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Veinte años atrás, por una apuesta infantil, Ben Mears entró en la casa de los Marsten. Y loque vio entonces aún recorre sus pesadillas. Ahora, como escritor consagrado, vuelve a Salem's Lot para exorcizar sus fantasmas. Salem's Lot es un pueblo tranquilo y adormilado donde nunca pasa nada..., excepto la antigua tragedia de la casa de los Marsten. Y el perro muerto colgado de la verja del cementerio. Y el misterioso hombre que se instaló en la casa de los Marsten. Y los niños que desaparecen, los animales que mueren desangrados. Y la espantosa presencia de Ellos, quienesquiera que sean Ellos.

The fourth volume in the brilliant Dark Tower Series is “splendidly tense…rip-roaring” (Publishers Weekly)—a #1 national bestseller about an epic quest to save the universe. In Wizard and Glass, Stephen King is “at his most ebullient…sweeping readers up in…swells of passion”...

Sicily, April 16, 1677. From his deathbed, Charles III's viceroy, don Angel de Guzmàn, marquis of Castel de Roderigo, names his wife, donna Eleonora, as his successor. Eleonora di Mora is a highly intelligent and capable woman who immediately applies her political acumen to heal the scarred soul of Palermo, a city afflicted by poverty, misery, and the frequent uprisings they entail. The marquise implements measures that include lowering the price of bread and establishing stipends for young couples wishing to marry - all considered seditious by the conservative city fathers.

The Art of Is contains breath-of-fresh-air thinking about how to cultivate the kind of game-changing creativity everyone seeks. Stephen Nachmanovitch shows exactly how the passion and immediacy of improvisation can be cultivated and how, in fact, we all improvise all the time - whether we are driving or deep in conversation.

For most of its history, the US avoided making political and military commitments that would entangle it in European-style power politics. Then, suddenly, it conceived a new role for itself as the world’s armed superpower and never looked back. In Tomorrow, the World, Wertheim traces America’s transformation to the crucible of World War II, especially in the months prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. As the Nazis conquered France, the architects of the nation’s new foreign policy came to believe that the US ought to achieve primacy in international affairs forevermore.

Destined to be a classic. . . . . Cope makes us want to risk making real, intentional human connections-and makes us long to celebrate them, and to allow them to transform us into fully-conscious and fully-alive human beings.'- Geneen Roth, New York Times best-selling author of Women, Food and...

In the present, within the sacred emptiness, is the deathless state sought by spiritual masters and their students. Exploring Sacred Emptiness gives us a window to this condition without boundaries, through the words of Stephen Levine. With moving eloquence, he speaks about the letting go of suffering in order to experience unencumbered awareness: the essential "am-ness" of being. Levine's words allow us to experience his vision, to close the space that separates us from God.

The assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most notorious murders in history. Even now, many questions remain about his death: Was Brutus the hero and Caesar the villain? Was Mark Antony aware of the plot? Using historical evidence to sort out these and other puzzling issues, historian and award-winning author Stephen Dando-Collins recaptures the drama of Caesar's demise and the chaotic aftermath as the vicious struggle unfolded for power between Antony and Octavian.

2020 THRILLER/SUSPENSE AUDIE AWARD WINNER! Now an MGM+ Original Series! From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It. “This is King at his best” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). In the middle of the night, in a...

Isabella Swan chega à nublada e chuvosa cidadezinha de Forks, o último lugar onde gostaria de viver. Tenta se adaptar à vida provinciana na qual aparentemente todos se conhecem, lidar com sua constrangedora falta de coordenação motora e se habituar a morar com um pai com quem nunca conviveu. Em seu destino está Edward Cullen. Lindo, perfeito, misterioso ele é à primeira vista, hostil à presença de Bella—o que provoca nela uma inquietação desconcertante. Ela se apaixona. Ele, no melhor estilo "amor proibido", alerta: "Sou um risco para você." Ela é uma garota incomum.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King’s beloved novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption—the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award–nominee The Shawshank Redemption—about an unjustly imprisoned convict who seeks a strangely satisfying revenge, is available as a...

*New York Times bestseller—over 40 million copies sold* *The #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century* One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for nearly three decades. It has transformed the...

*** 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST *** *** LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE AND THE 2020 TRANSLATED BOOK AWARD *** *** NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR *** A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The...

Based on a series of lectures given at Cambridge University, The Theory of Everything presents the most complex concepts of physics—both past and present—in a clear and accessible manner. Stephen Hawking enlightens listeners and exposes them to the rich history of scientific thought and the complexities of the universe in which we live. Using computer-assisted technology, Hawking reads from his own work.

Represented here are 16 short stories by seven great American writers, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. Different in atmosphere and writing style, they nevertheless caught the mood and concerns of the day in a way that was distinctly American.

Join hosts STEPHEN SCARLATA (producer, Jodorowsky's Dune) and JOSH MILLER (writer, Sonic The Hedgehog, Violent Night) as they explore the most legendary movies never made joined by filmmakers and critics.

Reading and learning about what has really happened in Palestine since 1917. #endtheoccupation

My view and opinions on everything from Government to aliens , bigffot, religion , etc. Everything is up for debate or review, You see we all have an opinion about what's up with humanity and I for one love to hear your thoughts. The uncut Truth is the truth from my perspective and experiences, my Truth, my reality for you to either like or dislike, agree or disagree , I promise you this I value and respect our God given right to be whoever we wish, your take will be heard and respected as I hope mine will be.

Linden Avery, who loved Thomas Covenant when they traveled together to The Land 10 years ago, returns to this magical realm in search of her son, Jeremiah. There, not only does she find her son has been healed of the tragic mental condition that kept him mute and unresponsive for years, but she also finds Thomas Covenant himself, impossibly alive and frighteningly intent on carrying out a dark and dangerous plan.

Stoneleigh è una piccola città del New England, tranquilla, progressista, dove tutti si conoscono. Ma cosa succede se la figlia di un noto ubriacone arrestato per sospette molestie pedofile denuncia per tentato stupro e violenza privata un ricchissimo newyorkese, possessore della più bella tenuta della zona? Un personaggio estraneo al tessuto sociale del luogo, un vacanziero, ma molto molto potente? La polizia pensa subito che in realtà la ragazza stia cercando di coprire il padre. Qualcuno che tace conosce la verità, però, e a indagare per scoprirla è Edward Inman.