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Il vecchio è il più grande alchimista di tutti i regni, il "Maestro delle essenze", come dimostrano in modo impressionante le sue ingegnose pozioni "Maledizione dell'ombra curiosa" o "Specchio dell'ultimo istante". Che siano altri a inventare la pozione per l'umiltà e la modestia. Mentre indaga su una morte misteriosa, il soldato della guardia cittadina trova una lettera con il sigillo del re. Non riesce a resistere alla tentazione. La figlia dello scorticatore si addentra nella foresta col suo amico per raccogliere funghi. Uno strano bagliore li attira in una grotta nascosta.

Książka obejmuje kilkanaście najlepszych rozmów z podcastu "Making Sense", z gośćmi takimi jak Daniel Kahneman, Timothy Snyder, Nick Bostrom czy Glenn Loury. Zakres tematów jest bardzo szeroki: od natury świadomości i wolnej woli, przez politykę i ekstremizm, aż po etykę w życiu codziennym. Nadając sens tym zjawiskom, rozmówcy pokazują, jak można się odnaleźć w nowoczesnym świecie.

King Dmitri was once a prince of flowers, but when his father was murdered in a treasonous plot by his own family, all of Dima's hope and innocence shattered. At his lowest point, he took the crown and bonded the land, and in the process, he lost himself. Now, the boy I once loved is brutal and cruel, and the best I can do for his kingdom is to put us both out of our misery before he destroys it all.

A little very big dragon finds his voice, two legs, and some delightful human appendages beyond in this MM high fantasy romance, featuring: one forlorn dragon-riding prince, a dragon who just wants to kiss the boy, two incredibly self-sacrificing doofuses, a road to pain paved with all the best intentions, and a plot to upend a kingdom.

Il figlio del becchino cerca disperatamente un modo per salvare il suo signore Emicho. Per farlo, una missione urgente lo porta ad attraversare le montagne più alte e impervie del Regno e a raggiungere una misteriosa palude. Ma il vero pericolo della missione si nasconde nel tradimento, nella sfiducia e nella disperazione. Riuscirà lo scudiero a salvare il suo signore da sé stesso? In un mondo sconosciuto, tutta sola, Aross deve mantenere il suo segreto. È spaventata dal suo discutibile passato e dal futuro inquietante.

La battaglia contro i nemici conduce Farin e il cavaliere Emicho alla capitale. Grazie agli ingredienti demoniaci di Schifo, il figlio del becchino diventa l'attrazione principale alla corte reale. Fin troppo presto, dovrà mettersi alla prova tra macchinazioni e intrighi. L'altro continente chiede ad Aross più di quanto lei sia disposta a dare. Il suo percorso la conduce a una misteriosa gilda in un antico monastero. Più impara a conoscere la loro magia, meno ne vuole sapere.

I escaped the terrible queen's clutches, so I should be safe, right? Apparently, the fates didn't get the message because while I was on my honeymoon, someone tried to kill me. Twice. And right in the middle of it is him—Crown Prince Draven. He's waiting until my guard is down, but is it to...

I'm the girl next door who looks for love in all the wrong places. Until the day my smoking hot neighbors who've always treated me like a little sister rescue me from the men who hurt me. They tend my wounds. They care for me. They make me whole again. Now the gloves are off. They're my fated mates, and they won't give me up for anyone. My enemies are determined to find and enslave me, but my three possessive, dangerous, and slightly unhinged alphas will lay waste to an entire city if that's what it takes to keep me safe. And they may just have to.

For nineteen years, I have carved myself into a dutiful son, a courtier of unimpeachable wit, and a genuine delight at a tea party. Now that my success in society has planted me in the path of Mikhail Vasiliev, it's clear I'd have been better off keeping my head down. Prince Mikhail is the second son of a traitor. Third in line to the throne, he has a reputation for violence, debauchery, and being a thorn in the side of his cousin, King Dmitri. That is until the king decides to get him out of the way—by marrying him off. To me.

Al castello del Cavaliere Emicho, si concentra per diventare un buon scudiero. Al torneo più importante del Regno, si assume le proprie responsabilità e, perciò, gli viene permesso di accompagnare il suo signore in una campagna di conquista nel Regno. Insieme a lui c'è il suo segreto, sempre imprevedibile. Braccato dalle guardie cittadine di Nabenstein, la taglia sulla testa di Aross, l'orfana fuggita, aumenta di settimana in settimana. Nel porto fa amicizia con l'artista Ki, che la accompagnerà nelle sue future avventure.

