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"Las 1000 palabras esenciales". El idioma polaco es una lengua eslava hablado principalmente en Polonia. Hablantes nativos: 50 millones. Nuestro método de aprendizaje: una selección de cientos de frases y palabras esenciales. Los escuchas, los repites, y hablas. Nos basamos en la pronunciación, el ensayo oral, la escucha, combinados con palabras, frases esenciales y una lista de vocabulario. El 20% de las palabras se usan el 80% del tiempo. El objetivo final es obtener un nivel suficiente en un idioma para poder mantener conversaciones simples.

In a small town in the Deep South, Flora Dane, is part of a task force committed to hunting down every last trace of notorious serial kidnapper, Jacob Ness. As his last victim, imprisoned by Ness in a small box for over a year, she knew him better than most. Even after his death, his evil still lingers. But this is the kind of town that doesn’t take kindly to strangers asking questions. The kind of town where dark secrets lurk just beneath the surface. The kind of town she might not leave alive.

All Henry VI "The Mad" ever wanted was peace. But everything kept going to hell around him, till his mind broke from the pressure of having to rule two kingdoms, wage a war, and survive countless cabals all the while having not a single clue how rulership worked. Henry VI was thrown into power at the tender age of nine months, and kept being let down by everyone around him, while he struggled to understand what was going on.

Have you ever been to a King Lear performance with the impression of not having understood everything? It's normal. Shakespeare's plays are the most beautiful of the theatrical repertoire, but you cannot go to a Shakespeare play if you do not have a minimum prepared this show: understand the issues, characters, context, cultural or historical references is indispensable. The same is true if you intend to read a play by William Shakespeare: our summaries will help you better understand what you have read.

1870. It is opening night at the Royal Opera House in a freezing city by the sea, where a huge crystal chandelier in the shape of a galleon sparkles magically with the light of 750 candles. Celeste, a theatre rat, wakes up in a costume basket from what she hopes is a bad dream, to find out that everyone at the theatre where she works thinks she is someone else. When the chandelier falls, she is haunted by a strange girl who claims to know Celeste's past and why she must play a game called the Reckoning to try to save the people she loves.

Restore balance and rest. Nurture a gleeful baby, create sibling harmony and self-reliance, eat quick but healthy, and get the rest you need. Crib Sheets New Parent Sleep Solutions provides many simple and specific things you can do to get that long, deep sleep with baby you need, including clever and fun ways to make big brother and sister self-reliant, strategic placement of baby items, how to best use your baby's contentment window, quick and healthy meal prep, preventing sibling interruption of parent and baby naps, simplifying household tasks, clever family travel hacks and more.

"The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others." The play seems to have been one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most-performed. It has inspired writers from Goethe and Dickens to Joyce and Murdoch, and has been described as "the world's most-filmed story after Cinderella".

"Travel words and phrases in Japanese". 300 essential words and phrases and the 100 most common verbs. Japanese is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language. How to learn a language differently? Today, language learning is revolutionizing : you do not have to go to traditional language classes anymore. Our learning method : a selection of hundreds of phrases and essential words. You listen to them, you repeat them, and you speak.

Oar is the last of her kind - a resident of the so-called "planet of no return", once the Admiralty's dumping ground for undesirables and those who had become expendable. Oar's transparent body is indestructible. Yet the mind it houses grows weary and will soon surrender to the catatonic torpor that has already claimed the others of her genetically altered human race. But Oar cannot sleep, not yet. There are powerful forces seeking her destruction for reasons unknown.

Si alguna vez ha tenido la sensación de que entablar relaciones estrechas y de confianza es como atravesar un campo minado, sigue leyendo…¿Estás cansado de la confusión y el dolor que supone no entender por qué las relaciones te resultan tan difíciles? ¿Deseas un guía que no se limite a hablarte, sino que camine a tu lado a través de un viaje de sanación y conexión? ¿Estás preparado para transformar tus dificultades en fortalezas, pero no sabes por dónde empezar? Si has respondido afirmativamente a estas preguntas, has encontrado en este libro un faro para darte luz en la ...

Louis XI: this rebellious king was first called "The Prudent", in reference to his cunning ways, and then, "The Universal Spider" when it appeared that his ceaseless intrigues had turned into full-blown webs of plots and conspiracies. Learn how the Cunning King of France was able to eliminate his rebellious vassals, expand royal power, and strengthen the economic development of his country, all through the power of isolating treaties, precise timing, and intense diplomatic activities.

