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Par un froid après-midi de décembre, Sam repère Sadie sur le quai du métro parmi la foule. Ils ne se sont pas vus depuis des années, mais jamais ils n'ont oublié leur première rencontre, à l'hôpital. Sam se remettait d'un accident, Sadie venait voir sa sœur malade, et ces deux enfants passionnés de jeux vidéo se sont mis à refaire le monde.

Quand ils décident d'emmener leur petite sœur se baigner dans cette étrange carrière au milieu de la forêt, Roberta et Willet ne mesurent pas le danger qui guette dans ces eaux... White Forest, Mississippi. Cachée au milieu de la forêt, la carrière fascine autant qu'elle inquiète. On murmure que des esprits malveillants se dissimulent dans ses eaux profondes. Par une chaude journée d'été, Roberta et Willet bravent toutes les superstitions pour aller s'y baigner avec leur petite soeur, Pansy. En quête de baies, ils s'éloignent de la carrière. Quand ils reviennent, Pansy a disparu.

No one ever expected straight-A student Lauren Taylor to make waves. But that was the old Lauren—before she went to college and became an online stripper to make ends meet. Now, Lauren is on the run with a secret and a bag of cash, fleeing landlocked Arizona for the beaches of California.

Florence Day è la ghostwriter di una delle più famose autrici romance del momento. Ma ha un problema: dopo una rottura terribile, non crede più nell'amore. Quando Benji Andor, il suo nuovo, affascinante editor, si rifiuta di concederle più tempo per consegnare il romanzo, Florence si prepara a dire addio alla sua carriera. Ma le cattive notizie, si sa, non viaggiano mai da sole: sua madre la chiama per avvisarla che il padre è venuto a mancare. Così, torna nella cittadina di provincia dove è nata e dove la sua famiglia gestisce un'agenzia di pompe funebri.

On the night of Bel’s birthday, at the stroke of midnight, her world goes black. When she wakes, she is thrust into a new and frightening world—the underground Onyx City. It is a place rife with magic and creatures of the night. It is also a place of dark beauty, dangerous intrigue and ruled by a beast—the ruthless vampire prince, Ezra Blade. When Bel makes a desperate attempt to escape her captors, she trespasses through the royal gardens, and is caught by the prince himself. Now, her fate is in his hands.

In a family that has everything, one tends to forget that some things are beyond even their control. After fate sends the family an unmistakable message, Christopher suddenly finds himself on the receiving end of a financial avalanche, yet fully incapable of managing or even understanding the full magnitude of it. In a world beset with vipers and jackals, he would be as helpless as a sheep led to slaughter in handling the family’s substantial financial assets.

It’s the summer before senior year of college, and Grace is about to make the worst decision of her life in this “sexy, sun-drenched cocktail of chaotic good fun and heartfelt hilarity” (Sarah Kuhn, author of the Heroine Complex series) that captures the messiness of your early twenties...

The Brave Little Dragon is a children's bedtime story that follows the journey of a small dragon who lives in a peaceful village with his family and friends. The dragon's village is suddenly attacked by a group of evil trolls who want to steal their treasure and destroy their homes. The brave little dragon is the only one who can save his village, but he is afraid and unsure of how to fight the trolls.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who lived on the moon. She had long silver hair and wore a flowing silver gown that sparkled like stars. Her name was Luna, and she ruled over the moon with kindness and grace.

Ошибка при проведении рискованного эксперимента переносит прекрасную девушку в сказочный мир. И какая же ждет ее сказка? Про Красную шапочку ли, про бабу Ягу, или вовсе - про Синюю Бороду? Путь домой будет трудным, впереди ждут приключения и выполнение сложных условий древнего ритуала. Сильная, смелая, не склонная к сентиментальностям Агата идет к своей цели. Только вот… ей предстоит испытать сложные чувства и подарить драгоценный подарок. Кому? Кто там ей под руку попадется? Кажется, серый волк. Остается ему посочувствовать.

In un'epoca come il seicento, che nelle pagine di questo romanzo viene così fedelmente ricostruita, colei che dall'alto del suo potere accusa un'infima serva di stregoneria può incorrere nello stesso destino di atroce martirio, se ragioni di opportunità politiche e la furia del popolo si alleano in un medesimo intento. È quanto avviene alla perfida protagonista, la contessa Stefana. La donna conosce un destino di redenzione quando, violentata da un servo che il suo stato di confusione mentale trasforma nel Diavolo, diventa oggetto della persecuzione degli inquisitori.

Alice Teeter's Book of Revelations is gentle and brutal, devoid of the supernatural and full of nature. Her poetry gives us a recipe, a warning, a hint at what is to come.

Я едва устроилась на работу и даже представить не могла, что моя помощь понадобится в другом мире. Но я врач, я не могу отказать. Пусть даже моими пациентами станут королева и новорождённый принц. Да и сложно поспорить, когда другой принц–дядя малыша–смотрит на тебя глазами, похожими на грозовые тучи, и тащит за собой. Но это оказалось только начало...

REGOLARE LA CURVA DEL GLUCOSIO È L'AZIONE PIÙ EFFICACE CHE POSSIAMO FARE PER LA NOSTRA SALUTE. Quasi il 90% della popolazione soffre di un eccesso di glucosio nel sangue, e la maggior parte nemmeno lo sa. I sintomi? Attacchi di fame, stanchezza cronica, sbalzi di umore, problemi alla pelle, invecchiamento precoce, infertilità... e un aumento, nel tempo, del rischio di malattie infiammatorie come patologie cardiovascolari, cancro, Alzheimer e diabete.

Discover the benefits of the Keto diet for ladies over 60! This comprehensive guidebook is specifically designed to help women over the age of 60 understand the ketogenic diet and how it can benefit their health and overall wellbeing.

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest programs from radio’s golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

When Jeremy Wolters discovers an ancient, alien substance in the Triangle Forest, his desperation to fix the past turns into an obsession. Dabbling in such powers is dangerous but doesn’t compare to the consequences of learning he isn’t the only one with desire to control it. Jeremy means to go on this journey alone, but when Ezra Ortiz discovers the truth, he tries to stop his friend from making a terrible mistake.

Nell'arco di quattordici racconti a tema investigativo, tinti di screziature noir e ambientazioni storiche estremamente variegate, Riccardo Parigi e Massimo Sozzi ci accompagnano lungo un sentiero misterioso che – in rigorosissimo ordine cronologico – ci porta dalla Toscana settecentesca di "Delitto in agrodolce" fino all'aula di un moderno liceo classico in "Lo stoico perfetto".

L'interesse dell'uomo moderno per l'universo e i suoi segreti è sempre più vorace. A dimostrarlo, anche fenomeni di culto cinematografico sul grande e sul piccolo schermo, come Interstellar e la serie Netflix Dark per citarne due, per non parlare delle ambizioni marziane di Elon Musk!

"Это твой последний шанс начать все сначала, - сказала мне таинственная сущность, которая перенесла меня в другой мир. – Соблазнишь царя и станешь царицей – будешь жить. Если нет – для тебя все закончится навсегда». И вроде бы, повезло: я оказалась в теле юной красавицы – таким лицом только царей соблазнять! Но вот незадача: глядя на меня, царь видит не красавицу, а страхолюдину – самую настоящую кикимору. Что ж, если нельзя соблазнить лицом, настоящая женщина всегда найдет другие способы влюбить в себя мужчину!