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Type :epub | 4.9 MB | English | Michael Sims | 2017 | Bloomsbury Publishing
Description: From Michael Sims, the acclaimed author of The Story of Charlotte's Web, the rich, true tale tracing the young Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of Sherlock Holmes and the modern detective story.
As a young medical student, Arthur Conan Doyle studied in Edinburgh under the vigilant eye of a diagnostic genius, Dr. Joseph Bell. Doyle often observed Bell identifying a patient's occupation, hometown, and ailments from the smallest details of dress, gait, and speech. Although Doyle was training to be a surgeon, he was meanwhile cultivating essential knowledge that would feed his epistolary dreams and help him develop the most iconic detective in fiction.
Michael Sims traces the circuitous development of Conan Doyle as the father of the modern mystery, from his early days in Edinburgh surrounded by poverty and violence, through his escape to University (where he gained terrifying firsthand knowledge of poisons), leading to his own medical practice in...
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Type :epub | 1.29 MB | Sharon Begley | Simon & Schuster
Description: The first book to examine the science behind both mild and extreme compulsive behavior-using fascinating case studies to understand its deeper meaning and reveal the truth about human compulsion.
Whether shopping with military precision or hanging the tea towels just so, compulsion is something most of us have witnessed in daily life. But compulsions exist along a broad continuum, and at the opposite end of these mild forms exist life altering disorders.
Sharon Begley's meticulously researched book is the first of its kind to examine all of these behaviors-mild and extreme (OCD, hoarding, acquiring, exercise, even compulsions to do good)-together, as they should be, because while forms of compulsion may look incredibly different, these are actually all coping responses to varying degrees of anxiety.
With a focus on personal stories of dozens of interviewees, Begley employs genuine compassion and gives meaningful context to their plight. Along...
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Type :epub | 524.57 KB | English | Mike Weinberg | AMACOM
Description: No matter how much repeat business you get from loyal customers, the lifeblood of your business is a constant flow of new accounts. Whether you're a sales rep, sales manager, or a professional services executive, if you are expected to bring in new business, you need a proven formula for prospecting, developing, and closing deals. New Sales. Simplified. is the answer. You'll learn how to:Identify a strategic, finite, workable list of genuine prospectsDraft a compelling, customer-focused "sales story"Perfect the proactive telephone call to get face-to-face with more prospectsUse email, voicemail, and social media to your advantageOvercome-even prevent-every buyer's anti-salesperson reflexBuild rapport, because people buy from people they like and trustPrepare for and structure a winning sales callStop presenting and start dialoguing with buyersMake time in your calendar for business development activitiesAnd much morePacked with ...
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Type :epub | 528.06 KB | English | Christopher J. Preston | The MIT Press
Description: Imagining a future in which humans fundamentally reshape the natural world using nanotechnology, synthetic biology, de-extinction, and climate engineering.We have all heard that there are no longer any places left on Earth untouched by humans. The significance of this goes beyond statistics documenting melting glaciers and shrinking species counts. It signals a new geological epoch. In The Synthetic Age, Christopher Preston argues that what is most startling about this coming epoch is not only how much impact humans have had but, more important, how much deliberate shaping they will start to do. Emerging technologies promise to give us the power to take over some of Nature's most basic operations. It is not just that we are exiting the Holocene and entering the Anthropocene; it is that we are leaving behind the time in which planetary change is just the unintended consequence of unbridled industrialism. A world designed by engineers and technicians means the birth...
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Type :epub | 15.48 MB | English | Andrea Chesman | 2005 | Storey Publishing, LLC
Description: One-dish is a winning formula for today's busy families. In 101 One-Dish Dinners, Andrea Chesman sho off the versatility of Dutch ovens, skillets, and casserole pans. Classic baked dishes like ham and potato gratin, chicken potpie, and vegetable lasagne go head-to-head with diverse stovetop suppers like jambalaya, seafood paella, and pad Thai. For those looking for something a little lighter but still filling, there are plenty of meal-in-a-bowl salads and timeless soups. Serve up a nourishing meal tonight with little fuss and fewer dishes!
