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A Thousand Lifetimes will resonate with everything you knew, and hoped, was true. Here is the very real story of one woman’s life with rescue animals, and in particular, Celeste — a beloved canine who found a home in the author’s heart and never left. Celeste was plagued with a number of mysterious health problems. But despite being deaf, and being a dog, Celeste was able to communicate everything she was experiencing, thinking, and feeling through Carol, a professional Animal Communicator with the ability to converse with animals telepathically.

Es ist der Morgen nach dem großen Austernfest. Kommissarin Karen Eiken Hornby, Ende 40, wacht betrunken neben ihrem arroganten Chef in einem Hotelzimmer auf. Etwa zur gleichen Zeit wird eine Frau brutal in ihrem Haus erschlagen. Das Opfer ist ausgerechnet die Ex-Frau des Mannes, mit dem Hornby gerade die Nacht verbracht hat. Ihr Chef kann den Fall nicht übernehmen, da er zu den potenziellen Verdächtigen gehört. Hornby wittert eine große Chance - sie soll den Fall übernehmen und kann endlich zeigen, dass sie mehr drauf hat. Zuvor muss sie jedoch noch ein anderes Alibi für ihren Chef finden.

Durante décadas, el nombre de Demi Moore ha sido sinónimo de celebridad. Sus icónicas películas y sus relaciones personales la han puesto en el punto de mira de la opinión pública y la han llevado a protagonizar todo tipo de titulares. Pero ni siquiera ser la actriz mejor pagada de Hollywood la ha librado de tener que luchar contra sus propios fantasmas. En su camino al estrellato y durante muchos de los momentos más importantes de su vida, Demi plantó batalla a sus adicciones, a los problemas de imagen y a los traumas de infancia que la persiguieron durante años.

In an age fraught with terrorism, United States Secret Service canine teams risk their lives to safeguard the president, the vice president, their families, visiting heads of state, and a host of others. Unprecedented access to these heroic dog teams has allowed a fascinating first-time-ever look at a very special breed of heroes.

Fifteen-year-old Brynn can’t stop thinking about death. Her intrusive thoughts and severe anxiety leave her feeling helpless—and hopeless. So after her mom interprets one of Brynn’s blog posts as a suicide note, she takes extreme measures, confiscating Brynn’s phone, blocking her Internet access, and banishing her to stay with her father who lives “off the grid” on a houseboat in the Florida mangroves. Isolated from her online friends—her only friends—Brynn resigns herself to a summer of mind-numbing boredom and loneliness… until Skylar appears.

How to Have a Conversation explores how artists and humanities professionals use innovative approaches and create safe spaces to help people engage in meaningful conversations. In each episode, we will listen to the leaders and participants of one public conversation initiative. We will learn how they make meaningful conversations happen, and what lessons can be drawn from their experiences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Con "Lucrezia Borgia", Maria Bellonci realizza un romanzo, improntato all'insegna dell'accuratezza storica. Lucrezia è figlia del suo tempo e, in special modo, della propria famiglia, i Borgia famiglia che ha segnato a fuoco quell'epoca a cavallo tra la fine del Quattrocento e l'inizio del Cinquecento. Luminosa e nello stesso tempo pervasa di malinconie indecifrabili ma anche di un potente magnetismo vitale Lucrezia ha vissuto tra le più cupe tragedie del suo ambiente.

Have you ever wondered if you have a gift? Are you curious about phenomena like psychics and ghosts? Perhaps you can't figure out why you just "know" things.Maria T. Rothenburger, PhD is the host of The Reluctant Medium Podcast. She's a mental health therapist who was surprised by the souls of two babies who spontaneously came to her. Years later, she reluctantly began training in mediumship and hasn't looked back since.Her curiosity for the unexplained has continued to fuel her desire to know more. Welcome to exploring the World of the Weird along with The Reluctant Medium! Episodes drop ...

For women rising up to create love-based legacies through a business and lifestyle that reflects all of who she is and becoming. No longer is she hiding her gifts that is medicine to her and to other people it heals. Her business from soul is her healing path and her legacy. Hosted by feminine soul coach and business mentor to online educators, Maria Carbonell empowers women to hold the highest vision for herself and go create and live that life now. "Soul Play" is a podcast for the woman desiring to express herself fully, sensually and powerfully, free her spirit and make a living doing what ...

