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A timely look at the impact of China's booming emergence on the countries of Southeast Asia. 

Embark on your German learning adventure with German Short Stories for Beginners (A1) – Food and Cooking Edition. This delightful collection brings you 20 bite-sized, tales set in kitchens, markets, cafés, and family tables—each written at the A1 level to ensure clarity and help you build confidence from the very first minute.

When James learns that an uncle he hasn’t heard from in ages has left him something in his will, he figures that the least he can do is head down to Cornwall for a weekend to honor the old man’s parting wishes. He finds the family home filled with half-remembered guests and unwanted memories, but more troubling is that his uncle has tasked his heirs with uncovering the truth behind a woman’s disappearance 20 years earlier. Leo’s of the opinion that rich people aren’t to be trusted where wills are concerned. So he does what any sensible spy would do and infiltrates the party.

Mit einfachen Worten und anschaulichen Beispielen erklärt das Buch die Hintergründe, Strukturen und Ideologien hinter diesen Begriffen – ohne Vorwissen vorauszusetzen. Es zeigt, warum es wichtig ist, sich mit dem Thema auseinanderzusetzen, und wie man komplexe Zusammenhänge verstehen kann.

Broken Heartlands is an essential and compelling political road-trip through ten constituencies that tell the story of Labour’s red wall, by Sebastian Payne – an award-winning journalist and Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times. The Times Political Book of the Year A Daily Telegraph...

Do you ever feel like you're treading water, struggling to keep up with the rising tide of expenses? From groceries to housing to transportation, your cost of living continues to climb while your wages struggle to keep up. It's a frustrating and often isolating feeling. But the truth is, not only are you not alone in this struggle, but you are not the problem. The challenges we face stem from our money!

Musik ist ihr Leben. 15 Songs entscheiden, wie lange es noch geht. Vor einem Monat verschwand die 15-jährige Feline Jagow spurlos auf dem Weg zur Schule. Von ihrer Mutter beauftragt stößt Privatermittler Alexander Zorbach auf einen Musikdienst im Internet, über den Feline immer ihre Lieblingssongs hörte. Das Erstaunliche: Vor wenigen Tagen wurde die Playlist verändert. Steckt in der Auswahl der Songs ein versteckter Hinweis auf Felines Entführer und den Ort, wohin sie verschleppt wurde? Fieberhaft versucht Zorbach das Rätsel der Playlist zu entschlüsseln.

French Short Stories for Advanced (C1) Skill Level is crafted specifically for C1-level learners eager to master French at an advanced level. This collection offers 30 captivating short stories designed to challenge and elevate your comprehension with intricate sentence structures, idiomatic expressions, and sophisticated vocabulary. Each story is accompanied by a detailed vocabulary chart with French-to-English translations of key terms, enhancing clarity and enriching your language learning.

Enhance your Ukrainian language skills with "Ukrainian Short Stories for Beginners (A2) Skill Level," a resource specifically designed for learners at the A2 level. This educational book features 30 carefully crafted short stories aimed at helping intermediate beginners deepen their language comprehension and fluency.

Embark on your Italian learning adventure with Italian Short Stories for Beginners (A1) – Travel and Transport Edition. This carefully curated collection presents 20 bite-sized, real-world tales set in airports, train stations, bus stops, taxis, and more—each written at the A1 level to ensure clarity and build your confidence from the very first sentence.

Twenty-six brand-new tales of ghosts, spirits, and the afterlife to chill even the most hardened listener to their very marrow. Grandmasters and newcomers alike serve well to petrify with stories to keep you lying awake in the dead of night - long after the last of the light has died - listening for that telltale scratching at the door, a soft whisper of disembodied voices, and the icy caress of long-dead fingers upon your ankle.

French Short Stories for Beginners (A1) Skill Level is designed specifically for learners at the A1 level, offering 20 captivating short stories that gently introduce the fundamentals of French comprehension.

