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Virtually anyone who has ever watched a profound movie, a powerful TV show, or read a moving novel understands that entertainment can and does affect us in surprising and significant ways. But did you know that our most popular forms of entertainment can have a direct physical effect on us, a measurable impact on society, geopolitics, the economy, and even the future itself? In You Are What You Watch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Walter Hickey proves how exactly how what we watch (and read and listen to) has a far greater effect on us and the world at large than we imagine.

Kaelin knows an alien when she sees one. The trick, given her eyesight, is actually getting close enough to see them. She might as well wish upon a falling star! Against all odds, one just walked right up to her and introduced himself as Roger. He's on a mission from Molly, the friend she's traveled halfway across the country to see, with news of her alien ever after and a shopping list. When their hands touch, everything changes. Kaelin has a chance to become everything she ever wished she could be...but it will cost her everything she currently is.

Hey, it’s Oliver Rockhurst here, and welcome to the best guide on success with women ever to be compiled into a single book. What you’re getting here is not actually one book, but nine books which cover everything you’ve ever needed to know about success with women.

To Fast Eddie Felsen, a young pool hustler, there was only one thing that mattered: to make the big time and the big money in the world of pool by beating the best in the country. Hustling suckers in small towns for good stake money was practice for his goal, and when he felt ready he went to Bennington's pool hall in Chicago to find Minnesota Fats. Eddie and Fats pit nerve against skill in a fantastic match over an unbroken 36 hours.

Der kluge und gütige König Aristeus wusste, dass seine beiden Kinder, seine Frau und alle Leute bei Hofe nichts Schöneres kannten, als Geschichten von fernen Ländern...

The police don't show up on Easy Rawlins's doorstep until the third girl dies. It's Los Angeles, 1956, and it takes more than one murdered black girl before the cops get interested. Now they need Easy. As he says: "I was worth a precinct full of detectives when the cops needed the word in the ghetto." But Easy turns them down. He's married now, a father -- and his detective days are over.

An irresistible story of love and death, this Easy Rawlins mystery takes place during the devastating 1965 Watts riots. Easy's hunt for a killer reveals a new city emerging from the ashes -- and a new life for Easy and his friends...

John Eric Carver and Shrek are a retired Navy SEAL war dog team, now living in the mountains outside of San Diego. Both man and dog thought their life was settled, finding peace on a 40-acre ranch. But a mutated virus changes everything. Taking refuge in a nearby Boy Scout camp, John leads a group of teens and their parents as they are forced to deal with infected creatures that are consuming the world. Lost Valley takes the listener through the first months of the apocalypse that threatens humanity.

John Eric Carver and Shrek, a retired SEAL war dog team, have created a safe haven in the high mountain desert. The remote former Boy Scout Camp seems perfect, with enough water and stored food to last years. Everything is in place to ride out the viral storm that is consuming the world. Off the California coast, an aircraft carrier strike group carrying nearly 15,000 souls seeks refuge. There is talk of moving to an isolated island, untouched by the infected. That changes when they are given new orders to retake Los Angeles from the Variant hordes.

John Eric Carver and Shrek have fought their way through a viral apocalypse and into the aftermath. Working with fifty other survivors in the remote mountains outside of San Diego, they have created a community safe from the monsters called Variants. But outside their small haven, giant packs of the beasts roam the cities in search of humans to feed their insatiable appetite.

Four people walked into the dining room that night. One would never leave. Matthew: the perfect husband. Titus: the perfect son. Charlie: the perfect illusion. Rachel: the perfect stranger. Charlie didn’t want her at the book club. Matthew wouldn’t listen. And that’s how Charlie finds himself slumped beside his husband’s body, their son sitting silently at the dinner table, while Rachel calls 999, the bloody knife still gripped in her hand.

Follow the exploits of amateur detective Lamont Cranston and his alluring companion Margo Lane. Cranston learned the secret of clouding men's minds to make him invisible, allowing him to become The Shadow and work on the side of law enforcement to prove, to young and old alike, that crime does not pay!

