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Shares the inside story of Wall Street's notorious ``chop houses,'' the crooked Mob-run brokerages where rampant thievery netted several billion dollars from gullible investors...

In the closing days of the 30-year Sri Lankan civil war, tens of thousands of civilians were killed, according to UN estimates, as government forces hemmed in the last remaining Tamil Tiger rebels on a tiny sand spit, dubbed "The Cage". Gordon Weiss, a journalist and UN spokesperson in Sri Lanka during the final years of the war, pulls back the curtain of government misinformation to tell the full story for the first time. Tracing the role of foreign influence as it converged with a history of radical Buddhism and ethnic conflict, The Cage is a harrowing portrait of an island paradise torn apart by war.

Königsberg, 1945. Die Rote Armee rüstet sich zum Sturm auf die Stadt, in der eine junge Frau fieberhaft versucht, ihre gefährliche Mission zu vollenden. Doch dabei gerät sie in die Schusslinie der SS.

At the outset of the Vietnam War, the Army created an experimental fighting unit that became known as "Tiger Force." The Tigers were to be made up of the cream of the crop-the very best and bravest soldiers the American military could offer. They would be given a long leash, allowed to operate...

In a North Carolina mountain town filled with moonshine and rotten husbands, Sadie Blue is only the latest girl to face a dead-end future at the mercy of a dangerous drunk. She's been married to Roy Tupkin for 15 days, and she knows now that she should have listened to the folks who said he was trouble. But when a stranger sweeps in and knocks the world off-kilter for everyone in town, Sadie begins to think there might be more to life than being Roy's wife.

Martin D. Weiss, PhD, chairman of Weiss Ratings, Inc., delivers this New York Times best-selling guide on preparing for the future. This work examines investments and health care, proposing ways to protect and increase one's financial porfolio through careful observations and decisions. By following Weiss' handbook, anyone can avoid financial loss and plan for gratifying long-term security.

When it comes to how to succeed as an entrepreneur, we are besotted with advice. According to best-selling author Alan Weiss, success is a combination of opportunism, very disciplined work, luck, timing, and ignoring most advice. In other words, it means striking out on your own original path to success. In Million Dollar Maverick, he explains that entrepreneurs don't take advice; they create value and then monetize it. They do what they love and are great at and find a way to sell it to people.

It's all about cheating - the biggest threat to intimacy. Typically, men are good at creating rifts in relationships but terrible at mending them, especially after they've repeatedly betrayed their partner through sexual infidelity. For the most part, cheating men are both intimacy-challenged and empathy-challenged, and, as such, they lack the skills needed to overcome the damage wrought by their infidelity. Robert Weiss has spent over 20 years in the treatment of sex and intimacy issues. He's helped both cheating men and their betrayed spouses....

Düster, spannend, atemlos. Ein grausamer Mord, ein Kreuz mit geheimnisvollen Symbolen steht nicht weit vom Tatort entfernt. Es ist Georg Sina, der die Leiche entdeckt. In den nächsten zwei Tagen werden Mitglieder der österreichischen Regierung systematisch ermordet.

A highly unsettling blend of true crime and coming-of-age memoir— The Stranger Beside Me meets Prep—that presents an intimate and thought-provoking portrait of girlhood within Manhattan’s exclusive prep-school scene in the early 1990s, and a thoughtful meditation on adolescent obsession...

Bandsalat und Vokuhila? Das Comeback deiner Jugend! Es war das Jahrzehnt, als wir mit dem Kassettenrekorder Mixtapes aus dem Radio aufnahmen und Dallas-Frisuren trugen. Wer in dieser Zeit zwischen Neuer Deutscher Welle und YPS-Heft, Atomwaffen und Ententanz aufwuchs, erlebte ein Jahrzehnt, in dem alle trotz des drohenden Weltuntergangs durch sauren Regen und Kalten Krieg den Eindruck einer lustig-bunten Zeit hatten. Und: Irgendwie fing irgendwann in jener Zeit die Zukunft an!

“I have long thought that what the Buddha taught can be seen as a highly developed science of mind which, if made more accessible to a lay audience, could benefit many people. I believe that Dr. Weiss’s book, in combining such insights with science and good business practice, offers an...

Sylt im April. Bei Sandaufspülungen vor Westerland wird die Leiche einer misshandelten jungen Frau geborgen. Kommissarin Liv Lammers von der Mordkommission Flensburg steht vor einer Zerreißprobe: Sie stammt aus einer reichen Sylter Familie, ist mit dieser jedoch heillos zerstritten und meidet die Insel seit Jahren. Andererseits steht sie dem Tatverdächtigen nah, zu nah. Der Fall wird zu einer Konfrontation mit ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit.

The number of affordable, easy links to pleasurable sexual online content is on the rise. Activity increases with the accessibility of technology. So, too, has sex addiction. People struggling with sex, porn, and love addiction typically have little understanding of this incredibly complicated disease. Sex Addiction 101 covers everything from what sexual addiction is and how it can best be treated to how it affects various subgroups of the population such as women, gays, and teenagers.

Learn a revolutionary new process to help you rapidly release anxiety and stress, using only words! Experience the freedom that comes from effortlessly managing previously distressing situations and even forget to worry about things you used to obsess about. Download this book today and reclaim your life energy and the joy that is your birthright. Release your anxiety and toxic stress in minutes using the revolutionary new technique revealed in this practical book.

Music managers and artists will learn the secrets of successful management with scenarios from a manager’s work life, along with the legal and business skills to master them. The book teaches future music managers and artists how to acquire clients, negotiate contracts, develop image, administer taxes and finances, and deal with promoters, media, attorneys, and unions. Packed with industry guidelines and sure-fire career tips from industry icons, this book is a professional springboard for music managers, recording artists, singers, and rock bands alike.

Insel der Abgründe: Die entstellte Leiche eines Sylter Pastors im Keller eines ausgebrannten Hauses. Eine Wasserleiche am Strand. Ein alter Mann, vergiftet mit einem Drogencocktail. Kaum meinen Liv Lammers und ihre Kollegen von der Flensburger Kriminalpolizei, eine heiße Spur zu haben, geschieht ein neuer Mord und alles rückt in ein völlig neues Licht. Unter der glänzenden Oberfläche tun sich Abgründe auf - auch bei der Polizei. Denn ein Unbekannter platziert "Beweise", um Livs Ermittlungen in die falsche Richtung zu lenken.

Today, all forms of sex addiction are technology driven - from porn websites to webcams to casual sex hook-up apps found on smartphones. Sex addicts organize their lives around the pursuit of sexual activity with self or others, spending inordinate amounts of time viewing and masturbating to porn or planning, pursuing, and engaging in sex acts. At the same time, they neglect important relationships, work, and personal responsibilities.

This is an audiobook for the person who is hungry for an answer. I know that feeling. That "feeling" stops us from executing one or more steps to make our lives better. I couldn't overcome that feeling either. None of the books showed me or explained where that feeling comes from, why we all get it, and how to overcome it. Without that information, I couldn't execute all of their wonderful suggestions. This audiobook bridges the gap.

AEIOU - diese mysteriöse Buchstabenfolge ist das Vermächtnis eines legendären Kaisers. Es ist ein uralter Code: Wer ihn entschlüsselt, hält das Schicksal der Menschheit in seinen Händen. Immer tiefer geraten zwei Forscher in einen tödlichen Wettlauf um das Geheimnis. Ohne Atempause führt die dramatische Hetzjagd durch das mystische Wien.