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Continue Calron's gripping journey as he confronts his haunting past, unravels enigmatic secrets within, and fights his inner demons as his true heritage is revealed. Could he still maintain his sanity after finding out? Equipped with a troubling legacy from his Master, Calron needs to quickly find a way to control its power before it devours his mind. Meanwhile, mysterious foes lurk within The Beast City, pulling strings to pull Calron deeper into their webs. Do they know something about himself that he has yet to realize?

The heroic story of the founding of the US Navy during the Revolution has been told many times, yet largely missing from maritime histories of America's first war is the ragtag fleet of private vessels that truly revealed the new nation's character. In Rebels at Sea, Eric Jay Dolin corrects that significant omission, and contends that privateers, as they were called, were in fact critical to the American victory. Privateers were privately owned vessels that were granted permission by the new government to seize British merchantmen and men of war.

La psicóloga Marta Martínez Novoa nos invita a liberarnos del síndrome de la chica buena para priorizar nuestro bienestar emocional y establecer relaciones auténticas y equilibradas. Libérate del síndrome de la chica buena y reconecta contigo misma y con lo que realmente quieres tú. Si tienes la sensación de ser siempre la última de tu lista, si te cuesta tomar decisiones por lo que puedan pensar los demás, si te empeñas en cumplir siempre sus expectativas y la palabra "no" es inexistente en tu vocabulario, si te obligas a seguir en relaciones que no te aportan porque no quieres hacer daño... seguramente padeces el síndrome de la chica buena.

Epic, entertaining, blasphemous, this is the most influential and controversial of Science Fiction novels. Stranger in a Strange Land caused uproar when it was first published as it savaged conventional religious, sexual, and social ideals. Many years in the future, Valentine Michael Smith's upbringing is exceptional. Orphan child to two astronauts killed in space, he is raised on Mars. Twenty-five years later he is "rescued" and brought back to Earth. The initial enthusiasm of the administration in Smith's safe return is soon dampened by the realisation that they cannot control him.

Can Drogo, piloto e hijo del dueño de la empresa aeronáutica High Drogo, es un hombre alto, guapo, adinerado, simpático… Puede elegir a la mujer que desee, y aunque disfruta de esa «magia especial» con la que le ha dotado la vida, en su interior siente que todas lo aburren. Por su parte, Sonia Becher es la mayor de cuatro hermanas y la propietaria de una empresa de eventos y de una agencia de modelos.

Claudia sigue el consejo de una amiga y se alista en una agencia de Au pair. Enseguida recibe la oferta de una peculiar familia para cuidar a las gemelas Lyon. Es la quinta au pair en tan solo dos meses y desconoce la razón por la que todas las jóvenes son despedidas tan rápido. En cuanto llega a la mansión familiar y conoce a Mr Lyon, puede hacerse una idea de por qué ninguna niñera permanece allí mucho tiempo.

Written in 1948 and made into a popular film the same year, Just William's Luck is the only novel Richmal Crompton wrote featuring her famous hero. The action takes place throughout one extraordinary day in William's life. It begins harmlessly enough in the old barn and soon develops into a riotous comedy-thriller as the invincible schoolboy hatches a plot to marry off the elder brothers of The Outlaws.

Chad Johnson built his following by being a troll. Online games, social media, you name it—he's there with a witty comeback. But when he goes too far during a televised stream, he's handed a punishment unlike any other. Instead of the usual ban or suspension, Chad's sentenced to thirty days of full immersion therapy in Isle of Mythos—a world of epic fantasy filled with dungeons and mythical creatures. The twist? He's forced to embody a forest troll, one of the most-despised races in Mythos.

This accessible and engaging new edition continues to be one of the leading introductory textbooks on Korean history. Fully revised throughout, the author takes a thematic and chronological approach to guide listeners from early state formation and the dynastic eras to the modern experience. Episodic accounts in each chapter are discussed in context with extensive examination of how the events and themes under consideration have been viewed up to the present day.

