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This audiobook is a behind-the scenes look at this extraordinary time, the federal government’s unprecedented response, and the exemplary work of the inspectors general and their federal law enforcement partners as they followed the money, flagged fraud risks, disrupted fraud schemes, and chased bad guys through a stunning true crime wave.

Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis focuses on three things leaders need to do when change and adversity strike: take care of their people, take care of themselves, and prepare for the future. And they must do it all with a sense of grace—calmly, collectedly, and compassionately. This book provides a roadmap for leaders seeking to create community as they meet the coming challenges with dignity and grace.

Panic consumes the countryside as the body count rises. Whispers of an unnatural beast spread through the kingdom. When the Queen calls for her heroes, those who answer will have to make do. The best tracker in the known world. A son who follows in his father's footsteps. An investigator with nothing to lose. A Captain with everything to prove. But even once the mystery of the beast is unraveled a far more sinister plot is revealed.

Segundo libro de la trilogía dedicada a los aspirantes a vendedores. ¿Vender? Sí, pero las cosas correctas. En este volumen: las categorías de productos más vendidas del 13º al 7º puesto. Trucos, consejos y sugerencias para optimizar tus ventas.

Meet Sidney Grace: Quirky journalist, Hesitant witch, Professional butterfingers. Her grandmother believes Sidney’s talent for communicating with the dead makes her the most powerful witch in the family, but Sidney just wants to make it through the day without getting fired.

After an arduous journey to integrate an ancient spirit heart into her core, Raysha sets out to prove her worth in the Academy's tournament. Raysha must find a path, forge her own techniques, and advance to the Initiate. As the clock ticks down to the start of the contest, will she be able to prepare and overcome the fierce competition from the student elite? Can she control the vast ocean of aeon with sheer stubbornness and claim victory? Provided the tournament is a straightforward content of will and power, Raysha is determined to find a way.

Menschen verschwinden spurlos im Spiegelkabinett des Professor Mephisto. Paul Natier, besorgter Vater eines vermissten Mädchens, will hinter das Geheimnis des Magiers kommen. Doch Mephistos Augen sind überall. Paul ahnt nichts von den tödlichen Kreaturen, die der Professor bereits auf ihn angesetzt hat. Seine Suche führt ihn in eine Schreckenswelt, aus der es kein Entrinnen gibt.

Vor fünfzig Jahren kamen die Dschinne aus den Wüsten und brachten Tod und Vernichtung. Seither beherrschen entsetzliche Kreaturen die Einöde zwischen Samarkand und Bagdad. Nur todesmutige Schmuggler wie Tarik wagen sich durch das menschenfeindliche Dschinnland. Bis Tariks Geliebte Maryam ein Opfer des Narbennarren wird, eines gefährlichen Dschinnfürsten. Tarik verzweifelt und schwört dem Schmuggel ab. Erst als das Haremsmädchen Sabatea seinen jüngeren Bruder Junis becirct, sie nach Bagdad zu bringen, beschließt Tarik, die beiden nicht allein in ihr Verderben ziehen zu lassen.

Titan Valentino has been offered a job they can’t refuse. Tai, a gender-neutral courtesan, receives a scandalous proposition: seduce an actor’s virgin fiancée. The money is enough to pay off Tai’s crushing medical debt, a tantalizing prospect. Too bad Aisha Malik isn’t the easy target they expect. A standoffish historian who hates to be touched, she’s laser-focused on her career, and completely unaware that her marriage has been arranged behind her back. This could be the one instance where Tai’s charm and charisma fail them. Then an accidental heist throws them together as partners in crime.

Alle Magie ist außer Kontrolle geraten. Zehntausende Dschinnen ziehen aus den Wüsten gegen Bagdad. Nur die Macht des Dritten Wunsches kann diesen Krieg entscheiden. Aber was verbirgt sich dahinter? Tarik hat alle verloren, die er liebt: Das Mädchen Sabatea ist im Kalifenpalast gefangen. Sein Bruder Junis kämpft an der Seite der Sturmkönige im Dschinnland. Und die geheimnisvolle Maryam hat einen Plan, der sie alle ins Verderben reißen könnte. Doch Tarik gibt nicht auf.

