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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.

This audiobook brings the Eastern and Western understandings about enlightenment together into a higher Integral World Spirituality embrace. Enlightenment is based on your commitment to transcend your separate self into the one, even as you realize that that essence sees through your unique perspective.

There's a growing army of women out there laughing, because they've turned their bodies into fat burning machines - without exercising most of the week, or eating like a rabbit. They've transformed their bodies - and are now in the best shape of their lives. The reality is that weight training incinerates body fat, develops lean, toned muscles, increases your strength, improves your mental health, strengthens your heart, lowers your risk of disease, strengthens bones, improves posture, boosts your confidence - the list goes on.

The world’s foremost authority on case interviewing and bestselling author Marc Cosentino demystifies the case interview process, which is not only used for recruiting in consulting, but also in private equity, strategic planning, marketing, logistics, operations, venture capital, and human capital. He takes you inside a typical interview by exploring the various types of case questions, and he shares with you the acclaimed Ivy Case System. It will give you the confidence to answer even the most sophisticated cases.

The BrainTrust was first built to be home for all the Silicon Valley immigrant engineers expelled by the Red government. With its growing fleet of cruise liners anchored far off the coast of San Francisco, it has become the source of many of Earth's innovations—innovations that threaten the dogmas of every power bloc in the world.

As the BrainTrust's uneasy peace with the Reds, Greens and Blues unravels, the brilliant young researcher Dr. Dash arrives with plans to take the first step toward a cure for aging. Crisis follows on her heels: The man who most needs Dash's therapy is the American President for Life. His Chief Advisor will stop at nothing to grab the cure and the young scientist herself. Dash soon finds her fate inextricably bound with the fate of the BrainTrust itself.

Lights! Camera! Action! Business Operational Excellence Through the Lens of Live Theatre uses the lessons of live theatre to pull back the curtain on organizational and leadership best practices, and to deliver real-world, focus-oriented strategies to drive operational excellence. The framework delves into the foundational to the specific and puts a spotlight on practices and philosophies for leaders to script and direct, to ensure they put on show-stopping experiences customers and staff deserve.... Are you ready.... It's showtime!

Die Finanzkrise 2008 erschütterte die Grundfesten unseres Finanzsystems. Die monetären, die sozialen und die politischen Auswirkungen spüren wir bis heute. Die beispiellosen Rettungsorgien von EZB & Co. sowie ein historisch einmaliges Notenbankexperiment dauerhafter Nullzinsen enteignen Sparer, Kleinanleger und Versicherungsnehmer. Eine gigantische Steuer- und Abgabenlast raubt der Mittelschicht jeden finanziellen Spielraum. Parallel wird neuerdings noch über Enteignungen nachgedacht - und diese werden kommen.

Days before her wedding, Julia Walsh is blindsided twice: once by the sudden death of her estranged father...and again when he appears on her doorstep after his funeral, ready to make amends, right his past mistakes, and prevent her from making new ones. Surprised, to say the least, Julia reluctantly agrees to turn what should have been her honeymoon into a spontaneous road trip with her father to make up for lost time.

What would happen to dogs if humans simply disappeared? Would dogs be able to survive on their own without us? A Dog's World imagines a posthuman future for dogs, revealing how dogs would survive - and possibly even thrive - and explaining how this new and revolutionary perspective can guide how we interact with dogs now.

Un soir de vacances, alors que la nuit tombe, Axel et son amie Violette découvrent un train étrange qui semble abandonné. Une locomotive, suivie d'un seul wagon, stationne sur une voie secondaire qui se poursuit en plein bois. Pourtant, deux hommes sortent soudainement du wagon qu'ils referment avec soin. Que cachent-ils ? Pourquoi ne veulent-ils pas qu'on les approche ? Et pour quelle raison font-ils le trajet chaque nuit jusqu'à la gare suivante ? Aidés par la petite Julia qu'ils rencontrent, Axel et Violette vont enquêter afin de percer le secret du train mystérieux.

