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While visiting an estate sale to pick up new items for Missing Pieces, Aly gets hit with a surprise: The elderly homeowner didn't have a heart attack - she was murdered. Aly's got the evidence in her hands, and the killer is offering to sell it to her. Time to make a deal, then call the police. If only anyone believed her. Miriam Peabody was in her 70s and appeared to die of natural causes. Police found no evidence of foul play, but Aly knows what she saw. Worse, she’s pretty sure the killer has powers of their own.

Aly’s got enough on her plate, with finishing her degree and taking care of her nephew and starting her new job at the antique store while drooling over the owner's gorgeous son. No time for visions. Alas, the universe doesn't care what Aly believes. When she turns 21, she starts to feel psychic impressions left on objects. A disorienting power for someone surrounded by antiques.

The Church is very good at saying all the right things about racial equality. But the reality is that the institution has utterly failed to back up these good intentions with demonstrable efforts to reform. It is a long way from being a place of Black flourishing.

Este audiolivro oferece um roteiro para ajudar líderes a examinar de forma panorâmica todas as partes envolvidas numa empresa, mostrando como enfrentar trade-offs da melhor forma muitas vezes por meio da inovação.

Muito se fala sobre os métodos ágeis hoje em dia e suas inúmeras vantagens. O problema é que muitas vezes as empresas não sabem implementar o Ágil. O resultado é um grande caos: clientes nervosos, funcionários insatisfeitos e líderes colocados em xeque. Neste audiolivro, três experientes consultores da Bain & Company explicam de forma clara as principais dificuldades dos gestores na hora de adotar o ágil e as armadilhas que podem vir a enfrentar.

Christmas Eve, 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered for another legendary celebration at their beautiful country house. The champagne flows, the silverware sparkles and upstairs the rooms are ready for their occupants. But one bed will lie empty that night. On Christmas morning, David Campbell-Scott is found dead in the snow. There is a pistol beside him and only one set of footprints. Yet something doesn't seem right to amateur sleuth Hugh Gaveston. Campbell-Scott had just returned from overseas with untold wealth - why would he kill himself?

Tras la muerte de su madre, en las manos de Sara cae una libreta dorada con un título desconcertante: Confecciones Vidal. Son las memorias de los dos últimos años de la excéntrica difunta. No difieren demasiado del resto de vida de Raquel: un ir y venir de fiestas, joyas y bailes, con apenas unos obstáculos que nunca supo tratar, sus tres hijas. "Madre" es la confrontación entre los recuerdos de dos mujeres, de cómo la relectura convida a un reencuentro y convierte el primer impulso de venganza en una reconciliación.

A self-help, rediscovering-yourself book about how to find what you truly value in life with balance, perspective, and a greater focus on purpose of mind, body, and soul.

Année 2454. Dix milliards d'êtres humains se répartissent en sept Ruches ayant remplacé les États-nations d'antan. Paix, loisirs, prospérité et abondance définissent ce XXVe siècle aux atours d'utopie. Pourtant, l'âge d'or dans lequel baigne l'humanité depuis trois cents ans touche peut-être à sa fin. Les Ruches coexistent selon un équilibre plus fragile que n'importe qui l'aurait cru, et seule une série de meurtres calculés avec précision maintient le statu quo politique.

In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, where a momentous revolution had taken power three years earlier. For more than half a century, the stand-off continued—through the tenure of ten American presidents and the fifty-year rule of Fidel Castro. His death in 2016, and the retirement of his brother and successor Raúl Castro in 2021, have spurred questions about the country’s future. Spanning more than five centuries, Cuba provides us with a front-row seat as we witness the evolution of the modern nation.

After becoming trapped in present-day Bath due to a mishap with her time-traveling charm, Jane Austen is safe and sound back in the 1800s thanks to Rose Wallace’s help. Now, Rose is ready to focus on her fledgling romance with dreamy Dr. Aiden Trevellyan. But when Jane reappears in the present, it looks like Rose and Aiden have no choice but to follow her back to 1813....

