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Including real-life case studies, a breakdown of all the theory, and a treasure trove of handy dos and don'ts, you'll not only shape up your four-legged friend, but also, sustain lasting, life-long results. Grab some treats, a squeaker, and a long (ish) lead, and let Leon turn you into the ultimate dog behaviourist, right from the comfort of your own den!

In 1993, Jacqueline Tobin visited the Old Market Building in the historic district of Charleston, South Carolina, where craftspeople sell their wares. Amid piles of beautiful handmade quilts, Tobin met African American quilter Ozella Williams and the two struck up a conversation. With the admonition to "write this down," Williams began to tell a fascinating story that had been handed down from her mother and grandmother before her. As Tobin sat in rapt attention, Williams began to describe how slaves made coded quilts and then used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad.

These are stories about the choices we face in love and in relationships; and braving the consequences that may follow. Which path will you choose when your heart comes to a crossroads? Five Houston couples are forced to make choices about their relationships that will either keep them on the same path or completely change the trajectory of their lives.

Paradise (Paradiso) is the third canticle of Dante Alighieri's world-renowned narrative poem describing the poet's journey through the realms of the afterlife. Here Dante is guided by his beloved Beatrice through the nine celestial regions of Paradise, leading to the last, Empyrean Heaven, the dwelling place of God and the angels.

Um dem Alltag zu entfliehen, gehen die vier Freundinnen Maggie, Liz, Helena und Joni in der norwegischen Wildnis wandern. Zwischen steil aufragenden Bergen, glasklaren Seen, grünen Wäldern und einsamen Blockhütten sind die Freundinnen auf sich allein gestellt. Es ist eine Wanderung, die die vier Frauen an ihre Grenzen bringt und ihre Freundschaft auf eine harte Probe stellt. Denn die Wildnis hat auch eine dunkle Seite: Vor einem Jahr ist in den Bergen eine Frau spurlos verschwunden. Und irgendwo da draußen weiß jemand genau, was mit ihr geschehen ist, und wird alles dafür tun, dass es ein Geheimnis bleibt.

At eighteen and against her father's wishes, Amyris moves to another country, hoping to make her dreams a reality. Before she can hit the ground running, her life takes a turn she hadn't expected after meeting and marrying Ivo Yannik—a man who lured her into the union under false pretenses.

True to Our Native Land is a pioneering commentary on the New Testament that sets biblical interpretation firmly in the context of African American experience and concern. In this second edition, the scholarship is cutting-edge, updated, and expanded to be in tune with African American culture, education, and churches.

Tutti sono stati giovani, anche Gus e Call, gli induriti venditori di bestiame protagonisti di Lonesome Dove. A quell'epoca, gli anni Quaranta dell'Ottocento, le praterie a ovest di San Antonio erano ancora selvagge e dominate dagli indiani. Dunque chi meglio di due ragazzi sbandati e un po' ingenui per rimpolpare la compagnia di Texas Ranger in partenza per El Paso? Un fucile, un cavallo, la promessa di una paga e si va. Ma in giro c'è Buffalo Hump, l'abile e brutale capo comanche, e il battesimo della strada si celebra con il sangue.

By the 1970s, the country’s oldest continuously published newspaper had fallen on hard times, just like its nearly bankrupt hometown. When the New York Post was sold to a largely unknown Australian named Rupert Murdoch in 1976, staffers hoped it would be the start of a new golden age for the paper. Now, after the nearly fifty years Murdoch has owned the tabloid, American culture reflects what Murdoch first started in the 1970s: a celebrity-focused, noisy, one-sided media empire that reached its zenith with Fox News.

A woman's romantic travel adventure in Havana, Cuba. Suspenseful and dangerous!

Every witch knows you shouldn't use spells for revenge. Blair doesn't care much for right and wrong, but she's already on the council's radar. What's the best mortal way to get back at a cheating ex-boyfriend? Bewitching his dad, of course.

On 6th June 1944, the Allied invasion began. For hours, wave after wave of soldiers, sailors, and airmen crossed the channel and stormed the Normandy coast, fighting to gain a foothold in Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. It was the largest combined air and seaborne invasion ever, involving over 150,000 Allied troops on the ground, and its eventual success became a critical turning point in the war, spelling the beginning of the end for the Third Reich.

This is a short book on how to become more creative. How short? The shortest that I could make it. That is also the gist of the advice offered in the book itself: to find the smallest form of your creative idea that you can complete with the skills and resources you already have. There is a bunch of other advice, in fact 25 pithy essays of it. Those essays will help you get started, keep going, silence your inner critic, and get to the end of your creative endeavours. It took me about a week to write the book, but 50 years for me to understand and start to use the principles within.

Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado to prisons, saloons, and trailer parks across the South, weaving together love, friendship, violence, survival, and revenge.

Journalist Josiah Bates pulls back the curtain on a crisis that continues to plague the United States in this gripping narrative. Fueled by the convergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest, gun violence has surged to unprecedented levels, devastating marginalized communities and urban areas across the nation. Bates embarks on a heart-wrenching journey, crisscrossing the country to meet victims, perpetrators, community activists, and renowned scholars. Through their powerful stories, he unearths the hidden causes behind the escalating gun violence epidemic.

Als es in seiner Ehe mit Marcella zu kriseln beginnt, gerät die bisher heile Welt von Sven De Luca ins Wanken. Er sehnt sich nach Nähe und Leichtigkeit – sie ist jedoch nur für ihre Patienten da. Dann taucht Svens Ex-Freundin Laura auf und verwickelt ihn ungefragt in ihre Probleme. Er verschweigt Marcella die gemeinsame Vergangenheit – und dass Laura von der Polizei gesucht wird. Dafür ist Dana, die Nanny seiner Kinder, eingeweiht. Doch Dana spielt ihr eigenes, gefährliches Spiel. Noch ehe Sven begreift, in was er hineingeraten ist, werden Marcella und die Kinder entführt.

Un kamikaze si fa esplodere in un locale a Tel Aviv. Nella strage muore un giovane, si chiama Arièl Anav, è italiano e indossa la divisa dell'esercito israeliano. All'arrivo all'aeroporto Ben Gurion ai genitori, Micòl e Daniel, viene comunicato che per riavere il corpo del figlio dovranno attendere: lui e il terrorista suicida erano così vicini che la deflagrazione ne ha mischiato i resti. Come si chiama chi è orfano di un figlio? La parola non esiste. I figli ci crescono accanto ma di loro non conosciamo che una minima parte, il resto è mistero.

One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton is a Black man living in an entirely new world. Having served time in prison for a wrongful conviction, he’s now a professor of electric and solar power systems at Howard University when he receives a call from someone he wasn’t even sure existed: his daughter Sidney, a nineteen-year-old left behind by her white mother and step-family.

Gnaeus Julius Agricola cannot alter the past that trained him to become a polished Roman senator. No matter how his rage attempts to deny his past, his rage tightens its tentacles around him. And now Rome demands, and he must submit.

There is no position in pro sports more important than an NFL quarterback. But quarterbacking was the exclusive domain of white players for many years, and when Doug Williams and Vince Evans arrived in the league in the late 1970s, they got death threats, faced racist questions, and knew that a single mistake could end their careers. The Great Black Hope tells the twin stories of Vince Evans, an electrifying dual-threat quarterback ahead of his time, and of Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to become a champion.