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In this #1- SPIEGEL -bestselling seasonal romcom fake dating was the plan – catching real feelings wasn't. Becca and Nils are best friends – who end up in bed together every New Year's Eve. On the 10th anniversary of their annual one-night stand, kindergarten teacher Becca scrapes together her savings, planning to finally confess her love to Nils at a romantic Alpine chalet. But things don't go as planned. When Nils shows up with his new fiancée, Becca asks Raphael, the obnoxiously snooty uncle of one of her students, to play the role of her fake boyfriend.

What were the forces that thrust the British Empire to its extraordinary position of greatness and then just as powerfully drove it into decline? And why is nearly every nation on earth, in one way or another, the consequence of the British Empire?In these 36 lectures, Professor Allitt leads you through four centuries of British power, innovation, influence, and, ultimately, diminishment-four profound centuries that literally remade the world and bequeathed the complex global legacy that continues to shape your everyday life.

This comprehensive series of 84 lectures features three award-winning historians sharing their insights into this nation's past-from the European settlement and the Revolutionary War through the Civil War, 19th-century industrialization, two world wars, and the present day. These lectures give you the opportunity to grasp the different aspects of our past that combine to make us distinctly American, and to gain the knowledge so essential to recognizing not only what makes this country such a noteworthy part of world history, but the varying degrees to which it has lived up to its ideals.

There’s an apocryphal story that Alexander the Great once captured a notorious pirate named Diomedes. The great conqueror decided to interview the doomed pirate, asking him what he thought gave him the right to seize the property of other people. The pirate responded by asking the emperor what he thought gave him the right to take property that doesn’t belong to him, including entire countries. The story goes that Alexander thought the pirate very clever, granting him freedom instead of execution.

This series of 36 fascinating lectures is a chronological journey into the story of Victorian Britain, from the unexpected ascension to the throne of teenaged Princess Victoria in 1837 to her death in 1901 as the Boer War neared its end.Presented with all of Victoria's strengths and foibles left intact by an award-winning teacher and author, the lectures invite you to reflect on both the positive and negative aspects of her reign.

By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace Toby, a survivor of the man-made plague that has swept the earth, is telling stories. Stories left over from the old world, and stories that will determine a new one. Listening hard is young Blackbeard, one of the innocent Crakers, the species...

An ancient terror loose on campus. Three men who can help me stop it. When magical testing reveals that I’m a librarian witch, I’m ecstatic. Except, it turns out it means I’m a custodian of knowledge and creatures from beyond our dimension, rather than a curator of books. Because of my magic, I know about the ancient dimensional being that escaped from centuries-long imprisonment in the library. Murders begin across the campus that can only be traced back to this monster. The situation wakes Geo, a duty-bound gargoyle who senses danger to his destined mate—me.

Grasp the important ideas that have served as the backbone of philosophy across the ages with this extraordinary 60-lecture series. This is your opportunity to explore the enormous range of philosophical perspectives and ponder the most important and enduring of human questions-without spending your life poring over dense philosophical texts.

In a world full of subtle manipulation, gaslighting, and hidden psychological warfare, being unaware makes you vulnerable. Dark Psychology, Manipulation, & NLP: The 3-in-1 Bible is your complete guide to exposing covert tactics, resisting mental influence, and building an unshakable shield around your thoughts, emotions, and decisions.

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, The New Testament in Its World: Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the...

I didn’t know I was a witch until a pair of cats started talking to me and I received an official summons to report to a training school for my supernatural abilities. That’s when I’m shipped off to a highly esteemed university for the supernatural, Moongrove Academy. I go to class alongside shifters, vampires, and other creatures straight from the paranormal books I love so much.

If you’ve ever wanted to delve more deeply into the mysteries of human emotion, perception, and cognition, and of why we do what we do, these 48 lectures offer a superb place to start. With them, you’ll see the entire history of psychology unfold. In the hands of Professor Robinson, these lectures encompass ideas, speculations, and point-blank moral questions that might just dismantle and rebuild everything you once thought you knew about psychology.

Goethe was the inventor of the psychological novel, a pioneer scientist, great man of the theatre and a leading politician. As A. N. Wilson argues in this groundbreaking biography, it was his genius and insatiable curiosity that helped catapult the Western world into the modern era. A N. Wilson tackles the life of Goethe with characteristic wit and verve. From his youth as a wild literary prodigy to his later years as Germany’s most respected elder statesman, Wilson hones in on Goethe’s undying obsession with the work he would spend his entire life writing – Faust.

