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L'autobiografia, raccontata in prima persona, di una delle più importanti e preziose personalità scientifiche dello scorso secolo. Una vita che si muove tra le minacce della storia - le due guerre mondiali e le leggi razziali - i limiti culturali di una società che discrimina ancora fortemente la donna e un modo di concepire la scienza come ricerca continua, processo evolutivo di idee e approcci, scoperta.

Cuando Roman Carruthers, el hijo mayor de la familia y un genio de las finanzas, vuelve a casa tras el accidente de coche de su padre, se encuentra a su hermano pequeño, Dante, endeudado con criminales peligrosos, y a su hermana Neveah agotada de mantener unida a la familia y su negocio. Neveah, que dirige el Crematorio Carruthers en Jefferson Run, ve la muerte de cerca todos los días. Pero la mortalidad se acerca aún más a la familia cuando queda claro que el accidente que dejó a su padre en coma no fue tal, y que la imprudencia de Dante los ha puesto a todos en un verdadero peligro.

Giovanni Trincanato ist Alleinerbe der gleichnamigen sizilianischen Bootswerft und wirft als mondäner Playboy das Geld zum Fenster hinaus. Der Firma droht der Ruin, und Commissario Montalbano ist zur Stelle, als einer der Arbeiter sich erhängt. Kurz darauf wird Giovanni ermordet aufgefunden, zeitgleich mit der Ankunft einer mysteriösen Segeljacht im Hafen. Steht das Auftauchen des mondänen Schiffs in Zusammenhang mit Giovannis gewaltsamem Tod? Schon bald kommt Montalbano einem Komplott auf die Spur, das ihn vor neue Herausforderungen stellt.

On the run from my cruel captors, I stumble into Grayhaven. This secret supernatural settlement is packed with biker demons, fae royals, and witches dealing in death-magic. Their small town could be my salvation...or doom. But when the Grayhaven werewolf pack tracks me down, I feel the noose of impending capture tightening around my throat. I’m an omega, the least dominant werewolf in the supernatural world. If I’m given an order - any order - I’m powerless to refuse.

Roma, luglio 1700. È anno di Giubileo: strade e piazze sono invase da torme di pellegrini accaldati. Anche il colle più panoramico dell'Urbe è preso d'assalto: nella sua sontuosa villa il cardinal Spada, segretario di Stato pontificio, festeggia le nozze del nipote con il fior fiore di curia, nobiltà e diplomazia. Per giorni si alternano merende sull'erba e battute di caccia, commedie all'aperto e cene luculliane. Tra gli invitati Atto Melani, ex cantante castrato e agente del Re Sole, tesse la sua tela. Dietro le quinte della festa si agita infatti ben altro.

Natascha hatte ihr erklärt, dass die Farbe Rot und das Wort schön im Russischen den gleichen Wortstamm haben. Rot ist schön. 1985. Silke ist 15, als die Mutter die Familie mitsamt dem jüngeren Bruder verlässt, erst Brandenburg, später Deutschland den Rücken kehrt. Silke bleibt beim Vater zurück – ohnmächtig, die entstandene Lücke zu schließen. Fortan ist sie auf der Suche: Nach sich selbst, nach einer, ihrer Familie, nach Stabilität, deren Fehlen auch durch den Zusammenbruch der DDR omnipräsent wird. Und liebt dabei so radikal, wie sich das Land um sie herum verändert.

Dark clouds are gathering for cocky storm chaser Oakley Pierce as she throws herself into a bruising Oklahoma tempest that will change the course of four lives. Tracking her path is down-to-earth TV meteorologist Lana Monroe, who'd dearly love a commitment from her free-spirited partner, Oakley, after eight long years of absence and career sacrifice. Buckled in with Oakley for the storm-chasing ride of a lifetime is butch, brave EMT Riley Gatlin. She can't help but be drawn to the sweet newly divorced single mother Chloe Crawford, who seems as out of place in the group as she is sad.

Isola di Capri, agosto 1939. L'Italia è nella morsa del fascismo, la Seconda guerra mondiale è alle porte. Durante uno scintillante party sotto le stelle, zeppo di aristocratici, ufficiali nazisti e miliardari americani, il celebre scrittore Curzio Malaparte, gran rubacuori ed enfant terrible del fascismo, viene accostato dalla polizia segreta di Mussolini: qualcuno lo accusa dell'omicidio di una giovane poetessa inglese, misteriosamente precipitata da un dirupo quattro anni prima.

