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Conflit sans précédent dans l'histoire par son échelle, le nombre de ses morts et l'ampleur des destructions matérielles, la Première Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) est déclenchée par l'assassinat de l'archiduc François-Ferdinand à Sarajevo le 28 juin 1914. En France, la mobilisation générale est décrétée le 2 août 1914. S'ensuivent quatre années d'une guerre de position, dite "guerre des tranchées", dont le front s'étend en Europe sur près de 700 kilomètres. Conflit d'un genre nouveau puisqu'il marque également les débuts de la guerre aérienne, l'emploi des chars et des gaz, il se solde par plus de 9 millions de morts et des pays dévastés.

Body Scan Relaxation is an essential technique to master for anyone wishing to learn relaxation, meditation, or simply to take a mental vacation from everyday worries. This audiobook is designed for efficiency, making use of proven techniques to help you achieve relaxation in a quick and easy way. Use the body scan relaxation whenever you need to get a mental break from everyday worries, or if you wish to achieve relaxation faster.

Young children live in an information-packed environment, and have yet to master their emotions and resist stress. Relaxation and simple meditation techniques have been proven to help them manage pressure, increase focus and concentrate. These simple relaxation exercises will introduce them to breathing techniques and mindfulness; these are the same self-calming techniques adults can learn, but presented in a soothing format appealing to children. Regular practice will improve their concentration skills, help them build self-esteem and fall asleep quickly and peacefully: a great help for everyday living at home and in the classroom.

Issu d'un milieu traditionaliste et catholique, Charles de Gaulle est admis à l'école Spéciale Militaire Saint-Cyr, qui forme les officiers de l'armée française, puis débute sa carrière militaire sous les ordres de Pétain. Blessé au combat durant la Première Guerre Mondiale, puis prisonnier en Allemagne, il est envoyé après la guerre en Pologne puis en Allemagne et au Liban. Commandant d'un régiment de char de combat, il participe activement aux combats contre l'Allemagne nazie.

Rejection and failure are unavoidable parts of living. Being unable to cope with them in a relaxed and efficient way prevents achievements by leading you into withdrawal. True success comes from being consciously prepared for failure and being able to deal with it when it inevitably comes, so that it becomes possible to try and push towards one's goal without the hindrance of fear and low self-esteem.

Most people experience at least some anxiety in airports or on planes, but for some, flying causes panic attacks. This audiobook contains relaxation scripts designed to help decrease the stress associated with flying, stop the anxiety experienced on air planes and in airports, and take care of an anxiety attack before or during a flight. It is a series of exercises intended to bring the listener to a state of complete relaxation through simple, efficient and proven techniques, so as to relieve the symptoms of panic or anxiety attacks.

Panic attacks can be debilitating, and the fear of getting one can often lead to a full-fledged attack. Guided relaxation techniques are one extremely efficient way of calming the mind and focusing the attention while making the physical symptoms recede. These exercises are short enough to be kept handy in case of need. You will learn simple and proven techniques to bring yourself to a safe place, to break free from obsessive thoughts, and concentrate on your body to dispel the anxiety attack in a safe way.

Most people experience at least some anxiety before boarding a plane, but full-fledged panic or anxiety attacks are not uncommon. Do not let these symptoms prevent you from flying or pursuing your career. This audiobook contains relaxation scripts designed to take care of any anxiety before boarding a plane. It is a series of exercises intended to bring the listener to a state of complete relaxation through simple, efficient and proven techniques, so as to prevent panic or anxiety attacks, or relieve the symptoms when the anxiety is there.

Use these relaxation exercises to get all the benefits of a whole night of healthy sleep. They will teach you all the best techniques to efficiently calm your mind and quickly fall into a state of deep relaxation. Listen to these exercises whenever you feel you will need help to fall asleep, or as part as a nightly practice to overcome sleep pattern problems.

Découvrez comment cet agent méthodique et scrupuleux a démasqué au sein de la CIA un grand nombre d'agents doubles. Il fut démis de sa fonction de chef du contre-espionnage américain en 1974 pour avoir fait preuve d'excès de zèle. Son obsession à voir des agents doubles partout lui coûta son poste, sa paranoïa instaurant à la CIA un climat délétère nocif.

