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The explosive conclusion to The Last Vocari series is here. Follow Rose as she takes her place among the monsters she once hunted to fight her greatest battle yet.

Povestea celor două prietene, Lila şi Elena, continuă. Acum sunt două tinere ale căror drumuri se despart dramatic. Pe când Elena preferă să-şi continue studiile, Lila se mărită, obținând astfel o condiție socială şi financiară superioară originilor sale modeste, dar rămânând prizonieră într-o căsnicie nefericită. În ciuda căilor diferite pe care au luat-o viețile lor, legătura dintre Lila şi Elena rămâne complexă şi intensă, iar sentimentele fiecăreia oscilează, pe rând, între nepăsare, dispreț şi iubire reciprocă profundă.

Catalina está desesperada. Cuatro semanas no son demasiado para que encuentre a alguien dispuesto a acompañarla a la boda de su hermana al otro lado del Atlántico, y menos aún que finja que la ama.

Just three weeks after my 21st birthday, on the evening of October 4, 1994, I was abducted from the streets of my hometown in Southern Russia while on my way home. They drugged me and drove to another country, where they held me captive in a tiny room at first, and then under a house in a pit. A few weeks after my kidnapping, a brutal civil war broke out. Through eight horrifying months of captivity, witnessing atrocities, surviving bombings and sexual violence, I fought desperately to stay alive, stay sane, and not to lose the one thing that kept me going: my hope.

"Deux ans avant qu'il ne quitte la maison, mon père dit à ma mère que j'étais très laide." Giovanna, fille unique d'un couple de professeurs, vit une enfance heureuse dans les hauteurs de Naples. L'année de ses douze ans, elle surprend une conversation dans laquelle son père la compare à Vittoria, une tante à la réputation maléfique.

Convertida en leyenda, tanto por su vida como por su obra, Tina Modotti tuvo una existencia llena de pasión y de furia, que encontró en la fotografía el medio ideal para expresar su disconformidad y compromiso con el tiempo que le tocó vivir. Tras dejar su natal Italia y después de un efímero paso por California, donde trabaja temporalmente en Hollywood, su relación con Edward Weston la traslada a México.

Are you ready to embark on a magical adventure that will transform bedtime into a dream-filled journey? Dive into "Unicorn Dreams: A Soothing Collection of Magical 5-Minute Bedtime Stories for Kids," where every tale invites your little one to gallop alongside shimmering unicorns! Experience the joy as you meet Velvet, whose special ears unlock the sweetest melodies, and Stardust, who discovers the moon’s enchanting secret!

Maybe it was a mistake to ask my older brother’s best friend to take my v-card… But the real mistake was falling for him. After missing out on every teenage milestone because I was busy battling cancer, I’m finally ready to start living. I have a bucket list all written up (including a naughty list on the back), and I know exactly who I want to have help me.

Leda es una profesora de literatura inglesa, divorciada hace mucho tiempo, dedicada a sus hijas y al trabajo. Cuando ellas se trasladan a vivir con el padre, en vez de vivir la nostalgia y la soledad que esperaba, Leda de repente se siente liberada y decide tomarse unas vacaciones en un pequeño pueblo de la costa. Pero los días de calma aparente se acaban cuando vemos a esta mujer de mediana edad y mucho criterio huyendo de la playa con una muñeca en brazos.

Discover the healthy, flexible, and simple-to-follow approach to help you lose weight and keep it off, once and for all, without feeling deprived! Say good-bye to stress and overwhelm, confusion, boredom, hunger, and lack of motivation. Instead, switch to an alkaline keto lifestyle and give your body what it needs to start losing weight, almost on autopilot!

Kratom a new drug of today. How it’s used, what are the benefits and downsides of it, what does it consist of, is it dangerous? And how it will affect one's perception and abilities are only some of the things covered in this book. There are also practical and real-life examples included for those who seek realism in the world full of false information.

