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Award-winning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker Adriana Trigiani returns with Brava, Valentine, continuing the heartwarming and hilarious story of Valentine Roncalli, her family, her love life, and the Angelini Shoe Company.

Viola doesn't want to go to boarding school, but somehow she ends up at an all-girls school in South Bend, Indiana, far, far away from her home in Brooklyn, New York. Now Viola is stuck for a whole year in the sherbet-colored sweater capital of the world. Ick. There's no way Viola's going to survive the year - especially since she has to replace her best friend Andrew with three new roommates who, disturbingly, actually seem to like it there. She resorts to viewing the world (and hiding) behind the lens of her video camera.

After surviving a crash course in espionage at the mysterious Academy Absconditi, November has only one purpose: finding her missing father. Along with fellow student (and heartthrob) Ash, November follows the clues that her father left, embarking on the deadliest treasure hunt of her life. The first clue is in her hometown, where old friends beckon and unexpected enemies lurk around every corner.

"Mein Name ist Rex. Ich bin ein guter Hund." Und das ist auch alles, was Rex, eine sogenannte technisch optimierte Bioform, in seinem Leben möchte - ein guter Hund sein und seinem Herrn gehorchen. Gemeinsam mit seinem Rudel kämpft Rex in einem seit Jahrzehnten andauernden Krieg, und wenn sein Herr sagt "Töte!", dann tötet Rex. Wieder und wieder. Als sein Herr eines Tages vors Kriegsgericht gestellt wird, kommen Rex jedoch Zweifel. Was soll er tun, wenn er keinen Herrn mehr hat, der ihm befiehlt? War es möglicherweise falsch, blind zu gehorchen?

China loomed large on the world stage. Wealth, power, and hundreds of years of rule by the Manchus of the Qing Dynasty catapulted them to new heights, but with power and prestige came those who would do anything to usurp their authority and undermine their sense of stability. The British Empire and its faithful allies devised a masterful plan and executed it with stark precision. Vicious lies, cheating, and stealing were only the beginning of what they had in store for the nation.

The fateful first meeting of Enza and Ciro takes place amid the Italian Alps at the turn of the last century. Still teenagers, they are separated when Ciro is banished from his village and sent to hide in New York's Little Italy, apprenticed to a shoemaker, leaving a bereft Enza behind. But when her own family faces disaster, she, too, is forced to emigrate to America. Though destiny will reunite the star-crossed lovers, it will, just as abruptly, separate them once again - sending Ciro off to serve in World War I, while Enza is drawn into the glamorous world of the opera.

Your phone rings. A stranger has kidnapped your child. To free them you must abduct someone else’s child. Your child will be released when your victim’s parents kidnap another child. If any of these things don’t happen your child will be killed, You are a part of the chain now.

Many Christians live their lives in a spiritual desert, never witnessing the incredible things that Jesus promised. This is because they are unaware of their kingdom inheritance and the supernatural access that his death has provided! Adrian Beale, co-author of the international best seller, The Divinity Code, is a globally recognized prophetic voice and a Bible-based interpreter of prophetic mysteries.

Eva, Sara, Rebecca, Rachele, Lea, Rut, Noemi, Ester, Giuditta, Marta, Maria, la Maddalena, la Samaritana... Nell'Antico e nel Nuovo Testamento non compaiono solo figure maschili ma anche tante donne. Sono fondatrici di stirpi, profetesse, donne qualunque che si trovano perciò a svolgere un ruolo cruciale, memorabile nella storia della loro comunità e della loro religione. Sono donne che hanno la forza di essere protagoniste del proprio destino.

Lee and Mal went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor four years ago, and only Lee came back. She thought she’d lost Mal forever, now miraculously returned. But what happened that day on the moors? And where has Mal been all this time? Mal's reappearance hasn’t gone unnoticed by MI5 either, and their officers also have questions. Julian Sabreur is investigating an attack on top physicist Kay Amal Khan. This leads Julian to clash with agents of an unknown power – and they may or may not be human. His only clue is grainy footage, showing a woman who supposedly died on Bodmin Moor.

