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The arrival of a mysterious new neighbor inspires a kid to write her own poetry in this humorous and unforgettable new middle-grade novel by award-winning author Cary Fagan. Andie Gladman is your typical kid — she lives in a small town, doesn't have many friends and quietly puts up with taunts...

Non è un semplice libro illustrato, questo libro parla di coraggio, di consapevolezza, d'intraprendenza. È perfetto per i più piccoli, in età prescolare, ma anche per bambini più grandi che cercano un libro da leggere in autonomia. Beebeep, aiuterà sia adulti che bambini a capire la vera importanza della natura e delle api. Regalate questo libro ai vostri bambini, leggete assieme a loro e fategli capire quanto sia speciale la natura e preservarla.

Vor 50 Jahren, am 8. April 1973, verstarb Pablo Picasso. Anlässlich seines 50. Todestages sprach "ECOS Spanisch lernen Audio" mit Rocío Arregui, Professorin an der Facultad de Bellas Artes in Sevilla, über die Bedeutung dieses Malers damals und heute. Unbedingt empfehlenswert: die Picasso-Museen in Barcelona und Málaga. Malerei und Kunst spielen diesmal auch im Sprachteil die Hauptrolle: Wortschatz, Redewendungen und Übungen zum Thema in drei Sprachniveaus. Tequila wird immer mit Mexiko in Verbindung gebracht.

Keim Matteo Camarda torna con un noir a fosche tinte dark, che assomiglia più a un horror gotico e antico. Breve ma intenso, cupo e misterioso, dove la retorica fa da padrona, dando spazio a un personaggio meno considerato nell'universo di Wicked Dreams. Johanna, matrona in casa Rikven, madre del becchino, intrattiene un dialogo oscuro con l'aspirante poetessa Yvonne Lermié, celando dietro alle parole più di un segreto.

Viki è un piccolo vulcano che non riesce a sfiatare fumo e fiamme come gli altri. Questa cosa lo rattrista moltissimo. I suoi amici gli dicono di avere pazienza: quando sarà grande le cose cambieranno. Ma lui sa che non è così. Un giorno, finalmente, Viki viene scosso da terribili tremori e, con un boato tremendo, dalla sua gola salta fuori un macigno: eccolo diventato come gli altri, si dice. È stremato ma felicissimo. E invece...

Life is full of moments. Moments of love. Moments of pain. And I have often wondered why the moments of pain were so easily recalled, while the moments of love were fleeting and gone before I had time to truly appreciate them. It seemed I was irreparably broken. A broken girl with broken dreams.

It turns out when a demon's forced out of your body, it leaves something behind. Something that will change you forever. Something that opens the door for the most sinful dreams I've ever had in my life. Dreams about a man I've never seen before, but he does things to me I can't explain.

Grace has always been a black sheep, so it should come as no surprise that she stole her sister’s identity. Desperate to escape the clutches of men that would use and abuse her, Grace makes the bold decision to escape her life, stealing her sister’s identity and applying to be a nanny for the world’s elite.

Mara empieza a coincidir en un parque con Eduardo y, poco a poco, su relación va haciéndose más cercana hasta que, casi sin darse cuenta, Mara se enamora perdidamente de él. Todo parece ir de maravilla, aunque Eduardo prefiere no poner etiquetas a su relación y no dar un paso más allá y formalizarla. Mara no opina igual, pero lo acepta, aunque no pierde la esperanza y cree que algún día cambiará de opinión. Pero las cosas se complican....

Desde que conoció al excitante Ryan Riley, la vida de Maddie se ha vuelto explosiva. Junto a él ha disfrutado del amor más intenso que jamás hubiera imaginado, sin embargo, todo se ha complicado. Entre los padres de ambos, que no dejan de interponerse en su relación, la prensa, que está malmetiendo constantemente, y las intrigas empresariales, Maddie acaba replanteándose si debería casarse o no.

La enfermedad y la muerte de una hija, ¿cómo sobrellevar un terremoto así? Isabel Bohorquez tanteó con las palabras hasta poder decir lo que significó para ella la pérdida de Florencia. "Cuando Dios parece injusto" refleja su búsqueda por encontrarle un nuevo sentido a la vida después de la experiencia más dolorosa.

