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Sixteen-year-old Nate Campbell grew up in the shadow of Murder Road–a street cursed by the vengeful spirit of the Hiding Boy. Every few years, for nearly six decades, a different house on that street has been the scene of a tragedy.

L’agenzia di Cormoran Strike e Robin Ellacott – detective privati, soci in affari e autoproclamatisi "migliori amici’"– non è certo a corto di clienti. Così, quando una giovane donna dall’aria stravolta si presenta in ufficio, la segretaria la rispedirebbe volentieri indietro, ma l’intuito di Robin le dice di ascoltarla. Mentre stringe la sua costosissima borsa macchiata di inchiostro, Edie Ledwell si presenta come la coautrice di una serie animata di culto che sta per sbarcare su Netflix e implora Robin di aiutarla a scoprire l’identità di una misteriosa figura che la perseguita online.

Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsidian gods have been released from their prison, and chaos and destruction are wreaking havoc on Reino del Sol. All because Teo refused to sacrifice a fellow semidiós during the Sunbearer Trials. With the world plunged into perpetual night, Teo, his crush Aurelio, and his best friend Niya must journey to the dark wilderness of Los Restos, battling vicious monsters while dealing with guilt, trauma, and a (very distracting) burgeoning romance between Teo and Aurelio.

Dokko vive nella stazione centrale di Seoul. Non ricorda se un tempo avesse un lavoro, una casa, una famiglia. Non sa più niente di sé, sa solo che berrebbe volentieri un bicchierino di soju. Quando trova per terra una pochette rosa contenente dei documenti e un portafogli, non può immaginare che la sua vita sta per cambiare direzione. Probabilmente la signora Yeom, un’insegnante di storia in pensione, ha perso la sua borsetta quando si è addormentata in attesa del treno.

Wenn’s kommt, kommt’s dicke: Der kleine Stern Sirius wurde von den anderen Sternenkindern in der Sternenschule geärgert. Nun will er nicht mehr leuchten, schon gar nicht zu Weihnachten. Zu allem Überfluss fällt er am nächsten Morgen auch noch aus seiner Wolke und plumpst auf die Erde. Verloren im Wald, kennt der kleine Sirius den Weg zurück in den Himmel nicht. Zum Glück trifft er auf die mutige Maus Pippa Pieps und den vorsichtigen Kaninchenjungen Bommel. Sie wollen ihm helfen. Nur wie bekommt man einen Stern zurück in den Himmel?

Da quando la moglie Allegra è morta, precipitando da un dirupo affacciato sul lago di Como, Giacomo, imprenditore e titolare di un brand di gioielli, si trascina tra mattine grigie e pomeriggi interminabili, nell'attesa del momento in cui finalmente arriverà a casa e potrà chiudere fuori il mondo. Dopo essersi versato un bicchiere del whiskey preferito, il suo unico desiderio è passare la serata a riascoltare dalle casse dello stereo i vocali che la moglie gli ha mandato negli anni, e aggrappandosi a quella voce illudersi di averla ancora accanto.

Trapped in the body of the murderous Zara the Fury, our hero might not know her real name, but she knows how to play a game—or so she thought. The world of Knights of Eternity is no simple dungeon-crawler with damsels in distress. The tyrannical god Calamity treats the world as his chess board, a knight is faced with the chance to change his fate, and cryptic quests promise our hero overwhelming power. But the real Zara the Fury wants her body back. And she'll do whatever it takes to get it.

SIE IST KLEIN. SIE IST STILL. UND SIE IST TÖDLICH. Lou überlebte die Seuche, der ihre Mutter zum Opfer fiel. Ihr Vater beschützte sie vor dem Bösen, welches die Welt verschlungen hatte, und brachte ihr bei, in dieser Welt zu überleben. Lehrte sie den Umgang mit den tödlichen Klingen. Doch nachdem ein Überfall Lou zur Waise macht, werden die Fähigkeiten des jungen, unscheinbaren Mädchens auf die Probe gestellt. Als ziellose Wanderin, ebenso brillant wie tödlich, durchstreift sie die apokalyptische Wildnis, die einst Texas gewesen war. Aber kann sie allein überleben?

When Senna Rhys turns eighteen, she must go through the Tithe, a rite of passage to adulthood and a selection process that claims ten souls for the treaty with the wall. The unpaired are chosen first—securing the next generation to supply the Tithe is the foundation of Ironcross's survival.

