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In 1560, General Pedro de Ursua led an expedition through the Amazon in search of El Dorado. Three months later, Ursua was murdered. His replacement, Fernando de Guzman, was also murdered. Emerging from the chaos was the Biscayan Lope de Aguirre, who turned away from El Dorado and led his men to Peru to overthrow the royal forces and declare independence from the Spanish Crown. When Aguirre was finally killed, the aftermath was astonishing: hundreds dead, entire towns depopulated, and a nascent revolution quashed.

Disparities are just deserts, between the good and bad in competition seen. 1844 maxims of rhythmic justice and assertive rhyme, carried forward in the cause of human dissimilarity upon competitive pretensions for rewards, merciless poetry manifest. Successful emulation in enterprise these unemasculated couplets may inspire.

John Reynolds just wanted to be left alone. After surviving the World Trade Center bombing and the Long Island Railroad shooting, he moved to Cleveland to run his uncle's tugboat business. Everything was fine for 18 years, until the City and the Mafia decided that no man should be an island.

A New Beginning is set in an era when man has just begun colonizing space stations and a few planets. Earth is controlled by mega-corporations that rule the planet's political bodies and economies, much as ancient kings ruled their realms. The story centers on how a young indentured worker, Kristin Hayes, gains her freedom and happiness, and how her actions intertwine with the policies of Earth and the Federation.

STAF II is a next generation group of brilliant young individuals. They display exceptional skillfulness in science, technology and cyberspace warfare. With two amazing dogs and one remarkable vehicle, they also excel in the execution of the armed warfare of the older, battle-hardened and highly decorated military men who lead them. Action and adventure build as the team takes on the task of destroying an international criminal cabal determined to reshape the world in its image. The forces against the team are great; the odds against their success are high.

The year is 2054. A ambitious and elite young man's comfortable existence is overturned when he is called on to play a critical role in stopping a growing evil. Miles Dawson, a young man immersed in a dystopian world on the brink of global conflict, wants nothing more than to be recognized and admired by his peers and fellow employees of the Emerson Corporation on their man-made island of Haven.

In The Trachinian Tragedy, better known as the Women of Trachis, the wife of Herakles, Deianeira, finds she has a rival in the house for her husband's affection. The consequences of her counteraction are incredible. In this faithful translation, F. L. Light attempts to write as good a play in English as the original in Greek. F. L. Light has also translated Antigone of Sophocles.

Listening to this book is like going into a trippy play where animals talk and there are bizarre characters. It is a mind-bending listen with interesting characters and story plot. Believe it or not, it does have a lesson to the story: We all wear masks to hide our true selves.

Interviewing often gets painfully difficult in the information technology field. The potential gap in knowledge and experience between applicant and reviewer makes it challenging to generate meaningful questions and to interpret arcane answers. Finding the best possible candidate for a critical role can be like dowsing for water with a blindfold and a stick—blind luck rules the process more often than skill. It doesn’t have to be that way.

For everyone who's a part of a tribe, their journey through life is more or less the same. For the good or bad, it changes you. After all, iron sharpens iron, and time apart in a leper colony can challenge your worldview. But on the bright side, they're doing fine just rolling around from place to place. Never in a spot for too long, all the while wearing masks and performing a show for the simple-minded audience. Once they paid the ticket price to come and see the rejects, they can go on their merry way with their judgements. Oh, what fun! Care to sit a while and listen?

Larger-than-life cowboy characters are heroes on the silver screen, where the stories are made up and the consequences don’t truly matter. In the modern office, however, these aggressive individualists can be a massive pain in everyone’s neck. The stubborn, oppositional, uncooperative, and all-around unreliable office cowboy, on the other hand, is tremendously corrosive to discipline, productivity, and team morale. The all-too-common "I do what I want" non-conformist won’t listen to reason.

Introducing The Disrespectful Relationship Between Doctors and Their Patients, an empowering guide that offers the right tools and guidance to help transform your fragile patient-doctor relationship into a more harmonious one for an easier and smoother healthcare journey.

Many have seen and studied the classic films of Alfred Hitchcock, but how many know a lot of these movies were inspired by real life murders? These cases range from his native England in the 1800’s to 1950’s America. Influencing his work from The Lodger, his third directorial effort and first true suspense thriller, all the way down to Frenzy, his next to final film. Such minor details appear in his films as a woman’s necklace or being buried in a garden. Or can be so detailed that one film, about a wrongly accused musician, is based on a true story outright.

Technological advances have done little to help the worrying trend of out-of-control costs and physician shortages. But there is a solution that could help millions of Americans get more affordable, convenient access to care: telehealth. Telehealth is a solution that helps combat these trends, but it has not yet lived up to its expectations. Many of the current products in the market are ineffective, because brokers, insurance companies, and major telehealth companies are more concerned with their own profits than with providing real solutions.

Over the centuries the West has become fascinated by the Vikings, one of the most mysterious and interesting European civilizations. In addition to being perceived as a remarkably unique culture among its European counterparts, what's known and not known about the Vikings' accomplishments has added an intriguing aura to the historical narrative. Were they fierce and fearsome warriors? Were they the first Europeans to visit North America?

When two Trent Enterprises cargo ships disappear after leaving an outpost orbiting Saturn's moon Titan, head of security Mark Houston is sent to investigate. While Houston and his team search Geneva Station for answers, strange killings involving cannibalism are being reported across Earth. Are the two somehow linked? As the team delves deeper into the mystery, an unexpected rival surfaces. In their struggle to complete the mission, the team discovers a terrifying secret—a secret so shocking it could alter the very core of human existence and change the course of history forever.

Humanity’s choices today have consequences. Experience three possible futures with one cast of characters: speculative fiction or prophecy?

In Process Over Preference, Emmanuel Simms offers a transformative perspective on achieving success through a disciplined, process-driven approach. Drawing from his own journey from humble beginnings to recognized entrepreneurial leadership, Simms articulates the powerful "Emmanuel Simms Method," which advocates for the prioritization of strategic processes over fleeting preferences.

The primary focus of this work is to provide comprehensive knowledge about each country's legal systems, cultural norms, and potential challenges, equipping listeners with practical strategies to respond confidently and proactively to legal challenges they may encounter during their travels.

The strange day, as told from the point of view of a mom heading to work. After leaving her son alone with her mother, she is troubled by the emptiness and lack of people at her job. Traffic is almost nonexistent, not to mention the elevator coming down quickly. However, it’s in the disturbing call from her scared mother that alarms her. And she realizes this might not just be a strange day.