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La vita scivolava via ed io rimanevo ferma, a vivere una vita che altri avevano scelto per me. Era questo che volevo? Mi snetivo inadeguata, persa, fallita.Come ho fatto a fiorire dentro? A rinascere a me stessa?Cambiare prospettiva, cambiare vita. Vivere. Rinascere da te, signiifica anche accettare la situazione attuale, pur conservando i sogni, le ambizioni. Facendo il possibile per realizzarli, ma senza perdersi la vita.

Perché facciamo così pochi figli, sempre meno, anche rispetto a Paesi che ci somigliano? La maternità in Italia sta diventando una non scelta. La prima ragione, è vero, è la debolezza del nostro sistema economico e sociale attorno alle nuove famiglie: la solitudine delle madri, che abbiamo visto esplodere in pandemia, spaventa. Ma c'è un'altra stanza in cui vorremmo portarvi: quella della libertà delle donne. Libere di fare o non fare figli, da giovani o meno giovani, di farli in coppia o da single, di adottarli, accoglierli in affido, custodirli come madrine.

Join one of the world’s most influential psychologists in exploring the transformative powers of positivity. The Dalai Lama declared that “the purpose of our lives is to be happy.” Indeed, prioritizing positivity can boost your health and well-being in powerful ways. And when positivity...

INTRODUCED BY ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH 'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN Mildred Lathbury is one of those excellent women who are often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing with most of the stock situations or even the great moments of life - birth, marriage, death...

She was fleeing from an unwelcome marriage and so was he. When Selina sought shelter with the Marquis of Castleton, she never dreamed that it would lead to them being chased across Europe in a powerful yacht. Before long she was embroiled in a rollicking adventure. Dressed as a man to avoid detection, Selina fell into one scrape after another, yet always knowing that the Marquis would rescue her. But she was despairingly sure that he saw her only as a child and she was beginning to long for more.

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Easy Spanish Step-by-Step is designed in such a way that each section builds upon the last to help your brain progressively create lasting and meaningful connections to each new word and grammar concept. Simply by listening and speaking out loud with us, you will naturally progress, step-by-step, toward Spanish communication and fluency. 

Nika, studentessa, 16 anni? È caduta da un palazzo, dice il regime. Aida, 36, medico? Un amante l'ha spinta giù dal cavalcavia, dice il regime. Sono queste le storie quotidiane delle ragazze iraniane lungo le strade della «loro» Rivoluzione. Una generazione di giovani donne istruite che pagano col sangue il coraggio di mettere i propri corpi di traverso a un sistema vecchio, sessista, illiberale. Barbara Stefanelli raccoglie le storie delle ribelli iraniane e di chi ne ha sostenuto la battaglia. Per custodire i nomi e i volti, il sacrificio e le promesse.

Walter Tipple is looking for adventure. He keeps having a dream that his big brother, Tank, appears before him and says, “Let’s you and me go see my world, little man.” But Tank went to the army and never came home, and Walter doesn’t know how to see the world without him. Then he meets Posey, the brash new girl from next door, and an eccentric man named Banjo, who’s off on a bodacious adventure of his own. What follows is a summer of taking chances, becoming braver, and making friends.

Heroínas es un audiolibro ideado y presentado por Juan Gómez-Jurado con catorce cuentos en torno al 8 de marzo, Día Internacional de la Mujer, escritos por Elia Barceló, Espido Freire, Luz Gabás, Arturo González-Campos, Alaitz Leceaga, Manel Loureiro, Raquel Martos, José María Merino...

By addressing the perennial human issues at the heart of witchcraft - construction of enmity and intertwined fate - these narrative accounts also illuminate older witch beliefs revealed in witchcraft trial documents. Making Witches shows that in storytelling communities with a rich legacy of witch lore, witch tradition has endured well into the twentieth century.

Barbara Leaming's Marilyn Monroe is a complex, sympathetic portrait that will totally change the way we view the most enduring icon of American sexuality. To those who think they have heard all there is to hear about Marilyn Monroe, think again. Leaming's book tells a brand-new tale of sexual, psychological, and political intrigue of the highest order.

Major Tyson Dale volta para casa vitorioso das guerras que serviu contra Napoleão Bonaparte, mas quando regressa, encontra a sua propriedade devastada, em estado de decadência total, além de ver o seu título, roubado por seu tio. Afogado nas suas mágoas familiares, hospedasse numa estalagem local. Ele ouve uma conspiração para sequestrar uma bela jovem herdeira. Determinado em salvá-la, ele engana os vilões e esconde a jovem adorável na sua destruída mansão. Mas mal sabia ele, que o seu primo, era o noivo que a procurava, para a obrigar a cumprir o casamento combinado, para caçar sua fortuna.

När Hertigen av Marazion blir strandad på ett ödsligt pensionat kunde han aldrig ana vad som skulle vänta honom. När en knackning på dörren stör hans lugn blir han förvånad över att hitta en ung flicka utanför hans rum. Hon heter Illitta och har rymt hemifrån, och hertigen tar genast på sig rollen som hennes beskyddare. Och Ilitta överaskar honom, en vänskap växer sakta fram och han introducerar henne för den glittrande societeten i London. Och snart har de båda mer än vänskap i tankarna.

De tre søstre, Anne, Marigold og Sally, har lige mistet deres far og står til at skulle forlade de trygge rammer i barndomsbyen Cornwall. De rejser mod London for at skabe sig en ny tilværelse, men uden penge eller uddannelse kommer de tre kvinder en hård tid i møde. Da det ser allermest sort ud, vender lykken dog en smule for de tre søstre, og de finder ud af, at de ikke er helt alene i den store by.

Drottning Victoria önskar att kertigen av Tynemouth gifter sig med en av prins Alberts tyska släktingar. I ett desperat försök att undgå detta öde, går hertigen med på att gifta sig med sin älskarinnas brordotter, Honora, som just återvänt till England efter två år på en flickpension i Florens. Både Honora och hertigen avskyr tanken på äktenskap, men ingen av dem har något alternativ. Men när Honora blir kidnappad på deras bröllopsnatt, går det upp för hertigen hur mycket hon betyder för honom.

Vi è un legame molto forte tra i miei quadri e i miei componimenti. I brevi pensieri che trovate in questo audiolibro sono le immagini e le metafore delle mie emozioni: i sentimenti si rivelano in rappresentazioni visive che scelgono parole per spiegarsi e dire ciò che sento e come il mondo si rivela ai miei occhi. I vocaboli che emergono lentamente dal mio inconscio, che gocciano dalle immagini, sono riportati sulla carta fedelmente ed esprimono completamente e profondamente il mio sentito.

Tadeusz Borowski’s concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. In spare, brutal prose he describes a world where where the will to survive overrides compassion, and prisoners eat, work, and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup, an extra blanket, or the luxury of a pair of shoes with thick soles; and where the line between normality and abnormality vanishes.

Born in the US and reared in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd is a liability to his social-climbing mother, Salome. When a violent incident sends him to North Carolina, he remakes himself in America's hopeful image. But political winds continue to throw him between north and south, in a plot that turns...

Abram Lapp believes he could love his neighbor forever, but Rachel Ann is enjoying her Rumschpringe, exploring Englisch life with a very Englisch boy named Michael. As Abram watches Rachel Ann stray from the life he had hoped for them, he regrets not telling her that his feelings for her have deepened. Rachel Ann loves the freedom she has away from the familiar Amish rules and responsibilities. But when tragedy strikes and her brother is critically wounded in an accident, she begins to feel a pull toward home.