Inspiring hope, solace, and courage in living through our losses, author Martín Prechtel, trained in the Tzutujil Maya shamanic tradition, shares profound insights on the relationship between grief and praise in our culture - how the inability that many of us have to grieve and weep properly for the dead is deeply linked with the inability to give praise for living. In modern society, grief is something that we usually experience in private, alone, and without the support of a community.

A muy pocas personas les resulta fácil sentarse y relajarse. Meditación para gente ocupada está diseñado para superar esta dificultad. Osho nos brinda infinidad de consejos y fórmulas de meditación para ser incorporadas en la vida cotidiana. El trayecto al lugar de trabajo puede convertirse en un ejercicio de focalización; el ruido que llega de la calle puede tornarse –en lugar de una distracción– una ayuda para encontrar un espacio de silencio interior. Etcétera.

Fans of Max Brooks' original abridged recording of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War will be thrilled to add this companion piece to their audio library. Offering listeners five hours of previously unrecorded content, World War Z: The Lost Files features 21 Hollywood A-list actors and sci-fi fan favorites performing stories not included in the original abridged edition.

Medical research shows that guided imagery practices can allow us to significantly reduce - and even eliminate - physical pain. With over 35 years of clinical research in mind-body medicine, Dr. Martin Rossman has become one of the world's leading experts on harnessing the power of the imagination to improve our health. With Pain Relief, this pioneer of integrative medicine brings you three potent, easy-to-use practices for managing and relieving pain.

Three BBC Radio performances of works by the great G. K. Chesterton. Best known as the creator of clerical detective Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton was a prolific and talented writer in virtually every area of literature: from novels, poetry and short stories to plays, biographies and essays. A noted thinker, controversialist, raconteur and wit, he has influenced authors from Neil Gaiman to Jorge Luis Borges. This collection comprises his two most famous novels as well as half a dozen tales from his short story collection

A soul lost in a world of darkness that wants nothing more than to devour me. To claim me as its own before I have a chance to escape. Before I have a chance to remember who I am...and how I came to be here. Before I remember him. But even then, the Underworld has no intention of letting me go. Not unless I can win them to my side.

Life is happening right in front of us, and within us—but still, we manage to miss so much of it. Awake Where You Are provides the antidote, inviting us to go deep into our own bodies, to inhabit our sensory experience carefully; to learn the art of living from the inside out, and, in the process, to find ease, clarity, and an authentic, unshakeable freedom. The practices in the book literally bring us back into our skin, where we can reconnect with a more rich, meaningful, and peaceful life.

Whisked from his comfortable hobbit-hole by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.

Una inquietante novela de suspense psicológico. Un hombre anticipa con ilusión el momento de reunirse con su esposa mientras ultima los preparativos de su nuevo hogar en Lisboa. Atrás queda una etapa de sus vidas en Nueva York marcada por el indeleble recuerdo del 11-S. Él se adelanta con la mudanza mientras Cecilia organiza el traslado de su proyecto científico sobre los mecanismos neuronales que rigen la memoria y el miedo.

The wartime interest in Greenland was a direct result of its vital strategic position—if you wanted to predict the weather in Europe, you had to have men in place on the vast, frozen island. The most celebrated example of Greenland's crucial contribution to Allied meteorological services is the correct weather forecast in June 1944 leading to the decision to launch the invasion of Normandy. In addition, both before and after D-Day a stream of weather reports from Greenland was essential for the Allied ability to carry out the bombing offensive against Germany.

To the London ton, Cameron MacNeill is an awkward, wallflower of a man with no hope of finding a wife. But the Highland chief holds deadly secrets, and he uses his beggar-like appearance to remain unnoticed. He enlists the help of the School for Spinsters to help him find a wife who will agree to be married in name only—because he needs a mother for his son while he is away working on behalf of the Crown.