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Fizzy Chen está perdida. É verdade que ela tem uma carreira incrível como autora de romances, mas, quando a convidam para discursar em uma formatura, ela percebe que não tem vivido o que retrata nos livros. A realidade é que Fizzy nunca sequer se apaixonou. Agora, o otimismo que ela sempre incentivou em suas leitoras parece apenas uma mentira.

No Dia dos Namorados, um e-mail enviado para o endereço errado dá início a um relacionamento surpreendente nesta incrível novela escrita pelas autoras do best-seller Imperfeitos. Basta um erro de digitação para um garoto e uma garota se conectarem por acaso, bem no dia 14 de fevereiro.

Ein junger Mann, erschlagen in einem Park. Ein Obdachloser, erstochen im Gewerbegebiet. Eine Hausfrau und Mutter, von einem rasenden Auto überfahren: In Edinburgh häufen sich innerhalb kürzester Zeit brutale Todesfälle. Keine Tatwaffen, keine Spuren, keine Zeugen, keine wiederkehrende Methode: Es gibt nichts, was die grausamen Morde verbindet. Und doch ahnen die Profilerin Connie Woolwine und das Major Investigation Team um DS Lively, dass sie es mit einem Serienmörder zu tun haben.

An intimate fictionalization, Autobiography of Cotton reveals a rich social history of agricultural colonization, labor activism, environmental degradation, and cross-border migration.

When Sylvain Tesson left the colorful yellow houses of the French Riveria for a ski trek across the Alps with his friend Daniel du Lac, a high-altitude mountain guide, he didn't know what exactly would await him. Over the course of four years, from 2018 to 2021, they ascended high into the Alps in winter, following the curve of the mountains from the Mediterranean to the Adriatic, entering into a white world entirely of snow, bitterly cold, and overlooked by an empty sky; only the effort of moving forward, one stride at a time, separated the days from one another.

In a desert dotted with war-torn towns, Lázaro and Juan are two soldiers from opposing camps who abandon the war and, while fleeing, become lovers and discover a dark truth. Vicente Barrera, a salesman who swept into the lives of women who both hated and revered him, spends his last days tied up like a mad dog. A morgue worker, Salvador, gets lost in the desert and hallucinating from heat and thirst, mistakes the cactus for the person he loves.

Wissenschaftliche Ideen öffnen unseren Verstand. Sie erklären, wie unsere averstand Alltagsgegenstände funktionieren. Dieses Buch macht Wissenschaft praktisch, unterhaltsamund leicht verständlich. Mit Dringlichkeit und Energie sehen wir die Wissenschaft in den Elementen, Gegenständen und in uns selbst! Science ideas open our minds. They explain how our everyday items work. This book personalizes science by making it practical, fun, and easy to understand. With urgency and energy, we see the science inside elements, objects, and ourselves!

"Hän kääntää selkänsä miehelle. Hänen sydämensä hakkaa ja hän odottaa innoissaan, mitä seuraavaksi tapahtuu. Tuntuu siltä, että samppanjan kuplat ovat edenneet hänen verenkiertoonsa ja kuplivat nyt hänen kehossaan. Carl tarttuu lujasti hänen lanteisiinsa ja vetää hänet tuolia kohti. Hän asettelee Veronican toisen jalan istuimelle ja molemmat kädet selkänojalle, jotta saa hänet kumartumaan hieman." Veronican deitti on juuri tehnyt hänelle oharit, kun pitkä ja komea mies eleganteissa vaatteissa kutsuu hänen nimeään vakava ilme kasvoillaan.

Minis storebror Mads bliver beskyldt for at stjæle en pung, men Mini ved, at han er uskyldig. Hun kan se på Mads, når han lyver, og det gør han ikke nu. Men hvordan skal hun bevise det? Mini og hendes veninde Maxi beslutter sig for at opklare sagen.

Det er vores tredje feriedag, og hver eneste dag er vi blevet jaget inden for af vind og regn. Vi stormer tilbage til hotellet, løber op ad trappen, famler med nøglen, og får låst os ind på værelset, hvor vi laver dryppende spor over gulvet frem til badeværelset. Vi tager al vores tøj af og frotterer hinanden, hvorefter vi tripper nøgne ud fra badeværelset med håndklæder rundt om livet. Jeg lægger mig bagover på sofaen, og du læner dig dovent efter. Jeg tager imod dig med begge arme, holder dig tæt, krammer dig ind til mig.