Russian Short Stories for Intermediate (B1) Skill Level – Mystery and Suspense Edition is an engaging collection created for learners at the B1 level who wish to develop their Russian listening skills while delving into suspenseful and mysterious narratives.

Marc Lucas' Leben ist ein einziger Alptraum: Bei einem selbstverschuldeten Unfall ist seine schwangere Frau ums Leben gekommen. Der schmerzende Splitter, der seit dieser Tragödie in seinem Nacken steckt, erinnert ihn ständig an den grauenhaften Verlust – und an seine Schuld. Als Marc von einem psychiatrischen Experiment hört, das angeblich Erinnerungen löschen kann, sieht er darin seine einzige Hoffnung. Wäre es tatsächlich möglich, den Verlust seiner Frau und seines ungeborenen Kindes einfach vergessen zu können?

I've studied Neville Goddard's teachings for a very long time. As a result… I healed my body after a surgery that led to severe nerve damage. I attracted a relationship that is more loving and fulfilling than I have ever experienced. I went from being completely broke to manifesting financial freedom in a relatively short period of time. To say that Neville Goddard's ideas about the Law of Assumption and the imaginary act have changed my life would be the understatement of a century. I already shared a lot about my spiritual journey and different manifestation techniques on the Affirmation ...

Wie kaum ein anderer hat Sebastian Haffner (1907-1999) die politische Lage Deutschlands kommentiert. Seine "Anmerkungen zu Hitler", nach Erscheinen 1978 monatelang auf den Bestsellerlisten, haben ihn weltweit bekannt gemacht. In sieben Kapiteln analysiert er das Phänomen Hitler: "Ein geistvolles, originelles und klärendes Buch", urteilte Golo Mann. 1979 las Haffner seine "Anmerkungen" für den SFB ein.

Seit Jahren versucht die erfolgreiche True-Crime-Podcasterin Jula Ansorge die Wahrheit über das Schicksal ihres unter mysteriösen Umständen verschwundenen Bruders herauszubekommen. Moritz wurde von der Polizei erst eines abscheulichen Verbrechens beschuldigt und später von den Behörden für tot erklärt. Matthias Hegel, der berühmte forensische Phonetiker, behauptet Beweise zu haben, dass Moritz noch lebt. Doch der ebenso zwielichtige wie skrupellose Experte, der nur eine Stimmprobe braucht, um die Psyche eines Täters zu analysieren, hat Jula schon oft belogen und manipuliert.

Ready or not, here he comes.... It's the same each time. A woman's body is found with a ticking stopwatch clutched in her dead hand. A distraught father must find his child before the boy suffocates - and the killer takes his left eye. Alexander Zorbach, a washed-up cop turned journalist, has reported all three of the Eye Collector's murders. But this is different. His wallet has been found next to the corpse, and now he's a suspect.

In The Chile Project, Sebastian Edwards tells the story of how the neoliberal economic model came to an end in 2021, when Gabriel Boric was elected president, vowing that "If Chile was the cradle of neoliberalism, it will also be its grave." More than a story about one Latin American country, The Chile Project is a behind-the-scenes history of the spread and consequences of the free-market thinking that dominated economic policymaking around the world in the second half of the twentieth century—but is now on the retreat.

Seit die junge Psychiaterin Emma Stein in einem Hotelzimmer vergewaltigt wurde, verlässt sie das Haus nicht mehr. Sie war das dritte Opfer eines Psychopathen, den die Presse den "Friseur" nennt - weil er den misshandelten Frauen die Haare vom Kopf schert, bevor er sie ermordet. Emma, die als Einzige mit dem Leben davonkam, fürchtet, der "Friseur" könnte sie erneut heimsuchen, um seine grauenhafte Tat zu vollenden. In ihrer Paranoia glaubt sie in jedem Mann ihren Peiniger wiederzuerkennen, dabei hat sie den Täter nie zu Gesicht bekommen.