Guns of the Dawn is a pacey, gripping fantasy of war and magic from Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky. The first casualty of war is truth.... First, Denland's revolutionaries assassinated their king, launching a wave of bloodshed after generations of peace. Next they clashed with Lascanne, their royalist neighbour, pitching war machines against warlocks in a fiercely fought conflict.

With his shameless grin and let's-play swagger, carpenter Penn Etling leaves women wanting in Dogwood Lane. What do they get? Avery Perry knows: a one-night stand. She's been there. She remembers every hot pulse as if it were yesterday. But Penn? He doesn’t remember a thing. Now he’s making new moves, and Avery’s not falling for trouble...again. Is she?

Through her fiercely independent, yet childlike eyes, Tera allows us to enter the recesses of her guarded world. Her Aussie sister, Beth, walks with us, compassionately guiding and explaining. Tera’s life? A world of secrets. A place of shame. A lifetime of expanding mental illness. Tera moves from collector to hoarder, progressively tipped by the compulsion into a perilous world of rats and disease. As Tera repeatedly expressed through words, actions and even rage, she did not live like other people. And yet, living an ordinary life of home and family was her greatest desire.

Every dog has its day. And for Lineker, a happy-go-lucky mongrel from Peckham, the day the world ends is his: finally a chance to prove to his owner just how loyal he can be. Reg, an agoraphobic writer with an obsession for 90s football, plans to wait out the impending doom in his second-floor flat, hiding himself away from the riots outside. But when an abandoned orphan shows up in the stairwell of their building, Reg and Lineker must brave the outside in order to save not only the child, but themselves....

Das Smartphone zählt unsere Schritte, die Smartwatch misst unsere Herzfrequenz, und das Smart Home detektiert Zigarettenrauch und Schimpfwörter. Endlich gibt es all diese klugen kleinen Helfer, die uns liebevoll behüten und umsorgen, unser Leben erleichtern. Falsch! Adrian Lobe zeigt, wie uns die Digitaltechnik geradewegs in ein Datengefängnis führt, das wir selbst gebaut haben und so bald nicht wieder verlassen werden.

Tales of the Apt is a companion series to the best-selling decalogy Shadows of the Apt (Tor UK), gathering together short stories from disparate places and supplementing them with a wealth of new tales written especially for the series. Together, they combine to provide a different perspective, an alternative history that parallels and unfolds alongside the familiar one, filling in the gaps and revealing intriguing backstories for many established characters. A must listen for any fan of the Shadows of the Apt books, where epic fantasy meets steampunk and so much more.

Chi è la giovanissima ragazza ebrea proveniente da un piccolo paese della Galilea che divenne la madre di Gesù? Oggetto di culto e devozione senza pari, la figura di Maria di Nazaret nel corso dei secoli è stata al centro di interpretazioni spesso lontane da quanto raccontano le esili tracce presenti su di lei nei vangeli canonici. Ha attraversato il mondo cattolico, ortodosso, come pure - sorprendentemente - quello islamico, e ha influenzato l'arte e la spiritualità di tutti i tempi.

Spade, the galaxy’s most feared assassin, has been contracted to kill a woman who will bring him face-to-face with demons he foolishly hoped he would never have to deal with again. As his mission progresses, Spade soon realizes that he will have to use his special skills set to not only save this woman, but to save the entire universe.

Procrastination is a problem that almost everybody in the world faces at one point or another. Some people learn how to overcome it by forming good habits, and others suffer for years by constantly putting things off. This program was created to walk you through the steps necessary to break free from the shackles of procrastination and skyrocket your accomplishments to levels you never thought possible.

Do you want to significantly improve the quality of your thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors? Do you want to be able to understand the world better and become better respected? This book will help you do exactly that! Many of us take in and process complex information throughout the day, whether it is at work or elsewhere. The ability to break that complex structure down and present it in a simplified version is often crucial to our success but is something that many of us lack. That has now changed!