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Two years after Emperor Augustus's bloody defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, he triumphantly returns to Rome. To his only child, Julia, he brings an unlikely companion - Selene, the daughter of the conquered Egyptian queen and her lover. Under the watchful eye of Augustus's wife, Livia, Selene struggles to accept her new home among her parents' enemies. Bound together by kinship and spilled blood, these three women - Livia, Selene, and Julia - navigate the dangerous world of Rome's ruling elite.

Un cuento de hadas nunca había sido tan sexy. ¡Déjate seducir por la saga del momento! (Libro 2)

Tras haber superado más pruebas de las que un corazón humano puede soportar, Feyre regresa a la Corte Primavera con los poderes de una alta fae. Sin embargo, no consigue olvidar los crímenes que se vio obligada a cometer para salvar a Tamlin y a su pueblo, ni el perverso pacto que forjó con Rhysand, el alto lord de la temible Corte Noche.

Booking her client, Prince Dante of Monterra, on reality show Marry Me is a royal coup for PR agent Lemon Beauchamp. But thanks to a last-minute glitch, Lemon must pretend to be one of the contestants vying to win the playboy prince's love and then live happily ever after - at least until the publicity tour ends. Prince Dante agreed to go on the show to find a wife, even though he already has the perfect candidate in mind. She's smart, funny, sexy, and completely uninterested in wealth and fame.

Sexism. Self-doubt. Invisibility. When you're one of the only women in your workplace, it can be difficult to gain your footing. Organizations need to change, but in the meantime, women can find success in these settings—and even flourish in them. Thriving in a Male-Dominated Workplace provides the advice you need to ensure your professional growth in roles and industries that have traditionally been filled by and controlled by men.

Whether you're in the trenches or the boardroom, you're going to encounter demanding, dissatisfied, and disagreeable customers. Are your people (and you) prepared to deal with them? Ignore a valid complaint and you could be the next viral sensation for all the wrong reasons. But give in to every demand and you may be consumed with the often petty complaints of your worst customers and wind up pandering to them with freebies, discounts, and special attention.

Caitlin Marshall's trying to go home to Minnesota for Christmas, but at the last minute she gives her airline ticket to a stranded soldier. So Cait spends the holidays with Joe Rockwell, who was a childhood friend - and is still a terrible tease, claiming that Cait's his wife. Oh, sure, they were "married" in a pretend ceremony when she was eight, but now Joe wants to make their "marriage" real!

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.

Durante toda su vida Cujo fue un buen perro, un San Bernardo grandote, pacífico, juguetón y amante de los niños. Realmente se trataba de un perro bueno y feliz. Feliz hasta que le sucedió algo, y el cerebro de perro de Cujo se cubrió de una de esas oscuridades que se alimentan de sangre. Ahora, se ha convertido en un perro asesino; doblemente cruel por cuanto la gente no conoce su mutación y aún le ve en su anterior bondad. Heraldo de un pequeño apocalipsis, Cujo desencadenará sobre un pueblo modélico un huracán de pánico y de muerte.

Así arranca esta intensa aventura de realismo mágico que, a través de un viaje a las memorias de la abuela Amelia, nos cruza con personajes tan alucinantes como Serapio, un valiente perro; Domingo, un héroe en forma de machete; o el mismísimo pueblo ardiente de Las Choapas, en el borde de Veracruz con Tabasco. A quienes decidan adentrarse en sus calles de tierra, llenas de pasión, rencor, odio, amor y, sobre todo, perdón, los espera un rompecabezas armado con una entrañable destreza narrativa, que nos recuerda la mágica pluma de Laura Esquivel o Sofía Segovia.

When it turns out that Harry's and Lola's friends are a divorcing, not-on-speaking-terms couple sparring over the same house, the strangers find themselves accidental (and reluctant) roommates for the summer. They agree to make the best of it, even posing as a couple to mingle among East Beach's well-heeled crowd. But the ruse is starting to feel real - and romantic. Are they brave enough to reveal their feelings before the summer nights turn cold?

