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Quando Jacqueline segue il fidanzato di lunga data al college di sua scelta, l'ultima cosa che si aspetta è di venire lasciata all'inizio del secondo anno, e di ritrovarsi single a frequentare un'università statale invece di un conservatorio di musica, ignorata da quelli che credeva essere suoi amici. Una sera, un membro della confraternita del suo ex la aggredisce, ma un misterioso sconosciuto si trova proprio al posto giusto nel momento giusto.

It’s 1985. Pony Darlene Fontaine has lived all her 15 years in “the territory,” a settlement founded decades ago by a charismatic cult leader. In this strange town run on a sinister economic resource, the women crimp their hair and wear shoulder pads, and the teenagers listen to Nazareth and Whitesnake on their Walkmans. Pony’s family lives in the bungalow at the farthest edge of town, where the territory borders the rest of the wider world - a place none of the townspeople have ever been. Except for Billie Jean Fontaine, Pony’s mother.

Carl has had the week from hell, and when a weird old lady tries to talk to him at the bus stop on a Friday night, it is the last straw. Maybe, he is a little rude to her, but so what? She seems nuts anyway, fingers covered in silver rings in bizarre shapes and hair skewered with a wicked-looking pin. “You wouldn’t last one day as a lady, you mark my words” she says ominously.

Dan’s behind on his rent, and no matter what he does, he can’t seem to get ahead. He’s supposed to be going on a date with his girlfriend Veronica tonight, but when he arrives home to find an eviction notice stuck to his front door, he cancels in favor of getting drunk and commiserating with his friend Bert. “I’m sure we can find something, dude,” says Bert, optimistically typing "make money fast" into the search bar. Dan wakes up with a pounding headache, and a message in his phone congratulating him on his new job - apparently he signed up to some sort of medical trial.

A very eager - and rather naive - Australian lawyer, Kerry Maxwell, flies into South Africa to volunteer at a wildlife orphanage run by notorious vet Graham Baird. Graham is as jaded and reckless as Kerry is law-abiding and optimistic. When Kerry arrives at the animal sanctuary it’s to the news that Graham is imprisoned in Mozambique following a shootout with elephant poachers. In the gunfight he killed the brother of corrupt politician and poaching kingpin Fidel Costa.

Lena Christ (1881-1920) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin. - Am 30. Juni 1920 vergiftet sich Lena Christ auf dem Münchner Waldfriedhof.

Krieg und Frieden ist ein im realistischen Stil geschriebenes Historiengemälde des russischen Schriftstellers Leo Tolstoi. Es gilt als eines der bedeutendsten Werke der Weltliteratur und wurde mehrfach verfilmt. In seiner Mischung aus historischem Roman und militär-politischen Darstellungen sowie Analysen der zaristischen Feudalgesellschaft während der napoleonischen Ära Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts in Russland und der französischen Invasion zwischen 1805 und 1812 nimmt es die Montagetechnik moderner Romane des 20. Jahrhunderts vorweg.

Benjamín Labatuts neuer Roman über John von Neumann, einen der genialsten und wegweisensten Denker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er ist ein so bewundertes wie gefürchtetes Ausnahmetalent: John von Neumann. Vom frühen 20. Jahrhundert bis in die Nullerjahre reichend, erzählt MANIAC die Geschichte John von Neumann, der zunächst in Berlin und Budapest lebte und in den 30er Jahren vor den Nazis in die USA floh, der maßgeblich am Manhattan Project, dem Bau der US-amerikanischen Atombombe in Los Alamos, beteiligt war und durch seinen Computer MANIAC den Bau der Wasserstoffbombe ermöglichte und Vordenker für Künstliche Intelligenz war.

Before she meets the Empress Blair, Anne Manx wants nothing more than to spend her quiet vacation getting a tan. Empress Blair, though, has a compelling problem. Her father has been killed, and she fears she's next. If Anne Manx can keep the Empress alive for mere two months, she'll reach her 18th birthday and take over for her father. Complicating things is Mr. Logan. who shows up just in time - but whose side is he on? Nothing is ever easy for Anne Manx, and she's rapidly running out of lives.

