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WE Charity had changed the game. In its 25 years, the international development charity and youth empowerment movement impacted lives the world over. While most charities focus on making the world a better place for our children, WE Charity focused on making better children for our world. And then, unwittingly caught in the crosshairs of a partisan fight, WE Charity was forced to shutter its doors in Canada. In this book, former WE board member and lawyer Tawfiq Rangwala cuts through the fog and explains what really happened, why it happened, and who should be held to account.

As a field, education has largely failed to learn from experience. Time after time, promising education reforms fall short of their goals and are abandoned as other promising ideas take their place. In Learning to Improve, the authors argue for a new approach. Rather than "implementing fast and learning slow," they believe educators should adopt a more rigorous approach to improvement that allows the field to "learn fast to implement well.

Step back to a time when the mysteries of the universe could seem overwhelming. Cycles of nature kept predictable time with the sun, the moon, and the stars, yet crops failed, disease struck, storms ravaged, and empires fell without warning. In the region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, people responded to such tumult with a rich variety of religious beliefs.

"He who controls the spice controls the universe." Frank Herbert's Dune saga is the epic story of Paul, son of Duke Leto Atreides, and heir to the massive fortune promised by the desert planet Arrakis and its vast reservoirs of a drug called "spice." To control the spice, Paul and his mother Jessica, a devotee of the pseudo-religious Bene Gesserit order, must find their place in the culture of the desert-dwelling Fremen of Arrakis. Paul must contend with both the devious rival House Harkonnen and the gargantuan desert sandworms—the source of the spice.

Omar will soon take advantage of his right to bear arms—even though it might cost him his soul. Residing in one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in New York, Brownsville—Omar Richards has been the constant target of abuse and bullying. With his mother dying of cancer, his entire world seemingly falls apart, forcing Omar to question his sanity and religion. As if those terrors weren't enough, Omar's most feared adversary, Brice, is determined to make his life a living hell. When Omar makes a grim discovery left behind by murdered kingpin Sean Black, his life is forever changed.

He wasn't the slightly fat, fast-food-slinging new guy anymore. His whole existence changed that night he was attacked by a bear and joined the ranks of Kodiak Island's shifter community. He even managed to land his dream job on the island's police force. But Kirk is so much more than just another werewolf shifter. He's an alpha bear, the most powerful shifter on the island, and wanted by both of the dueling packs as an ally to settle their centuries-long feud.

George S. Clason se vale de los conocimientos sobre economía y finanzas de los antiguos babilonios para dar forma a una guía para generar riqueza. De manera amena, ahonda en las que llama “las 7 reglas para la adquisición de bienes”. Considerado un clásico contemporáneo en temas como el ahorro y la planificación financiera, es un libro que dejará una huella profunda en quien se acerque a él.

The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason is a timeless classic that uses parables set in ancient Babylon to teach powerful lessons on personal finance, wealth building, and financial independence. Through the stories of Arkad, the richest man in the city, and other characters, Clason reveals foundational principles such as saving a portion of your income, living within your means, investing wisely, and seeking financial wisdom.

Being the princess of the Devils MC is easy. You drink, curse, screw around, and pretend that the bravado your brothers carry rest on your shoulders too. Life is great. Except I still felt like something was missing. I craved something. I needed someone to put me in my place. Tame me. Alleviate this ache and show me what my bratty mouth gets me. I just didn’t expect for it to be my father’s best friend.

Wenn die Finsternis dich verschlingt und deine Albträume lebendig werden, gibt es kein Entkommen mehr … Als Lyn die schockierende Wahrheit über Blazeʼ wahre Identität erfährt, ist die Flucht bereits unmöglich – sie befindet sich tief im Schattenreich, gefangen in den Klauen des düsteren Thronerben selbst. Widerwillig begleitet sie Blaze und seine Armee zum königlichen Hof von Nyxia. Aber je tiefer sie in das dunkle Reich vordringen, desto mehr wird Lyn mit bitteren Wahrheiten konfrontiert, die nicht nur ihre eigene Zukunft, sondern das Schicksal zweier Königreiche auf ewig verändern könnten.

