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C'è un momento cruciale, in questa storia. E c'è un "prima", e c'è un "dopo". Il momento cruciale è verso la fine della Seconda guerra mondiale, quando Olga, vedova di Antonio Panini, decide, insieme ai suoi otto figli, di acquistare l'edicola di corso Duomo, nel centro di Modena. Il "prima" è la storia di Antonio Panini, scampato miracolosamente alla Grande Guerra, combattuta in trincea; del suo amore infinito per Olga, detta "la Caserèina", perché figlia del casaro; e di come nel durissimo momento tra le due guerre i due abbiano costruito una famiglia tanto numerosa quanto movimentata.

Drawing from over 20 years of officiating experience and military discipline, this book offers practical insights for both mentors and mentees to build relationships that foster mutual growth and professional development. This guide provides officials with essential tools to establish a solid foundation for effective mentorship. It covers the behaviors of both mentors and mentees, emphasizing the importance of shared values, open communication, and cultural humility.

I haven't seen the Irish mob boss since I offered him my V-card and he turned me down. Now he wants every piece of me because he’s my fake husband.

It was supposed to be a one-night stand with a sinfully gorgeous stranger. A man I’d never see again. I was stranded, he had a hotel room (which I had broken into), and the rest is history. Until he shows up at my doorstep five years later with a marriage proposal. Not to marry him, though. Turns out he’s a hitman for the Irish Mob, and his boss needs a wife. The man I’d been dreaming about for years has chosen me. For someone else.

Isabella: To finance my father's revenge, I'm being sold to a savage. Kieran O'Rourke is the 6'4" drop-dead gorgeous mob king with jade green eyes and a closed-off black heart from losing the only woman he's ever loved. Rich as sin, and dangerous to cross, he sits on a throne while all of Astoria bends the knee and kisses his ring. Willingly. Except me. I'm being forced to marry him. Living under his roof exposes me to a life of wealth beyond my wildest dreams.

Forty Years of Psychic Research by Hamlin Garland offers a comprehensive exploration of the fascinating realm of psychic phenomena spanning four decades. Garland meticulously examines various aspects of psychic research, delving into topics such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and mediumship, drawing upon both historical accounts and contemporary studies. Through a blend of empirical evidence and insightful analysis, Garland presents a nuanced portrait of the enigmatic world of psychic phenomena, shedding light on its implications for our understanding of consciousness and the nature of reality.

Claire has a good job in Guildford, Surrey. She is articulate and self-sufficient. Archie is an unemployed sculptor with no prospects who grew up in Arlington, Massachusetts. But Claire sees past his faults and loves him. Archie thinks of Claire as his best friend, nothing more.

I celebrated a little too much after I purchased a racehorse favored to win the Kentucky Derby. I let down my guard and the next thing I know, I woke up beside the daughter of the man my father hates. Married. I should divorce her immediately, only she knows everything about the horse racing world and I know, well, nothing. We also made quite a scene at the auction and everyone thinks we're in love.

After years of breaking my back to make it in country music, a songwriter penned me a masterpiece. Then Music City called and that demo landed me my first contract. We’d spent all summer writing music and getting close, but when Harper wanted more, I walked away. And became a star. Seven years later, I’m raising my daughter alone and hanging on by a thread. My career is tanking, but my manager signed me to a small Nashville label.

Elizabeth Bennet did not have the luxury that Georgiana Darcy and Anne de Bourgh did of marrying without financial concerns. She decides she must accept William Collins's offer. Hidden feelings for Fitzwilliam Darcy, though, explode when she and Mr. Collins dine with Darcy at Rosings Park. Where Darcy realises his own feelings for Elizabeth, now Mrs. William Collins. When death comes to Rosings, Elizabeth and Darcy must come to terms with their feelings for each other. And she, too, must wonder if instead should could be happy with...George Wickham.

Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Greece and you had to start a new life there. What would you see? How would the people around you think and believe? How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? What work would be available, and what help could you get if you got sick?

No topic is too taboo or off limits, from the sexual assaults she suffered as a child to the exhibitionism displayed and multiple abortions she had as an adult. Garland weaves the seedy and secretive world of a sex addict with her words, removing the erotic and replacing it with the reality of what it means to live a double life: lying to and cheating on the ones you love.

On June 20, 1815, rumors of Wellington's victory in what history would come to call the Battle of Waterloo reach London. Among the townspeople celebrating, first the rumor and then the confirmation of victory, are Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy (and their son, Fitzy) and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bingley, who live a few blocks apart in Mayfair in London. The news became bleak for the families, however, when they soon received a dispatch that Captain George Wickham had been valiantly killed in battle.

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Before Gods and mortals, there were The Fates - three sisters born out of Nyx's darkness, destined to weave the lives, and deaths, of humankind for eternity. But immortality is a heavy burden, and Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos are captivated by the gloriously human lives of the mortals below, especially those of the great warrior Atalanta and her ill-fated lover, Meleager. However, being a Goddess of Fate doesn't make you a master of it. Will these three sisters find a way to free the couple, and themselves, from their destinies? Or will they be bound by Fate forever?

La notte del 20 dicembre Livio Sala, inviato speciale in Afghanistan, viene sequestrato sulla strada per Kabul. Suo figlio Tommi lo viene a sapere dalla televisione, mentre sta cenando con la mamma. Inizia così un fitto scambio di lettere: quelle di Livio, scritte di nascosto nella sua prigione, e quelle di Tommi, scritte ogni sera con la vecchia macchina da scrivere di papà... Con l'introduzione di Toni Capuozzo. Età di ascolto: da 9 anni.

Rosie Garland's enthralling new poetry collection, What Girls Do in the Dark, invites us to leap into deep space. Rooted in the realm of gothic imagination, mythology, and the uncanny, it contains magnitudes and magic, feminist fables starstruck with science and astronomy. Like comets, these dazzling poems explore containment and liberation, asking what it means to dismantle expectations, escape the drag of gravity, and blaze your own path with "strangeness that makes you strong".

Le Cipolline sono pronte a sfidare gli Squali nella Partita della Pace: dopo le scorrettezze di giugno, infatti, costate la divisione della squadra, non vedono l'ora di regalare a Champignon una partita spettacolare! Ma solo i giocatori migliori, scelti da una giuria d'eccezione, potranno scendere in campo... Chi entrerà nella rosa dei campioni?

Venticinque anni dopo quella mitica estate dell'82, Cisco fa un lungo viaggio per portare un regalo al Vecio, Enzo Bearzot, il c.t. che compie ottant'anni. Incontrarlo, per lui, vuol dire evocare il ricordo della più bella notte d'amore della sua vita. Clara Cortázar, con il gonnellino da tennis: ripensarci è una vertigine. Mentre la squadra che ora è leggenda - "Zoff, Gentile, Cabrini" -, allora fischiata e criticata, compiva il miracolo del Mundial '82, Cisco era lì, facchino nel loro hotel-ritiro. E anche lui, a diciassette anni, doveva compiere il miracolo.

Il campionato cittadino a sette giocatori sta per terminare, e la notte che precede la finalissima è carica di attesa. Ma il cuore della contesa si gioca tutto in famiglia: Tommi e sua mamma Lucia, dirigente accompagnatore dei Cipo-gol, contro Donato, allenatore degli avversari. E quando il numero 9 trova per caso un foglio che riporta i trucchi tattici che suo papà adotterà per i Cipo-tigers, la proverbiale correttezza di Tommi viene messa a dura prova... Ma il gran giorno arriva più in fretta del previsto e i ragazzi scendono in campo.