Le livre audio indispensable pour se faire des amis, être heureux au travail et en amour ! Connaissez-vous ces personnes à qui tout semble réussir ? Celles qui s'expriment avec assurance en toutes circonstances ? Celles-là même qui ont les meilleurs jobs et les amis les plus intéressants ? Ces individus ne sont ni plus intelligents, ni plus beaux que vous. Mais alors, quelle est la clé de leur succès ? Leur secret, c'est qu'ils maîtrisent l'art de communiquer avec les autres !

Three enhanced audiobooks performed by the stars of the classic BBC television series. 'President' by Simon Guerrier. Alone together, two Federation officials at last share the truth. Supreme Commander Servalan agrees to explain to Secretary Rontane how she set up the President. And when she is done, Servalan's executioners will be waiting....

The beast came at night. Murdered the cop in his home. Tore his Rottweilers to pieces. And it's only the latest in a series of gruesome attacks. Overwhelmed, Houston PD is at a loss. But shape-shifter Michael Biörn isn't. Michael discerns the secret nature of the killer; a werewolf's handiwork is unmistakable. Werewolves move in packs, however. And the local pack is 40 members strong. But a young woman's life is at stake. And so, after centuries spent avoiding the wolves, Michael abandons his retreat to confront his ancestral enemies.

After travelling through time and space with the Doctor, Henry Gordon Jago and Professor Litefoot are back in London starting brand new lives. Jago has become a huge celebrity and Litefoot the quiet owner of a bookshop, but in all other respects it is business as usual. As they investigate a wealth of new cases - including a restaurant where the food eats the people and a book with dangerous powers - a long game is playing out. A figure from their past is back, and this time he means to destroy them....

The New England Mafia was a hugely powerful organization that survived by using violence to ruthlessly crush anyone that threatened it, or its lucrative gambling, loansharking, bootlegging, and other enterprises. From information based on newly declassified documents and the use of underworld sources, Boston Mob spans the gutters and alleyways of East Boston, Providence, and Charlestown to the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C., and Boston's Beacon Hill. Its players include governors and mayors, and the Mafia Commission of New York City.

The cassette tape was revolutionary. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle changed music history. Make your own tapes! Trade them with friends! Tape over the ones you don't like! The cassette tape upended pop culture, creating movements and uniting communities. This entertaining book charts the journey of the cassette from its invention in the early 1960s to its Walkman-led domination in the 1980s to decline at the birth of compact discs to resurgence among independent music makers.

Marty Golden enjoys time with his nieces, but he wanted to spend the weekend with his new girlfriend - not chaperone a Girl Scout camping trip. Once he stumbles upon the corpse of a friend in the woods, the outdoors adventure becomes an open-air disaster. When the police label it an accidental death, the meticulous Marty vows to investigate the murder. After all, it's poor manners to let your friend's death go unsolved. On the hunt for clues the cops ignored, Marty uncovers a disturbing connection to himself.

Signed on September 2, 1945 by Japanese and Allied leaders, the instrument of surrender that formally ended the war in the Pacific brought to a close one of the most cataclysmic engagements in history. The surrender fulfilled the commitment that Franklin Roosevelt had made in 1943 at the Casablanca conference that it be "unconditional". Though readily accepted as policy at the time, after Roosevelt's death in April 1945, support for unconditional surrender wavered, particularly among Republicans in Congress.

A wild and wacky parody of the original Hellraiser movie. Now with more raisins!

Niemand weiß besser Bescheid wie... als Marc-Uwe Klings Klugscheißerchen! Tina und Theo Theufel sind geschlagen mit Eltern, die keinen Hund haben, aber ständig Rote Bete essen wollen. Außerdem wissen sie immer alles besser. Also die Eltern. Die Kinder auch. Der Apfel fällt schließlich nicht weit vom Stamm. Aber Theo und Tina geben wenigstens zu, dass sie Klugscheißer sind. Mama und Papa streiten es ab. Das ist natürlich absolut lächerlich.