If there is an enemy in the War on Drugs, it is people of color. That is the lesson of forty years of cultural production in the United States. Popular culture, from Scarface and Miami Vice to Narcos and Better Call Saul, has continually positioned Latinos as an alien people who threaten the US body politic with drugs. Jason Ruiz explores the creation and endurance of this trope, its effects on Latin Americans and Latinx people, and its role in the cultural politics of the War on Drugs.

Two girls emerge from a convent in order to marry and assume their places in post-Revolutionary French society. Louise is ruled by passion, Renée by pragmatism, and the intimate details of their trials and triumphs are revealed through their correspondence. Letters of Two Brides follows two strong women across the years as they navigate love, friendship, faith, and the conflicting expectations for women in society.

Ein herzergreifendes Versprechen, eingefangen in einem Buch, das die Welt aus den Augen eines treuen Gefährten betrachtet. "Hallo, Lebensform auf zwei Beinen", beginnt der berührende Einblick in das Leben eines Hundes, der die Unvollkommenheiten seines Menschen bedingungslos akzeptiert und ihm sein ganzes Leben schenkt.

Dann ist dies genau das richtige Buch für Sie. Obwohl Sie sich vermutlich besonders für das, was als moderner Schamanismus bekannt ist interessieren, konzentrieren wir uns in diesem Buch außerdem darauf, die Traditionen einer Spiritualität, die bereits seit 100.000 Jahren existiert, zu verstehen.

You’re stuck … and you're frustrated. You want growth, but the next step isn’t clear. Your inner voice nudges you to do more, but you aren’t sure what or how. Or maybe your priorities constantly fight for your attention, and you always feel behind. The thing you want most is movement — toward more time, money, energy, brain power, or simply the enjoyment that’s supposed to come from having your own business. You’ve tried everything, but nothing seems to work. Andrea Liebross has discovered that the secret to getting unstuck is what you think, not what you do.

This book is dedicated to those who desire to embrace their God-given power. This is the power that creates, heals, restores, manifests, and makes this planet a beautiful place to live. Power drains are merely a part of life, but when we are living on purpose, basing our life on that which is solid and everlasting, including principles, habits, modalities, etc., we find ourselves elevating from merely surviving to thriving. And we also find ourselves in places where magic happens, dreams come true and the experience of happiness washes over us like never before.

As the grandson of a late, great action star, Lionel Honeycutt III knows all about heroics. Not that any of Grandpa’s genes were passed down to him; Lionel is solidly a Background Character in the social hierarchy of his high school. But when a fire at a pet store has Lionel cast as the brave teen who helped everyone escape, Lionel can finally live up to the family name. Honestly, though…Lionel isn’t sure he did any saving, despite smoky security footage that shows someone who could be him ushering victims to safety.

Il libro cult che ha conquistato i lettori e le classifiche italiane. Inghilterra, 1936. Lewis e William sono due studenti privilegiati, ebbri di emozioni e ambizioni. Tuttavia, in una società in cui persino al Re non è permesso scegliere di chi innamorarsi, sono costretti a vivere un amore nascosto agli occhi del mondo. Lewis Ellsworth, figlio del Duca di Buccleuch, è attento a tenere i suoi incontri intimi lontano dagli ambienti aristocratici da cui proviene. All’inizio del suo secondo anno a Cambridge, però, scopre che il ragazzo con cui si è intrattenuto in un pub è uno studente del suo stesso college.

Miguel Rosado wants nothing more than to see and draw the world … or at least anywhere beyond the four walls of his family’s bodega in Washington Heights. Too bad his mami and papi have him working long hours after school, hoping he’ll appreciate the sacrifices they’ve made to keep the store afloat. For street-savvy and newly adopted cat Lolo, that sounds just perfect if it means he’s far, far away from the hungry, lonely nights he once spent in the freezing-cold outdoors.

Werde der inspirierende Chef, den sich jeder wünscht! Meistere die Herausforderungen der Zukunft, um nachhaltigen Erfolg bei der Führung und Bindung deiner Mitarbeitern zu erzielen. In diesem Buch werden die besten Führungswerkzeuge und -methoden präsentiert, bewährte Ansätze, die auf echten Erfolgen basieren. Du wirst die wirkungsvollsten Methoden kennenlernen, die anhand nachvollziehbarer Praxisbeispiele beschrieben sind, sodass dir ihre Umsetzung mühelos gelingt.

In Neil deGrasse Tyson's delightful journey through the cosmos, his fictional character Merlin responds to popular questions asked by adults and children alike. Merlin, a timeless visitor from Planet Omniscia in the Andromeda Galaxy, has observed first-hand many of the major scientific events of Earth's history. Merlin's friends include the most important scientific figures and explorers of all time - da Vinci, Magellan, Newton, Einstein and Hubble.