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More people have died in disease epidemics than in wars or other disasters, but the process of identifying these diseases and determining how they spread is often a terrifying gamble. Epidemiologists have been ignored, mocked, or silenced all while trying to protect the population and identify “patient zero”—the first person to have contracted the disease, and a key piece in solving the epidemic puzzle. Patient Zero tracks the gripping tales of eight epidemics and pandemics—how they started, how they spread, and the fight to stop them.

Author Carol F. Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in 17th-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society and attempts to answer the question why some women were vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft and possession.

When they meet, Christopher is smitten, but Ginger...isn't quite so sure. Christopher's gorgeous, and kind, and their opposites-attract chemistry is off the charts. But hot sex is one thing - truly falling for someone? Terrifying. When her world starts to crumble around her, Ginger has to face the fact that this fight can only be won by being vulnerable - this fight, she can't win on her own.

Her life is like a prison cell. A self-made, to-hell-with-the-free-world existence that locks from the inside. Stop judging. Her agoraphobia doesn’t define her. It simply keeps her safe.

A masterful synthesis of relational and attachment theory, neurobiology, and contemporary psychoanalysis, Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame: Healing Right Brain Relational Trauma has been internationally recognized as an essential text on shame. Integrating new theory about trauma, shame resilience, and self-compassion, this second edition further clarifies the relational, right-brain essence of being in and with the suffering of shame. New chapters carry theory further into praxis.

In 1922, a 16-year-old Canadian girl, fed up with life in a French convent school, answered an ad for a travelling secretary. Tall, blonde, and swaggering with confidence, she might have passed for twenty. She also knew what she wanted: to become the first female to drive around the world. Her name was Aloha Wanderwell. By the age of 25, she had become a pilot, a film star, an ambassador for world peace, and the centerpiece of one of the biggest unsolved murder mysteries in California history. Her story defied belief, but it was true. Every bit of it. Except for her name.

One of Canada’s most acclaimed horror writers, Gemma Files presents a mosaic of interconnected stories about interconnected families. After fleeing Scotland, five clans settled in the fictional town of Dourvale in northern Ontario. Known as the Five-Family Coven, they are the descendants of witches and witch-children, none of whom were spared persecution in their native country. Now shamans, spellcasters, singers, and thieves, the members of the Devize, Druir, Glouwer, Roke, and Rusk families survive by trading their occult powers and talents.

Five years after the Knights unified the empires, rebels rise from the ashes of the Althaean Siege, and Mirari and Gaven are thrust into a world of treachery and uncertainty. Gaven will stop at nothing until all members of the Blessed are captured. However, when Mirari discovers the truth about the Blessed, she is torn between her duty as Gaven’s partner and her desire to help the oppressed. Suspicion and secrets swirl, and as the weight of past regrets consumes Gaven, Mirari is forced to make heart-wrenching decisions that will forever alter her destiny.

Thinkers have been fascinated by paradox since long before Aristotle grappled with Zeno's. In this volume in The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Margaret Cuonzo explores paradoxes and the strategies used to solve them. She finds that paradoxes are more than mere puzzles but can prompt new ways of thinking. A paradox can be defined as a set of mutually inconsistent claims, each of which seems true. Paradoxes emerge not just in salons and ivory towers but in everyday life.

In St. Peter-Ording, dem beliebten Urlaubsort an der Nordsee, wird eines Morgens mitten in der Saison ein Toter am Strand gefunden. Niemand scheint ein Motiv zu haben, den Leiter der Schutzstation Wattenmeer Michael Schwertfeger, der sehr zurückgezogen gelebt hat, zu erschlagen. Kommissarin Charlotte Wiesinger aus Hamburg verstärkt das Team vor Ort, das nicht zuletzt auch aus dem schrulligen Hausmeister Torge Trulsen des Feriendorfes Weiße Düne besteht. Er weiß nicht nur genau, was auf der Halbinsel Eiderstedt passiert, sondern ist auch mit jedem per Du.

