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“EMINENTLY PROVOCATIVE AND READABLE.”—THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Sir Alistair Horne has been a close observer of war and history for more than fifty years and in this wise and masterly work, he revisits six battles of the past century and examines the strategies, leadership, preparation, and...

Hören und üben für unterwegs. Mit Englisch im Job glänzen: Erweitern und festigen Sie Ihre Sprachkenntnisse, um im Beruf sicher auf Englisch zu kommunizieren. Sicher telefonieren: Trainieren Sie die wichtigsten geschäftlichen Situationen wie Terminvereinbarungen, Bestellungen, Reservierungen, Beschwerden, usw. Professionell präsentieren: Bereiten Sie sich auf das Moderieren, Vortragen und Präsentieren auf Englisch vor und meistern Sie souverän die häufigsten Situationen.

In The Truth about Muhammad, New York Times best-selling author and Islam expert Robert Spencer offers an honest and telling portrait of the founder of Islam - perhaps the first such portrait in half a century - unbounded by fear and political correctness, unflinching, and willing to face the hard facts about Muhammad's life that continue to affect our world today.

The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It caused the fall of six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict, and as many European settlers were driven into exile. From the perspective of half a century, it looks less like the last colonial war than the first postmodern one.

Some of Today's Leading Black Voices—Including 3 Oscar Winners, 23 Grammy Winners, 8 Emmy Winners, and 5 Golden Globe Winners—Performing Today’s New International Version (TNIV) This ambitious and critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible is set to an original musical...

Some of Today's Leading Black Voices—Including 3 Oscar Winners, 23 Grammy Winners, 8 Emmy Winners, and 5 Golden Globe Winners—Performing Today’s New International Version (TNIV) This ambitious and critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible is set to an original musical...

On a freezing February day, a stranger emerges from out of the gray to request a room at a local provincial inn. Who is this out-of-season traveler? More confounding is the thick mask of bandages obscuring his face. Why does he disguise himself in this manner and keep himself hidden away in his room? Aroused by trepidation and curiosity, the local villagers bring it upon themselves to find the answers.

A bold new dramatisation of Thomas Hardy’s classic, giving his story a 21st-century resonance. Tess Durbeyfield is driven by poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urberville family. But meeting her cousin Alec proves to be her downfall. This classic criticism of social convention is given a new treatment in this full-cast adaptation which blows away the shepherd's pipe and heritage stereotype, foregrounding Hardy's social and sexual radicalism.

When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in heaven, Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays - on the sponsor's dime, of course. Classic films now become audiobooks, with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's Winchester '73 starring James Stewart and Stephen McNally.

As one of the most fascinating and volatile forces on Earth, volcanoes have long been the subject of worship, fear, and study. With the aid of famous case histories, Lopes provides a unique background to volcanoes, what they are, why they form, and how they erupt. From the Sunset Crater in Arizona and Krakatau in Indonesia to the exotic volcanoes of the outer solar system, this guide illustrates the dangers of volcanoes and their importance in shaping the world around us.

The study of life and its existence in the universe, known as astrobiology, is now one of the hottest areas of both popular science and serious academic research, fusing biology, chemistry, astrophysics, and geology. Lewis Dartnell tours its latest findings, and explores some of the most fascinating questions in science. Could life emerge on other planets or moons? Could alien cells be based on silicon rather than carbon, or need ammonia instead of water?

Science makes the modern world go round, driving the economy, shaping politics, and influencing the food we eat, the films we watch, and the authorities we trust. Although we are surrounded by its triumphs, science’s past is littered with disagreements, doubts, and misfires, while new developments are increasingly mired in controversy.

Climate change is the greatest single problem we face as a planet. This important introduction skilfully guides us through the complex mix of scientific, political, social and environmental issues to examine the manifold threats it poses and explore the possible futures for our world. Focusing on the fact that the ‘point of no return’ may in fact have already been passed, Boyd and Tompkins highlight the urgent need to start actively adapting to our changing climate if we want to avoid complete catastrophe.

That long-ago summer, four friends came face-to-face with strange, dark events they couldn’t explain away. As they grew up and left town, they each tried to forget. Instead, the secrets lingering in the shadowy corners of their minds shaped their lives, haunting each of them in their own way. Now, in this chilling four-part serial by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger, it’s time to stop running. It’s time to come home. Featuring: All My Darkest Impulses, Fog Descending, Circling the Drain, and Love the Way You Lie.

I was in the middle of a con when I met Sienna Santiago. Fiery. Beautiful. Utterly seductive. A justice-seeker and a job-aholic, the gorgeous brunette suddenly finds herself with none after a political scandal that rocks the entire country. Her biggest problem? The only person who can help her within a thousand miles is me - a liar...and one of the most wanted men in all of America. But she needs a job, and I’ve got just the one for her. Except every old con I’ve ever pulled has come back from the past to catch us in our hotbed of lies.

Len Buonfiglio is a former New York bar owner and family man who has disappeared to a small island in the Caribbean. When a genial tour guide Rawle "Big Tree" Johns is a suspect in an American woman's fall from a cliff, Johns' mother enlists Buonfiglio's help to free her son and prove his innocence. Conflicted by the need to spend time with his 16-year-old daughter who he hasn't seen in years, Mr. Len, as he's known on the island, reluctantly agrees to help.

Blytheville, South Carolina - have you heard of it? Neither had I, until today. It’s in the middle of nowhere, and I’ve been given the ultimatum of either living on the street in Boston or accepting a job transfer down to this blank spot on the map. On day one of my new Southern lifestyle, I land myself in the hospital and meet Austin, one of the two nurses on staff. I would consider this guy absolutely gorgeous if I were into the whole tanned, smoky blue eyes, and messy sex-hair look, but I’m...not. Okay, I’m lying. If Austin wasn’t my type before, he definitely is now.

From bestselling author and provocateur Christopher Hitchens, the classic guide to the art of principled dissent and disagreement “Hitchens is, first and last, a writer, an always exciting, often exacting, furious polemicist.”―The Boston Globe In Letters to a Young Contrarian, bestselling...

It's the great untold story of the War on Terror. Bill Gertz uncovers the truth about the grave threat to our national security and America's harrowing failures to address the danger.

This superbly written, highly listenable account of the tumult of A.D. 69 focuses on the four men who sought imperial power in the void left by Nero: an old man, a soldier, a playboy, and an extravagant debaucher. The empire-wide, year-long civil war that resulted is brought to life in this sustained narrative, which is rich in detail, intrigue, and insight, as well as the aristocratic biases of the author.