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After best-selling author Jean Carper discovered that she had the major susceptibility gene for Alzheimer's, she was determined to find all the latest scientific evidence on how to escape it. She discovered 100 surprisingly simple, scientifically tested ways to radically cut the odds of Alzheimer's, memory decline, and other forms of dementia.

Une nuit, Yann réveille ses six frères aînés, tous jumeaux. Il faut fuir : leur père a menacé de les tuer. Irrésistiblement attirés par l'Océan, les sept enfants marchent vers l'Ouest. De l'assistante sociale au routier qui les prend en stop, du gendarme alerté de leur disparition à la boulangère qui leur offre du pain, chacun nous raconte à sa façon un peu de leur incroyable équipée.

Mon premier a un papa qui lui achète tout ce qu'il veut. Mon deuxième est le chouchou de la maîtresse. Mon troisième est le plus fort de la classe. Le papa de mon quatrième est agent de police. Mon cinquième est le dernier de la classe. Mon sixième, qui est très gros, aime manger. Mon tout est la plus chouette bande de copains qui ait existé : Geoffroy, Agnan, Eudes, Rufus, Clotaire, Alceste... et le Petit Nicolas !

Estás a punto de descubrir sorprendentes revelaciones de lenguaje no verbal, comunicación asertiva e inteligencia emocional que te ayudarán a comunicar lo importante de manera impactante para influir en las decisiones de los demás, propiciar un ganar-ganar y lograr tus objetivos mientras construyes relaciones sólidas y leales.

Feisty is the story of a woman with attitude—told in short reflections that capture a life of awakening activism. From her exploits as a five-year-old New Jersey cowboy to hosting Gloria Steinem in Alabama and an awkward drink with a young Clarence Thomas, Jean Peelen shares her civil rights journey and the most vulnerable moments in her life.

A family of cat farmers gets the chance to set the felines free. A group of chickens tells it like it is. A female-crewed ship ploughs through the patriarchy. A support group finds solace in a world without men. With her trademark humor, energy, and flair, McKay offers glimpses of places where dreams subsume reality, where childhood restarts, where humans embrace their animal selves and animals talk like humans.

Shiloh Norman wasn't a typical omega. He liked his boots tall, his shirts short, and his Alphas big and bad. He gave just as good as he took, and he could ride a cowboy like the devil. Working at the pleasure house in Greyhound's Canyon, Shiloh was content with his life in the town of Westminster until he finally met his match.

L’édition unique et améliorée du best-seller de Napoleon Hill ! Plus de 200 000 exemplaires vendus dans plus de 20 langues. Avec une préface spéciale de l'auteur à succès Bob Proctor. La réussite financière peut être atteinte par n'importe qui grâce à la visualisation et la conviction personnelle. Vous croyez toujours que ce n’est pas vrai ? Napoleon Hill vous fera changer d’avis. Hill était l’un des auteurs les plus influents du développement personnel et sans aucun doute, à l’époque, il a façonné beaucoup d’idées sur la réussite qui sont considérées comme allant de soi aujourd’hui.

Willa Cather had a secret. She called it "the thing not named" and did her best to take the details to her grave when she died in 1947. Her last will and testament stated that her letters could not be published or quoted. You'll love this new and personal look at the world-famous author because it brings into focus the tremendous struggle it took for a confused little kid and a cross-dressing adolescent to become the one and only Willa Cather.

Up-and-coming chef Maddie Collins finds out that her father's life was a lie when she is bequeathed a family homeplace she never knew existed—by the husband of the only woman her father ever loved. A former SEAL, rugged cowboy Boone Gallagher arrives back in Texas to discover that the father who drove him away has struck one last blow. The only place he's ever thought of as home now belongs to a woman who doesn't want it, and he must keep her there for thirty days—or it will be lost to them both.

Steph Hargrove was a bombshell, an intrepid woman operating in the business world with guts, brains and daring. She was accustomed to going after whatever she wanted until a man she called friend betrayed her and the company she’d helped build. Since that time, she’s been a shadow of the wild, wicked woman who’d carved a swath through her world. Gavin O’Neill is an artisan with wood, a gardener, a restorer of battered homes and a savior of strays. When first he meets the wounded woman who postures as invincible and worldly, the sadness in her eyes draws him even more than her lush figure does.

