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The brilliantly compelling new biography of the treacherous and tyrannical King John, published to coincide with the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. Authoritative and dramatic, Marc Morris's King John offers a compelling portrait of an extraordinary king whose reign marked a momentous turning point in the history of Britain and Europe. King John is buried in Worcester Cathedral.

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Once a year the Dragon Gate is raised to let a fabled beast pass into the Sabian Sea. There, the dragon will be hunted by the Storm Lords, a fellowship of powerful water-mages. Emira Imerle Polivar is coming to the end of her tenure as their leader and has no intention of standing down. But Imerle is not the only one intent on destroying the Storm Lords, and when she sets her scheme in motion, that enemy uses the ensuing chaos to play its hand.

From modest beginnings as a tea shop, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company became the largest retailer in the world. It was a juggernaut, with nearly 16,000 stores. But its explosive growth made it a mortal threat to mom-and-pop grocery stores across the nation. Main Street fought back tooth and nail, leading the Hoover, Roosevelt, and Truman administrations to investigate the Great A&P. In a remarkable court case, the government pressed criminal charges against the company for selling food too cheaply - and won.

The world has changed forever. Across America, technology has been eclipsed by magic, and people are changing into the embodiments of their darkest desires and deepest fears. In this new time, former lawyer Cal Griffin has united a small group of outcasts to battle the chaos.

After a tornado uproots her from her home in Kansas, Dorothy and her beloved dog, Toto, are whisked away to the strange and magical Land of Oz! Landing in Munchkin Country and accidentally killing the Wicked Witch of the East, Dorothy and Toto embark on a quest to find the only person who can help them return home: Oz, the Great and Terrible Wizard.

Audible Original präsentiert den Weltbestseller zum ersten Mal als ungekürztes Hörspiel in zwei Teilen: An einem kalten Februartag brechen in Europa alle Stromnetze zusammen. Der totale Blackout. Der italienische Informatiker Piero Manzano (Sven Hasper) vermutet einen Hackerangriff und versucht, die Behörden zu warnen - erfolglos. Als Europol-Kommissar Bollard (Christoph Maria Herbst) ihm endlich zuhört, tauchen in Manzanos Computer dubiose Emails auf, die den Verdacht auf ihn selbst lenken. Er ist ins Visier eines Gegners geraten, der ebenso raffiniert wie gnadenlos ist.

The Soul of the Deal effortlessly teaches unconventional transactional strategies that are radically changing the approach of business buyers and sellers, investors, CEOs, and entrepreneurs. Their origin? Selling encyclopedias door-to-door, following the Grateful Dead for a lifetime, and closing 400+ successful deals.

The Student's Guide to Entrepreneurship is a step-by-step process for students to create and build startups. Students will learn to : create and design business concepts, systematically test those concepts and build and lead teams. Through this Guide, the students discover consumer problems and how to iterate to find marketable solutions to those problems.

Each year at least a billion children around the world are victims of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that range from physical abuse to racial discrimination to neglect and food deprivation. The brain plasticity of our most vulnerable makes the adverse effects of trauma only that much more damaging to mental and physical development. Those dealt a hand of ACEs are more likely to drop out of school, have a shorter life, abuse substances, and suffer from myriad mental health and behavioral issues.

America is under attack from within. Patients in hospitals, clinics and at home are dying when the drugs they need for survival turn out to be ineffective copies. A corrupt pharmaceutical billionaire has spent millions supporting radical groups while using the chaos they engender to cover his money-making schemes, but for a man with such towering ambitions, the only real goal is power. To get that, he'll have to eliminate the only impediment in his path - Jack Ryan.

Relationship patterns from the past often sabotage our love life in the present. How helpful it would be to recognize these relationship programs early on and save couples from years of suffering in relationships where their patterns don't align. Unfortunately, we often discover these truths far too late, sometimes only after years of marriage.

Crash tells the story of the Great Depression, from the sweeping fallout of the market collapse to the more personal stories of those caught up in the aftermath. Packed with photographs, primary documents, and firsthand accounts, Crash shines a spotlight on pivotal moments and figures across ethnic, gender, racial, social, and geographic divides, reflecting many different experiences of one of the most turbulent decades in American history.

Only Beautiful Fury Will Quench All Grief Blighted. Scorned. Crushed. With the loss of the First Egg, Aranya’s campaign to liberate the Island-World from tyranny has reached its nadir. Long are the memories of the Ancient Dragons, and depthless their enmity. The millennia-spanning rivalry between Fra’anior the Onyx and Dramagon the Red, played out through the lives and deeds of those sworn to their service, threatens global annihilation. The pyres of destruction burn unceasing. As fate thunders toward its finale, can the boldest of paws yet stay the looming calamity?From the ashes, one ...

This book makes the startup process seem like child's play. The steps in the book are easy to follow and will allow you to create and monetize the product of your dreams.

In an off-limits computer lab near Chicago, a mole infiltrates and steals a sophisticated piece of government security software. The implications are devastating - but it's only half the prize....

Wer den perfekten Menschen will, verliert irgendwann die Kontrolle über Gut und Böse... Der US-Außenminister stirbt bei einem Staatsbesuch in München, bei der Obduktion erscheint auf seinem Herzen ein seltsames Zeichen. In Brasilien, Tansania und Indien entdecken Mitarbeiter eines Chemiekonzerns Pflanzen und Tiere, die es eigentlich nicht geben kann. Zur gleichen Zeit wenden sich Helen und Greg an eine Kinderwunschklinik in Kalifornien.

Are you fed up with constant economising, having to think twice before spending? Are you trying hard but debt still remains or gets even more? Are you that close to grudgingly succumb to your chronic lack of money? Do not despair; help is in sight via (family constellation)! To all concerned, privately or professionally, Reading this book cannot replace family constellation sessions but be a big help in preparing for them. Some chapters provide exercises to intensify topics at home. Learn from the positive experience of others who have mastered renewed flow of money to finally get out of debt.

Learn the proven no-risk blueprint on how to make money with ecommerce. This impactful guide includes how to find and contact manufacturers for product creation, how to start a private label business, how to use Amazon FBA to sell products, how to market your item properly on any platform, and much more.

On leave in Tokyo, American GI Robert Sand is shot trying to protect an old man from a quartet of drunk American soldiers. As Sand passes out, the old man springs on his tormenters, beating them senseless with frail, wrinkled fists. He is Master Konuma, keeper of the ancient secrets of the samurai, and Sand is about to become his newest pupil. Over the next seven years, the American learns martial arts, swordplay, and stealth, becoming not just the first black man to ever take the oath of the samurai, but the strongest fighter Konuma has ever trained.