In this interview, Ian Kerner, clinical sexologist and author of the smash hit She Comes First, talks about his new best seller, You're Not That into Him Either. With Ana Maria Allessi from HarperCollins asking the questions, Ian talks about how he came up with the idea for his book, as well as some of the conflicting messages women are getting and giving about what they want in relationships today.

Tu rostro mañana/ 1 Fiebre y Lanza, primera parte de la obra cumbre de Javier Marías, que la crítica extranjera ya ha saludado como una de las cimas literarias de nuestro tiempo.

Brillante y con tintes fantásticos como un Grimm, realista como un O. Henry o despiadado como un Saki, sus historias fueron adaptadas por Alfred Hitchcock para la televisión, y han inspirado a creadores como Steven Spielberg o Quentin Tarantino.

This technique has two stages. The first is preparation and consciousness. The second is where the hypnosis itself is applied, which will reprogram your subconscious to liberate you from the addictive habit of smoking. If you work well and follow the appropriate steps, you can do it. You can stop smoking!

Preachers, teachers, and serious students of Paul will be electrified by this dynamic rethinking of the Apostle. Sr. Pascuzzi condenses the past 25 years of Pauline scholarship and clearly demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches to Paul that have been taken by contemporary researchers. She presents the teachings of Paul against the backdrop of First Century Judaism with its many paths of belief and this puts his mission within the cultural context of the Roman Empire.

¿Crees que la realidad que vives es la que realmente te mereces? O por el contrario, ¿sientes que vives en modo automático tus relaciones, tu trabajo y tu diario vivir? Ha llegado el momento de los cambios, de abrirte al mundo y de recibir toda la abundancia que el universo ha preparado para ti. Y lo mejor, es más sencillo de lo que creías....

Twelve-year-old Folly is angry and grieving for her mum. She isn't ready for Dad's plans for a new life in Auckland with his new girlfriend. So Folly runs away with the one friend who truly understands – her wise pony, Tooth. With her mother's ashes in her backpack, Folly sets off to the fabled Cape Reinga, the northernmost point of New Zealand. Through tourist towns and wilderness, across beaches, roads and forest tracks, Folly and Tooth find both adventure and hardship.

In "Himbeereis am Fluss" erzählt die große Schwester Ida über ihren Alltag mit dem kleinen Bruder Oskar. Es geht um Flusssafaris in der Frühlingssonne und verlorene Vampire in der Herbstdunkelheit. Um Hütten, die kleiner sind, als man denkt, und Muffin-Buden, die schöner sind als erwartet. Um Veränderung und Verlust, Puderzucker und Elche. Und um das, was plötzlich kaum noch zu ertragen ist…. Maria Parr hat eine rasante und warmherzige Geschichte geschrieben, über das Großwerden und darüber, das Leben plötzlich in einem anderen Licht zu sehen.

Pat Simms is reeling from her own role in her abusive husband's death, and the new freedom before her is daunting. Sarah Collingborne is struggling with the absence of her husband, who is stranded in a POW camp abroad, and trying her best to fill his treasured place in the village. Meanwhile, Teresa Lucas is anxious about her future as a parent, and her friend Alison Scotlock is on the verge of starting a new relationship. And Miriam Brindsley's good luck might be about to change.

This is Britain: but not as we know it. THEY are coming closer . . . THEY begin with a dead dog, shadowy footsteps, confiscated books. Soon the National Gallery is purged; eerie towers survey the coast; savage mobs stalk the countryside destroying artworks—and those who resist. THEY capture dissidents—writers, painters, musicians, even the unmarried and childless—in military sweeps, 'curing' these subversives of individual identity. Survivors gather together as cultural refugees, preserving their crafts, creating, loving and remembering. But THEY make it easier to forget ...

They Hide: Short Stories to Tell in the Dark collects 13 chilling tales that weave through the shadows, exploring the nature of fear, powerlessness, and control.