Discover powerful affirmations and self-talk techniques to attract your best life, even if you think it's impossible now. Are you ready to reclaim your mind and make it work for you? Whether you realize it or not, you are constantly affirming something, but if you're like most people, you probably unconsciously keep affirming what you don't want. It's time to say "no" to all those hidden limiting beliefs and self-sabotage and finally empower your self-talk, reprogram your subconscious mind, and become the conscious creator of your reality with positive affirmations.

In The PD Book, bestselling author Elena Aguilar and coauthor Lori Cohen offer seven habits—and a wealth of practical tools—that help you transform professional development. In this book, you'll learn how to inspire adult learners, the importance of having clear purpose, and how to navigate power dynamics in a group. You'll also learn a new way to plan PD that allows you to attend to details and be a responsive facilitator. The dozens of tips and tricks, anecdotes and research, and tools and resources will enable you to create the optimal conditions for learning.

Despite having her own heart broken, wedding planner Hope Turner is a diehard romantic and has dedicated herself to Ever After Ranch and happily ever afters—other peoples. For Levi Langdon there’s only ever been one woman for him. Now that he’s back in town after ten long years, he plans on proving to Hope that those feelings have only grown stronger. Just when Hope starts to believe that a second chance at love and her own happily ever after might finally be possible, devastating news puts everything at risk.

When you fall in love with your best friend, it's the kind of love that's supposed to last forever. Jo Donovan was a true believer of happily ever afters - until her best friend, Christopher, was killed in Afghanistan, destroying her belief that fairy-tale endings existed. Destroying her. Destroying her world. Five years later.... Jo finds herself still stuck in the past, unable to find closure with Christopher's death. When she moves to Austin, Texas, with her son, Junior, she's finally given the fresh start she's been desperately seeking.

Rachel and Matt have it all. They are a beautiful couple—from their tastefully renovated house to their highly successful careers. But beneath the happy façade lies a relationship strained by secrets and lies. While Rachel grows increasingly restless, Matt can't stop thinking about Hannah, Rachel's former best friend who they haven't seen for seventeen years... When Hannah suddenly arrives on their doorstep in the middle of a snowstorm, Rachel and Matt's perfect marriage begins to crack dangerously.

In Cronache erotiche 1: una selezione dei più piccanti racconti erotici troverete racconti per tutti i gusti: da chi ama le pratiche più tipiche del BDSM, a chi vuole divertirsi in una serata di sesso a tre; da chi non vede l’ora di passare una nottata di sesso sfrenato col marito a chi invece la passerebbe in un’orgia; per gli appassionati di Dilf e Milf e sesso in luoghi pubblici e proibiti. Tutto questo e molto altro in questa selezione di racconti erotici piccanti.

The story of Elena and Lila begins in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. The two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else, sometimes to their own detriment, as each discovers more about who she is and suffers or delights in the throes of their intense friendship. There is a piercing honesty about Ferrante’s prose that makes My Brilliant Friend a compulsively readable portrait of two young women, and also the story of a neighbourhood, a city and a country.

Elena und Lila, die Mädchen aus "Meine geniale Freundin" und "Die Geschichte eines neuen Namens", sind inzwischen 22 Jahre. Lila, die schon mit 16 heiratete, verlässt ihren Mann, kämpft mit den Problemen einer alleinerziehenden Mutter und versucht sich als Fabrikarbeiterin über Wasser zu halten. Für Elena, die Neapel verließ, öffnen sich neue Türen zur Welt der Wohlsituierten und Intellektuellen. Wir begleiten die Freundinnen durch die Jahre 1968 bis 1976.

Mit 16 haben Lila und Elena, Freundinnen seit Kindertagen, ihr armseliges neapolitanisches Stadtviertel mit seinen einengenden Konventionen gründlich satt. Lila versucht, durch eine vorteilhafte Ehe ihre Chancen zu verbessern, fühlt sich aber schon bald eingesperrt und verbittert. Elena hingegen lässt den Ort ihrer Kindheit hinter sich und geht zum Studium nach Pisa. Die 1970er Jahre bringen Veränderungen für beide.