As a meticulous assassination plot begins to unfold with a series of murders in Washington, US President Del Winters and her father (Henry) are forced into lockdown at Camp David with Henry's friend (Stanely Bigelow) and the friend's aging German shepherd (Augie). An aging DC homicide detective (Jack Renfro) and his protégé (Audrey Sanderson) partner with the nation's anti-terrorism chief, Admiral Tyler Brew and FBI agents to unravel the planned attack. But little do they know how much inf...

Wilton and Grace Goodbow' s long marriage was frequently marked by political disagreement— she was the progressive activist, he the conservative, successful businessman. But their love was deep and bonded by a common passion for the sea aboard their ocean sailing yacht, The Sails of Grace. About to die, Grace elicits her husband' s promise to set aside his political beliefs and take on her last cause: the reunification of Central American parents separated from their children at the El Pas...

After the government’s first choice to design a secret installation is discovered and murdered by foreign agents, the president turns to a lonely widower from Pittsburgh to take her place. Stanley Bigelow’s unusual engineering skills and solitary life make him suitable for the work, but Captain Tyler Brew, the Navy SEAL overseeing the project worries that the man’s age, weight, and lack of physical fitness will make him vulnerable to his predecessor’s fate. Despite round-the-clock protecti...

In 'Gesammelte Biografien' präsentiert Stefan Zweig eine kunstvoll gestaltete Sammlung von Lebensgeschichten, die sowohl literarische Eleganz als auch psychologische Tiefe vereint. Durch seine prägnante Prosa gelingt es Zweig, historische Figuren wie Marie Antoinette, Dostojewski und Goethe mit einem empathischen Blick zu zeichnen. Die Erzählungen sind nicht nur informative Porträts, sondern auch philosophische Reflexionen über das Leben, den Aufstieg und Fall von Persönlichkeiten und den ...

Systemische Beratung ist "in". Wer als Organisations- oder KonfliktberaterIn auf der Höhe der Zeit sein will, bezeichnet seine Tätigkeit als "systemisch". Was aber ist systemisch? Und was ist systemische Beratung? Die 18 Gespräche in diesem Buch mit den führenden SchulengründerInnen und ForscherInnen der systemischen Organisations- und Konfliktberatung im deutschsprachigen Raum zeichnen ein vielfältiges Bild. Anknüpfend an biografische Motive zeigt jedes Gespräch systemische Beratung aus e...

Revisados y actualizados, disponen de un índice de contenidos al inicio del libro que permite acceder a cada tíltulo de forma fácil y directa.Ana Karenina por León TolstoiLa Casa Maldita por H. P. LovecraftEl Mundo Perdido por Arthur Conan DoyleHeidi por Johanna SpyriEl Huésped de Drácula por Bram StokerOcho Primos por Louisa May Alcott...

Revisados y actualizados, contienen un índice de contenidos al inicio del libro que permite acceder a cada tíltulo de forma fácil y directa.El retrato de Dorian Gray por Oscar WildeMujercitas por Louisa May AlcottHombrecitos por Louisa May AlcottOrgullo y Prejuicio por Jane AustenPeter Pan por J.M. BarrieTrilogía de Caspak 1. La Tierra Olvidada por el Tiempo por Edgar...

It's hockey season and Coach Audrey Scanandoah has been given the unenviable task of getting a new team up to speed when the university already seems determined to see her fail. Caught off guard, she doesn't have assistant coaches, or uniforms yet, or even much of a plan. But she does have KJ and Maria, a star center who flamed out of boys high school hockey and a rock-solid netminder who barely missed making the men's team. Can KJ stay out of the penalty box and keep her big personality f...

Dungeons Are Half the Game.You can’t control what players are going to do. That’s half the fun. But you can control where they do it. That’s a whole other half!The Kobold Guide to Dungeons gives both new and experienced Game Masters over 100 pages of insight and ideas into making dungeons great. In-depth essays from industry luminaries teach you to think outside your own boxes, and into a larger realm of challenge, discovery, and good old monster bashing.Practical e...

Heart of Darkness is a novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Charles Marlow. Marlow tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames, London, England. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz, which enables Conrad to create a parallel between London and Africa as places ...

Am 21. November 2016 jährt sich der Todestag von Kaiser Franz Joseph I. von Österreich zum 100. Mal. Das Jahr steht ganz im Zeichen des am längsten regierenden Monarchen der Donaumonarchie. Franz Josephs Leben war geprägt von Pflichterfüllung, langen Stunden am Schreibtisch, Sorgen um die Familie und das Reich, nur manchmal unterbrochen von kurzweiligen Stunden im Beisein seiner Geliebten. Doch wie wurde Franz Joseph zur prägenden Figur eines ganzen Jahrhunderts? Wie viel Anteil daran hatt...

Revisados y actualizados, contienen un índice de contenidos al inicio del libro que permite acceder a cada tíltulo de forma fácil y directa.El retrato de Dorian Gray por Oscar WildeMujercitas por Louisa May AlcottHombrecitos por Louisa May AlcottOrgullo y Prejuicio por Jane AustenPeter Pan por J.M. BarrieTrilogía de Caspak 1. La Tierra Olvidada por el Tiempo por Edgar Rice BurroughsTrilogía de Caspak...