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A steamy, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about mistakes we make and the chances we take on the road to love. After a snowstorm grounds her flight, Lucy makes a last-ditch effort to get home for Christmas using a rideshare app. She thinks she’ll be taking a road trip with a stranger…but the guy who shows up is someone she knows all too well. He’s the hook-up she ghosted a few months ago, and now she’ll be stuck in a car with him for the most awkward road trip of her life.

En Moonville siempre están sucediendo cosas extrañas, ¡pero es la primera vez que llueven boñigas con purpurina! El culpable parece ser un pequeño cachorro volador, mitad cerdo y mitad unicornio. Anna Kadabra y sus amigos del Club de la Luna Llena tendrán que ponerlo a salvo antes de que lo descubran sus enemigos... ¡los malvados Cazabrujas!

For most of her life, Lacey has been a prisoner without even realizing it. Her dad rarely let her, her little sister, or her mama out of his sight. But their situation changes suddenly and dramatically the day her grandparents arrive to help them leave. It’s the beginning of a different kind of life for Lacey, and at first she has a hard time letting go of her dad’s rules. Gradually though, his hold on her lessens, and her days become filled with choices she’s never had before.

Sixteen years ago, Brigit Weylan’s older sister, Emma, walked into the woods in their small hometown of Ellis Creek. She never walked out. People said she was troubled—in the months leading up to her death, she was convinced there was a monster in those trees. Marked by the tragedy, Brigit left town and never looked back.

Si on pense toujours à soigner son image, aussi bien pour séduire que pour inspirer le respect et l’autorité, on ne pense jamais à soigner sa voix. Pourtant, la voix est une pièce maîtresse de notre identité profonde : notre vie impacte notre voix et notre voix peut également impacter nos vies ! Prendre la mesure de la puissance de sa voix, c'est un premier pas vers l'épanouissement et le succès ! Oui, on peut travailler sa voix, l’ajuster, la modeler dans la direction que l’on souhaite pour chanter, mais aussi pour parler en public, devenir un bon orateur et gagner en impact.

El calor ha llegado al pueblo de Moonville, y Anna y los demás brujos planean una excursión al pantano para refrescarse. Por desgracia, los vecinos han convertido el lugar en un basurero. Está lleno de latas de refresco, bolsas viejas, un monstruo con tentáculos... ¡¿un monstruo?! ¡El mágico Club de la Luna Llena tendrá que vencerlo! ¿O quizá deba salvarlo?

Just three weeks after my 21st birthday, on the evening of October 4, 1994, I was abducted from the streets of my hometown in Southern Russia while on my way home. They drugged me and drove to another country, where they held me captive in a tiny room at first, and then under a house in a pit. A few weeks after my kidnapping, a brutal civil war broke out. Through eight horrifying months of captivity, witnessing atrocities, surviving bombings and sexual violence, I fought desperately to stay alive, stay sane, and not to lose the one thing that kept me going: my hope.

Hazel ha sedici anni, ma ha già alle spalle un vero miracolo: grazie a un farmaco sperimentale, la malattia che anni prima le hanno diagnosticato è ora in regressione. Ha però anche imparato che i miracoli si pagano: mentre lei rimbalzava tra corse in ospedale e lunghe degenze, il mondo correva veloce, lasciandola indietro, sola e fuori sincrono rispetto alle sue coetanee, con una vita in frantumi in cui i pezzi non si incastrano più.

“Si dicono tante cose di lui, che era a bordo del Malaspina quando ha affondato la British Fame, che è un mago, un fachiro, un ipnotizzatore, che non dorme mai”: questo sanno del loro Comandante gli uomini che all’alba del 28 settembre 1940 si imbarcano sul sommergibile Cappellini per andare alla guerra. Sanno anche che il Comandante potrebbe rimanere a terra, al riparo, perché un incidente lo ha condannato a vivere in un busto d’acciaio che gli toglie il fiato.

