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My name is Grace Degas Black. Years ago, I made a splash during a charity fashion show where an agent discovered me. My work led to the glitzy world of haute couture, perfume ads, and more. I was living my best life, traveling the world, and the only thing that would have made it better was if my twin had come along for the ride. My other half. My best friend. Then one day, she disappeared.

Tra colpi di scena e antichi segreti da svelare, un giovane archeologo si ritroverà suo malgrado nelle vesti di investigatore privato. Valerio Guerra è un giovane archeologo disoccupato che cerca di sbarcare il lunario con lavoretti precari. Quando viene rinvenuto il cadavere di una ragazza di un'importante famiglia del varesotto, gli inquirenti convocano Valerio per avvalersi del suo parere esperto: un misterioso anello longobardo è stato infatti ritrovato sul luogo del delitto e lui potrebbe rivelarsi utile alle ricerche.

For over a decade, A Biblical History of Israel has gathered praise and criticism for its unapologetic approach to reconstructing the historical landscape of ancient Israel through a biblical lens. In this much-anticipated second edition, the authors reassert that the Old Testament should be taken seriously as a historical document alongside other literary and archaeological sources. Significantly revised and updated, A Biblical History of Israel, Second Edition includes the authors' direct response to critics, and includes updated archaeological data and new references.

For centuries, the Lord of the Dead has searched for her—his queen, his soul's twin, scattered across mortal lives and fading memories. She is Irina now, unaware of who she was, haunted by dreams that aren't dreams, shadowed by gods who remember too much. But something is waking. Drawn together by fate, Irina and Graven—Aïdes, unseen ruler of the Underworld—find each other once more. But to reclaim her full self, Irina must walk through every life she's lived, every truth she was denied, and confront the oldest lie of all: that she was ever a girl stolen.

After surviving dimensional travel, a dark sorceress looking for revenge, annoying bureaucrats, and opening night at The Shadow’s Respite, Varix just wants a little peace, a pint, and a night without nightmares. But the fates, or possibly the gods, have other plans. A rival chef wants his recipes, a baron wants his tavern, and Everspring’s grand market day has everyone cooking up trouble. Varix plans to dazzle the crowds with a daring new dish—if his competition doesn’t ruin the celebration first.

Running a dating agency can be a killer... Shelley Linley is sick of trolls. Yet another prankster has applied to her dating agency. This one says he's a vampire and he wants Shelley to help him find a wife. Meeting him for a second interview against all her better judgement, Shelley discovers that he has no clue about women. A shame because he's super-hot, amusing, and has a lot of single friends he could recommend her struggling business to, even if he does say they're werewolves and demons. She has to help him, even if he's crazy.

Ottilie Rushforth hides from the mighty Sorcerer’s Guild as secretary to a has-been detective. But Ottilie is also Entwined—threads of magic run beneath her skin, and the Guild would trap her in service. Working on a plan to escape the Guild forever with her estranged fiancé, the enigmatic poet, soldier and smuggler Lewis Illing, Ottilie must track down a mysterious artifact, claim the bounty, and leave the city forever.

Through the open dialogue of My Body, My Boundaries, tough conversations become easier! The boundaries book offers real-life examples for navigating interactions with both peers and adults. Jacob and Sophie’s story shows how kids can set boundaries and respect others.

Warren Buffett is often described as the greatest investor of all time. In Buffett's Tips: A Guide to Financial Literacy and Life award-winning professor John M. Longo sorts through the mountain of advice that Buffett has given over the years and distills it down into 100 easy-to-understand lessons. Everything young (and old!) people need to know about finance is in this book. From the different types of bank accounts to the basics of investing and risk management, this book teaches listeners how to live healthy financial lives.

La più grande scoperta scientifica nel campo dell'alimentazione. Dalla massima autorità mondiale, il nuovo fenomeno editoriale che coniuga dieta e salute. In questo audiolibro rivoluzionario Valter Longo condensa tutte le sue scoperte scientifiche e ci spiega come ridurre il grasso addominale, rigenerare e ringiovanire il nostro corpo abbattendo in modo significativo il rischio di cancro, malattie cardiovascolari, diabete e malattie neurodegenerative come l'Alzheimer, istruendoci infine sugli effetti benefici di una periodica dieta di restrizione calorica.

