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Whenever I tell people about my job as a financial advisor, the conversation inevitably turns to how hopeless they feel when it comes to dealing with money. More than once they've begged, "Just tell me what to do." It's no surprise that even my most successful friends feel confused or paralyzed. Even if they have a shelfful of personal finance books, they don't have time to make sense of all the information available.

In the days following September 11, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretive...

Big Pharma is more interested in profit than health. This was made clear as governments rushed to produce vaccines during the Covid pandemic. Behind the much-trumpeted scientific breakthroughs, major companies found new ways of gouging billions from governments in the West while abandoning the Global South. But this is only the latest episode in a long history of financializing medicine—from Purdue's rapacious marketing of highly addictive OxyContin through Martin Shkreli's hiking the price of a lifesaving drug to the 4.5 million South Africans needlessly deprived of HIV/AIDS medication.

Leafy St Albans is an unlikely starting point for one of the great psychedelic/acid house musicians of his generation, but, like so many others who brought radical change to the counterculture, Richard Norris' story starts in the suburbs. Strange Things Are Happening documents his journey from punk through the emerging DIY indie culture to producing the UK's first acid house album, Jack the Tab. This is an insider's tale of inspiration and collaboration, working with some of the most iconic artists in music and beyond.

Evita has endured a series of losses and traumas before, and since discovering her true identity as a Hallowed One. Book 4 follows Evita as she comes to terms with these losses and rediscovers a significant part of herself that will help in the struggle against the Hunters. Running concurrently with Book 5, Initiation explores the empowerment of spirituality and the healing of coming home. Continuing to highlight just how divine humanity truly is.

In the year since discovering he is a Celestial reincarnated as one of the magical races of humans, Cameron has undergone some significant changes in both his inner and external life. Still reeling from the fallout of Ingrid's Incarnation ritual, Book 3 sees Cameron adjusting to these changes, while doing his best to fulfill his duty as a Hallowed One: protect the Balance alongside Evita and Sebastien.

Bella is a beautiful girl, with a beautiful soul, who just doesn’t fit in with the townspeople of New Haven. She dreams of something more for her life. She’s tired of being alone. She wants to experience what it’s like to fall in love. So, when Gabriel, the most popular bachelor in town starts chasing after her, she decides...why the hell not? But Gabriel is not who he portrays himself to be. There’s something dark and dangerous lurking underneath his disguise. And when Bella sees no other choice but to hide, she runs into the forest.

The owner believes his Colorado ski villa is being built in accordance with sacred Navajo traditions. The contractor has to get the roof and walls closed in before autumn snows invade the house and ruin it. The building inspector has figured out who the crew really is and demands a bribe or he’ll stop work on the project. Jacek has met a woman who makes more sense than any of this and he wants to take her home with him, to the Tatra Mountains. The house, if it is ever finished, won’t protect anybody, not actually.

Lucius Bunk is a detective for the Las Vegas Metro Police. He is assigned a homicide case involving the murder of a casino blackjack dealer, that he has found very difficult to solve. He has been unable to obtain any substantial evidence against his main suspect. He seeks legal guidance from a friend and colleague of his, a blind woman Assistant District Attorney, Marlena Moreno. She provides him sage advice from both legal and ethical perspectives.

Veteran scriptwriter Vincent McInerney draws on his lifelong knowledge of Liverpool and his background in the Merchant Marine in these engaging thrillers, in which the gruff, indomitable John Crust and his sidekick Minty probe the circumstances surrounding a missing husband, a stolen sculpture and a hidden treasure.

A spine-chilling chronicle of dictators and their crimes against humanity, Tyrants introduces the most bloodthirsty madmen—and women—ever to wield power over their unfortunate fellow human beings. From Herod the Great, persecutor of the infant Jesus, to Adolf Hitler, mass murderer and instigator of the most devastating war the world has ever known, this book examines history's most infamous despots and tells in vivid detail the story of the lives they led, their ruthless climb to the top and the destruction and sorrow they left in their wake.

In the ordinary course of a commercial education, in New England, boys are transferred from school to the merchant's desk at the age of fourteen or fifteen. When I had reached my fourteenth year it was my good fortune to be received into the counting-house of Elias Hasket Derby, Esq., of Salem; a merchant, who may justly be termed the father of the American commerce to India; one whose enterprise and commercial sagacity were unequalled in his day, and, perhaps, have not been surpassed by any of his successors.

Get instant access to cutting-edge ideas and the hard-won wisdom of one of today's leading experts on information technology (IT). Using real-world examples, this audio guide delivers the facts you need to navigate complex IT issues.

Edgar Allen Poe is regarded as one of the greatest American writers and a pioneer of the horror genre, and this collection brings together some of his most celebrated tales. Themes of guilt, fear and revenge abound as the master of gothic horror transports audiences to mysterious worlds, carries them on dangerous sea voyages, and investigates gruesome murders. Exploring the hidden depths of the human mind, these are tales full of thrills and intrigue.

The companions are caught in the destructive path of a nihilistic doomsday cult devoted to killing anyone over the age of twenty-one, even their own people. Ricky falls under the spell of their charismatic leader when his allies are imprisoned and scheduled for a showy execution. Someone needs to argue the case for his allies, but it’s an argument that will require some very special persuasion... of the 9 mm caliber variety!

On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable town of Beersheba. What...

With 30-Day Mastery: Perfect Passato Prossimo, you'll learn through example and context, just like native speakers do! The magic of learning through story is that your main focus is actually not on memorizing anything. Instead, you concentrate on understanding and enjoying the story! As you're listening, you will find that the different past tenses, and the instances in which they are used will begin to lodge themselves subconsciously in your brain.

Eine Frau im Kampf mit den Elementen und ihrem Pflichtbewusstsein. Ein Mann, der wegen eines Mädchens unschuldig im Knast sitzt, dem er einst eine Lasagne schenkte. Eine unbekannte Kraft, die jahrtausendelang im Verborgenen schlummerte und nun geweckt wurde.

Nesta bela e poética obra, Pe. Luís Erlin propõe uma novena não de nove dias, como de costume, mas de nove meses, acompanhando a gestação de Maria dia após dia. Ao longo das páginas, o autor dá voz a Nossa Senhora e nos convida a gestar o Senhor no íntimo da alma em companhia da Mãe de Jesus, que é também mãe de toda a humanidade.

With 30-Day Mastery: Perfect Prepositions, you'll learn through example and context, just like native speakers do! The magic of learning through story is that your main focus is actually not on memorizing anything...you concentrate on understanding and enjoying the story! As you're listening, you will find that the different prepositions, and the instances in which they are used, will begin to lodge themselves subconsciously in your brain. It doesn't happen right away—in fact it may take a couple of weeks for you to feel the real effects.