Als ein Attentäter Reynas Leben in Gefahr bringt, hat sie genug von ihrem Job als Leibwächterin der Königin. Kurzerhand beschließen sie und ihre Partnerin Kianthe, eine mächtige Magierin, ein Büchercafé mit besonderen Teesorten zu eröffnen. Doch die erhoffte Ruhe bleibt zunächst aus: Sie müssen sich nicht nur in ihrem neuen Leben zurechtfinden, sondern auch herausfinden, was es mit den Drachenangriffen auf sich hat, die ihr neues Zuhause immer wieder heimsuchen.

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. A faithful daughter, a loving wife and mother, an obedient nun, a lover of the eucharist and mother Mary - a role model for today.

La teniente Valentina Redondo y su compañero Oliver deciden tomarse unas vacaciones y viajan a Escocia para visitar a la familia de este. Su padre, Arthur Gordon, está empeñado en recuperar parte del patrimonio y de la historia de sus antepasados y ha adquirido el castillo de Huntly, en las Highlands, que había pertenecido a su familia hasta el siglo XVII.

Bob and Penny Lord write about the apparitions of Mary, contending that each of them has significance for larger numbers than the fortunate few to whom she has appeared.

Some of the smartest erotic stories in the world just happen to be written by lesbians, women who changed the face of erotic lit. Susie Bright presents a collection of lesbian sex lives that speak fearlessly, through every taboo, without any apologies. Writers like Dorothy Allison, Lisa Montanarelli, Greta Christina, and Peggy Munson name names, get as close to any woman as they dare, and relish every deep stroke of their erotic pens….

En este libro crudo y tierno, entre la emoción y la dureza, los recuerdos se ligan a los ritmos de las rondas infantiles. Llega el momento en la vida en que los juegos y cantos pierden su inocencia. Una muchacha educada, pero también traviesa, que toca el piano, practica esgrima y se pelea con su hermana, transita la traumática experiencia que separa la niñez de la adolescencia. El despertar del cuerpo y el encanto por lo prohibido pautan las rondas de una niña que se quiere comer y «amanecer al mundo / desflorada a besos».

When Four Stories by American Women was first published by Penguin Classics in 1990, it understandably reflected the second-wave feminist interpretations of that time—a period marked by an impressive recovery of what were then considered to be minor American writers. This updated and expanded volume, Twelve Stories by American Women edited by Arielle Zibrak, offers a more diverse selection of writers—including Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, María Cristina Mena, Zitkala-Ša, Sui Sin Far, and Barbara E. Pope.

Coming back after my fashion internship was supposed to be a short-term stop…but my heart is telling me I belong right here at Home, WA. When my brother’s oldest friend Hank shows up at family dinner, I am reminded how smitten I have always been of this rough and tumble man. He’s returned to his roots, too, and he is looking to settle down for good. My dreams have changed, and I am terrified of letting my family down—but I am even more scared of letting myself down. We have one wild and precious life…and right now, I am determined not to waste it.

La novela en la que se basa la película de Netflix. Cuando Ángela aceptó participar en el club de lectura de novelas de Stephen King, no imaginaba que su vida daría un vuelco terrorífico. Enredados en una trágica muerte en plena Universidad Complutense de Madrid, todos los participantes del club deberán enfrentarse a sus más profundos secretos y a la peor de las amenazas: cualquiera de ellos puede morir en la siguiente página, y cualquiera de ellos puede ser el asesino. Si la novela te ha dejado con ganas de más, descubre su segunda parte, El club de los escritores criminales.

Se trata de 144 clases sobre la gramática clave del inglés con frases de traducción asociadas. Ideal para dominar los aspetos clave de la gramática.

Unlike my conniving brother, I have no designs on the throne. Let better men rule. I'm happy to let better men rule-I've never pretended to be a good man. I've been in exile, but no longer. I'm finally going home. This time, no one can keep me away. Not Ariel, the woman I left behind. Not the killer on my tail. Hell, not even my cousin-the king-can stop me. But I do have a score to settle. Everything's going just fine until Ariel is assigned to my protection detail. She will ruin everything, and probably enjoy doing it. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.