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Naeem is far from the model teen. Moving fast in his immigrant neighborhood in Queens is the only way he can outrun the eyes of his hardworking Bangladeshi parents and their gossipy neighbors. Even worse, they're not the only ones watching. Cameras on poles. Mosques infiltrated. Everyone knows: Be careful what you say and who you say it to. Anyone might be a watcher.

Marina Abramovics selvbiografi "At gå gennem mure" er en stærk og dybt fascinerede fortælling af en kunstner, der gennem hele sit liv frygtløst har udforsket og skubbet kroppens og sindets grænser. Marina Abramovic er performancekunstens superstjerne og blev for alvor verdensberømt med sin over 700-timers performance, "The Artist Is Present" på kunstmuseet MoMA i New York i 2010, hvor mere end 750.000 personer stod i kø for at kunne komme til at møde hende ansigt til ansigt.

Rescuing a god? Check. Escaping to the underworld? Also check. But despite her successes, things aren't going so well for Lexi and her friends - which is why they're hiding out in the underworld. The god they rescued has been magically collared, unable to access his power. Worse still, Lexi's best friend is similarly shackled, blocking her shape-shifting abilities. Since they have precisely zero collar-opening keys, they need to make one - except the only person who can help them, the god of metalshaping, is dead.

Paco, cantante, abogado y bebedor, se embarca en un crucero tratando de viajar hacia su destino. Allí encuentra todo tipo de personajes insólitos: el anciano Salustiano y su rica novia, el monje Stephen Carmona, extravagantes figuras del mundo de la música… Asesinatos y misterios en una asombrosa e hilarante aventura que lo conducirá al recóndito país tropical Puerto Gocera.

Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Walk Through Walls, written and read by Marina Abramovic. This memoir spans Marina Abramovic's five-decade career and tells a life story that is almost as exhilarating and extraordinary as her groundbreaking performance art.

Lexi is back from the underworld, heartsore but determined to exact some sweet vengeance on the shadow shapers. To do that, she'll need Zeus's help, but Zeus is trapped in the wires, slowly disintegrating into nothingness. Without his lightning bolt, he's toast. So all she has to do is find the missing pieces of the lightning bolt and her troubles should be over, right? Wrong. She may have found out who she is, but her memory is still full of holes—which will make tracking down the lightning bolt kind of tricky.

Ellie “Scaredy Bat” Spark would give her fangs to prove herself and become a real detective. So when she learns the new theme park rides are mysteriously breaking, she jumps at the chance to solve the riddle. But if Ellie's fear of heights stalls the case, the park will close and her sister's birthday will be ruined. With only a few hours to solve the puzzle, Ellie recruits her friends to uncover the twisted truth and stop the theme park sabotage. Suspecting everyone from nasty neighbors to monstrous competitors, their only clue is a cluster of sticky holes.

José Antonio Marina nos introduce en el fascinante camino de la inteligencia para poder utilizar mejor todas sus posibilidades y estimular su desarrollo.

The black market is Liza’s lifeline, where she barters family heirlooms and steals whatever she can get her hands on just for enough food to survive. Morality, after all, has become a fluid thing since the Nazi siege has cut off her city from the rest of the world. Hope for a quick liberation is obliterated as the Soviet government focuses on sustaining the Red Army and not the city. When Liza’s best friend Aka proposes that they go to officials rumored to give young women food in exchange for “entertainment,” Liza thinks there must be some other way. Then Aka disappears.

Objetivo: generar talento desarrolla un modelo totalmente innovador para comprender el talento entendido como la inteligencia actuando de manera adecuada, brillante, eficiente; y explica cómo se genera, no solo a nivel individual, sino también de las organizaciones y de las sociedades.

“El Clamor de mi alma” es una colección de poemas que habla de varias situaciones que se enfrenta en la vida. Enfoca diversos temas relacionados con el mundo interior: el amor, la mente, la angustia, la soledad, el clamor por justicia, el perdón, el consuelo y también habla del mundo espiritual y terrenal relacionado con el Mesías y Lucifer. Está dividido en cuatro capítulos: Capítulo I El alma y la razón, Capítulo II El alma y el espíritu, Capítulo III La Luz y la oscuridad, Capítulo IV El clamor por la justicia.

