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La pandémie de Covid-19 est un événement planétaire dont la véritable histoire restait à écrire. Une histoire au suspense haletant, thriller planétaire où se mêlent disputes scientifiques, épidémie d

The Couples Guide to Neurodivergent Parenting is the first book written specifically for couples raising a neurodivergent child the book that finally asks what this experience does to the relationship, and gives you real, honest, practical tools to find your way back.Everyone asked how your child was doing. Nobody asked how you were doing as a couple.Somewhere between the first diagnosis and now, something happened to the two of you. Not dramatically. Not with a fight or a clear breaking point. You just got so consumed by the most important thing : your child, their needs, the relentless work of understanding and advocating and surviving, that you quietly lost each other in the process.You still love each other. But some days you feel more like co-managers than partners. More like people who share a crisis than people who chose each other.This is not a book about parenting better together. It is a book about you, the partnership that has been carrying everything, without a map, without nearly enough support, and without anyone asking the right questions.You will learn why the distance between you is neurological before it is relational and why that changes everything about how to close it. Why your grief over the diagnosis is almost certainly not synchronised and what that desfase looks like from each side. Why the load imbalance installed itself without anyone deciding to create it, and how to have the conversation that actually moves something. Why desire didnt disappear because you stopped wanting each other, but because the conditions for desire have been absent and exactly how to rebuild them.For couples where one or both partners is also neurodivergent: there is a full chapter for you, with the specific reframings that change everything about how you read each others behaviour.For any couple raising a neurodivergent child who has felt, at some point, that they were doing this entirely alone, even with someone right beside them. You are not alone. And you are not too far gone.

Em um mercado cada vez mais global, empresas brasileiras atuam fora do país, contratam terceiros, acessam capital internacional e se submetem a regras de integridade que ultrapassam fronteiras. Nesse cenario, um mesmo conjunto de fatos pode acionar autoridades de diferentes jurisdiçes, gerando investigaçes paralelas, exigencias simultaneas e o risco de sançes duplicadas. Entender como esse "tabuleiro" funciona deixou de ser assunto restrito a especialistas: impacta negocios, reputaço, investimentos e confiança.Com linguagem clara e foco pratico, este livro explica como o Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) pode alcançar condutas fora dos Estados Unidos e como essa logica se articula com a Lei Anticorrupço brasileira (Lei nº 12.846/2013). A partir do Direito Internacional Privado, a obra organiza o tema em tres frentes decisivas: sançes, provas e monitoramento. O leitor encontra caminhos para coordenar respostas, evitar sobreposiço sancionatoria, qualificar o compartilhamento probatorio e tornar verificaveis os compromissos assumidos no pos-acordo.Baseado em casos reais e em documentaço institucional, o texto traduz conceitos complexos em criterios operativos, matrizes e protocolos replicaveis. E uma leitura indicada para profissionais de compliance, advogados, gestores, agentes publicos e para qualquer leitor interessado em compreender como Direito, economia e integridade corporativa se conectam no mundo contemporaneo.

Rooted in the neon-drenched grit of a fragmented China, this definitive Chinese Cyberpunk tale reimagines the "Worlds Factory" as a sovereign city-state where the "Chinese Dream" has been digitized and sold.In a near-future, post-war Shenzhen, the line between humanity and technology has been commodified into a haunting new reality known as "Soul Ore". In this sovereign city-state, the tech giant HuaCent Group extracts human consciousnessstripping away memory and emotionto create high-grade AI for its global robot exports.The narrative weaves together three desperate lives caught in a web of corporate conspiracy: Ruoxi Lam: A rogue hacker living as a fugitive in the urban village of Foo-shing. She is driven by a singular mission: to find her brother, Avei, whose consciousness was uploaded to HuaCents "digital immortality" project, AbyssNet, leaving his physical body brain-dead. Amin: A debt-ridden trucker and "Split Brain" who sold copies of his own mind to HuaCent for survival. He discovers a devastating betrayalhis own digitized voice was used to lure his sister, Lili, into a trafficking trap in Shenzhens dark underbelly. Victor Chan: A retired admiral and CEO of SouthSea Transport, the commercial arm of the South Sea Fleet. Operating with quasi-sovereign status at Salt Port, Chan is pressured by American interests to investigate the Chest-Born Projecta clandestine HuaCent operation to weaponize consciousness by overwriting the brains of global leaders with programmable digital "souls". Shenzhen Republic: Soul Ore is a gritty cyberpunk thriller that explores the ethical abyss of the digital age. It poses a chilling question: when the mind can be copied, edited, and sold, what truly remains of the human soul?

