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As a multiracial household in Chicago’s North Side community of Rogers Park, race is at the core of Francesca T. Royster and her family's world, influencing everyday acts of parenting and the conception of what family truly means. Like Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts, this lyrical and affecting memoir focuses on a unit of three: the author; her wife Annie, who's white; and Cecilia, the Black daughter they adopt as a couple in their forties and fifties.

Reiki and music create a motivational combination to give your training and fitness regime guaranteed focus and success. Whether you are going through a physiotherapy program, training for a marathon or event, or striving to improve your health and physique, this ingenious combination will help you get rid of bad habits, break behavioral patterns leading to lethargy and failure, and spur you on to set new benchmarks in your physical abilities.

La pace è finita e ora le gang sono in guerra. Sotto il manto della grande bellezza, nel sottosuolo perso e dannato di Roma scorre un fiume di violenza. Sequestri, pestaggi, torture e omicidi si susseguono. Lo scontro infuria, invisibile agli occhi dei più. È così da quando, il 7 agosto 2019, Fabrizio Piscitelli detto Diabolik, capo degli Irriducibili della Lazio e ai vertici della “batteria di Ponte Milvio”, viene freddato da un sicario che gli spara alla testa, mentre se ne sta seduto su una panchina al parco degli Acquedotti.

Wie viele Geheimnisse erträgt eine Familie? Ilaria glaubte, ihren Vater zu kennen - bis eines Tages ein junger Afrikaner auf dem Treppenabsatz vor ihrer Wohnung sitzt und behauptet, mit ihr verwandt zu sein. In seinem Ausweis steht: Attilio Profeti, der Name ihres Vaters. Der aber ist zu alt, um noch Auskunft zu geben. Hier beginnt Ilarias Entdeckungsreise, und von hier aus entfaltet Francesca Melandri eine schier unglaubliche Familiengeschichte über drei Generationen und entwirft ein schonungsloses Porträt der italienischen Gesellschaft.

There has always been tension in "the blind house," where Valentina lives with her mother and grandmother in the Italian countryside. Valentina's pious grandmother often hints at a family curse, while Valentina's mother scoffs at superstition; it's one of the battlegrounds on which they fight to control Valentina's upbringing. But in the summer of 1996, when Valentina is twelve, she gets her period for the first time—and the curse suddenly becomes frighteningly real. Blood leaks from the walls; the house and farm are overrun with frogs; the kitchen crawls with flies.

Traditional tales are a well-established part of all cultures. Retold from the originals, these lively stories will captivate listeners.

James Fynch doesn't believe in magic. He is an ordinary boy, immersed in the world of modern technology—until his 14th birthday, when something extraordinary happens. Turning the dials of an ancient clock, he finds himself mysteriously transported to a magical, parallel world. Here, he begins to learn of the firestone, one of four mythical crystals able to defeat the rising darkness. The barrier between worlds hasn't been broken for centuries, but with dark powers rising, it is more fragile than ever before.

Mary-Margaret O'Reilly is seemingly a harmless enough young woman, ready and willing to help out Father Diamond in the Sacred Heart church in Battersea. She may not be very bright, and she is sadly overweight, but she can certainly clean. She is also very good with children, and helps out an Asian woman on her estate whose little boy Shamso is adorable.

Greater Than a Tourist China - 300 Travel Tips from Locals gives you the inside scoop on China. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from those who have lived at your next travel destination.

On the surface, Emma Roth, the Gen X granddaughter of an anarchist from Ukraine, couldn’t be more different from millennial Catherine Kroeger, the daughter of an ultra-conservative billionaire. And yet both women have fallen into the cross-hairs of Tom Aldridge, a misogynistic and unscrupulous hedge fund manager. When Emma and Catherine meet for the first time in a Chelsea art gallery, they initially join forces to defeat Tom. But as their circle of cohorts expands, something far more profound occurs. Rich in history and politics, IMAGINE is a sprawling saga that uncovers family histories...

Olivia, the eldest daughter, has returned from treating an epidemic abroad and must go into quarantine for seven days. Her mother has decided it's the perfect opportunity to spend some 'special time' together. Her youngest sister wholeheartedly disagrees. Her father isn't allowed an opinion. When no one can leave the house and no one can enter, quaratine for the Birches feels like an eternity. Especially when they're all harbouring secrets. One of which is about to come knocking at their door.

Not your 10 year old's state report! Join us on a bonkers adventure through each state in the United States, maybe find that smile you dropped!

Shadi sa molte cose, troppe per una bambina di tre anni. Sa che nella sua città, Kabul, adesso comandano uomini crudeli, talebani si chiamano. Sa che suo padre è in pericolo perché li aveva combattuti. Sa che per lei e per le donne dell’Afghanistan «la libertà è acqua passata», come le spiega amaramente la mamma il giorno in cui viene al mondo Jahan, sua sorella. Un anno dopo, nascosta, assiste all’irruzione di quegli uomini nella loro casa. Pochi istanti e un cofanetto o e la sua amata Jahan sono le uniche cose che le restano.

Branding Evolutivo è il podcast per consulenti, imprenditrici e professioniste che vogliono portare la propria essenza nel mondo — con coraggio, coerenza e visione. In ogni episodio esploriamo come creare un Personal Brand allineato, costruire un business significativo e lavorare sulle resistenze interiori che bloccano la tua espansione: dal perfezionismo alla paura di esporsi, dalla sindrome dell’impostore alle sfide pratiche dell’imprenditoria. Un podcast che unisce strategia, crescita personale e imprenditorialità consapevole, per accompagnarti in un percorso di evoluzione dentro e ...

The Branding Fix is hosted by two content creators who’ve been through the mess, the pivots, and the existential brand crises and lived to build again. Every week, we unpack what it really takes to build a sustainable, standout brand in the age of AI, burnout, and endless content. Come for the strategies, stay for the mindset shifts and leave with a brand that actually feels like you.

Blind seamstress Grazia has an ambitious plan to create a ballgown that can make music, but to do so, she must make a dangerous bargain with a fairy weaver.

Silencing and punishing critical voices is a project that lies at the heart of Narendra Modi's authoritarian regime in India. In this unique book, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia look at the present of India through the lived experiences of political prisoners. Combining political and legal analysis with firsthand testimonies, the book explores the small gestures that constitute resistance inside and outside jail for the prisoners and their families, telling a story of destruction of institutions and erosion of rights.

It's a dreadful shock for Horrid Henry when Perfect Peter is born, and despite his best - or worst - efforts, he can't manage to get rid of him. As Peter gets bigger, Henry gets crosser. But the day comes when Henry inadvertently finds himself saving Peter from a big fierce dog, and discovers that it's rather nice to be a hero.

When Anneshka’s hunt for the greatest kingdom brings her into our world, Imogen and Marie know it’s bad news. But Anneshka isn’t their only problem. Mum’s boyfriend, Mark, is sick and getting sicker, thanks to the monsters he accidentally carried home. Can the girls escape Anneshka and find a cure for Mark before it’s too late? Their quest will take them through the door in the tree and further than ever before, into the magical lands of Nedobyt beyond. But there is more to this kingdom than meets the eye.

The layered story of "The Talented Mr. Khater" begins with Callie Quinn, who upon graduating college, fulfilled her desire to live and work in Chile. Among the friends she met and lived with there was Youssef Khater, a man she initially found to be arrogant but would eventually come to befriend and trust.