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Von den Wänden des Hauses rinnt wieder das Blut. Wieso auch nicht, es ist schließlich September. Als Margaret und ihr Mann Hal das große viktorianische Haus in der Hawthorn Street kaufen, können sie nicht glauben, dass sie endlich ein eigenes Heim besitzen. Doch dann offenbart sich der Spuk. Jedes Jahr im September tropft Blut von den Wänden und die Geister früherer Bewohner tauchen auf. Sie fürchten sich vor etwas, das im Keller lauert. Die meisten Menschen würden fliehen. Doch Margaret ist nicht wie die meisten Menschen. Sie bleibt. Es ist ihr Haus.

With practical advice and inspiration drawn from the most influential voices in personal finance, Your Wealth, Your Way delivers more than money tips—it’s a guide to life mastery. Whether you’re just starting out or leveling up, this book will help you create lasting change.

They said you were too emotional, too slow, too distracted, too much. This book says they were wrong. If you’ve ever sat in a nursing lecture holding back tears, wondering why your brain refuses to work like everyone else’s… this book is for you. If you’ve blanked on an exam you studied all night for, shut down during clinicals, or been told you’re “not nurse material”—this guide is your lifeline.

Welcome to The Eggflation Diaries—a brutally honest, laugh-so-you-don’t-cry survival guide for anyone trying to live, parent, work, and stay sane in an economy that’s cracked beyond recognition. This isn’t a finance book. It’s a field guide for the financially fried. It's for the ones doing mental math in the checkout line, the parents skipping meals so their kids don’t have to, and everyone who's ever screamed into a pillow after checking their bank app.

Klaus y Adler son hermanos pero tienen poco en común: la infancia en Berlín, la intimidad con el agua y el amor por la misma mujer: Cora. Después de muchos años, Klaus, asentado en Criacuervo, un lugar en pleno desierto de La Guajira, decide invitar a Adler y a Cora y...

Este Original Audible acompanha a atriz Alice Braga e a artista e ativista Daiara Tukano, numa jornada pela história oculta do Brasil. Uma história dividida em 8 episódios, que relata a participação do Governo brasileiro no apagamento de populações indígenas, inclusive por meio de ações de políticas públicas.

A década de 1950 no Brasil foi marcada por um sentimento de otimismo e esperança. A construção de Brasília, a promessa de crescimento econômico acelerado e a chegada de inovações tecnológicas inspiravam sonhos grandiosos em todos. Ao ouvir sobre as novas oportunidades no distante Mato Grosso, Jerônimo Bragante e sua família, proprietários de uma modesta fazenda de produção de leite no interior de São Paulo, decidem partir em busca de prosperidade e de um futuro melhor para seus filhos.

It was around midnight when Joe Brewster sat among the emptied walls of what had once been JB’s Cuts. His intention had been some kind of heroic sit-down protest. It was at the same time that Jack Baddock prowled the streets looking for someone to blame. His steady diet of anger had finally broken him and tonight he would take it out on all of them. Well, that had been the plan. And then he forced his way into JB’s Cuts and it was too late, the mistake had been made and the two men were locked in the personal hell of Jack Baddock, with no way out.

In Like the Blink of an Eye, Orlando Aboujaoude explores the fleeting nature of time and how easily we surrender our moments to distraction. Through vivid personal stories—from a cancer diagnosis that shattered his illusion of control to the small, everyday choices that shape a life—he challenges you to embrace now instead of waiting for “later.”

Tristan Montague has had his ability to cast magic broken. When his confrontation with Edith and Verity leave him unable to access his magic, he must seek out another technique to regain his access. He must learn the Restoring Palm. Now, together with Simon and the help of a dark mage, they must seek out someone who knows the technique and is willing to teach it to Tristan.

