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Sarah Mitchell Letters to a Stranger
"England, 1940. Dearest Ruby, you must have heard the news by now. The very worst has happened. Our countries are at war. What can I do? How can I stop this nightmare from happening? One day soon we’ll be together again. I swear. I love you. E. x" Ruby Summers is a tapestry of memories, her ninety-six years laced with both love and loss. The echoes of a wartime Norfolk summer, where young Ruby's heart entwined with Edmondo's under orchard skies, are as vivid as ever. Yet a single, haunting secret...
Engels | 9 uur 24 minuten (411 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Alex Gough Caesar's Soldier
The Mark Antony Roman Adventure; Mark Antony Book I
Who was the man that would become Caesar's lieutenant, Brutus' rival, Cleopatra's lover, and Octavian's enemy? When his stepfather is executed for his involvement in the Catilinarian conspiracy, Mark Antony and his family are disgraced. His adolescence is marked by scandal and mischief, his love affairs are fleeting, and yet, his ambition is vast. Antony's path to prosperity leads him to an education in Athens, a campaign for a seat in the Senate, and a position of military command. Undeterred by...
Engels | 13 uur 16 minuten (581 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Sophus Helle Forgetting to Forget
We all have something we would like to forget, or something we would like others to forget about us. But it can be surprisingly difficult to forget. You can try to make yourself hold on to a memory, but letting go of it can be much trickier. Forgetfulness comes, wanted or otherwise, but always at its own pace. This episode charts various people who have tried, and failed, to bring about forgetfulness, from the German philosopher Immanuel Kant to the American actress Barbra Streisand. Hosted and...
Engels | 15 minuten (11 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Joakim Eriksson Staying Smart Under Pressure - Introduction
Through guided meditation practices, this podcast series provides you with tools to balance your nervous system, to think creatively, recover and boost your empathy as a leader. This part of the series is designed to help you staying smart under pressure. In this episode, Joakim Eriksson introduces the principles of maintaining a balanced mind. Leadership Meditations - Sustainable High Performance In Mindful Leadership Meditations, the experienced leadership consultant, Joakim Eriksson, delves...
Engels | 5 minuten (4,2 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Joakim Eriksson Sustainable High Performance - Introduction
Through guided meditation practices, this podcast series provides you with tools to balance your nervous system, to think creatively, recover and boost your empathy as a leader. In this part of the podcast series, Eriksson focuses on sustainable high performance. This episode offers an introduction to how our brain and nervous system responds to stressor and the effects of cognitive functioning. Leadership Meditations - Sustainable High Performance In Mindful Leadership Meditations, the experienced...
Engels | 8 minuten (5,9 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Joakim Eriksson Connecting to the Bigger Picture
Through guided meditation practices, this podcast series provides you with tools to balance your nervous system, to think creatively, recover and boost your empathy as a leader. This part of the series delves in to building resilience. This episode focuses on connecting to the bigger picture, and how we’re interdependent on our co-workers. Leadership Meditations - Sustainable High Performance In Mindful Leadership Meditations, the experienced leadership consultant, Joakim Eriksson, delves into the...
Engels | 4 minuten (3,2 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Joakim Eriksson Exploring three Dimensions of Motivation and Happiness
Through guided meditation practices, this podcast series provides you with tools to balance your nervous system, to think creatively, recover and boost your empathy as a leader. This part of the series delves in to building resilience. This episode explores how we’re able to reflect on the three different aspects of motivation and life satisfaction through positive psychology. Leadership Meditations - Sustainable High Performance In Mindful Leadership Meditations, the experienced leadership consultant,...
Engels | 9 minuten (6,8 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Joakim Eriksson Micro Recoveries
Through guided meditation practices, this podcast series provides you with tools to balance your nervous system, to think creatively, recover and boost your empathy as a leader In this part of the podcast series, Eriksson focuses on sustainable high performance. In this guide, Joakim Eriksson guides you to how to find and use pauses during the day to reset and build resilience. Leadership Meditations - Sustainable High Performance In Mindful Leadership Meditations, the experienced leadership consultant,...
Engels | 8 minuten (5,8 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Joakim Eriksson Navigating in Complexity - Introduction
Through guided meditation practices, this podcast series provides you with tools to balance your nervous system, to think creatively, recover and boost your empathy as a leader. This part of the series provides a guide to navigating uncertainty. In this episode, Joakim Eriksson introduces you to how our brain responds to uncertainty and principles for staying open and creative when facing complex challenges. Leadership Meditations - Sustainable High Performance In Mindful Leadership Meditations,...
Engels | 3 minuten (2,5 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Barbara Josselsohn Secrets of the Italian Island
WWII secrets, forbidden love, and one terrible mistake... When Mia discovers an old letter, she sets out on a mission to uncover the truth about her grandmother's past. With the help of brooding local guide Leo, they sneak into the closed-off Isola di Parissi, where Mia falls in love with both the country and her guide. But as they uncover hidden and handwritten notes, Mia learns of a heartbreaking mistake her grandmother made during WWII that tore apart the island community. Will Mia be forced...
