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On Thursday, 1st July, 1999, Dr Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave's Meltdown Festival. After the show, in a state of awe, Warren Ellis crept onto the stage, took Dr Simone's piece of chewed gum from the piano, wrapped it in her stage towel and put it in a Tower Records bag. The gum remained with him for 20 years—a sacred totem, his creative muse, a conduit that would eventually take Ellis back to his childhood and his relationship with found objects, growing in significance with every passing year.

There was a time when women’s health was repressed and breast cancer wasn’t discussed, but Shirley Temple Black, Rose Kushner, and Evelyn Lauder refused to be silenced. Their courage ignited a movement that changed the way society addresses breast cancer. When these “radical sisters” were diagnosed, they faced a medical world of myths, outdated protocols, and a shocking lack of research. Breast cancer awareness was absent, and treatment options were scarce. Yet, Shirley, Rose, and Evelyn became trailblazing advocates for breast cancer research, early detection, and women’s health.

El mundo de Sol está habitado por Antonio, su Toño, y por sus padres; también por Luna, la radio y Bollín. La mujer de al lado es una historia sobre la memoria, la soledad y la inesperada fuerza que reside en los rincones más frágiles del corazón.

Ein Serienmörder versetzt das nächtliche Paris in Angst und Schrecken: Reiche Männer, die ihren Geliebten Schmuck bringen wollen, werden heimtückisch überfallen. Als der König sich an die geistreiche Dichterin Fräulein von Scuderi wendet, begegnet sie dem Fall zunächst mit einem Bonmot – bis sie selbst ein rätselhaftes Schmuckkästchen mitsamt Nachricht des Täters erhält. Nun wird ihr klar: Sie muss dem Geheimnis auf den Grund gehen.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK Fetița care a cucerit în cele din urmă aurul olimpic umbla mai mereu cu părul zbârlit și cu genunchii juliți, la fel ca tine. Avea părinți iubitori, un frate mai mare care o șicana întruna, dar care o și scotea din bucluc, ba chiar și o cățelușă blândă și înțeleaptă, care o asculta cu răbdare când îi încredința micile secrete și marile visuri. Îi plăcea grozav să joace șotronul, frunza și elasticul cât era ziua de lungă și nu refuza niciodată o ciocolată. O frământau tot felul de frici, din pricina cărora plângea din când în când, dar pe care căuta mereu să și le învingă!

Brooklynn muss Davi unter die Arme greifen und bittet ihre alten Freunde, Santos' Pläne zu durchkreuzen. Kenji, Sammy und Gia wollen Schlimmeres verhindern und folgen einer heißen Spur bis zu einer Skipiste. Ben, Darius und Yaz finden einen neuen Verbündeten. Menschen müssen gewarnt werden. Brooklynn setzt ihre Überredungskünste ein und macht eine interessante Beobachtung.

Gia bekommt tatkräftige Unterstützung bei der Suche nach Kenji und Sammy. Ben, Darius, Yaz und Davi können sich gerade noch rechtzeitig in Sicherheit bringen. Santos geht es an den Kragen, doch sie weiß sich zu wehren und zieht ein Ass aus dem Ärmel. Die Freunde sind wild entschlossen, der Firma Biosyn das Handwerk zu legen.

Elias erfährt von Polizisten, dass sie einen Koffer voller Briefe gefunden haben, alle an ihn gerichtet. Geschrieben jeden Tag seit dreißig Jahren von einer Frau, die ihn liebte. Und die gestorben ist, ohne ihn je wiedergesehen zu haben, nachdem er sie als Achtzehnjähriger nach einer kurzen Beziehung verlassen hatte. Elias begibt sich auf die Suche nach dem Leben dieser Frau, und damit auch auf die Suche nach sich selbst.

In the gentle hush of twilight, as stars twinkle in the velvety sky, the enchanting world of our “Ultimate Bedtime Sleep Meditation Stories for Kids” awaits! A compilation of 14 unique tales by Calm Horizons Publishing, this children’s book is designed to be a helpful companion, introducing children aged 4-8 to mindfulness and meditation. This meditation book is a complete nightly ritual where your little one is gently guided into a land of dreams, armed with positive affirmations to carry into the night. It nurtures emotional balance and sets the stage for a relaxing sleep.

