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Eight hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Imperial Army launched an invasion plan for Southeast Asia, including Hong Kong. Since Hong Kong was a British Colony at the time, soldiers from British colonies including India and Canada fought alongside Chinese guerrilla fighters. However, soldiers defending the city at the time were largely unprepared and Japan claimed its victory within 18 days.

Jesús le dio un mandamiento a sus seguidores: “Síganme” Y una promesa: “Yo los equiparé para encontrar a otros para que me sigan.” Fuimos hechos para hacer discípulos. Diseñado para ser usado en relaciones de discipulado y otros escenarios enfocados, Multiplícate te equipará para llevar a cabo el ministerio de Jesús.

In this high-interest novel, four young teens find themselves in serious danger during a role-playing game in a supposedly abandoned hospital.

Today's technology allows traders to make faster, more price-sensitive trades and to better read the flow of market information and transactions - opening the way to a wider variety of short-term trading strategies. The Prop Trader's Chronicles unveils these strategies and techniques, which have long been the province of proprietary trading firms and other professional stock traders.

We've combed through ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to help you get up to speed fast on the freshest, most relevant thinking driving business today. With authors from Clayton Christensen to Roger Martin and company examples from Netflix to Unilever, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations to your fingertips.

Eleven-year-old Danny’s life is turned upside down when his Chinese grandmother comes to live with his family in England. Things get worse when Danny finds out he’ll have to share his room with her, and she took the top bunk! At first, Danny is frustrated that he can’t communicate with her because she doesn’t speak English—and because he’s on the verge of failing math and Nai Nai was actually a math champion back in the day. It just feels like he and his grandmother have nothing in common.

Malesia, 1945. La famiglia di Cecily Alcantara è in pericolo: il figlio quindicenne, Abel, è scomparso e la figlia minore, Jasmin, è confinata in uno scantinato per evitare il terribile destino di essere costretta a prestare servizio nei "campi di piacere". Nel frattempo, la figlia maggiore Jujube lavora in una casa da tè frequentata da soldati giapponesi ubriachi, e ogni giorno è sempre più arrabbiata e frustrata.

When Jack's grandpa leaves him a magical 12-sided jade coin, Jack finds himself caught in an ancient battle between good and evil. For he is the new Tiger Warrior, and it's up to him to save the world! Luckily, Jack has the spirits of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac to help him. Tiger can harness the power of fire, Dragon can control water, Monkey has lightening speed. and the rest, well, they're just happy to be out of the jade coin for a bit! But other ancient spirits want the power of the Chinese zodiac for themselves.

Échappez à l'hyper-concurrence avec le bestseller #1 du New York Times et du Wall Street Journal - "Cap sur l'Océan Bleu : au-delà de la concurrence". Cette suite du bestseller mondial "Stratégie Océan Bleu" révèle comment survivre et prospérer dans cette ère de concurrence économique impitoyable. "Cap sur l'Océan Bleu" vous montrera comment éviter les luttes fatigantes pour quelques misérables gains au milieu de la concurrence acharnée de l'océan rouge et pour vous concentrer à atteindre les marchés vierges et la croissance exponentielle des océans bleus.

Japanese-occupied Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's children are in terrible danger. Her eldest child Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day. Jasmin, the youngest, lives confined in a basement for her own safety. And her son, Abel, has disappeared without a trace. Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the truth.

Based on a true story, The Undrowning Lotus centers on Chunhua who grew up during the opium crisis in Shanxi, located in Northern China. After being sold as a child bride, her feet were bounded by her in-laws, a popular practice in China at the time. She worked on the farm day and night while trying to find meaning in her life. As communism rose in China, she became a revolutionary. This allowed her to contribute to her country at a time of civil war in China.

Recruiting and team building secrets from top income earners. Hang out with network marketing leaders on MLM Nation and get the latest social media, offline recruiting, duplication and leadership strategies to grow your network marketing and direct selling business. Hosted by Simon Chan These leaders come from different backgrounds and MLM companies but they all share how they got started, aha moments, how they recovered from their toughest times, favorite books, morning routines, time management tricks, consistency hacks and the first thing they’d do if they had to start all over again with...

Although the west often dismissed the Khabarovsk War Crimes Trial as "Communist Propaganda", it was the first time the scientists from the "Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department" of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) came forward with the crimes they committed during World War II. The Khabarovsk War Crime Trials were hearings held between 25-31 December 1949 in the Soviet Union's Stalinist courts, and lasted for five days. It unearthed cruel biological weapon development and human experimentation practices by the Japanese Imperial Army.

Creating amazing cuisine is simple if you understand the elements that compose it! Theoretical Gastronomy is a deep dive exploration into the elements that occur universally in every cuisine on earth. This audiobook maps out a straightforward recipe to create all recipes.

Did your relationship leave you confused, drained, and emotionally shattered? You sometimes feel like your abuser is right in calling you crazy? You struggle with trusting people and you look for red flags in every new person you meet? You struggle with nightmares, panic attacks, and your nerves constantly on edge? You find yourself alternating between depression, anger, and indescribable frustration? Have you ever felt an intense desire to call out your abuser, to expose them for who they truly are?

Have you ever wondered why two people who have a similar physical appearance or medical condition can have such different lives? Some people judge themselves constantly and are obsessed with looking perfect, while others exude confidence despite their imperfections. Some people are sensitive to receiving comments about their bodies, while others aren’t looking to others for approval and acceptance. Some people are depressed by their chronic illness, while others live peacefully despite their disease.

Die Neuerzählung einer chinesischen Legende: Shelley Parker-Chan zeichnet den Aufstieg Zhu Yuanzhangs nach, jenes armen Bauern, der einst die Mongolenherrschaft stürzte und die Ming-Dynastie gründete. Ein Dorf im staubigen Flachland, geplagt von einer Hungersnot. Ein Seher offenbart zwei Kindern ihre Zukunft: Den Jungen erwartet ein bedeutendes Schicksal, das Mädchen dagegen – nichts. Im Jahr 1345 steht China unter der brutalen Herrschaft der Mongolen. Plünderer ziehen durch das Land und überfallen die armen Bauern. Auch ins Dorf der Kinder kommen sie und machen die beiden zu Waisen.

Francis Chan dedica sua vida a ser um tipo diferente de cupido. Tendo experimentado com grande intensidade o amor de Deus, empenha-se em contagiar outras pessoas a (re)viverem a mesma paixão. Segundo Chan, apenas experimentando e nutrindo um honesto relacionamento com Deus podemos dar a necessária chacoalhada em nossa vida e espantar a terrível mornidão que caracteriza nossa atitude diante do Pai.

It's Lunar New Year, and Nian the Lion Beast is terrorising the Jade Kingdom—and our world is next. Nian is the creature of Jack's nightmares, and he can't help feeling afraid. Somehow he must master another zodiac creature's power—but can he master his fear?

Esse livro está repleto de exemplos reais e inspiradores de como líderes em diversos setores e organizações deixaram oceanos vermelhos de competição acirrada e passaram para amplos oceanos azuis em novos mercados aplicando o processo e as ferramentas apresentados aqui. Os autores mostram, passo a passo, como construir a confiança em sua equipe para alcançar e aproveitar o novo crescimento.