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A vida no palácio não era tão ruim quanto America imaginava. Ou melhor: com todos os mimos e privilégios que estava tendo, ela já mal se lembrava de como era pertencer à casta Cinco. Ser Um, em compensação, era fácil: suas criadas eram costureiras talentosíssimas e faziam vestidos maravilhosos; os banquetes e as festas que frequentava eram incrivelmente divertidos; e o conforto em que vivia agora seria impensável alguns meses atrás. Além de tudo, quando sentia saudade de casa, tinha Aspen por perto.

The year is 1897, and gifted violinist Reuven Bloom is fifteen years old. Life for the Jews in Russia is very hard. First Reuven’s best friend is captured to serve in the Tsar’s army, and then his parents and older sister are murdered. Reuven’s dreams of music must be set aside. Now he has...

Twelve short stories, 12 points of view, 12 neighborhoods of the same town, and finally, 12 pieces of the same puzzle. Paris Noir takes you on a ride through the old medieval center of town with its intertwined streets, its ghosts, and its secrets buried in history. You'll cruise Paris with its nightclubs full of mysterious beauties who seem to have a lot to hide.

La vita di Bennett Ryan non è facile: ha trovato la donna giusta, l'unica in grado di tenergli testa, ma non riesce a stare insieme a lei quanto vorrebbe... Lei è Chloe Mills, la sua ex stagista, ora un'affascinante giovane donna in carriera, che continua a farlo impazzire di desiderio ogni volta che si incrociano negli uffici della Ryan Media Group. Proprio quando il lavoro di Chloe arriva a una svolta importante e sta per decollare, Bennett desidera che tutto rallenti un po' per poter finalmente passare una notte selvaggia con la sua fidanzata. Metterà Chloe di fronte a due biglietti aerei, destinazione una meravigliosa villa in Provenza, deciso a non accettare un no come risposta e a rimandare ogni discussione a una lotta sotto le coperte.

Family secrets run deep for Grace, a young girl growing up in Cape Town during the 1980s. Her family secrets spill over into adulthood and threaten to ruin the respectable life she has built for herself. When an old childhood friend emerges after disappearing a decade earlier during a clash with apartheid riot police in the Cape Flats, where South Africa’s colored community makes its home, Grace’s memories of her childhood come rushing back, and she is confronted, once again, with the loss that has shaped her.

Viaja a los orígenes del mundo cuántico. Recién estrenado el siglo XX, Ada lucha contra el destino gris y aburrido que su vida en el orfanato le depara. Cuando su antigua mentora desaparece, se ve inmersa en una aventura que la llevará a tierras de extraños conocimientos. Con la ayuda de un enigmático elfo conseguirá escapar de su encierro, recuperando no sólo su libertad sino también abriendo las puertas a sus sueños: convertirse en una gran científica. Ada y su nuevo amigo tienen la misión de guiar a los científicos más brillantes de su época hasta el mundo cuántico.

Bianca Bosker plunges deep inside the world of art and the people who live for it: gallerists, collectors, curators and, of course, artists themselves—the kind who work multiple jobs and let their paintings sleep soundly in the studio while they wake up covered in cat pee on a friend's couch. Encompassing everything from color theory to evolutionary biology, and from ancient cave paintings to Instagram as it attempts to discern art's role in our culture, our economy and our hearts, Get the Picture is a rollicking adventure that will change the way you see forever.

The eastern oyster, the humble bivalve and delicious treat, are the living bones of the Chesapeake, as well as the ecological and historical lifeblood of the region. When colonists first sailed these impossibly abundant shores, they described massive shoals of foot-long oysters but the bottomless appetite of the Gilded Age and great fleets of skipjacks took their toll. Disease, environmental pressures and overconsumption decimated the population by the end of the twentieth century.

Frederica Burghley wants to be married by Yuletide. Or else her father will set her up with one of his friends. The bonbon-loving illegitimate daughter of the duke wants to choose her own husband. Advertising in the newspaper seems like the way to go. But a sinister response leads her to enlist the help of her dear friend Jasper Fitzwilliam. A father and widower, Jasper is not only tasked with keeping Frederica safe but also with helping his friend choose a suitable husband. The more he tries to keep the woman alive and find her a good match, the more Jasper realizes he cares for her.

