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Cordelia Carstairs es una cazadora de sombras, una guerrera entrenada para luchar contra demonios. Cuando su padre es acusado de un crimen atroz, ella y su hermano viajan a Londres para evitar la ruina de la familia. Pronto, Cordelia se reencontrará con sus amigos de infancia, Jame y Lucie...

The only thing worse than finding out that your husband is dead is discovering the secrets he left behind. Annabel's seemingly perfect expat life in Geneva is shattered when her banker husband Matthew's plane crashes in the Alps. When she finds clues that his death may not be all it seems, she questions whether she really knew her husband at all. Meanwhile, journalist Marina is investigating the bank where Matthew worked. But when she uncovers evidence of a shocking global financial scandal that implicates someone close to home, she is forced to make an impossible choice.

Son cuatro: Nati, Patri, Marga y Àngels. Son parientas, tienen diversos grados de lo que la Administración y la medicina consideran "discapacidad intelectual" y comparten un piso tutelado. Han pasado buena parte de sus vidas en RUDIS y CRUDIS (residencias urbanas y rurales para personas con discapacidad intelectual). Pero ante todo son mujeres con una extraordinaria capacidad para enfrentarse a las condiciones de dominación que les ha tocado sufrir.

Inequality. Influence. Fraud. Sabotage. These are the themes of great fiction and our modern economy. In this collection of short stories by some of today’s most scintillating writers, the rich get poorer and the poor get richer. Yeah, right! From the heartbreaking to the hilarious, here are eight instantly classic battles over currency, class, privilege - and social distance.

The Classics Slacker reads the classics so you don't have to! The Classics Slacker had always intended to read the classics of world literature but never quite got around to it. You didn’t, either? Not to worry. The Classics Slacker has stopped slacking and started summarizing them for you in The Classics Slacker series—blatantly irreverent takes on the “Great Books.” Whoooooosh!!! It’s always windy over the moors in England where lovers Heathcliff and Catherine run around, day and night, climbing crags, counting birds, and defying everyone who would keep them apart.

¿Quién mató a Andie Bell? Todos creen saber la verdad, pero solo Pippa sabe que están equivocados. Hace cinco años, la estudiante Andie Bell fue asesinada por Sal Singh. La policía sabe que fue él. Sus compañeros también. Todo el mundo lo sabe. Pero Pippa ha crecido en la misma...

Mentre Catania è avvolta da una pioggia di ceneri dell'Etna, nell'ala abbandonata di una villa signorile alle pendici del vulcano viene ritrovato un corpo di donna ormai mummificato dal tempo. Del caso è incaricato il vicequestore Giovanna Guarrasi, detta Vanina, trentanovenne palermitana trasferita alla Mobile di Catania. La casa è pressoché abbandonata dal 1959, solo Alfio Burrano, nipote del vecchio proprietario, ne occupa saltuariamente qualche stanza.

Juliette Calloway vive en un mundo de lujo, historia y mentiras. La vida de la hija de la familia más poderosa de Rosebrook Falls está cuidadosamente diseñada, y ella está harta de esta perfección artificial. Roman Montgomery no existe, al menos de manera oficial. Es una sombra, un arma secreta, el heredero desconocido de un imperio envuelto en peligro y enemistades que abarcan generaciones. Cuando se encuentran, saltan chispas.

At twenty-five, activist Cristina Moon faced an impossible task: preparing for the possibility of arrest and torture inside military-ruled Myanmar. Her response? Learning Buddhist meditation. So began what would become a decades-long spiritual path—eventually leading her to a Zen temple and martial arts dojo in Hawai'i with a timeless method of warrior Zen training. 

En El mapa fantasma se cuenta la historia de la aterradora epidemia de cólera que envolvió Londres en 1854 y sus dos héroes poco probables: el anestesista doctor John Snow y el afable clérigo, el reverendo Henry Whitehead, quienes derrotaron la enfermedad mediante una combinación de...

This is not a long book. Cristina already knows you don’t have the time to listen to it, and she certainly didn’t have the time to write it. So it’s more of an instruction manual, helping you to succeed in this new crazy gig you just jumped into, or are thinking of getting into.

La poesía de Cristina Rivera Garza reunida por primera vez en un sólo volumen.

When Shawn inherits his dad’s estate, he is thrust into the spotlight as the "Most Desirable Man Alive". Struggling to navigate the constant presence of bodyguards and a sudden deluge of eligible bachelorettes, he is convinced that getting back to his private life is the answer, until he meets Shelly. She doesn't care about his money or his star status, and she seems to genuinely like him, but his heart has been broken once before. Can he risk opening himself up again?

La biografía definitiva de Alejandra Pizarnik, con nuevos materiales, documentos y entrevistados. Versión actualizada, ampliada y revisada de la única biografía de autora argentina sobre la poeta más disruptiva en idioma castellano del siglo XX.

The Go-To Podcast For Women Who Are Ready To Finally Lose The Weight In A Sustainable Way That Lasts! Hey Friend, Are you sick of stubborn weight that just won't budge, no matter what you do?Have you been told your symptoms are perimenopause, menopause, or just aging, but deep down you know something is not right?Are you tired of hearing "eat less and move more" when you know it's not solving the real problem? I'm so excited you're here.This podcast is for women who are done chasing symptoms, tired of being told everything looks fine, and ready to finally understand what's really going on with...

¿Cómo podemos beneficiarnos de las promesas del Gobierno y evitar al mismo tiempo la amenaza que éste supone para la libertad individual? En este audiolibro Milton Friedman presenta el compendio definitivo de su influyente filosofía económica. Su objetivo principal es analizar el papel del...

Un matin de novembre, un homme et une femme embarquent à bord d'un avion privé à destination de Genève. Pris dans un orage, l'appareil disparaît des radars. L'épave sera retrouvée quelques heures plus tard dans les Alpes. Parmi les victimes figure Matthew Werner, un cadre de la Swiss United, une puissante banque offshore. Sa jeune veuve Annabel reste seule aux prises avec les secrets qu'il a laissés derrière lui.

La clinica è sempre lì : su per la Fuyachodori, ovest sulla Rokkakudori, giù per la Tomikojidori, est per la Takoyakushidori. Anche il trattamento che offre è lo stesso, unico e speciale: a ciascuno, secondo il caso, si prescrive un gatto. In questo secondo capitolo della trilogia bestseller di Ishida Syou incontriamo Moe, una giovane ragazza che ha paura di lasciare il fidanzato e ritrovarsi da sola; Tatsuya, alle prese con la morte della moglie e la distanza con il nipote Hayato; Reona, che dovrà prendersi cura del fratello tornato a casa dopo tanto tempo.

Five Alchemists. One book. A constellation of ideas. The second annual Alchemy Lecture was presented in November 2023 at York University to a sold out in-person audience and nearly one thousand live online viewers. Moderated by Dr. Christina Sharpe, the Alchemists—agile thinkers and...

Una mujer descubre accidentalmente el cadáver castrado de un joven. El cuerpo yace al fondo de un callejón, junto a unos enigmáticos versos de la poeta argentina Alejandra Pizarnik. Cuando la mujer –que se hace llamar Cristina Rivera Garza y ha leído la obra...