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Ebla è cresciuta nell'entroterra somalo. L'anziano padre, astronomo e divinatore tradizionale, le ha insegnato l'arte interdetta alle donne di leggere le stelle. Per sfuggire a un matrimonio combinato, si ritroverà nella Mogadiscio degli anni Trenta, complice il camionista poeta Gacaliye. Con lui avrà due figli, Kaahiye e Sagal. La vicenda di Ebla si intreccia con quella di Clara, sua figlia di latte, nata da genitori italiani residenti in Somalia.

A introductory guide to the Kurdish language focused on common words and phrases that can be put to daily use. This easy and simple course is split across 28 sessions of around five to 15 minutes each, including well-paced review materials to help you gain a firm understanding of Kurdish in one month. This material is targeted at new and novice Kurdish speakers. The words and phrases are chosen because you can put them to use in daily conversation.

Ibbie Ibbot's life is pretty frigging awesome. She has a killer job, friends she would do anything for, and a sweet apartment she shares with her hotshot lawyer cousin. In fact, her life would be perfect if not for one thing...Walt Vega. The complete and absolute bane of her existence. That tattooed, pierced punk has made her life a misery ever since they met a year ago. If only he could be more like his older brother. Aleix is everything Walt is not. He's charming, gentlemanly, a total dreamboat. And he's more than happy to sweep Ibbie off her feet.

You are invited to the Alexandria Academy . . . Twelve-year-old Shad Hadid has never quite fit in. The other kids at school don’t understand him, so he spends most of his time alone, cooking for his teta and daydreaming of opening his own Arabic bakery full of tasty treats. But when Shad is...

Equip your kids with the right mental and emotional tools so they can live up to their full potential all throughout life. Emotional guidance from parents influences a child’s academic, social, and personal success. In Teaching Children a Positive Growth Mindset, you will discover why it’s crucial to have the proper mindset for achieving any goal, why you need to instill a positive growth mindset in children as early as possible, how to help your child adopt a growth mindset to get them though school challenges brought about by the pandemic, and much more…

Ingrid is stranded in the winter forest, haunted by her mysterious past. Her only goal: survival. That is until she joins a wolf clan passing through. Over the course of their travels, Ingrid's past continues to chase her as the conflict between the witch houses and the wolf clans is revealed. Will Ingrid decide to aid the clan members that once held her captive, or will her past come in to ruin the future that she was slowly building?

Two decades after serving his prison sentence, Ali Siddiq performs stand-up for currently incarcerated folks at Bell County Jail. He talks about everything from tricking cops to the beauty of margaritas to how doing time can mess with your mind.

After losing her job in the city, Carly Morgan heads for the one place where she might be able to start over: a farm in the foothills of New Zealand's towering Southern Alps. There on an isolated homestead, three men await. Three rugged, old-fashioned men whose rules she'll learn to obey unless she wants her cute little bottom bared and soundly spanked. Three men she'll call daddy.

Tony Award-winning actress Ali Stroker captures the magic and community of theater in her debut book, about a spirited girl in a wheelchair who stages a show for her hometown. Based on the pivotal summer Ali performed in her first musical by the Jersey Shore! Ali loves to dance, sing, and act...

Six months ago, Ava Black fell from her Queen Bee status. Once she ruled the halls of her high school without mercy, crushing her enemies and stepping on anyone who dared stand in her way. Now, amongst the peasants, she does everything she can to avoid her former friends, mainly Frankie the new reigning Queen, who now bullies her relentlessly.

Unnatural and spooky occurrences baffle Anwesha after she moves into her new house. Will she be able to unveil the mystery of haunted house and save her loved ones and herself from the wraith? Experience fear in this Gothic adventure and indulge yourselves in the eerie world of the unknown.

Atharva Saxena is a 28-year-old renowned billionaire, but not your pampered rich man who is handed everything on a silver platter. He has more to himself than he lets on. His brutal reality, hidden under a facade after surviving a traumatic experience darker than his black custom suits, haunts him every day. Although he doesn’t expect anything more from life, destiny has its own plans involving a specific woman who may or may not change him completely.

When the color of your skin is the only thing society sees, even being a doctor is not enough. In this compelling book, Dr. Robert Butler shares his experiences growing up Black in America. From his time as a young boy in the Bronx - up until present day - Dr. Butler has experienced racism in all aspects of his life. The incidents will shock you, but his resilience will inspire you!

This story is about a little boy named Dylan who is going to the fourth grade and he lost his special magical pencil on the first day of school. Dylan and his magical pencil are a great team. They ride the school bus together, they do magic tricks, they can make vegetables disappear. But then Dylan loses Wally the Pencil; he just can't seem to find him. Did Dylan find his magical pencil? Have you ever lost your pencil at school?

If you’re a teenager or young adult asking this question, there’s probably a reason. Have you heard rumors about someone you know getting assaulted? Do you worry about date rape? Or perhaps you’ve experienced sexual assault and didn’t know what to do or where to turn. Be Strong, Be Wise will help!

This book was made to guide the newly diagnosed polycystic ovary syndrome women on what it means to have PCOS. This book guides women on what is PCOS, diagnosing PCOS, causes and complications, fertility, managing weight, and even has a few recipes to help get you jump started on living with and treating PCOS.

Stop Worrying About Your Anxious Child teaches parents how to help their children overcome stress and anxiety so they can enjoy the bright future they deserve. In Stop Worrying About Your Anxious Child, mothers learn how to manage their child’s anxiety so they can relax, enjoy parenthood, and begin to trust in their child’s bright future again. Tonya Crombie, PhD, teaches the techniques that she uses to help herself and to help mothers.

What marks life in Addis Ababa are the starkly different realities coexisting in one place. It's a growing city taking shape beneath the fraught weight of history, myth, and memory. It is a heady mix. It can also be disorienting, and it is in this space that the stories of Addis Ababa Noir reside....

Kris Merrill is a member of a small insurgent group operating within a multi-level metropolis that stretches from San Francisco to the Mexican border. Her attempt at rescuing Ian Miller failed, leaving her alone and her unborn son without a father. Without the trust of the insurgents, Kris is relegated to low-level assignments for them, and trying desperately to keep her pregnancy a secret. She is alone. War has started between the corporations. The people living in the lower levels of San Angeles have become the victims.

Soon to be Apple feature movie, Being Heumann, directed by CODA’s Sian Heder and starring BAFTA-nominated actress Ruth Madeley as Judy Heumann As featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp, and for readers of I Am Malala, one of the most influential disability rights activists in US...