Muitas garotas sonham em ser princesas, mas este não é o caso de America Singer. Ela topa se inscrever na Seleção só para agradar a mãe, certa de que não será sorteada para participar da competição em que o príncipe escolherá sua futura esposa. Mas é claro que depois disso sua vida nunca mais será a mesma...

Ya no le gusta tu perfume, te acusa y te pregunta cuando le has sido infiel, te hace pagar sus deudas con rapidez para quedar solvente lo más pronto posible, no te besa ni te abraza cuando te recibe aun siendo esto una costumbre, no pregunta por tus padres, no te agarra más la mano, conversa temas fuera de lugar durante las relaciones íntimas, se despreocupa por el cuidado de sus hijos ausentándose de la casa cada vez con más frecuencia y mayor duración… todas están son señales de una mujer infiel y aquí aprenderás a detectarlas y prevenirlas.

An der Sicuro Academy halten Russen und Italiener Abstand voneinander - sie sind schließlich erbitterte Feinde. Umso schockierter ist Polina Aminoff, als ihr Bruder verkündet, dass sie Dante Accardi heiraten soll, den Erben der italienischen Accardi-Familie. Dante, bekannt als Frauenheld, ist genauso unglücklich über die Verlobung wie Polina. Doch sein Vater hat klargemacht: Es ist seine Pflicht gegenüber der Familie.

Te entiendo es jodido enamorarse de una mujer casada, y ser el “segundo plato” pero uno no elige de quién se enamora. Mi consejo es que no dejes que oportunidad que pase, y si pasa y si realmente quieres a esa mujer, tienes que ser consiente que te espera una época larga de pasarlo mal, noches en vela, mirar el whatsaap constantemente para ver si te envía un saludo..., y no podrás contárselo a nadie, te lo tendrás que guardar para ti. Y siempre te quedará la sensación de por qué no la conocí antes.

The year is 2035, and Los Angeles County is awash in a tangelo haze of wildfire smoke. Xandria Anastasia Brown spends her days deep in the archives of the Huntington Library as the curator of African American Ephemera and associate curator of American Historical Manuscripts, supported by an array of AI personal assistants and health bots.

In this 2009 National Book Award finalist, Rita Williams-Garcia proves that she has an “uncanny ability to project unique voices” ( Publishers Weekly). Jumped is told in alternating points of view between three girls as they struggle to make tough choices when they become involved in a fight at their urban high school.

¿Qué emoción te despertaban los tuits de Donald Trump durante su presidencia? ¿Cómo te sentiste cuando se estaban celebrando todos los debates del Brexit? Puede que conozcas a mucha gente que rechaza el discurso de Abascal, ¿pero qué hay de cierto en ello? ¿Cuál es la verdad sobre los sentimientos que generan todo tipo de discursos? En una sociedad en la que gustar va por encima de disfrutar y en la que las apariencias se sobreponen a la realidad, las emociones son fundamentales en la política.

Diese Box enthält drei Romane über die düstere Seite der Liebe in voller Länge von Belle Aurora: Raw: Unbedarft, Raw: Beschmutzt, und Raw: Wiedergeburt.

Rising from their sea-torn ships like vengeful, pale phantoms, the Norlanders laid waste to the Shadar under cover of darkness. They forced the once-peaceful fisher folk into slavery and forged an alliance with their former trading partners, the desert-dwelling Nomas tribe, cutting off any hope of salvation. Now, two decades after the invasion, a rebellion gathers strength in the dark corridors of the city. A small faction of Shadari have hired the Mongrel, an infamous mercenary, to aid their fledgling uprising - but with her own shadowy ties to the region, she is a frighteningly volatile ally.

Elizabeth thought she'd planned for everything. Her son's seizure disorder meant constant routines, strict safeguards, unbreakable structure. But one brief stop at a gas station shatters her fragile world. In a heartbeat, her car is hijacked—with Timothy still inside. She throws herself into the moving car, but that's only the beginning of the nightmare. As hours stretch into days, they're held captive in a remote house—cut off from everyone. No phone. No medication. Elizabeth must keep her son alive while navigating the mind of the man holding them captive, and her own spiraling fear.

Liam Bartlett had nearly lost his life in San Salustiano, and for five years the correspondent had done his best to silence his ghosts. But when Marisala Bolivar arrived in Boston, all his memories returned - along with a white-hot hunger for the young rebel who'd hidden him and kept him alive. Marisala ached for Liam's touch, so long forbidden but now hers to fight for with a woman's fierce need. Could a love once forged in fire at last burn true?