Cuando todavía era un niño, Ilyas les fue arrebatado a sus padres por las tropas coloniales alemanas; tras años de ausencia y de batalla contra su propio pueblo, regresa a la ciudad de su infancia, donde sus padres han desaparecido y su hermana Afiya ha sido dada en adopción. Otro joven regresa al mismo tiempo: a Hamza no lo robaron para que combatiera, sino que lo vendieron. Con tan sólo sus ropas a la espalda, se limita a buscar trabajo y seguridad... y el amor de la hermosa Afiya.

En Sueños en tiempos de guerra, Ngũgĩ dibuja hábilmente una era pasada, capturando el paisaje, la gente y la cultura. Narrado desde los ojos de un niño y al mismo tiempo la inteligencia de una vida dedicada, entre otras cosas, al estudio y la defensa de las culturas minorizadas, el audiolibro evidencia la vicisitudes sociales y políticas de la vida colonial y la guerra.

This place had been her home Now it was a crime scene The sooner Special Agent Macy Stark can sell her childhood home, the sooner she can escape her small town and shameful past—until she discovers a body in the wall and her childhood nightmares return. Handsome local Sheriff Stone Lawson...

BODY IN THE WALL This place had been her home Now it was a crime scene The sooner Special Agent Macy Stark can sell her childhood home, the sooner she can escape her small town and shameful past—until she discovers a body in the wall and her childhood nightmares return. Handsome local Sheriff...

Why do you keep repeating the same emotional patterns… even when you know better? Do you find yourself overthinking, self-sabotaging, or feeling triggered in ways you cannot fully explain? Do your relationships feel intense, confusing, or harder than they should be? Do you struggle with self-doubt, people-pleasing, or a constant inner critic that never seems to quiet down? If so, the answer is not a lack of discipline. It is something deeper.

Entering Blackburn Academy was supposed to be a dream come true. Instead, I’m trapped in a nightmare. A group known as The Elites rule the campus with fear and cruelty. They kill vampires for sport. Worst of all... they think I’m one of them. Only my boyfriend, Justin, knows my deadly truth and he’s suddenly gone missing. The only person who I can turn to for help is Mitch Holter, my Elite bodyguard and the biggest bully at Blackburn. I had no way of knowing the dark and sinister nature of the Academy’s secret traditions. Now, my only goal is to survive the night.

Are you sick and tired of the "hot-and-cold" cycles where closeness is immediately followed by distance and silence? Have you tried countless ways to "fix" the connection, only to have your partner withdraw further? Do you finally want to say goodbye to the fear of abandonment and discover a way to feel confident again—regardless of how your partner responds? If so, then this book is for you. Imagine how you’ll feel once you can stay emotionally anchored in yourself, and how your life could change when you no longer walk on eggshells.

Die wahre Kraft von Dopamin verstehen und nutzen Nach ihrem Weltbestseller Kindern mehr zutrauen zeigt Naturwissenschaftlerin und Journalistin Michaeleen Doucleff, wie Dopamin unser Leben und den Alltag von Familien beeinflusst. Sie räumt mit zahlreichen Mythen rund um den als »Glückshormon« bekannten Neurotransmitter auf: Während häufig seine negativen Auswirkungen betont werden – von Social Media über Gaming bis hin zu Junk Food –, betont sie, wie wichtig er für Lernen und Konzentration ist.

Tales of a Female Nomad is the story of Rita Golden Gelman, an ordinary woman who is living an extraordinary existence. At the age of 48, on the verge of a divorce, Rita left an elegant life in Los Angeles to follow her dream of connecting with people in cultures all over the world. In 1986, she sold her possessions and became a nomad, living in a Zapotec village in Mexico, sleeping with sea lions on the Galapagos Islands, and residing everywhere from thatched huts to regal palaces.

Are you tired of attracting the same unhealthy dynamics again and again? Do you struggle with trust issues, overthinking, jealousy, people-pleasing, or losing yourself in relationships? If you've experienced gaslighting, narcissistic abuse, betrayal, emotional neglect, or chronic relationship anxiety, you're not broken...but your patterns may be holding you back.

Candid literary accounts by doctors, nurses, and other healers shed light on the intense challenges and triumphs of medical life, reflecting the resilience, ingenuity, and compassion they use to get by. In Where It Hurts, more than 60 doctors, nurses, therapists, EMTs, patient advocates, and...

Can two lost people find themselves, and possibly each other, halfway around the world? After a tragic accident, Quinn Coolidge leaves everything behind, hoping to find solace in a secluded life in the Ozarks. Her solitude is disrupted when her best friend unexpectedly shows up with a...