Strange Fruit & Bible Prophecy: The Curse of the Tree is a prophetic exploration of America’s hidden history of racial terror, biblical curses, and the hope of redemption through Messiah.

Nós descobrimos neste mundo, que o sucesso começa pela intenção da gente e tudo se determina pelo nosso espírito. Se você pensa que é malsucedido, você se torna como tal. Se você almeja atingir uma posição mais elevada, deve, antes de obter a vitória, dotar-se da convicção de que conseguirá infalivelmente.

Un podcast narrativo che diventa teatro civile, per trasformare il racconto della violenza di genere in consapevolezza collettiva. Nove puntate, strutturate con rigore redazionale, condotte da Cristina Sartori, criminalista specializzata in grafologia giudiziaria, e Giuseppe Cammaroto, avvocato del foro di Roma e fondatore e vicepresidente di Forensics Group.

Georges Lorant, der Polizeipräfekt von Paris, hat seine Jagd auf Arsène Lupin verstärkt. Grund dafür ist eine Reihe von Einbrüchen, für die der Polizeipräfekt Lupin verantwortlich hält. Dieser hat erneut Post von seinem unbekannten Auftraggeber bekommen. Der Meisterdieb soll eine wertvolle Goldmünze, auf der Ludwig der Vierzehnte abgebildet ist, dem Privatsammler Remi Bambeau stehlen. Lupin gelingt es, von Monsieur Bambeau als Butler eingestellt zu werden. Doch dann durchkreuzt ein Einbruch in Remi Bambeaus Haus seine Pläne und er muss sich erneut anonym an Auguste Dupin und Edgar Allan Poe wenden.

Nach dem Einbruch in das Haus von Garth Petty verlassen Nikola Tesla und die anderen Mitglieder des Zirkels unverzüglich New Orleans. Auf ihrer Reise nach New York kommt es zu einer Verzögerung, so dass es ihnen nicht gelingt, ihr Schiff zu erreichen. Doch mit der sich dadurch anbahnenden Katastrophe hätte niemand von ihnen gerechnet… Unterdessen haben Robur und Killjoy in London in Erfahrung gebracht, dass sich Nikola Tesla in Amerika aufhält. Und so planen die beiden für seine Rückkehr eine böse Überraschung.

Dive into the tumultuous saga of the Rif War—the Guerra del Rif—which raged from 1921 to 1926. This harrowing conflict marked the bloody culmination of Spains ambitions to assert control over a North African territory designated by France. Fueled by a mining concession dispute, the war turned into a catastrophic ordeal for all parties involved—the Spanish, the French, and the Rifian people. With over forty thousand Spanish casualties and a nation left humiliated, the war destabilized Spain, leading to the abdication of Alfonso XIII, a civil war, and the eventual rise of Franco. Meanwhile...

Step into the whimsical world of Little Bit of Fluff, a delightful farce that has captivated audiences for over 1200 performances, making it the 5th longest-running play in history according to www.stagebeauty.net. Follow the hilarious escapades of an insurance investigator tangled in a web of possible fraud, a lost necklace, and the antics of an aged aunt who bears an uncanny resemblance to another character. With a cast of quirky figures and unexpected twists, this comedic tale promises to deliver laughter and confusion in equal measure. - Summary by ToddHW

Dive into the tumultuous era of the Rif War, a brutal conflict between 1921 and 1926 that marked a dark chapter in colonial history. This five-year struggle was not only a desperate attempt by Spain to assert control over a territory in North Africa granted to them by France, but it was also a catastrophic venture that left a deep scar on all parties involved—the Spanish, the French, and the Rifian people. With over forty thousand Spanish casualties and a nation left humiliated, the war set the stage for the fall of Alfonso XIII, civil unrest, and the rise of Franco. Meanwhile, the French ...