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How far would you go to save your family from an invisible threat? A terrifyingly original thriller from the author of The Machine. Soon, we'll be able to predict everything. We'll predict weather patterns, traffic jams. We'll predict who is going to run countries. Laurence Walker wants to be President of the United States. He's a sure thing: adored by the public, ex-military, a real family man. A good man. But then ClearVista, the world's foremost prediction software, tells the world his chances. And not only will he not be President, but it predicts that he's going to do the worst thing he can imagine. But can he change that destiny? Or is ClearVista simply showing him the man that he's always meant to be? It will predict that Laurence's life is about to collapse in the most unimaginable way.

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A history of vocal pedagogy from the beginning of the bel canto tradition of solo singing in the late 16th century and dealing extensively with such topics as the emergence of virtuoso singing, national singing styles, and the 'secrets' of bel canto.

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The original novel that inspired John Boorman's Oscar-nominated film

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How to Deal with How You Feel combines divine principles with practical wisdom for life. It offers a roadmap for handling your most destructive and negative feelings—and in these times of turmoil and uncertainty, you’ll find it to be a source of encouragement and hope.

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This guide offers a complete introduction to the craft of travel writing and shows unpublished writers how to identify suitable markets for their work and to pitch their work. It asks the all-important question, 'What is travel writing?' It analyzes different genre options and explores ways to come up with great ideas and pitch them successfully.

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Returns—third in a trilogy—explores the ways people recover and renew their roots. James Clifford looks at native peoples who have become not victims but inventive agents of a tangled, open-ended modernity. Their returns to the land, performances of heritage, and diasporic ties are strategies for moving toward “traditional futures.”

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Elaborado a partir de sus enseñanzas, El cerebro de Siddharthamuestra cómo la práctica meditativa y budista se anticipóa los hallazgos de la neurociencia moderna. James Kingslandeditor científico de The Guardian explica, a partir de lahistoria evolutiva del cerebro y de los desórdenes y neurosisasociados a nuestro mundo tecnológico, por qué la antiguapráctica del mindfulness ha sido siempre tan importante ybeneficiosa para los seres humanos. Lejos de ser una modade la nueva era, los principios de la meditación tienen un respaldocientífico sólido y se ha demostrado que son muy efectivospara combatir muchos de los desórdenes emocionalescontemporáneos y vivir una vida plena.

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Las últimas palabras de Jesús en la cruz tradicionalmente han sido para los cristianos una invitación a meditar y vivir profundamente el Viernes Santo los momentos finales de la vida de Cristo. Estos siete últimos mensajes han permitido a James Martin acercarnos a un sorprendente retrato del Jesús crucificado, que muestra hasta qué punto Dios es capaz de comprender nuestras dificultades. Las Siete Palabras son el mejor reflejo de ese Dios hecho ser humano. Un Jesús que hasta su misma muerte empatiza con las alegrías y las penas. Acogedor de esperanzas e ilusiones. Y también de nuestros miedos y angustias.

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A Dublinesos, Jame Joyce reuneix quinze relats que recreen episodis de la seva ciutat. Les diverses històries s'encreuen i els personatges van i vénen, desapareixen i reapareixen, de manera que s'ha vist en aquest llibre una novella amb un únic personatge: Dublin.

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