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They call it living the dream! Well, sometimes, we have good dreams and others can get a little crazy! Tales from the Cockpit shares stories of all kinds, ranging from dangerous close calls to fun facts and airline hacks. This collection covers events that span many years of flying. It starts with the early stages of discovery, to flying with the airlines. All events are real and told from the author's perspective. 

Chi non è curioso di scavare nelle allucinazioni, in quei sogni psicotropi dove panico e orrore assumono la forma di quel che non vogliamo vedere? O di scoprire le origini letterarie dei vampiri, la loro prima apparizione su carta e inchiostro? O ancora, di leggere di assassini, presagi di morte, cuori pulsanti, pendoli e corvi neri — chi, insomma, non desidera indagare nelle proprie paure? In questo volume, quattro storie tra le più classiche del genere, racconti che hanno influenzato cultura pop e letteratura, cinema e televisione.

This book is an antidote to hype and a salve to soothe the itch for stem-cell salvation. In it, Professor John Rasko, a leading physician-scientist, and writer-historian Carl Power take us on a wild historical tour of this scandal-prone field.

"Alltagstauglich Spanisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle und Emotionen reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Shoppen, Telefonieren u. v. m.

Onsdagar, ofta refererad till som veckans värsta dag, har trots allt en bra egenskap. Den följs av den underbara torsdagen. En man, Doktorn, återvänder till Monterey i Kalifornien efter andra världskrigets slut, men finner att den förut så glada platsen med de tidigare så uppsluppna människorna nu är grå, och krigstrött. Dessutom har doktorns biologiska anstalt förfallit under hans frånvaro, och han börjar känna att hans liv saknar syfte och mening.

Seen around the world, John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s Black Power salute on the 1968 Olympic podium sparked controversy and career fallout. Yet their show of defiance remains one of the most iconic images of Olympic history and the Black Power movement. Here is the remarkable story of one of the men behind the salute, lifelong activist John Carlos.

The Journey Home is an unprecedented combination of a nonfiction life account with an award winning soundtrack that tells the story of the author's own transformational healing journey. It takes the listener on a fascinating journey from a life of material wealth and the pursuit of pleasure through near-destitution as it chronicles a plethora of jaw-dropping external exploits and fascinating inner experiences with twists and turns that ultimately reveal his natural healing gifts and true purpose, Oneness, and the reason for our suffering.

Epi Dalmau is a desperate man. Early one morning, he carries a duffle bag into a dingy bar in a rough neighborhood of Barcelona. Four other people are in the bar: his brother Alex, his good friend Tanveer, the bartender, and a Pakistani man who wandered in to use the restroom. Epi grabs a hammer out of his duffle bag and attacks Tanveer. After a brief struggle and a couple of blows, Tanveer lies dead on the floor and Epi flees the bar. Alex and the bartender plan to find and protect Epi, while blaming the murder on the unfortunate Pakistani man, who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The Border Patrol has grown exponentially, ICE detention centers have cropped up across the country, and the southern border is more militarized than ever before, but we are no safer. Instead, families are being ripped apart, undocumented people are living in fear, and thousands of migrants have died in detention or crossing the border. Taking listeners to the border patrol outposts, unmarked graves, detention centers, and halls of power, Sand and Blood is a frightening, essential story we ignore at our peril.

Seen around the world, John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s Black Power salute on the 1968 Olympic podium sparked controversy and career fallout. Yet their show of defiance remains one of the most iconic images of Olympic history and the Black Power movement. Here is the remarkable story of one of the men behind the salute, lifelong activist, John Carlos.

 The Cheese and the Worms is an incisive study of popular culture in the 16th century as seen through the eyes of one man, the miller known as Menocchio, who was accused of heresy during the Inquisition and sentenced to death. Carlo Ginzburg uses the trial records to illustrate the religious and social conflicts of the society in which Menocchio lived.   

"Empowerment" can be a mind-numbing topic, but in The 3 Keys to Empowerment, Ken Blanchard and his coauthors use concrete examples, a Q&A format, case histories, and entertaining comments to keep the discussion lively. The authors show that empowerment is not about giving people power, it's about releasing the power they already have.

Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute provides practical and simple concepts that CEOs, COOs, and managers at all levels in organizations both public and private can apply to their particular situations. This program is written by Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager and a regular contributor to Executive Excellence.

A cab ride to an infamous cemetery takes a sinister turn when the passengers discover they may be the graveyard’s next residents. Fun and games unleash evil beyond imagination when a young couple rolls the dice of a board game from hell. And a treasure hunt turns deadly when a pair of explorers discover what’s really hiding deep in the woods....

A sinister force threatens a teenage horror fan, and only a team of B movie monsters can come to his rescue. Fear stalks a group of punks when a scarecrow proves that birds aren’t the only things it can terrorize. And all hell breaks loose when a man discovers that his next-door neighbor possesses the power to reanimate the dead... Celebrate the music of the night with Scare Street’s latest collection of diabolical horror. Thirteen tales of paranormal horror haunt this new volume. More than enough to keep you listening on long after the sun goes down.

A new night of terror begins with Scare Street’s latest bone-chilling collection. This pulse-pounding volume contains 13 new supernatural tales of terror. And each story brings you deeper into the dark realm of nightmares. As the inky black shadows close in, you realize you are not alone. Something stalks you through this strange netherworld. You hear snarls in the distance. The howling grows louder and louder.

A businessman discovers he has a ghostly twin whose presence may be far more ominous than he had thought.... Mischievous children learn that supernatural forces are nothing to toy with, after a Halloween prank goes wrong. And holiday festivities set the backdrop to a terrified teen’s worst fears, when his grandmother’s corpse comes looking for revenge....