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Murder in Canton takes place in the year 680, as Judge Dee, recently promoted to lord chief justice, is sent incognito to Canton to investigate the disappearance of a court censor. With the help of his trusted lieutenants Chiao Tai and Tao Gan, and that of a clever blind girl who collects crickets, Dee solves a complex puzzle of political intrigue and murder through the three separate subplots "the vanished censor," "the Smaragdine dancer," and "the Golden Bell."

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The Richest Man in Babylon, based on “Babylonian parables”, has been hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In simple language, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. A celebrated best seller, it offers an understanding and a solution to your personal financial problem. Revealed inside are the secrets to acquiring money, keeping money, and making money earn more money.

The game under the tree looked like a hundred others Peters and Judy had at home. But they were bored and restless and, looking for something interesting to do, thought they'd give Jumanji a try. Little did they know when they unfolded its ordinary-looking playing board that they were about to be plunged into the most exciting and bizarre adventure of their lives. 

"All’improvviso da essere giovane mi ritrovo vecchio. Quando è successo? E come?" Questo, o qualcosa di simile, è quello che pensa Giorgio, alla vigilia del suo sessantesimo compleanno. Che sia arrivato, anche per lui, il tempo dei bilanci? Un’ex moglie, una vita tra Firenze e New York, un buon momento personale e professionale. E la certezza di avere quarant’anni. Certezza che però si deve scontrare con la data impressa sulla carta di identità e con un elenco considerevole di acciacchi e malanni.

A double murder confounds everyone in this mystery--but not the beloved detective Judge Dee, whom the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock Holmes Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath...

If the dead can wake and walk among us, how can we know what is truly real? Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruth - strange, corpse-like, and dead for centuries - is the light of Roos' life. That is, until the wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop visits one of Roos' backroom...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People written and read by Vanessa Van Edwards. Wish you knew exactly what to say in awkward social situations? Or that you had a formula for charisma? You need to know how people work...

Heldanarr Fall has nothing to live for. He has conquered the Burning Valley and bent its people to his will. Yet even as a Chaos Lord, he must kneel to a god of bloodshed who demands endless war. Then, in the ruins of a siege, he finds two children. Helpless. Innocent. Worth protecting. For the first time since his rise to power, Heldanarr sees a future worth fighting for – the chance to make a better world.

The premise of Trauma and the Body is that, by adding body-oriented interventions to their repertoire, traditionally trained therapists can increase the depth and efficacy of their clinical work. Sensorimotor psychotherapy is an approach that builds on traditional psychotherapeutic understanding but includes the body as central in the therapeutic field of awareness, using observational skills, theories, and interventions not usually practiced in psychodynamic psychotherapy.   

Feel Good French is a Slow French podcast for A2, B1 and B2 learners, francophiles, expats and future expats dreaming of a new chapter in France. Improve your French listening naturally through true stories, French culture, history, travel and real places in France. Discover extraordinary lives of people who reinvented themselves in France. Not a grammar lesson: French through stories. Free transcripts and companion PDFs: www.feelgoodfrench.com

Do you wish you could decode people? Do you want a formula for charisma? Do you want to know exactly what to say to your boss, your date or your networking partner? You need to know how people work. As a human behavior investigator, Vanessa Van Edwards studies the hidden forces that drive our...

There, in the district of Lan-fang, separated from the vast Tartar steppes of Central Asia by only a boundary river, Judge Dee faces and solves one of the most frightening cases of his long career. Outside the east city gate, on a wooded hill, stood a centuries-old Buddhist temple. It was there that the phantom stalked; and there also a series of brutal murders were committed. Judge Dee's inquiry into them is complicated by a mysterious dying message from a young girl and by the theft of a large sum in gold from an imperial treasurer.

You're trying to help - but is it working? There's a better way. In this powerful, practical audiobook, emotional intelligence expert Richard Boyatzis and Weatherhead School of Management colleagues Melvin Smith and Ellen Van Oosten present a clear and hopeful message. The way to help someone learn and change, they say, cannot be focused primarily on fixing problems, but instead must connect to that person's positive vision of themselves or an inspiring dream or goal they've long held.

Ellie è una giovane, bellissima e inesperta studentessa della New York University – si sta preparando per un weekend romantico con il suo fidanzato molto più grande, Steven, un affascinante professore in un esclusivo liceo di Manhattan. Eccitati dall'idea di conoscersi meglio, lontano da occhi indiscreti, fuggono in una baita remota nella baia di Chesapeake. Ma quando una tempesta di neve li blocca, diventa evidente che entrambi hanno oscuri e letali segreti – e che solo uno di loro uscirà vivo dal weekend.

Il titolo di questo romanzo giallo fu deciso, postumo, dall'editore di S.S. Van Dine, perchè non sembra fosse nelle sue intenzioni concludere la carriera del suo raffinato alter ego. L'autore morì poco dopo la fine della seconda stesura del romanzo, che infatti ha uno stile più asciutto degli altri. Vance si muove negli ambienti ricchi della società newyorkese, fra gente alla moda e assassini ben congegnati.

Join the T'ang Dynasty detective Judge Dee on his very first full-length mystery! Poisoned plums, a cryptic scroll picture, passionate love letters, and a hidden murderer with a penchant for torturing and killing women lead Judge Dee to the heart of the Governor’s garden maze and the answers to three interwoven mysteries. This book kicked off Robert van Gulik's long-running series and introduced countless listeners to a cozy, clever series and the incredible detective at its center. Listen to this one, and you'll quickly find yourself seeking out the whole series.

With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material. A CNN Book of the Week: “Explains not just why we should read books, but how we should read them...

En la línea de Soy Zlatan Ibrahimović y Open de Andre Agassi, Frágil es una autobiografía cruda, honesta y reveladora sobre la vida de uno de los grandes futbolistas de todos los tiempos.

En 1995 Marco Van Basten dijo adiós oficialmente como jugador de fútbol a la edad de treinta años. No había podido jugar en el AC Milan los dos últimos años debido a una persistente lesión en el tobillo producida diez años atrás. Tras su despedida, Van Basten se tomó varios años de descanso, retirándose como figura pública para concentrarse principalmente en el golf...

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK: Semnalele subtile pe care le trimitem oamenilor din jur prin limbajul corpului, mimică, cuvintele alese și tonul vocii au un impact masiv asupra modului în care suntem percepuți de ceilalți, dimpreună cu ideile noastre. Semnalele pe care le manifestăm fie ne îmbunătățesc mesajul, fie îl subminează. Dacă vrei să te faci auzit la locul de muncă, să fii promovat, să câștigi mai mulți clienți sau pur și simplu să legi mai ușor relații, consultă ghidul pe care ți-l pune la dispoziție Vanessa Van Edwards. Învață cum să le arăți celor din jur că ești un om carismatic.