Enquanto se recupera de uma desilusão amorosa, Arielle passa a trabalhar como ajudante de Papai Noel em um shopping no ABC Paulista. Entre poses para fotos com crianças, reencontros inesperados e novos laços afetivos, ela reconstrói seu caminho de volta ao amor.

Em InstaLove, Alice contrata um namorado de aluguel para ir ao casamento de seu ex-namorado, Rodrigo. Chegando lá, faz várias descobertas, principalmente sobre si mesma.

"Von Rhonda Byrne, der Autorin des weltweiten Phänomens The Secret – Das Geheimnis, erscheint nun The Greatest Secret – Das größte Geheimnis. Ihr lang erwartetes neues Buch enthüllt tiefgründige Weisheiten und Praktiken, mit deren Hilfe wir unseren Schmerz und unser Leiden überwinden und in dauerhaftes Glück gelangen können. Jahrtausendealte Erfahrung besagt: Um ein Geheimnis zu verbergen, sollte man es dort verstecken, wo niemand auf die Idee kommen wird, danach zu suchen. Millionen Menschen auf der Welt haben nach der Wahrheit gesucht – doch nur wenige haben sie gefunden.

Este libro es el resultado de mi experiencia real sobre la necesidad de la comunidad hispana que desea empreder un negocio en EEUU quienes se encuentran sin mucha esperanza de obtener recursos o mentores para seguir sus objetivos, este libro lo escribo con motivo de mi tercer aniversario de estar al aire en mi radio talk show Para Comentar....

Twenty-one original stories of dangerous women by top genre writers, brought together in a new anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Intrepid warriors, far-ranging spacewomen, formidable superheroines, hard-living bad girls, embattled survivors, private investigators, seductive femmes fatale and haughty queens; as Gardner Dubois writes in his introduction, 'if you want to tie any of these women to the railway tracks, you'll have a real fight on your hands!'

¡La mágica y eterna historia de El Principe Sapo contada en rimas para deleite de los chicos! ¡Las hermosas ilustraciones se podrán encontrar en el interior del libro!

De cabo a rabo - Vocabulario: The Most Comprehensive Guide to Learning Spanish Ever Written is an invaluable companion to the print edition. Whether you have a Spanish teacher to help you improve your pronunciation and tune your ear or you’re learning Spanish independently, this companion gives you unprecedented audio access to every Spanish vocabulary entry from all 30 units of De cabo a rabo - Vocabulario. Pronounced by native Spanish speakers from around the world: Mexico, Spain, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, and Ecuador, this vocabulary truly comes alive.

You’ll be thoroughly entertained and in awe of how comedian Claudia Stavola’s raucous sarcasm mirrors your inner most thoughts in this hilarious collection of easy-to-understand essays. With her witty and insightful observations, she’s like a modern-day George Carlin, except hairier. (Hey, she’s Italian. She was born with a mustache).

Ulf Speicher ist tot. Der Gründer von „Regenbogen", einem Verein, der sich um behinderte Menschen kümmert, liegt nackt und erschossen in seiner Küche. Die Auricher Kommissarin Ann-Kathrin Klaasen steht vor einem Rätsel. Erst recht, als wenig später ein Zivildienstleistender des Vereins grausam mit einem Schwert erschlagen wird. Klaasen stellt fest: Unter den Mitarbeitern von "Regenbogen" herrscht Streit, und auch von außen bekommt der Laden Stress.

Claudia Christian is back as Anne Manx, the Galaxy's smartest, toughest, most durable private investigator! Chromius is a backwater world whose President Josephson has replaced democracy with tyranny. Patriots are planning a revolt to restore liberty, and Anne is caught in the crossfire and then thrown right into the midst of the struggle.

Flores en el barro es un recordatorio de que la vida no siempre es perfecta y que a veces nos encontramos hundidos en el fango del dolor, la pérdida y las dificultades. Sin embargo, en ese barro se esconden semillas que florecen en medio de la adversidad, dándonos la fuerza para superar los obstáculos y brillar incluso en los momentos más oscuros.