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Award-winning Colombian author Laura Restrepo weaves contemporary themes and ancient myth in this story of star-crossed lovers in a world on the brink of collapse. Retelling the mythical love story between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon in the refugee camps of the present day, Song of...

An easy-to-read guidebook to how flow—that feeling we all get when we’re so into what we’re doing that we lose track of time—can change our lives. The Flow Habit is filled with simple exercises and inspiring stories from people around the world who have experienced the life-changing...

G7 missione compiuta, ma la Cina risponde: La missione di Biden per rilanciare il Patto Atlantico, di Federico Rampini; Clima, vaccini e sviluppo: gli impegni di Draghi al G7 per spingere sulla ripresa, di Tommaso Ciriaco; Putin loda Trump: "Uomo di talento". Scintille prima del vertice con Biden, di Rosalba Castelletti; Piano del G7 sulla Cina: "Democrazie in campo contro la Via della Seta", di Federico Rampini; Draghi: "Siamo uniti contro gli autocrati. Libia, via i mercenari", di Tommaso Ciriaco.

Tea, l'amica che nessuna vorrebbe. Ma se fosse lei l'unica in grado di salvare il mondo? Quattro giovani autrici comiche per un romanzo ironico, inaspettato e attualissimo. "Un libro scritto da donne ma che sanno parcheggiare" - Badfeminist.com. "Il peggior libro della storia" - Rivista maschilista italiana. "L'ennesimo disastro del 2020" - Tutti. Ci sono quattro ragazze. C'è Caterina che, senza nemmeno sapere bene come, è diventata una "influencer body positive". Posta le sue foto sui social, e grazie a lei molte ragazze e donne hanno iniziato ad accettare il proprio corpo.

Tras la batalla de Awa, los sheks derrotados han huido, Ashran el Nigromante ha muerto y la torre de Drackwen ha quedado en ruinas. Sin embargo, el éxito se ha cobrado una dolorosa pérdida. Ashran consiguió arrebatarle el cuerno a Victoria, quien agoniza en la Torre de Kazlunn ante la impotencia de Kirtash y Jack.

Año 440 a.C. El político y orador Pericles solicita la ayuda de la sacerdotisa Diotima de Mantinea para librar a Atenas de la peste. Durante la ceremonia de purificación, un Sócrates de treinta años queda fascinado con la sabiduría de esta mujer. En seguida, el filósofo descubrirá a través de sus diálogos con Diotima que no sabe nada sobre el amor y empezará a conocer de la mano de la sacerdotisa los misterios de Eros.

Scotty Parker is a former child star who once played Tiny Tim, but now he's grown up into the role of the neighborhood Scrooge. He thinks he can stage a comeback with the screenplay he's working on, and Jaine's been reluctantly helping him edit it. So when Scotty is bludgeoned with a frozen chocolate yule log and the police start making a list of suspects and checking it twice, Jaine's name is unfortunately included.

Jack es un chico danés de trece años aparentemente normal, el único hijo de una cariñosa familia, que, sin embargo, sufre unas extrañas pesadillas sobre un mundo de astros desconocidos y cielos rojos surcados por enormes serpientes aladas. Un día dramático descubrirá que el inquietante universo de sus sueños es real y que se ha convertido en el protagonista de una lucha milenaria. Ese mundo es Idhún, donde la conjunción de los tres soles y las tres lunas ha permitido que Ashran el Nigromante se haga con el poder y desencadene la guerra.

"El dragón y el unicornio han llegado... El dragón y el unicornio están aquí...". La noticia corre como la pólvora entre los idhunitas contrarios a la tiranía de Ashran el Nigromante y crecen así las esperanzas de que la ansiada profecía se cumpla y el mundo de Idhún sea liberado.

Eibhlin vive in un paesino sulla baia di Kenmare, Cathach. È cieca. Ha perso la vista da bambina, quando gli abitanti del paese, indottrinati dal fanatismo religioso di padre Caoineadh, hanno tentato di cancellare dalla loro terra le streghe della famiglia O’Suileabhain.

