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Following the success of his #1 New York Times bestseller Make Your Bed, Admiral William H. McRaven is back with amazing stories of bravery and heroism during his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces. "Fascinating ... McRaven's war stories deliver remarkable...

Ernst H. Gombrich, einem der herausragendsten Gelehrten des 20. Jahrhunderts, gelang, was heute unglaublich erscheint: die Geschichte der Menschheit prägnant und überzeugend zu schildern. Eine bis heute nicht erreichte und schon gar nicht überholte Leistung dieses großen Mannes.

Ernst H. Gombrich, einem der herausragendsten Gelehrten des 20. Jahrhunderts, gelang, was heute unglaublich erscheint: die Geschichte der Menschheit prägnant und überzeugend zu schildern. Eine bis heute nicht erreichte und schon gar nicht überholte Leistung dieses großen Mannes.

In today's fast-paced networked economy, professionals must work harder than ever to maintain and improve their business skills and knowledge. But technical mastery of one's discipline is not enough, assert professional advisors David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, and Robert M. Galford. The key to professional success, they argue, is the ability to earn the trust and confidence of clients. In this 20th anniversary edition, Maister, Green, and Galford enrich our understanding of today's society and illustrate how to be effective communicators in a digital world. 

This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and best-selling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages.

This volume celebrates six such languages - Ancient Greek, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit, Old Irish, and Biblical Hebrew - by first introducing listeners to their most distinctive features, then showing how these linguistic traits play out in short excerpts from actual ancient texts. It explores, for instance, how Homer's Greek shows signs of oral composition, how Horace achieves striking poetic effects through interlaced word order in his Latin, and how the poet of Beowulf attains remarkable intensity of expression through the resources of Old English. 

Revenge, death, and destruction abound in this early short story by H.P. Lovecraft. The story follows Antoine, a count who is last in line to die at the age of 32 due to a curse put on his family hundreds of years prior. His ancestor, being responsible for the death, brought about the curse, and Antoine was left to watch all his family, including his manservant, die an early death. But when his time comes and he is exploring the castle in wait, he manages to successfully end the curse by deflecting the fatal blow of Charles - the son of the man who was killed so many years ago.

In the quiet, rolling hills west of Arkham, a meteorite falls from the stars, bringing with it a "colour" that defies human description and the laws of known science. As the strange, glowing presence seeps into the soil and water, the land begins to wither, the animals transform, and the Gardner family descends into a nightmare of madness and physical decay.

Still reeling from her sister’s unexpected death, artist Emily Harper isn’t convinced Becky’s fall down the grand staircase was an accident. But when a hidden journal resurfaces—along with cryptic notes and eerie visions—Emily begins to suspect her sister was on the verge of uncovering something dangerous. Then a body is discovered at Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, and the past crashes into the present. A local historian has been murdered—one who may have known the truth about Becky’s final days.

This business classic features straight-talking advice you’ll never hear in school. Featuring a new foreword by Ariel Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell Mark H. McCormack, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in American business, is widely credited as the founder of the modern-day...

In an era dominated by fleeting trends and disposable clothing, Beyond Fast Fashion offers a powerful alternative—a return to intention, craftsmanship, and enduring style. This book is not about minimalism for its own sake, nor is it a rigid manifesto against fashion. Instead, it is a thoughtful guide to building a wardrobe that aligns with your values while elevating your personal style. Through the principles of slow fashion, ethical sourcing, and fabric literacy, listeners are invited to rethink the way they shop, wear, and care for their clothing.

Robert Lustig’s 90-minute YouTube video “Sugar: The Bitter Truth”, has been viewed more than two million times. Now, in this much anticipated book, he documents the science and the politics that has led to the pandemic of chronic disease over the last 30 years. In the late 1970s when the...

The complete "box set" of T. H. White's epic fantasy novel of the Arthurian legend. The novel is made up of five parts: "The Sword in the Stone", "The Witch in the Wood", "The Ill-Made Knight", "The Candle in the Wind", and "The Book of Merlyn".

In 1519, Hernando Cortés arrived in Mexico to investigate stories of a wealthy empire. What he encountered was beyond his wildest dreams; an advanced civilization with complex artistic, political, and religious systems (involving extensive human sacrifice) and replete with gold. This was the Aztec empire, headed by the aloof emperor, Montezuma.

The first time I laid eyes on him my heart skipped a beat. My obsession began the way all obsessions do…with a spark. A small, seemingly insignificant flicker that quickly took root. He was pure, liquid light. A sunshine boy with a heart of gold. He turned my world up-side-down. I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t let him out of my sight. Ever wondered what happens when red flags and green flags collide? If so, you’re about to find out.

Step beyond the veil of reality in Strange Tales of Other Dimensions by H. P. Lovecraft, a haunting collection of classic cosmic horror and weird fiction. Featuring The Quest of Iranon, The Silver Key, The Dreams in the Witch House, and The Trap, this volume explores forbidden knowledge, dream worlds beyond time, and terrifying gateways to unknown dimensions.

For more than two centuries, The Pilgrim’s Progress has encouraged believers along the narrow way. Now, in this newly updated edition, Charles H. Spurgeon – who read Bunyan’s classic more than one hundred times – walks with readers through the allegory’s most memorable scenes, illuminating the spiritual truths within “that sweetest of all prose poems.”

There are moments when staying feels harder than leaving. Moments when addiction promises relief, when suicidal thoughts offer silence, and when the world narrows until the future feels unreachable. These moments are often misunderstood—not as responses to pain, but as moral failures or personal weakness. Staying offers a different understanding. Drawing from lived experience inside a men’s sober living house, and written with deep respect for trauma, nervous-system overwhelm, and human dignity, this book explores the shared roots of addiction and suicidal ideation.

What if the greatest scientific breakthroughs were not miracles… but curses? In this haunting 2-in-1 audiobook, two of H.G. Wells’ most visionary works unfold—stories that question not what science can do, but what it should never do. In "The Invisible Man", a gifted scientist discovers how to erase himself from sight. Invisible, untouchable, freed from consequence, he begins to shed more than his physical form. As isolation deepens, something colder emerges—a quiet unraveling of conscience.

This volume is part of the three-book Pulp-Lit Omnibus Collection of all the fiction writing of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. It presents the works of weird fiction which he ghostwrote or on which he collaborated with another author.