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In early 1900s New York, former ballerina Petronille De Villier makes an unconventional choice: Marry struggling sculptor Arkady Kamenev. For her, it’s an escape from her family’s unsavory legacy. For him, the De Villier name promises the patronage his art desperately needs. It should be a simple arrangement. But beneath their marriage of convenience lurks a darker recognition. In each other, they see a reflection of their own dangerous appetites. As buried secrets surface and bodies begin disappearing, Petronille and Arkady discover their union runs deeper than social advantage.

Tras huir de Asgard, humillado por los dioses, Loki ha tenido tres hijos monstruosos con la giganta Angrboda en Jötunheim: el gran lobo Fenrir, la serpiente Jörmungand y Hela, la criatura medio viva y medio muerta. Odín teme que los hijos de Loki lleven el germen del caos y amenacen el equilibrio en los nueve mundos y por ello decide epararlos de su padre y confinarlos para conjurar el peligro que suponen.

Cuando me pidieron escribir sobre el actual Papa Francisco, dado que compartí con él algunos momentos en diversas etapas de mi vida, sentí que, debido a su elección como Papa, en mi interior se agitaban muchos sentimientos, especialmente de gozo y emoción.

My partner's brother just snatched my baby. And I saw it coming. I thought I was lucky before all this happened. I have a beautiful baby boy. A man I want to make a life with. A gorgeous cottage in the Cotswolds that we're in the middle of doing up. Life's good. Then Ben drops a bombshell. His brother Adam is coming to stay. 'Promise me something — don't believe everything Adam tells you.' From the moment Adam shows up — all charm and dark smiles, his fragile girlfriend in tow — I know something's wrong. Something is off. He says they won't stay long. He lies. First, his girlfriend disappears.

Delving into the deeply enigmatic nature of Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable explores the various reasons why the field is so challenging. Written by one of the founders of the field of AI safety, this book addresses some of the most fascinating questions facing humanity, including the nature of intelligence, consciousness, values, and knowledge.

¿Recuerdas cuando podías imaginar cualquier cosa? Tan vívido. Así como lo hace ahora tu hijo que es aún pequeño. Tantos sueños infantiles en adultos desconectados de ellos mismos. Quizá estés viviendo tu sueño, quizá estés viviendo tu propósito de vida, quizá no. ¿Dónde dio inicio todo? En tu infancia. Ahí fue cuando tus padres alentaron tus talentos o frustraron tus habilidades. Enrique Martínez, en este libro a través de anécdotas maravillosas, te hará volver a vivir tu infancia. Volverás a sentir cómo siente un niño.

Ein Rudel wölfischer Gestaltenwandler ist in die Stadt gekommen, um eine alte Rechnung zu begleichen: Der Alpha-Wolf will der Familie Song ihren Platz in der Hexade streitig machen - dem Rat aus sechs Familien, die die moderne Stadt Poschovar unter sich aufgeteilt haben. Nie hätte die 18-jährige Christine Christie Song gedacht, dass sie eines Tages in die Belange der Familie hineingezogen werden würde. Doch die Wölfe richten ihre Aufmerksamkeit auf das vermeintlich schwächste Familienmitglied, das - als außereheliches Kind - wohl kaum deren mächtige magische Fähigkeiten geerbt haben kann.

The Netherworld: it is a hellish landscape inhabited only by demons. Joining the ranks of newborn demons, Salvos is thrown into the violent, anarchy-ruled landscape of that world. To survive, she will have to learn, she will have to adapt, and she will have to evolve. She will gain experience to reach new Levels of power. Her curiosity aids her but her pride could be her fall. It is the nature of the Netherworld to avoid or conquer any threats faced. After all, the law of evolution is survival of the fittest, and Salvos is a survivor.

