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Afflicted by a mysterious and terrible illness that's haunted me since childhood, I’ve resigned myself to living life as a burden to my family. Until a fae knight comes to my village and tells me that everything I know is a lie. It seems impossible, but he swears that I’m a fae queen, raised in the mortal realm for my own safety. And the time has come for me to return home to Faerie and rule.

Firenze, 1464. La tela è avvolta in un panno candido fermato da una cordicella, la mano che la regge è malferma per l’emozione. Il momento che Filippo Lippi ha atteso e temuto è ormai giunto: il suo protettore Cosimo de’ Medici sta per vedere l’unica opera davvero perfetta che sia riuscito a creare nel corso della sua lunga carriera, l’unica da cui non vorrebbe mai separarsi. Custodite in quel quadro non ci sono solo la dedizione, le mani dure di fatica, l’incessante lotta contro l’imperfezione. C’è l’amore per Lucrezia, un amore scandaloso per tutti, per lui purissimo.

I’m dreading turning fifty more than I’ve dreaded any other birthday in my life. Now that my kids are at university, the prospect of spending the rest of my life with my bullying, balding, and boring husband is a miserable one. Which is why I employed Jay. He gives me the reason I need to get up, to go on and to look forwardand I’ll do anything to keep him.

Two years after Beverly Holden escaped her small hometown in the Kansas foothills for an exciting new life in California, she receives a mysterious message that her younger brother has gone missing after working for the dying heiress of Mirror Manor. Pulled back to her hometown to find her brother, Beverly is offered a choice: return to California and forever abandon her family and the small town where she grew up, or stay and inherit Mirror Manor’s ten-million-dollar estate upon the heiress’s death. The decision seems easy, but Beverly can’t help but wonder what her new wealth will cost?

Ember Skye is a fed-up teenaged Coal Elf with a big ashy chip on her shoulder. Torn away from her carefree life Aboveground, she was forced into a world of dirt and darkness in the Mines. Now, the coal is starting to take its toll. Plus, being the only girl-elf coal miner at the North Pole is not fun at all!

When a hopeful pair settles into their idyllic new residence, they quickly discover that their tranquil haven is anything but. Nestled in a quaint and seemingly serene town, their picturesque abode holds a sinister history that refuses to stay buried.

In a small town, rests a hallowed estate shrouded in secrecy… Mystery and horror surround a long-abandoned estate, seemingly forgotten by the town. What was thought to be a new beginning for Beth Claymont soon devolves into an endless nightmare of hidden secrets and a troubled past best left unturned. Uncover the chilling secrets hidden in the depths of Claymont Cove, the historic estate in the heart of Redwood, North Carolina. Beth must fight to keep her family united in the wake of a devastating tragedy. But something more sinister stalks the halls of their sprawling estate.

«Se dice que, cuando uno piensa vengarse, debe cavar dos tumbas». Cuando el cadáver de la Sirenita de Ampurias, una conocida cantante, aparece destripado sobre el escenario del teatro en el que trabajaba, el inspector Adolfo Kobler y el médico forense Miralles se verán empujados a trabajar en la investigación junto con Adoración Venecia, artista de vanguardia, empresaria teatral y bailarina exótica. Son los felices años veinte, y en Madrid florece un mundo nocturno de plumas y oropel, pero los cadáveres empiezan a multiplicarse y los asesinatos resultan cada vez más truculentos.

¿Y si ellas no quieren ser como de la familia? «Una voz fresca y llena de honestidad que me sacó varias carcajadas perversas.» JULIA VIEJO «Una novela sobre lo cotidiano, sobre el quiero y no puedo, la decepción con el trabajo, la maternidad y las expectativas. Sobre el escaso reconocimiento a las empleadas del hogar. Deliciosa.» ÁNGELES CABALLERO Como cada martes desde que está embarazada, Sol, una joven obsesionada con la limpieza, recibe en casa con cierto pudor a Diana y a Emily, dos asistentas a las que ha contratado para que la ayuden con las tareas del hogar.

Juin 1943. Alors que la paix ne semble plus qu'une illusion lointaine, Albane profite d'une parenthèse de bonheur. Après des mois d'attente, elle épouse enfin Raphaël. Mais la fête tourne court, interrompue par des soldats allemands. Ils viennent d'arrêter une fillette qui affirme connaître Albane. Il s'agit de Louisette, la fille illégitime de Louis Molinier. Touchée par le sort de cette orpheline, Albane décide de l'accueillir. L'enfant, qui cache un lourd secret, rejoint ainsi le rang des opprimés et des persécutés pour qui le château est devenu un refuge.

