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More than a thousand years ago, in what is now the territory of modern Mauritania and partly of its neighboring States, was located a rather powerful and militant Caliphate. The ruler of this Caliphate had at his court a personal magician, astrologer and soothsayer. The astrologer was an expert in different areas of secret knowledge, and he was highly esteemed by the ruler. In his "Book of Knowledge", he wrote down all that was of magical practices and of nature observation in detail, which came to him by inheritance from other great magicians. The Caliph?s astrologer had a very inquisitive and dexterous servant, who also led his book and was going to give it to his worthy successor. Of course, the book of the servant was nothing like the great astrologer?s "Book of Knowledge", but nevertheless... In our days, by a strange coincidence, both books fell into the hands of completely different people...

Dig Your Heels In is a playbook that empowers women to win at the corporate achievement game and be a catalyst for positive progress. It tackles the critical need to engage, advance and retain women in the workplace, for the financial success of the business and for the benefit of their women employees. This is the first book of its kind to truly arm women to hold their ground and play the long game, staying and advancing in corporate careers. If the reader Digs Her Heels In at the company that pays her paycheck today, she can transform the company into the one that she deserves, for herself and for future generations of women entering the workforce. Dig Your Heels In is the roadmap that shows women how increasing their breadth of experience gives them more power to identify opportunities for and effect innovative and equitable change. This book is critical for women from the entry level to the executive level. Dig Your Heels In is also a critical resource for leaders in the C-suite and those leading Human Resources, Talent Management and on the front lines of recruitment who can drive enterprise wide changes to build programs that strengthen engagement and retention. Every reader will learn the ten big bold moves to achieve the career they desire and build the company and culture they deserve.

On 29 September 1981, Peter Turner received a phone call that would change his life. His former lover, Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a Lancaster hotel and was refusing medical attention. He had no choice but to take her into his chaotic and often eccentric family's home in Liverpool. Liverpool born and bred, Turner had first set eyes on Grahame when he was a young actor, living in London. Best known for her portrayal of irresistible femme fatales in films such as The Big Heat, Oklahoma and The Bad and the Beautiful, for which she won an Oscar, Grahame electrified audiences with her steely expressions and heavy lidded eyes and the heroines she bought to life were often dark and dangerous. Turner and Grahame became firm friends and remained so ever after their love affair had ended. And it was to him she turned in her final hour of need.

Книга для чтения на английском языке. История о захватывающих приключениях охотника Аллана Квотермейна и его спутников, отважных путешественников, попавших в удивительную страну Зу-Венди – в сердце тогда еще не исследованной Африки. Этой страной правят две сестры-королевы, которые влюбляются в одного из спутников Аллана. Соперничество двух королев приводит к гражданской войне, а жрецы страны Зу-Венди пытаются убить путешественников. Череда бурных событий ведет историю к неожиданному финалу. Аллан Квотермейн, герой популярной серии книг замечательного английского писателя Г. Райдера Хаггарда, стал прообразом Инидианы Джонса.

Unchained from fate, the Norse gods Loki and Hel are ready to unleash Ragnarok, a.k.a. the Apocalypse, upon the earth. They’ve made allies on the darker side of many pantheons, and there’s a globe-spanning battle brewing that ancient Druid Atticus O’Sullivan will be hard-pressed to survive, much less win.Granuaile MacTiernan must join immortals Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen in a fight against the Yama Kings in Taiwan, but she discovers that the stakes are much higher than she thought.Meanwhile, Archdruid Owen Kennedy must put out both literal and metaphorical fires from Bavaria to Peru to keep the world safe for his apprentices and the future of Druidry.And Atticus recruits the aid of a tyromancer, an Indian witch, and a trickster god in hopes that they’ll give him just enough leverage to both save Gaia and see another sunrise. There is a hound named Oberon who deserves a snack, after all. . . . . . . . . .