Il diciottenne Farin vive nel villaggio medievale di Haufen, Il ragazzo è un emarginato, perché come figlio del becchino è deriso e maltrattato dagli altri abitanti del villaggio. Eppure, la sua unica scelta è apprendere il mestiere del padre, sempre più vittima dell'alcol. Le cose cambiano senza preavviso per Farin quando muore la strega del villaggio e lui la prepara per il funerale. Perché la strega porta un misterioso amuleto al collo e Farin non riesce a resistere alla tentazione di indossare il gioiello... Tiene per sé il suo segreto... tanto non gli crederebbe nessuno.

I don't want an alpha. I don't want the legendary Murphy pack as stepbrothers. I don't want to share a house with the four boys every girl in school wants. And I definitely don't want their breath on my skin, their scent in my nose, their marks on my neck. Their father told them to look after me. But he doesn't realize just how they've decided to twist that directive. I'm a pet omega for them to play with. And they're about to give me everything they decide I need.

After successfully matchmaking within the Sydney desi community for years, Nas has decided to open a marriage agency to help all Australians find love. With 17 years of marriage to his dream woman Tasnim under his belt, he's keen to help others find the same happiness that he's had. But what he sees as a perfect, happy match isn't necessarily what something others agree on - including Tasnim. Before long, the cracks in Nas and Tasnim's marriage are beginning to show, and Salima, their 16-year-old daughter, is caught in the middle.

Syren sacrificed the man he loved to spare humanity from the wrath of the fae. For three hundred years, he’s been stuck on the mortal plane, floating alone in his pool while his powers slipped away. The last fae in the realm, his only companion is a mysterious bird until Audric, King of Aranthe, comes to claim his sword—the instrument that caused the rift between Faerie and the human realm.re for three centuries of touch-starvation.

Todos llegamos a algún lugar en la vida debido a tres cosas: alguien nos observa, forma una opinión sobre nosotros y decide darnos una oportunidad… o no. Nosotros hacemos lo mismo con los demás. Las personas han jugado este papel esencial en nuestras vidas, y nosotros lo jugamos en la vida de quienes nos rodean, y no importa cuánta habilidad tengamos, podemos jugar aún mejor.

He’s carved a home out in the wilderness, and met its inhabitants, killing some and making friends with others. Things are looking downright cozy—in a bushcraft kind of way—but there’s a village to the east with tools, resources, and new magic to learn. That’s all incredibly tempting when living among the wild things. Where there are people though, there are complications, including the murder-y kind.

During the coldest winter on record, an EMP attack wipes out the nation's power and cripples the country. As the city spirals into lawless chaos, an investigative journalist, twenty-six-year-old Cassandra Drews, is forced onto the dangerous streets of Portland to begin the long walk to her parents' home in Oregon. But hypothermia and starvation aren't the only dangers Cass and her rescue dog, Daisy, face on their perilous trek. Danger is stalking them, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. 

Sam Vincent is a twenty-something writer in the inner suburbs, scrabbling to make ends meet, when he gets a call from his mother: his father has stuck his hand in a woodchipper, but ‘not to worry–it wasn’t like that scene in Fargo or anything’. When Sam returns to the family farm to help out, his life takes a new and unexpected direction.

Two days after the disastrous town meeting, Charlie thinks she might go crazy being stuck indoors. But helping her next-door neighbor Kayla find some diapers for her baby might not have been the uneventful errand she'd planned, and when she takes the trip to her parents’ place out of town, she comes across a sight that will haunt her dreams forever. Grip of Death is the fourth book in this enthralling post-apocalyptic EMP survival thriller featuring flawed, complex characters, and adrenaline-fueled action and adventure.

Go-getting twenty-six-year-old investigative journalist Cassandra Drews just wants her miserable day to end. And desperate to put her breakup behind her, she agrees to one last face-to-face to return belongings to her ex. But when they're nearly killed by an out-of-control car, she's horrified when the nightmare of her relationship takes a backseat to an eruption of violence. In the blink of an eye, an EMP attack wipes out the nation's power and the world grinds to a stop. Surrounded by chaos, Cass is torn between tending to the injured or escaping her seething ex.