O palavrão é parte viva da língua brasileira: divertido, explosivo, às vezes ofensivo, mas sempre carregado de força e significado. Este dicionário reúne, de forma inédita, os principais palavrões usados no Brasil, explorando suas origens, sentidos, contextos e até mesmo a intensidade de cada um através da inovadora Escala Fascinare. Mais do que um simples compilado de termos, esta obra é um mergulho na criatividade popular, no humor e na irreverência que fazem parte do nosso jeito de falar.

Understanding the law does not have to be complicated. Everyday Law Made Simple is a practical and easy-to-follow audio guide designed to help you understand your legal rights in clear, simple, and useful terms. From contracts and property to disputes and everyday responsibilities, this audiobook explains how the law applies to your daily life and how you can use it to protect yourself. You will learn how to avoid common legal mistakes, handle everyday situations with confidence, and make informed decisions that reduce risk and protect your interests.

Normandie, 1203: Eine Intrige zerstört die Zukunft des jungen Adligen Eustache Busqués. Enteignet und für vogelfrei erklärt, flieht er in die Wälder und bekämpft jene, die ihn zu Fall brachten. Als er gefasst wird, kann er entkommen und beginnt ein neues Leben als Pirat. Bei einem Beutezug gerät die selbstbewusste und schöne Héloise d'Évrecy in seine Gewalt, die gegen ihren Willen verheiratet werden soll. Gemeinsam schmieden sie einen Plan, der ihr die Freiheit und ihm Vergeltung verschaffen soll und nebenbei einen Krieg entscheiden könnte.

Rennfahrer Johannes Müller sieht sich schon die Meisterschaft gewinnen – bis ein plötzliches Ende seiner Erfolgsserie ihm einen gewaltigen Dämpfer verpasst: Er schafft gerade so die Qualifikationen, von einem begehrten Platz auf dem Podium ganz zu schweigen. Sein Ingenieur, Caleb Hughes, will alles daransetzen, seinem Fahrer wieder auf die Beine zu helfen. Doch die Funken, die zwischen ihnen fliegen, kommen nicht nur durch schnelle Autos.

Tilde hat schon immer das Flüstern des Kithwalds gehört, die Stimmen ihrer Ahnen, die durch den Wald zu ihr sprechen. Doch Tilde ist die letzte Erbin eines eroberten Landes und muss den gefürchteten Schwanenkönig Liran heiraten, um ihrem Reich eine Zukunft zu geben. Lirans Söhne ringen bereits um den Thron ihres alternden Vaters, und Tilde ist eine Bedrohung, die sie um jeden Preis beseitigen wollen. Sie will ihr Land zurück und ist bereit, dafür alles zu opfern.

Beharrlich sind sie, sagen die einen. Nervig, sagen andere. Jedenfalls wollen Milla und Mats un-be-dingt ein Haustier. Wie gut, dass Milla und Mats ganz zufällig in einer kleinen Höhle im verwilderten Teil des Gartens hinter dem Haus drei flauschige Wesen entdecken: Knuffel, Lulu und Mopsi sind zuckersüß. Die perfekten Haustiere! Kurzerhand ziehen die drei Flauschis ins Kinderzimmer und sorgen dort für allerhand Trubel, äh, Freude. In 6 wirklich witzigen Geschichten toben, kleckern, springen, jammern und meckern sich die Nervknödel durch den Tag.

Ella Ash hatte ihr Happy End. Dachte sie. Nun sitzt die Lichthexe im Kerker als Gefangene von Prinz Silas − dem mächtigsten Hexer der Anderswelt. Silas, halb Hexer, halb Dunkelgeborener, ist inzwischen verlobt mit ihrer Stiefschwester Lilian, einer begnadeten Todeshexe. Und er will nur eines: Ella leiden sehen. Schließlich hat sie das Leben seiner Verlobten bedroht. Während ein uralter Konflikt zwischen den magischen Wesen erneut aufflammt, kämpft Ella nicht nur um ihre Freiheit, sondern um eine Liebe, die selbst Verrat, Hass und dunkle Magie nicht auslöschen können.