Sidney Reilly est un espion travaillant pour le SIS britannique au début du XXe siècle. Considéré comme leur meilleur agent à cette époque, il est exécuté par la police politique soviétique de l'époque, la Guépéou. Parlant plusieurs langues, il était charismatique et brillant, tout en étant d'humeur changeante. Conscient de son image, il en aurait profité pour faire mousser ses exploits. Pour plusieurs collègues du SIS, il était un playboy qui menait une vie luxueuse, tout en exploitant les femmes à ses propres fins.

Stress, tension and anxiety take their toll through premature aging and various health problems while making us miss out on all the positive life is offering every day. To relax and get free of tension in a fast-paced society, you will need simple and efficient techniques, easy to learn and quick to apply. These ten simple exercises are designed to provide you with a range of proven techniques to help you achieve relaxation in a simple way.

Meditation has been scientifically proven to help alleviate pain, increase willpower and efficiency, and generally enhance satisfaction by bringing clarity and focus into everyday decisions. Long before that, it was agreed that its techniques were the basis for living a more empowered and enlightened life: the more consciousness one achieves, the easier it is to free oneself from the unconscious influences that can shape our behavior against our will.

L'opération Anthropoid est l'opération montée en vue d'assassiner le dignitaire nazi Reinhard Heydrich. L'attentat se déroule à Prague le 27 mai 1942 et Heydrich meurt huit jours après des suites de ses blessures. Planifiée par le Special Operations Executive, le service secret britannique qui soutenait les Résistances européennes lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, cette opération est exécutée par deux soldats tchécoslovaques, entraînés en Grande-Bretagne et parachutés sur le territoire du protectorat de Bohême-Moravie.

Stress, tension and anxiety can make us miss out on all the positive life offers us every day, and they take their toll health-wise. This series of relaxation exercises is intended to bring the listener to a state of complete relaxation through simple, efficient and proven techniques. Each script will guide you and provide tools you can use anytime you are subjected to pressure, be it work-related or in any other environment.

Poorly managed tension can lead to self-harm as an addictive and destructive way of taking control of anxiety. It has to be addressed as soon as possible with proven and effective tools. This series of exercises has been designed to provide you with simple and powerful techniques to get rid of tension before it escalates into self-harm, to build self-esteem through guided imagery and relaxation, and to relieve anxiety in a helpful, soothing way. Use these techniques whenever the need arises to take good care of yourself and heal.

The stress of exams takes its toll on students every year, and the most thorough preparation can fail if you get there tense and anxious. The fight-or-flight mode due to stress can effectively prevent memorization or in-depth reasoning at the time you most need it. This is a series of simple and efficient relaxation techniques, easy to learn and quick to apply. They are designed to provide you with a range of proven techniques to help you prepare for an exam in the most efficient way possible, so as to overcome anxiety before and during the exam for maximum results.

L'Histoire en trois portraits, trois grandes figures historiques : c'est probablement un des meilleurs moyens de saisir l'esprit d'une époque, tel qu'il s'incarne dans ses plus grandes figures, et de développer sa culture avec la connaissance des personnages pivots des grands événements internationaux. Le général de Gaulle est incontestablement l'un des grands personnages de l'Histoire de France ; suivez son ascension et son accession au pouvoir pour comprendre son impact politique qui dépassa de loin les frontières de la France.

Stress, tension and anxiety tend to make us miss out on all the positive life offers us every day, and they take their toll health-wise. This series of relaxation exercises is intended to bring the listener to a state of complete relaxation through simple, efficient and proven techniques. Each script will guide you and provide simple tools you can use anytime you need. The techniques you will learn have been shown to improve mental control, relieve stress and improve your overall health in any situation, be it pressure at work or anxiety at home.

Les cinq de Cambridge est un groupe d'espionnage composé de cinq étudiants de l'université de Cambridge recrutés par le KGB durant les années 1930. Ils travaillèrent pour le KGB durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et la Guerre froide. Découvrez l'histoire extraordinaire de Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt et John Caincross, ces 5 agents qui ont réussi à pénétrer les plus hautes sphères de l'établissement de renseignement britannique.