Only Two Seats Left


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In 1962 a young New Zealander left home for a one year trip to Europe. He returned some 20 years later with a wife, four children and the internationally renowned tour company - Contiki Holidays.Written by the founder of Contiki, Only Two Seats Left is the incredible story of how a simple idea with a starting capital of just 25 pounds became a worldwide travel company with an internationally recognised 'iconic' brand name. To date over two million young people have had the Contiki Challenge. Only Two Seats Left is one of Australasia's great untold business success stories. A touching blend of autobiography, business insight and travel tale all rolled into one book readers won't want to put down.Discover the raw realities of John's journey of difficulties, failures and his most valuable secrets to successful entrepreneurship.In this altogether inspiring narrative, Only Two Seats Left encompasses entrepreneurship, leadership, risk taking, team work, branding, competition and surviving tough times John's personal journey creates a thoroughly entertaining read for anyone who's ever dreamt of taking a risk with that first bold step to venture into the unknown.




Trust Your Vibes


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In this fascinating book, spiritual teacher Sonia Choquette reveals the secrets you need to awaken your intuitive voice and ... trust your vibes. If you're ready to step into a Divine, more energetically uplifting experience and live an easier more satisfying life, you'll learn how to do so within these pages...




Something Sensational


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This is a book of travel essays, but it is not about what is commonly meant today by travel, e.g. package tours for middle-aged, middle-class tourists who pile in and out of airconditioned buses around the world for their hour at the obligatory sights-- passive entertainment. These essays are about travel, warts and all, the agony and the ecstasy of a do-it-yourself process: from traffic jams in southern Italy to swiftly gliding dream trains in northern Germany and quite a bit in between. They depict a passionate quest for art, music, beauty; journeys to that realm of supreme aesthetic experience which is to be found in front of paintings by the masters and at great performances of operas in Tyrolian villages; epiphanies in dusty Italian squares or in Imperial palaces. They describe an immersion in the history, the landscape and the daily life of other countries. They also describe the complex fate of being an American in strange lands. They sometimes toy with the Jamesian question: where can Americans possibly, truly belong?




The Gentle Way II


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A handbook about your life before birth and your life after death, it explains the how and why of experiences with space people and dimensions. Humanity in its many forms is a "puppet on the stage of creation."From the Introduction:"The Truth! The Whole Truth! And Nothing But the Truth!"As We Know It!"The game of creation has a very definite purpose. We live, move and have our existence in consciousness, the Great Power that is creating all forms, that is everywhere, that is doing everything, that is experiencing all things, all of the time. This Consciousness, this Power, this Logos, Holy Ghost (it has many names) is all around us, even inside of us, and in all things that we are aware of. In one sense it is like electricity. Electricity is all around us. It can only be experienced when we understand the laws that govern the use of it. Then we can make it a part of our daily lives."Some memories of the previous life (called Sanskaras in India), understandings, and experiences will




Little Apple


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Vittorin, a young Austrian officer, has just been released from a Russian POW camp toward the end of the Great War. In Vienna his family, his girlfriend, and his old job await him, but Vittorin can’t think of settling down until he has settled the score with the sadistic camp commander, Staff Captain Selyukov. Private obsession and political turmoil mix as Perutz leads his hero on a manhunt into the thick of the Russian civil war. In and out of prison, starving in the gutters of Moscow, thrown into revolutionary battle, Vittorin pursues his elusive quarry across postwar Europe. At each turn, he encounters only Fate’s joker, until, back in Vienna, Fate plays him the biggest joke of all.




Sakina's Kiss


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Venkat answers urgent knocks on the door to his flat one evening to find two insolent young men claiming to have business with his daughter Rekha. He deals with them shortly, only to find his quiet, middle-class life upended by a bewildering set of events over the next few days. Even as Venkat is hurled into a world of street gangs and murky journalism, we see a parallel narrative unfold of a betrayal and disappearance from long ago. Could there be a connection? Set over four mostly sleepless days, we see Venkat lose grasp of the narrative even as he loses grasp of his wife and daughter. Exquisitely translated from the Kannada by Srinath Perur, Sakina’s Kiss is a delicate, precise meditation on the persistence of old biases—and a rattled masculinity—in India’s changing social and political landscape. Ingeniously crafted, Vivek Shanbhag interrogates the space between truth and perception in this unforgettable foray into the minefield of family life.




Blue-Blooded Romeo


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This devil has her blood boiling… Stella Whitaker’s never been one to mince words. But on a flight to Paris, instead of sending a seat-chat message to her friend about the guy who cut in front of her in the boarding line, she inadvertently sends it to the man himself, letting him know in no uncertain terms what she thought about him. Dominico Romeo has no patience for annoying women, particularly when he’s short on sleep and feeling overwhelmed. So when he politely points out to a woman in front of him that she’s in line prematurely for her boarding zone, he’s less than pleased that she lashes out at him. He shrugs it off, until the two of them end up paired together in a professional wine class that might just drive him to drink.




The Castaway Scouts


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Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Reinventing Business Practices, Start-Ups and Sustainability (ICRBSS 2023)


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Zusammenfassung: This is an open access book. About the ICRBSS-2023 International Conference on Reinventing Business Practices, Start-ups, and Sustainability-Responsible Consumption and Production- ICRBSS 2023 brings together scholars, researchers, educators, and professionals from around the world to discuss the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the spheres of businesses, regulatory environment, consumer groups, advocacy agencies and the environment at large. The sub-theme of the conference this year- Responsible Consumption and Production is the 12th goal of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The conference provides a platform for industry experts, policymakers, and the academic fraternity to share their experiences and insights. The sessions are designed to promote interaction among participants through keynote speaker sessions, panel discussions, presentations, and the like




Sister-in-law: CEO’s Passionate Love


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After an accident, she became the eldest sister-in-law of her first love. The newlywed husband, however, loved her and tricked her into having her for a secret. Their marriage was just a bargaining chip in a war between rich families. For a moment she thought she would be the victim of the marriage until the man returned. His domineering arrogance was filled with hatred towards her. Like a demon, he lingered around her, yet time after time, he rescued her from danger.