When it comes to job security, there are no guarantees. But there are ways to beat the odds. To become a key player. To become irreplaceable. Now, at a time when people are losing their jobs at an alarming rate all across America, bestselling author Eric Weber provides the basic tools to keeping your job and excelling in your career, with practical advice on:• Five ways to become indispensable• The one thing that impresses your boss the most• How to tell your...

What are the implications of philosophical pragmatism for international relations theory and foreign policy practice? According to John Ryder, “a foreign policy built on pragmatist principles is neither naïve nor dangerous. In fact, it is very much what both the U.S. and the world are currently in need of.” Close observers of Barack Obama’s foreign policy statements have also raised the possibility of a distinctly pragmatist approach to international relations. Absent from the three domina...

Big, bold, and beautiful are three adjectives that describe Erika to a tee. Named after her mother’s favorite soap opera vixen, Erika Kane is self-assured, headstrong, and opinionated. But she’s also unlucky in love. Whenever Erika thinks she’s found everlasting love, it always ends up being short-lived—literally. She has three dead husbands to prove the point, and it’s earned her the title “The Black Widow.” But just when Erika is about to give up on true love, she learns that, just like ...

Le Royaume de Manticore et Havre ont signé une trêve mais la paix n’est pas encore là et le gouvernement Haute-Crête traîne les pieds. Par son arrogance il indispose même ses alliés, dont la République d’Erewhon. Or c’est à Erewhon que se tiennent les funérailles du leader assassiné d’un grand mouvement antiesclavagiste. Parmi les représentants de toutes les nations stellaires venus y assister, la reine délègue sa nièce, la princesse Ruth, accompagnée de l’agent secret Anton Zilwicki et de...

A NEW SERIES SET IN THE "HONORVERSE" OF HONOR HARRINGTONThe Star Kingdom's ally Erewhon is growing increasingly restive in the alliance because the new High Ridge regime ignores its needs. Added to the longstanding problem of a slave labor planet controlled by hostile Mesans in Erewhon's stellar backyard, which High Ridge refuses to deal with, the recent assassination of the Solarian League's most prominent voice of public conscience indicates the growing danger of...

There he was in his sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic, all alone and loving it.Well, there was a US Navy carrier group on his southern horizon, but he was a Navy guy himself, so he didn't mind.Then came the UFOs, hurtling in from the Outer Black to overfly the carriers at Mach 17. Their impossible aerobatics were bad enough—but then they started shooting at each other, and at the Navy, with nukes. Little ones at first, but winding up with a 500 megaton...

Le Royaume de Torche est né. D’une planète colonie nommée Congo où trimaient les esclaves génétiques de la puissante firme Manpower, une alliance hétéroclite de combattants de la liberté, d’agents secrets et d’officiers spatiaux de plusieurs nations stellaires a permis de faire surgir une entité nouvelle libre et indépendante.Mais Manpower ne désarme pas, non plus que le mystérieux Alignement mesan qui se cache derrière. L’heure est à l’attentat et même à l’assaut frontal. Pour ce ...

THE CROWN OF SLAVES SAGA CONTINUES. ADVENTURE AND INTRIGUE IN HONOR HARRINGTON’S STAR KINGDOM FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHORS DAVID WEBER AND ERIC FLINT.The Solarian League lies in defeat, crushed by the Grand Alliance of Manticore, Haven, and Grayson.Obedient to the Alliance's surrender demands, the League is writing a new Constitution, to prevent the reemergence of out-of-control bureaucrats, like the "Mandarins" who led it to disaster. ...

Sequel to national bestsellers Torch of Freedom and Crown of Slaves, Book Three in the Crown of Slaves, - Honor Harrington universe. Secret agent Anton Zilwicki and Victor Cachat return in this classic tie-in series set in David Weber's Honorverse.TOIL AND TROUBLE IN THE CAULDRON OF GHOSTSThe Mesan Alignment: a centuries-old cabal that seeks to impose its vision of a society dominated by genetic rank onto the human race. Now the conspiracy...

Issue framing is the way that people, especially politicians, get other people to view a particular problem or issue. By framing the issue in a particular way, the goal is to get people to think about the issue, to believe that an action is required and, most importantly, to believe that a particular action (the one being proposed by the framer) is the right one. The use of language and imagery is an essential part of issue framing and has been an integral part of the presidency since our ...

Volgens het boeddhisme heeft elk men het vermogen om diepgaande, blijvende ervaringen van geluk en tevredenheid binnen zichzelf te ontwikkelen. Lama Yeshe licht verschillende tantrische methoden en meditaties toe en geeft een overzicht van het gehele boeddhistische tantrische pad.

Someone is assassinating the leaders of both the Star Kingdom of Manticore and the recently liberated former slave planet of Torch. Though most believe the Republic of Haven is behind the murders, Anton Zilwicki and Havenite secret agent Victor Cachat believe there is another sinister player behind the scenes. Queen Berry of Torch narrowly escaped one assassination attempt, and a security officer from Beowulf has been assigned to protect her, a task complicated by the young monarch's resen...