This book doesnt simply recount an assassination; it explores what happens afterward, when power attempts to close a wound that never stopped bleeding. Through profound and reflective prose, the work delves into the silences that follow a kings death, the decisions made far from the public eye, and the truths sacrificed in the name of stability. Here, fiction intertwines with real events from human history to reveal a truth more uncomfortable than any official document. The reader will encounter a kingdom that trusted, a crime that altered the course of its history, and a system that learned to survive by concealing. There are no simple heroes or obvious villains: there are structures, loyalties, fears, and ambitions that coalesce around the throne. The narrative unfolds, showing how justice can become a tool of the victor, how collective memory is fragmented, and how power inherits guilt it never fully acknowledges. More than a historical chronicle, this book is a reflection on the price of power and the fragility of truth. Each chapter functions like a layer, revealing how a conspiracy doesnt always stem from absolute evil, but rather from the desire to maintain order at any cost. The reader is invited to question what it truly means to govern, who writes history, and how much silence is needed to hold a crown. "There are crimes that dont end with death, but rather begin with it." The work resonates with the reader because it speaks to something profoundly human: the tendency to accept comfortable narratives to avoid confronting painful truths. Just as in everyday life conflicts are silenced to "move on," here we see how an entire kingdom learns to live with a functional lie, until the echo of the crime becomes impossible to ignore. With a sober, immersive tone, rich in symbolism, the book invites slow reading, reflection, and a fresh perspective on historyand the present. It offers no easy consolation, but rather a deeper understanding of how power systems are built, protected, and ultimately revealed. It is a book for those who seek more than just a narrative: for those who want to understand how history, when it ceases to hide, ends up becoming truth.

Sophia, a young girl struggling to make ends meet suddenly stumbles into a life changing opportunity one night. Her best friend Jackie introduces her into the dark side of Nairobi. One that Sophia c

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Parental Alienation is a steady, realistic guide for parents trying to stay emotionally present while being pushed out of their childs life. It speaks to the confusion, panic, anger and helplessness that come when the relationship starts to shift, when contact becomes strained, and when what is happening is hard to explain to anyone who has not lived it.This book looks at how alienation begins, how it escalates, and what it can do to a child caught in the middle. It also names the toll it takes on the parent who is shut out: the constant overthinking, the fear of making things worse, the pressure to stay calm while being misrepresented, and the exhaustion of trying to respond well when every move feels loaded.The practical side is dealt with honestly too. There are chapters on messages, emails and conversations that need to stand up later, recording what is happening without becoming consumed by it, dealing with schools and professionals, and the reality of the UK family court system when you are already emotionally worn down. It also covers allegations, siblings, step-families, new partners and the mistakes that often get used against you.What makes this book different is that it does not just tell you to fight harder or stay positive. It focuses on staying present without losing yourself. It helps you think clearly, protect your mental stability, and understand the long game when repair is slow and painful. There is space here for the parent reading in fragments because they are barely holding it together, and for the quiet heartbreak of trying to keep love alive when your child has been conditioned to turn away.Parental Alienation is about endurance, clarity and emotional steadiness in one of the most brutal situations a parent can face. It offers grounded support for holding your place in your childs life, even when the door feels closed.

The Trouble With Dead MenSealed inside a private escape room with a body, a ticking clock and the creeping sense that the room itself is responding to his fear, Brian begins to unravel. The air thickens. The vents whisper. Small details shift when he isnt looking. And the corpse refuses to behave like a corpse.The Trouble With Dead Men is a dark, claustrophobic psychological thriller set inside an escape room, where panic becomes evidence, silence becomes power, and judgement is the most dangerous trap of all.It plays with the conventions of locked-room fiction, misdirection and unreliable perception, building toward a final reversal that re-frames everything that came before.Book 1 in the Deadly Little Murders Series - This is a growing collection of compact but fully realised murder stories. Complete stories with character, tension and consequences.Written to be read in one sitting.Built to leave a mark.Smart, unsettling, occasionally darkly funny. Always fatal.

The Moon Hides a SecretBefore he became her boss, Lee Garrett was Melissa Hewitts closest friend and the man she was starting to love.Everything changed the day he disappeared behind a wall of cold silence, leaving her with questions he refused to answer. But some connections run deeper than any barrier, and try as she might, Melissa cant move on.What she doesnt know is that Lees silence is born of something far darker than feara secret that isnt just dangerous, but not entirely human.Now fate has drawn them back together, and the truth can no longer stay buried. The pull between them is as strong as everbut so is the threat Lee has fought to contain.To be with him, Melissa must decide if shes willing to embrace the darkness he carries and risk everything for a love that could destroy them both.Set in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, Moondance is a seductive paranormal romance about longing, identity, and the courage to embrace both the light and the darkness within.