Before the United States Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools, and before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, Jackie Robinson walked onto the diamond on April 15, 1947, as first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, making history as the first African American to integrate Major League Baseball in the 20th century. Today a national icon, Robinson was a complicated man who navigated an even more complicated world that both celebrated and despised him.

Mary Firth is a Stormsinger: a woman whose voice can still hurricanes and shatter armadas. Faced with servitude to a deathless pirate lord, Mary offers her skills to his arch-rival in exchange for protection—and, more importantly, his help in sending the pirate to a watery grave. But Mary's dreams are dark and full of ghistings, spectral creatures who inhabit the ancient forests of her homeland and the figureheads of ships.

The Art of Investing: Lessons from History's Greatest Traders profiles over 30 men and women at the pinnacle of the investing field, including Warren Buffett, Ray Dalio, John Bogle, Peter Lynch, George Soros, T. Rowe Price, Jr., Linda Bradford Raschke, David Dreman, Michael Burry, and others involved in such ventures as value stocks, growth stocks, mutual funds, index funds, hedge funds, commodity futures, private equity, sovereign wealth, distressed assets, and more.

Most experienced professionals don’t lack expertise. They lack positioning. In today’s crowded marketplace, visibility is everywhere. Trust is rare. Authority That Converts explores the shift from activity to structure — from being seen to being chosen. Kevin Long draws on more than 17 years of publishing and authority strategy experience, having launched over 650 Amazon number one bestsellers globally. But this audiobook goes beyond publishing. It reveals how a well-structured book becomes a positioning asset.

Olivia Beckett has lived through thousands of lifetimes, dispatching miscreant supernatural creatures alongside her sisters as the mythological trio of Furies. Memories of her past lives begin to appear and haunt her, and she starts questioning everything she thought she knew about her life and her duty. In the midst of a brewing war between the factions of Creatures, Olivia goes against all the rules and falls in love with a human, only to realize he may be connected to her mysterious past. Can she have it all, or will she have to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to stop the war?

È una primavera malinconica per il commissario Arcadipane. Ogni strada, ogni bar, ogni osteria della città sono un ricordo. Lui che dove gli altri crollano ha sempre trovato "terra di conquista", ora si sente stanco; la sua intelligenza, tanto umile quanto ostinata, pare essersi assopita. A destarlo dal torpore è un episodio di violenza come ce ne sono molti. Dietro cui, però, si nasconde un male così insensato da spegnere le parole in bocca. Vincenzo Arcadipane ha cinquantacinque anni, un matrimonio fallito alle spalle e un futuro che non promette granché.

"Everyone is female, and everyone hates it." So begins Andrea Long Chu’s genre-defying investigation into sex and lies, desperate artists and reckless politics, the smothering embrace of gender and the punishing force of desire. Drawing inspiration from a forgotten play by Valerie Solanas - the woman who wrote the SCUM Manifesto and shot Andy Warhol - Chu aims her searing wit and surgical intuition at targets ranging from performance art to psychoanalysis, incels to porn, and even feminists like herself.

Weldon Long knows firsthand that Maui is nicer than prison. After 13 years of federal and state incarceration, he emerged a transformed man: a powerful speaker, driven motivator, and successful trainer/entrepreneur. Long holds a BS in law and an MBA in management, despite dropping out of high school in the ninth grade.

Lost a century ago from its traditional owner, thrown into a swamp by a Hand with no ear for music, the Sword struggles through the seamy underside of society to regain the path towards honour, glory, and a name of its own. This new prospect is only a woodcutter, but he has a strong arm, a sense of duty, and a receptive mind. Trouble looms for his village. A chance for heroic deeds? The Sword dares to dream again. But what about his sister? How can a Sword earn honour and glory with a Healer hanging around, making everybody get along with each other?

Emily is 24 and trying to figure out, well, everything. She starts seeing Steve and falls for him instantly. Unfortunately, that requires conveniently pushing her longtime (and live-in) boyfriend Brian out of her mind. Not only does it ruin her relationship, but her secret boyfriend-situation drives a wedge between her and her best friend, Sam, as well. She turns to her co-worker and some new friends to try to figure it all out via text, chat, and email.