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La vita perfetta di Sandra Morrison è andata in pezzi il giorno in cui Alan, suo marito, è stato ritrovato morto in uno squallido parcheggio. Era seduto nella sua auto, con la gola tagliata e i pantaloni calati. La polizia non ha dubbi: un banale caso di omicidio a scopo di rapina, probabilmente un incontro finito male con una prostituta. Per Sandra, è come essere precipitata in un incubo: ora è rimasta sola nella bella casa di Bobbyber Drive, a occuparsi della figlia adolescente ferita e arrabbiata e a rimettere insieme i pezzi di un puzzle senza senso.

Personaggio trasgressivo e rivoluzionario, Andy Warhol ha saputo interpretare la società dei consumi con uno sguardo freddo e critico, ma senza giudizio. La sua opera mostra come il consumismo svolga nella società un doppio ruolo di identificazione con gli oggetti-segni e di sublimazione della paura della morte. Attraverso l'uso dei codici massmediali, Warhol ha realizzato delle opere che sono diventate icone dell'immaginario contemporaneo, ma la sua grandezza non sta tanto nella citazione, quanto nella capacità di rendere lo spettatore consapevole del linguaggio dei mass media.

Noel un inquieto quarantenne inaspettatamente deve fare i conti con le proprie origini. Si ritrova suo malgrado coinvolto in un'avventura vorticosa, districandosi in un crescendo di situazioni scomode, tra misteri, cimeli antichi, donne ammalianti ed un labirintico maniero.

Seit 40 Jahren ist Elisabeth schon mit Friedrich verheiratet - glücklich, trotz einiger Schicksalsschläge. Auch seine Alzheimererkrankung kann ihre Liebe nicht erschüttern. Doch eines Abends wirkt er besonders verwirrt. Während eines TV-Beitrags über den seit 22 Jahren ungeklärten Mord an der besten Freundin ihrer Tochter gibt er Verstörendes von sich. Er erwähnt Details, die er gar nicht kennen dürfte. In Elisabeth regt sich ein schlimmer Verdacht. Was ist, wenn jemand seit 22 Jahren ein dunkles Geheimnis hütet?

Un libro de poesía que nos invita a amarnos como mujeres y a liberarnos de todo aquello que la sociedad nos ha hecho creer. Si estás leyendo esto me tienes abierta en canal entre tus manos. Si te sumerges en estas páginas podrás oír a la niña que baila dentro de mí. Si te intercalas entre mis sílabas verás miles de batallas en las que luchamos sin merecerlo. Si decides abarcarte entre mis letras sentirás el fuego que enciende la revolución de las mujeres. Y entonces, cuando esa chispa de amor propio y revolución se enciende en el pecho, ya sí que no hay marcha atrás.

Er nannte sich Murat Cem. Doch in den Akten heißt er nur VP01. Unter welchem Namen er heute lebt, ist ebenso geheim wie sein Aufenthaltsort. Der Mann, der lange Zeit der wohl beste und wichtigste V-Mann Deutschlands war, blieb stets ein Phantom. Bis es den SPIEGEL-Reportern Jörg Diehl, Roman Lehberger und Fidelius Schmid gelang, ihn zu treffen, fast ein Jahr lang zu begleiten und seine unfassbare Lebensgeschichte aufzuschreiben. Im verdeckten Einsatz für die Polizei überführte Murat Cem nicht nur Drogen- und Waffenhändler.

Roman Quaedvlieg was always destined to make a mark. As a rookie policeman on the mean streets of Fortitude Valley in the dying days of the Moonlight State, his first arrest was Brisbane's most wanted escapee. Three decades later, he found himself navigating through the corridors of power in Canberra. Tour de Force charts the years in between, during which he truly sees it all.

Do you speak money? You should. It is the world's most important language. It's spoken everywhere. Speaking - or at least understanding - this language allows you to follow the real conversations in politics, business, and at work. Understanding money and speaking the language fluently is critical to preparing for a comfortable retirement, building a small business, or planning for college and a career for your children. Everyone speaks it differently, with different dialects.

Ruth McClintock is obsessed with Annie Oakley. For nearly a decade, she has been studying the legendary sharpshooter, convinced that a scarring childhood event was the impetus for her crusade to arm every woman in America. This search has cost Ruth her doctorate, a book deal, and her fiance - but finally it has borne fruit. She has managed to hunt down what may be a journal of Oakley's midlife struggles, including secret visits to a psychoanalyst and the desire for vengeance against the "Wolves", or those who have wronged her.

