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The Age of Chivalry focuses on Arthurian legends of the legendary King Arthur who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defense of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries AD. It includes the chapters "The Mythical History of England", "Merlin", "Sir Gawain", "Lancelot of the Lake", "The Lady of Shalott", "Queen Guenever's Peril", "Tristram and Isoude", and "Sir Palamedes".

Defining "medicalization" as the perception of nonmedical conditions as medical problems and nondiseases as diseases, Thomas Szasz has devoted much of his career to exposing the dangers of "medicalizing" the conditions of some who simply refuse to conform to society's expectations. Szasz argues that modern psychiatry's tireless ambition to explain the human condition has led to the treatment of life's difficulties and oddities as clinical illnesses rather than as humanity revealed in its fullness.

Getting a new job or a big promotion is like building a house: You need to get the foundation right for both. With a job, the quick-drying cement is how well you do in your first hundred days, since they establish the foundation for long-term momentum and great performance.

When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, what will they say was the most crucial development in the first few years of the twenty-first century? The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the Iraq war? Or the convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, creating an explosion of wealth in the middle classes of the world's two biggest nations?

Humans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begun to investigate how these industrious insects live in the wild. The Lives of Bees is Thomas Seeley’s captivating story of what scientists are learning about the behavior, social life, and survival strategies of honey bees living outside the beekeeper’s hive - and how wild honey bees may hold the key to reversing the alarming die-off of the planet’s managed honey bee populations.

A book that pulses with life in the midst of death, The Magic Mountain is a mammoth masterpiece of erudition and irony, sexual tension, and intellectual ferment. Mann utilises a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community dedicated solely to illness, as a microcosm for Europe, which in the years prior to 1914 was already displaying the initial signs of its own terminal madness, in this dizzyingly dense novel of ideas.

The Glaucoma Guidebook is an invaluable resource for anyone living with glaucoma and for those who are at high risk of developing the disease. Dr. Constance Okeke, an expert with over 20 years of experience helping thousands of patients see better, provides the critical advice and best practices needed to take control of your vision.

Rent-A-Fiancé is a sharp, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about fake engagements, real emotions, and the unexpected messiness of love. Natalie Quinn has everything under control—until her sister's wedding forces her to produce a plus-one... or face a week of family pity and meddling.

This collection includes both previously-published and all-new stories.

Once, John Irish was a legend in the porn industry, partying with the likes of John Holmes, Peter North, Nina Hartley, and Seka, but now he's on the far side of fifty, and Ron Jeremy won't even return his phone calls. Desperate for any kind of paying work, he's sunk to the level of bit roles in grade-Z porn and is even considering applying to work at Wal-Mart, when hot-blooded starlet Mindy Copperhead comes into his life.

Times are tough in the economic downturn of the late 2040s. Angel, an ex-prostitute-turned-assassin, has just killed her ex-boyfriend without making a dime on it. Camaro, a courier, is wanted by the Feds for smuggling coffee and evading pursuit. And Haiwee, once the greatest hacker on the planet, has ruined her body with the drugs used to enhance her reflexes and is destitute with no reputation left to cash in upon. So when a billionaire offers them a big paycheck to retrieve one of three collectible bottles and destroy the other two, the three young mercenaries don't ask questions.

Eine Sturmflut sucht das kleine Dorf Unterlingen heim, Wassermassen drängen die Anwohner aus ihren Häusern–nur eine bleibt, so wie sie es schon immer getan hat: Gudelia. Sie blieb 1984, als ihr Sohn ermordet wurde, 1998, als sie sich von ihrem Mann trennte, und auch jetzt, als ihr Haus in den Fluten einzustürzen droht. Nicht einmal die beiden gefesselten Leichen, die an ihrem Fenster vorbeitreiben, können sie umstimmen. Denn Gudelias Gedanken gelten nur ihrem Haus, in dem sich ihr dunkelstes Geheimnis verbirgt.

Start a Small Business is your ultimate step-by-step guide to launching and scaling a profitable business in today’s economy. Whether you're building an online business, starting a brick-and-mortar store, or offering services as a solopreneur, this book will empower you with actionable strategies, expert insights, and proven frameworks to succeed.

In this suspenseful novel, Tissidy, a former gangster, finds himself in a dangerous situation when he is confronted by men he owes money to. Just as he is about to meet his demise, a blinding light fills the room and a mysterious man appears, offering Tissidy a chance at redemption.

Abrazos del Cielo" es una obra profundamente reconfortante del renombrado teólogo puritano Thomas Watson, que ofrece consuelo celestial al pueblo de Dios en tiempos de aflicción. Con su característica sabiduría pastoral y profundidad espiritual, Watson revela cómo el amor divino abraza y sostiene a los creyentes en sus momentos más difíciles.

De una forma brillante y con detalles conmovedores, Hugh Thomas analiza este devastador conflicto en el que las esperanzas, los sueños y las creencias de este siglo estallaron en el campo de batalla. La Guerra Civil refleja, como si de un microcosmos se tratara, las tensiones que llevaron a Europa a la Guerra Mundial: de la puesta en juego de las maquinaciones de Franco y Hitler, a la tragedia de Guernica y la caída de aquellos que creían en la democracia.

In this provocative book, Thomas Chatterton Williams, one of the most revered and reviled social commentators of our time, paints a clear and detailed picture of the ideas and events that have paved the way for the dramatic paradigm shift in social justice that has taken place over the past few years. Williams also decries how liberalism - the very foundation of an open and vibrant society - is in existential crisis, under assault from both the right and the left, especially in our predominantly networked, Internet-driven monoculture.

Holmes deckt, ohne Probleme, einen Fall auf. Er setzt John Clay und seinen Kumpanen fest und übergibt sie der Polizei. Die aber kann die beiden Verbrecher nicht gefangen halten - denn sie haben mächtige Freunde. Und nach und nach entdeckt Holmes, dass er einem ganz neuen Fall auf der Spur ist. Einem Fall, der einen Krieg heraufbeschwören könnte ...!

Der Podcast mit thefricolix und El Raucho über die alltäglichen Dinge des Lebens. Gespickt mit lauter Lebensweisheiten.

Alemanha Cast News é um resumo das principais notícias da semana, pensado especialmente para brasileiros que vivem na Alemanha ou têm interesse no que acontece por aqui. Informação rápida, em português, direto ao ponto. (A narração dos episódios é feita por inteligência artificial.)