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Alina Starkov nunca esperou muito da vida. Órfã de guerra, ela tem uma única certeza: o apoio de seu melhor amigo, Maly, e sua inconveniente paixão por ele. Cartógrafa de seu regimento militar, em uma das expedições que precisa fazer à Dobra das Sombras – uma faixa anômala de escuridão repleta dos temíveis predadores volcras –, Alina vê Maly ser atacado pelos monstros e ficar brutalmente ferido.

Encontrar um portal para o submundo e roubar uma alma do inferno. Esse parecia um plano simples, ainda que raramente quem faça essa jornada consiga retornar. Mas Galaxy "Alex" Stern está determinada a resgatar Darlington do purgatório – mesmo que para isso precise abrir mão de seu futuro em Yale e na Nona Casa. Proibidos de tentar resgatar o amigo, Alex e Dawes não podem pedir ajuda à Casa, e por isso reúnem um grupo de aliados bastante improváveis para salvar o cavalheiro de Lethe.

She betrayed him, and now he wants revenge against the sister who became his forbidden obsession the second he laid eyes on her. After she sends him to prison for years, he’s free and ready to haunt her.

Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, written by 12 best-selling young adult writers and edited by international best-selling author Stephanie Perkins, will have you dreaming of sunset strolls by the lake. So set out your beach chair, and grab your sunglasses. You have 12 reasons this summer to soak up the sun and fall in love.

Everyone in the neighborhood was getting ready for the party. Everyone knew somebody on the guest list. . . . This was the day the dead returned. There’s a party tonight, but Cala doesn’t want to go. While her family prepares for the celebration, Cala grieves her grandfather and tries to pretend she’s not afraid. But when she is separated from her family at the cemetery, Cala encounters four mysterious riders who will show her she is actually quite brave after all.

O silêncio não é apenas a ausência de ruído. É uma presença que traz energia, clareza e promove conexões profundas. Este audiolivro mostra como lidar com o ruído em nossos ouvidos, telas e mentes. E apresenta práticas individuais e coletivas para criar paz no cotidiano.

The jhānas are eight progressive altered states of consciousness that can be identified with the aspect of the Buddha’s Eightfold Path called Right Concentration. Training in concentration leads to these states, each of which yields a deeper and subtler state of awareness than the previous one. The jhānas are not in themselves awakening, but they are a skillful means for stilling the mind in a way that leads in that direction, and they are attainable by anyone who devotes the time and sincerity of practice necessary to realize them.

Ever since we met two years ago, Eden Burkehammer has made everything better. The big defenseman sets me at ease. He’s a beast on the ice—brutal and physical—but when it’s the two of us, he turns to me with these unexpectedly soft brown eyes. This gravelly laugh that makes my whole body smile. And yeah, I might have thrown a glance his way a time or two in the steamed-up locker room showers—you know, just curious. But he’s my best friend. My teammate. Roommate. I don’t want to mess with that. Just the thought of losing him sends a cold zap the full length of my spine.

On this earth, a crown is what separates victors from the rest of the competitors, but the goal of creating a life worth living is not to gain a trophy, get a prize, or keep the crown. Our lives are not meant to be about being number one or making our own names known. While walking you through the journey of her evolving confidence—from basing her identity on temporary labels and her own efforts, to discovering the rock-solid security of anchoring her dreams in her Maker—former Miss Universe and Miss South Africa Demi Tebow weaves her story with the insights she's learned along the way.

"WENN ER SIE NICHT HABEN KANN, DANN WIRD ES KEINER!" Kade Mitchell ist besessen von jemandem, den er verachtet. Stacey Rhodes, eine Schlange in der Haut eines Engels, ist all das, was er nicht vergessen kann – das Mädchen, das ihm das Herz gebrochen und ihn tief in die Dunkelheit der Unterwelt getrieben hat. Er hat sie jahrelang beobachtet. Er hat jeden getötet, der ihr zu nahe gekommen ist.

This small book indeed tells a big story. It is the story of capitalism–of how our market system developed. It is the story of the discipline of economics, and some of the key figures who formed it. And it is the story of how economic forces have shaped world history. Why didn’t Africa colonize Europe instead of the other way around? What happened when countries erected trade and immigration barriers in the 1930s? Why did the Allies win World War II? You’ll find answers to these questions and more in How Economics Explains the World.

Ele fará de tudo para salvar seu país–e sua alma. Mas alguns segredos não podem ser escondidos, e algumas feridas são impossíveis de cicatrizar.

O Rei Demônio. Enquanto o gigantesco exército de Fjerda se prepara para invadir Ravka, Nikolai Lantsov terá que evocar todo o seu charme e a sua perspicácia–e até mesmo a contar com a ajuda do seu monstro interior–para vencer a luta. Mas uma ameaça sombria aparece em seu caminho e vai desafiar o jovem rei.

In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to improve the family's social position.

Criada nos arredores de Los Angeles por sua mãe hippie, Galaxy "Alex" Stern abandonou a escola cedo e se envolveu no perigoso submundo das drogas, entre namorados traficantes e empregos fracassados. Além de tudo isso, aos vinte anos ela é a única sobrevivente de um massacre terrível, para o qual a polícia ainda não encontrou qualquer explicação. Alguns podem dizer que Alex jogou sua vida fora. No entanto, a garota acaba recebendo uma proposta inusitada: frequentar Yale, uma das universidades de maior prestígio do mundo... e com uma bolsa integral.

Restaurant owner Tom Fearnes has loved his partner Cass for as long as he can remember, but their work often keeps them apart. When he meets a striking young man named Jake on the vibrant streets of Camden Town, their heady first encounter takes an unexpected turn.

Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. But she can't outrun her past or her destiny for long. The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world. With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns to the country she abandoned, determined to fight the forces gathering against Ravka. But as her power grows, Alina slips deeper into the Darkling's game of forbidden magic....

As Fjerda’s massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm - and even the monster within - to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king’s gift for the impossible. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. No matter the cost.

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price - and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone.

Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war - and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built.