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The morning Detective Michael Riley sauntered into my life with his fitted t-shirt, two days' worth of stubble, and that shiny badge, I knew he was trouble with a capital T. And trouble always found me. Officer Lexie Sarconi has spent years working as a decoy for vice. But after helping bust a serial killer, she wants to transfer back to patrol to sort some things out, except Detective Riley needs her help.

Estos cuentos poseen una familiaridad con lo inaudito. Se mueven en espacios intersticiales, en los pliegues de la realidad donde ocurre lo insólito. Sus personajes habitan justo allí, en las fisuras, en los lugares inquietantes que brotan bajo nuestra cotidianidad, en mundos luminosos y oscuros, nunca lineales. Solamente quien ya fue al inframundo y regresó, hablando otro idioma, puede servirnos de guía por esas regiones tenues, traducir para nosotros lo que dicen las grietas.

Most of us live in a constant state of low-level stress… and we’ve started to feel like it’s normal. If you feel like you’re always tired and struggling to relax, or if you find yourself in constant need of a vacation, there’s something wrong – and the solution is surprisingly simple. We’ve become disconnected from the natural world. Even if you have a backyard and a pleasant enough walk to the office, you’re constantly being exposed to noise and pollution… and whether you’re aware of it or not, it affects both your mental and physical health.

After leaving her cheating fiancé at the altar, all Gabrielle wants is a day alone to reflect on the mistakes she’s made. But when her car breaks down in the small town of Baldwin’s Shore, a day turns into a week, and perhaps—if the goddesses of fate smile kindly—a little longer. But someone from her past has a different plan. Sheriff’s deputy Colt Haines isn’t looking for love, and he definitely isn’t looking for a flighty blonde to move into his spare room and complicate his life. But his young daughter has other ideas.

L'Empire de Solaris est à une conquête de l'unification du continent, et la rare magie élémentaire qui sommeille en Vhalla Yarl, une apprentie bibliothécaire de dix-sept ans, pourrait faire basculer le cours de la guerre. Vhalla a toujours appris à craindre la Tour des sorciers, une mystérieuse société magique, et elle a toujours été heureuse dans le monde tranquille des livres. Mais après avoir, sans le savoir, sauvé la vie de l'un des plus puissants sorciers, le prince héritier Aldrik, elle se retrouve malgré elle entraînée dans ce monde.

Josephine Lane arrived in Rattlesnake Ridge under false pretenses. As far as the townspeople know, she’s simply the new cook for the local boarding house. Nobody has to know the secret her late uncle shared with her before his death or how that same secret could make her the wealthiest person in the state of Nevada. Jim Griffin works hard as a foreman at the local lumber mill. He also works hard to keep his real identity as an undercover lawman hidden as he closes in on his brother’s murderer.

Die Akademie der Märchen - Erlebe die Helden deiner Lieblingsmärchen alle an einer Akademie! Die neue Serie der Nummer 1 Bestseller-Autorin von "Akademie der Götter". "Ich wusste, dass du alles verändern kannst." Seit Anbeginn der Zeit stehen die beiden Magier Merlin und Morgana im Wettstreit miteinander. Merlin nutzt vermeintliche Helden, und Morgana vermeintliche Schurken, um die Geschicke der Welt in ihre Richtung zu lenken. Es ist ein Kampf, der seit Ewigkeiten tobt. Und der jetzt ein Ende findet. Denn als Gwynnifer von Morgana an die Akademie der Märchen schickt, verändern sich die Dinge.

Nach ihrem Sieg über den Leichenkönig scheint das Leben für Nicole und ihre Freunde endlich wiederhergestellt zu sein. Doch Nicole sieht immer wieder Visionen von Melanie. Sie kann sogar mit ihr sprechen. Immer stärker wächst in Nicole der Verdacht, dass Melanie noch am Leben sein könnte. Also begibt sich Nicole zusammen mit ihren Freunden auf die Suche nach Melanie. Nicole ist sich sicher, dass sie Recht hat. Auch wenn ihre Suche sie in die tiefen der Unterwelt führt.

München, 1895: Isolde und Elsa führen ein behütetes Leben in der Oberschicht Münchens. Als ihr Vater unerwartet stirbt und die Hofsattlerei vor dem Ruin steht, müssen die Schwestern einen Weg finden, um das Familienunternehmen zu retten. Dabei stehen ihnen nicht nur ihre eigenen Erwartungen ans Leben im Weg, sondern auch gesellschaftliche Vorurteile gegen die sie mit allen Mitteln ankämpfen.