Mia Lassiter is thrilled to finally put her artistic skills to use working for her aunt's interior design shop in her hometown of East Beach. While renovating an old mansion overlooking stunning Lake Haven, she encounters a scruffy but attractive man named Brennan - the owner's son. She doesn't realize this sexy recluse is actually Everett Alden, the world-famous rock star in hiding who's nursing his own artistic and personal crises.

Single mother Kyra Kokinos spends her days waiting tables, her nights working on her real estate license, and every spare moment with her precocious six-year-old daughter, Ruby - especially when Ruby won't stop pestering their grumpy next-door neighbor. At first glance, Dax Bishop seems like the kind of gruff, solitary guy who'd be unlikely to offer a cup of sugar, let alone a marriage proposal. But that's exactly what happens when Ruby needs life-saving surgery.

Delilah Green jurou nunca mais voltar a Bright Falls, a cidade onde cresceu. Lá não há nada para ela, só as lembranças da infância solitária e do desprezo da madrasta e da irmã postiça, Astrid. Em Nova York ela tem uma carreira como fotógrafa em ascensão e uma mulher diferente em sua cama todas as noites. Mas quando Astrid usa chantagem emocional e um cheque polpudo para forçá-la a fotografar seu casamento e a maratona de eventos preparativos, Delilah acaba concordando em voltar.

"Car tout était déjà en moi, enfoui. Quelque chose entre la tragédie grecque et la comédie à l'italienne. Une farce bouffonne au goût amer, un drame dont on se retient de rire. Ni une complainte, ni une leçon, ni une morale. Juste une ode à la déroute, un poème chantant la toute-puissance de l'absurdité face au bon sens..."

KyloTom, Aleverso, Gigis, IlaPeach e Samu_11_10 sono una squadra strampalata e giocano insieme da poco. Eppure sono decisi a unire le forze per vincere quella che, per tutti gli appassionati di videogame, è una sfida impossibile: arrivare al quindicesimo e ultimo livello di HORROR GAME. Ci hanno già provato, fallendo, i più grandi gamer del mondo, ma i cinque ragazzi non hanno intenzione di arrendersi. Quando però, per puro caso, Ale riesce a risolvere l'enigma impossibile e a sbloccare il livello "maledetto", succede qualcosa di strano.

Muchos acontecimientos del pasado han demostrado que disponer de la información adecuada y saber interpretarla a tiempo supone la diferencia entre el éxito y el fracaso en campos tan diversos como el de la agricultura o el de los negocios. La ciencia de datos es hoy una realidad en pleno desarrollo, en la que la visualización de la información resulta clave para extraer el máximo conocimiento y adoptar las mejores decisiones.

Do you want to speak Spanish fluently in everyday situations? Listen & Learn with the "Spanish Vocabulary Master - Start Talking" course, which will gradually teach you useful vocabulary and develop communication skills in typical situations.

Una de las reglas sociales más conocidas dice que una joven de buena familia nunca debería acudir a casa de un marqués de mala reputación y pedirle un beso apasionado.

Jenny Turner needs to get her life together. She knows it, everyone knows it, and she’s going to do it. Soon. But one night when she catches her sometimes “boyfriend” cheating on her in the middle of a summer camping trip, she winds up at a quaint inn on the north shore of Lake Haven that is closed. This presents a problem. She can’t go home - her dad has a new woman in his life. With no place else to go, Jenny must convince the gruff but very hot innkeeper - who is wearing a kilt for some reason - to let her a stay a night...or ten.

El sueño de la joven Eileen es ser cantante. Su deseo es unirse al grupo de artistas itinerantes que visitan su pueblo cada equinoccio. Por contra, sus padres se lo han prohibido, pues creen que ese oficio no es apropiado para la hija de un gobernante. Sin embargo, ella no está de acuerdo y decide emprender un viaje en solitario para encontrar al grupo de artistas y conseguir al fin su libertad. Para ello, debe atravesar el «Río Misterioso», una gran masa de agua temida por todos los aldeanos, pues es tan extensa que nadie sabe qué hay más allá.