Healing Adult Loneliness is a compassionate, practical book for adults who feel disconnected, left behind, or quietly alone in ways other people do not always see. It is written for the kind of loneliness that builds slowly and settles into everyday life, shaping how you think, how you speak to yourself, and how easy it feels to reach for other people.This book looks at loneliness from the inside out. It begins with understanding the feeling itself, the early family patterns that can deepen it, and the private habits that keep it going long after the original hurt. It explores the silence that can grow around you, the way self-talk hardens when you have been alone too long, and the strange difficulty of asking for connection when you need it most.From there, the focus turns towards repair. You will move through relearning how to be alone without sinking into isolation, repairing everyday connections, building routines that steady you, and speaking to yourself with more honesty and less cruelty. There are chapters on boundaries, anxiety, social confidence, friendship drift, digital disconnection, loneliness after break-up or divorce, and the quieter forms of loneliness that can show up in motherhood, caregiving, and work.What makes this book different is that it does not treat loneliness as something embarrassing or simplistic. It understands that loneliness affects self-worth, nervous system regulation, confidence, energy, and hope. It also understands that trying again can feel humiliating when you have already felt overlooked or forgotten.Healing Adult Loneliness offers realistic support for reconnecting after silence, rebuilding trust in yourself and other people, and creating a life with more warmth, meaning, and steadiness. It is not about becoming endlessly social. It is about healing the parts of you that stopped expecting real connection, and learning how to begin again without pretending it is easy.

In Elyrion, silence is law, memory is guarded, and truth has been buried beneath ritual, fear, and the machinery of order.Illan is only a copyist in the Archive of Primordial Memory, a keeper of dead words in a city that has forgotten how to live by them. But when he discovers the Scroll of Silence, a relic hidden by his fathers final sacrifice, the fragile order of his world begins to crack. Hunted by Faceless Guards and shadowed by powers that feed on fear, Illan is driven into the hidden depths beneath the city, where the forgotten wounds of creation still breathe.There he finds unlikely companions: Aelita, a warrior of fierce devotion; Thorn, a blind seer who hears truth beneath appearances; and Kaylen, a broken remnant of the enemys design. Together they must cross ruined thresholds, the Middle Halls, the Sea of Silent Tides, and the living horrors of distortion itself.But the deeper Illan reaches into the hidden structure of reality, the more terrible the danger becomes.The Distorters do not merely conquer kingdoms. They hollow out the soul, turning safety into servitude and order into spiritual death. And as Illan draws nearer to the power at the heart of the worlds unraveling, he must face the greatest threat of all: not only that he may fail, but that he may become the very thing he seeks to oppose.The Weave of the Unspoken is the first book in The Fourth Silence, an epic fantasy saga of hidden truth, sacrificial love, ancient powers, and the struggle to remain human in a world ruled by fear.

It is a common, often embarrassing phenomenon: seeing a drop of blood or a hypodermic needle causes an individual to instantly go pale, lose consciousness, and collapse to the floor. While it looks like a sign of weakness, fainting at the sight of blood is actually a radical, hardwired evolutionary survival tactic.This sudden collapse is known as a Vasovagal Syncope. When the brain perceives severe traumalike the sight of bloodthe vagus nerve dramatically overreacts. It forces an instant, massive drop in heart rate and blood pressure. Evolutionarily, if a prehistoric human sustained a deep laceration, this sudden drop in blood pressure would drastically slow the bleeding, while collapsing to the ground would place the brain on the same level as the heart to restore oxygen flow.This fascinating exploration dissects the misfiring of the autonomic nervous system. We explore the triggers, the biochemistry of the fainting spell, and how this ancient trauma response severely inconveniences modern medical patients.Stop viewing your bodily quirks as flaws. Uncover the ruthless, primitive logic behind your most uncontrollable neurological reflexes.

When you press a button to make a character jump, the mechanical switch inside your controller does not send a single, clean electrical signal. Microscopic imperfections in the metal cause the switch to literally bounce, sending dozens of rapid, chaotic signals in a single millisecond. Left unfiltered, your character would jump ten times at once.To prevent this, software engineers employ Input Sanitization, specifically a process called "debouncing." This invisible layer of algorithmic filtration actively ignores the chaotic mechanical noise of the physical hardware, translating a messy analog stutter into one crisp, singular digital command.This book delves into the microscopic war between imperfect physical electronics and flawless digital logic. We explore how fighting games and competitive esports rely entirely on this millisecond filtration to ensure absolute fairness and precise player control.Unmask the illusion of immediate responsiveness. Learn how the software silently corrects the physical flaws of the hardware before you even realize you made a move.

