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Madrid, primeras décadas del siglo pasado. Elisa Montero, aunque de origen humilde, es criada desde niña por su madrina, una adinerada y misteriosa mujer perteneciente a la alta burguesía madrileña. La sensación de no pertenecer a ningún lugar y de cierta rebeldía ante los designios que otros han trazado para ella será algo que marcará su vida.

È una ragazzina, Mangiaterra, quando scopre il suo potere misterioso: le basta inghiottire un pugno di terra perché la verità sulle persone disperse e su quelle che, ormai, popolano l'aldilà le si dipinga nella mente e le sconvolga l'anima. Il suo corpo si contrae, nel disgusto e nella repulsione per se stessa, ma il suo sguardo penetra la notte che circonda gli scomparsi, legge i segni nascosti nelle visioni, vibra delle storie terribili che la terra nasconde.

Doctor Anna Hastings is no stranger to disasters, having spent much of her career as an aid worker in conflict zones around the world. Yet when an electrical phenomenon known as an EMP brings down the power grid, Anna faces catastrophe on a scale she never imagined. She must learn what it means to be a doctor in a world deprived of almost all technology.

The highly anticipated follow-up to Bang. Echo is the second book in the Black Lotus series. It's been said the longest echo ever measured lasted 75 seconds, but I can assure you, this will last much longer. The bang deafened the world around me, muting everything into nullity, allowing the reflection of its destruction to live far beyond its intended life. It will follow me forever, destroying me - destroying you.

When Meghan receives an order to bake a cake for a wealthy individual in town, she’s happy to wow them with her culinary skills. However, she’s not happy with this person’s condescending and unpleasant behavior. But she’s ready to put up with it, as she believes it’ll lead to more business. She’s in for a rude surprise when this new customer is found dead…and her treats are identified as the cause of their demise. Meghan knows no amount of crying will change the verdict against her in the court of public opinion. She knows she only has one option. And that is to fight!

It's the start of a new year and Meghan is hoping for change in her personal and emotional life. She never bargained that change would come in the form of an unexpected visitor to her marital home and the mysterious murder of a popular figure in the small town of Sandy Bay. Meghan is left worried and confused as heated opinions of the events leading to the murder seem to distract everyone from the actual homicide itself. Was the murder coincidental or a coordinated, sinister undertaking? Will Meghan learn to live with her unexpected guest or allow her relationship to hit the rocks?

Davrik is a Kindred warrior who lost his beloved wife in a shuttle crash five years ago. Unwilling to accept her loss, he embarks on a mission to find her doppelganger in alternate universes. Sonya, trapped in a world devoid of love, becomes the center of his desperate rescue mission. Captured by the Scourge and sold to an alien brothel, Sonya's life has taken a dark turn. When Davrik arrives, offering salvation, she is overjoyed at first. But that’s before she discovers a secret that shatters her heart and changes everything she thought she knew.

With Grounded and Free, you will learn how to use receptivity and tenderness to nurture roots of stability and centeredness that will serve you through your most challenging trials and storms. What we are most afraid of is the gateway to our freedom. Here, you are invited to enter that realm with courage and kindness - to evolve and embrace the full wonder of your life.

Als ein Attentäter Reynas Leben in Gefahr bringt, hat sie genug von ihrem Job als Leibwächterin der Königin. Kurzerhand beschließen sie und ihre Partnerin Kianthe, eine mächtige Magierin, ein Büchercafé mit besonderen Teesorten zu eröffnen. Doch die erhoffte Ruhe bleibt zunächst aus: Sie müssen sich nicht nur in ihrem neuen Leben zurechtfinden, sondern auch herausfinden, was es mit den Drachenangriffen auf sich hat, die ihr neues Zuhause immer wieder heimsuchen.

Was uns unvorstellbar erscheint - Sabine Kuegler hat es erlebt. Unter archaischen Bedingungen wuchs sie im Dschungel West-Papuas auf. Heute lebt sie in Deutschland. »Angst habe ich erst hier kennen gelernt«, sagt sie. Und sie weiß, dass sie zurückkehren wird. Sabine Kueglers Geschichte beginnt, als sie mit fünf Jahren als Tochter deutscher Sprachforscher und Missionare nach West Papua kommt.

