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One of the basic structures of everyday life, money is at its core a communication media. Payment systems - cash, card, app, or Bitcoin - are informational and symbolic tools that integrate us into, or exclude us from, the society that surrounds us. Examining the social politics of financial technologies, Lana Swartz reveals what's at stake when we pay.

Quando é chamada ao escritório de um advogado em Londres, Lily não tem ideia de que sua vida está prestes a mudar para sempre. Lá, ela fica sabendo que sua avó nasceu na Hope’s House, um lar para mães solteiras, e recebe uma caixa com pistas sobre sua verdadeira origem: uma receita e um programa de teatro, ambos escritos em italiano.

Ao descobrir que a avó nasceu na Hope’s House, um lar para mães solteiras em Londres, Claudia começa a questionar tudo que sabe sobre suas origens. Convocada para uma reunião sobre o espólio da família, ela recebe uma caixinha com pistas sobre seu passado: apenas um brasão e um cartão de visitas. Em sua investigação, ela fica sabendo que o brasão pertence aos Diaz, uma das mais ricas e tradicionais famílias de Cuba. Num impulso, Claudia compra uma passagem para Havana, decidida a revelar a verdade.

Lana Del Rey brings her breathtaking poetry to life in an unprecedented audiobook. In this stunning spoken-word performance, Lana Del Rey reads 14 poems from her debut book Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass accompanied by music from Grammy Award-winning musician Jack Antonoff.

Alone on the merciless prairie, Caleb Miller faces a nightmare: his wagon train lies in ashes, slaughtered by Cheyenne warriors. With his young bride, Nettie, depending on him, he must outwit hostile tribes, master the brutal wilderness, and forge himself into a warrior worthy of the frontier. 1857, Western Prairies—Freshly married and dreaming of a homestead in the Sweet Water Valley, Caleb and Nettie’s hopes are shattered by violence. Now, survival means more than building a life—it means becoming the shield between civilization and chaos.

Clandestine methamphetamine labs crept into Texas during the latter half of the 20th century, but certain members of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Narcotics Division were hellbent on stopping the malicious tide. Agents Dan Allen and his rookie partner, Kate Starnes, encountered a multi-layered criminal organization operating meth labs in the East Texas piney woods. Dan, in an undercover capacity, infiltrated to the highest levels of the meth clan, while attempting to balance his home life and family responsibilities.

Ruth is alone, unnoticed and at a loss: her marriage has ended, her daughter is leaving home and her job is leading nowhere. But luckily Sookie is back in her life - vivid, self-assured Sookie, who never spared the time for Ruth when they were teenagers, but who now seems to want to be friends. As Ruth is caught up in Sookie's life, she sees that everything is not as simple and Instagrammable as Sookie would have you believe.

Seit drei Wochen ertränkt Alex seine Sorgen im Pub No Mercy. Eigentlich soll er den Laden auskundschaften, aber beim Anblick des Barkeepers Tobi bekommt er regelmäßig weiche Knie. Anstatt ihn zu verraten, vereitelt er einen Angriff auf Tobi und gerät so in den Fokus eines eskalierenden Bandenkrieges. Von jetzt an besteht Alex' einziges Ziel darin, Tobi zu beschützen.

Set in 1790, a chilling tempest rages through the North Carolina wilderness as seasoned investigator Levi Adams wrestles with a mysterious case in the dead of night. What should’ve been a routine strangulation bears eerie signs—signs Levi has seen before. But nothing can prepare him for the knock that shatters the stillness: a messenger from Raven Cove, a cursed town Levi vowed never to return to.

Piers “Webber” Webb knew two things for certain. One, he needed to stay the hell away from Silver Donahue. Two, he didn’t think there was a chance in hell that he could. He tries, though. For a solid year, he does his best to be dismissive to the point where he appears cold and threatening. But when Silver finds herself in danger, he forgets why he was giving her the cold shoulder to begin with. The thing is, Silver didn’t forget.

Murder. Missing people. Small-town secrets. Swamp legends. Southern charm and Louisiana Folklore. Welcome to the world of Uncle Joe—where nothing is ever quite what it seems, and the deeper you dig, the darker it gets. In this gripping collection, you'll find the first five books in the Tales from Uncle Joe series, where Louisiana native Joe Conrad—“Uncle Joe” to most—stumbles into a string of chilling mysteries stretching from the Carolinas back to the haunted backwoods of his bayou home.