Billy Hall is a good husband. The kind who remembers anniversaries, cooks dinner three nights a week, and never rocks the boat. When his wife Hannah volunteers to be the entertainment at his coworkers bachelor party, he tells himself its just fantasy, just fun, just the two of them playing with fire from a safe distance.But fantasy has a way of becoming real.One night. One decision. And suddenly Billy is watching his marriage transform into something he doesnt recognize. Hannah discovers appetites she didnt know she had. His boss Doug discovers he can take whatever he wants. And Billy discovers that the hardest prison to escape is the one you build yourself, brick by brick, yes by yes, until youre sitting on a couch with a warm beer while your wife disappears down a hallway.This is a story about a man who never learned to say no. About a woman who finally learned to say yes. About the distance between what we think we want and what wanting actually costs.Its explicit. Its uncomfortable. Its about watching everything fall apart and not being able to look away.Some men are made to lead. Some are made to follow. And some are made to sit in the corner and hold the door open while their whole life walks through it.

A Short History of Space Exploration takes readers on an inspiring journey beyond Earth, tracing humanitys quest to understand and explore the cosmos. From ancient stargazers mapping the night sky to the cutting-edge missions of today, this book reveals how curiosity and innovation have driven one of the greatest adventures in human history.The story begins with early astronomical observations and the scientific breakthroughs that paved the way for modern space science. It then explores the dramatic Space Race of the 20th century, highlighting the rivalry between global superpowers and the historic achievements that followed, including the first human in space and the iconic Moon landing. Key missions, groundbreaking technologies, and visionary scientists are brought to life in a clear and engaging narrative.As the journey continues, readers will discover the development of satellites, space stations, and robotic explorers sent to distant planets. The book also examines the role of international cooperation and private companies in shaping the future of space travel, including ambitions for Mars and beyond.Accessible and informative, this guide connects past milestones with future possibilities, offering readers a deeper understanding of how space exploration continues to expand our knowledge of the universe and our place within it.

Clarisse Chardenon, véritable petite mère pour toute sa famille, est envoyée faire la saison des vers à soie en Cévennes huguenotes. Malgré les mises en garde de son père contre « ces gens », elle se

Le directeur du centre de thalassothérapie d’Étel est retrouvé assassiné dans des conditions d’une rare violence. L’enquête est confiée au commandant Sylvain Mériadec et à son équipe du commissariat

Since Samuel Butler published "Life and Habit" thirty-three [vii] years have elapsedyears fruitful in change and discovery, during which many of the mighty have been put down from their seat and many of the humble have been exalted. I do not know that Butler can truthfully be called humble, indeed, I think he had very few misgivings as to his ultimate triumph, but he has certainly been exalted with a rapidity that he himself can scarcely have foreseen. During his lifetime he was a literary pariah, the victim of an orga-nized conspiracy of silence. He is now, I think it may be said without exaggeration, universally accepted as one of the most remarkable English writers of the latter part of the nineteenth century.I will not weary my readers by quoting the numerous tributes paid by distinguished contemporary writers to Butlers originality and force of mind, but I cannot refrain from illustrating the changed attitude of the sci-entific world to Butler and his theories by a reference to "Darwin and Modern Science," the collection of essays published in 1909 by the University of Cambridge, in commemoration of the Darwin centenary.

Something is wrong with the way human civilisation thinks. Not with its intelligence the species that managed a continent for sixty thousand years through cultural burning, that navigated three million square miles of open ocean without instruments possesses cognitive capacities of extraordinary depth and range. What is wrong is the conditions under which those capacities are currently operating.Planetary Intelligence argues that the human mind has two fundamental capacities patterning and storytelling that work together like a double helix. When patterning leads and storytelling serves, collective intelligence emerges. When storytelling leads and patterning follows, the result is civilisational self-destruction. Industrial economism is the most consequential example of the second mode in the species history: a story so thoroughly encoded in the measurement systems, institutions, and cultural practices of the modern world that it has trained collective attention away from precisely the patterns most urgently requiring a response.The book maps the conditions needed for a new world to be born what planetary intelligence actually requires cognitively, culturally, institutionally, and spiritually and shows that its not a utopian aspiration but a demonstrable capacity already expressing itself in the imaginal cells of an emerging civilisational form. The suppression of that intelligence is historically specific. So is its recovery.