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“Don’t give up! I’ll help you!” barks Rex, the hero of Władysław Reymont’s Revolt of the Animals (1924), “carried away with wrath and compassion” at the sight of his friend the old donkey with “his head covered in a hempen sack, being whipped by boys harrying him towards a pit of lime.” Who would not be roused to a righteous indignation at the sight of such wanton cruelty, inflicted upon a wise, sentient creature–for the perverse pleasure of man, that “crown and lord of all creation,” to whom dominion over this world was supposedly given by the Lord at the dawn of creation?

The inside story of the unprecedented restructuring of Greece’s debt in 2012—the largest restructuring in history—and how the Eurozone was stabilized and Greece was saved from exit from the Euro and economic calamity. In the fall of 2009, the world economy was beginning to recover from the global financial crisis that had shaken global markets and had led to a sharp recession. At the same time, Europe was entering a new phase of economic stress.

Young men of color want to be good dads, but it takes more than a strong will to make that desire a reality. Charles C. Daniels Jr., Ph.D., a therapist and co-founder and CEO of FathersUplift, an organization that helps fathers reconnect with their kids, learned firsthand while serving primarily Black and Brown men that it's possible for fathers to overcome the significant challenges to establishing a relationships with their kids after weeks, months, or even years of separation.

The Star Wars High Republic story comes to a conclusion, as the Jedi face off against the Nihil and Marchion Ro.

In 1968, biologist John Calhoun began an experiment at the National Institute of Mental Health in Maryland. Calhoun was interested in discovering the factors that drove and limited rodent population growth; he had joined the Rodent Ecology Project in Baltimore in 1946, and he and other members of the project had become interested in understanding how to reduce rodent pests in America’s cities without the use of poison.

An upcoming memoir from Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski in which she shares how her passion for the state and its people have helped shape her political journey.

Welcome to Osprey, where something's always hiding just beneath the surface. Josh Warlocke hates his life. Growing up in a funeral home in the small town of Osprey comes with its own issues, and all he wants is to get out on his own. One day, Josh picks up a frozen corpse hundreds of miles away, and brings it to the home. The trip is filled with strange events that almost cost him his life, and has him doubting his sanity. Josh is more than happy to arrive alive and unload the body on the home.

The Star Wars High Republic story comes to a conclusion, as the Jedi face off against the Nihil and Marchion Ro.

An updated edition of the book, The Anatomy Of A Corporate Lynching which now includes everything that transpired since the release's first printing. This biographical recollection goes behind the scenes of a very public copyright and civil rights lawsuit that took place in New York between the author and Con Edison. The ensuing litigation details and media accounts shared within the book act as a motivational guide to people going through a similar corporate crisis.

When was the last time you used the internet? Chances are, you've been online within the last 10 minutes. While the World Wide Web is integrated into many facets of daily life, there are still risks we take when entering the digital world. But don't fret! Cybersecurity for Normal People is here; your practical guide to staying safe online! Scammers and hackers are all using the same internet we are, and their job is to take advantage of vulnerable users.

Leadership is a curious topic. It is most noted in its absence and most measured by its need. Leadership requires opportunity. The situation drives leadership; what worked in one situation may be disastrous in another. It requires skills to be able to direct the challenge at hand. Leadership is both an art and a science. It is theoretical and applied, cultural and contextual. Most importantly, leadership is about accomplishment and results.

Are you ready to transform your love life and find the woman of your dreams? "Perfect Match" by Charles Russell is your ultimate guide to mastering the art of flirting and creating genuine connections that lead to lasting relationships.

In his final Christmas story, Dickens narrates the hair-raising experiences of a professor. As the protagonist dwells on his past sorrows and mistakes, a phantom visits him. It offers him a bizarre escape from painful recollections of yesteryear by offering to eradicate his memory.

Grandi speranze di Charles Dickens (1812-1870) è un romanzo di formazione pubblicato nel 1861. L’opera ha avuto più di 250 adattamenti per il palcoscenico e lo schermo. Narra la storia di Pip, un giovane orfano che cresce in povertà ma sogna di diventare un gentiluomo. Attraverso una serie di incontri, tra cui quello con Miss Havisham, una ricca ed eccentrica signora, e la sua bellissima ma distante pupilla Estella, di cui il ragazzo si innamora perdutamente, Pip sviluppa grandi ambizioni per il suo futuro.

An entrepreneur’s guide to building a more profitable online business, even if you do not consider yourself a “numbers person.” By understanding and utilizing the four profit pillars, any online entrepreneur can develop the financial literacy they need to build a stable, reliable, and extremely profitable online business.

By the middle of the twenty-first century, the major powers on Earth had fallen into a second Cold War centralized in cyberspace. The US has made considerable strides in artificial intelligence by introducing the first ALICE system to the world. In an effort to catch up, China and Russia pooled their total AI resources, hoping their combined technologies would meet or exceed the American systems.

In 1974, Judge George Boldt issued a ruling that affirmed the fishing rights and tribal sovereignty of Native nations in Washington State. The Boldt Decision transformed Indigenous law and resource management across the United States and beyond. The case also brought about far-reaching societal changes, reinforcing tribal sovereignty and remedying decades of injustice. Eminent legal historian and tribal advocate Charles Wilkinson tells the story of the Boldt Decision against the backdrop of salmon's central place in the cultures and economies of the Pacific Northwest.

Before any type of unified political entity named Israel existed, the Jewish groups whose descendants would later form Israel identified themselves by their particular tribe. If asked their nationality or country of origin, they would likely identify themselves as Danites (from the tribe of Dan; Ex. 31:6) or Ephraimites (from the tribe of Ephraim; Judg. 12:5), etc.

What happens when you put good people in a bad place? That was the question that an experiment in 1971 set out to answer when Stanford University professor and psychologist Philip Zimbardo used funding provided by the U.S. Office of Naval Research to create a make-believe prison in the basement of a university building. Male students were offered the chance to take part in the two-week experiment (and to make $15 per day). All applicants were carefully screened to ensure that they were healthy, emotionally and psychologically stable. 24 men were selected out of 75 that had applied.

¿Conoces esa sensación de que algo sucederá, esa seguridad de que un evento, en un momento desconocido, de una manera incógnita, pasará? Cuando tus pensamientos llegan a memorias de un conocido y unas horas después, ¿lo encuentras caminando por la calle? Para leer al atardecer es un cuento sobre este fenómeno. Dickens nos da un claro ejemplo de cómo nuestro mundo, mundano a veces y hermoso también, puede sorprendernos con algo extraño, sin razón ni explicación.