After the hell my ex put me through, I vowed never to give my heart away again. So, I filled my life with my horse, Nevada, and different bodies in my bed every night. Men. Women. It didn’t matter because my body was sated. Things were perfect, and I didn’t want it any other way…until him. He showed me how things could be different, and pineapples, I wanted it. But my past gets dug up from the depths of Hell, and everything falls apart. I thought we were meant to be, but I guess it wouldn’t be the first time I was wrong.

In diesem Buch wird die Wirkung des Begründers der Tiefenpsychologie auf die Kultur unseres Zeitalters zum ersten Mal umfassend sichtbar gemacht. Während die meisten bedeutenden Persönlichkeiten zuerst in ihrem Fachgebiet Anerkennung und Einfluss gewinnen, haben Jungs schöpferische Konzeptionen, da sie den Menschen als Ganzes angehen, auf den verschiedensten Wissensgebieten befruchtend gewirkt, so in der Theologie, in der Anthropologie und Ethnologie, in der Parapsychologie und sogar in der Atomphysik.

Un día, un buque comienza a navegar por el río en que viven los yacarés, y éstos se unen para defender su hábitat de la presencia del hombre y sus máquinas.

Oculto entre la espesa bruma de la madrugada, un peligroso criminal siembra el terror en Galicia. Tres jóvenes han sido secuestradas y asesinadas en pocas semanas: mujeres de clase trabajadora, olvidadas por su entorno e invisibles para la sociedad. Pero no para la teniente Lucía Guerrero, de la Unidad Central Operativa de la Guardia Civil y encargada de la investigación, que empatiza con las víctimas.

Picking up where Riot Days left off, Maria (Masha) Alyokhina takes us through her activist experiences between 2014 to 2022. In vivid, diary-like vignettes, we follow her as she goes in and out of Russian prisons, continually dodges police violence, protests at the Sochi Olympics, flies to Kyiv to stand in solidarity with Ukraine, defends the high-level dissident Alexi Navalny, drops banners at Trump Tower, and—in 2022—flees from Russia in disguise to escape a new prison sentence.

Un adiós forzado. Un amor inquebrantable. Un destino marcado por la guerra. Barcelona, 1937. En medio del caos de la Guerra Civil Española, Pere Roda toma una decisión que lo perseguirá toda la vida: envía a sus tres hijas a México convencido de que así las salvará del hambre y la guerra. Pere oculta su decisión a Celia, la madre de las niñas, sabiendo que ella preferiría cualquier cosa antes de apartarse de ellas. Las tres hermanas viajan junto con más de quinientos niños refugiados hacia el otro lado del océano, donde enfrentarán los crueles desafíos del exilio.

Grenzen werden ausgetestet – und verschieben sich Gut 4000 Jahre in der Zukunft … In der Mitte des 23. Jahrhunderts Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung leben die Menschen in Frieden und Freiheit. Von der Erde aus haben sie Tausende von Welten besiedelt; zu vielen Sternenreichen der Milchstraße besteht eine Freundschaft. Mit dem Projekt von San will Perry Rhodan darüber hinaus einen Traum verwirklichen: eine engere Verbindung zu anderen Galaxien. Der PHOENIX steht als neuartiges Raumschiff für dieses Vorhaben zur Verfügung.

Ein kriminalistisches Abenteuer auf den Spuren Arthur Conan Doyles. London, 1889: Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden von einem jungen Schauspieler engagiert, um einem seltsamen Fall nachzugehen. Zu seinen Aufführungen kommen jeden Tag dieselben Zuschauer – jedoch immer in anderen Verkleidungen. Zur gleichen Zeit läuft Professor Moriarty und Sebastian Moran die Zeit davon: Sie werden für einen mysteriösen Mord verantwortlich gemacht und müssen untertauchen. Eine unsichtbare Hand zieht das Netz um die beiden verfeindeten Genies Holmes und Moriarty immer enger.

If you’re ready to shift your perspective and redefine dyslexia into a pathway for your child to thrive—free from the tears and frustration of conventional methods—this is where the journey begins. Does it feel impossible to explain dyslexia to others, even though you see your child’s brilliance? Are you tired of watching their confidence fade because traditional methods just don’t work for them? Are you frustrated by the lack of resources and understanding in schools for dyslexic learners?

Ten-year-old Gio Barker is down in the dumps. His mom has uprooted him to a new school and a new town, all so she can start her own business. Gio used to see friends after school, but now he’s stuck hanging around his mom’s new doggy day care. Then one day he mistakes a dog biscuit for a human cookie, and suddenly he can talk to the dogs! The day care dogs become the friends Gio desperately needs.