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1811. The Adriatic, the 'French Lake', is now the most valuable territory Napoleon Bonaparte possesses. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd finds his glorious return to England cut short when the Admiralty summons him to lead a squadron of frigates into these waters to cause havoc and distress to the enemy. Kydd is dubbed 'The Sea Devil' by Bonaparte who personally appoints one of his favourites, Dubourdieu, along with a fleet that greatly outweighs the British, to rid him of this menace.

The murder, a brutal stabbing, definitely took place on Guy Fawkes night. It was definitely by the bonfire on the village green. There were definitely a number of witnesses to a row between a group of Teddy Boys. And yet, was it definitely clear to anybody exactly what they had seen? In the writhing, violent shadows, it seems as if the truth may have gone up in smoke.

On the last Friday evening of the summer of 2013, five shots rang out in the parking lot of a new Boys & Girls Club in a part of northeast Denver known as the Holly. Long a destination for African American families fleeing the Jim Crow South, the Holly had become an “invisible city” within a historically white metropolis. While shootings weren’t uncommon, the identity of the shooter that night came as a shock.

From the Sunday Times best-selling author of How the World Thinks, The Godless Gospel asks: do Jesus' teachings add up to a coherent moral system, still relevant today? Even if we don't believe that Jesus was the son of God, we tend to think he was a great moral teacher. But was he? And how closely do idealised values such as our love of the family, helping the needy and the importance of kindness match Jesus' original tenets?

In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days’ shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, and the third was a commoner with an Italian name, who four years earlier had been the subject of one of John Singer Sargent’s greatest portraits. The three men's lives play out against the backdrop of the Belle Epoque in Paris. The beautiful age of glamour and pleasure more often showed its ugly side: hysterical, narcissistic, decadent and violent, a time of rampant prejudice and blood-and-soil nativism, with more parallels to our own age than we might imagine.

Compiled from his original lecture notes, Julian Bond’s Time to Teach brings his teachings to a new generation of listeners and provides a necessary toolkit for today’s activists in the era of Black Lives Matter and #MeToo. Julian Bond sought to dismantle the perception of the civil rights movement as a peaceful and respectable protest that quickly garnered widespread support. Through his lectures, Bond detailed the ground-shaking disruption the movement caused, its immense unpopularity at the time, and the bravery of activists who chose to disturb order to pursue justice.

August 1897: the Belgica set sail, eager to become the first scientific expedition to reach the white wilderness of the South Pole. But the ship soon became stuck fast in the ice of the Bellinghausen sea, condemning the ship's crew to overwintering in Antarctica and months of endless polar night. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness, their minds ravaged by the sound of dozens of rats teeming in the hold, they descended into madness.

David Hume (1711-1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. Yet Hume's philosophy is grounded in an honest assessment of nature - human nature in particular. The Great Guide is an engaging and eye-opening account of how Hume's thought should serve as the basis for a complete approach to life. Julian Baggini masterfully interweaves biography with intellectual history and philosophy to give us a complete vision of Hume's guide to life.

Everything in 12-year-old Pilar Violeta “Purp” Ramirez’s world is changing, and Pilar doesn’t care for it one bit. Her Chicago neighborhood is gentrifying, and her chores have doubled since her sister, Lorena, left for college. The only constant is Abuela and Mami’s code of silence around her cousin, Natasha - who disappeared in the Dominican Republic 50 years ago during the Trujillo dictatorship. So when Pilar hears that one of Lorena's professor's studies disappearances under the Trujillato, she hops on the next train.

Isaac Martin is ready to kick off summer. His last before heading off to college in the fall where he won't have his best friend, Diego. Where—despite his social anxiety—he’ll be left to make friends on his own. Knowing his time with Diego is limited, Isaac enacts a foolproof plan: snatch up a pair of badges for the epic comic convention, Legends Con, and attend his first ever Teen Pride. Just him and Diego.

In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters.

Lydia and Leo are sister and brother, and they always enjoy playing together with their Diddly Dooper toys. Today, they would play with Mermaid and her pet fish. Mermaid lived in a cave which had magical rock pools. Looking into the rock pools allowed Mermaid to see what was happening in all different places. She loved looking into her pools, maybe too much. Envy started to creep into her emotions, and she became jealous of everyone she could see in her magical rock pools.

Willst Du mehr über die andere Art der Intelligenz lernen und erfahren, warum Emotionale Intelligenz das Leben bereichert? Möchtest Du Deine Fähigkeiten steigern, Dich persönlich weiterentwickeln und beruflich genau wie privat erfolgreich sein? Die Bedeutung der Gefühle wurde wirklich lange unterschätzt, obwohl es so wichtig ist, diese zuzulassen, zu erkennen und entsprechend zu beachten. All das lässt sich zusammen mit der Empathie und dem Beziehungsmanagement zu dem Begriff der Emotionalen Intelligenz zusammenfassen.

Jeffrey, a circus performer, has always longed for a permanent family, but being shuffled from big top to big top hasn’t afforded him much opportunity for a loving home. But when he first lays eyes on the scaled man in Edgar’s freak show, something clicks within his heart. Dragon shifter Michael has endured years of dark captivity, held in between his forms, powerless to break Edgar’s hold on him and others within the freak show. Never did he think another life was possible, until Jeffrey entered his trailer.

Dóta has dwelled 16 years among the trolls. She knows nothing but the darkness of her family’s cave. Her mother says humans are beasts who would slay them all. Yet the gods of Asgard whisper in the night: Dóta is a child of men, a monster unto monsters. To discover her human side, Dóta must take up her bone knife and step into the light above. Secrets await her in the human realm — beauty, terror, the love of a princess.

Problems at home led Evan to sever ties with his family; he knew they would never accept his identity as a gay man. He wasn't sure he could accept it himself, until Dakota came back into his life. His childhood friend, transformed from a chubby kid into the ideal masculine form, attends Evan's graduation and reignites the love they'd always shared but never admitted.

Determined to survive in a town that doesn’t offer much to him, Jasper tries to stay afloat with money earned from stripping. However, his trailer burns to the ground. Jasper knows he should have died in that fire, but he was rescued by a seductive, mysterious fireman with a surprising set of skills. Luc has been hiding among humans for years, trying to keep his supernatural abilities a secret. But when Jasper meets with danger, Luc will do whatever it takes to protect his human mate. His protectiveness takes an even more ferocious turn when their love provides them with a family.

Lydia and Leo are sister and brother. They love playing together but will soon discover the importance of saying sorry. Diddly Dooper Magician is a toy that fires the imagination of Leo and Lydia. Magician performs incredible illusions that everyone enjoys, but soon things start to go horribly wrong.

Lydia and Leo were ready for an exciting adventure. With the help of their Diddly Dooper Adventurer toy, they were about to start an adventure of a lifetime. Adventurer and her pet monkey traveled the globe, meeting many strange and wonderful creatures. They had some incredible adventures together but there was trouble on the horizon. Spending so much time on exciting adventures meant that Adventurer was losing touch with her best friends back home.

He was royalty. His killer was dangerous...just his type. Government assassins like James Shepherd are highly trained to take their assignments, dispose of their targets, and move to the next assignment without second thought. But when James botches an assassination, he has to prove himself to the assassin's society by taking the job no one else wants-a foreign prince with a target on his head.