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La casa di un raffinato collezionista si apre ai mille racconti che le opere d'arte, gli oggetti, i ricordi portano con sé. Cesare Rimini raccoglie le voci delle "cose" in un audiolibro curioso come una 'wunderkammer' secentesca, straboccante di sciatori, cardinali, viaggiatori, generali napoleonici ed eroi operai, donne fatali, madonne rubate e una marchesa scomparsa. Un audiolibro di storie, dunque, in cui l'autore si fa narratore indiscreto di una vita di ricerche suggerendo confronti, ambiguità, misteri.

A violent storm washes a mysterious house onto a rural Pacific Northwest beach, stopping the heart of the only woman who knows what it means. Her grandson, Simon Culpepper, vanishes in the aftermath, leaving two of his childhood friends to comb the small, isolated island for answers—but decades have passed since Melissa and Leo were close if they were ever close at all. Now they'll have to put aside old rivalries and grudges if they want to find or save the man who brought them together in the first place—and on the way they'll learn a great deal about the sinister house on the beach.

Mount Wallace es descarado, risueño, adora la vida en el rancho y el culo que le hacen los vaqueros a su mozo de cuadras. Jim Brock ha crecido en el seno de una familia movida por la fe. Sabe que debe casarse con su prometida, por muchos pensamientos impuros que despierte a su jefe en él.

Josephine Bowen has the opportunity to travel to Key West for a work trip with Jack Lancaster, her grumpy and hard to figure out colleague. He frowns a lot, but he's also kind. Thoughtful. Considerate and an all-around good guy. When her toxic ex-boyfriend arrives at the same conference, Jack doesn't hesitate to jump in as her current love interest. Maybe it's the island air, or maybe it's the time they spend together preparing for the presentation they're delivering, but their fake feelings start to feel real.

Therese, giovane donna ossessionata dal trascendente, ha abbandonato lavoro e affetti per rinchiudersi in una camera d'albergo, intenzionata a non uscire né comunicare con l'esterno finché non avrà risolto l'enigma che la assilla sin dall'infanzia. Nel farlo, lavora convulsamente a una lettera gremita di ritagli, fotografie, diagrammi, schizzi e correzioni; il risultato è un romanzo che ibrida confessione privata e pamphlet filosofico, giallo a chiave e libro illustrato, per raccontare una storia di profonda tensione esistenziale.

"Nous commencerons par discuter les points de vue pris sur la femme par la biologie, la psychanalyse, le matérialisme historique. Nous essaierons de montrer ensuite positivement comment la "réalité féminine" s'est constituée, pourquoi la femme a été définie comme l'Autre et quelles en ont été les conséquences du point de vue des hommes."

Cómo alinear mentes y corazones para lograr lo imposible ¿Escuchas esa voz interior que te invita a transformar el mundo? ¿El liderazgo es un don natural, una característica del temperamen­to, un rasgo de la personalidad? ¿Es algo innato, que se posee o no se posee? El doctor Mario Alonso...

Craig McEntrie no quiere volver a casarse. La maldición de su antepasado, Keenan McEntrie, lo persigue y ser un hombre hecho y derecho no parece ser suficiente para dejarse de tonterías.

My journey at Silvercrest Academy has become a perilous cycle I can't seem to break. And if the visions are true, then I am the key to bringing this madness to an end. The threats have never been more prevalent. Danger lurks around every corner as I seek strength from surprising allies and promised oaths. It's time I break these chains and embrace who I am, what I stand for, and what I am capable of.

Ever since her mother vanished, Selah Whitlock has been drawn to the unexplained. So it feels almost fated to live in Foggy Hollow, a place where mystery abounds. Even more so when her father accepts a job at the Vandenberg estate, the epicenter of the town's most infamous cold case. Moving into the estate's carriage house pulls Selah into the orbit of the Vandenberg cousins: Jude, the brooding heir with a tragic past, and Rafe, effortlessly charming and undeniably dangerous.

Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl has captivated and inspired people for decades. Published posthumously by her bereaved father, Anne's journal, written while she and her family were in hiding during World War II, has become one of the central texts of the Jewish experience during the Holocaust, as well as a work of literary genius. Bestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history's most acclaimed figures, exploring the little-known details of Anne Frank's life before she went into hiding.

Hoodoo Herbal contains detailed information on dozens of roots and herbs. Conjure tends to be accessible, practical, low-cost magic, and this is reflected in the herbal. For example, snake plant (Dracaena trifasciata), a common house plant, readily available from garden stores and supermarkets...

Cuando Dakota Adams volvió a casa, tras pasar varios años en el extranjero, lo que menos esperaba era encontrarse que su madre se había casado en secreto.

Fruta verde explora la intimidad de tres personajes atraídos y enfrentados por el vértigo de lo prohibido: Ermán Lugo, un joven aspirante a escritor, resentido por la traición de una novia ingrata; el dramaturgo homosexual Mauro Llamas, dispuesto a valerse de todos los ardides lícitos e ilícitos para seducirlo; y Paula Recillas, la madre de Germán, un ama de casa divorciada, cuyo rigor moral se tambalea ante las insinuaciones eróticas de un guapo adolescente.

Zarco es mi jefe, mi mejor amigo y el hombre que se robó el corazón de la única mujer de la que me he enamorado. Necesito tomar distancia de la situación, y lo hago aceptando casarme con la hermana de nuestro socio. Vanessa Zakharov va a ser mi escudo, y descubrir los secretos que esconde, mi nueva obsesión. Entre mentiras, traiciones y lealtades surge la posibilidad de un amor auténtico que desafía todas las expectativas y da esperanza a corazones que creían estar perdidos para siempre.

Shadowmoor has forged me into who I am today, and I have the mark and scars to prove it. I never thought I'd see the light again, but it seems destiny has other plans for me. My father's arrival means life as I know it is about to change. Silvercrest Academy trains and prepares the most gifted and privileged among us for their future contributions to the Monarchy. I may come from the right family, but I am a void.

From pioneering therapist Cathy A. Malchiodi, this book synthesizes the breadth of research on trauma and the brain and presents an innovative framework for treating trauma through the expressive arts.

En una realidad cada vez más competitiva y hostil, no basta con conocer las herramientas tradicionales de la cooperación, la comunicación y la civilidad. Como reza la paradójica sentencia, el que quiera paz deberá prepararse para la guerra. En la política, los negocios y buena parte de nuestras interacciones sociales, es el conflicto, interno y externo, el que rige la toma diaria de decisiones. 

A sadistic killer pushed Chicago cop Marty Hogan past her limits - and it was all caught on video. She lost her job, her sense of self, her entire world until an open detective position in small-town Texas gave her a chance at redemption. Police Chief Clay Settlemeyer knows all about mistakes and second chances - he's still earning his own, so he's willing to give Marty the opportunity to prove herself. But when her ex-partner is murdered, it looks like Chicago is coming to small-town Texas with a vengeance.

In This Explains Everything, John Brockman, founder and publisher of Edge.org, asked experts in numerous fields and disciplines to come up with their favorite explanations for everyday occurrences. Why do we recognize patterns? Is there such a thing as positive stress? Are we genetically programmed to be in conflict with each other? Those are just some of the 150 questions that the world's best scientific minds answer with elegant simplicity.