The "highly addictive" international bestseller, "an amazing true-life thriller, one of the most suspenseful books written in recent years" (Jeffrey Gettleman, Pulitzer Prize–winning author).In January 2012, having covered a Somali pirate trial in Hamburg for Spiegel Online International—and funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting—Michael Scott Moore traveled to the Horn of Africa to write about piracy and ways to end it. In a terrible twist ...

Si alguna vez ha intentado perder peso, sabrá que puede ser muy difícil y desafiante hacer y mantener su progreso.Ganar peso de nuevo y más después de perderlo sucede con más frecuencia de lo que usted piensa y puede que lo haya experimentado usted mismo en sus experiencias pasadas de pérdida de peso. ¡En las páginas de este libro verás cómo evitar que eso suceda!Además de perder peso y mantenerlo, aprenderá a sanar su cuerpo y a mejorar su rendimiento en m...

Awaken your true self to happiness with the "yoga of sleep"In this moment of your busy day, you're invited to experience deep rest and relaxation. Yoga Nidra, or "yoga of sleep," bridges the conscious and unconscious, allowing you to reconnect to your true inner self. The 10-step course in Practical Yoga Nidra teaches everything you need to know to start experiencing the proven benefits of Yoga Nidra meditation: clearer focus, better sleep, decreased anxie...

Nightwish: Theory and Practice. 'Nightwish' is a harmonious power alloy group as of Kitee, Finland. The group was created in 1996 by head composer and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitar player Emppu Vuorinen, and head vocalist Tarja Turunen. The group shortly selected up drum player Jukka Nevalainen, and then bassist Sami Vänskä following the discharge of its first public appearance collection, Angels Fall First (1997). In 2002, Vänskä was substituted by Marco Hietala, whoever as well t...

Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative journalism in this profound and revelatory memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates—a riveting, thoughtful, and emotionally resonant exploration of foreign policy, religious extremism, and the costs of survival.In January 2012, having covered a Somali pirate trial in Hamburg for Spiegel Online International—and funded by a grant fr...

2012 reiste der deutsch-amerikanische Journalist Michael Scott Moore nach Westafrika, um über Piraten zu recherchieren, denen in Hamburg der Prozess gemacht wurde. In Somalia wird er – bittere Ironie des Schicksals – selbst entführt und anschließend fast drei Jahre lang an verschiedenen Orten gefangen gehalten. Aber Moore bleibt stark, überlebt Gewalt, Hunger, Isolation und Terror durch IS und Al-Shabaab. Nach 977 Tagen und Zahlung von 1,6 Mio. Dollar Lösegeld kommt er frei.Dies ist...

[2021 Revised Edition, New Cover Design] Free To Grieve – A Mother’s Memoir in Black and White is a powerful and compelling narrative about a mother whose life begins to quickly unravel when her 16-year-old son, a high school football player, is found lifeless in his bed. Her son had died without warning. After a harrowing plunge into the depths of despair and grief, she resurfaces with a greater sense of purpose to help spread awareness about the number one threat to young athletes. Inter...

The writers behind the blockbuster hits Bad Moms and A Bad Moms Christmas and the acclaimed author of No Happy Endings join forces in this hilarious novelization of the hit movie franchise.What happens when a trio of overworked and underappreciated good moms get pushed beyond their limits? They turn “bad”—ditch the kids, the housework, and their clueless partners with hilarious and heartwarming results.Based on the popular movies,...

The 21st century will witness the collision of two powerful forces - burgeoning population growth, together with a changing climate. With population growth, water scarcity will proliferate to new areas across the globe. And with climate change, rainfall will become more fickle, with longer and deeper periods of droughts and deluges. This report presents new evidence to advance understanding on how rainfall shocks coupled with water scarcity, impacts farms, firms, and families. On farms, th...

Veterinary School— the Holy Grail and brass ring for animal lovers the world over. An ex K-9 cop, a standardbred harness racer and a Brooklyn-born beauty queen walk into a bar... Add a rabbi, an Olympic gymnast, a loudmouth jerk, and a rough-hewn commercial fisherman from Maine and it must be Friday Night Happy Hour at the School of Veterinary Medicine. Come along with Jack, Hoss, Kerri and the other first-year students of the Death Row Crew as they navigate the irreverent, malodorous, dem...

The writers behind the blockbuster hits Bad Moms and A Bad Moms Christmas and the acclaimed author of No Happy Endings join forces in this hilarious novelization of the hit movie franchise.What happens when a trio of overworked and underappreciated good moms get pushed beyond their limits? They turn ""bad""—ditch the kids, the housework, and their clueless partners with hilarious and heartwarming results.Based on the popular movie...

'Tis the season for six lovely and charming Regency romances!Curl up by the fire, sip your favorite hot drink, and enjoy A YULETIDE REGENCY: six brand new Regency romance novellas by Regina Scott, Sarah M. Eden, Jen Geigle Johnson, Annette Lyon, Krista Lynne Jensen, and Heather B. Moore.