Empire builder Dominic Santorini is surrounded by women angling to share the luxurious life his wealth will buy. Eccentric, colorful tomboy Lexie Grayson encounters a hot guy in a hotter classic car broken down on the side of the road, and an afternoon as his mechanic leads to a scorching night with a man she knows only as Nikos—but when dawn arrives, he’s vanished, never to be seen again. She buries her heartache in her new job, staging a launch for a video game that will give her a chance to snoop around for clues that the company is responsible for stealing from her best friend.

Mitch Gallagher is a loner, down to the bone. Banished at sixteen from everything and everyone he held dear, he's an intensely private man whose rusty, unused heart long ago gave up on love. Fragile Perrie Matheson is on the run to protect her beloved son. Too ill to travel further with a winter storm on the way, she has no choice but to gamble her child's safety on a man who wants only to be left alone. But during days spent together in the mountain cabin, Mitch and Perrie each find surprises in store.

Selflove? Warum? Wenn jeder nur an sich denkt, ist an niemanden gedacht. Wir müssen das individuelle Wohl wieder stärker in Beziehung zum Wohl der Allgemeinheit setzen und Armut, Glück, Klimakrise und Demokratie mehr denn je zu politischen Kampfzonen erklären. Für ein gutes Leben für alle. Jean-Philippe Kindler ist auf der Suche nach neuen gesellschaftlichen Konzepten. Er geht mit sich, seiner Generation und den Linken genauso hart ins Gericht wie mit den Konservativen und dem Kapitalismus – ein wütendes, inspirierendes, langersehntes Hörbuch.

When John and Jean Silverwood, both experienced sailors, decided to give their four children a taste of life on the high seas, they hoped the trip would offer important learning experiences - not only about the natural world but about the beauty of human life stripped down to its essence, far from civilization. But the adventure that awaited them would surpass anything they could have imagined.

Patty Wyatt is a fun-loving, headstrong, and intelligent girl who gets herself into mischief and learns valuable lessons, both in and out of the classroom. Now you can hear the complete story in this box set, from Patty’s boarding school days to her college life. Just Patty was masterfully crafted by Jean Webster as a prequel to her classic title, When Patty Went to College.

Jean Pierre de Caussade's accounts in this work present the case that the present moment is a sacrament from God and that self-abandonment to it, and its needs, is a holy state. In the theological climate of France at the time, this belief was considered close to Quietist heresy. In fact, because of this fear, the work was kept unpublished until 1861.

New York City, 1832. Clarissa Tanner is carefree and lighthearted until the sudden death of her parents. Forced to pay off family debts or lose her horse farm, she’s given one choice: auction off her beloved horses or reluctantly enter 1830s New York Society social season to face the dreaded marriage market. Nicholas is a man on a mission, searching for his missing brother. Fearing Liam may be the victim of foul play, Nicholas needs to keep a low profile while conducting his search.

In Game Changer, Jean-Manuel Izaret and Arnab Sinha simplify and clarify pricing strategy by integrating its many frameworks and concepts into seven distinct pricing games, each with its own proven tools, rules, forces, and structures. To help you pick the right game and play it well, Izaret and Sinha have developed the Strategic Pricing Hexagon, a tool refined through years of testing, iteration, and adaptation. The Hexagon is your portal to a business world where stronger growth and better financial performance come from a set of strategic pricing decisions.

Kommissar Dupins zwölfter Fall entführt uns in die Welt der Winzer, der vorzüglichen Weine und an den größten See der Bretagne, den Lac de Grand-Lieu, an dem schon die berühmte Kosmetikdynastie Guerlain residierte. Kommissar Dupin und Claire verbringen ihre Flitterwochen an der Loire, im traumhaften Pays de Retz. Von Weingut zu Weingut, von einem kulinarischen Hochgenuss zum nächsten soll die Reise gehen. So zumindest der Plan. Doch dann braucht eine Freundin von Claire Hilfe und ein ungeheuerlicher Mord geschieht.