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The full and untold story of Israeli politics penned by one of Israel's most distinguished political journalists. In A Call at 4 AM, Israel’s top political journalist, Amit Segal, takes you inside the moments when history was decided in real time. From Golda Meir’s sleepless nights before the Yom Kippur War to Benjamin Netanyahu's power struggles during missile attacks, Segal uncovers the untold stories of war rooms, last-minute deals, and the relentless pressure of governing a country that never knows a quiet day.

Podría haber sido una sirvienta toda su vida y no haberse quejado nunca por ello, pero eligió ser diferente. Esta novela está inspirada en hechos reales. Viena, 1910. Una joven pelirroja de dieciséis años es expulsada de su casa y arrojada a la calle. Deberá encontrar la forma de sobrevivir, ya que la policía prohíbe dormir fuera por la noche. En su desesperada búsqueda, consigue entrar en un albergue de mujeres, pero rápidamente descubre que se trata de una farsa en la que las chicas son explotadas para entretener a los caballeros que las visitan. Es consciente de que necesita ...

Monique hará lo que sea para vivir Huyendo de los nazis, Monique, una joven judía de diecisiete años, escapa por las calles de París buscando un lugar donde esconderse. Desde un oscuro sótano de la ciudad, Philip, un hombre de la resistencia, le ofrece un trato para salvar su vida cambiando su identidad. Para ello, ella deberá proporcionarle información sobre los alemanes, familiarizándose con ellos. Dividida entre sus sentimientos por Philip y su miedo a Herr Ernest, un oficial alemán que muestra especial interés por ella, Monique se adentra cada vez más en las fauces de los ...

In this audiobook Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian, presents a celebration of the human search for truth and beauty through the lenses of science and poetry. Poetry and science, as Popova writes in her introduction, "are instruments for knowing the world more intimately and loving it...

For quantum physicist Amit Goswami, medicine is a timely area of application for the new science based on the primacy of consciousness. This new science has a spectacular ability to integrate conventional science, spirituality, and healing. If any field needs integration, says Goswami, it is medicine and healing.

Have you ever driven several miles without noticing anything on the road or read a page in a book without registering any of it? Do the day's worries and disappointments crowd your mind as you're trying to fall asleep at night? Do you feel stressed much of the time and aren't sure how to find peace? In this book Amit Sood, MD, MSc, a Mayo Clinic specialist in stress and resiliency, reveals how the mind's instinctive restlessness and shortsightedness generate stress and anxiety and presents strategies for living a more peaceful life.

Avrebbe potuto essere una serva per tutta la vita senza mai lamentarsi, ma scelse di essere diversa. Questo romanzo è ispirato a fatti reali. Un libro sull'emancipazione femminile Vienna, 1910: Una sedicenne dai capelli rossi viene cacciata di casa e gettata in strada. Deve trovare un modo per sopravvivere, poiché la polizia vieta a chi dorme all'aperto di notte. Nella sua ricerca disperata, riesce ad entrare in un ostello femminile, ma presto si rende conto che questo ostello è solo una facciata, e le ragazze lì vengono sfruttate per intrattenere i signori che lo visitano. Sa che deve ...

Nos llamaban las mujeres del enemigo, pero como cualquier madre, libré mi propia batalla contra Hitler: evitar que mi hijo se convirtiera en su soldado. Alemania, finales del verano de 1939. Elke, una joven alemana, lo tiene todo: una familia cariñosa, un marido devoto y un despreocupado hijo de siete años que juega en las playas bañadas por el sol. Sin embargo, en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, su mundo se hace añicos al estallar la guerra, implicando a su familia y alterando para siempre el curso de su vida. Cuando su esposo responde a la llamada del Ejército alemán, Elke se queda sola...

The explanations of transcendent phenomena given by saints, sages, and near-death experiencers—miracles, immortality, heaven, God, and transcendent awareness—are fully congruent with scientific discoveries in the fields of relativity, quantum physics, medicine, M-theory, neuroscience, and quantum biology. The Physics of God describes the intersections of science and religion with colorful, easy-to-understand metaphors, making abstruse subjects within both science and religion easily accessible to the layman—no math, no dogma.

At last, science and the soul shake hands. Writing in a style that is both lucid and charming, mischievous and profound, Dr. Amit Goswami uses the language and concepts of quantum physics to explore and scientifically prove metaphysical theories of reincarnation and immortality. In Physics of the Soul, Goswami helps listeners understand the perplexities of the quantum physics model of reality and the perennial beliefs of spiritual and religious traditions.

