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The year 2012 is fast approaching. This is the time that scientists, prophets, and ancient scholars have predicted the world would end. However, this is also the year that is supposed to herald a Great Revealing. The anti-Christ, Illuminati, secret societies, and religious and government corruption will supposedly be exposed, allowing for the spiritual and physical transformation necessary to usher in a new spiritual age of peace and enlightenment. Discover beautiful insights into humanity's ancient journey of spiritual ascent, how the knowledge and wisdom of the past determined history and what lies in store in the years beyond 2012. Topics covered include: - Past civilizations, including the Egyptians, Mayans, and Aztecs - The anti-Christ and other false gurus - Secret societies and symbols - Alien warnings - And much more! Develop a clear understanding of the nature of humanity, where we came from, and where we are going in 2012 Enlightened.
Con questa raccolta di racconti, George Saunders è stato consacrato uno dei migliori autori di short stories degli Stati Uniti di oggi. Per il suo talento comico e visionario è stato paragonato di volta in volta a Vonnegut, Pynchon, Twain, ma la sua è anche una scrittura profondamente critica rispetto alla società contemporanea. Il mondo di Saunders si configura così come una versione “alterata” del nostro, in cui il consumismo, la potenza dei media e dei messaggi pubblicitari, la cultura dello spettacolo vengono elevati all’ennesima potenza e condotti alle loro più estreme, e tragicomiche, conseguenze. Il risultato è una realtà deformata in cui le normali esperienze umane, dal...
Climbing Glass is a unique personal view of climbing, climbers and Tasmanian and Australian climbing and mountaineering from a personal perspective from the 1970s to 2010s. Coverings climbs and expeditions in Tasmania, Greenland, Australia, K2 and Antarctica from the 1970s on.
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'An American short-story writer of intimidating talent' Zadie Smith 'Graceful, dark, authentic and funny' Thomas Pynchon 'You do not read Saunders' stories so much as watch them detonate on the page in front of you, like a firecracker some joker has slipped into your pudding' New Statesman From the No. 1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, and the story collection Tenth of December, winner of the Folio Prize for Fiction 2014 Welcome to Inner Horner, a nation so small it can only accommodate one citizen at a time. But when Inner Horner suddenly shrinks, forcing three-quarters of the citizen in residence over the border into Outer Horner territory, the Outer Hornerites declare an Invasion in Progress, having fallen under the spell of the power-hungry and demagogic Phil. So begins his brief and very frightening reign... A surreal and incisive satire by the Booker Prize-winning author whose work illuminates the strangest and most darkly funny corners of our reality.
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This aim of this open access book is to launch an international, cross-disciplinary conversation on fatherhood engagement. By integrating perspective from three sectors -- Health, Social Policy, and Work in Organizations -- the book offers a novel perspective on the benefits of engaged fatherhood for men, for families, and for gender equality. The chapters are crafted to engaged broad audiences, including policy makers and organizational leaders, healthcare practitioners and fellow scholars, as well as families and their loved ones.
The definitive guide to working with "headhunters" (who never charge the job-seeker), published annually since '71. Profiles 2,890 firms. Heavily indexed by geography, management specialty & industry. Also identifies over 6,700 principals in these firms. Individuals in a job-change mode make their availability known to these recruiters & are called for interviews if their qualifications match current assignments - a small chance statistically, but a worthwhile element of the complete job-search process - Even those not ready to switch jobs get into the recruiter data banks so they'll be called in the future. Mentioned in the Kiplinger Washington Letter, Marilyn Moats Kennedy's Career Strategies, National Business Employment Weekly, Sylvia Porter's Personal Finance Magazine, Forbes, KNOCK 'EM DEAD, WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? Updated annually.