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The first hundred years of the American Mafia's existence would come to be seen as a golden age. From small-town Sicily to glittering Las Vegas, the mob had carefully expanded and consolidated their power until their influence touched almost every aspect of American society. But in the 1960s, everything changed. In CLASH OF TITANS, the second volume of former Mafia associate Louis Ferrante's groundbreaking Borgata trilogy, we discover for the first time the true scale of the conflicts that rocked the organisation between 1960 and 1985.

Sous le regard émerveillé de leur fils, ils dansent sur "Mr. Bojangles" de Nina Simone. Leur amour est magique, vertigineux, une fête perpétuelle. Chez eux, il n'y a de place que pour le plaisir, la fantaisie et les amis. Celle qui donne le ton, qui mène le bal, c'est la mère, feu follet imprévisible et extravagant. C'est elle qui a adopté le quatrième membre de la famille, Mademoiselle Superfétatoire, un grand oiseau exotique qui déambule dans l'appartement.

A rivetting account of the western pioneers and their journeys across the wildlands in the early years of the 19th century. Travelling from the east to Pacific Coast held many dangers. The narrative describes those who traveled with him and many encounters with Indian tribes.

Increasingly, leaders recognize the benefit of multi-ethnic organizations and are compelled to hire diverse individuals, who will help them reflect a new America. In his address at a Global Leadership Summit, Bryan Loritts challenged leaders to have a vision that is about more than the stuff that perishes - to have a vision for making sacrifices that make a difference and help to bring about transformation in the lives of others.

In How to Find a Job, Career and Life You Love, Louis Efron ( Forbes and Huffington Post contributor and award-winning Fortune 300 human resources executive) reveals how to find purpose, fulfillment, and more happiness in your career and life. His distinct self-discovery process helps you create new excitement and vigor in your current job and career. If you're ready for change, he'll help you find new direction that brings you in alignment with your purpose and goals.

The Rev. Calvin Dill Wilson (1857-1946) was an author and Presbyterian minister. In Black Masters of 1904, he discusses the little-known history of the free African-Americans that bought and sold slaves just like Southern white planters. Free colored men and women could own their families and in this way protect them against oppressive local laws. There was also the desire to attain a position of superiority over other blacks, an ambition to rise to the class of the masters and to be on the same level as white men.

Seit Jahren versucht die erfolgreiche True-Crime-Podcasterin Jula Ansorge die Wahrheit über das Schicksal ihres unter mysteriösen Umständen verschwundenen Bruders herauszubekommen. Moritz wurde von der Polizei erst eines abscheulichen Verbrechens beschuldigt und später von den Behörden für tot erklärt. Matthias Hegel, der berühmte forensische Phonetiker, behauptet Beweise zu haben, dass Moritz noch lebt. Doch der ebenso zwielichtige wie skrupellose Experte, der nur eine Stimmprobe braucht, um die Psyche eines Täters zu analysieren, hat Jula schon oft belogen und manipuliert.

There are no shortcuts to personal and professional success. Take the Stairs is a step by step guide to personal and organizational success by developing and improving your character.

If you are experiencing pain…whether it is physical or emotional, a few minutes of meditation and relaxation can do wonders to your mind and body. Whether you are experiencing pain chronically or just this time…it may feel quite crippling to you, and you may find it difficult to focus your attention anywhere than your pain. However, the attention that you may give to the pain and the sensations it causes you to feel may intensify feelings of discomfort and ache. For that reason, I invite you to relax today and consider the mind-body connection.

Spicy, actionreich, magisch: Das große Finale der actionreichen Fantasy Romance, über die ganz BookTok spricht! Lor hat den größten Fehler ihres Lebens begangen und ist nun auf der Flucht vor dem Aurorakönig. Doch ein neuer Feind bringt das Schicksal von ganz Ouranos ins Wanken und Lor muss sich endlich ihrer Bestimmung stellen, ob sie will oder nicht. Lor ist bereit zu kämpfen: Für ihre Freunde, für das Reich und für ihren geliebten Fae Nadir – auch wenn sie sich dafür dem gefürchteten Aurorakönig und einer tödlichen Prüfung stellen muss.