A year ago, Sabella Lockhart lived in sheltered gentility as the sister of a Scottish lord. Then her brother's shocking crimes came to light, leaving her with nothing but horrifying memories, unpayable debts, and a blackened name. Before she leaves Scotland, she must face the family he harmed most: the MacPhersons. But when a Highland robbery takes everything but the gown on her back, she's forced to accept help from the MacPherson who despises her more than any other. The one man she can't forget.

Entro quanto tempo bisogna rispondere alle email? È opportuno collegarsi ai propri collaboratori sui social network? Chi paga il conto a un pranzo di lavoro? La nostra vita lavorativa è costellata di dilemmi grandi e piccoli, molti dei quali non trovano risposta nelle nozioni apprese nel corso degli studi o del proprio iter formativo. Anche in ambito business, per avere successo serve un codice di comportamento condiviso, che diventa essenziale per far emergere al meglio la nostra professionalità.

In un Meridione ben distante dai segni della modernità urbana, la protagonista cresce oppressa da un ambiente familiare in cui le condotte pubbliche e private sono spietatamente misurate sul terrore del giudizio sociale e sul rigore vincolante del dovere quotidiano. Il nido protettivo diventa allora nodo difficile da sciogliere e da portare. “Famiglia era questo: una messa in comune del privato, un difetto di autonomia, una continua chiamata in causa dell’altro, un sostenersi che diveniva peso.”

Eat Like a Local: Savannah by author Elise Wilson offers the inside scoop on food in Savannah Georgia. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

Tildy Barrows, Head Curator of a beautiful archival library in San Francisco, is meticulously dedicated to the century’s worth of inventory housed in her beloved Beaux Art building. She loves the calm and order in the shelves of books and walls of art. But Tildy’s life takes an unexpected turn when she, first, learns the library is on the verge of bankruptcy and, second, discovers two exquisite never-before-seen dollhouses.

Russell “Lucky” McCoy is the Vice President of the Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club. He’s also the adopted father of his two abandoned siblings, one of which has Down Syndrome. He’d resigned himself to the life of single fatherhood until he meets Harper Hannigan, the school’s newest special education teacher. Nothing matters but winning her heart—not their 14 year age difference, the obstacles determined to keep them apart, or even her father, the town’s new sheriff who’s determined to take down the motorcycle club by any means necessary.

Twelve-year-old Ann Maria Weems works from sunup to sundown, wraps rags around her feet in the winter, and must do whatever her master or mistress orders—but she has something that many plantation slaves don't have. She has her wonderful family around her. To Ann, her teasing brothers, her older sister, and her protective and loving parents are everything. And then one day, they are gone. Separated from her family by her master and shipped off as a housemaid, Ann learns something about independence and about love before the opportunity for escape arrives.

"Niemand kann die Zeit beeinflussen. Niemand außer mir." Die Horaren wurden vom Olymp geraubt, wodurch die Zeit auf der Welt komplett außer Kontrolle gerät. Ohne die Horaren, die das Vergehen der Stunden anzeigen, vergeht auch die Zeit seltsam. Doch das ist nicht genug. Nicole hat gelernt ihre Zeitsprünge zu meistern. Doch jetzt muss sie diese Kraft nutzen, um ihren Erzfeind zu besiegen. Und irgendwie muss sie dabei versuchen nicht allzu viel Schaden anzurichten.

Das großartige Finale: Band 5 der magischen Romantasy-Saga, voller Action, Drama und einer bittersüßen Liebe zum Dahinschmelzen! Lang lebe Solaris! Der grausame Kaiser wurde vom Thron gestürzt – von einem noch brutaleren Herrscher, der jetzt den Schatten des Todes über das Reich wirft. Und wieder steht Windläuferin Vhalla auf der Bühne des Schicksals, um zusammen mit anderen ein letztes Mal für Frieden und Freiheit zu kämpfen. Zerbrechliche Allianzen werden auf die Probe gestellt und unerwartete Bande geknüpft, während der Kontinent ein neues Gesicht bekommt.

In sixteen dazzling, expansive essays, the acclaimed essayist and poet Elisa Gabbert explores a life lived alongside books of all kinds: dog-eared and destroyed, cherished and discarded, classic and clichėd, familiar and profoundly new. She turns her witty, searching mind to the writers she admires, from Plath to Proust, and the themes that bind them―chance, freedom, envy, ambition, nostalgia, and happiness. She takes us to the strange edges of art and culture, from hair metal to surf movies to party fiction.

Your favourite fairytales from a PURRRFECTLY funny point of view. From bestselling author, comedian and actor Ben Miller. First it’s no more milk for breakfast. Then he’s forced to sleep in a windowless shed. And now he has to use a LITTER TRAY?! Not happening! Mittens knows a cat of his...