Italia 1944, Grace, una enfermera militar, fue herida en un ataque aéreo alemán y pierde su pierna. Para ella, la guerra ha terminado. Acostada en un hospital militar al sur de Roma, Grace decide escapar del convoy de regreso a casa. Ella quiere recuperarse, convertirse en enfermera una vez más y atender a otros soldados heridos. John, que estaba cegado por su herida, yace en la cama junto a ella, y por la noche Grace comienza a leerle cartas de la mujer que lo espera en casa. Él es el único que no ve la discapacidad de Grace. Pero, a medida que Grace se apega más a John, comienza a ...

Running for her life from the Nazis, Monique, a 17-year-old Jewish girl, escapes through the streets of Paris, searching for a place to hide. In a dark basement deep within the city, Philip, a man of the Resistance, offers her a deal in order to save her life by changing her identity. In return, she needs to provide information about the Germans by becoming acquainted with them.

¿A dónde ha ido mi esposo? Kyiv, Ucrania, 2021. Anuchka, una joven estudiante ucraniana, encuentra una antigua foto de una mujer junto a una motocicleta, pero su abuela se niega a decirle de quién se trata. Italia, 1940. Francesca, una joven italiana que se opone a los fascistas, conoce a un hombre muy guapo y se casa con él, pero unos meses después, él es reclutado por el ejército italiano y batalla junto a los alemanes. Dos años después, es enviado a Rusia para la Batalla de Stalingrado. Poco a poco, Anuchka intenta averiguar quién es la mujer de la foto y qué secreto está ...

En la sombra del régimen nazi, una mujer lucha por proteger a su hija de las garras del mal. París, 1941. Sarah, una mujer judía, se encuentra atrapada en la ciudad con su hija Rebecca de cinco años, mientras la Segunda Guerra Mundial avanza sin piedad por todo el continente. Desesperadas por escapar del creciente control de la opresión nazi, intentan huir a la neutral España. Sin embargo, sus esperanzas se desvanecen cuando son capturadas por la policía francesa y enviadas al campo de internamiento de Drancy, ubicado al norte de París, donde los judíos franceses están siendo ...

Amit Chaudhuri, novelist, critic, and essayist, is also a musician, trained in the Indian classical vocal tradition but equally fluent as a guitarist and singer in the American folk music style, who has recorded his experimental compositions extensively and performed around the world. A turning point in his life took place when, as a lonely teenager living in a high-rise in Bombay, far from his family's native Calcutta, he began, contrary to all his prior inclinations, to study Indian classical music. 

The explosion of generative AI has sparked a wave of case studies showing how quickly and profoundly it is transforming businesses. Yet most of these use cases still apply the technology to enhancing existing systems. This book makes the case for why business leaders must revisit the fundamentals of generative AI and look beyond short-term, tactical gains.

"I wanted to save lives, but I discovered that war wounds everyone. I also discovered the power of willpower and love." World War II, Italy 1944. Grace, a new nurse, arrives at the front. She dreams of saving the lives of soldiers, but a few days later she gets badly injured, and her dreams are shattered among explosions and bullets whistling. Lying in her hospital bed, Grace refuses to face reality and is unwilling to return home to the US. She wants to recover and become a nurse again, even though her body will never be as it was before her injury. But her journey of recovery will be a ...

After decades of studying and working with tens of thousands of patients, Amit Sood has found a potent and practical approach to well-being that is well-suited to 21st-century living. Based on Dr. Sood’s popular, clinically proven stress management program, The Mayo Clinic Handbook for Happiness offers a straightforward plan anyone can implement across 10 weeks. Combining groundbreaking insights from neuroscience and psychology, and wisdom from philosophy and spirituality, Dr. Sood reveals how to reduce everyday anxiety and find greater fulfillment in life.

From the challenges of travelling when blind to becoming a parent for the first time, Kika & Me is the moving, heart-warming and inspirational story of Dr Amit Patel’s sight-loss journey and how one guide dog changed his world. 'Inspiring and compelling . . . rekindles one's faith in human...

Bleakwood, Oregon—once a sleepy, forgotten town—has become ground zero for an unspeakable horror. When Danielle Pryer’s long-lost brother, Bruce, returns from the Vietnam War carrying a monstrous mutation, reality itself begins to unravel. Vines turn to veins, brick to bone, and the laws of physics become mere suggestions. But Bleakwood’s nightmare is just beginning.