The essential companion volume to the phenomenal self-help bestseller THE POWER OF NOW
- 'the must-read bible du jour' Eckhart
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It&s the year 122 CE & the Roman Empire is at the peak of its glory Caesar Hadrian is no longer waging war against the barbarians but building cities & fortifications to ensure a lengthy domination of the Roman culture & wealth The southern part of Britain is under Roman domination & Caesar has already begun the construction of Hadrian&s Wall to protect the empire from invasions from the North Together with the wall Caesar has ordered the founding of a new city which will remind the locals of the glory of Rome He has appointed five of his most trusted men to take resources & workers from Rome & to build the city together – but in the end only one of them will be appointed Praetor & rule the Province in the name of Caesar In Praetor you will take the role of a Roman engineer & you will work together with the other players to build a magnificent city You will manage your limited resources wisely & look for new ones you will recruit new Workers while your old experienced ones will retire you will build settlements to keep the population happy & you will praise the Gods to earn their favor Caesar will reward you if you give away precious resources to build Hadrian’s Wall thus increasing your chances of becoming Praetor Every turn you will place your Workers on previously built City Tiles to gain resources Morale new Workers or Favor points You may also assign Workers to build new City Tiles or spend resources to meet Caesar’s demands to gain Favor Points At the end of each turn you will have to pay your Workers Otherwise the mood in the city will deteriorate Most of the actions your Workers will perform will help them gain experience They will become increasingly skilled in collecting resources Your most experienced Workers will eventually retire & bring you additional Favor Points but you will still have to show solidarity & pay them until the end of the game ...

PRAETORIAN is the gripping eleventh novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series Essential reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell & Conn Iggulden The city of Rome in AD 51 is a dangerous place Treachery lurks on every corner & a shadowy Republican movement 'the Liberators' has spread its tentacles wide It is feared that the heart of the latest plot lies in the ranks of the Praetorian Guard Uncertain of whom he can trust the Imperial Secretary Narcissus summons to Rome two courageous men guaranteed to be loyal to the grave army veterans Prefect Cato & Centurion Macro Tasked with infiltrating the Guard Cato & Macro face a daunting test to win the trust of their fellow soldiers No sooner have they begun to unearth the details of the Liberators' devious plan than disaster strikes an old enemy who could identify them with deadly consequences makes an unexpected appearance Now they face a race against time to save their own lives before they can unmask the mastermind behind the Liberators ...

Star Wars The Last Jedi comes to POP! the number one stylized collectible in the world Collect your favorite characters from The Last Jedi as POP! Bobbleheads before returning to the Star Wars galaxy this December The Praetorian Guard Pop! vinyl figure measures Approx. 9cm tall & comes packaged in an illustrated window display box ...

The Pragmatic Programmers classic is back! Freshly updated for modern software development Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java 8 With JUnit teaches you how to write & run easily maintained unit tests in JUnit with complete confidence You'll learn mnemonics to help you know what tests to write how to remember all the boundary conditions & what the qualities of a good test are You'll see how unit tests can pay off by allowing you to keep your system code clean & you'll learn how to handle the stuff that seems too tough to test Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java 8 With JUnit steps you through all the important unit testing topics If you've never written a unit test you'll see screen shots from Eclipse Intelli J IDEA & Net Beans that will help you get past the hard part--getting set up & started Once past the basics you'll learn why you want to write unit tests & how to effectively use JUnit But the meaty part of the book is its collected unit testing wisdom from people who've been there done that on production systems for at least 15 years veteran author & developer Jeff Langr building on the wisdom of Pragmatic Programmers Andy Hunt & Dave Thomas You'll learn How to craft your unit tests to minimize your effort in maintaining them How to use unit tests to help keep your system clean How to test the tough stuff Memorable mnemonics to help you remember what's important when writing unit tests How to help your team reap & sustain the benefits of unit testing You won't just learn about unit testing in theory--you'll work through numerous code examples When it comes to programming hands-on is the only way to learn! ...

Bernie Gunther returns to his desk on homicide from the horrors of the Eastern Front to find Berlin changed for the worse He begins to investigate the death of a railway worker but is obliged to drop everything when Reinhard Heydrich of the SD orders him to Prague to spend a weekend at his country house Bernie accepts reluctantly especially when he learns that his fellow guests are all senior figures in the SS & SD The weekend quickly turns sour when a body is found in a room locked from the inside If Bernie fails to solve this impossible mystery; not only is his reputation at stake but also that of Reinhard Heydrich a man who cannot bear to lose face ...

From the Velvet Revolution to the disturbing world of Franz Kafka from the devastation of the Thirty Years War to the musical elegance of Mozart & Dvorak Prague is steeped in a wealth of history & culture This is a history of this city ...

' The emperor's mistress had been murdered & the world had been taken hold of & turned upon its head' Prague 1599 Christian Stern a young doctor has just arrived in the city On his first evening he finds a young woman's body half-buried in the snow The dead woman is none other than the emperor's mistress & there's no shortage of suspects Stern is employed by the emperor himself to investigate the murder In the search to find the culprit Stern finds himself drawn into the shadowy world of the emperor's court
- unspoken affairs letters written in code & bitter rivalries But there's no turning back now
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Discover the Czech capital of Prague in all its historic beautywith the help of this genuinely pocket-sized pop-up map Small in size yet bigon detail this compact dependable Prague city map will ensure you don't missa thing

Includes:: 2 Pop Out maps
- a detailed street map of Prague city centre as well as an overview map of greater Prague Additional maps of Prague Castle & the Old Town are also included Handy self-folding tourist map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination Hotels restaurants stores & attractions are all included on the map Ideal to pop in a pocket or bag for quick reference whileexploring this gorgeous city Fold size 95mm (375) x 130mm (525) Sheet size 215mm (85) x 225mm (975) Approx scale City centre map 111 000; Greater map 130 000 Scales are approximate & should be used as a guideline only


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' Just as gripping as the original novels As pacy & vivid as one of Wilder's own narratives this surprising biography is immensely revealing both about Wilder & about America's founding myths' Sunday Times' Little House devotees will appreciate the extraordinary care & energy Fraser devotes to uncovering the details of a life that has been expertly veiled by myth' New York Times Book Review Millions of readers of the ' Little House' books believe they know Laura Ingalls Wilder
- the pioneer girl who survived blizzards & near-starvation on the Great Plains as her family chased their American dream But the true story of her life has never been fully told Drawing on unpublished manuscripts letters diaries & public records Caroline Fraser masterfully fills in the gaps in Wilder's biography uncovering the grown-up story behind the best-loved childhood epic of pioneer life Set against nearly a century of unimaginable change from the Homestead Act & the Indian Wars to the Dust Bowl & the Great Depression Wilder's life was full of drama & adversity Settling on the frontier amid l&-rush speculation her family endured Biblical tribulations of locusts & drought poverty & want before she left at the age of eighteen to marry Almanzo This is where the books end but there is so much more to tell; deep in debt after a series of personal tragedies Laura & Almanzo uprooted themselves once again crisscrossing the country taking menial jobs to support the family In middle age she began writing a farm advice column prodded by her journalist daughter Rose & at the age of sixty fearing the loss of almost everything in the Depression she turned to children's books recasting her extraordinarily difficult childhood as a triumphal vision of homesteading
- achieving fame & fortune in the process Laura Ingalls Wilder's life is one of the most astonishing rags-to-riches stories in American letters Offering fresh insight & new discoveries Prairie Fires reveals the complex woman who defined the American pioneer character & whose artful blend of fact & fiction grips us to this day

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