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In this edition, we hear, translated into modern English, 20-some tales, told in the voices of knight and merchant, wife and miller, squire and nun, and many more. Some are bawdy, some spiritual, some romantic, some mysterious, some chivalrous. Between the stories, the travelers converse, joke, and argue, revealing much about their individual outlooks upon life as well as what life was like in late 14th-century England.

En banebrydende biografi om Mao Zedong, som er baseret på 10 års research og tusindvis af interviews med mennesker, som har kendt Mao - deriblandt seks præsidenter, seks premierministre og fire udenrigsministre. Mao var skyld i historiens største hungersnød, som kostede 38 millioner mennesker livet. I alt omkom mere end 70 millioner mennesker under Mao - i fredstid.

Parfois, dans le métro, quelqu’un s’arrête plus longtemps pendant qu’il joue. Antoine sent alors que cette personne vit quelque chose de nouveau. Le temps d’une pièce, cet auditeur devient unique, même si d’autres passent autour.

Il a passé trente ans à se construire, dix ans à se détruire, et il consacre le reste de sa vie à se rebâtir. Dans ce témoignage empreint d’humour et de souffrance, Maxim Martin livre les détails de son long combat contre l’alcool et la drogue. Sans retenue, avec le franc-parler qui le caractérise, il raconte comment ses choix passés ont failli saboter sa carrière et ruiner sa vie.

In the early years of the 18th century, a band of French scientists set off on a daring, decade-long expedition to South America in a race to measure the precise shape of the earth. Like Lewis and Clark's exploration of the American West, their incredible mission revealed the mysteries of a little-known continent to a world hungry for discovery. Scaling 16,000-foot mountains in the Peruvian Andes, and braving jaguars, pumas, insects, and vampire bats in the jungle, the scientists barely completed their mission.

Few Americans and even fewer citizens of other nations understand the electoral process in the United States. Still fewer understand the role played by political parties in the electoral process or the ironies within the system. This Very Short Introduction audiobook introduces the listener to these issues and more, providing an insider's view of how the system actually works while shining a light on some of its flaws.

This play is a powerful account of the case filed by the American Federation for Equal Rights (AFER) in the U.S. District Court in 2010 to overturn Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that eliminated the rights of same-sex couples to marry in the state of California. Framed around the trial's historic closing arguments in June 2010, 8 provides an intimate look at what unfolded when the issue of same-sex marriage was on trial.

A short and entertaining introduction to thermodynamics that uses real-world examples to explain accessibly an important but subtle scientific theory.

Jersey, 1943. Cuando el ejército alemán invade la isla, la bibliotecaria Grace La Motée está decidida a no doblegarse. Se niega a destruir los libros que amenazan al régimen nazi y contraataca formando un club de lectura para ayudar a los isleños a escapar del terror de la guerra. Bea trabaja en la oficina de Correos desde la que envía el último telegrama informando de la ocupación, y, según esta se va alargando, siente que quedarse de brazos cruzados no es una opción.

"Hansel and Gretel" (also known as Hansel and Grettel, Hansel and Grethel, or Little Brother and Little Sister / German: Hänsel und Gretel) is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister kidnapped by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children escape with their lives by outwitting her. Hansel and Gretel are the young children of a poor woodcutter.

Lothian 1356. Tanarys y su séquito viajan al castillo del clan Black para enlazar a Inés con el hijo menor del laird de los cuervos. Consciente de que de un momento a otro Balliol asaltará la frontera y que sus aliados del sur traicionarán a su señor, Leonor no puede dejar solos a Tanarys y a Inés en lo que sería la última oportunidad del sur para liberarse al fin de los ingleses, y se lleva con ella a Alba y Paula.

V prosinci 2022 si připomeneme 140 let od narození „posledního žižkovského bohéma“ Franty Sauera. MČ Praha 3 připravila při této příležitosti audiopremiéru Sauerovy knihy „Franta Habán ze Žižkova“, ve které autor autobiograficky popisuje vzpomínky na období konce monarchie a prvních let Československa. Humorné vyprávění se týká jak osudového setkání s Jaroslavem Haškem, tak i stržení Mariánského sloupu na Staroměstském náměstí nebo slavné rekonstrukce bitvy na Vítkově. Užijte si poslech. Ať žije Svobodná republika Žižkov.

Año 2021. Leonor viaja a Escocia con un grupo de amigas para hacer las prácticas de sus estudios de arqueología. En el yacimiento en el que trabajan no parece haber nada interesante, salvo una escultura de alguien a quien llaman el lobo de las Highlands. Sin embargo, un derrumbamiento repentino les descubre un antiguo baúl que parece llevar setecientos años cerrado.

Benjamin Franklin once said, "There never was a good war or a bad peace." But what determines whether war or peace is chosen? Award-winning sociologist Michael Mann concludes that it is a handful of political leaders—people with emotions and ideologies, and constrained by inherited culture and institutions—who undertake such decisions, usually irrationally choosing war and seldom achieving their desired results.

J.R.R. Tolkien's novels of Middle-earth—The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and The Silmarillian—have become some of the most famous, and most beloved, literary works of the twentieth century. Even if you've never read the novels and have only seen the films, you know that the world of Middle-earth is a complicated one. What you'll find in The Oigins of Tolkien's Middle-earth For Dummies is a basic guide to some of the possible linguistic and mythological origins of Middle-earth, plus a rudimentary analysis of its many themes and lessons for our world.

In many US cities, gun violence is the most urgent crime problem. High rates of deadly violence make a city less livable, dragging down quality of life, economic development, and property values. How can police departments find the right balance between over- and under-policing of high-violence areas? What are the best practices for police to preempt and deter gun violence, while engendering support and cooperation from the public?

Boxing legend Christy Martin was a trailblazer in the ring and continues to be an inspiration to female fighters across the globe. She is without a doubt the most important woman in the history of female combat sports. But behind the scenes Martin was in a losing battle, unable to express her true sexual identity and struggling to survive sexual and domestic abuse at the hands of her husband. In Fighting for Survival: My Journey Through Boxing Fame, Abuse, Murder, and Resurrection, Christy Martin recounts her harrowing yet inspiring story.

It’s easy to feel powerless in the current state of the world—but it doesn’t have to be this way. You can unlock the natural intelligence of your heart to reconnect with hope, wellbeing, and empowerment. This new edition of Heart Intelligence shows you how. It has been updated to help you navigate more effectively through today’s challenging times. You’ll learn easy, effective techniques and exercises and see benefits right away. These tools will empower you to rise above the stress and overwhelm of today’s changing times and learn to feel good (again).

Just as undertaking a journey into an unfamiliar land or climbing a mountain requires an experienced and knowledgeable guide, so also an experienced and trusted spiritual guide, a mystagogue, is needed for the spiritual journey, to ascend Mount Sinai and encounter the mysterious God in its darkness, and to climb Mount Tabor and behold the mystery of the transfigured Lord, and to be initiated into the mysteries of the Jerusalem above, our Mother, the Church. The Orthodox Way is such a guide, a book that takes the listener into the very mystery of God, and now speaks to us.

Sie fallen die Menschen an wie tollwütige Hunde. Ein Biss ihrer spitzen schwarzen Zähne bedeutet für das Opfer den sicheren Tod. Was verbindet Lord Hayward, einen alten Mann mit Beziehungen zu höchsten diplomatischen Kreisen, mit den dämonischen Puppen, die London unsicher machen? Dorian Hunter nimmt unter den wachsamen Augen des Secret Service die Spur auf – und ist dabei Jäger und Gejagter zugleich.