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A highly accomplished debut novel about our capacity for curiosity and our dangerous entitlement to it, which reminds us that the scariest ghosts aren’t those that go bump in the night but those that are born and create a place for themselves in the human soul. Jeff is dying. Haunted by memories and grappling with the shame of his desires, he runs away to remote Scotland with a piece of experimental tech that allows him to enter the mind of someone in the past. Instructed to only use it three times, Jeff - self-indulgent, isolated and deteriorating - ignores this advice.

When a SEAL he worked with in Afghanistan calls for help, Former SAS trooper Logan takes up the call. His friend needs help. Someone is killing their men.

Welcome to Paradise. Sandy beaches. Crystalline waters. An all-inclusive resort with virtually everything you can think of. A true idyllic paradise. An event is taking place at Paradise Club that wasn’t on the brochure: a dangerous game pitting the hotel’s guests against a gang of bloodthirsty maniacs. Elliot Harper—family man and FBI agent—is about to find out how fast heaven can become hell when every single vacationer is forced to become a ruthless killer in order to survive. A team of killers have been unleashed, and they won't stop until every single guest is dead.

Instead of relying on hand-holding by costly medical or performance professionals, Dr. David Meyer PT, DPT, tells you how to save you time, money, agony, and, most importantly, to empower you to utilize a seemingly negative physical challenge as a massive opportunity to retrain your mind, body, and spirit to achieve your fullest potential both on and off the field. Working from the belief that you can learn what he has by taking the time to understand it, Dr. Meyer PT, DPT, offers you his extensive academic training and experience working in Major League Baseball.

Stephenie Meyer reinterpreta su exitosa novela 10 años más tarde. ¡Celebra el décimo aniversario de Crepúsculo! Los lectores disfrutarán de la icónica historia de amor de Bella y Edward con una perspectiva renovada. La "Saga Crepúsculo", en la que se incluyen los títulos Crepúsculo, Luna nueva, Eclipse, Amanecer, La segunda vida de Bree Tanner y la Guía ilustrada oficial, ha vendido cerca de 155 millones de copias en todo el mundo.

Our ability to foresee and protect against natural catastrophes has never been greater; yet we consistently fail to heed the warnings and protect ourselves and our communities, with devastating consequences. What explains this contradiction? In The Ostrich Paradox, Wharton professors Robert Meyer and Howard Kunreuther draw on years of teaching and research to explain why disaster preparedness efforts consistently fall short.

God has given you the weapons you need to keep Satan in his rightful place of defeat. Now more than ever, Satan is launching his most violent attacks against the children of God. But you are not defenseless against these attacks. God has provided you with powerful weapons to overcome every obstacle life presents.

"Während sie die Stufen zur Bibliothek hinablief, konnte Furia die Geschichten schon riechen: den besten Geruch der Welt." Furia lebt in einer Welt der Bücher. Der Landsitz ihrer Familie steht auf einer unendlichen Bibliothek. Sehnlichst erwartet sie ihr Seelenbuch - mit ihm will sie die Magie der Worte entfesseln. Doch dann wird ihr Bruder entführt und Furia muss um sein Leben kämpfen. Ihr Weg führt sie in die Stadt der verschwundenen Buchläden und in einen Wald, in dem aus toten Büchern Bäume wachsen.

The dead will rise. A cheating wife and a crooked accountant discover the price of treachery. In a cheap motel room on a lonely stretch of the interstate not even death can stop the vengeance of a deranged preacher. Sometimes you don't get a merciful god.

Te quedas sin opciones cuando amas a tu potencial asesino. ¿Acaso es posible huir o luchar si eso debe causar un grave perjuicio a quien quieres? Si la vida es cuanto puedes darle y de verdad le amas por encima de todo, ¿por qué no entregarla? Ahora que Bella ha tomado una decisión, una inesperada cadena de acontecimientos está a punto de desatarse, con consecuencias inimaginables y potencialmente devastadoras.