As her 30th birthday approaches, spirited and unconventional Carlotta is a little nervous. She's just been fired because of her irrepressible frankness, her family is a mess, and her love life is nonexistent. Plus, living in Rome isn't cheap, so she's forced to rent out a room in her apartment to make ends meet.

Vienna, 1938: With the Nazis closing in, Sigmund Freud is granted an exit visa and allowed to list the names of people to take with him. He lists his doctor and maids, his dog, and his wife's sister, but not any of his own sisters. The four Freud sisters are shuttled to the Terezín concentration camp, while their brother lives out his last days in London. Based on a true story, this searing novel gives haunting voice to Freud's sister Adolfina - "the sweetest and best of my sisters".

Dr. Felix Hoffmann is about to head home after a grueling night shift when he hears the words, “This gun is loaded!” Hoffmann, long accustomed to helping others on the verge of death, suddenly finds himself - along with several colleagues and patients - at the mercy of a deranged, blind kidnapper in the ICU.

This celebration of Chinese science fiction - 13 stories, all translated for the first time into English - represents a unique exploration of the nation's speculative fiction from the late 20th century onwards, curated and translated by critically acclaimed writer and essayist Xueting Christine Ni.

Ambitious, brilliant, and beautiful, Alex Sontheim is the star of Wall Street - and she knows it. So when Levy Manhattan Investments taps her to take their firm to the next level, she can name her price - but she may be getting in over her head. Preoccupied by her steamy relationship with handsome real-estate mogul Sergio Vitali, Alex is blind to the reality that behind LMI’s glittering facade is a dangerous criminal cartel - and it expects more than just top-notch work and discretion. Desperate to put an end to this organized crime, New York’s crusading mayor needs someone on the inside, and no one is in deeper than Alex.

Recién llegada a Nueva York, Hanna Bergstrom recibe un tirón de orejas de su hermano por estar demasiado centrada en su carrera y no tener vida social. Por eso le propone que llame a Will Summer, su mejor amigo del instituto, para salir y divertirse. Hanna sabe que debería hacer un esfuerzo para ser un poco más «normal», pero ella no es como las demás. Eso es lo que la impulsa a coger el teléfono para llamar al aventurero, exitoso y mujeriego Will que tanto la sacaba de quicio; está decidida a investigar a fondo su nuevo campo de estudio: las relaciones.

Sara Dillon llega a Nueva York huyendo de una relación infeliz totalmente decidida a sacar el máximo partido a la vida en la Gran Manzana. La única regla que se ha impuesto es no establecer lazos con nada ni con nadie. Por ese motivo, cuando un playboy inglés, misterioso, sexy y juguetón se cruza en su camino en un club nocturno, no duda en olvidar todas sus inhibiciones. Pero la forma en que este la desarma hará que pase de ser la diversión de una noche a convertirse en su desconocido encantador.

Inteligente, trabajadora y decidida a terminar su máster con la nota más alta, Chloe Mills solo tiene un problema: su jefe, Bennett Ryan. Es exigente, riguroso, brusco, desconsiderado, arrogante...y absolutamente irresistible. Tras pasar seis años trabajando en París, Bennett ha vuelto a Chicago para liderar la empresa familiar. Nunca pensó que la asistente que le había asignado su padre fuera la despampanante, inocente, provocadora y completamente exasperante criatura a la que ahora tiene que ver cada día.

Mia Holland y sus dos mejores amigas han decidido celebrar su graduación pasando una noche inolvidable en Las Vegas antes de emprender una nueva etapa de sus vidas. Pero lo que no podían llegar a imaginar es que una noche de diversión cambiaría su destino para siempre.

Christiana Mara Coelho was born into extreme poverty in Brazil. After spending the first seven years of her life with her loving mother in the forest caves outside São Paulo and then on the city streets, where they begged for food, she and her younger brother were suddenly put up for adoption. When one door closed on the only life Christiana had ever known, a new one opened. As Christina Rickardsson, she’s raised by caring adoptive parents in Sweden, far from the despairing favelas of her childhood. Accomplished and outwardly “normal”, Christina is also filled with rage over what she’s lost....