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In this collection of Jeff Bezos' writings - his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder letters, plus numerous speeches and interviews that provide insight into his background, his work, and the evolution of his ideas - you'll gain an insider's view of the why and how of his success. Spanning a range of topics across business and public policy, from innovation and customer obsession to climate change and outer space, this book provides a rare glimpse into how Bezos thinks about the world and where the future might take us.

What are our obligations to others as people in a free society? Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Is the free market fair? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? Do individual rights and the common good conflict? These questions are at the core of our public life today - and at the heart of Justice, in which Michael J. Sandel shows how a surer grasp of philosophy can help us to make sense of politics, morality, and our own convictions as well.

J. D. Vance grew up in the hills of Kentucky. His family and friends were the people most of the world calls rednecks, hillbillies or white trash. In this deeply moving memoir, Vance tells the story of his family’s demons and of America’s problem with generational neglect. How his mother struggled against, but never fully escaped, the legacies of abuse, alcoholism, poverty and trauma. How his grandparents, ‘dirt poor and in love’, gave everything for their children to chase the American dream. How Vance beat the odds to graduate from Yale Law School.

It’s been eleven years since high-powered attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, against the charge of murdering his mistress. Sarah has long since moved on, starting a family with her new husband, Bob Miller, and changing careers. Her life is back to being exactly how she always wanted … or is it?

Burned by love, Annette Murphy is done with men, or so she believes. A twist of fate and a phone call offer a fresh start in Key West. Tasked to manage a haunted bed and breakfast, Paradise West, she immediately dives in and tries her best to ignore the attention of one man who is hell-bent on breaking down her walls and finding his way into her heart. Life has been easy for Gus Reyes—friends, work, money, women—and now he’s finally met the woman of his dreams. Determined to charm Annette, Gus devises a plan to earn her trust and win her heart.

This article is about leadership through the eyes someone who started as an instructional aid and ended his career as a superintendent. In between he served as a teacher, counselor, assistant principal, principal of six schools, director, assistant superintendent, college professor and finally-superintendent. He opened a new high school and led the process of building a school culture from the ground up. In his final year he conducted a variety of workshops for the young administrative team.

Rachel Hayden is restless. After watching her best friend find real happiness, she can’t help feeling that something is missing in her life. When an unexpected opportunity drops in her lap, she takes a leap of faith and heads to Texas. Mason Freeman is determined to save his family’s ranch and Rachel’s arrival is a complication to his plans that he never expected. To make matters worse, he can’t get the beautiful woman out of his mind. How can he run her off when all he really wants is to hold her close?

When recently divorced Leah Roman gets an offer of a lifetime, she jumps at it without hesitation. A seasonal position at a Montana dude ranch is the perfect adventure she needs to kick start her new life. What she doesn’t count on is falling hard: for the land, the ranch, and Lucas, the ranch’s guide. Knowing she’s only there for the season, Leah fights to keep her focus on her future and her freedom. But how can she resist when her spirit wants nothing more than to stay? Will she leave with a whole heart at the end of the summer or will it be just another heartache to survive?

Best-selling author Chloe Darling is on top of the world until tragedy strikes and an enormous responsibility lands on her shoulders. Grief stricken, her only option is to move forward, placing her family’s survival above all else. When a handsome stranger arrives unexpectedly at the Darling Orchard, Chloe reluctantly takes comfort in his rock-solid strength. Working his family’s ranch, Zach Hunter has faced wild horses, backcountry fishing trips, and every kind of tourist possible. But after his brother’s wedding, he yearns for change.

What does it mean when you’re tormented by sensual dreams night after night? When you wake aching for your lover’s touch? Anna Kingsley spends her days crafting custom furniture for Key West’s top galleries and hiding from her psychic talents. Tortured on a nightly basis, she is visited by a mystery man who invades her dreams and sends her soaring to new heights with his touch. James Armstrong, a billionaire real estate mogul, arrives in Key West to fulfill his deceased mother’s life-long dream. He left New York to open a five-star resort in her memory.

