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A powerful, lyrically told and unusual love story by the prize-winning author of The Land of Decoration. A poem wrapped in brown paper. A man, a woman, a city, and a past that must not be remembered. Elizabeth Stone, a respected academic, has a new lease on life.

Un sortilegio trasforma undici principi in cigni. Solo il coraggio e l’amore della sorella, la principessa Elisa, li potrà liberare. Ma per salvare i fratelli Elisa dovrà compiere un sacrificio terribile.

La periodista Gemma explica la vida de tres dones de diverses generacions al llarg del segle XX, entre Castellterçol i Sabadell, del Vallès rural al Vallès urbà. L’esforç per adaptar-se als efectes de la revolució del tèxtil, el pas de la vida a pagès a la vida als afores d’una ciutat en procés d’industrialització, i sobretot els canvis que es produeixen en la vida diària familiar. Els fets i les veus reivindiquen, per si mateixos, el paper de la dona en l’evolució de la societat catalana del segle XX.

Que algú de l’altra punta de la terra faci el cop de cap de venir a viure al teu país. Que et triï a tu per veí. Que faci créixer els seus fills en la teva llengua perquè estimin el que tu estimes. I que aquest algú que treballa en una perruqueria dotze hores al dia, sis dies a la setmana, amorrada als teus peus, a les teves mans i als teus cabells, tingui la generositat d’explicar-te el seu món.

¿Te acuerdas de las canciones que te cantaban cuando eras niño para dormir? Porque no hay momento más dulce que el del beso de buenas noches... te hemos seleccionado algunas de las canciones y juegos de falda más conocidos para cantar y disfrutar con los más pequeños de la casa justo antes de ir a dormir.

Olympia, come capita a molte donne, vuole che nella sua vita ci siano due uomini. Per una questione di simmetria. Ma anche per una forma piuttosto marcata di bipolarità. Sposa Keral e ama Gérard. Incontra Gérard in una camera senza vista, dove consuma il suo amore ossessivo - un'attrazione chimica che diventa dipendenza, droga, stupefazione. La moglie di Gérard, Sabine, aspetta un figlio dal seme di uno sconosciuto e Keral subisce le attenzioni dell'antiquaria Clarissa.

By being able to receive downloaded messages from wild and domestic animals, Shawndra translates their messages for us. These animals have shared powerful messages of unity, connection and purpose, and steps that each of us are able to take to deepen the connection, find more meaning in our lives, and become the humans that the animals know we can be. You'll hear messages from 12 different animals on what they want us to know in order to live a more profoundly amazing life.

Toby Ellis was looking after his four-month-old nephew, Derek Ellis. He nipped into his local newsagents, leaving the pram outside. Toby claimed he left the child for no longer than two minutes - but during this time, little Derek was abducted. Six days later the baby’s body was discovered, buried in a nearby wooded area. No one was ever charged with the murder, and the case has remained ongoing. As part of their final media degree assessment, three university students decide to make a podcast about the cold case which happened in Colecastle 14 years ago.

In a kingdom besieged by poverty, war and despair, Princess Sophia must do whatever it takes to restore peace and protect the people she loves.

The story begins in 1970. The day after Jimi Hendrix's death...dairy farmer Michael Eavis invites revellers to his field in Somerset to attend a 'Pop, Folk & Blues' festival. Tickets are £1 each, enticing more than a thousand customers with the promise of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights and spontaneous entertainment - as well as free milk from his own Worthy Farm cows. Fast forward through five tumultuous decades, and the Eavises' vision now encompasses a gigantic 'city in the fields', with a total annual population nearing a quarter of a million.

Bombastic headlines about science and technology are nothing new. To cut through the constant stream of information and misinformation on social media, or grab the attention of investors, or convince governments to take notice, strident headlines or bold claims seem necessary to give complex, nuanced information some wow factor. But hype has a dark side, too. It can mislead. It can distract. It can blinker us from seeing what is actually going on.

Join six kings, queens and warriors from around the world as they battle for crowns, vanquish dark forces and claim their thrones in this collection of Ladybird Tales.

When Princess Florizella finds a baby boy delivered by stork to her parents’ palace, she is shocked to discover that he will one day be king and inherit her kingdom! For every prince is given a permit which allows them to do whatever they like in the same way that every princess is given a set of rules that they have to live by. As soon as Princess Florizella’s brother is big enough to have adventures, she takes him all over the land. Can she prove that girls having rules and boys having permits isn’t right?

12-year-old Nancy Crumpet lives above a bakery and her life is a delightful mix of flour, salt and love. Yet her mind is brimming with questions nobody can answer. Why did her birth parents disappear? Why can she speak with the sky? And why must she keep her mysterious birthmark hidden? Everything is about to change when the Scareground returns to Greenwich. Nancy is convinced it holds the answers to her parents' disappearance. She and her best friend Arthur Green meet Skelter, the fair's spooky owner, and discover a world full of dark magic and mystery.

For Lil, life at the Squawking Mackerel inn couldn't be more miserable. She's tasked with the sloppiest, grottiest jobs and picked on at every turn. Her only friend is Augustus Scratchy, a cantankerous crow with a habit of stealing. When the dread villain Rotten Bob Hatchet and his gang of cut-throat highwaymen begin attacking travellers on the road, things get really dire. Joining forces with a new servant boy, Ned - and armed with the contents of the inn's lost property cupboard, a pocketful of dumplings and some knicker elastic - Lil comes up with a plot to scare off Rotten Bob.

He was everything I wanted, but I should have known better. After all we've been through, he still didn't trust me with the truth. Now he's offering me the deal of a lifetime: his heart. All his secrets. Him. Forever. But at what cost? His enemies are still coming for us, and this time, we'll have to fight together. To save what we've built. To show that love like ours can't be destroyed.

Aria Patel’s quiet life as a graphic designer is upended when her childhood best friend, rising movie star Luca Williams, crashes back into her world—literally, dripping wet from a burst pipe. Their playful banter and shared history spark rumors that set social media ablaze, forcing Aria to confront feelings she’s long buried. As Luca’s fame pulls them into the spotlight, a single phone mix-up ignites a whirlwind of speculation, teasing, and undeniable chemistry. Will Aria risk their lifelong friendship for a chance at something more?

I would. And I did. Because living without Gregory Ryans is unthinkable. I'm ready to put my faith in the law, but he's doing what he does best: buying a contingency plan. He tells me I'm his light, his one bright spot in all the darkness that surrounds him. But his past is creeping forward from the shadows, and the secrets he's guarded with his life are destroying him.

Grace desires an escape. Anywhere to avoid the hardships that threaten to smother her. Equipped with her imagination, Grace creates other worlds to slip into whenever needed. Places where her home life is soon replaced with hunting for treasure, becoming a spy, and endless adventures. But, when her dreams start to evolve and encroach on reality, Grace must fight to discover what's real and what is not.

They say that the higher you climb, the harder you fall—and Madison Clarke will do anything to keep her new life from crumbling to pieces. Moving from a small town in Maine to Florida, Madison grasps the opportunity to reinvent herself, to forget about those days of being a lonely, loser outcast, and jumps at the chance when the popular kids decide to take her under their wing.