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A distinguished historian of Spain and Europe provides an enlightening account of the development of nationalist and separatist movements in contemporary Catalonia and Scotland.

Philippians 1-2: Audio Lectures features author and professor Lynn Cohick teaching through the book of Philippians in 16 engaging and challenging lessons. Based on Cohick's Philippians commentary in the Story of God Bible Commentary series, lessons tackle the historical distance between the New Testament and contemporary culture. Cohick offers a clear and compelling introduction to the entire book of Philippians, guiding viewers in creatively and faithfully living out the book's message in today's context.

Today, leading scientists and doctors in the field of regenerative medicine are developing diagnostic tools and safe and effective therapies that can free you from fear. In this book, Tony Robbins, the world’s number one life and business strategist who has coached more than 50 million people, brings you more than 100 of the world’s top medical minds and the latest research, inspiring comeback stories and amazing advancements in precision medicine that you can apply today to help extend the length and quality of your life.

What is language? Why do we have it? Where does it come from? Why does that matter? Upending centuries of scholarship (including, most recently, Chomsky and Pinker) The Language Game shows how people learn to talk not by acquiring fixed meanings and rules, but by picking up, reusing and recombining countless linguistic fragments in novel ways.

Although middle-income families don't earn much more than they did several decades ago, they are buying bigger cars, houses, and appliances. To pay for them, they spend more than they earn and carry record levels of debt. In a book that explores the very meaning of happiness and prosperity in America today, Robert Frank explains how increased concentrations of income and wealth at the top of the economic pyramid have set off "expenditure cascades" that raise the cost of achieving many basic goals for the middle class.

Bold is a radical, how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools to create extraordinary wealth while also positively impacting the lives of billions.

In 2017, author Shanna Swan and her team of researchers completed a major study. They found that over the past four decades, sperm levels among men in Western countries have dropped by more than 50 percent. They came to this conclusion after examining 185 studies involving close to 45,000 healthy men. The result sent shockwaves around the globe - but the story didn’t end there.

Between 1895 and 1898, H. G. Wells wrote five science fiction novels, which have become among the most celebrated examples of the genre. The first of these was The Time Machine, in which Wells explores not only the fascinating subject of time travel but also the potential dangers to human autonomy by the advance of civilization. Well's world-weary Time Traveller, who is the main narrator, is one of his most quirky and appealing characters.

In the preface of his renowned collection, The Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, the author boldly declares his disdain for benevolent ghosts and those with refined sensibilities. He finds a kindred spirit in this sentiment and takes it a step further, rejecting the notion of a natural explanation‚deeming it a disheartening anti-climax. What ensues in these tales is a chilling exploration of those who return, driven by pure malevolence. Here, no skeptical materialist can undermine the authenticity of their spectral presence. (Summary from Inside Front Dust Cover of 1928 First Edition)

Before the Mythos, before the madness—there were whispers in the dark. In this haunting collection, explore the formative horrors that shaped the imagination of H. P. Lovecraft. These early works—infused with Gothic atmosphere, Poe-inspired melancholy, and emerging cosmic dread—offer a glimpse into the genesis of a master. Here, decayed tombs, strange music, and unknowable forces stir in the background, foreshadowing the mythos to come.

When the metronome was invented in 1815, it transformed the music world. Composers and musicians now had a tool that could help them maintain a precise and consistent tempo. The metronome evokes strong feelings because of its uncompromising power. For that reason, this object has appeared in unlikely settings as athletes, scientists, psychologists, authors, and other professionals have found uses for it beyond music.

O texto narra a experiência de um veterano da Primeira Guerra Mundial, que, após ser capturado por forças inimigas, escapa, ficando à deriva, até que um dia acorda em uma vastidão lamacenta que emergiu do oceano — um cenário desolado e antinatural. Explorando essa terra recém-surgida, ele se depara com um monólito colossal coberto de hieróglifos estranhos e presencia o surgimento de uma criatura monstruosa, de aspecto anfíbio e ancestral.

A história acompanha Kuranes, um homem solitário e desencantado com o mundo real, que busca refúgio em seus sonhos. Em suas visões, ele descobre Celephäis, uma cidade magnífica, serena e imutável, situada em um reino fantástico além do tempo e da realidade.

Em uma solitária torre à beira do mar, Basil Elton, o guardião do farol, observa noites e marés até que um misterioso navio branco aparece sob a luz da lua cheia. Tripulado por um silencioso homem de vestes antigas, o navio convida Basil a embarcar numa jornada fantástica por mares desconhecidos, rumo a terras mágicas e esquecidas pelo tempo.

In 1887, an Egyptian woman made an astonishing discovery among the ruins of the heretic king Akhenaten's capital city, a site now known as Amarna. She found a cache of cuneiform tablets, nearly four hundred in all, that included correspondence between the pharaohs and the mightiest powers of the day, such as the Hittites, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Love, War, and Diplomacy tells the story of the Amarna Letters and the dramatic world of the Bronze Age they revealed.

Um menino. Um violino. E um coração cheio de esperança. Em Apenas David, Eleanor H. Porter — autora de Pollyanna — nos presenteia com uma história profundamente tocante sobre um garoto criado isolado do mundo real, cujo talento para a música é apenas o começo do que ele carrega dentro de si. Quando sua vida muda repentinamente, David precisa aprender a lidar com a dor, a perda e os desafios da convivência em uma nova realidade. Em cada nota tocada e gesto inocente, ele encanta, confunde e transforma todos ao seu redor.

When Dante brings his wife to his family’s remote cabin in Remington, Georgia, he hopes to rekindle what’s been lost. But the South remembers what it buries. And when a sudden winter storm traps them in, old grief and darker things rise to the surface. In the hush of falling snow, the past stirs. A figure from Dante’s nightmares walks again. And a deal struck in desperation threatens to claim everything he loves.

The Osseomancer is finally vanquished, but the work has only just begun. When the mage Snorri and his aide Nauveena convene a council to discuss how best to rebuild, all those who fought against the Osseomancer come to attend. Nauveena expects such a council to be easy, especially compared to years of war. But soon enough, she learns that politics might be more difficult than magic. Differences forgotten during the war are quickly remembered. Each member of the council arrives at Athyzia wishing to build a lasting peace, but each has their own idea of what that peace should look like.

Em O Que a Lua Traz Consigo, de H. P. Lovecraft, um narrador é guiado por uma misteriosa luz lunar que transforma paulatinamente um jardim aparentemente comum em um cenário de pesadelo. Entre flores de lótus mortas, objetos deformados e estátuas decadentes, ele é seduzido por visões amareladas e perturbadoras que o conduzem a um lago desconhecido, em meio a uma atmosfera de horror e desespero.

Ein kleiner Junge entdeckt mit seinem Vater einen seltsamen Laden – voller Wunder, Magie und unheimlicher Geheimnisse. Doch hinter den verlockenden Spielzeugen und Verwandlungstricks verbirgt sich etwas, das weit über kindliche Fantasie hinausgeht. Mit Der Zauberladen erzählt H. G. Wells eine fantastische Kurzgeschichte, die spielerisch zwischen Magie, Täuschung und subtiler Düsternis wandelt.