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Things are purposely hidden in the world of a crime. Little can be known of its workings without risk. This crime thriller novelette with psychological erotic themes, murder, and robbery, deals with an unexpected event that occurs during a crime in progress. In a world of calculated risks, the unexpected can become very deadly. Indulging a foible or making a common slip can set fate on a deadly path. Who has the practice to operate in this world? Ray does.

This is Leon Malmed's true story of his and his sister Rachel's escape from the Holocaust in Occupied France. When their father and mother were arrested in 1942, their French neighbors agreed to watch their children until they returned. Leon's parents were taken first to Drancy, then to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and they never returned.

La Muerte de Ivan Ilich simboliza una crítica directa de Tolstói a lo que él consideraba una vida sin sentido. Nuestro personaje, Ivan Ilich, es uno de tantos burócratas de la época quien vive su vida en la trivialidad, carente de empatía y con total indiferencia por cualquier persona o cosa que no interfiera con su cómoda existencia; hasta que un hecho trágico cambia su perspectiva de la vida.

Patton, a college-aged genius plans to rob a train of gold. He enlists the aid of Geronimo, a widowed ex-con; Skittles, a good-natured circus acrobat; and Royce, a cigar-chomping biker. After the robbery takes place, the gold is divided into three lots and hidden on three different vehicles. This causes confusion and betrayal by all involved in this steampunk adventure.

Billionaire CEO Vitaly Chekov needs a new secretary. As he interviews potential intern candidates, one particular blonde woman catches his eye. At first glance, he knows he must hire her for his personal pleasure. Upon meeting Vitaly, Sarah tries to keep things professional. But when an after-hours meeting turns into a passionate encounter, things get complicated....

Luck be a lady tonight. Claire Bannatyne is a lady, but sometimes the 21-year old wolftress behaves like an indecisive virgin princess. Her father is the Grand Alpha of an ancient pack of wolf-shifters devoted to secrecy and tradition. Now her procrastination to choose a life-mate is going to cost her dearly. In 24 hours, she'll be forced to enter into an arranged marriage, with a mate of her father's choosing, and all the wrong men are vying for her hand.

A mixed-blood Native American wolf-shifter, abandoned by a teenage mother and ignored by an absentee father, Rio Waya has never fit in or felt worthy of love. But when he comes home to the Black Hills, he realizes he wants a mate of his own.

Tired of his disconnected life and uninspiring job, Leon Logothetis leaves it all behind - job, money, home, and even his cell phone - and hits the road with nothing but the clothes on his back and five dollars in his pocket, relying on the kindness of strangers and the serendipity of the open road for his daily keep. Along the way, Leon offers up the intriguing and charming tales gathered along his one-of-a-kind journey: riding in trains, buses, big rigs and classic cars; sleeping on streets and couches and firehouses....

Hurt feelings severed the relationship between Mari and her sister following the tragic deaths of their parents. A single mom, Mari has dedicated her life to her daughter and avoided her sister since the reading of her parents' will. In desperate need of rest and relaxation, Mari decides to use the beach house she inherited for the first time since her parents' deaths, which is located on the island Mari loved so much that she named her daughter after it.

This book reveals the interplay between official government channels, covert intelligence agents and others, who acted largely behind the scenes of the peace process between Egypt and Israel that began in1978 and is still holding. The world leaders: Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin, and Anwar Sadat, were driven by deeply held faith and conviction. Others were military hawks who, later saw peace as the only viable option. Still others saw peace and stability in terms of business and prosperity.

The Kaddish has long been considered to be a special prayer for the dead. It isn't. Those who recite the prayer faithfully for 52 Friday nights after the death of a loved one may wonder why there is no place for the name of the deceased in the prayer. This book contains much new information on the Kaddish, including how it was created during the Crusades as an homage to God.

