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As a lieutenant in the US Marine Corps, Michael Stuart was once considered an officer and a gentleman. But that’s all changed. Now he’s seen as a renegade, a traitor, and a thief. Stuart is a man without a country...and perhaps without a prayer. Why? Because in a daring plot to foil the Japanese puppet regime in China, he set out to reinstate the country’s true emperor. Known now as The Red Dragon, Stuart is a soldier of fortune in war-torn Manchuria - and a man of honor in a world of treachery.

From the moment he burst onto the national political scene, Barack Obama has fascinated people more than any politician in decades. Many biographers have already retold his story, but no previous book truly explains how his mind works, what passions drive him, or what makes him such an effective leader.

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture.

When Falcon MacCallister buys a silver mine in the Arizona Territory from his old friend Doc Holliday, he gets more than he bargained for. On the way to inspect the mine, Falcon's stagecoach is robbed and two passengers are killed. One of those passengers is Cloud Dancer, the daughter of Apache chief Keytano, nephew to Naiche, Falcon's old nemesis.

In this second installment of Persson’s trilogy of police procedurals featuring the "small, fat and primitive" Evert Bäckström, the grand master’s most appallingly repulsive (and funniest) character is finally given his fifteen minutes of fame by way of his patented combination of laziness...

From the grand master of Scandinavian crime fiction—and one of the best crime writers of our time—a new critically acclaimed novel centered around the unsolved murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986. It's August 2007, and Lars Martin Johansson, chief of the National Bureau of...

In the middle of an unusually hot Swedish summer, a young woman studying at the Vaxjo Police Academy is brutally murdered. Police Inspector Evert Bäckström is unwillingly drafted in from Stockholm to head up the investigation. Egotistical, vain and utterly prejudiced against everything, Bäckström is a man who has no sense of duty or responsibility, thinks everyone with the exception of himself is an imbecile and is only really capable of warm feelings towards his pet goldfish and the nearest bottle of liquor.

Maggie McCabe está à beira do colapso. Como uma cirurgiã altamente renomada das Forças Armadas, ela sempre viveu no limite. Atuando em zonas de guerra, fazia de tudo para mudar vidas. E estava conseguindo... até que tudo foi pelos ares. Após uma série de tragédias que culminou na cassação de sua licença, Maggie perdeu o propósito, mas não a coragem e a paixão. Enquanto está no fundo do poço, recebe uma proposta irrecusável de um antigo conhecido, um cirurgião plástico de elite cujos clientes exigem, além do melhor tratamento que o dinheiro pode pagar, a garantia de discrição absoluta.

Pulling Together is a fantastic guide for leaders from all walks of life. In it you will learn about the 10 Rules for High Performance Teamwork. They’re simple, yet so important! It’s not only about leading a team, but also being a part of one. The 10 rules are presented in a way that every person in your organization can understand. Use this audiobook to clarify expectations and foster accountability, build more focus, unity, trust and credibility with your team, align people and systems, mobilize commitment and generate enthusiasm.

“Adventure,” L. Ron Hubbard said, “I well know, is in the heart, not in the view.” In his stories, which were uniquely drawn from true-to-life experiences, including then-rare voyages to Asia and the South Pacific, he adventured grandly, carrying readers into the cold, storm-swept sea, or the heat of a vast desert or the wild currents of the air. A member of the famed Explorers Club, Mr. Hubbard delivered in these stories a sharp jolt of reality with a healthy dose of pulse-pounding bold adventure.

You never dreamed being the boss would be so hard. You're caught in a web of conflicting expectations from your subordinates, from those above you, and from your peers and customers. You're not alone. As Harvard Business School's Linda Hill and manager and executive Kent Lineback reveal in Being the Boss, becoming an effective manager is a painful, difficult journey. It requires trial and error, endless effort, and slowly acquired personal insight. Many managers never complete the journey and instead just learn how to get by. At worst, they become terrible bosses.

Otto racconti dalle atmosfere nere, con alcuni spunti da leggende e storie ambientati in Liguria, dove il mare è sempre presente e accompagna i protagonisti nelle loro vicissitudini.

Break free of the fears, the blanking out, and physical reactions that are keeping you from demonstrating your true ability and potential. How to Conquer Test Anxiety shows you how to apply superior test-taking skills to lower stress and anxiety - before, during, and after a test.

Um belo romance sobre o poder transformador da escrita e a beleza de nos reconectarmos com as pessoas que amamos.

Darsi regole, per poi infrangerle con senso di responsabilità. Un paradosso, solo apparente, per vincere la sfida di sempre: lavorare serenamente, tutti insieme. Dove possiamo trovare spunti e suggerimenti per raggiungere questo obiettivo? Erika Leonardi ci prova col jazz. Dimostra che ci sono straordinarie affinità con l'organizzazione di un'impresa: regole e flessibilità, spirito di gruppo e responsabilità individuale sono le stesse componenti della quotidianità aziendale che, come un'orchestra jazz, alterna pluralità e individuo, regole e caos, competenza e innovazione.

From a master of Scandinavian crime fiction--the first in a brilliant series of novels centered around the investigations of one irascible, obdurate, and very thirsty Swedish police officer: Detective Superintendent Evert Bäckström of the National Murder Squad. Detective Bäckström is...

In this age of hypercompetition, the Internet constitutes a powerful tool for inventing radical new business models that will leave your rivals scrambling. But as brain scientist and entrepreneur Jeffrey Stibel explains in Wired for Thought, you have to understand its true nature. The Internet is more than just a series of interconnected computer networks; it's the first real replication of the human brain outside the human body.

Gäddan står i vassen, gäddan står och glor.Gäddan ser så elak ut, liknar mest sin mor.Gäddor orkar vänta, gäddor har ej brått.Gäddors högsta önskan är att sluka smått!Erik Magntorn, lovordad för sina underfundiga rim, och Ane Gustavsson, illustratör till flera av Lennart...

En dag smyger Olle och Nicke in i ett övergivet gammalt pensionat på Hallandsåsen utanför Båstad. I det förfallna huset möter de Lina, som arbetade som kökspiga på pensionatet för över hundra år sedan, och som färdats genom tiden för att leta efter ett viktigt brev. Pojkarna ger...

Vad är det för en underlig kille som smyger omkring vid kyrkan i Uppåkra, och varför har han så konstiga kläder? Malte bestämmer sig för att ta reda på saken, något som blir starten på en resa tillbaka till vikingatiden med ett uppdrag han aldrig kunnat drömma om.På uppdrag i...