Discover the remarkable history of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.... The Battle of the Little Bighorn and the massacre of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and five companies of the U. S. 7th Cavalry in June 1876 is one of the best-remembered events of the turbulent period known as the Wild West. This defeat came as a stunning shock to most Americans. Before Custer’s Last Stand, there was a general assumption that in any full-scale battle between Native Americans and the U.S. Army, the army would prevail.

The famous author Honoré de Balzac used to say after sex “there goes another novel!” Taking it literally, J. M. Tolcher sets out to write an entire book without ejaculating—an experiment in sublimation, desire, and control. In just over a month, he attempts to channel his libido into art, diving into the ancient alchemical process—nigredo, albedo, citrinitas, rubedo—in a relentless search for meaning. But what begins as a test of discipline becomes something far more dangerous. Libido, after all, isn’t just about sex.

Wie entsteht die Anziehungskraft von Populisten? Huub Buijssen erklärt die psychologischen Mechanismen, wann und warum Menschen auf populistische Ideen reagieren. Anhand von Beispielen aus den Niederlanden, Deutschland, Österreich und den USA zeigt er, welche Ängste und Moralvorstellungen besonders anfällig dafür machen.
Um die aktuellen politischen Entwicklungen besser zu verstehen und Gefahren zu erkennen, ist dieses Buch unverzichtbar. Die Erkenntnisse u.a.

A hugely enjoyable, must-listen murder mystery sure to appeal to fans of Elly Griffiths, Anthony Horowitz, and Agatha Christie, with one of the best and most satisfying conclusions you'll ever hear. A classic in Japan, available in English for the first time.

Here is Trump in action—how he runs his organization and how he runs his life—as he meets the people he needs to meet, chats with family and friends, clashes with enemies, and challenges conventional thinking. But even a maverick plays by rules, and Trump has formulated time-tested guidelines for success. He isolates the common elements in his greatest accomplishments; he shatters myths; he names names, spells out the zeros, and fully reveals the deal-maker's art. And throughout, Trump talks—really talks—about how he does it.

Eric Foner has done more to shape the public and professional understanding of American history than any other scholar. This volume collects fifty-eight of Eric Foner’s more recent reviews and commentaries. Together they show the range of his interests and expertise, running from slavery and antislavery through the disunion and remaking of the United States in the nineteenth century, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement, and into our own political moment. Each piece shows a master at work, melding historical knowledge and balanced judgment with fine prose.

A deceased brother. A grieving sister. And the deadly secrets he left behind. After Simone's brother Calvin dies suspiciously in an accident, she learns the deed to disputed property is in her name, thrusting her into a family feud going back generations. Despite her unrequited love, Simone turns to her brother's best friend Nash for help. Together, they work to uncover Calvin's secrets.

Close your eyes, rub them six times with your right and left index fingers, and utter an incantation I will whisper to you. You now have a pitchfork in your hand, a scabby red tail, and unimaginably bad breath. Yes, you have morphed into Satan the Antichrist. Sadly, your first two insurrections failed miserably, landing you in the depths of Hell. But really, don't you want to try again? To usurp God and replace the Republic of Heaven with the Monarchy of Hell? After eons probing God's chinks, you have finally found the answer!

Shania lives out her Christmas dream, and Erik is trapped in a holiday nightmare. Chamberstown’s newest resident, Shania, revels in the winter season as she opens her bookstore and starts anew. However, the town’s lead postal worker, Erik, makes his Grinch-like-attitude clear from the moment they meet.

In The Shoes of Fortune, Hans Christian Andersen delivers a clever, darkly humorous tale of magical mishap and human folly. When a pair of enchanted galoshes appears in Copenhagen, those who wear them are instantly transported to the time, place, or life they most desire. But each new reality—whether it be a glorious medieval past, the romantic moon, or the carefree life of another person—reveals that happiness isn't always where we imagine it to be.