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Genly Ai foi enviado a Gethen com a missão de convencer seus governantes a se unirem a uma grande comunidade universal. Ao chegar no planeta Inverno, como é conhecido por aqueles que já vivenciaram seu clima gelado, o experiente emissário sente-se completamente despreparado para a situação que lhe aguardava. Os habitantes de Gethen fazem parte de uma cultura rica e quase medieval, estranhamente bela e mortalmente intrigante. Nessa sociedade complexa, homens e mulheres são um só e nenhum ao mesmo tempo.

Este livro pretende esclarecer, principalmente para os iniciantes, um pouco sobre o cotidiano dos terreiros, servindo como um ponto de reflexão, despido de preconceitos, e a realidade da Umbanda.

Appian of Alexander was a Greek historian who lived at the height of the Roman Empire during the first half of the 2nd century AD, having been born around AD 95 and died about AD 165. Very little is known about him beyond what he reveals about himself, along with the fact that he lived in Alexandria. He was a Roman citizen and held several senior-level public offices, both in Alexandria and in Rome.

The Pædagogus, or Instructor, is addressed to those who have been rescued from the darkness and pollutions of heathenism and is an exhibition of Christian morals and manners, a guide for the formation and development of Christian character and for living a Christian life. It consists of three books. It is the grand aim of the whole work to set before the converts Christ as the only instructor, and to expound and enforce his precepts.

Who is the rich man that shall be saved? is the title of a practical treatise, in which Clement shows, in opposition to those who interpreted our Lord’s words to the young ruler as requiring the renunciation of worldly goods, that the disposition of the soul is the great essential.

By any standard, this is a classic of Christian theology. Composed by St. Athanasius in the fourth century, it expounds with simplicity the theological vision defended at the councils of Nicaea and Constantinople: that the Son of God himself became "fully human, so that we might become god."

É uma verdade universalmente reconhecida que, se você ficar solteira por muito tempo, sua família vai querer se intrometer e te apresentar a uma pessoa que não tem absolutamente nada a ver com você. Depois de um encontro às cegas desastroso, Darcy Lowell está desesperada para impedir seu irmão de arranjar alguém para ela após um término traumático.

Vivienne Taylor is a food blogger with opinions, and zero business sticking her nose into a homicide. But when someone drops dead during a tasting—and Viv ends up a little too close to the poisoned amuse-bouche—she’s suddenly more invested than scribe. And when the detective assigned to the case has a badge, a jawline, and a deeply inconvenient habit of making her pulse race? Things get complicated fast. With a blog to run, a killer on the loose, and exactly zero skills, Viv starts her own investigation. (Okay, fine—she accidentally starts it.

Alex Ryder is the best detective in her division, but she's harboring a secret that could kill her entire career. When Detective Alex Ryder picks up a new homicide case, no one knows her secret connection to the murder. As personal issues and an obsessive nature threaten her career, Alex follows a lead onto the Emerald Adventure, a cruise ship heading to the Bahamas for five days. But the killer's on board, and it's only a matter of time before someone else dies.

What happened to Mallory Shubert? Two detectives, both coming off of recent tragedies, are forcibly paired together to recover a missing child. But as they pull back the layers of the case, they discover more secrets, more lies, and more trouble than either are prepared to face. It’s a race to find the missing girl before time expires, but the detectives must overcome their personal trauma in order to succeed. The Girl in the Tide Mysterious. Fraudulent. Deadly.

Detective Rose has worked on difficult cases before, but this abduction is unique. No evidence. No witnesses. No leads. It’s a nightmare scenario for any law enforcement officer. Unsure of why the family was targeted, Rose races against the clock to recover the missing child before the kidnapper strikes again, a scenario Rose is desperate to stop.

Emily thought she was leaving her money troubles behind when she inherited an old house from her great aunt who went missing the previous year. When she and her husband Jesse arrive at the house, they discover Aunt Matilda was murdered—and the culprit is still at large. Guided by the ghosts of Matilda and the orphans she raised, Emily and Jesse must catch the criminal and save themselves before it's too late.

Not much happens in Deerfield, Connecticut. The sleepy little town nestled at the foot of Taconic Range near two pristine lakes is the stuff of Hallmark movies. Picturesque town square, friendly neighbors, the changing seasons… but Deerfield’s small-town charm will lose its allure after a girl goes missing. Family secrets will be exposed, old wounds will be reopened, and lives will be turned upside down as past and present collide.

Panic grips the small town of Minneola, GA, when a young child goes missing at the lake. Newly paired detectives Jo Wiles and Mark Allen are assigned to the case. As the detectives follow up on leads, they discover an evil rooted in the heart of their town, along with secrets from their pasts that both are unwilling to face. If She Only KnewCalamity James, a reluctant paranormal detective, returns to her hometown for the first time in ten years to attend her aunt’s funeral. When the local sheriff blackmails her into helping with a missing persons case, Cal can’t say no.

Eine Liebe, die die Welt retten könnte … oder sie für immer zerstören. Das BookTok-Phänomen von Alexandria Warwick endlich auf Deutsch! Die junge Prinzessin Sarai Al-Khatib lebt unter dem Schatten eines grausamen Fluchs: An ihrem 25. Geburtstag droht ihr der Tod durch die Berührung einer schwarzen Iris. Um ihr Schicksal abzuwenden, soll sie Prince Balior heiraten – doch als ihre einstige große Liebe, Notus, der Südwind, zurückkehrt, beginnt für Sarai ein gefährliches Spiel um Liebe, Macht und Verrat.

The complicated history of the Saxton house has been long forgotten. Few in the town of Cypress Creek even remember the house and what had occurred inside its walls decades before. In the present time, author Rob Hooper and his wife, Janet, are looking for a quiet place to live. The grandiose, isolated Victorian-style relic is everything they could want. A mysterious, widowed owner offers them a deal that can't be passed up. But they quickly discover that some things are too good to be true.

Olive is an introverted young woman who has never ventured more than four hours away from home, nor has she ever had the desire to do so. Olive is stunned when her struggling-to-make-ends-meet single mother passes away, leaving her a trust fund, with the stipulation that in order to receive her inheritance, Olive must get out of her box and explore the world.

Poppy Peterson’s life is finally back on track and she’s thriving as the publicist of the NFL’s most promising quarterback (and her childhood best friend), Cash Curran. So, she doesn’t appreciate when he makes an impulsive and public pass at America’s popstar darling, Lyric Adair. When Lyric’s notorious publicist Rosaline Sinclair reaches out, Poppy is ready to face her wrath, but instead learns that Lyric is equally interested.

During World War Two, the Japanese forcibly sent prisoners deep into the wild mountains to build the Siam-Burma Railway, now also known as the Death Railway. A party of Malaysian prisoners find that freedom may be possible when one of them starts receiving strange visions of the future.

Victoria had always had her life planned out...until that one moment when everything was ripped away leaving her feeling empty, scared, and insecure. Now, the only two pieces holding her together are her best friends.