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The year is 1991. When Jasira's mother finds out what has been going on between her boyfriend and her 13-year-old daughter, she has to make a choice—and chooses to send Jasira off to Houston, Texas, to live with her father. A remote disciplinarian prone to explosive rages, Jasira's father is unable to show his daughter the love she craves—and far less able to handle her feelings about her changing body.

Wynema Harjo is an idealistic young Muscogee woman who finds meaning as a teacher for the young people of her village. After the Wounded Knee Massacre and the subsequent Ghost Dance movement, Wynema feels a need to take further action, and she and her husband adopt a Lakota girl. As the years roll by and injustices mount, Wynema and a fellow teacher, Genevieve Weir, consider the repercussions of the oppression that surrounds them—and wonder how their society might eventually be improved.

For decades, the unsolved murder of Father Michael Leary has haunted Billings, Montana, the community he served. And it’s haunted no one more than Lindsay Keller, who admired and confided in him as a teenager. Compelled by his example to work for justice, she became a prosecutor. But after a devastating case left her shattered, she fled the rough-and-tumble for the safety of a desk, handling real-estate deals and historic preservation projects. Now Lindsay finds herself in possession of the priest’s wallet, the photo of a young girl tucked inside.

Georgia ama le storie d'amore. Tutte. Da sempre. E crede nella magia dell'amore raccontata nei film, nei libri e nelle fanfiction romantiche da cui è ossessionata. Eppure, a diciotto anni, non ha mai baciato nessuno e non ha mai avuto nemmeno una cotta di quelle folli. Ma, come le dicono i suoi migliori amici Pip e Jason, prima o poi anche lei troverà la persona giusta. Così si dice, no? L'inizio dell'università, in una città che non conosce, lontana da casa, sembra l'occasione perfetta.

Frances Janvier è sempre stata una "macchina da studio" con un unico obiettivo: entrare in una università d'élite. E nulla la può fermare: né gli amici, né il segreto che nasconde, neppure la sua stessa personalità. Aled Last frequenta l'ultimo anno del liceo ma ricorda a tutti un bambino piccolo che ha perso la mamma al supermercato. È timido e prende sempre voti altissimi. Quando incontra Aled, Frances scopre una nuova libertà.

Russian enforcer Luka Zadorov is no fan of the South. Being traded to Alabama has meant swapping the glory of northern hockey for playing second fiddle to college football, but his plan to get traded back hits an interesting snag when he crosses paths with Ava Grace. Maybe the South has something to offer after all…

Jesus’ command to “go and make disciples” can feel complicated and overwhelming. Do you wonder where to start, what it looks like, and how to fit this making-disciples thing into your busy schedule? You’re not alone. Alice Matagora invites you to enter Jesus’ plan to save the world wherever you are. No matter who you are, what you do, or where you are in your disciplemaking journey, How to Save the World will help you find joy and confidence as you discover practical ways to share your faith as you join God in saving the world right where you live.

Black hands in Fayette County, Tennessee, were free to pick cotton and corn but were barred from casting ballots. A whirlwind of change blew through the county when Black landowners like John McFerren and Harpman Jameson organized registration drives to help Black citizens vote—but not without violent attempts to stop it. White farmers evicted Black sharecroppers off their land, leaving families stranded and forced to live in tents. White shopkeepers also refused to sell to them. But the voiceless did finally speak. In 1965 the Voting Rights Act legally ended voter discrimination.

En esta serie de historias entrelazadas, Munro recrea el vínculo entre dos mujeres en el transcurso de casi cuarenta años: la pragmática, desconfiada y a veces un tanto vulgar Flo, y su hijastra, Rose, una chica torpe y tímida pero cuya ambición la empuja a dejar atrás sus raíces y emprender su propio camino.