Die Suche nach ihrem leiblichen Vater führt Christie in die zwielichtigsten Viertel von Shousa, der Stadt der Drachen-Triade. Ausgerechnet ihre verhassten Drachenschuppen erwecken die Aufmerksamkeit zweier niederträchtiger Jäger, die Drachenwandler wie Ware verkaufen und Christie auf offener Straße entführen. In Gefangenschaft wird Christie vor eine schwere Entscheidung gestellt. Soll sie das Risiko eingehen, ihre geheime Identität zu verraten, in der Hoffnung dadurch Hilfe zu erlangen?

The intimacy of a cabin at Lake Tahoe provides the combustible circumstances that bring Diana Holland and Lane Christianson together in this passionate novel of first discovery.

”Then, Samkiel, you will know this is how the world ends.” But it was not this world. No, it was mine. It was Dianna. The world quakes in fear as the last shred of Dianna’s humanity is ripped from her. As it should. Grief consumes Dianna, burning away any semblance of good within her and...

Edmundo Dantés, un joven marinero que siempre ha llevado una vida tranquila, solo desea casarse con la hermosa Mercedes. Pero sus planes se malogran cuando su mejor amigo, Fernando, le traiciona vilmente para conquistar a su prometida.

Todo está por hacer después del Ragnarök. La desolación que trajo el cumplimiento de la profecía arrasó los nueve mundos, pero ha traído una nueva era marcada por la voluntad de los supervivientes de reconstruir sus vidas, unidos en una hermandad donde la convivencia y la armonía dominen en Vidblain, el bello mundo recién nacido. Sin embargo, la ardua tarea de reconstrucción no estará exenta de recelos, dolor y muerte, ni de grandes dificultades que solo podrán superar si las afrontan unidos.

The concept of personality disorders rose to prominence in the early twentieth century and has consistently caused controversy among psychiatrists, psychologists, and social scientists. In Personality Disorders, Allan V. Horwitz traces the evolution of defining these disorders and the historical dilemmas of attempting to mold them into traditional medical conceptions of disorder.

"The Near Witch" is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely and always looking for company. There are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger, a boy who seems to fade like smoke, appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true. 

With one reckless act and a rushed confession, I knew my life was never going to be the same. I was having a baby with a woman who was not my wife. I would do anything to keep my love, to have her stay with me. But how does one forgive the unforgivable?

Kell est le dernier des magiciens de sang, des sorciers capables de voyager d'un monde à l'autre. Des mondes, il y en a quatre, dont Londres est, à chaque fois, le cœur et l'âme. Le nôtre est gris, sans magie d'aucune sorte. Celui de Kell, rouge – on y respire le merveilleux à chaque bouffée d'air. Le troisième est blanc : là, les sortilèges se font si rares qu'on s'y tranche la gorge pour une simple incantation. Le dernier est noir, noir comme la mort qui l'a envahi quand la magie a dévoré tout ce qui s'y trouvait, obligeant les trois autres à couper tout lien avec lui.

An orphan with a tragic past and a penchant for wicked deeds, Rose Wolff has never been accepted by her people. She's learned to live in the darkness, content with her Alchemy magic and her quiet apothecary. When a terrible curse sweeping the land forces her to enter the Decemvirate, a magical tournament among the strongest of the empire, Rose is pulled from the shadows and thrown into a world of power games, deadly trials, and entanglements with a handsome, mysterious rebel. With divisions in the empire worsening, there may be more at stake than becoming the champion.

Una nave espacial proveniente de una civilización distante que clama haber visitado y creado vida en el planeta tierra millones de años atrás, se estrella inesperadamente en el Océano Pacífico cerca de la costa occidental de los Estados Unidos. Sus intenciones pacíficas son repetir la contribución de antaño plantando materia biológica en nuestras aguas confiando en un desenlace mejor esta vez: un mundo libre de enfermedades, física y mentalmente, tal vez hasta de conflicto entre nosotros los humanos.

Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., psychiatrist, and Diane V. Cirincione, businesswoman and lecturer, can help you, as they have thousands, shift your perceptions about life and living. When you undergo this attitudinal shift in your perceptions, wonderful things begin to happen. You become truly fearless. You find safety in defenselessness. Love becomes the guiding force in your life; and your inner, intuitive voice unfailingly helps you make the right choices.