«Él me mostraba el lado salvaje de la vida. Un nuevo tipo de oscuridad. Era como una enfermedad incurable que me había golpeado con fuerza. Me obsesionaba. Sencillamente, me obsesionaba. Lo habría seguido hasta el mismo Infierno si así me lo hubiese demandado». Alexia odia las citas a ciegas y el hecho de que su padre se haya empeñado en organizarle una. Quiere vivir la vida a su manera, irse lejos de su ciudad natal y empezar de cero. Pero no tardará en averiguar que las cosas no siempre salen según las has imaginado. Puede que un día cualquiera cruces una mirada con un ...

"Puede que el mundo haya estallado en llamas a mi alrededor, puede que mi corazón se haya roto en tantos pedazos que nunca voy a ser capaz de encontrarlos, puede que esté muriéndome por dentro en este preciso instante, pero tengo que colocarme mi sonrisa una vez más para convertirme en la persona que todos esperan que sea. La persona que a veces me gustaría ser. La mejor versión de mi misma." Bienvenidos de vuelta al mundo de Catherine Collins. Solo quedan las cenizas después de que ella apretara el gatillo. Pero se alza de ellas, como siempre ha hecho y, con una media sonrisa en los...

Welcome to The Canine Classroom, a podcast for dog training professionals and dog enthusiasts, where we discuss training, behavior and everything in between! We are two friends and dog trainers who share a passion for dogs. We're constantly learning, exploring, and questioning each other's ideas, as well as our own, so we can become better at what we do. We are here to providing helpful advice, have open conversations, ask questions, get answers, as well as hear from colleagues and experts in the industry, regardless of method and training style.

Anglo-Saxon England, 997 AD. Sixteen-year-old scribe, Galen, and his friend Alcuin the illuminator, are running late. Galen's frailty has delayed their mission–to produce the most glorious book in honor of the king. They are crossing the treacherous marshes of eastern England when vikings attack.

As a sultry siren, Cora Murphy can have any man she wants - and her interfering mother has a long list of eager candidates suited to her daughter's station as fae royalty. But Cora just wants to live a normal life, working at Othercross as a Sentinel and hoping one day a man will fall in love with her instead of succumbing to her mystical - and totally bogus - allure.

Luego de su elogiado debut con Huesos sin descanso, Cristóbal Marín recupera en Atacama fantasma algunos recuerdos de viajes de infancia y juventud que, mezclados con ciertas informaciones, dan forma y fondo al desierto de Atacama. A partir del mecanismo de la memoria de infancia y juventud el autor recorre diversos episodios que ocurrieron en ese vasto e inhóspito territorio: la travesía de Diego de Almagro, la increíble vida y obra de Max Uhle, la matanza en la Escuela Santa María de Iquique, el auge.

Los relatos de las tres vidas (una trágica, otra esforzada, la tercera cómica) hablan, en sus lenguas privadas, del aprendizaje sexual de sus protagonistas. Marina Closs despliega tres monólogos de voces definidas, con diversos registros de lenguaje narrativo, manejo de la ironía y sobrio lirismo para dar forma a estos tres truenos. Este libro recibió el Primer Premio del Fondo Nacional de las Artes, de parte de un jurado conformado por Florencia Abbate, Selva Amada y Luis Sagasti.

Aliens came to Earth to abduct our women, but it backfired. Now they're returning them, and I'm in charge of shuttling women back from orbit. Ever since I first laid my eyes on the alien ship's commander, I've had a crush on him. Who can blame me? He's tall and gorgeous, with skin the color of midnight. He has a voice that can purr or roar and seven long tails that he really knows how to use. I know I can't have him. I've never even spoken to him. But when an incident renders the commander unconscious, I have no choice but to take him to my remote hunting cabin.

In April 2018, seasoned adventurer Ben Fogle and Olympic cycling gold medallist Victoria Pendleton, along with mountaineer Kenton Cool, took on their most exhausting challenge yet – climbing Everest for the British Red Cross to highlight the environmental challenges mountains face. It would be harrowing and exhilarating in equal measure as they walked the fine line between life and death 8,000 metres above sea level.