Maria Bamford is a comedian’s comedian (an outsider among outsiders) and has forever fought to find a place to belong. From struggling with an eating disorder as a child of the 1980s, to navigating a career in the arts (and medical debt and psychiatric institutionalization), she has tried just about every method possible to not only be a part of the world, but to want to be a part of it. In Bamford’s “trademark blend of disarming intimacy and dark whimsy” (Publishers Weekly), Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult brings us on a quest to participate in something.

Con men are artists of persuasion and exploiters of trust. They hold a deep, enigmatic fascination for us. But how do they do it? Whether it's a suspicious-looking email or a multimillion-dollar global swindle, Maria Konnikova investigates the psychological principles that underlie each stage of the confidence game and the profile of both the con artist and his mark.

After visiting 70 doctors and trying every “miracle” drug, diet, and supplement on the market, he found himself tearing through the pages of the world’s oldest, most sacred, and best-selling book - the Bible. What he found was a superb health plan that literally transformed his life and gave rise to The Maker’s Diet. Now is your opportunity to try the Maker’s Diet 40-day health experience - 40 days that will change your life forever.

Violet Sorrengail creía que a sus veinte años se uniría al Cuadrante de los Escribas para vivir una vida tranquila, estudiando sus amados libros y las historias antiguas que tanto le fascinan. Sin embargo, por órdenes de su madre, la temida comandante general, Violet debe unirse a los miles de candidatos que luchan por formar parte de la élite de Navarre: los jinetes de dragones.

In the world's most celebrated and lyrical love story, the sublime devotion of two young lovers transcends their earthly fate. The noble Veronese houses of Montague and Capulet are locked in a bitter feud. When Romeo (a Montague) and Juliet (a Capulet) fall in love, they are swept up in a series of violent events and cruel twists of fortune. Despite the passion and innocence of their love, they fall victim to the enmity between their families, and their story ends in tragedy.

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah spent decades talking openly and intimately to African women around the world about sex. In this book, she brings together their extraordinary stories, whilst also chronicling her own journey towards sexual freedom. From finding queer community in Egypt to living a polyamorous life in Senegal to understanding the intersectionality of religion and pleasure in Cameroon, their necessary narratives are individual and illuminating.

From the national best-selling author of The Serpent and the Pearl comes the continuing saga of the ruthless family that holds all of Rome in its grasp, and the three outsiders thrust into their twisted web of blood and deceit.…

As the cherished concubine of the Borgia Pope Alexander VI, Giulia Farnese has Rome at her feet. But after narrowly escaping a sinister captor, she realizes that the danger she faces is far from over - and now, it threatens from within. The Holy City of Rome is still under Alexander's thrall, but enemies of the Borgias are starting to circle.

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing experience with a charismatic but volatile woman, this is a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Each chapter views the relationship through a different lens, as Machado holds events up to the light and examines them from distinct angles.

What would you sacrifice for a new life? Ambitious businesswoman Mae Yu runs Golden Oaks - a luxury retreat transforming the fertility industry - where women get the very best of everything, so long as they play by the rules. Jane is a young immigrant in search of a better future. Stuck living in a cramped dorm with her baby daughter and her shrewd aunt Ate, she sees an unmissable chance to change her life. But at what cost?

Tras casi dieciocho meses en el Colegio de Guerra Basgiath, Violet Sorrengail tiene claro que no queda tiempo para entrenar. Hay que tomar decisiones. La batalla ha comenzado y, con enemigos acercándose a las murallas e infiltrados en sus propias filas, es imposible saber en quién confiar. Ahora Violet deberá emprender un viaje fuera de los límites de Aretia en busca de aliados de tierras desconocidas que acepten pelear por Navarre. La misión pondrá a prueba su suerte, y la obligará a usar todo su ingenio y fortaleza para salvar a quienes más ama: sus dragones, su familia, su hogar y a él.

Unstoppable is the fiercely honest, fearless, darkly funny autobiography of global tennis star Maria Sharapova. In the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no-one is expecting them and they don't speak English. They have arrived from Russia with just 700 dollars and the conviction that this six-year-old girl will be the world's next great tennis star. They are right.