In this adventure from the pen of Sweden's master of crime and mystery, a disillusioned Inspector Kurt Wallander is thrown back into the fray when he becomes both hunter and hunted. Crestfallen, dejected, and spiraling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good. When an old acquaintance, a solicitor, seeks Wallander's help and later turns up dead, Wallander realizes that he was wrong not to listen.

When the local iron mine began hiring women in 1975, Lois Jenson, a single mother on welfare, didn't think twice about accepting the grueling but well-paid job. What she hadn't considered was that she was entering a male-dominated society that fiercely resisted the inclusion of women, a prejudice born out in the brutal harassment of every female miner.

In the daily whirl of work, family obligations, social interactions, and all the other activities that make up our busy lives, it’s easy to lose track of the basics, like household finances.In this presentation, Laura Stack, the Productivity Pro®, teaches you the fundamentals of staying on top of your home finances, from budgeting to insurance needs. With that foundation laid, you’ll be ready for Brian Tracy’s tips on how to set and achieve million-dollar goals.

Nel secondo capitolo della "Trilogia di Glasgow", in una Scozia che ribolle di criminalità, un giovane killer viene incaricato di assassinarne un altro, un autentico veterano del mestiere che ha la sola colpa di aver commesso un singolo sbaglio. MacLeod è ancora il sicario più temuto della città, ma non più il migliore, ormai. Nonostante la sua esperienza, infatti, compie un imperdonabile errore e si infila in un guaio. La criminalità organizzata non può passarci sopra, e un killer che fallisce è un uomo morto.

Riusciranno i protagonisti a sopravvivere in un mondo alienante, allucinante, non per tutti? Una scrittura volutamente cruda e scarna anche nelle emozioni trasmesse. L'umanità in cui spesso ci imbattiamo nella vita quotidiana è distopica. La malinconia e l'alienazione permeano il tutto fino alla risoluzione finale.

Sarah Bain and her friends Lord Hugh Staunton and Mick O'Reilly are crime-scene photographers for the Daily World newspaper. After solving a sensational murder, they're under pressure to deliver another big story. On a foggy summer night, they're called to the bank of the River Thames. The murder victim is an unidentified woman whose face has been slashed. But as Sarah takes photographs, she discovers that the woman is still alive.

The New York Times bestselling series! Magical forces clash and Erthia hovers on the brink of ruin in the can't-miss finale of Laurie Forest’s epic fantasy series, The Black Witch Chronicles! Who can survive the Shadow storm? Black Witch of prophecy Elloren Gardner Grey has unleashed her...

Bakhita, née vers 1869 au Darfour, a été arrachée à sa famille à l'âge de sept ans par des esclavagistes. Des années durant, elle connut la violence, l'exploitation, l'exil... Un parcours dont Dieu n'a jamais été absent, malgré les apparences, et qui l'a conduite à rencontrer Son Amour...

Jaine has been hired by uber-pushy stage mom Heather Van Sant to write lyrics for her daughter Taylor's song in the talent competition for the Miss Teen Queen America pageant. It's different from anything Jaine has done before, but if nothing else, she's looking forward to a free weekend in a swanky hotel and a chance to see what really goes on backstage at a beauty pageant. But the hotel is a dump, the cattiness is out of control, and Candace - the perfectly coiffed, whip-cracking pageant director - is making even Jaine's life miserable.

Since she started penning dialogue for Some Day My Prince Will Come - a cheesy dating show that features bachelorettes competing for the heart of Spencer Dalworth VII, a very distant heir to the British throne - Jaine's life has been a royal pain. She's been fending off golf-ball-size bugs on the sweltering tropical island and having her patience tested by an irritable production crew and the fierce contestants who will do anything to get their prince. But Jaine never expected murder to enter the script.