John Newton was the master of a slave ship, later becoming a beloved Anglican priest and an ardent abolitionist. His conversion to Christianity began in 1748, and in 1764 he was accepted in the priesthood. However, it took him a while to denounce the slave trade as the pamphlet "Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade" was only published in 1787. Its impact was immediate and it became quite influential. Graphically describing the horrors of the slave trade, the publication is a moving confession of repentance for the author’s part in the hideous trade in human beings.

Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) was a Welsh explorer and journalist. Famous for his meeting with the missionary and explorer David Livingstone, Stanley searched for the source of the Nile as an agent of King Leopold II of Belgium. In Origin of the Negro Race, he attempts an ethnographic description of the continent’s people beginning with Egypt and the North.

In his 1920 book The Jews of Africa, Mendelssohn attempts to chart the separate and progressive histories of the Jews in the different parts of Africa where they lived since their expulsion from the land by the Romans. He succeeds in compiling a narrative of a large part of the histories of the Jews of Africa during the centuries following the Romans’ destruction of Jerusalem.

Unravelling the truth, one loop at a time. When Spence witnesses his classmate, Clara, die in what looks like a tragic accident at a house party, he is caught in a flicker in the fabric of time. Waking up to relive the same day again and seeing Clara alive and well, Spence realizes he has been granted a second chance and is determined to prevent the terrible events of the party. To escape the time loop, he has to re-evaluate everything he previously took for granted and find the courage to call out his own and others' complicity in events that marked the life and death of Clara Hart.

When Caylin Louis Moore was a young child, his mother gathered her three young children and fled an abusive husband, landing in poverty in a heavily policed, gang-ridden community. When Moore’s father was convicted of murder and his mother was sexually assaulted in the hospital while recovering from open-heart surgery, Moore was forced to enter adulthood prematurely.

Een verzameling van de mooiste sprookjes, fabels en andere vertellingen, met in dit seizoen: De dromer, Waarom de apen denken dat alle bananen van hen zijn, De magische bonbons, De gouden harp, Het grote monster uit Wales, De betovering van prinses Finola.

Paradoxes: Guiding Forces in Mathematical Exploration provides a survey of mathematical paradoxes spanning a wide variety of topics; delving into each paradox mathematically, philosophically, and historically. Listeners will gain a full picture of how paradoxes have contributed to and guided the progress of mathematics in many ways. Paradoxes also provides the listener with a robust argument for the inclusion of paradoxes in education.

Charlize, genannt Charlie, und Silas, beste Freunde seit der Kindheit und heimliches Paar gegen den Willen ihrer Familien, wachen auf und erinnern sich an... nichts. Beider Erinnerungen sind wie weggewischt. Was steckt dahinter? Oder besser: wer? Beim Versuch herauszufinden, wer sie sind und was passiert ist, kommen sie einer Familienfehde auf die Spur, in die sich ihre Eltern verwickelt hatten und die sie und ihre Liebe auseinandergetrieben hatte. Doch was hat das mit ihrem gemeinsamen Gedächtnisverlust zu tun? Und dann geschieht es erneut: Genau 48 Stunden nach dem ersten Mal erwacht Silas ohne Erinnerung an all das, was zuvor war.

A captivating story of endurance and victory against overwhelming obstacles. The discovery of a man's identity against the backdrop of slavery, negative forces, and a world in turmoil. Stories that every man will identify with - to discover a new source of strength for himself. Here is a book that will release a new level of confidence in men, that will stir the hearts of those who desire to live full out. Here is your new narrative!

"J'avais du mal à écrire ; je tournais en rond. Mes personnages me procuraient un vertige d'ennui. J'ai pensé que n'importe quel récit réel aurait plus d'intérêt. Je pouvais descendre dans la rue, arrêter la première personne venue, lui demander de m'offrir quelques éléments biographiques, et j'étais à peu près certain que cela me motiverait davantage qu'une nouvelle invention."