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Type :epub | 1.89 MB | English | Rob Teigen, Joanna Teigen | 2012 | Baker Publishing Group
Description: With today's busy schedules, it can be difficult for fathers to create meaningful memories with their girls. 88 Great Daddy-Daughter Dates provides dads with a wide variety of fun ideas for spending quality time with their daughters. Each date tells dads what to grab (any needed supplies), where to go, and how to grow together while having a blast and making great memories. Included for each date are Scriptures and questions to get the conversation flowing. From bird-watching and making paper airplanes to bowling and photo scavenger hunts, there's something for every dad and every little girl ages 6-12.The perfect gift for Father's Day or any time, 88 Great Daddy-Daughter Dates is sure to help Dad connect with his daughter in new and fun ways.
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Type :epub | 585.72 KB | English | Collins Dictionaries | HarperCollins Publishers
Description: Easy Learning Italian Conversation is a unique guide to communicating in Italian. It will help you to find out more about Italian culture and to practise your spoken Italian with a free downloadable audio file. Collins Easy Learning Italian Conversation is an ideal tool for learners of Italian at all levels, whether at school, in evening classes or at home, and is indispensable for business or leisure. The text consists of 12 units, each illustrating the language used in a particular situation, followed by a summary which gives all the key phrases covered throughout the book. The One-stop phrase shop unit gives you all the everyday expressions and language structures you need to speak in natural Italian. Finally, the short grammar and verb supplement and the glossary give you further help and ensure that you have everything you need at your fingertips, and the free audio download helps you to communicate with confidence. Easy to use: all the phrases you need in order to...
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Type :epub | 34.94 MB | English | David Stillman | McGraw-Hill Education
Description: Practice your way to a bigger vocabulary and better French skills If you want to expand your language skills, French Vocabulary Drills is filled with the information and practice you need to reach optimum results. Written by bestselling language-teaching experts David M. Stillman and Ronni L. Gordon, this book features essential French words grouped together into similar themes such as daily life, food, house and home, travel, holidays, technology, arts, and the economy, helping you to grasp meanings and remember terms more easily.
The unique presentation of vocabulary in context bridges the gap between words and conversation. You can practice your new vocabulary with more than 100 written exercises, including fill-in-the-blank, matching, translation, and composition. And French Vocabulary Drills gives you access to an exclusive flashcard app for use on your smartphone, giving you a convenient, on-the-go tool for further language-learning reinforcement.
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Type :epub | 464.3 KB | English | 9780007382071 | Francis Wheen | HarperCollins Publishers
Description: An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Francis Wheen's Sunday Times bestseller is one of 2004's most talked about books. In 1979 two events occurred that would shape the next twenty-five years. In Britain, an era of weary consensualist politics was displaced by the arrival of Margaret Thatcher, whose ambition was to reassert 'Victorian values'. In Iran, the fundamentalist cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini set out to restore a regime that had last existed almost 1,300 years ago. Between them they succeeded in bringing the twentieth century to a premature close. By 1989, Francis Fukuyama was declaring that we had now reached the End of History. What colonised the space recently vacated by notions of history, progress and reason? Cults, quackery, gurus, irrational panics, moral confusion and an epidemic of mumbo-jumbo. Modernity was challenged by a gruesome alliance of pre-modernists and post-modernists,...
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Type :epub | 38.84 MB | English | David Stillman | McGraw-Hill Education
Description: Practice your way to a bigger vocabulary and better Italian skills If you want to expand your language skills, Italian Vocabulary Drills is filled with the information and practice you need to reach optimum results. This book features essential Italian words grouped into similar themes such as daily life, food, house and home, travel, holidays, technology, arts, and the economy, helping you grasp meanings and remember terms more easily.
The unique presentation of vocabulary in context bridges the gap between words and conversation. You can practice your new vocabulary with more than 100 written exercises, including fill-in-the-blank, matching, translation, and composition. And Italian Vocabulary Drills gives you access to an exclusive flashcard app for use on your smartphone, giving you a convenient, on-the-go tool for further language-learning reinforcement.
Learn more than 2,500 essential termsPractice your vocabulary skills with more...