The power unleashed during the Ascendance, lingers. After defeating the Revenant, Monty realizes Simon’s blood has been poisoned—tainted. Simon is slowly transforming. His body is harnessing dark magic in ways thought unimaginable. Now, Monty is faced with the hardest choice. Let the poison run its course, transforming Simon into a dark immortal, increasing his power, but drawing the attention of those who would want him dead, or allow Simon to take the blood lessons, risking his friend’s life? Can Monty help Simon before he’s too far gone or will Simon become an unstoppable threat?

Mitreißend, prägnant und menschlich berührend erzählt Orlando Figes die Geschichte Russlands. Dabei entfaltet er das große Panorama der russischen Seele: von unsterblichen Mythen über die großartigen kulturellen Leistungen bis zur Weltmachtpolitik des 20. Jahrhunderts und unserer Gegenwart. In einer packenden Reise durch die Zeit erzählt Orlando Figes, wie die Russen sich selbst erlebten und wie sie sich im Laufe ihrer Geschichte immer wieder neu erfanden: Er ergründet ihre Anfänge als Jäger und Sammler und schildert das Leben der Bauern Russlands im ersten nachchristlichen Jahrtausend.

Unearthed after being lost for nearly a century, at last the memoirs of Mycroft Holmes are available to the general public. In this volume we see what it is when one extraordinarily talented person is the British Government as Mycroft Holmes applies his skills in statecraft to tax evasion, royal honors, Partygate, the 1918 Armistice, and the Abdication crisis of 1936.

El triunfo perfecto no existe, aunque nos lo quieran vender así. Pero, como aquella película en que todo iba de mal en peor, La tormenta perfecta, el fracaso perfecto sí existe. En el imaginario popular triunfar es mucho trabajo y fracasar es sinónimo de mala suerte, como si fracasar no implicara también un esfuerzo, una labor constante, como si no dependiera de una voluntad férrea y un empeño diario.

Brought to you by Penguin. Worse things happen at sea… Paul Delamare has been roped into accompanying his old friend on a luxury cruise aboard the magnificent superyacht Maldemer. It’s all plain sailing until his friend’s priceless necklace is stolen, and everyone falls under suspicion. As...

A NEW YORKER, ECONOMIST, AND TOWN & COUNTRY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A dazzling insider’s account of the contemporary art world and the stunning rise and fall of the charismatic American art dealer Inigo Philbrick, as seen through the eyes of his friend and fellow dealer In development as a...

In How Did You Get That Job?, 30-year corporate veteran Orlando Ashford explores the “tools and rules” one can use to help maximize their career journey. Drawing from his depth of experience and illustrating concepts with personal stories, Ashford walks the listener through the key elements of building a successful career, including: creating a career vision, taking calculated risks, delivering results, building a career community, a culture or one’s personal brand.

When Orlando Whitfield met Inigo Philbrick, they were ambitious art history students who dreamt of dealing art for a living. Their friendship would last for fifteen years until one day, Inigo - by then the most successful dealer of his generation - disappeared, accused of a fraud so gigantic and audacious it rocked the art world to its core.

Na Itália do século XVII, os Manfredi são uma das famílias mais influentes de toda a Europa. Décadas fornecendo exércitos imbatíveis a reis e imperadores os tornaram donos de riquezas abundantes e respeitados por todos os cantos, seja no mundo dos vivos ou no além. No entanto, a verdadeira fonte do poder deste clã é um segredo trancado a sete chaves: alguns membros da família são capazes não só de se comunicar com os mortos, mas também de fazer com que hordas de espíritos se curvem às suas vontades.

A Sicilian rival to Helen of Troy is sent by the gods into the 21st century's "Witness Protection Program" to pose as an English teacher and preserve the course of history. She meets Nick, another teacher, who is taken with her and is puzzled by her obsession with the tale of "The Odyssey." The gods and goddesses are attempting to avert a crisis caused by Zeus being duped by the Oracle, who in tum was tricked by Aphrodite, which complicates a prophecy that leads Maria and Nick back 3,000 years to Sicily and an encounter with Odysseus.