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Known for his journalism, biographies and novels, A. N. Wilson turns a merciless searchlight on his own early life, his experience of sexual abuse, his catastrophic mistakes in love (sacred and profane) and his life in Grub Street—as a prolific writer. The audiobook begins with his heart-torn present-day visits to Katherine, now for decades his ex-wife, who has slithered into the torments of dementia. At every turn of this reminiscence, Wilson is baffled by his earlier self—whether he is flirting with unsuitable lovers or with the idea of the priesthood.

One moment I'm a heretical priest in the twelfth century, hunted, hated...the next, I'm waking up in the nearest corpse. Stuck in a cycle of instant reincarnation, popping back up like a tarnished penny.

Our understanding of the American West has moved far beyond pop culture in recent years. The legendary people and events we associate with the Wild West - the last stand at the Alamo, the Battle of Little Bighorn, the exploits of Calamity Jane, the hardships of the Oregon Trail - are even more fascinating once the historical realities have been separated from the myths.

For centuries, people have speculated about the possibility of planets orbiting distant stars, but only since the 1990s has technology allowed astronomers to detect them. At this point, more than five thousand such exoplanets have been identified, with the pace of discovery accelerating after the launch of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey and the Webb Space Telescope. In The Little Book of Exoplanets, Princeton astrophysicist Joshua Winn offers a brief and engaging introduction to the search for exoplanets and the cutting-edge science behind recent findings.

Certain works of literature, history, science, philosophy, political theory and religion offer powerful examples of how books can spark revolutions, birth great religions, spur scientific advancements, shape world economies, teach us new ways of thinking, and much more. And with this fascinating collection crafted from our extensive library of courses, you can now get a single course that represents 36 of our best lectures on literary works that changed the world.

Learn a proven step-by-step mixing process that's helped thousands of musicians and engineers like yourself make amazing mixes in their home studio, using only EQ, compression, reverb, delay, and saturation.

There’s an apocryphal story that Alexander the Great once captured a notorious pirate named Diomedes. The great conqueror decided to interview the doomed pirate, asking him what he thought gave him the right to seize the property of other people. The pirate responded by asking the emperor what he thought gave him the right to take property that doesn’t belong to him, including entire countries. The story goes that Alexander thought the pirate very clever, granting him freedom instead of execution.

Your All-in-One Blueprint for Financial Security, Legacy Protection & Tax-Smart Wealth Building If you're serious about protecting your legacy, making your money last, and leaving behind more than just memories, this book is your one-stop guide. Living Trusts + Wills, Retirement, Tax & Estate Planning – The 6-in-1 Guide gives you everything you need to create a complete financial and legal game plan for your future—and your family's. What Makes This Book Special?

Consciousness, a unique and perplexing mental state, has been the subject of debate for philosophers and scientists for millennia. And while it is widely agreed within contemporary philosophy that consciousness is a problem whose solutions are likely to determine the fate of any number of other problems, there is no settled position on the ultimate nature of consciousness. This series of 12 penetrating and thought-provoking lectures by an acclaimed teacher and scholar approaches its subject directly and unflinchingly.

Railways are one of the most important inventions in modern history. From the 1825 opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England, trains revolutionized both travel and trade and radically changed the way we experience the world. In the 24 richly illustrated lectures of How Railways Transformed the World, you’ll experience the amazing world and impact of railways, from the early 19th century to today’s futuristic trains, including extensive material on the pleasure and appeal of rail travel today.

Created by Theo Knight, a team of world-class dating coaches and behavioral experts, this 3-in-1 guide gives you over 110 practical tactics to become more magnetic, persuasive, and emotionally intelligent—without ever crossing the line. Whether you're building connections, protecting yourself, or reclaiming your social power, this book shows you how to do it all with integrity.

Do you know the real story behind the New Testament? We all share a fascination for discovering ‘the rest of the story.’ We enjoy learning the behind-the-scenes facts about seemingly familiar events. In this eight-session Bible study, well-known Bible scholars N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird...

Der Fertigkeiten-Trainer " Hören & Sprechen B2 (Deutsch üben)" richtet sich an fortgeschrittene Deutschlerner (Erwachsene + junge Erwachsene) zum selbstständigen Üben und Wiederholen, zur Überbrückung von Kurspausen, als Vorbereitung auf die Prüfungen der Niveaustufe B2 (Hörverstehen, Sprechen) bzw. zum Erhalt dieses Kenntnisstandes.

The construction of the great pyramids of Egypt, the development of democracy in ancient Greece, the glories of ancient Rome-these stories are familiar to students of history. But what about the rest of the world? How do the histories of China and Japan, or Russia, India, and the remote territories of Sub-Saharan Africa and South America fit in with commonly known accounts of Western traditions?Learn the rest of the story with these 36 riveting lectures that survey the expanse of human development and civilization across the globe.

From the author of the bestselling How to Read a Book comes a comprehensive and practical guide for learning how to speak and listen more effectively. With over half a million copies in print of his “living classic” How to Read a Book in print, intellectual, philosopher, and academic...

Im kleinen Städtchen Starshine Valley betreibt Saphira ein Café der besonderen Art – hier sind Drachenbabys nicht nur willkommen, sondern die heimlichen Stars. Doch die süßen kleinen Drachen setzen ständig ihre Möbel in Brand, während sich die Rechnungen des Cafés stapeln. Als der attraktive Gärtner Aiden Saphira bittet, seinen ungezogenen Jungdrachen Sparky zu trainieren, prallen zwei Welten aufeinander: Saphiras Lebensfreude trifft auf Aidens Sturheit. Gemeinsam müssen sie jede Menge Chaos überwinden und Flammen bändigen – und dabei sprühen auch zwischen ihnen schnell die Funken.

For those who are in any way interested in the depths of human morality, the Wests represent some of the most depraved and sadistic murderers ever to have lived. Not only did they prey on unsuspecting young girls, but their attentions were even turned toward their own daughters. In a case involving kidnap, rape, and murder, Fred and Rose went beyond the realms of what many of us consider possible as people.

I am a latent wolf shifter. Or so I thought. Then, life as I knew it changed in a flash - or more accurately, an electrocution. I’ve woken up in a strange place, surrounded by strange people who hate me. They’re in the middle of a war, and I look like I belong on the wrong side of it. If that’s not enough to qualify as a really bad day, I now have wings and a strange animal to figure out because it turns out that there’s not a damn latent thing about me.

Athena wakes up in hell. Well...it’s an alien slave ship, but it might as well be hell because she only has three choices. Mate. Become a sex slave. Or be killed. Great options. Desperate for freedom, a chance for survival is presented in the handsome rogue alien called Xul. But Xul is caught up in problems of his own and a mission he cannot afford to let fail - one that could be easily compromised if he dared open his heart. That doesn't leave her with many options and it doesn't help that she finds him utterly frustrating.

Während Coal mit seiner neuen Rolle als Santa Claus beschäftigt ist, meldet sich sein jüngerer Bruder Kris freiwillig, um das Verbrechen aufzuklären. Getarnt als Botschafter von Weihnachten untersucht er den St. Patrick's Day und trifft auf Lochlann Patrick. Der irische Student, mit dem er an der Uni in einen großen Streit geriet und der zufällig auch Kronprinz des St. Patrick's Day ist. Kris fällt es schwer, Loch nicht bei jedem Gespräch ins Gesicht schlagen zu wollen. Denn Loch ist laut, stur, frustrierend und irgendwie.. heiß.