home, and was no more aware of a Vietnam than I was aware of any "domino theory that was forcing the U.S. to escalate it's draft mandate. It was the time of The Tet Offensive, Apollo 8 orbiting the moon, and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy; and about all my 19-year-old self could think about was getting gas money for my 1957 Chevy, and what girl I could take-out and impress with it.

I did my degree differently. I deprioritized and reprioritized. I planned and plotted. I put my life before my books. I tried and tested every method I could for efficient reading, writing, and studying. In All the Work You Shouldn't Do you'll learn how to get the most from your degree and make time for the things you want to pursue without letting stress take over.

Written by a psychologist and based on the Gottman Method for couples therapy, this book outlines a trauma-informed approach to help you and your partner heal. You'll find skills to help you cultivate a deeper bond—one that builds on friendship and shared experiences. You'll learn to set healthy boundaries and manage difficult emotions.

Estamos en el año 2044 y, como el resto de la humanidad, Wade Watts prefiere mil veces el videojuego de OASIS al cada vez más sombrío mundo real. Aseguran que este esconde las diabólicas piezas de un rompecabezas cuya resolución conduce a una fortuna incalculable. Las claves del enigma están basadas en la cultura de finales del siglo xx y, durante años, millones de seres humanos han intentado dar con ellas, sin éxito. De repente, Wade logra resolver el primer rompecabezas del premio y, a partir de ese momento, debe competir contra miles de jugadores para conseguir el trofeo.

Charles Sutton, booklover and professor, is intrigued by the old book he is given by the elderly and enigmatic instrument repairer. He likes the old leather-bound book and reads a tale that is completely absorbing. Finishing and closing the cover, he sees the title fade away and a new one gradually emerge. Inside is a new story. How? Magic? Digital trickery? He is pulled anew to open the aged volume. All night and much of the next day, Charles reads story after story, each one as compelling as the last, somehow perfectly suited to his eclectic tastes.

Matthew's Secret is a vivid and captivating tale of the struggles and triumphs of Oregon Trail pioneers who risked everything to make a better life for themselves and their families. In this inspirational historical fiction, young Matthew Evans embarks on a treacherous journey with his family and a group of emigrants through the American frontier of 1845. As Matthew confronts daily challenges, he matures and grows in ways he never could have imagined. He learns the value of hard work and determination. But will he ever control his quick condemnation of others?

On a hot, dusty day in August 1886, Violet St. James arrives in the budding town of Dearborn, Colorado, to accept a teaching position. She wants to look to her future, but Mr. William Montgomery’s discerning eyes threaten to dredge up the secrets from her past.

UNA TRAGEDIA DIMENTICATA DELLA SECONDA GUERRA MONDIALE. UN'INGIUSTIZIA E UN RICORDO CHE FA ANCORA MALE. Londra, 1940. Jacopo Abramo Errera, giovane ebreo veneziano, ha abbandonato l'Italia per sfuggire alle retate del governo fascista. Dopo la dichiarazione di guerra di Mussolini, però, il governo inglese lo etichetta come nemico e collaboratore del regime. Il suo è il destino di moltissimi innocenti che hanno raggiunto il Regno Unito: Churchill ha ordinato di rastrellare italiani, tedeschi e austriaci senza distinzione.

Short, Accessible Guide to Biblical Theology Helps Churches Avoid Heretical Doctrine.