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Ellie Abela’s life has been anything but easy. Tragedy follows her wherever she goes, and she’s been a lot of places. At 20, she’s lived in over 10 different states, all because of her dad’s career in medical research. His career is just another list of the causes of tragedies in El’s life. He’s dying, and with every breath he takes closer to Heaven, Ellie dies a little bit inside, too. At 12, she lost her mom in a drunk driving accident, and in a matter of months she fears she’ll lose the last person she has in the world to cancer.

Reese White has spent her whole life trying so hard to be perfect that when she looks in the mirror, she doesn't know the person staring back at her. Sure, she's always gotten high grades and excelled academically, but she's never put much time into herself. Now, as she heads off to college, Reese realizes she's remained so hidden inside a book that she's invisible to everyone, including herself. Kellin Lake has always seen Reese, his little sister's best friend, the beautiful girl hidden behind baggy clothes and good grades - but he's hiding, too - even from her.

Natalie Scott's life is simple, with no strings attached. As a band photographer, she's made metal music her life, and life on tour means no relationships. At least not ones that last, and that's the way she likes it. She only has one rule. Don't date or otherwise screw around with the client. But she never said anything about love. Brent Andrews knows Natalie's rules. He's about to make sure he's an exception to them. All of them. Even ones she doesn't know she has.

Danny "Madman" Maddox isn’t supposed to make Skylar Haze's heart beat out of rhythm. At least not anymore. She hasn't seen that boyish face since the day he left to go on tour with her brother Joey's band. Now, with a major record label backing them, the band is in need of a bit of help, and when Joey asks Skylar to be the band's photographer, she can't help but say yes. Of course, Joey doesn’t know about that forbidden kiss. The one Skylar hopes Danny’s forgotten. But can she?

"I Malavoglia," il romanzo più conosciuto ed apprezzato di Giovanni Verga, è la storia di una famiglia di pescatori di umili origini nel contesto della Sicilia rurale di fine '800. È l'affresco grandioso di una società meridionale aggrappata alle antiche usanze ma scossa dagli echi del progresso europeo, in cui i personaggi del romanzo subiscono sulla loro pelle le lacerazioni di un mondo che va inesorabilmente cambiando.

Just beyond the waking edges of Lucerìa, an 18th-century town in the kingdom of Naples, lies the Night: an enigmatic fiefdom governed by seven immortals and fueled by Moira, the power to reshape one’s destiny. On this porous border separating Day from Night, Oriana spends her time fantasizing about becoming a smith in her father’s forge and eavesdropping on whispered tales of beasts and men who roam the nocturnal realm. But in the Night, these stories come alive, as Oriana saw for herself after she inadvertently trespassed into the Secret Market of the Dead.

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Adele ha quasi trent'anni, una vita benestante e borghese ai margini della noia di una giovinezza che sembra già sfiorita. Quando Guido la incontra su una pista da sci nell'altopiano di Asiago, tutta la differenza d'età - lui ha appena vent'anni, irrequieti e incalzanti - e quella fra le loro famiglie sembrano non contare nulla davanti a quella donna bionda dal maglione rosso che lo soccorre dopo un piccolo incidente. Iniziano giorni appassionati e colmi, fra le discese notturne sulla neve, Venezia, il mare di Chioggia, i bagni nel fiume, le feste contadine.

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Pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1878 nella pagine de Il Fanfulla, "Rosso Malpelo" è diventata nel corso degli anni un classico della letteratura italiana. Una novella che rappresenta ancora oggi una testimonianza vivida delle durissime condizioni dei lavoratori delle cave siciliane dell'800, costretti a una "non vita" fatta di fatiche e sofferenze estreme.

Zehn Florentiner Adlige, die im Pestjahr 1348 aus der Stadt fliehen, erzählen einander Geschichten, um sich die Zeit zu vertreiben. In diesen wird leidenschaftlich geliebt, inbrünstig gehasst, gelitten, betrogen und schamlos verführt. Den Sprechern dieses bunten Erzählreigens, darunter Größen wie Gert Westphal, Uwe Friedrichsen u. v. a., gelingt es, Boccaccios burlesken Tonfall mittels einer fein bemessenen Ironie und dank eines unbestechlichen Gespürs für Situationskomik aufs Trefflichste zu veredeln.

Would you like to start a business from home? Would you like to start creating a passive income but don't know where to start? Then, this audiobook is for you. Inside, you will find extremely useful information, both for those who are beginners and for those who want to refine techniques already known.

Have you either "got it" or you haven't yet? Are you born without outstanding communication skills or can they be learned? Either way, you'll need to be a master communicator to get in your studies and to progress throughout your career and life in general. Well, this textbook covers the essential and hidden secrets of what having the ability to speak with ease is all regarding.

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Don't buy a used car before buying this manual! This manual provides detailed information on do it yourself pre-purchase inspections, test drive instructions and tips, popular dealer scams and lies, and information that will potentially save you thousands of dollars in the purchase of your next used car. It also contains suggested methods on how to protect yourself and your family from scammers, in addition to a section on possible solutions to the problems that have plagued auto manufacturers for many years and that they seem to refuse to address.

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We too often listen to negative self-chatter about ourselves or others but are not so inclined to listen to our instincts or trust ourselves. Where would you be in your life today if you had trusted yourself in the past and not talked yourself out of things that felt right? When you listen to Trust Yourself from My Mind Valley, your mind-set will be reoriented toward taking that leap and betting on yourself. Just absorb the material and let the change happen without you even knowing it!

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Nell’anno della celebrazione del 150° anniversario dell’unità d’Italia il CD contiene una scelta di testi significativi che intendono ricordare che la poesia, nel corso dei secoli, ha cantato l’identità italiana e l’appartenenza alla patria. Il senso dell’Italia, presente molto prima della sua unità politica, attraversa i secoli e giunge fino ad oggi: la voce dei poeti, come documento e come testimonianza, costituisce un filo rosso dal mondo romano fino al Novecento.