¡Hola! If you got here, it's because you are interested in learning Spanish using the stories method. Then, let me tell you that you won’t regret buying this book because it contains 20 stories about different topics that have vocabulary and sentences that will be really useful for your process of learning Spanish. It is scientifically proven that learning a new language, or at least a second one, has a lot of benefits for your brain.

Esilaranti e sulfurei, questi nove racconti aprono uno squarcio sulla vita americana, mettendone a nudo il sentimento di un'epoca. Con narrazione incendiaria, David Foster Wallace evoca personaggi storici come Lyndon Johnson, presentatori televisivi, yuppies, punk e proletari della provincia più depressa, indagando il drammatico gioco tra verità e finzione, "la materia di cui sono fatti i sogni collettivi." Uscita nel 1989, questa raccolta è considerata un classico della letteratura americana.

The pain of deceit was fresh, but love and desire overruled everything else. Now, Aria and Aiden face their greatest challenge yet. Aria Cason’s life took an unexpected turn when she reconnected with Aiden Raine, the man who awakened a pure and undeniable love she’d thought was lost forever. Aria’s love for him burns deep, yet he still pushes for more - the total surrender of her heart. When a painful memory becomes her guiding light, she questions if a happily ever after really exists for a girl who never wanted one.

Cornovaglia, 1730: Red, una bambina di sette anni con i capelli rossi e uno straordinario talento per le storie, viaggia in lungo e in largo per la contea assieme a suo padre, George Decimo di Kernow, un divinatore che si guadagna da vivere predicendo il futuro grazie all’antico metodo di cartomanzia del Quadrato dei Sette.

¿Y si las brujas fueran las buenas del cuento? Una nueva aventura de Anna Kadabra y El club de la Luna Llena ¡Se acerca el cumpleaños de Madame Prune! Por desgracia, a Anna y los demás brujos se les acaba el tiempo para pensar en un buen regalo. Es entonces cuando la pandilla se entera de que la maestra perdió a su mascota mágica cuando era una niña.

Taxifahrerin Sarah Teufel macht den Verbrechern in Ostfriesland das Leben schwer - denn in Palinghuus wird nicht gesabbelt, sondern ermittelt! Jetzt gibt es ihre ersten drei Fälle in einem Hörbuch! "Folge 1": Es ist kalt und neblig in Palinghuus, als die Taxifahrerin Sarah Teufel frühmorgens am Schiffsanleger auf die Fähre aus Baltrum wartet... "Folge 2": Bei einer Inspektion von Sarahs Taxi entdeckt James ein rätselhaftes Päckchen unter der Rückbank... "Folge 3": Wie jedes Jahr im Juni ziehen als Koalas verkleidete Freiwillige durch die Dörfer an der ostfriesischen Küste.

Padre Pio was gifted with the cross of Jesus from his earliest days. His personal relationship with Jesus and Mary manifested itself to him from the time he was a child. His entire world centered around the little church of Our Lady of the Angels in his little home town of Pietrelcina. It might as well have been his home. He spent more time there than at his home. All the important events in his early life took place in that church.

Faltan dos semanas para la boda de la teniente Valentina Redondo y Oliver Gordon. En plenos preparativos, los sorprende la noticia de un atentado masivo en el Templo del Agua del famoso balneario cántabro de Puente Viesgo. Las instalaciones del idílico paraíso de agua estaban ocupadas por un grupo de empresarios, y todo apunta a que la masacre ha sido perpetrada con una peligrosísima arma química. Valentina tendrá que cooperar con el ejército y con un equipo de la UCO para resolver el crimen.

The account of the "Apparitions of Our Lady at Tepayec Hill in Mexico City - 1531".

Very Kinky Girls is a collection of short extremely kinky stories. It is a debut sampler of seven tales of erotic wildness. Each girl embraces all aspects of their own explicit fantasies in each tale, whilst cloaked in the anonymity of London. Some girls are very gothic and dominant. Others are aroused by their submissive desires as they surrender to the will of a trusted confederate, which may be either male, female, or a bit of both.