Dieses Dornröschen ist aufgewacht ... in einem Albtraum! OLIVER: Normalerweise locke ich Frauen mit Amnesie nicht in eine Ehe. Aber ich nehme an, es gibt für alles ein erstes Mal. Wenn mir die Frau meiner Träume in den Schoß fällt, kann ich nicht anders, als mich zu fragen, was sie in dieser Position noch so alles tun kann. Sie ist hier. In meinem Haus. Meiner Gnade ausgeliefert. Und sie denkt, dass wir das ganze Jahrzehnt, das wir getrennt waren, ein Liebespaar waren. Briar und ich waren immer eine unerledigte Angelegenheit. Jetzt ist es an der Zeit, das Geschäft zu besiegeln.

Stories for Fun: Insanity is a delightful collection of short stories that celebrates the lighter side of life. In this second installment of the Stories for Fun series, author Brad S. Wilson brings his signature wit and warmth to tales of everyday madness and mirth.

My life was controlled by chaos until the night I first laid eyes on her. She became my obsession, my salvation, my angel. I never thought she would be mine, I thought my darkness would ruin her. But when her life is threatened, I can't hold back any longer. I'll raise hell on earth to protect her, to keep her safe, to make her mine. I don't deserve her, but I'm keeping her anyway.

1. Are you in a leadership position at work? 2. Do you frequently communicate big ideas to your team? 3. Do you find yourself wondering if your message is being received the way it was intended? 4. Are you looking for a way to deepen your impact as a leader and a speaker? If the answer to any of these questions is YES, then this book can you be trusty sidekick helping use humor to deliver messages and plant seeds of change in your organization. Humor Science takes an engineering approach to the art of being engaging.

Alles ist vorbereitet … und das Tor zur Hölle öffnet schon bald seine Pforten … Mitten in San Francisco plant eine Gruppe wahnsinniger Satanisten das Unglaubliche: Sie wollen mittels eines uralten Rituals den Fürsten der Finsternis auf die Erde zurückholen. Um Satan einen würdigen Empfang zu bereiten, schrecken die Psychopathen auch vor Menschenopfern nicht zurück. Die frühere Ghostwriterin Penny Archer, die nur durch Zufall in der Stadt ist und noch immer mit einem schweren Schicksalsschlag zu kämpfen hat, wird unfreiwillig in die Machenschaften der Satanisten hineingezogen.

Wenn dein Leben auseinanderbricht - kannst du jemals wieder vertrauen? Eine lange geplante Flucht, ein drohender Schneesturm - und ein Autounfall. All das ist zu viel für Ella Sinclair. So wollte sie sicher nicht in Paradise ankommen, und doch landet sie ausgerechnet bei dem zurückgezogen lebenden Aidan Brenner, Tierarzt der kleinen Stadt. Obwohl Aidan normalerweise die Gesellschaft von Tieren bevorzugt, stellt er schnell fest, dass Ella tief traumatisiert ist. Was als spontane Notlösung beginnt, wird langsam mehr.

Ever since Markus Wolfe transmigrated to a lizard-eat-lizard world in which nature has reverted to an almost Jurassic-level wilderness, he's been uncertain of his patron Nicholas's ultimate goal—but he has learned how to increase his skills and outlast the man-shredding beasts that cross his path. Things get personal when Kalanthia, Markus's leopard companion—known as the Great Predator to her enemies—is attacked, and her precious cub, Lathani, is captured during the struggle. Having already overcome so many odds, Markus isn't prepared to let his luck run out just yet.

Cura en Un Minuto al Día: Soluciones Reales para una Salud Duradera es una guía práctica y accesible diseñada para ayudarte a mejorar tu bienestar físico y mental con simples hábitos diarios de tan solo un minuto. En un mundo donde el tiempo es un recurso limitado y las demandas diarias pueden ser abrumadoras, este libro ofrece estrategias efectivas y fáciles de implementar para fortalecer la salud sin necesidad de largas rutinas o cambios drásticos en el estilo de vida.

Eric O’Shea needs to make a decision. The annual event his family forces him to attend is just around the corner, and he doesn’t have a date. Eric never needs help when it comes to finding men. But this time is different – his ex and his new boyfriend will be there, and Eric can’t just bring along one of his usual flings. His only hope seems to be him: the best friend of his best friend, who he never wanted to meet. Sean Quinn is a calm, collected, and cultured man; someone who would rather stay at home and read a book than waste his time chasing a date with no future.

Every day, in her basement flat in a quiet street, Rene arranges her collection of objects just so. She takes her pills, looks at her photographs and remembers her free-spirited sister, Lauren, before she vanished. But lately the memories are shifting. When a letter arrives out of the blue, the opening words send ice through her veins. Lauren is alive. She’s waiting. And she needs Rene to find her before it’s too late.