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Kelsey joined the Wolf Liberation Front after college and quickly became their top operative. On one particular mission, she encounters a very different type of pack: a small group of captured werewolves, some of which don't even remember being free. Once released, the pack alpha and his mates treat her to a very enthusiastic, and physical, "Thank you!"

London, 1884: Queen Victoria is Empress of India, and Britain is at its peak of worldwide power. James Falconer works as a barrow boy in a flourishing London market owned by Henry Malvern. But James hungers for more. Turning away from family tradition, he dreams of building an empire of stores like Fortnum and Mason’s and believes that Henry, along with his daughter and heir Alexis, could offer him a way to climb beyond his beginnings. But tragedy and betrayal threaten the dreams of both James and Alexis - and jeopardise everything they hold dear....

Theodore Roosevelt was a colorful adventurer, statesman, and president. But he always felt that the most essential role he played was that of father to his six children. In A Bully Father, noted historical editor Joan Paterson Kerr brings together a collection of his letters—spanning the years between 1898 and 1919—which convey all the boundless affection he felt for his family.

Candy Baylor is determined to learn how to train horses and nothing - not even the bullheaded, ruggedly handsome Garth Whitelaw - is going to stop her. When he finally agrees to teach her, Candy is surprised by his sudden change in attitude. However, she wasn’t about to look a gift horse in the mouth. Besides, her instructors in school had never been so ruggedly handsome as this wrangler...and she wouldn’t mind engaging in some horseplay!

Julius Caesar was one of the most ambitious and successful politicians of the late Roman Republic and his short but bloody conquest of the Celtic tribes led to the establishment of the Roman province of Gaul (modern France). Caesar's commentaries on his Gallic Wars provide us with the most detailed surviving eyewitness account of a campaign from antiquity. In this book, respected Roman military historian Kate Gilliver makes use of this account and other surviving evidence to consider the importance of the Gallic Wars.

What you are about to listen to are Samantha’s thoughts and memories. My heart is saddened by anyone who has been in the deep depths of suicide. There is only one question, and that is WHY?! BUT THERE IS NO ONE THERE TO ANSWER!

Joyce Lempiere tells the Tuesday Night Club of an incident that occurred five years ago when she was vacationing at a small inn on the Cornish coast. She was painting a picture of the front of the inn, including details of wet bathing suits drying on the balcony of Denis and Margery Dacre, when she realised she had included blood stains on the pavement. A few days later, Margery is found having drowned and the Club are called to solve the mystery.

Destiny Lawson cannot believe her luck. On a run in the middle of the woods her freshman year of collage, she meets the man of her dreams, Bryan Fredrickson. He is sweet, handsome, and everything she dreamed of. Their relationship continues to strengthen and then one day he takes her back to the bridge where they met and asks for her hand in marriage.

When you and your principal collaborators consult together to formulate a shared, principle-based vision, express it concisely, and then work with all the members of the organization until they fully understand and identify with it, the results will be greater unity, cooperation, and motivation. Daily activities will become more meaningful and the vision becomes a compass that facilitates decision-making.

The fourth action-packed quest in an exciting new six book character-led series for 7+ girls who love fantasy, adventure, and high-kicking heroines! On her tenth birthday, tomboy Sophie learns she is the Guardian of a magic gateway between our world and the Shadow Woods. She must keep the human world safe from mischievous goblins, sprites and elves. Each book sees Sophie having to outwit weird and terrifying creatures from the Shadow Woods, starting with the gruesome Goblins!

Relatos del escritor peruano Fernando Iwasaki, considerado actualmente uno de los escritores más interesantes y consolidados de la literatura en castellano. "A principios de los noventa y recién cumplidos los treinta, escribí estos relatos que entonces me parecieron eróticos. No obstante, ahora que tengo cuarentaitantos he descubierto que sólo eran literatura fantástica. Por eso "Helarte de amar" no es una colección de cuentos eróticos, sino un hatajo de disparates sexuales. Un libro de ciencia-fricción".

Improve the functioning of your organization. How would you rate the functioning of your organization? Are you completely happy with it or are there aspects that you would like to improve? We all want the time we dedicate to the organizations in which we participate to be as harmonious and productive as possible. Transformative Leadership for Community Organizations gives concrete ideas of how all members can contribute to that goal.

Qui són, què fan i on trobar-los. Però, també, què els fa feliços, què els angoixa, què els posa calents. PIJOS és un llibre necessari, és un llibre que ens acosta ­a nosaltres, els mortals que habitem la Lower Diagonal o, Déu no ho vulgui, l'extraradi­ a aquest grup de gent tan selecte i exclusiu com mal entès i pitjor comprès, i ens revela una vida sovint més complexa del que cap de nosaltres pot arribar a imaginar.

How Anansi got his Stories; Anansi and the Sweet Potatoes, The Three Pumpkins, The Girl & the Crow, The Wild Man of the Forest, The Story of Rose Petal, The Tree of Life.

El somni és una obra complexa i singular, capaç de mirar-se de prop i amb un gran sentit de l'humor els aspectes més prosaics de la vida quotidiana però també d'elevar-se fins a les idees filosòfiques més transcendents. Metge, tancat a la presó per acusacions de malversació i corrupció, comença a somiar i se li presenten el personatge del rei mort recentment, Joan I, i dels personatges mitològics Orfeu i Tirèsies, amb els quals obre un diàleg en què discuteixen des de la immortalitat de l'ànima, d'algunes aficions excessives o dels defectes i virtuts d'homes i dones.

Davidson, un hombre común, se ve atrapado en una experiencia aterradora y extraordinaria cuando, tras un inexplicable evento, pierde el contacto con el mundo real y comienza a percibir una realidad completamente diferente. Sus ojos ya no le pertenecen del todo, y lo que contempla desafía cualquier comprensión: paisajes distorsionados, seres inmateriales y la angustiante sensación de estar viendo más allá de los límites humanos.

En una pequeña y modesta tienda de antigüedades, el dueño se topa con un huevo de cristal muy peculiar. Pero este no es un simple objeto decorativo; dentro de él se oculta un portal a otro mundo. Mientras la frontera entre nuestro mundo y el desconocido se desdibuja, el dueño de la tienda comienza a perderse en los secretos que guarda ese misterioso objeto.

Sarah y Álvaro, dos arqueólogos en una excavación en Huelva, descubren una tablilla de cobre enterrada durante más de 3.000 años. Con la ayuda de un excéntrico catedrático, la pareja se adentrará en un enigma histórico que va más allá de la simple arqueología: una advertencia cifrada sobre el poder del conocimiento y sus consecuencias en el mundo moderno. Pero, ¿estamos preparados para escuchar el mensaje de nuestros ancestros? ¿Es posible que una civilización del pasado tuviera más conciencia de la responsabilidad del conocimiento de lo que tenemos hoy?

George Fotheringay, un hombre corriente con una vida sin demasiados sobresaltos, se encuentra con una habilidad asombrosa: puede hacer milagros con sólo un pensamiento. Lo que comienza como un juego se transforma en una serie de eventos que podrían cambiar el destino de la humanidad.

Una estrella errante, tras vagar por el universo, se dirige a la Tierra, amenazando con causar una destrucción masiva. Wells describe la reacción de la humanidad frente a la inminente catástrofe: desde los científicos que hacen cálculos desesperados hasta las multitudes que, aterradas, observan el cielo.