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America, anni Venti. Jordan Baker cresce negli ambienti più raffinati. Non le manca nulla: denaro, istruzione, la stoffa per il golf e inviti alle feste più esclusive dell'Età del Jazz. Queer e asiatica è in realtà guardata dall'alta società come poco più che un'attrazione esotica, e non può accedere a ciò che conta davvero. Ma il mondo è pieno di meraviglie: patti diabolici, illusioni sfolgoranti, fantasmi perduti e il potere arcano degli elementi. Jordan deve solo imparare a usarli.

Ever dreamt of being a superhero? For 14-year-old Riley, Taisia, Evelina, and Skyler it’s not a dream, but a painful reality. They were born with powers that could wield fire, water, wind, and earth. But they were never told about their true identities. In fact, they didn’t know about each other until their acceptance to one of the most prestigious schools in San Francisco, Aditus High School. Riley and Taisia become best friends and embark on a journey to unravel the mystery behind their true identities. Along the way, they face the challenges of a normal high school lifestyle.

A beautiful summer's evening in a Kent field and around their two caravans a group of strawberry pickers celebrates a birthday. But what lies behind the buy-one-get-one-free offers at your supermarket and who picks our strawberries? The Ukrainians: Irina, just off the coach from Kiev, and Andriy, the miner's son from the other Ukraine; the Poles: Tomasz and Yola; two Chinese girls; Emanuel, the round-eyed eighteen-year-old from Malawi. And although he can't pick strawberries, there's also the Dog…

Unsterbliches Verlangen in der neuen Vampir-Fantasy-Serie von Sapir A. Englard, der Autorin von "The Millennium Wolves" Die verführerische Romantasy-Reihe – gefangen zwischen Machtspielen, Begierde und uralten Feindschaften "Lauf weg!", warnte mein Instinkt, als ich den megaheißen Typen in der runtergekommenen Bar sah. Aber ich hörte nicht darauf – und jetzt bin ich tot. Als wäre mein Menschenleben nicht schon kompliziert genug gewesen, hat mir der mächtige Lord Ragnor Rayne die Prägung gegeben und das Wichtigste genommen: meine Freiheit.

Beim glutvollen Blick des Fremden schießt Hannah das Blut in die Wangen! Aber noch heißer wird der unscheinbaren Bibliothekarin, als sie erfährt: Scheich Akin Sarraf ist nach New York gekommen, um ihr die Ehe vorzuschlagen. Er will, dass sie und ihr Baby, Sohn seines verstorbenen Bruders, zu ihm in den fernen Staat Baaqi ziehen. Soll Hannah das Abenteuer eingehen? In Akins Palast wie in einem Märchen aus 1001 Nacht leben? Eine Vernunftehe mit diesem exotischen Wüstenherrscher erscheint ihr furchteinflößend – und erregend zugleich.

Da quando la moglie Allegra è morta, precipitando da un dirupo affacciato sul lago di Como, Giacomo, imprenditore e titolare di un brand di gioielli, si trascina tra mattine grigie e pomeriggi interminabili, nell'attesa del momento in cui finalmente arriverà a casa e potrà chiudere fuori il mondo. Dopo essersi versato un bicchiere del whiskey preferito, il suo unico desiderio è passare la serata a riascoltare dalle casse dello stereo i vocali che la moglie gli ha mandato negli anni, e aggrappandosi a quella voce illudersi di averla ancora accanto.

H si fa chiamare con una lettera muta, come mute sono le vittime della storia, la stessa lettera che nella tavola periodica indica l'idrogeno, l'elemento alla base della bomba atomica. La sua storia comincia proprio il 6 agosto del 1945, quando il lancio di "Little Boy" su Hiroshima la colpisce ancora bambina e la sfigura nel profondo, lì dove risiede la storia di un corpo e la promessa di una maternità.

Have you seen any starter homes for sale lately? Neither have we. In this podcast, we speak with experts and try to figure out why this humble first home is going extinct. We’ll be exploring if it is the politicians, wielding zoning laws like a murder weapon who killed the starter home? Or maybe the scaredy-cat planners and designers? Or the developers, armed with cookie-cutter plans and corporate indifference? Is it our convoluted tax policy that subsidies homeownership, but puts every tax penalty in the way of creation of the starter homes. Spoiler alert: it’s probably a little of ...

This book tells the true stories of mariners who became marauders, attacking, hiding, recruiting and disputing in and around Mauritius in the 17th and 18th centuries. Pirates stopped here to rest their crews, provision their ships, offload their captives, and occasionally to maroon their own men. It is also the location for the Christmas Day shipwreck and the first official salvage operation of a pirate ship in history. Read the real, authenticated accounts of pirates like John Bowen and Olivier La Buse who once haunted these shores.