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Type :epub | 769.93 KB | English | Peter Archer | Adams Media
Description: This fascinating new book reveals the origins of the Vikings-from Thor and Leif Erikson to Loki and the Valkyries-and the tales that have influenced our own lives.
For thousands of years, Vikings have held a storied place in our culture-their distinct appearance, their mighty longships, their reputation for causing death and destruction. But who were these strange and mysterious folk?
The Book of Viking Myths retells the stories of the Viking people, with myths of their gods and goddesses, monsters, and great heroes. From tales of the beautiful and powerful Freyja, to the gold-toothed Heimdallr, to the wolf Fenrir, Peter Archer explores all the figures and tales that make up Norse mythology.
Along with these legends of seafaring, dwarves, giants, and the exploits of Thor, you will also discover the influences that Viking culture has had on our own lives. It's a true exploration of Nordic culture-and a glimpse into the history and...
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Type :epub | 3.87 MB | English | TaraShea Nesbit | Bloomsbury Publishing
Description: One of Vogue's Most Anticipated Books of 2020
From the bestselling author of The Wives of Los Alamos comes the riveting story of a stranger's arrival in the fledgling colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts-and a crime that shakes the divided community to its core.
Ten years after the Mayflower pilgrims arrived on rocky, unfamiliar soil, Plymouth is not the land its residents had imagined. Seemingly established on a dream of religious freedom, in reality the town is led by fervent puritans who prohibit the residents from living, trading, and worshipping as they choose. By the time an unfamiliar ship, bearing new colonists, appears on the horizon one summer morning, Anglican outsiders have had enough.
With gripping, immersive details and exquisite prose, TaraShea Nesbit reframes the story of the pilgrims in the previously unheard voices of two women of very different status and means. She evokes a vivid, ominous Plymouth,...
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Type :epub | 76.27 MB | Rough Guides | Rough Guides Ltd
Description: Now available in epub, the new-look Rough Guide to Istanbul is the perfect travel guide to one of the world's most popular and vibrant cities. Colourful, clearly laid-out pages are packed with exciting and evocative photographs, detailed colour-coded maps and insightful descriptions of all the sights.
From the city's iconic Byzantine churches and Ottoman mosques to its roof-top bars, restaurants, live music and club scene, every side of Istanbul is covered. Take a ferry up the Golden Horn, cruise across the Bosphorus to Asia, walk the city's land-walls or lounge on the Princes' Islands beaches: The Rough Guide to Istanbul will be with you all the way. You'll also find the latest insider information on the city's thriving arts scenes, as well as the best places to stay and shop. And if you are up for a little exploring beyond the city, The Rough Guide to Istanbul is the only major guidebook to include sections on the former...
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Type :epub | 2.87 MB | English | Hugh Barker | Atlantic Books
Description: Million Dollar Maths is an invaluable guide to the straightforward and outlandish mathematical strategies that can make you rich.
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How can you turn $1000 into $1 million?
What is the best way to beat the lottery odds?
When is the best time to take out a loan?
How did one group of gamblers bet on hole-in-ones to win £500,000?
How can maths help you set up a successful tech start-up?
What about proving the Goldbach Conjecture for $1 million?
Learn the techniques for growing your everyday finances, as well as the common mistakes to avoid. Discover the skills, both fair and foul, that offer an additional edge when investing and gambling. And discover why we often misunderstand probability and statistics - with troubling financial costs.
From making the most of special offers to utilising the power of exponential growth in your...
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Type :epub | 1.99 MB | English | Collins | 2006 | HarperCollins Publishers
Description: Collins Easy Learning Italian Verbs offers beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to Italian verbs.
The main section of the book consists of 120 fully conjugated verbs, regular and irregular. Each is self-contained, showing all the major tenses clearly set out with pronouns. Major constructions and idiomatic phrases are given for most verb models.
An alphabetical index lists over 1,000 widely used verbs, and each one cross-refers the user to its basic model in the main verb tables.
Collins Easy Learning Italian Verbs sho all the major tenses of the most important verbs in Italian in full.
Hundreds of examples of real Italian show exactly how each verb is actually used.
Specially designed for eReaders, including iPad, with a clear, colour layout.