The authors reached back into history to understand the reasons and methods brilliant rabbis and Talmudic scholars abandoned the Holy Land, both physically and spiritually, to settle in what came to be known as the lands of the Diaspora. This dramatic exodus was contrary to the biblical injunction that all Jews must live in the land of Israel. The Battle of the Two Talmuds explains in great detail how the Babylonian scholars created their own interpretation of the Torah that grew to take precedence over that of the Jerusalem scholars. This book shows that all human beings are subject in various ways to power, glory, and guilt.

In Long Road to Hard Truth: The 100 Year Mission to Create the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Robert L. Wilkins tells the story of how his curiosity about why there wasn't a national museum dedicated to African American history and culture became an obsession - eventually leading him to quit his job as an attorney when his wife was seven months pregnant with their second child, and make it his mission to help the museum become a reality.

From the end of the 19th century through the first decades of the 20th, the United States experienced unprecedented structural change. Advances in communication and manufacturing technology brought about a revolution for major industries such as railroads, coal, and steel. The still-growing nation established economic, political, and cultural entanglements with forces overseas.

Helen is a normal college student yawning away the minutes in her philosophy class. Sirens sound outside the school. They grow in number, getting closer and closer. When she steps outside the building, she is greeted by screams and blood. The zombie apocalypse has begun and there is no longer time to think.

Donna Leon hat viel erlebt, in Amerika, dem Iran, Saudi-Arabien, Italien natürlich oder in der Schweiz. Kaum aber passiert ihr ein Abenteuer, wird auch schon eine spannende Geschichte daraus. Sie erzählt uns von ihrer Jugend auf der Farm und von Sperrstunden-Pyjamapartys im Iran, Geldnot und einem Fiat 600. Davon, wie sie als "Anstandsdame" nach Italien kam, von der Jagd nach dem perfekten Cappuccino und kleinen Wundern in den Bergen.

Un compositor olvidado, un crimen rodeado de misterio, dos artistas unidas en un proyecto sin precedentes: Cecilia Bartoli redescubre su música en Mission, Donna Leon novela la historia en Las joyas del Paraíso. Caterina Pellegrini, experta en ópera del Barroco, rastrea la existencia de una valiosa herencia en unos documentos hallados por los descendientes de un genial compositor vinculado a la Iglesia católica. Caterina se adentra en la Venecia de finales del siglo XVII, investigando, sin proponérselo, la supuesta implicación del músico en el crimen más famoso de la época.

Un apasionante caso lleno de actualidad sobre la contaminación y la especulación del suministro de agua en Venecia. Desde la residencia donde pasa sus últimos días postrada en una cama, Benedetta Toso, enferma de cáncer con apenas treinta y ocho años, quiere hablar con Brunetti de algo que no quiere llevarse consigo a la tumba. Débil y al borde de la muerte, la mujer apenas consigue tener algún momento de lucidez y esbozar algunas frases sueltas que implican a su marido, Vittorio Fadalto, muerto recientemente en un accidente de tráfico, con un dinero obtenido de forma ilegal y que, en consecuencia, su muerte fue en realidad un asesinato.

El 2020 será un tiempo que tardaremos décadas en comprender. Este es el primer relato de conjunto de lo que nos sucedió durante ese año feroz. En abril, mientras el país se sumía en el confinamiento, Jochamowitz y León se lanzaron a la búsqueda del rastro que el virus dejaba en nuestro cuerpo social y político. El resultado es una crónica arrolladora, documentada y reflexiva, un registro en el que los lectores encontrarán la primera escena y la trastienda de una historia en la que todos estuvimos implicados.

¿Y si proteger a tu familia no significase hacer lo correcto? Una mujer atormentada deberá enfrentarse a este dilema en la nueva investigación del comisario Brunetti. Mientras se enfrenta a un problema de posibles filtraciones dentro de la Questura, Brunetti recibe por sorpresa a una amiga de Paola, su mujer, muy preocupada por la extraña actitud de su hijo adolescente. Cuando a medianoche el marido de la amiga aparece inconsciente y con graves daños cerebrales a los pies de un puente de Venecia, Brunetti empieza a pensar que el caso tiene que ver con el comportamiento de su hijo.