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Roderick Blockstone es un apuesto joven que lo tiene todo; una hermosa y encantadora esposa, un puesto en el Parlamento, y una gran finca. Pero muy pronto se convierte en un joven malhumorado cuando su amada esposa muere en el parto de su hija. Su primera y única hija, Ann, crece traviesa y desobediente, ignorando descaradamente las lecciones de etiqueta que recibe de su tutora. Solitaria y desenfrenada, Ann se hace amiga de Henry, el muchacho del establo.

In Seeing Voices, Oliver Sacks turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait of a minority struggling for recognition and respect - a minority with its own rich, sometimes astonishing, culture and unique visual language, an extraordinary mode of communication that tells us much about the basis of language in hearing people as well.

Seventeen-year-old Aster Redd is convinced her mother is hiding a gun. But no one - neither her love interest Joshua Cooper, nor her twin sister Ivy - believes her. Until her mother fires a gun one dark night. A gun she claims Aster planted on her to make her look evil. With Joshua's help, Aster sets out to prove her innocence, but how can she when the gun is registered in her name?

Angie has studied music her entire life, nurturing her talent as a singer. Now a high-school senior, she has an opportunity to break into Nashville's music scene via a songwriting competition launched by her idol, Mona Stone. Discouraged by her mother, who wishes Angie would set more realistic life goals, she nonetheless pours her heart and soul into creating a song worthy of Mona. But Angie's mother is the least of her concerns after she meets Reedwood High's newest transfer student, Ten.

Die Diktatur im Pausenmodus: Stadt und Spiele im Sommer 1936. Im Sommer 1936 steht Berlin ganz im Zeichen der Olympischen Spiele. Zehntausende strömen in die deutsche Hauptstadt, die die Nationalsozialisten in diesen sechzehn Tagen als weltoffene Metropole präsentieren wollen. Oliver Hilmes folgt prominenten und völlig unbekannten Personen, Deutschen und ausländischen Gästen durch die fiebrig-flirrende Zeit der Sommerspiele und verknüpft die Ereignisse dieser Tage kunstvoll zum Panorama einer Diktatur im Pausenmodus.

"The philosophical tone of his delivery is perfect." —AudioFile on Four Thousand Weeks This program is read by the author. A map for a liberating journey toward a more meaningful life—a journey that begins where we actually find ourselves, not with a fantasy of where we’d like to be—from...

There were three things I was certain about. I would never commit murder. I would never strike another bargain. I would never spurn the man I loved to marry the man I loathed. But I murdered, I bargained, and then… I married.

When my father, the King of Neverra, forced my hand into the Cauldron to cement a political alliance with the Farrows, I thought my night couldn’t get any worse. But lo and behold, it did. On top of being engaged to Remo Farrow, the rudest fae in my kingdom, I now have to repay a bargain I struck to get out of trouble. A bargain that sends me hurtling into a world of trouble. A world I didn’t even know existed, unwelcoming and wicked, and forever changing; a world where my powers—all of them—fail me.

I was locked out of Neverra—a death sentence for faeries born on the isle. Unless I found a way back home, the fire in my veins would extinguish, and with it, my life. That was how I ended up stuck on Earth, with for only companion, a grumpy hunter who hated me for what I was and what I'd done. If I'd known marking him would carry my voice into his mind, I would've kept my magic to myself. No… that wasn't true. I would've marked him sooner. After all, I was mute, so no one had ever heard my voice, until him.

Staying away from my lakeside hometown was the plan, but Mom died suddenly. Dad said she suffered a stroke after she dug up one of the ancient Native American graves in our backyard. Creepy, I know. Creepier still, there was no corpse inside the old coffin, only fresh rose petals. As we made preparations for her burial, unnervingly odd and beautiful newcomers poured into my small town. A coroner with emerald eyes and black hair, much too young for the job. An arrogant blond socialite, who lived to get under my skin. And a tattooed Native man, who wasn’t supposed to be alive.

Year One classes have begun in the enchanted halls of Blackbriar Academy, and they're more challenging than anything I've ever faced in my life. Surviving the Academy means brutal training, advanced magic, and a bloodthirsty student who is developing a dangerous hunger for my power. Worst of all, it's clear someone knows my secret. And they have my father locked away. Deep in the rubble of an ancient ruin, we find evidence of a ritual. One we don't fully understand, but one which most definitely involves me in some way.

Seit Jahrzehnten leben die Bewohner der Milchstraße in Frieden, die Sternenvölker arbeiten zusammen. Dann öffnet sich buchstäblich eine Kluft im Kosmos. Wie sich zeigt, greifen die Mächte des Chaos erneut nach der Milchstraße und den benachbarten Galaxien. Die Terraner finden heraus: In Cassiopeia, einer kleinen Galaxis bei Andromeda, ist ein Chaoporter gestrandet. Warum? Und welche Gefahren gehen von diesem Fahrzeug der Chaotarchen für die Menschheit aus?

Seit Jahrzehnten leben die Bewohner der Milchstraße in Frieden, die Sternenvölker arbeiten zusammen. Dann öffnet sich buchstäblich eine Kluft im Kosmos. Die Terraner finden heraus: In Cassiopeia, einer kleinen Galaxis bei Andromeda, ist ein Chaoporter gestrandet. Warum? Und welche Gefahren gehen von diesem Fahrzeug der Chaotarchen für die Menschheit aus?

Un niño llamado Lucas encuentra a mamá garza herida y decide ayudarla a volver con sus polluelos. Una historia sencilla que celebra la solidaridad y el cuidado mutuo.

After recovering the four Creation Stones and sending Beleth back to Hell, we managed to secure the Guardians’ Eastern Headquarters, but we’ve only succeeded at patching up the wounds. Our numbers are depleted and our wards are weakening. Nowhere is safe. Not until we can end this war, and Samael is determined to win it.

A month after coming out as transgender, Sarah is trying to do something that feels bigger than any confession: walk into her girlfriend Lexi’s house on Christmas Day as herself—dress, curls, makeup, and all.

West Calloway is rich, arrogant, and my brother’s best friend. Now we’re faking a relationship in public… while he gives me dating lessons in private. When a stalker forces me out of my apartment, my brother insists I stay somewhere safe—in his best friend’s legendary estate. With the tall, handsome, frustrating man I once had a silly crush on, while he never liked me. But then West suggests we fake date to send a message: I’m taken and well protected. I agree on one condition… he helps me practice real dating. I don’t know how to date, and West doesn’t do love. It’s perfect.

In the heart of the Retro Diner, where neon lights flicker and 80s hits play on the jukebox, Sarah and Ashley serve up more than just greasy burgers and fries. They contend with the sleazy advances of Steve, a regular whose charm is anything but irresistible. When Steve's behavior becomes unbearable, Sarah, with a secret family history of magic, decides it's time to teach him a lesson he'll never forget. With a spell that turns Steve into Samantha, a waitress at the diner, he is thrust into a world where he must navigate the same unwanted attention he once dished out.

In the heart of London, where privilege and ambition collide, Gregory and Oscar's tumultuous past threatens to resurface in unexpected ways. Once childhood friends, their relationship took a dark turn when Oscar became Gregory's high school bully. Now successful in their own right, their paths continue to intertwine due to the dysfunctional bond between their mothers. While Oscar seeks to atone for his past, Gregory remains trapped in a cycle of hurt and betrayal.

One treasure map. Two total opposites. A romance they never saw coming… 'Girl gets shipwrecked with hot man living on a deserted island?! Count me in!!! This book was such a fun read full of adventure and romance. I love a forced-proximity trope so this book was 5 stars from me’...