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Close Distance Kills is built on a hard truth most people never see until it’s too late, you don’t lose your options when the violence starts, you lose them when someone quietly steals your distance. Predators and pressure actors don’t rush first, they close first, using conversation, friendliness, confusion, and social expectations as cover to step into touching range, because once they’re close, they can control your movement, your posture, and your choices with almost no effort.

A classic of Japanese history, this audiobook is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume complete history of the nation of Japan. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history period, A History of Japan covers every important aspect of history and culture through feudal Japan to the post-Cold War period and collapse of the bubble economy in the early 1990s. Recent findings shed additional light on the origins of Japanese civilization and the birth of Japanese culture.

In an encounter straight out of fiction, Katie might have met Mr Right on the long-haul flight from Melbourne to New York. Richard Sinclair is charming, handsome, wealthy, cultured—and married. In an open marriage, according to him. When he invites her to join him in his lush lakeside villa in Italy as his son’s au pair, it might just be the opportunity for a reset that Katie has been longing for.

Jonathan Pageau et Jean-Philippe Marceau explorent le symbolisme dans les mythes, dans les religions, dans les évènements sociaux et en métaphysique.

Nominated for a 34th annual Lambda Literary Award A scintillating thriller with an emotional punch: “The tension builds to unbearably claustrophobic levels. To say more would rob readers of the 'no, he didn’t' suspense that makes Bath Haus an unexpectedly twisted, heart-pounding...

Performing Under Pressure tackles the greatest obstacle to personal success, whether in a sales presentation, at home, on the golf course, interviewing for a job, or performing onstage at Carnegie Hall. Despite sports mythology, no one rises to the occasion under pressure and does better than they do in practice. The reality is pressure makes us do worse and sometimes leads us to fail utterly. But there are things we can do to diminish its effects on our performance.

The war has only just begun. While rescuing a world from Centaur control, the Marines discover that not all humans on the planet are slaves. The Children of Angels believe their masters have been sent by the gods to lift up mankind. Humanity now has two enemies, one from the farthest reaches of the Galaxy and the other from within.

मुझे लगता है के मुझे हमें देश के लिए एक अलग दृष्टिकोण की आवश्यकता है ठीक वैसा ही जैसा अंग्रेजों के विरुद्ध स्वतन्त्रता संग्राम के समय हमारा था। उस समय राष्ट्रवाद की भावना बहुत प्रबल थी।

After the majority of his body is destroyed during a high-risk operation, Aiden Thorn is subjected to an experimental, potentially lifesaving procedure… one he never tacitly agreed to undergo. With no choice but to see the unorthodox new process through, he accepts his fate and works to adapt to his new life. But when an intergalactic corporation steps in and essentially claims ownership of Aiden and everyone like him, he is forced to do the two things he does best… survive, and fight.

The Watcher Effect is not about being brave, it’s about being watched, or more accurately, making the world believe you are. In the intelligence community, attention is a weapon, not because it’s loud, but because it changes behavior before anything happens. Predators, opportunists, and pressure merchants don’t want witnesses, they don’t want friction, they don’t want a scene, they want the quiet moment where no one is looking, and you are alone inside your own head.

Selection Dynamics isn’t about being brave, and it isn’t about being paranoid, it’s about understanding the quiet moment most people miss, the moment you’re evaluated. In intelligence work, targets aren’t found by accident, they’re selected, by payoff, by access, by ease, by how clean the approach looks, and how cheap the consequences feel. This training takes that selection process apart, then rebuilds your behavior around one objective, make yourself inefficient to choose.

This is volume two of a two-volume omnibus set comprising the complete fictional works of Howard Phillips Lovcecraft. Every story written for publication under his own name is included in this set, from 1927 through 1935. (Poems, ghostwritten material, and stories written in collaboration with other writers are not included.)

Die Rückkehr der klassischen Gruselikonen als atmosphärische Hörspiele. Mumien, Vampire, Werwölfe, Geister und Dämonen. Neue Geschichten klassischer Prägung. Hier steht der wohlige Schauer im Vordergrund. Mit speziell für jede Folge komponiertem Soundtrack und den Stimmen Hollywoods. In der sechsten Episode entpuppt sich die Rückkehr einer erfolgreichen Anwältin in ihr Heimatdorf zu einem Horror-Trip. Ein alter Fluch lebt wieder auf. Ein Mörder aus der Vergangenheit kehrt zurück und entführt sie und ihren Ehemann in das verlassene Schloss am Ort.

In intelligence work, freedom is not a feeling. It is the absence of leverage. It is what remains when approval is no longer required, when judgment carries no consequence, and when other people’s expectations no longer shape behavior. This audiobook examines how dependence on permission, access, and validation quietly constrains movement, and how removing those dependencies restores freedom of action. Becoming Free strips away the illusion of choice and replaces it with something colder and more durable: the ability to act without being moved. It is not about liberation or self-expression.

A narrative science fantasy podcast serializing the novel Reality's End: A Theory of Magic, Book 1, by J.P. Babb, now available on Amazon from Otter & Osprey Press.To some, the return of magic is a miracle; to others, a catastrophe. But to physicist Julia Chen, it’s all a colossal headache. Now, she’s setting out across the wintry, post-apocalyptic landscape of Fairy-occupied Canada in search of answers. The subject of her inquiries: an enigmatic Fae known only as Mr. Elsevier, who seems to have power over matter and energy at the most fundamental level and who is willing to share this ...

In der elften Episode führt der mysteriöse Mord an ihrem Onkel das Reporterehepaar Cox nach Tunesien. Dort geraten sie in die Fänge einer uralten Macht. Werden sie der Horde der Ghule entkommen?

This is a collection of 13 essays on a variety of occult-themed topics, covering the full spectrum of classic esoteric and related subjects, which include Hermeticism, alchemy, magic, the Kabbalah, ancient wisdom and philosophy, the Tarot, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Theosophy, and spiritualism, by some of the most notable and prominent names in the history of those subjects. This collection was compiled specifically with the student in mind.

Psychologist Margot Scott has a picture-perfect life: a nice house in the suburbs, a husband, two children and a successful career. On a warm spring morning Margot approaches one of her clients on a busy train platform. He is looking down at his phone, with his duffel bag in hand as the train approaches. That’s when she slams into his back and he falls in front of the train. Margot’s clients all lie to her, but one lie cost her family and freedom.

This new edition of this best-selling guide offers an integrated approach to process improvement that delivers quick and substantial results in quality and productivity in diverse settings. The authors explore their Model for Improvement that worked with international improvement efforts at multinational companies as well as in different industries such as healthcare and public agencies. This edition includes new information that shows how to accelerate improvement by spreading changes across multiple sites.

The Questing Stones have come to Nowherested, and Evelia Greene is finally ready to receive her life's quest. Perhaps she'll be a great warrior, or a wealthy merchant, or a brilliant mage. Perhaps her quest is simply to live a quiet life, constantly honing a craft to the heights of perfection. Or perhaps the Questing Stones will grant her the legendary mission of popping over to the next village to pick up a loaf of bread.