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Alcune persone credono nelle proprie capacità e confidano nelle proprie azioni. Affrontano la vita con ottimismo e raggiungono gli obiettivi che desiderano. Tutto grazie alla fiducia che hanno in se stesse e che le guida nelle piccole e grandi sfide di ogni giorno. Ma di cosa è fatta l’autostima, questo tratto felice che ci porta a realizzare i nostri desideri? È frutto della fortuna? Si tratta di un talento innato? Niente di tutto questo!

Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents are on the losing side of the war between the ruling Titans and new Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken by her mother Asteria to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up amongst the horrors and beauties of the Underworld, desperate to find her divine purpose and a sense of belonging in the land of the dead.

As the hotel launches an addition to its overnight amenities on a neighboring property, Delia Sanchez MacBride, the Loring’s principal owner and hospitality manager, is haunted by premonitions of disaster. Delia’s worst fears begin to materialize when the hotel’s most macabre secret is literally unearthed, namely when the bodily remains of The Forgotten Fifty, a group of townspeople who vanished without a trace a century ago, are revealed as being buried in the Loring’s basement.

En el París de los años veinte, un veterano recibe la misión de encontrar a un soldado desaparecido durante la Gran Guerra. En busca de Émile, se adentra en los campos de batalla, ahora fríos, e interroga a testigos que solo quieren olvidar. Pero en ese caleidoscopio de relatos de dolor y sangre emerge una increíble historia de amor en medio del infierno. A medida que su rastreo avanza, sobre toda Europa comienzan a soplar nuevos vientos de guerra y nuestro héroe se aferra a esta misión desesperada, única luz en un mundo que se hunde en las tinieblas.

When Ace is wearing his magical yellow wellies, he’s able to talk to animals. So when the weather starts acting up, he knows the farm squad aren’t happy. There’s snow, hail, rain and sun – and that’s just in one day! Now Ace and his best friend Bear need to come up with a plan to solve the mystery of the wacky weather. But will they be able to fix it in time for the farm’s first festival?

Shira has dedicated her career to helping people gain clarity and activate their best selves, even when they are short on time or capacity. In LifeStyled, she shows listeners how to achieve more ease, alignment, and freedom, one tiny step at a time.

Was macht uns glücklich? Wie können wir die Erfüllung unserer Wünsche in unser Leben ziehen? Und worauf kommt es im Leben an? Dieses Hörbuch zeigt 111 spannende, inspirierende Glücks-Schlüssel, die uns die Augen öffnen – abseits der bekannten Pfade und auf ganz neue Weise. Oder weißt du, was es mit der Zahl 8 auf sich hat, was das goldene Tor ist und wie du es schaffst, dass sich Türen öffnen? Oder kennst du das Bumerang-Gesetz und den Trick mit der Vorfreude? Lerne 111 neue Wege zu deinem Glück kennen. Du wirst erstaunt sein, wie einfach das ist.

14yo Emily is gloomily spending the summer with her mum’s best friend Uncle Tom, helping him renovate his house, instead of being at home hoping the gorgeous Toby will ask her out. Worse, she’s broken her phone and left her iPad at her dad’s house. How is she supposed to survive without her tech, her BFF and her social life? No one understands her despair, least of all the boomers. Then she finds her mum’s old diary. Cue MASSIVE CRINGE. But as Emily starts to read, she’s stunned to discover that her mum was once a teenager too. A nineties teenager called Lila McKay, who was VERY MISUNDERSTOOD.

Joey Ferra booked a one-way ticket to Europe to shake his grief. But a deadly scuba-diving experience transforms his casual trip into an unexpected fight, especially to crack the tough exterior of his gorgeous, green-eyed rescuer. Modern-day pirates and thieves threaten to end him, but he's found someone worth turning his life upside down for, if she'll let him.

Izzy and Asha need a space to call their own, away from difficult families, the Skull brothers and the trouble they bring. But the derelict building site where they stake their claim already belongs to something else, a wilderness they never expected and an injured wolf that desperately needs their help. Can they reconnect to the wild and save the wolf? Or is their pack too weak to fight much stronger powers?

Pup and his boy are inseparable. But both their worlds change forever when Pup is cruelly taken away and abandoned in Dead Dog Alley. With nowhere else to turn, Pup joins a pack of misfit Street Dogs, who help him learn to fight for survival on the streets. Pup holds on to the hope of one day being reunited with his boy. But as that hope shrinks with every passing day, Pup begins to wonder if their bond is irreversibly broken …

Eigentlich möchte sich die Erzählerin dieser inspirierenden Geschichte nur eine kleine Auszeit nehmen, um dem Stress und Trubel des Alltags zu entfliehen. Und so mietet sie sich scheinbar zufällig in ein kleines Hotel ein, das nicht nur wegen des steinernen Glückselefanten, der den Eingang schmückt, eine ganz besondere Aura ausstrahlt. Hier trifft sie auf die geheimnisvolle Inhaberin des Hotels: die charismatische Sita, die aus einem Dorf am Fuße des Himalaya stammt. Nach und nach offenbart Sita ihr die sieben Geheimnisse der Wunscherfüllung.

Sandy, a multi-racial female lived a life most kids could only dream of. Growing up wealthy and living in Beverly Hills, Sandy is sheltered from many things, but one family secret that has been kept from her may just send her world crashing down. Glamour, beauty and money seem great but when family bonds are broken and dark truths are revealed, can money fix it or will Sandy discover that some things just can't be bought with a price tag?

Are you stuck in a rut? Do you feel plagued by negative thoughts and emotions every day? Gill Hasson, the bestselling author of Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence, is back to help you move on from those pesky negative emotions and focus on the positive instead.

Weaving together the stories of historical figures in a richly detailed narrative, the book shows how trans femininity emerged under colonial governments, the sex work industry, the policing of urban public spaces, and the area between the formal and informal economy. A Short History of Trans Misogyny is the first book to explain why trans women are burdened by such a weight of injustice and hatred.

Marie Antoinette n'a que 14 ans quand elle quitte son palais de Schönbrunn à Vienne, sa chère Maman et tout ce qu'elle a toujours connu. Elle entame le long voyage, passant par Strasbourg, qui la mènera à son époux, Louis, le futur roi de France qu'elle ne connaît pas encore... Partout, les foules l'acclament, mais son cher petit compagnon est inquiet : il a flairé un grand danger ! Ce roman plein de suspense et d'humour te transportera au XVIIIe siècle pour vivre une extraordinaire aventure à travers le regard de Coco, adorable et intrépide conseiller de la princesse.

Twenty-nine-year-old teacher Emily needs her father to believe her life is a success. He may have walked out on the family when she was a child and let her down when she needed him most, but her life is perfect despite him.

Ecrites par l’arriere-grand pere a sa fille a l’aube de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, elles n’ont rien de poussiereux pour les trois generations rassemblees qui les decouvrent. A travers elles, petits et grands rencontrent un homme d’une force et d’une esperance rares, que le mal n’a pas reussi a mettre a genoux. Comment pardonner ? Comment aimer ? Ou est Dieu et pourquoi semble-t-il parfois si silencieux ?

1966: In London, Jackie Collins’s racy The World is Full of Married Men hits bookshops and launches her career. In New York, Jacqueline Susann’s debut novel Valley of the Dolls is published, and she’s desperate for it to be a bestseller. But neither author is prepared for the price they will pay for begin women who dare to write about sex.

Getting up close and personal to small things, a gently humorous journey from Birmingham in the 80's, to the Northern Isles, to Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery, with a stop-off en route to eavesdrop on a crazy creative writing group...