Written by Mary R. Burch, PhD, with input from the respected dog experts at the American Kennel Club (R)–the very same organization that designed the test–Canine Good Citizen: The Official AKC Guide will help dog owners easily maneuver through the program's 10-step curriculum, with a focus on responsible pet ownership and basic good manners for dogs.

Melody Chesterton is off on her next Continental Caper. Having left her brother, Rat, with no choice but to take her with him on his next assignment for Britain's Secret Service Bureau, Melody should be excited about travelling to Morocco. However, that was before she found out that the handsome, charming Conte Alessandro Foscari would accompany them. Melody is still licking her wounds after her realization that Alessandro's flirtation had been nothing more than a ploy to keep an eye on her brother. Or was it?

Auf der Eiswelt Simia Orichalcae macht sich Unruhe breit, als immer wieder Minenarbeiter unter mysteriösen Umständen verschwinden. Als ranghöchstem Vertreter des Astra Militarum obliegt es Commissar Ciaphas Cain, der Sache nachzugehen. Niemand ahnt jedoch, dass sich der Planet in der Einfallschneise einer gewaltigen Orkhorde befindet. Als die wilden Grünhäute unvermittelt über die Welt herfallen, regt sich ein gefährliches Übel in der eisigen Tiefe des Planeten.

Als Commissar der Imperialen Armee ist es Ciaphas Cains Aufgabe, seinen Soldaten mutigen Schrittes voranzugehen und für die Moral der Truppe zu sorgen. Nachdem seine Taten ihn allerdings zu einem unfreiwilligen Helden des Imperiums gemacht haben, wird er immer wieder in riskante Einsätze geschickt, die ihn beinahe Kopf und Kragen kosten. In der Hoffnung, endlich einen ruhigen Posten gefunden zu haben, nimmt er den Auftrag an, aus den Überresten zweier valhallanischer Verbände ein Regiment zu formen.

If you put aside what you think you know about Jesus and approach the Gospels as though for the first time, something remarkable happens: Jesus emerges as a teacher of the transformation of consciousness. Cynthia Bourgeault is a masterful guide to Jesus' vision and to the traditional contemplative practices you can use to experience the heart of his teachings for yourself.

Young orphan Judy Abbott’s life is turned upside down following an unexpected message. An anonymous benefactor has offered to pay for Judy to attend college on one condition – she must write to the mysterious donor every month to update them on her progress, and she must never know who they are.

Fooling My Fertility & Expecting at 50 details Kia’s decades long journey, through navigating bad medical reports of fibroids, ovarian cysts, diminished ovarian reserve, endometriosis, some poor choices, heavy expectations, menopause and the labyrinth of all of the systems seemingly standing between women and motherhood to achieve her first dream in life which was always to become a mother. Kia takes on the topics of egg freezing, IVF, donor help, immunology relating to miscarriage, traditional adoption, and embryo adoption in this blueprint read.

This book presents thoughts and ideas that have guided me through complex situations and challenges. We are on the brink of a major shift, driven by the cascading effects of rapidly evolving technology. As Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshapes our world and future, it is essential to understand how to navigate these changes. "Throughout my career as a journalist, talk show host, and producer, I have had the privilege of interviewing hundreds of successful and notable individuals. One consistent theme emerged when they discussed overcoming personal challenges: alignment with self.

An einem klirrend kalten Spätnachmittag Ende Februar verwandelt Eisregen den gesamten Norden in eine spiegelglatte Rutschpartie. Wer nicht unbedingt unterwegs sein muss, bleibt lieber zu Hause. Am nächsten Tag meldet Isabell Götsch den Einbruch in ihr Haus im Tümlauer Koog, in dessen Folge ihr Mann getötet wurde. Sie selbst hat das Wochenende in der Lüneburger Heide verbracht.

Roter Alarm für die PSA! Morna Ulbrandson schleust sich als Stripperin in einen Tanzclub auf der Reeperbahn ein, um einem Professor näher zu kommen, der ein düsteres Geheimnis hütet. Dieser bringt aus Afrika eine schaurige Fracht mit: Zombie-Skelette, die die Lebenskraft der Menschen aussaugen können und dessen Aussehen annehmen! Die Reeperbahn in Hamburg wird für Morna zur tödlichen Falle.