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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.

Um pouco de aventura é um romance ousado e divertido sobre sonhos, segundas chances e, claro, amor. Ser filha do famoso caçador de tesouros Duke Wilder deixou Lily sem paciência para essa profissão — e sem dinheiro no banco. Mas ela é sagaz e agora usa os mapas do pai para guiar turistas que buscam "deixar o conforto para trás" e caçar um tesouro de mentirinha no interior de Utah. Tudo vai bem até que o homem que ela amou um dia retorna à sua vida, pronto para explorar o deserto.

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.

Maddie Browne pensaba que había superado la pesadilla recurrente que la atormentó siendo una niña, pero tras la revelación de un secreto familiar sorprendente, esa pesadilla regresa para asustarla de nuevo: el mismo columpio en el mismo jardín, el gigante pelirrojo y los brazos atezados que...

Corre el año 1732 en Gotemburgo, Suecia, y Jess Van Sandt sabe muy bien que el suyo es un mundo de hombres. Convencida de que su padrastro le está escamoteando la herencia que es suya por derecho, se decide a impedirlo. Y la solución se presenta en forma de un escocés muy atractivo, Killian...

Kayla Sinclair sabe que se ha metido en un buen lío cuando casi se queda sin un duro por comprar en una subasta el retrato a tamaño natural de un misterioso individuo que vivió en el siglo XIX. Jago Kerswell, tabernero y contrabandista, sabe que esos momentos robados con lady Eliza Marcombe...

Corre el año 1759 y Jamie Kinross ha decidido dejar Suecia e irse lo más lejos posible, a la India, para huir de su pasado. Allí inicia una nueva vida y se establece como comerciante de gemas. Pero los problemas llegan pronto: la familia de su mentor es secuestrada por el crimen organizado y...

¿En quién podemos confiar cuando todo parece derrumbarse a nuestro alrededor? ¿Es posible volver a amar cuando tu primer gran amor te traiciona de manera inesperada? Corre el año 1754 y Brice Kinross, hundido tras la traición de su hermano y de su prometida, necesita empezar de nuevo y...

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.

The award-winning international sensation that poses the question: Was Sigmund Freud responsible for the death of his sister in a Nazi concentration camp? The boy in her memories who strokes her with the apple, who whispers to her the fairy tale, who gives her the knife, is her brother Sigmund...

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.