Many other titles in the Easy Learning Italian range are available in ePub, including Collins Easy Learning Italian Grammar, Collins Easy Learning Italian Words and...
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Type :epub | 1.32 MB | English | Russell Fralich | Dundurn
Description: A country to kill for ...
The career of Claire Marcoux, a young naval officer, threatens to come crashing down after she orders the ship under her command to return fire on a boat that she was supposed to rescue. The quiet life of Daniel Ritter, a new professor in a new town, is turned upside down when the celebrity entrepreneur he was unexpectedly invited to meet is found murdered. Thrown together by chance, Claire and Daniel discover that they are involved in the same fight against an unknown enemy - a foe with a plot that endangers the lives of many ... and the very existence of the country they both cherish.
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Type :epub | 1.14 MB | English | Katy Simpson Smith | HarperCollins
Description: "Only Katy Simpson Smith could have written a novel of such elegance, emotional power, and grace. The Everlasting, a quadruple love story spanning two millennia, is no less than the story of love itself-its frustrations and thrills, its blunders and transcendent glories. Meraviglioso."-Nathaniel Rich, author of King Zeno
From a supremely talented author comes this brilliant and inventive literary work of historical fiction, set in Rome in four different centuries, that explores love in all its various incarnations and ponders elemental questions of good and evil, obedience and free will that connect four unforgettable lives .
Spanning two thousand years, The Everlasting follo four characters whose struggles resonate across the centuries: an early Christian child martyr; a medieval monk on crypt duty in a church; a Medici princess of Moorish descent; and a contemporary field biologist conducting an...
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Type :epub | 737.5 KB | English | Will Dean | 2020 | Oneworld Publications
Description: Black River is an electrifying return for relentless reporter Tuva Moodyson, from the author of Dark Pines and Red Snow.
FEAR
Tuva's been living clean in southern Sweden for four months when she receives horrifying ne. Her best friend Tammy Yamnim has gone missing.
SECRETS
Racing back to Gavrik at the height of Midsommar, Tuva fears for Tammy's life. Who has taken her, and why? And who is sabotaging the small-town search efforts?
LIES
Surrounded by dark pine forest, the sinister residents of Snake River are suspicious of outsiders. Unfortunately, they also hold all the answers. On the shortest night of the year, Tuva must fight to save her friend. The only question is who will be there to save Tuva?
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Type :epub | 500.98 KB | English | K. Ferrari | Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Description: Oligrachs gone wild, in a brutal and darkly comic Argentinian noir
Mr. Luis Machi is an unforgettably loathsome and hilarious Argentinian oligarch who made his fortune collaborating with the worst elements of society-parasites, pushers, and secret security officermen. He has a cocaine habit, a collection of three hundred ties, ten million dollars in the bank, and a bloody corpse in the trunk of his BMW . . . but as far as the body goes, he's completely innocent. He has no idea who the victim could be, or who among his many, many enemies might be trying to frame him for murder, and he doesn't have much time to find out . . .
The profane and uproarious Like Flies from Afar follo Machi through twenty-four hours of his eventful life-one full day in which to solve this mystery, or at least to make sure he isn't the one to take the fall.
The first novel to appear in English by the "subway janitor by night, novelist by day," who...
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Type :epub | 1.05 MB | English | Jessica Anthony | 2020 | Little, Brown and Company
Description: A young congressman discovers a mysterious stuffed aardvark on his doorstep and sets out on a rip-roaring journey to find out what it means in this "weird, wonderful, and very much of the moment" (Esquire) novel about the secrets we keep from ourselves and their history-shaping consequences.
It's early one morning on a hot day in August, and millennial congressman Alexander Paine Wilson ®, planning his first reelection campaign and in deep denial about his sexuality, receives a mysterious, over-sized FedEx delivery on his front stoop. Inside is a gigantic taxidermied aardvark.
This outrageous, edge-of-your-seat novel hurtles between contemporary Washington, D.C., where Wilson tries to get rid of the unsightly beast before it destroys his career, and Victorian England-where we meet Titus Downing, the taxidermist who stuffed the aardvark, and Richard Ostlet, the naturalist who hunted her. Our present world, we begin to see, has been shaped in...
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