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For years, they were the best of friends: the grand, erratic Humboldt and the ambitious young Charlie. But now Humboldt has died a failure, and Charlie's success-ridden life has taken various turns for the worse. Then Humboldt acts from the grave to change Charlie's life: he has left Charlie something in his will.

In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize–winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion, and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization. Environmental damage, climate change, globalization, rapid...

Seul au bout du monde occidental – lui qui vient de l'Extrême-Orient –, réveillé vers minuit par le bruit de la mer, il sort par cette nuit de pleine lune. Il plonge alors dans une méditation sur la Vie, la Mort, l'Univers, et (dans une seconde partie) sur son propre destin de poète « orphique » - avec une vingtaine de poèmes.

Mercy has friends in low places—and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor. Since she can shapeshift at will, she agrees to act as some extra muscle when her vampire friend Stefan goes to deliver a message to another of his kind. But this new vampire is hardly ordinary—and neither is the demon inside of him. When the undead and the werewolves sent to find him don’t return, the local vampire queen turns to Mercy for help. A coyote is no match for a demon, but Mercy is determined to get her friends back—including the two werewolves circling around her heart.

Become a stronger, faster, and injury-resistant runner with Running Rewired, the updated second edition of the essential running biomechanics book from Jay Dicharry, America’s leading endurance sports physical therapist.

Tony Platz had the respect of his peers, a career on the fast track, and the body of an Olympian. There was only one problem: It was an open secret he carried a torch for his already-married partner. When a raid put her in the hospital and finally exposed her husband's ongoing infidelity, Tony got shipped out to Oolytau. Tayra Manes worked hard, graduated the academy, and became the first of her kind to join the Non-Human Investigative Corps. There was only one problem: She was a griffin, and not everyone approved of her being allowed to serve in the previously all-human NHIC.

A winner of the National Book Award, The Moviegoer established Walker Percy as an insightful and grimly humorous storyteller. It is the tale of Binx Bolling, a small-time stockbroker who lives quietly in suburban New Orleans, pursuing an interest in the movies, affairs with his secretaries, and living out his days. But soon he finds himself on a "search" for something more important, some spiritual truth to anchor him.

Mercy Thompson is a shapeshifter, and while she was raised by werewolves, she can never be one of them, especially after the pack ran her off for having a forbidden love affair. So she’s turned her talent for fixing cars into a business and now runs a one-woman mechanic shop in the Tri-Cities area of Washington State.

Just as Fred is settling down in his new abode, he receives word that a favor is being called in, one he promised to a dangerously powerful member of otherworldly royalty. Bracing for danger, adventure, and unknown threats, Fred is instead asked to take on an entirely different role than anticipated. Acting as interim professor at one of the few universities for supernatural entities, Fred will have to navigate a strange environment, eccentric co-workers, and unenthusiastic students. Yet that alone won’t be enough, for this college has more history than the tales in its tomes.

DDR, Anfang der 80er-Jahre: Claudia ist Ärztin, geschieden und kinderlos. Als ihr Nachbar Henry eines Abends in ihre Wohnung stürmt und nicht mehr geht, lässt sie sich auf eine Beziehung mit ihm ein, die es trotz oberflächlicher Nähe nicht vermag, ihren Schutzpanzer aus Selbstverleugnung, Resignation und Gefühlskälte zu durchbrechen. Henry bleibt ihr fremd.

Associant théorie et pratique, un enregistrement inédit qui vous guidera dans l'exercice de la "Marche méditative" pour atteindre la pleine conscience en milieux naturel ou urbain. Dans nos sociétés modernes, nous privilégions l'efficacité et la rapidité, nous courrons après un quotidien minuté et, bien souvent, la marche, jugée oisive, est délaissée. Pourtant, il est primordial de simplement prendre le temps et de savoir revenir à l'essentiel.

Taking a job from Jabba the Hut is always risky business, but this run might prove to be even more risky than usual. When Han and Chewie make a crash landing enroute with the Falcon’s hold filled with stolen Imperial tech, they are reminded again that things rarely go smoothly on a smuggler’s run.

In The CISO Evolution: Business Knowledge for Cybersecurity Executives, information security experts Matthew K. Sharp and Kyriakos "Rock" Lambros deliver an insightful and practical resource to help cybersecurity professionals develop the skills they need to effectively communicate with senior management and boards. They assert business aligned cybersecurity is crucial and demonstrate how business acumen is being put into action to deliver meaningful business outcomes.

Qui était Jim Thompson ? Homme d'affaires américain, né en 1906, il a mystérieusement disparu en mars 1967 en Malaisie alors que les Américains étaient très engagés au Vietnam et, plus généralement, dans la région. Ancien membre de l'OSS, puis de la CIA, très au fait de la vie politique thaïlandaise et des agissements inavouables des services secrets américains dans cette partie du monde. A-t-il été assassiné ? S'est-il perdu dans la jungle implacable de Cameron Highlands ? Où a-t-il décidé de s'évaporer pour recommencer ailleurs une autre vie ?

"La Résonance Taoïste" est une méthode qui permet de cultiver la paix et l'harmonie intérieure. Cette méthode de respiration a été transmise par Selim Aïssel pour permettre au méditant d'approfondir sa méditation ou aux personnes voulant trouver des solutions et ressources pour se relaxer et se ressourcer dans leur quotidien. Cette technique respiratoire, comme l'indique Selim Aïssel, permet d'être au diapason des lois cosmiques et de l'univers.

Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren’s capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people.

With a thriving parahuman accounting practice, a steady relationship, and a circle of trusted friends, Fred’s undead life has become more enjoyable than his normal one ever was. Unfortunately, it also seems that he’s no longer the only vampire to appreciate the up-and-coming city of Winslow, Colorado. A new clan of vampires is moving in, and they aren’t well known for tolerating outsiders in their territory.

After several years as a vampire, starting a business, founding his own clan, and proposing to his girlfriend, Fred is finally beginning to settle into life as an undead accountant. Unfortunately, not everyone is happy about his continued survival, or the dangerous friends he's made along the way. The Blood Council has dispatched a representative to determine if Fred is fit for the position he currently fills as head of a clan, and the stakes for failure are deathly serious. Worse, Fred will have to muddle through without the help of Krystal, who is off on a mysterious task of her own.

When Fred formed his own parahuman clan out of necessity, he understood that it was going to come with new responsibilities. Much as he hoped those tasks would center around extra paperwork and perhaps the occasional mandatory class, enough time around the supernatural has taught him to be ready for anything. Or so he thought. As a freelance accountant for the Agency, Fred soon finds himself being tossed into new, unexpected, and perilous situations.

This collection brings together three bone-chilling stories of terror from the 41st Millennium – ideal for spreading some spine-tingling ambience. Test your will with three tales of terror set in the grim darkness of the far future. Each offers a different lens through which to view the horror of life in this frightful galaxy.