Smart Is the New Rich: Money Guide for Millennials is an interactive, step-by-step guide to all things money. From credit, student debt, savings, investing, taxes, and mortgages, CNN's chief business correspondent Christine Romans shows this newest generation of earners how to build wealth. You'll learn the old-fashioned approach that leads to a healthier financial lifestyle, and open the door on a straightforward conversation about earning, saving, spending, growing, and protecting your money.

Little Bamboo Seed happily floats through the sky, dreaming of his exciting new life. But suddenly - slam! He finds himself buried in the dirt, lonely and forgotten. As he grows into a sprout and beyond, Bamboo must learn that the Master has bigger plans for him than he could ever imagine. This rollicking story takes us from the sky, underground, and up again, reminding listeners that through our up-and-down seasons of growing and waiting, God is always working wonders.

On a flight to Washington D.C., the past 12 years of Michael Warren’s life begin to unravel. An environmental lobbyist, Michael is on his way to testify before a Senate Committee, and destroy the plans for a housing development built on land tainted with the same toxic waste that killed his six-year-old daughter, Dominique. A cassette handed to Michael by a stranger on the plane changes everything.

David’s trial by fire awaits. The unwitting hero and captain of the mystical sailing ship, Moon Singer, has yet to learn that his deafness is his greatest gift. This "disability", along with his possession of three sacred artifacts: The Singer Crystal, The Rose Crystal, and The Wind Rose Compass, bestow David the power to save the lives of everyone he loves. Yet he feels that all the miracles he brought home on the Moon Singer have dissipated. He's just as deaf as before, his sister's paralysis has returned, and his anguish over his mother's death is stronger than ever.

If David Nickerson, whose deafness still eludes treatment, cannot hear it, will he be able to tap into music's power to save the planet from catastrophe? Only if he is able to reunite the three sacred artifacts: the Singer crystal, the Rose Crystal pendant, and the Wind Rose compass. Their Triune energy is critical if David is to reharmonize the destructive discordant music created by a vengeful music master bent on manipulating weather systems to bring about climate disasters.

Pour tous les amateurs d'Outlander ou de Game of Thrones ! Ragnvald de Møre règne désormais sur le comté de Sogn. Les batailles menées au nom du roi Harald de Norvège l'éloignent cependant la plupart du temps de ses terres, ce dont profitent certains de ses proches pour tenter d'affaiblir son pouvoir. Svanhild, sa soeur, mène quant à elle la vie aventureuse dont elle rêvait aux côtés de Solvi, ennemi juré de Ragnvald. Mais cette liberté à un prix.

Even in death, a mother guides her son through triumph and tragedy to his true destiny. Billie Nickerson must accept her own mortality as the only way her son will receive the intuitive gifts he was born to inherit, to save her family - and perhaps the world - from a disastrous fate. But learning that she has died too soon creates a Karmic crisis, as Billie tries to escape the afterlife and return to her loved ones.

У каждой истории есть своё начало и свой конец. И у истории Кота тоже. Семь Братьев и Семь Ключей найдены. Мир, созданный для развлечения, пробудился. Ускользающая власть, мнимое богатство, иллюзия бессмертия больше не имеют значения.

Фантастический роман Романа Прокофьева, шестая книга цикла "Игра Кота", жанр боевое фэнтези, героическая фантастика, LitRPG. Говорят, у "Сферы Миров" нет границ. Игроки шагнули во вселенную, полную тайн. И она готовится защитить себя. Тот, кто ввязался в эту игру, уже не может остановиться.

Everyone wants to be noticed, but most don't want to put in the work to get there. This audiobook offers proven tactics from my life to get the most out of life, when you are right in the middle of it. Most look for the easy way out and that normally means feeling external pleasures. I take a different approach and dive deep into myself and uncover a broken internal structure. I decide to rebuild, but first, I must get off of my medications and get my mind and body right.

Where do light bulbs go when they burn out? Do they stay dead forever? Or can they be regenerated to live a brand-new life with a brand-new purpose? If they’re lucky, they go to Star Factory 13 to become glorious stars in the sky, after they pass a rigorous test of their personality given by Carelia the light goddess, that is. But how in the world did 10-year-old Alicia get to Star Factory 13?