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In the seaside town of Nautilus, Minerva Gutiérrez absolutely hates her job at the local ice cream stand, where her sexist boss makes each day worse than the last. But she needs the money: kicked out of school and stranded by her mom's most recent hospitalization, she dreams of escaping her dead-end hometown. When an armed robbery at the ice cream stand stirs up rumors about money hidden on the property, Min teams up with her neighbor CeCe, also desperate for cash, to find it. The bonus? Getting revenge on her boss in the process.

The first lesson Eilean MacAlistair learned in blacksmithing: First, you harden, and then you temper. Otherwise, your metal will break. The same is true with life. A few years back, Eilean didn’t temper herself, and she broke someone. Badly. Hospital badly. Her family had to flee Scotland because of her, but now they’ve returned, and 17-year-old Eilean’s life feels like a forge with the temperature rising around her. Mamó is sick, her family is straining at the seams, and magic is real!

Horrid Henry helps himself to all the money he needs to win his favourite board game. Then he comes up with another spectacular money-making scheme for launching a newspaper with all the school gossip. He vows vengeance on Perfect Peter when Peter nicks his birthday party theme and has his own Pirate Party - and gets it by taking over as Head Teacher when Peter plays school with his goody-goody friends.

Horrid Henry finds a surefire way of wielding the remote control to ensure he always watches his programme of choice. He also vies with Moody Margaret to become the head of the school, shows off his prowess as a magician in the school talent show, and battles it out with Perfect Peter over who gets the green dinosaur and who gets the purple one.

Four complete stories enhanced by Miranda Richardson's manic reading and really horrid music and sound effects:Horrid Henry makes a stinkbomb that becomes a weapon in a deadly intrigue between two double agents (Perfect Peter and Moody Margaret), creates chaos in his team project (to build the Parthenon), accepts an invitation to a sleepover from the new kid at school, and acquires a new pet: a tarantula, of course.

¿Cuándo fue la última vez que te miraste al espejo y te sentiste satisfecha con lo que viste? ¿Estás cansada de luchar contra la balanza y buscas una solución efectiva y duradera para perder peso? 🤔🍃 Si se hace estas preguntas, este libro es la respuesta que estaba buscando. Diseñado especialmente para mujeres como tú, que buscan recuperar su esencia y sentirse bien consigo mismas, este libro es más que una guía: es un viaje transformador hacia el bienestar y la autoconfianza. 💪💖 Abordando los retos a los que te enfrentas en tu día a día, desde el ajetreo de la vida ...

26 luglio 2019, ore 3:16. Due giovani corrono nella notte silenziosa di Roma. Uno di loro ha in mano un coltello insanguinato. Pochi metri indietro, per terra, c’è un uomo. È in agonia perché ha ricevuto 11 coltellate. L'asfalto si tinge di rosso, la vittima muore e i colpevoli si perdono nel buio. Ma cosa è successo prima? "Troppe Verità" è la storia di un omicidio, di due ragazzi venuti da lontano, di uno spaccio di droga andato male, di un carabiniere ucciso e di una serie di grandi bugie che raccontano il mondo grigio frequentato dagli uomini che rappresentano le nostre istituzioni.

The final collection of four brand-new, utterly horrid stories in which Horrid Henry triumphantly reveals his guide to perfect parents, reads an interesting book about a really naughty boy and conjures up the cannibal's curse to deal with his enemies and small, annoying brother. Read by Miranda Richardson.

La nueva entrega del bestseller internacional que ha logrado inspirar a las niñas de todos los rincones del mundo a soñar en grande, aspirar a más y a luchas con fuerza. Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes 2 es una colección totalmente inédita de cuentos que celebran a más mujeres extraordinarias, desde Nefertiti hasta Beyoncé y de Rosalind Franklin a J. K. Rowling.

In spontaneous, intimate terms, Archbishop Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, covers topics as wide-ranging as his childhood, family life, and the importance of his first job, to discovering his calling and his early days in the seminary. Through his own words, we come to know a man whose actions and words reflect his deeply-rooted humility. The audiobook concludes with the Pope’s own writings and reflections, full of wisdom and inspiration.

The 23rd Horrid Henry storybook containing four brand new stories - including Horrid "Henry's Ketchup", "Horrid Henry's Chicken", "The Revenge of the Bogey Babysitter" and "Horrid Henry Tells It Like It Is". Discover the one thing Horrid Henry is scared of, watch out for the return of Rabid Rebecca, find out what happens when Henry makes a film about his family and lots more in the most hilarious and horrid storybook yet.

Four uproarious new stories, enhanced by Miranda Richardson's manic reading and really horrid music and effects, in which the Queen visits Horrid Henry's school and watches the children make wattle and daub; and Horrid Henry tries to hypnotise Moody Margaret, tricks Perfect Peter into doing his household chores, and gets his own way at bathtime.

Fierce and ambitious, Aina Solís as sharp as her blade and as mysterious as the blood magic she protects. After the murder of her parents, Aina takes a job as an assassin to survive and finds a new family in those like her: the unwanted and forgotten. Her boss is brutal and cold, with a questionable sense of morality, but he provides a place for people with nowhere else to go. And makes sure they stay there.

Four fabulous new stories: Horrid Henry builds himself a time machine and tricks Perfect Peter, Perfect Peter strikes back, Henry eats snails at Restaurant Le Posh, and is dragged out on a horrendous hike.

Four hilarious new HH stories - HH's Mother's Day, probably not the day his mum looks forward to most in the year, HH's Nightmare where Henry's chased by a ghost bunny with huge teeth, a wailing graveyard ghost and, for good measure, a slimy zombie, then a new story about one of his greatest enemies in The Return of the Demon Dinner lady and last but not least Fluffy Struts Her Stuff.

On remote Tuga de Oro, vet Charlotte Walker’s caseload of donkeys, cows, and ailing lizards has only increased. She still can’t believe the humiliating truth about her father. Probably, she ought to feel worse than she does. But the islanders have taken Charlotte to their hearts and somehow, between days on the farms and nights with a new love interest, she’s content to remain in blissful retreat from her real life in London. Just for now.

[Contains explicit content] As an American living in London, host Rob Delaney ( Catastrophe) has had to answer a lot of questions about the USA. Are Americans really lacking in culture? What's up with all the guns? Why is everything so big? On this episode of Sounds Like America, Rob and his fellow globe-trotting comedians share experiences from traveling abroad, with a focus on how Americans are perceived from overseas.

Connect directly with your loved ones in the spirit world. Receive their help and guidance to assist you in very practical ways on a daily basis and prove their continued existence. This is designed to give you peace of mind, but more importantly to redirect your life with the aid of spirit in order to work towards greater success and happiness.

Human efforts to move crops from one place to another have been a key driving force in history. Crops have been on the move for millennia, from wildlands into fields, from wetlands to dry zones, from one imperial colony to another. This book is a bold but approachable attempt to redefine historical inquiry based on the “cropscape”: the assemblage of people, places, creatures, technologies, and other elements that form around a crop.

Alle bambine ribelli di tutto il mondo: sognate più in grande, puntate più in alto, lottate con più energia. E, nel dubbio, ricordate: avete ragione voi. C'era una volta una bambina che amava le macchine e amava volare; c'era una volta una bambina che scoprì la metamorfosi delle farfalle... Da Serena Williams a Malala Yousafzai, da Rita Levi Montalcini a Frida Kahlo, da Margherita Hack a Michelle Obama, sono 100 le donne raccontate in queste pagine.