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After Sharon McCone's father dies of a sudden heart attack, she immediately heads to San Diego to scatter his ashes and clear out his house. In a box of legal papers, she finds a 1959 petition for adoption of a child called Baby Girl Smith - an infant who, from the day of adoption, has been known as Sharon Elizabeth McCone. No one in Sharon's family will discuss the adoption, so she begins her own search for the truth. Her quest takes her deep into Indian country, to the Flathead Reservation in Montana.

En esta guía, tocaremos esas cosas que se encuentran en el corazón de la definición y el cumplimiento de este término. También repasaremos las mejores maneras de trabajar menos duro pero de manera más inteligente. Se discutirán las teorías de Alfred Binet y la Escala de inteligencia para adultos de Wechsler, así como el éxito de las personas altamente inteligentes, los rasgos de personalidad y mucho más. En solo un pequeño número de páginas, puede aprender más de lo que piensa.

It was in the middle of a snowstorm when Tiggy arrived at the remote house on Bodmin Moor. She was alone, her partner tragically dead in an accident, and Julia, her dearest friend, welcomed her into her warm and chaotic family.

Since the passing of their father, Oscar has tried—and in his little brother Sufyan’s eyes, failed—to be the man of his family of Syrian refugees. As Oscar waits in line for rations, longing for the books he left behind when his family fled their home, Sufyan explores more nontraditional methods to provide for his family. Ignoring his brother’s warnings, Sufyan gets more and more involved with a group that provides him with big rewards for doing seemingly inconsequential tasks.

Vonda and her best friends Mahogany, LaTrell and Jalissa are back. This time, there are still secrets, issues, and their specialized brands of drama. They are intentional about getting their lives back on track, especially Vonda.

The best-known educator of the 20th century was a scammer in cashmere. "The most famous reading teacher in the world," as television hosts introduced her, Evelyn Wood had little classroom experience, no degrees in reading instruction, and a background that included a collaboration with the Third Reich. Nevertheless, a nation spooked by Sputnik and panicked by paperwork eagerly embraced her promises of a speed-reading revolution.

Mahogany is now coming face to face with the reality of her secrets and lies; she will have life-altering decisions to make soon. Finding new love, having a beautiful family, great friends, her dream career, and financial stability means nothing as she deals with her internal demons. Will her friends and family stick beside her? Will finally turning to God help her, or is she too deep in that it's just too late?

From the opening of A Week in Winter, the listeners are enveloped in a warm and welcoming world teeming with unforgettable characters and enchanting places. Moorgate stands on the edge of the moor in beautiful Cornwall. A charming old farmhouse filled with light and memories, Moorgate captures the heart of all who experience it. But when Maudie Todhunter, the 70-year-old owner of the beloved house decides to sell, fate is set in motion, bringing old secrets to light and causing a saga to unfold.

Adriano de Souza nasceu em uma sexta-feira 13, num barraco de madeira, numa favela do litoral paulista. Ainda criança, sua vida mudou completamente quando descobriu a alegria de brincar com uma prancha de surfe nas ondas do Guarujá.

"Zur Mittagszeit des 10. März 1902 ahnte niemand, dass der Untergang der Familie Kohanim von nun an seinen Lauf nehmen sollte." Samuel Kohanim, Oberhaupt einer der ältesten jüdischen Familien in Westpreußen, ist durchschnittliches Unglück gewöhnt. Seine Frau Mindel, schroff und wortkarg von Natur, gebar ihm sieben Mädchen. Die "sieben biblischen Plagen", wie die Kohanim-Töchter im Dorf genannt werden, strapazieren die väterliche Geduld.

Mystery Writers of America is proud to present Deadly Anniversaries, a collection of crime and mystery stories from some of the best contemporary authors, all of whom have been invited to put their own unique spin on what it means to recognize a certain day or event every year. An anniversary can take many forms, and by the time this group of best sellers and award winners is through, none of us will ever look at anniversaries the same way again. Edited by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini, this collection features original stories from 20 industry giants.

After the death of her father, El moves into his home just outside Tavistock in Devon. Fresh out of university and dangling on the precipice of adulthood, she questions what it is she really wants from life. Although her childhood friend, Will, is there to help her through her grief she soon realises there were things her father was hiding from her.

Mysterious and misunderstood, distorted by biblical imagery of disfigurement and uncleanness, Hansen's disease or leprosy has all but disappeared from America's consciousness. In Carville, Louisiana, the closed doors of the nation's last center for the treatment of leprosy open to reveal stories of sadness, separation, and even strength in the face of what was once a life-wrenching diagnosis. Drawn from interviews with living patients and extensive research in the leprosarium's archives, Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America tells the stories of former patients.

Restless to leave, eager to return: this memoir in essays captures the unrelenting pull between the past and the present, between traveling the world and staying home.

A Columbine-style shooting at a high school in the San Fernando Valley has left a community shaken to its core. Two students are identified as the killers. Both are dead, believed to have committed a mutual suicide. In the aftermath of the shooting, LA Special Trials prosecutor Rachel Knight teams up with her best girlfriend, LAPD detective Bailey Keller. As Rachel and Bailey interview students at the high school, they realize that the facts don't add up. Could it be that the students suspected of being the shooters are actually victims?

When the daughter of a billionaire Hollywood director is found murdered after a kidnapping gone wrong, Los Angeles Special Trials prosecutor Rachel Knight and Detective Bailey Keller find themselves at the epicenter of a combustible and high-profile court case. Then a prime suspect is revealed to be one of Hollywood's most popular and powerful talent managers - and best friend to the victim's father. With the director vouching for the manager's innocence, the Hollywood media machine commences an all-out war designed to discredit both Rachel and her case.

Music was everything for Marcia Butler. Growing up in an emotionally desolate home with an abusive father and a distant mother, she devoted herself to the discipline and rigor of the oboe, and quickly became a young prodigy on the rise in New York City's competitive music scene. But haunted by troubling childhood memories while balancing the challenges of a busy life as a working musician, Marcia succumbed to dangerous men, drugs, and self-destruction. In her darkest moments, she asked the hardest question of all: Could music truly save her life?

A estas alturas, es posible que haya oído hablar de las diferencias entre la inteligencia normal y la inteligencia emocional. Pero, ¿qué hace que una persona sea realmente emocionalmente inteligente? ¿Y por qué es tan importante ser emocionalmente inteligente? Esas son algunas de las cosas que discutiremos en este libro.

En caso de que te preguntes qué hacer con una adicción a la pornografía, estás en el mejor lugar posible. La pornografía se ha convertido en un problema masivo en la sociedad actual, aunque, sorprendentemente, muchos no la consideran problemática en absoluto. Con este libro, no te quedarás en la oscuridad. Revela la naturaleza siniestra de la pornografía, le da un vistazo rápido y terrible detrás de las escenas de producción y arroja luz sobre el argumento de la adicción declarada. Leerás sobre temas como:

The most renowned American authors in Western fiction are brought together in one bang 'em-up, shoot-it-out collection! Including titles by Louis L'Amour, Brian Garfield, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini, Thomas Thompson, John M. Cunningham, Chad Oliver, Donald Hamilton, Loren D. Estleman and Owen Wister.