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Marrying the 70-something head of the Cosa Nostra to save my father is the only good deed I’ve ever done. I’m burning and bitter under the fake smile and tight dresses, but I was keeping it together. Was. Until my fiancé’s nephew turns up to dinner uninvited. Angelo "Vicious" Visconti. A beautiful monster with cheekbones as sharp as his tongue. They say I shouldn’t be scared of him, because nine years ago, he went straight. He’s barely a Made Man anymore. But I say, he’s the most dangerous Visconti of all.

From renowned mental health expert and speaker Gabor Maté, MD, Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD) as genetically based—and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition.

Steven Johnson traça a história por trás de quase duzentas descobertas e invenções, e nos mostra os sete padrões fundamentais dos processos de inovação desenvolvidos pelo homem e pela natureza. Quais são os espaços que fizeram história ao gerar níveis excepcionais de criatividade e inovação? Que processos estimulam nossa criatividade? O que podemos fazer para recriá-los em nosso cotidiano? Steven Johnson, um dos mais importantes pensadores da internet, investiga como surgem as boas ideias e as características dos ambientes em que elas são mais comuns.

Duda Mazza sempre soube lidar com seus sentimentos. Nicolas Guedes construiu uma barreira em seu coração. O ódio que se transformou em amizade. A amizade que se transformou em amor. Um acontecimento altera tudo, desestabilizando o que antes parecia tão intocável.

Amelia Collins is by definition successful. She would even go so far as to say successfully single. But not according to her family, and she's tired of the constant questions about her nonexistent dating life. When an invitation to yet another family wedding arrives, she decides to get everyone off her back once and for all by finding someone—anyone—to pose as her date. After a chance encounter with Reginald Cleaves, Amelia decides he's perfect for her purposes.

There's no shortage of advice out there on how to perform better, and better than others, at work. The problem is knowing which methods are actually proven to work-and how you should act on them to get the best results.

Ken Blanchard, coautor de O novo Gerente-Minuto, e Claire Diaz-Ortiz, ex-executiva do Twitter, criaram este guia definitivo para construir relacionamentos de mentoring altamente eficientes. Ter um mentor é uma ótima forma de crescer no trabalho. Quer esteja se sentindo perdido quanto à carreira que escolheu seguir ou apenas queira atingir um nível profissional mais alto, relacionar-se com um mentor pode ser um bom caminho para ajudá-lo a atingir seus objetivos.

We try our best to be consistent, but some days are better than others. Inevitably, we fail when "life happens", because each day we try to hit the same targets regardless of the situations we face. How, then, can we make our habits more resilient to the turbulence of life? By making them elastic. If you’re tired of the repetitive and exhausting grind to develop good habits, it’s time to give your habits the refreshing superpower of elasticity. Listen to Elastic Habits now, and you’ll soon discover the life-changing difference of good habits that adapt to your day.

No final do século XIX os Estados Unidos eram uma nação jovem e orgulhosa, ávida por afirmar seu lugar entre as maiores potências mundiais. Nesse contexto, a Feira de Chicago de 1893 teve papel fundamental: com o objetivo de apresentar a maior e mais impressionante exposição de inovações científicas e tecnológicas já idealizada, coube ao arquiteto Daniel Burnham, famoso por projetar alguns dos edifícios mais conhecidos do mundo, a difícil tarefa de transformar uma área desolada em um lugar de magnífica beleza: a Cidade Branca.

Dr Gabor Maté is one of the world’s most revered thinkers on the psychology of addiction. His radical findings - based on decades of work with patients challenged by catastrophic drug addiction and mental illness - are reframing how we view all human development. In this award-winning modern classic, Gabor Maté takes a holistic and compassionate approach to addiction, whether to alcohol, drugs, sex, money or anything self-destructive. He presents it not as a discrete phenomenon confined to a weak-willed few but as a continuum that runs through (and even underpins) our society.

LIV SCOTT é uma mulher sem “papas na língua”. Nova-Iorquina, dona de uma beleza estonteante, gênio forte, proprietária da Models & Models―uma próspera agência de Moda―e tem como lema “curtir a vida e não se apegar”. Após ver sua amiga Scarlett Ryan tomar um rumo diferente do que planejou para si―ela está comprometida―Liv convida Ticy Parker, sua outra melhor amiga, para passar um final de semana de diversão em Los Angeles a fim de irem ao show da maior banda de rock do momento.

In every industry, there are companies that take off. They effortlessly hire talented people, attract loyal customers, create cool products and make lots of money. These companies seem to stand out and scale up quickly with support from investors, partners and the media. Sadly, most companies don't perform this way. Most entrepreneurs aren't building anything of value. They work hard, make sacrifices, struggle, dream, plan and strive, but in the end, it doesn't pay off. This audiobook sets out a method for building a business that becomes a valuable asset.

“You’ll always be mine.” The latest taunt from my stalker reminded me I was nothing more than a possession to my father, to the Reapers, to Archer D’Ath. Even to Kody and Steele. Princess Danvers - the prize. His wife. Archer D’Ath’s wife. I hate them. They lied to me. Over and over again. I knew they were lying, and I hate myself for letting it happen. For believing in the fake relationships I want so desperately to be real.

Este é um romance que tem como pano de fundo a máfia + casamento de mentira + hot de milhões. Isotta é um problema. Aos dezenove anos ela cria as mais terríveis confusões para escapar do casamento com o primo, Nicolo. Filha do de um importante empresário de Ibiza, Isotta sempre soube que um dia precisaria casar como garantia em uma boa negociação. Porém, Nicolo, seu primo e subchefe do seu pai, está decidido a não deixar que ninguém assuma este papel.

A livraria Natsuke era uma loja de livros usados quase fora da cidade. Quem passava por lá via estantes que iam do chão até o teto, abarrotadas das mais maravilhosas obras literárias. Rintaro Natsuki amava aquele lugar, erguido pelo trabalho do avô que o criou, com todo o seu coração–passou muitas horas felizes lendo o que desejava por aqueles corredores. A livraria era o refúgio perfeito para o garoto doce, porém recluso.

“Liar, liar, pants on fire.” The words scrawled on the back of my newest stalker mail makes my blood run cold. I have no idea if it’s the lie I know or one that I don’t. Since arriving back into Shadow Grove, I’ve been stalked, tormented, chased, and almost killed. I’ve been lied to, repeatedly, by people I was growing to trust.

“Madison Kate Danvers was murdered tonight.” Those words changed my life, and not for the better. They were wrong, of course. I wasn’t dead. But I was set up. After being charged with a string of offences - and made an example of by my political-minded father - I’m eventually released back into Shadow Grove with one thing on my mind. Hate. Someone is going to pay for derailing my carefully laid-out future. How very convenient that someone just moved into the bedroom down the hall from me.

Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.

Um dos grandes economistas do nosso tempo, com seu nome escrito na história do país como um dos idealizadores do Plano Real, Gustavo Franco compartilha aprendizados, memórias e uma evidente paixão pelo ofício em cartas endereçadas a aspirantes, estudantes e a todos os profissionais da área que buscam ampliar seu conhecimento. A partir de histórias pessoais e relatos de momentos marcantes de sua carreira, ele introduz conceitos fundamentais da economia.

In Michael Bungay Stanier's The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your day so managers and their teams can work less hard and have more impact. Drawing on years of experience training more than 10,000 busy managers from around the globe in practical, everyday coaching skills, Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your peoples' potential. He unpacks seven essential coaching questions to demonstrate how - by saying less and asking more - you can develop coaching methods that produce great results.