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Tras encontrarse con su amante en una habitación de hotel, Kate descubre con horror que el lugar está bajo el asedio de un grupo terrorista. Ahora, para salvarse, tendrá que permanecer en silencio y escondida junto a un hombre con el que ha tenido una aventura durante años, pero a quien no conoce en absoluto. Cuando los terroristas comienzan a entrar habitación por habitación para asesinar a los huéspedes, Kate se ve obligada a revisar sus pocas certidumbres, así como las decisiones que la llevaron hasta ese momento.

The 7 Universal Laws is a revolutionary framework that will help entrepreneurs and managers, psychologists, therapists, and coaches create rapid transformations for themselves and their clients. In this easy-to-understand book, Monica Ion and Stefan Irimia demonstrate how the same unbreakable rules of math and physics can be applied to the human mind to resolve the most painful problems faster than therapy and more effectively than coaching.

Avery and the White Haven witches have finally found their grimoires and defeated the Favershams, but their troubles are only just beginning. Something escaped from the spirit world when they battled beneath All Souls Church, and now it wants to stay, unleashing violence across Cornwall. On top of that, the magic they released when they broke the binding spell is attracting powerful creatures from the deep, creatures that need men to survive.

Meet Venus, the puppy with a big heart and loud bark, who takes life on the chin. In this book, Venus tells in her own voice of the adventures, battles and joys of her puppyhood, and shares the wisdom that she receives from her angel. Venus is psychic, sensitive and ruthlessly honest. Her diary...

The first investigation into why a ring of senior Washington officials went rogue to derail the election and the presidency of Donald Trump. There was nothing normal about the 2016 presidential election, not when senior US officials were turning the surveillance powers of the federal government - designed to stop terrorist attacks - against the Republican presidential team. These were the ruthless tactics of a Soviet-style police state, not a democratic republic.

Archelologist Jonas Biggs has been hired to do the dig at Andersonville Prison, the worst POW camp during the Civil War. He has taken along his niece, Savannah Biggs, the only child of his twin brother, John. As the past is uncovered, the Biggs family get much more than they bargained for. Savannah is the only female born since before the war.

Agnes and Claude have been preparing for their wedding since returning from the Kingdom of Oreille when they receive troubling news about the Hole in the Wall growing bigger while they were away. Agnes learns this hole is where monsters come from and has been maintained by the Oreillian and Visage royal families for generations. Having learned of the ancient duty of the dragon-blooded Visage Royals, Agnes begins to wonder about her own role as a descendant of Oreillian royalty and what she can do to help.

When the anticipation of your child’s birth turns into the grief of miscarriage, tubal pregnancy, stillbirth, or early infant death, no words on earth can ease your loss. But there is strength and encouragement in the wisdom of others who have been there and found that God’s comfort is real...

Gay has made many important revisions to keep her foundational, award-winning text relevant for today's diverse student population, including: new research on culturally responsive teaching, a focus on a broader range of racial and ethnic groups, and consideration of additional issues related to early childhood education. This book demonstrates that all students will perform better on multiple measures of achievement when teaching is filtered through students' own cultural experiences.

First broadcast in 1953, A Life of Bliss ran for six series and 118 episodes on radio, concluding in 1969 when a TV series was made. Sadly, most are missing from the BBC archive (including the first seven, starring David Tomlinson) - but 19 were rescued and rebroadcast by BBC Radio 4 Extra, and are included here. They chronicle the misadventures of shy, absent-minded bachelor David Bliss, who goes through life with his head in the clouds and his mind in a fog.

Do you have trouble engaging other people in conversations? Do you feel flustered every time someone approaches you and starts asking questions? Or maybe you're always that person who ends up in the corner at a party, nervously smiling, and feeling awkward? If you said yes to that, chances are, you want to improve your conversation skills, and stop feeling so tongue-tied next time. Most quiet people are introverts. This type of personality needs lesser social stimulation, but it doesn't mean life has to be boring.

Chief Superintendent Frances Harman has been assigned to investigate the case of a woman beaten into a coma. Elise has been in a coma for two years, and if the hospital switches off her life support now, her attacker will be guilty of murder. Fran faces overload as she takes on more responsibilities – her elderly parents, Elise, a child abduction, the disappearance of her only witness, and the growing affection that she and her long-time colleague Mark Turner seem to share for one another.

My twin sister, Kiana, is the future alpha… destined to rule our pack. Me? Little ol’ Elyse? Nope… I’m second born... the spare. Doomed to a life of service. To ensure power, Kiana is betrothed to the alpha heir who’s next in line to rule the throne of the most dominant, rival pack. But when he arrives to claim her, he rejects my sister and chooses me, throwing the Five Thrones of our territory into chaos. What the hell? Right?

It’s winter at the Werth residence, and someone has turned up dead. Not that this is unusual. There’s Great-Aunt Honoria on the premises, after all. Only this corpse is freshly dead, and nobody knows how the lady came to be leaking blood all over Lady Werth's best parlour. The disastrous Miss Gussie confesses herself delighted, for nothing enlivens a dull week in February like a mysterious murder. And the culprit really ought to be discovered, for the circumstances suggest Lord Bedgberry might have had something to do with it…

Lori Belkin has been dumped. By her parents. They moved out while she was away on holiday, and now, at the tender age of 25, she must stand on her own two feet. While she’s getting to grips with basic adulting, Lori magically brings to life the super-sexy man she created from celebrity photos as a teenager. Lori learns very quickly that having your ideal man is not as satisfying as it ought to be and that being an adult is far harder than it looks.

Without a doubt, Schopenhauer is one of the giants of Western philosophy. He represents a turning point from the quest to define the external world as something apart from our experience to a recognition of our experience as the medium of our world. Philosophy is a discourse, a conversation spread out over centuries that explores and develops different lines of thought.

The Spy Series Short Stories Collection introduces the listener to the characters of The Shadowing London Series. These short stories introduce you to the children of the characters from The Spy Series. But unlike their parents, they face challenges much closer to home.

At Vassar, they were known as "the group"—eight young women of privilege, the closest of friends, an eclectic mix of vibrant personalities. In the years that follow, they will each know accomplishment and loss in equal measure, pursuing careers and marriage, experiencing the joys and traumas of sexual awakening and motherhood, all while suffering through betrayals, infidelities, and sometimes madness. Some of them will drift apart. Some will play important roles in the personal dramas of others. But it is tragedy that will ultimately unite the group once again.

At St. Alden’s College, Sandra Elwood lives by one golden rule—never fall for the boy next door, no matter how tempting he is. But when Collins Tiffin, her quiet and infuriatingly composed best friend, becomes the target of her teasing, the game between them turns into something dangerously real. Beneath Sandra’s mischief hides a heart that longs for more, while Collins’s calm mask begins to fracture under the weight of unspoken desire. Between debates in ivy-covered halls and stolen glances in candlelit libraries, their friendship teeters on the edge of something neither can name.

Isolated and sheltered by her lonely mother, Maura's never been able to make friends. She seems to drive her classmates away - except for the odd times they pay enough attention to torture her - but she doesn't understand why. Maura considers herself to be a freak of nature, with her unusually pale skin and an aversion to the sun that renders her violently nauseous. Her belief is only worsened by the fact that almost everyone around her keeps their distance.