Brandon Bakers life had sure taken a turn. Some days he would have to pinch himself just to believe it was all real. But, when he wakes up in a direction where turning around isn't an option, he'll need to trade his little pinch in for something heftier. As he looks over the barren desert of endless ocean, he is left to face the truth of his own mortality, countless times. But, if he thinks the journey will be the hardest challenge he will face in life, wait till he faces what is waiting o...

"Welcome to Money and Power" - That is what the highway sign should read as one crosses the city limits into Fort McMurray, Alberta. Home to the infamous Canadian Oil-sand mines, and the many souls they gather, from all over the world. Some with good intentions, others with bad.Follow along with the next batch of contestants as they travel from far to the land of paved gold streets. They will all come with their five-year-plans. But through the cocktail of bitter-c...

Brandon Baker is a young, high-school graduate, thrust into a world of dead-end jobs. Drinking life away with his friends, he awaits his shot at the only life to live in the eyes of a young Albertan - oil and gas.Destiny wakes him from his seemingly eternal hangover, whisking him away from his comforts to the unfamiliar streets of the big city and his shot at the big show. Newfound love and experimentation challenge his inbred, small town morals, where he finds life in the fast lan...

Change must happen...A path must be carved for the next generation. A path to lead humankind from the brink of environmental and political collapse. A path away from our antiquated chains of economy and consumerism.The universe must wield its powers to bring opposite ideals to collide, in a story of true love. George is a boy genius in quantum science, coaxed from his military think tank on nothing more than a feeling. A feeling he must head north, into the wilderness, and ...

Erfolgreiches Kanzleimanagement für Newcomer:innen & Profis"Kanzlei 2.0" ist der nächste Schritt für Rechtsanwält:innen, die ihre Kanzlei nicht nur führen, sondern neu definieren wollen. Hier trifft Strategie auf smarte Technik, Leadership auf echte Menschlichkeit und aus Vision wird Realität.Hier finden Sie keine trockene Theorie, sondern handfeste Tools und inspirierende Insights zu Branding, Mandant:innenbindung, alternativen Abrechnungsmodellen, Recruit...

An accessible, practical guide for multilingual families.Have you ever been told that raising your child to speak multiple languages will harm their development? Are teachers or other professionals suspicious of your efforts? Are you sometimes unsure if you are helping your child’s language development, or are you uncertain where to start?It is increasingly recognised among researchers that, far from harming a child’s development, being exposed to multiple ...

Most of us can recall a time when we pretended to be sick to reap the benefits that go along with illness. By playing sick, we gained sympathy, care, and attention, and were excused from our responsibilities. Though doing so on occasion is considered normal, there are those who carry their deceptions to the extreme. In this book, Dr. Marc Feldman describes people’s strange motivations to fabricate or induce illness or injury to satisfy deep emotional needs. Doctors, family members, and fri...

**Un outil de travail complet et efficace, conforme au nouveau programme d’**Enseignement scientifique en Tle générale. Dans chaque chapitre : le cours, les méthodes clés, des exercices et sujets corrigés. Pour vous accompagner tout au long de votre Terminale et vous aider à avoir un bon dossier ParcourSup.Sur chaque thème du programme d’Enseignement scientifique Tle générale(programme révisé, appliqué à compter de la rentrée 2024)• U...

'Het was nooit mijn bedoeling om mezelf pijn te doen of blijvend letsel toe te brengen. Ik was juist heel bang voor pijn, maar zodra ik uit het ziekenhuis was ontslagen, kreeg ik heimwee.' Hoe herken je de nagebootste stoornis? Iedereen heeft wel eens een ziekte overdreven of geveinsd om aandacht te krijgen. Er zijn ook uitwassen van dit verschijnsel: mensen die zichzelf daadwerkelijk ziek maken om zorg en aandacht te krijgen. Zo'n opzettelijk opgewekte ziekte zet alle relaties onder druk,...

The thirteenth Tarot card is Death, and he is a symbol not of the end, but of transformation and rebirth. This is the genesis and root of Thirteen: Stories of Transformation. The twenty-eight authors of this collection are voices—new and old—who are not afraid to explore what comes next. Whether it be a life after death, a life without love, a life filled with hunger, or the life shared by a ghost. These are stories of the weird, the mythic, the fantastic, the futuristic, the supe...

En un seul ouvrage, toutes les matières du tronc commun de Tle générale : Philo, Histoire-Géographie, Enseignement scientifique (programme révisé), Anglais.Dans chaque matière : le cours, les méthodes clés et un entraînement ciblé.Un outil de travail complet et pratique• Les matières de tronc commun en Tle générale, évaluées en contrôle continu et lors de l’épreuve finale de Philo : Histoire-Géographie, Enseignement s...

Since the end of the Cold War, the new Chinese leadership generation has had to promulgate new guiding principles for handling global diplomacy which acknowledges China's new position. Given the dramatic changes in the international system and its domestic economic success for the growing "China's rise" idea on the global stage, China in the 21st century faces a mixture of old and new challenges, including terrorism, hegemonism, and authoritarianism. While Deng Xiaooping combined Taoism, a...