Ghent, the bizarre, gothic City of Witches, of lore, and evidently, of murder! A man is dead and a missing antique manuscript of scientific and philosophical merit is missing. Poisoned chocolates, creepy dolls, thievery, treachery, and yes, waffles. I’m Honorio, a cat, and with my extraordinary detective skills, my three traveling lady companions and I are out to solve the latest case. I try not to fall in love. I try not to be run over by bicycles. I try not to be paralyzed. And I try my best to be brilliant. At that I am successful. Come with us as we continue our European tour. Visit ...

Work consumes just about every waking minute of your life. Before long, you realize that the years have quickly passed, your hair has turned gray, and the only meaning you had in your life was earning money. And for that reason, a lot of people have chosen the minimalist lifestyle. They may not have the top position with the highest pay, but shockingly, they are happier than most. They have fewer belongings and less money, but they have more time...time that they spend well, finding meaning in their lives through their passions.

Barbara, a young American woman teaching at a Tokyo university, inherits an amazing gift: a tansu box containing bottles of plum wine wrapped in paper covered with beautiful calligraphy. There is one bottle for each of the past 20 years of her surrogate mother's life. But why were these odd memoirs left to Barbara, who cannot read Japanese? Set in 1960s Japan, Plum Wine is a powerful tale about cultural differences, romantic hardships, and the legacy of Hiroshima.

Sane las heridas emocionales que le dejaron sus padres narcisistas y recupere el control de su vida Dos textos en un solo libro: Madres narcisistas: Sanar las heridas de la infancia, construir la autoestima y prosperar más allá de las relaciones familiares tóxicas Padres Narcisistas: Sanar la herida del padre, recuperar la fuerza interior y abrazar la autoexpresión auténtica ¿Se siente estancado por cómo lo trataron sus padres? ¿Lucha contra la culpa, la vergüenza o las dudas sobre sí mismo a causa de una madre o un padre tóxicos? Este libro está aquí para ayudarle a sanar y ...

Life under the thumb of the Spark Lords - the League's Earthly representatives - is dull but comfortable for Philemon Abu Dhubhai and the other teachers at a third-rate private school for second-rate rich kids. But all that changes when a female student is found murdered by an unknown alien organism, and her boyfriend, the prime suspect, goes missing. Suddenly an unofficial homicide investigation has snared Philemon and five other "misfits", trapping them all in a web of terrifying conspiracy.

Losing weight is usually a difficult process for people who have accumulated obesity and end up developing diabetes. It has been an issue for individuals, and without the essential information, they won’t be able to achieve a good and healthy lifestyle. If you want to live a healthy life, it is important to checkmate your weight and reduce the high level of sugary substances ingested. This audiobook will be a proper guide to every detail and information needed.

"Viajar en inglés": 300 palabras y frases esenciales, los 100 verbos más comunes. El inglés es el tercer idioma nativo más extendido en el mundo, después del chino mandarín y el español. Es el segundo idioma más aprendido y es el idioma oficial o uno de los idiomas oficiales en casi 60 Estados soberanos. Nuestro método de aprendizaje: una selección de cientos de frases y palabras esenciales. Los escuchas, los repites, y hablas. Nos basamos en la pronunciación, el ensayo oral, la escucha, combinados con palabras, frases esenciales y una lista de vocabulario. El 20% de las palabras se usan el 80% del tiempo.

"The Death of Adonis" is a fundamental part of Greek mythology and one of its most touching stories. Accidentally wounded by one of Eros' arrows, the goddess Aphrodite falls desperately in love with the handsome Adonis, son of a king and a beauty among mortals. Yet his only passion is hunting and he refuses to take her warnings seriously when he hears about a great boar he would love to slay. There is something of the idea of coming of age in this tale, when the moment of realisation brings forth the understanding of what could have been and where the real beauty lays.

Explorer Third Class Youn Sue is Expendable - a member of the highly skilled and highly disposable Explorer Corps trained to undertake hazardous missions so that the rest of humanity need not be upset by their (almost-certain) deaths. With her partner, Tut, Youn is sent to rescue an innocent planet from the extremely dangerous sentient Balrog. But how do you defeat an alien intelligence so advanced that it literally knows what you will do before you do ... especially when it has its own sinister plans?