Joyce Meyer, autora bestseller del New York Times y renombrada maestra de la Biblia, instruye a los lectores en una parte integral de la fe Cristiana—conocer la voluntad de Dios y actuar en consecuencia—en este práctico y motivador libro.

It is the first century BC. Cleopatra, the third of the pharaoh’s six children, is the one that her father has chosen to be the next queen of Egypt. But when King Ptolemy is forced into exile, Cleopatra is left alone to fend for herself in a palace rife with intrigue and murder. Smart, courageous, ambitious and sensuously beautiful, she possesses the charm to cause two of history’s most famous leaders to fall in love with her. But as her cruel sisters plot to steal the throne, Cleopatra realizes there is only one person on whom she can rely—herself.

If you could fast forward your life to your deathbed and hear your regrets (and joys), then rewind and live your life with that knowledge, would you do it? This book provides that knowledge. After 14 years in the funeral business, Chris Meyer has sat with families and listened to their “could’ves”, “should’ves”, and “would’ves.” In doing so he learned many lessons - lessons that kept repeating themselves year after year.

Ray Bridges, a professional electronics salesman, is looking for love in all the strange places. He spends most nights sneaking into support group meetings for the disabled in order to satisfy his deepest, darkest desires - to hook up with unfortunate, down-on-their-luck women who’ve recently lost a limb. There's a name for Ray’s preference; it’s called acrotomophilia, a paraphilia involving amputees. Conflicted, Ray wishes he could change. But he can’t. That is...until he meets the perfect girl. Falls in love with her. Only problem: her arms and legs are attached.

Sidste bind i Meyers verdenssucces om pigen Bella og vampyren Edwards altsopslugende kærlighed. Uventede farer truer, og vampyrklanen må samle tvivlsomme allierede - og opleve frafald blandt de tætteste venner... Efter de foregående års turbulente begivenheder ser det endelig ud til, at Bella er på vej mod det liv, som hun ønsker: Edward har modstræbende indvilliget i at gøre Bella til vampyr, når først de er blevet gift.

"Der er tre ting, som jeg er helt sikker på: - Edward er vampyr - Der er en del af ham - og jeg ved ikke i hvor høj grad, den har magten over ham - der længes efter mit blod - Jeg er fuldstændigt og håbløst forelsket i ham." Da teenagepigen Bella Swan flytter hjem til sin eneboerfar, til Forks, en våd og tåget soveby omgivet af store skove i staten Washington, forventer hun ikke andet end regn, kedsomhed og high school, men da hun møder den gådefulde Edward Cullen, sker der en på samme tid vidunderlig og dybt foruroligende forandring i hendes liv.

Jacky Faber makes waves, even when docked in her adopted city of Boston to attend to the business of Faber Shipping Worldwide. With big dreams and perhaps too much exuberance for the Puritan populace, she quickly finds herself at odds with the Women's Temperance Union and a town roiling over the arrival of hundreds of Irish laborers, brought in on Jacky's Lorelei Lee.

Bella se encuentra de nuevo en peligro: una serie de misteriosos asesinatos está sembrando el pánico en la localidad y hay un ser maligno tras ella, sediento de venganza. Además, tendrá que elegir entre su amor por Edward y su amistad con Jacob, consciente de que su decisión podrá desencadenar definitivamente la guerra entre vampiros y hombres lobo. Mientras se va acercando su graduación se le presenta un nuevo dilema mucho más complejo: vida o muerte. Pero ¿cuál es cuál?

Fantasy icon Jane Yolen is adored by generations of readers and listeners of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and brilliantly refined.

Ein Nachtfalter verliebt sich hoffnungslos in einen Stern am Himmel. Als er ihn zu erreichen versucht, entdeckt er die Schönheit der Welt. Ein Junge kommt zur Weihnachtsmesse. Er kennt kein einziges Gebet – und lehrt die Gemeinde doch die Sprache Gottes. In einem Schneesturm am Heiligen Abend macht ein Mensch die Erfahrung, dass er das Gute nicht erzwingen kann.