Engels | 11 uur 6 minuten (489 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Tove Jansson Sculptor's Daughter
Dive into Tove Jansson's spellbinding memoir and be transported to early 20th-century Helsinki where you'll experience the magic and fears of a childhood infused with the freedom and natural beauty of Finland. Hailed by Ali Smith for its evocative prose, Jansson's memoir unveils the enchantments of a world where winter ice is a playground of mysteries, balalaika parties radiate warmth, and Christmas takes on epic proportions when viewed from a child's eyes. A universal tale that speaks to the child...
Engels | 3 uur 57 minuten (173 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers
Deep dive into Alexandre Dumas' swashbuckling historical adventure tale of honour and chivalry, set during the backdrop of the French monarchy’s slow demise, ´The Three Musketeers´. Kickstarting the epic trilogy, ´The Three Musketeers´ follows D’Artagnan's desperate attempt to leave home and join the elite Musketeers of the Guard in Paris. When he befriends three other formidable musketeers his age, the group soon take it upon themselves to save the state and control the courts! But when rogue...
Engels | 26 uur 17 minuten (1158 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Adrian Tchaikovsky Alien clay
Een groep gevangenen wordt uitgezonden naar een strafkamp op een verre planeet. Daar ontdekken ze sporen van een eerdere beschaving.
Fictie
Engels | 387 pagina's | Tor, London | 2024
Gedrukt boek
Jessica Bull Miss Austen investigates
Gregory, de broer van Jane, wordt beschuldigd van moord op een jonge vrouw en het stelen van haar ketting.
Fictie
Engels | 452 pagina's | Michael Joseph, UK | 2023
Gedrukt boek
Jantinus Mulder S-class destroyer Piet Hein ex HMS Serapis
Ordered by the Royal Navy in 1941, the destroyers of the 5th Emergency Flotilla became known as S-class and served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II. In the last months of the war, three were transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy for service in the Far East. HMS Serapis was renamed HNLMS Piet Hein and served in the Indonesian War of Independence and saw action in the Korean War. She was sold for scrap in 1962. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 22 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2024
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Anja van den Broeck | Hermina van Coillie | Jacques Forest | Marcus B. Muller The ABC of Work Motivation
How to Energize Any Organization
What are the innate and universal ingredients to stimulate employee well-being and performance? This book will help you learn more about these, based on the latest research in motivational science. Motivation is the key to our lives. Whether at work, at home, at school or on the sports field, we constantly need to find ways to motivate ourselves and those we support. What if, instead of motivational tricks, we could rely on a positive, universal, and surprisingly simple point of view: that of Self-Determination...
Engels | 208 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024
E-book
Bert Lamers America
The s.s. 'America' was an ocean liner which entered service in 1940 for the United States Lines. She was designed by the famous naval architect William Francis Gibbs. In the 54 years between her introduction and her wrecking in 1994, she had eight different owners (of which one twice) and sailed under the names of 'America' (carrying this name three different times), 'West Point', 'Australis', 'Italis', 'Noga', 'Alferdoss' and 'American Star'. She served most in passenger service as s.s. 'America'...
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 29 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024
E-book
Bert Lamers SS Australis
The ss 'Australis' was a well known ocean liner which entered service in 1940 as the ss 'America' for the United States Lines. The ship was sold to the Greek Chandris Lines in 1964 and served until 1977 very succesfully on the route Western-Europe-Australia-New Zealand. Later the route became a full round-the-world-service. After her Australian period the liner sailed under the names of 'America' (for the third time), 'Italis', 'Noga', 'Alferdoss' and finally 'American Star'. In this volume of Liners...
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 43 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2024
E-book
Filip Debelva | Niels Bammens Principles of taxation
Taxation is a fundamental aspect of modern societies, and an essential instrument to fund government expenditures. Without taxes, governments would be unable to provide public services relating to healthcare, education, infrastructure or social welfare. Because of their importance, taxes permeate every aspect of society. Businesses are faced with tax consequences when selling goods or providing services, when paying salaries, when expanding into a new market, etc. But the decisions of individuals...
Engels | 300 pagina's (ePub2, 4,9 MB) | Owl Press Legal, Gent | 2024
E-book
Emiel de Boer Divine response to Anti-Semitism
The Everlasting Covenant in Progress
Only few peoples have suffered so much from discrimination and persecution as the Jewish people. In Roman times, after three failed uprisings against Rome, the Jewish people were scattered throughout the Roman Empire and in later times throughout the world. The scattering throughout the world took place in the manner prophesied by Moses. He also correctly prophesied the discrimination and persecutions that would continue to haunt the Jewish people. But God also showed Moses the return of the Jews...
Engels | ePub3, 2,6 MB | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2024
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