Who says you have to be perfect? This is a story about a little Christmas cookie who finds the answer to this question. He is innocently dubbed "the ugly Christmas cookie" by the children who made him and starts out to be quite sad, but soon finds out from someone very special just how special he really is. In the end, we all can learn that we are enough, just as we are! If you would like to teach your children this powerful message, click on the BUY NOW button at the top of this page and enjoy reading The Ugly Christmas Cookie together for the holidays or anytime!

Since their unsolved murders in 1989, the Graveyard Girls have become local legends in Cobbly Nob. Tales of lies, deceit, ghostly apparitions, and mysterious gifts being left on their graves bring paranormal fans from all around to visit their haunting grounds. As the local “ghost girl” and resident of a now famous haunted Inn, Amber finds herself being pulled into the legend of the Graveyard Girls and the questions surrounding their deaths. Joined by her new friends, she embarks on yet another mystery in hopes of discovering the terrifying truth of what happened that fateful night. ...

Minoru Aose es un arquitecto de mediana edad cuya carrera y familia se desmoronaron con el estallido de la burbuja económica de Japón y que ha acabado refugiándose en la mediocridad. Sin embargo, su vida da un vuelco cuando recibe un encargo muy peculiar: diseñar una casa a su antojo en el espléndido terreno que sus clientes, los Yoshino, poseen en las montañas.

Creo que, al leer este libro, su vida será inspirada a vivirla en intensa oración, usted se volverá un intercesor fervoroso por sus hijas e hijos, por su comunidad, por la iglesia, por los perdidos, por los pecadores, por los que cometen abominaciones, por esos con que Dios está airado; interceda para que Dios ponga su sellos sobre usted, y así sea libre de la ira que vendrá.

The audiobook 52 Pieces: A Manual of Light to Survive the Abyss of Trauma is based on Dr. Marina Kostina's near-death sky-diving accident and her miraculous journey back to life. Dr. Kostina's body and face were broken into 52 pieces, and it took 10 surgeries to put her back together. The book details the author's struggle with PTSD, depression, and anxiety through the abyss of her tragedy.

Discover the secrets to success and fulfillment in "The Atomic Game Changer: 9 Life-Changing Principles for Unrivaled Success and Fulfillment." Unlock your hidden potential and transform your life with these powerful principles that have helped countless individuals and businesses thrive.

The suburbs of Par Mars. Two shopping centres, rows of estates and a thematic design scheme. Twenty-four-year-old Leen is going to open an ear-cleaning and massage salon in the Topic Heights Shopping Centre, taking her mother's Chinese ritual to the West to bring people back to their bodies. But something is not quite right in Par Mars. Managers are being attacked, and when Leen befriends Jean Paul, a pharmacist who is obsessed with a cryptic online forum, she finds herself involved in a community that is intent on disrupting the routines of capitalism in increasingly troubling ways.

Almost every business needs ongoing sales to keep it afloat, profitable, and viable. While some businesses are able to get by with just a few repeat customers, for the vast majority, an influx of new business is essential. This is where an effective and efficient sales system comes into play. Developing such a system may seem complicated, but there is a ready solution.

Tra i fondatori del Partito Comunista d'Italia, Antonio Gramsci trascorse gran parte della propria vita politica da recluso, accusato di marxismo e antifascismo. Il 25 aprile 1937, nel giorno in cui sarebbero state sospese le misure di detenzione nei suoi confronti, Gramsci venne colpito da un'emorragia cerebrale, rimanendo semiparalizzato. Morì due giorni dopo, lasciandosi alle spalle un numero di quesiti irrisolti e testimonianze contraddittorie.

Nuclear War BEFORE recounts an ancient description of what was undoubtedly a nuclear war in India thousands of years ago, and was referenced in our era by J. Robert Oppenheimer the moment we detonated our first atomic bomb in 1945.

A partir de una experiencia personal con la taxidermia, y rodeado de anécdotas sobre el traslado de huesos, Cristóbal Marín narra en esta crónica las peripecias de su viaje en búsqueda de información sobre el paradero y destino de los fueguinos que murieron tanto en Londres como Europa durante el siglo XIX luego de ser expuestos en zoológicos humanos y ferias o llevados, siempre contra su voluntad, para ser analizados por científicos y anatomistas y, en algunos casos, educados en los valores occidentales con el propósito de que regresara "civilizados" a sus tierras.