Sidney Grace is trying to adjust to her new life in Crystal Beach, Florida, which comes with a whole new set of challenges. Mainly, what is she going to do to support herself now and how long can she stay illegally parked at the beach? The handsome Officer Reece is tough on criminals and even tougher on witches. But these aren’t even her biggest troubles....

Publicada en 1969, bajo la dictadura de Juan Carlos Onganía, Diario de la guerra del cerdo narra en clave semifantástica un enfrentamiento entre jóvenes y viejos en el barrio porteño de Palermo, suscitado por un inexplicable odio intergeneracional. De la noche a la mañana, unas pandillas de jóvenes violentos empiezan a atacar a ancianos y gente de edad, lo que trastoca la existencia del protagonista. Sus reacciones y la ambientación son realistas, pero el autor examina la cotidianidad a la luz de la fantasía y lo siniestro.

Nessuno racconta la malavita made in Scotland meglio di Malcolm Mackay. Con la trilogia di Glasgow, che il lettore italiano ha conosciuto solo per il primo capitolo, "La morte necessaria di Lewis Winter", prende fuoco l’intreccio di un formidabile romanzo criminale. In "La morte necessaria di Lewis Winter", conosciamo Calum MacLean, un killer freelance, schivo e rispettato, ‘il migliore della nuova leva’ per MacLeod, sicario veterano: un uomo che sa uccidere e scomparire, senza lasciare traccia.

Vanderbilt-Hospital, Nashville 1940: Dr. Dorothy Millicent Horstmann fällt auf unter den Ärzten der Klinik. Sie ist 1,85 m groß. Und sie ist eine Frau - meistens die einzige im Raum. Dorothy hat Großes vor: Sie will die Kinderlähmung bezwingen, die so viel Leid im ganzen Land verursacht. Zu viele Patienten hat sie in der Eisernen Lunge um Luft ringen und sterben sehen. Dorothy kennt nur ein Ziel : Das Polio-Virus auszulöschen, durch Heilung oder einen Impfstoff. Die berühmten Forscher in ihrem Umfeld zweifeln an ihrer These zur Ausbreitung des Virus im Körper, aber sie wird ihnen beweisen, dass sie recht hat - um jeden Preis.

You've probably heard that the metaverse—a word that seemingly went from nonexistent to everywhere—is the next big thing in technology. What is it? Written by a leading futurist, Metaverse For Dummies unravels the mysteries of the metaverse, for the curious and for anyone looking to get in on the ground floor. Discover how to carve out your niche in the metaverse with easy-to-understand breakdowns of the major technologies and platforms, a guide to doing business in the metaverse, and explorations of what meta means for sports, education, and just about every other area of life.

In un futuro post-apocalittico, Marvel's Wastelanders Star-Lord trova Peter Quill (Neri Marcorè) e Rocket Raccoon (Corrado Guzzanti) un po' più panciuti, un po' più lenti e molto più acidi di quanto non fossero durante i giorni di gloria dei Guardiani della Galassia.

A "profound", heart-wrenching story of violence, grief, and the American justice system, explored through the story of one teenager (Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted). In September of 2019, Luis Alberto Quiñonez—known as Sito— was shot to death as he sat in his car...

Find out how a mischievous boy became a phenomenal swimmer and the greatest Olympian of all time in this inspiring addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Who Was? series! Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Michael Phelps began swimming at age seven at the urging of his mom. As a...

In Developing Scholars, Domingo Morel explores the history and political factors that led to the creation of college access programs for students of color in the 1960s. Through a case study of an existing community-centered affirmative action program, Talent Development, Morel shows how protest, including violent protest, has been instrumental in the maintenance of college access programs.

In eighteenth-century Peru, a rope bridge collapses, dropping five people to tragic deaths in the gorge below. In the aftermath, Brother Juniper, a Franciscan friar and a witness to the disaster, strives to comprehend why these five people were fated to die in this way. Was it, he wonders, some form of divine Providence, or was it arbitrary and unrelated to the manner in which these people had led their lives?