After receiving a call from his sister Bertha about some strange activity around her property, Joe investigates and soon comes to believe it may be the product of a Rougarou. As more weird phenomena take place, Joe and Alvin seek the help and wisdom of a friend who helps shed light on the folklore of the Rougarou. From cattle mutilations, eerie night howls, strange footprints, to dead bodies showing up with large teeth and claw marks, the theory of a Rougarou's involvement becomes more and more evident.

Humble Kai aspires to become more than the petite, inconsequential young woman her community sees. Persistence pays off when the village holy leaders reveal a prophecy—Kai might actualize her dream of being a hero if she completes three seemingly impossible tasks. Princess Solveig, descendant of the famous shieldmaiden Sigrid the Valiant, believes she was born to accomplish great things, but her poor eyesight, weak constitution, and lack of physical expertise hold her back. Convinced she can never realize her ambitions, Solveig settles for living vicariously through her warrior girlfriend.

Upon discovering the gruesome murder of one of his employees, Joe receives a mysterious call from a man believed to be the notorious serial killer known as The Pale Skinned Man. Joe and the gang work with Sheriff Landry and Detective Fontenot to track down the deranged man before he can strike again. Despite their efforts, more bodies turn up in the swamplands with the signature clues of The Pale Skinned Man. With rumors of the man secretly running a bloodthirsty group of twisted individuals with an interest in vampirism, Joe and the gang rush to find answers.

Katherine heads to Santa Fe, New Mexico along with a Maine Coon Cat kitten to spend New Year’s Eve with Lars. Her guilty feelings over the organist’s death has her needing an escape. When she reaches Santa Fe, she discovers Lars is missing. She seeks and finds him and steps into another mystery. Lars’ daughter dislikes Katherine but when the young woman is kidnapped, they are puzzled. The murder of Lars’ daughter and one of his employees makes solving the mysteries necessary. Can she learn before Lars becomes a victim.

Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter glaubt Rose, sie sei nun ganz allein auf der Welt. Umso größer ist ihre Hoffnung, als sie ein geheimnisvolles Erbstück aus einem Londoner Frauenhaus erhält: Können die Pferdefigur und das Stück glitzernde Seide in der kleinen hölzernen Schachtel sie zu ihrer verlorenen Familie führen? Ihre Recherchen weisen Rose den Weg nach Argentinien, auf eine weitläufige und luxuriöse Ranch, wo einst die besten Polopferde der Welt gezüchtet wurden. Dort lernt sie den charmanten Benjamin kennen, der sie ermutigt, weiter nach ihren Wurzeln zu suchen.

Detective duo Mrs Jameson and Marjorie Swallow are called to investigate when a renowned garden designer suspects that someone is sabotaging her priceless Himalayan Sapphire Lilies, ahead of the 1923 Chelsea Flower Show. But soon it’s not just the flowers that are dying. Rival gardeners, intrepid plant hunters and even King George V himself are caught up in a poisonous bouquet with its roots deep in the mountains of Tibet. The third in the Marjorie Swallow 1920s murder mystery series requires all her wit, charm and pluck to solve.

After receiving a frantic call from his friend Alvin about a dead body with a bag of money out in the swamps, Joe heads up the bayou in his Jon boat to try and figure things out. The further he digs, the stranger things become. With more bodies showing with gruesome markings and injuries, rumors begin to spread of everything from a rogue Swamp Booger, the Rougarou, a Satanic Cult, or possibly the workings of a decades-old serial killer known as The Pale Skinned Man.

As Uncle Joe attempts to make his way back home to Louisiana after stumbling into Trouble in the Carolinas, he soon learns there is even more trouble waiting for him on the home front. With his crazy witch of a neighbor seeming to have placed a curse on him and his family, Joe enters uncharted waters to protect himself and everyone he holds dear.

My name’s Joe Conrad. Peter Joseph Conrad to be precise, but most folks just call me Joe. ‘Cept for my nieces and nephews of course. They tend to call me Uncle Joe. I’ve seen quite a few things in my sixty-six years of living, but I tell ya what, I don’t think anything could’ve prepared me for what was awaitin’ me in the Carolinas.