Como una de las músicas más reconocidas de nuestro tiempo, Alicia Keys nos ha cautivado con sus letras sentidas, su extraordinario rango vocal y sus conmovedoras composiciones al piano. Y aun así, lejos de los focos, Alicia se ha enfrentado en privado a un gran pesar por la compleja y desafiante relación con su padre, a esa naturaleza de querer complacer a todo el mundo que caracterizó los comienzos de su carrera, la pérdida de intimidad en cuanto a sus relaciones románticas y las expectaciones oprimentes de la perfección femenina.

Zombies love to feast on brains and flesh - so do some organisms in nature! Listeners will learn all about creatures that eat brains.

Zombies rise from the dead. Some organisms in nature seem to do so as well. Listeners will learn about the creatures that shouldn’t be alive but are.

As though cemeteries aren't creepy enough - prepare to be spooked even more by some of the most haunted cemeteries in the world!

Hyacinth Dawson’s life runs like clockwork - and she likes it that way. Spreadsheets, lists, and plans have never failed her, and now they’re going to help her get her bridal shop on the popular reality TV show All Dressed in White. But it won’t happen unless she can land a celebrity client...maybe one of those new NHL players in town. Enter Robbie McTavish, a fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants Scottish defenseman who can’t help but meddle when he spies a bride in Hyacinth’s shop wearing a completely wrong dress for her figure.

Malika Moustadraf (1969-2006) is a feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrated for her stark interrogation of gender and sexuality in North Africa. Blood Feast is the complete collection of Moustadraf’s published short fiction: haunting, visceral stories by a master of the genre. A teenage girl suffers through a dystopian rite of passage; a man with kidney disease makes desperate attempts to secure treatment; and a mother schemes to ensure her daughter passes a virginity test.

"Nel suo abbraccio, Sofia si sente piccola e leggera come una piuma. È come se tutto il lavoro fisico e pesante lo avesse preparato per questo momento. I suoi lamenti si mescolano ai suoi, al suono delle pecore e al ronzio delle api. Sofia chiude gli occhi e inclina la testa all'indietro. Un suono di piacere totale e puro fuoriesce dalla sua bocca".Dopo essere stata scaricata una volta di troppo, Sofia ha deciso di darci un taglio. Trova online una coppia di anziani che accetta di scambiare per l'estate il loro affascinante cottage nel bosco con l'appartamento di Sofia in città.

"#Datastories - Seguire le impronte umane sul digitale” è un saggio che indaga sul significato nascosto degli small data che quotidianamente seminiamo in Rete attraverso i nostri tablet e smartphone. Si tratta delle impronte che lasciamo ogni giorno sui nostri dispositivi, quando digitiamo chiavi di ricerca sul web, mandiamo cuoricini sui social e facciamo swipe sulle app. Dati minuscoli, che possono rivelare i nostri comportamenti, le scelte di consumo, i codici linguistici, le nostre tensioni culturali.

It's 1924 and spiritualist-medium Daisy Gumm and her fiancé, Detective Sam Rotondo, discover a dead body tucked away in the Pasadena Public Library's bibliography stacks.

Lisa y Anna han decidido celebrar Navidad en Nueva York con todo lujo. El día antes de Nochebuena asisten al evento de karaoke del hotel, donde conocen a Max y Tom, dos hombres musculosos que saben lo que quieren. Después de la primera noche en la ciudad, están más que encantadas con su viaje, pero no saben que será aún más excitante luego de la aventura a la que les llevarán sus nuevos amigos.

Hay ciertos amores que no se olvidan y que el tiempo no puede desvanecer. La protagonista recuerda con emoción cuando se enamoró de Quentin durante su labor humanitaria en Madagascar, donde viajaron junto con otros voluntarios. Las dificultades, el dolor y la fatiga se desvanecían bajo sus besos y cariño. Fueron unos tiempos lejanos, de placeres sencillos, de intercambios, de deseos y de placer carnal compartido entre todos. Son unos recuerdos inolvidables, inconfesables, que la consumen y hacen que renazca en ella una llama que nunca se apagó y que nunca ha sido igualada.