Hay en estas páginas una crisis de fe, que desemboca en la bella correspondencia con el monje benedictino Mamerto Menapace. Y muchas personas que se acerquen a leer el testimonio de Isabel sentirán, seguramente, cómo estos diálogos puedan acompañarlas...

Join Detective Nick Spinelli and Caseworker Shannon O’Hara as they embark on chaotic holiday, crime-solving, adventures including blackmail, kidnapping, and murder. You’ll never view Santa or Cupid the same, once Spinelli goes undercover as them. Never.

One minute, Texas. Next minute, fairyland. To get back home, he has to complete three quests for the queen of the elves. Each quest is a near-impossible task to defeat fearsome beasts or overcome impossible odds. The chance of Evan succeeding is just like a fairytale, Grimm.

Dr. Keira Stetson is at the forefront of a technological revolution, driven by her dual passions: ethical artificial intelligence—AI with a conscience—and creating technology that enhances children’s lives. Trapped in an earthquake-flattened building with a half-dozen panicked five-year-olds, she fears the worst. When billionaire Roy Brandt leverages his mysterious nanite technology to rescue them, she’s both grateful and intrigued.

Tre donne. La protagonista, il suo ex marito, sua madre. L'ingenua, il bello e la perfida. La madre, algida e chicchissima donna d'affari, traffica coi narcos messicani, finché l'ignara figlia Jole, ex ballerina del Crazy Horse, mentre mamma è in Messico, trova un cadavere senza testa nel suo appartamento e l'ex marito – ora felicemente Corinna – l'aiuta a sbarazzarsene, ma così facendo finiscono tutt'e due nelle grinfie dei criminali, che le rapiscono e le portano a Mexico City, dal boss dei boss Xavier, detto "la Tumba", amante segreto dell'anziana madre.

Jackson is having difficulty coping after losing Grandpa Milswick due to COVID. Not only did Grandpa Milswick join them on Saturday morning for breakfast, but he was also someone whom Jackson adored. Jackson believed that it was his responsibility to defeat COVID just as it had Grandpa Milswick. After several unsuccessful attempts, Jackson finally had to ask his parents for their assistance, in which they all agreed to defeat COVID as a team.

Across a thousand battlefields and a million wars, there is always a question. What do you do when all the chips are on the table? Do you run? Try to find salvation in the arms of an easy peace? Or do you stand and fight? Send your enemies into whatever hole they crawled out of? On Deadly Ground has 10 stories handling that exact question. Each character faces the impossible in different ways, but all will be tested before the day is done. Can they earn a heroic victory amongst the endless eternity of space, or are they doomed to fall into obscurity?

Detective Spinelli's life is tossed sideways when he is reassigned from the Homicide division to assist in the Child Services division of the Social Services Department for the holiday season. Caseworker Shannon O’Hara moonlights as Santa Claus's little helper at the mall, and when Santa and an elf turn up dead, she appears to be next on the killer's list.

After experiencing a murderous Christmas and Valentine's Day with his love, Shannon O'Hara, Detective Nick Spinelli assumed Saint Patrick's Day couldn't be any worse. He should have known better. While out on a geocaching adventure in Door County, Shannon and her friend Anna find more than they bargained for in the cache box. When Shannon disappears, Spinelli is sent racing to find her. Amidst the chaos of an unruly Irish celebration, and a decades-old Irish family feud, he must rescue her from the hands of a madman.

Nick Spinelli's normal life as a homicide detective has been catapulted into a whirlwind of chaotic holiday adventures since he met the exquisite Shannon O'Hara. Nick had hoped to spend his first Valentine's Day with Shannon in a traditional manner, starting with a nice dinner out and then ending with a long warm adventurous night in her arms. His plans quickly change when cupid is found murdered in a back alley. Shannon is linked to the victim, and when another cupid turns up dead, it is discovered that she’s linked to him too. Is it possible Spinelli is next on the killer's list?