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When lives matter, profit kills. In this high-stakes world of emergency medicine, the greatest threat isn’t trauma. It’s the tyrant in charge. The Rescue Flight medevac crew is back. A catastrophic multi-vehicle crash in the Colorado Rockies exposes an administrator’s deadly greed. To protect the victims, the team must defy their boss—even if it means risking their careers. With the highway shut down and time running out, seven lives hang in the balance. The fear is real. So is the countdown. And Terry? He’s watching every move.

Grasp the important ideas that have served as the backbone of philosophy across the ages with this extraordinary 60-lecture series. This is your opportunity to explore the enormous range of philosophical perspectives and ponder the most important and enduring of human questions-without spending your life poring over dense philosophical texts.

There’s an apocryphal story that Alexander the Great once captured a notorious pirate named Diomedes. The great conqueror decided to interview the doomed pirate, asking him what he thought gave him the right to seize the property of other people. The pirate responded by asking the emperor what he thought gave him the right to take property that doesn’t belong to him, including entire countries. The story goes that Alexander thought the pirate very clever, granting him freedom instead of execution.

This comprehensive series of 84 lectures features three award-winning historians sharing their insights into this nation's past-from the European settlement and the Revolutionary War through the Civil War, 19th-century industrialization, two world wars, and the present day. These lectures give you the opportunity to grasp the different aspects of our past that combine to make us distinctly American, and to gain the knowledge so essential to recognizing not only what makes this country such a noteworthy part of world history, but the varying degrees to which it has lived up to its ideals.

This series of 36 fascinating lectures is a chronological journey into the story of Victorian Britain, from the unexpected ascension to the throne of teenaged Princess Victoria in 1837 to her death in 1901 as the Boer War neared its end.Presented with all of Victoria's strengths and foibles left intact by an award-winning teacher and author, the lectures invite you to reflect on both the positive and negative aspects of her reign.

What were the forces that thrust the British Empire to its extraordinary position of greatness and then just as powerfully drove it into decline? And why is nearly every nation on earth, in one way or another, the consequence of the British Empire?In these 36 lectures, Professor Allitt leads you through four centuries of British power, innovation, influence, and, ultimately, diminishment-four profound centuries that literally remade the world and bequeathed the complex global legacy that continues to shape your everyday life.

Wenn er dich ansieht, willst du plötzlich nie wieder brave Männer daten Freu dich auf eine sinnlich-sexy Biker-Romance voller Spannung, Loyalität und gefährlicher Anziehung – für Fans von Lights Out von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Navessa Allen. Krista ist nach Kearny (Texas) gezogen, um...

Düster, dystopisch, verführerisch: Die große Fanfiction-Adaption Vordell war einst ein Land des Lichts – bis der Eiserne Himmel die Sonne verschlang, die Dar'rak zurückkehrten und Vordell mit Krieg überzogen. Soraya Tollmere, Kommandantin an vorderster Front, folgt einem Hinweis, der das...

Sie hat den Schiffbruch überlebt. Jetzt ist sie an ein sagenumwobenes Schiff gebunden – und an einen Kapitän, dem sie nicht widerstehen kann. Als Honor Renn aus den Trümmern ihres ersten Marinepostens gerettet wird, erwacht sie an Bord der Touchstone – ein sagenumwobenes Schiff, von dem...

Hinweis: Dieses Hörbuch enthält Inhalte, die für Personen unter 16 Jahren nicht geeignet sein können. Du bist eine glühend rote Flamme. Vergraben unter einer Schicht aus Asche, verborgen hinter einer Glut. Wen willst du täuschen, Cinder? Ich habe in meinem Leben eine Reihe wirklich beschissener Entscheidungen getroffen. Einem Fremden in ein abgelegenes, magisches Institut zu folgen, gehört nicht einmal zu den Top drei. Dachte ich jedenfalls – bis ich feststellen muss, dass meine neuen Kameraden nur darauf warten, mir die Macht zu nehmen, um ihre eigene zu stärken. Denn wir sind Vials.

Das hier ist das Paradies. Oder? Sei dankbar für die Mauern. Folge den Regeln. Stell keine Fragen. Alles, was Rose kennt, sind ihr Heimatdorf Noah's Valley und die himmelhohen Mauern, die es zu allen Seiten umgeben. Niemand hat das Dorf je verlassen. Warum auch? Dahinter lauern unvorstellbare...

Art de Almeida hat alles: eine erfolgreiche Bar, ein wildes Privatleben und jede Menge Liebe für seine Nichte und seinen Neffen. Verpflichtungen? Braucht er nicht. Schon gar keine Beziehung – auch wenn seine Schwester das anders sieht. Bis Joey Manning in seinem Büro auftaucht. Joey braucht dringend einen Job. Die Rechnungen stapeln sich, seine Schwestern zählen auf ihn, und Scheitern ist keine Option. Also arbeitet er viel zu viel. Die Wortgefechte mit Art sind die Highlights seiner Tage, doch der ist sein Boss und damit definitiv niemand, mit dem Joey flirten sollte.

Why does this keep happening to you? Different situations. Different people. Yet somehow… the same outcomes keep showing up in your life. You've tried to think differently. You've tried to do better. But something beneath the surface keeps pulling you back into the same patterns.

Sent back from the year 2124, I’m Sorry, Here’s a Plasma Rifle is the last known work of author Aaron N. Hall before his tragic jet ski accident with a shipping container of rubber ducks. It contains seven short stories, eighteen poems, and four pastry recipes that highlight his affection...

Greedy elves. Warrior princesses. Earnest robots. Sexy frogs. Love Letters to a House on Fire is a collection of stories, letters, poems, and ransom notes that contain thoughtful and quirky observations on the world we live in. Follow along through science fiction- and fantasy-inspired tales of...

Have you ever wondered why America, unlike virtually any other industrial nation, continues to show so much religious vitality? Or why are the varieties of religion found in the United States are so numerous and diverse? In this vigorous series of 24 lectures, Professor Allitt argues that the best way to look for explanations of this truly remarkable vitality and diversity is to study the nation's religious history. That's a task, though, that involves more than simply examining religion from the directions you might expect....

Known for his journalism, biographies and novels, A. N. Wilson turns a merciless searchlight on his own early life, his experience of sexual abuse, his catastrophic mistakes in love (sacred and profane) and his life in Grub Street—as a prolific writer. The audiobook begins with his heart-torn present-day visits to Katherine, now for decades his ex-wife, who has slithered into the torments of dementia. At every turn of this reminiscence, Wilson is baffled by his earlier self—whether he is flirting with unsuitable lovers or with the idea of the priesthood.

I didn’t know I was a witch until a pair of cats started talking to me and I received an official summons to report to a training school for my supernatural abilities. That’s when I’m shipped off to a highly esteemed university for the supernatural, Moongrove Academy. I go to class alongside shifters, vampires, and other creatures straight from the paranormal books I love so much.

A thorough understanding of Conservatism's lineage, principles, and impact on history is essential to making sense of the 21st-century political dialogue-a dialogue that consumes the television you watch, the newspapers you read, and the radio you listen to.No matter where you place yourself on the ideological spectrum, these 36 lectures will intrigue you, engage you, and maybe even provoke you to think about this political philosophy in an entirely new way.

From electric lights to automobiles to the appliances that make our lives easier at work and at home, we owe so much of our world to the Industrial Revolution. In this course, The Great Courses partners with the Smithsonian - one of the world's most storied and exceptional educational institutions - to examine the extraordinary events of this period and uncover the far-reaching impact of this incredible revolution.