Ada mogłaby śmiało nazwać siebie szczęściarą. Z kilku powodów. Pierwszy: świeżo poślubiony angielski małżonek zwany Rośkiem, zakochany w niej na zabój. Powód drugi: para domowych małolatów i rudy terierek Spajkuś, bez których nie wyobraża sobie życia. I wreszcie powód trzeci: Dziewuchy - czyli barwne grono najbliższych jej kobiet. Chociaż na co dzień przyjaciółki mieszkają w czterech różnych krajach, to kontaktują się regularnie, wykorzystując wszystkie zdobycze technologiczne.

Rose Wallace’s world revolves around all things Jane Austen, and with the annual festival in Bath - and the arrival of dishy archaeologist Dr. Aiden Trevellyan - just around the corner, all is well with the world. But then a mysterious woman who bears more than a passing resemblance to the great author moves in upstairs, and things take a disastrous turn. Rose’s new neighbour is none other than Jane Austen herself, now trapped in the 21st century after her time-travel adventure was sabotaged by a mischievous dog. Rose’s life is instantly changed.

Année 2454. Trois siècles après des évènements meurtriers ayant remodelé la société, les concepts d'État-nation et de religion organisée ont disparu. Dix milliards d'êtres humains se répartissent ainsi par affinités, au sein de sept Ruches aux ambitions distinctes. Paix, loisirs, prospérité et abondance définissent ce XXVe siècle radieux aux atours d'utopie. Qui repose toutefois sur un équilibre fragile. Et Mycroft Canner le sait mieux que personne.

Pubblicata nel 1932, questa raccolta di brevi storie e di istantanee ci offre una prospettiva della realtà che, pur in prosa, è sempre poesia. Le impressioni dell'autrice dei suoi soggiorni ad Assisi e a Pavia sono certamente preziose anche per chi non conosce quei luoghi.

Libro pubblicato nel 1929, ricco di ritratti femminili. Perché? Lo dice l'autrice stessa: "Vuoi che parliamo un poco insieme? Da te a me? Da donna a donna? Di noi donne nessuno ha mai capito nulla; e abbiamo troppo orgoglio per dir forte il nostro segreto patimento, nudo e crudo com'è. Ma se tu ti confidi al mio cuore, vedrai forse il tuo in uno specchio. E ti potrò dire una parola giusta, di consolazione: se non indicare il rimedio. Rimedio non c'è: fuorché abbandonarsi nelle mani di Dio."

Sienna Edwards, a trained Hetaria, thought she’d had it all in hand, following in her father’s footsteps. Yet the highly trained shape-shifter could not be prepared for the vampire that was destined to cross her path. Nicolaus had been around for countless centuries, but his encounter with Sienna could only be described as one of a kind. Now, can the two rely on one another to make it through the demon infestation?

Pubblicata nel 1926, questa raccolta di prose brevi parla di Capri, della terra lombarda, di donne incontrate per strada, di solitudini.

Arthur Drams works for a secret government security agency, but all he really does is spend his days in a cubical. After getting another "lateral promotion", it's suggested that Arthur try to "make friends" and "get noticed" in order to move up the ladder. It's like high school all over again: His attempts to be friendly come across as awkward and creepy, and no one wants to sit at the same table with him at lunch. In a last-ditch attempt to be seen as friendly and outgoing, he decides to make friends with The Alien, aka Agent Martin Grove.

"Sorelle" (raccolta di racconti pubblicata nel 1929) è l'affresco di un universo femminile d'altri tempi, e le "Sorelle" lo sono per scelta, per appartenenza, per sorellanza di genere e non per parentela (la stessa Ada Negri amava definirsi "sorella" di Anna Kuliscioff). "Sorelle" è una galleria di ritratti femminili: dalla matriarca contadina che gestisce l'azienda famigliare, all'anonima segretaria d'ufficio che preferisce evadere dalla monotonia quotidiana immergendosi nei film, dall'anziana sarta, felice nel suo ospizio, alla custode di condominio che sgobba da mane a sera.