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What happens is that you get “make out with strangers and pee in a parking lot” drunk. Tie the knot with a guy you just met. Then *allegedly* participate in depraved group activities with him and his friends in the honeymoon suite of a five-star hotel. But that’s not even the worst part.

Een actueel, relevant, leuk én praktisch boek voor iedereen die met geldzaken aan de slag wil, maar denkt: waar te beginnen? Vincent Kouters is voor een dubbeltje geboren en wil een euro worden. Vijf jaar geleden beleefde hij zijn financiële ontwaken en dat bleek leuker dan verwacht. Hij besloot tonnair te worden en dat is inmiddels gelukt. Naast de succesvolle podcast "Over geld praat je niet" met Aaf Brandt Corstius is er nu het boek "Over geld praat je wel".

Modern Global Development is a comprehensive book that explores the multifaceted aspects of global development in the contemporary world. Authored by renowned experts in the field, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the key issues, challenges, and opportunities in global development and offers insights into potential pathways for sustainable development.

Caleb Cantrill still can't find where he hid the bandit's gold or his cavern of riches. The only thing it seems he can find is more and more of the monstrous blight he unleashed on the peaceful valley he now calls home. Adding to his troubles, his twenty-four-hour reprieve from the gang is up soon, and the bandits will be returning, looking for their gold, or his life is forfeit. Kitty Welch is swept up in a corrupt scheme which may result in her arrest and deportation back to Scotland. Though she wants to flee, there is something keeping her in the valley.

Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all their lives in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the pair are kindred spirits—torn between their commitment to religion and their desire to explore the world beyond their small Baptist community. It is two romantic relationships that will rend their friendship, and in the wake of this rupture, Thomas develops an obsession with a vanished nineteenth-century astronomer said to haunt a nearby manor, and Grace flees Aldleigh entirely for London.

This biography draws heavily on the personal diaries of the subject, Robert Hichens (or ‘Hitch’ as he was universally known). After a brief description of his early life, time at Oxford, his motor racing achievements (including trophies at Le Mans in his Aston Martin), and RN training, the book focuses on his exceptional wartime experiences. Hitch was the most highly decorated RNVR officer of the war with two DSOs, three DSCs and three Mentions in Despatches. He was recommended for a posthumous VC.

My life has been nothing short of a miracle. A true triumph, even in the midst of adversity. In Deaf Blind Champion, I give you a front-row seat into how my life changed when I heard my diagnosis, and what I did to get through the depression that engulfed me to become an accomplished sportsman, a dad, life partner, son, brother, teammate, and activist.

Obwohl die erzählte Geschichte an Kinder gerichtet ist, wird der erwachsende Hörer sehr schnell bemerken, dass Bodo Schäfers Ratschläge und Gedanken durchaus auch für seine Welt gelten, dass man sie als Erwachsener umsetzen und etwas daraus lernen kann. Die kleine Kira und ihre Freunde erfahren im Verlauf dieser Geschichte, wie man mit Geld umgeht, es vermehren kann und wie Schulden abgebaut werden können.

Nolan Dobbs und seine Kumpane sind nach Denver gekommen. Sie haben gehört, dass die Menschen im Colorado-Territorium Geld für jeden Skalp eines getöteten Sioux oder Cheyenne bezahlen. Dobbs verspricht den Leuten in Denver, dass er mit seinen Männern diesen blutigen Job gut und schnell erledigen wird. Sie töten bald darauf die ersten Indianer und erbeuten deren Skalpe. Aber schon bald werden sie entdeckt und fliehen nach Fort C. F. Smith. Jetzt glauben Dobbs und seine Kumpane, erst einmal in Sicherheit zu sein. Sie haben sich jedoch gründlich getäuscht.

Nach dem entsetzlichen Massaker am 21. Dezember 1866 beginnt eine Zeit der Ungewissheit für die Besatzung von Fort Phil Kearny. Alle Soldaten sind verzweifelt und haben Angst, dass die Sioux und Cheyenne das Fort angreifen. Die Lebensmittelvorräte gehen aus, das Brennholz wird knapp und der eisige Winter sorgt für zusätzliches Leid. Es ist ein psychischer Ausnahmezustand. Colonel Carrington beschließt deshalb, zwei Männer nach Fort Laramie zu schicken, die eine Botschaft mit der Bitte um zusätzliche Truppen überbringen sollen.

With rumours swirling of his parentage, Frank Brigandshaw wants answers: Who put horns on his father’s head? Returning to England, Frank is heading down two paths. One to make them, the ménage à trois a trifle uncomfortable and admit the truth. The other, to make money, and lots of it. And so like father like son, it seems Frank will succeed until he meets Connie Whitaker.

Ich lade Sie ein, liebe Leser, mir auf eine Sprachreise zu folgen, die ich vor 20 Jahren unternahm. Der Gedanke, nach Malta zu reisen, war ein spontaner, um aus der Not eine Tugend zu machen. Wie gut war der Englischunterricht, den ich bisher in der Abendschule besuchte, wirklich? Was würde geschehen, wenn ich selbst tagtäglich gezwungen bin, mich englisch auszudrücken.

Baby Sophie. Forced to dance for her dinner. Used and abused to feed the greed of those who should have been her carers. Her tiny gypsy feet sore with blisters, until they are big enough to run away and find the love she has lost. Perhaps young Byron Adams, her childhood friend and protector, will seek her out. Their secret childish love, so tragically torn apart, leaves little chance that this could ever happen.

When Charlotte Haze’s nurse, Rebecca Grainger, is found murdered at a disused burial ground and her young charge is nowhere to be found, Daniel and Jason must race against the clock to solve the crime in order to save the little girl.

In this intimate story of relationship resilience, marine biologist Beth Mathews’s adventurous life as a professor and mother in Alaska is upended when her healthy husband is slammed by a rare type of stroke. Jim’s radical approach to recovery clashes with Beth’s instinct to keep him safe at home and sets them on a collision course as he insists on ambitious sailing expeditions with Beth and their young son in Alaska’s magnificent yet unforgiving waters.

You and your husband arranged a special reservation at a local nightlife spot, from where you can easily identify someone attractive to bring home with you for the evening for a little bit of adult fun. You've taken a look around and have just the person in mind.

My husband liked to book vacation homes for me and my closest girlfriends. There, we would deepen our friendships on a whole new level. This time, we're bringing a new friend, and she's going to join us for a sexy rendezvous. And we can't wait to initiate her.

I’m stunned when star football player Tyler Hayes asks me to help him with his calculus homework. We were best friends when we were kids, but we haven’t spoken in years. I was no longer sure he even knew I existed. Then, here he is—even acting a tad flirtatious.

Framed for the brutal attack on her manager, indie rock legend Red Nelson flees to the only family she doesn’t yet know: her estranged sister, Kate Fisher, a Search & Rescue pilot working the remote mountains of upper New York State. Kate, the daughter of her father's legitimate but unhappy marriage, has no wish to meet Red, the product of her father’s passionate love affair, but when Kate’s daughter, Molly, decides to hide Red on their property, concern over Molly’s safety forces Kate to stage a rescue and repair the broken but longed-for family she comes from.

Hundreds of years in the future, humans have spread into the stars, with wealthy nation-states settling and colonizing habitable planets, though the deep-seated conflicts of modern humanity have regrettably persisted. Newly appointed Commander Persistence Andrews has to navigate the power struggles of greed, power, and ego, but this woman has grit like no other.