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With or Without Me is an unsparing and eloquent critique of religion. Yet Esther Maria Magnis’s ire is merely the beginning of an exceptional journey toward belief and God—a journey punctuated by personal losses retold with intense immediacy. She fiercely dismantles both the clichéd phrases she’s heard in church and the vague progressive pieties of her parents’ generation.

There is no doubt that Yolanda Saldívar pulled the trigger and killed Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla Pérez on March 31, 1995. But does anyone know what really happened in room 158 of the Days Inn moments before the crime took place? María Celeste Arrarás has many answers, and her unrivaled coverage of the murder, trial, and aftermath made her the undisputed expert on the Selena case.

Ein erschütterndes Familiendrama um Verrat, Liebe und Vergebung - vom preisgekrönten Autor David Grossman. Drei Frauen - Vera, ihre Tochter Nina und ihre Enkelin Gili - kämpfen mit einem alten Familiengeheimnis, das erst nach einem halben Jahrhundert gelüftet wird. An Veras 90. Geburtstag, der im Kibbuz groß gefeiert wird, beschließt Gili, einen Film über ihre Großmutter zu drehen und mit ihr und Nina nach Kroatien, auf die frühere Gefängnisinsel Goli Otok zu reisen. Dort soll Vera ihre Lebensgeschichte endlich einmal vollständig erzählen.

There's so much to digest when it comes to History - how do you know where to begin? These incredible short introductions are just the thing for listeners who are beginning to explore ancient history. Get to know the basics on Ancient Rome from gladiators to day to day life, with easy-to-digest, humorous text that is reminiscent of the bestselling Horrible Histories series.

Die miau-tastischen Spiele: Der Tag der Miau-tastischen Spiele ist da. Gabby und ihr Team fordern die „Doodads", die Gewinner des letzten Jahres heraus! Drei spannenden Spiele gilt es zu meistern. Und beide Teams liefern sich ein Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen. Wer wird in diesem Jahr den begehrten Pokal nach Hause bringen?

Reader, Writer, and Maker: All three novels of the Daughter of Time series in one book. Speculative fiction with time travel, alien armageddon, metaphysical mysteries, action, adventure, cosmology, cybernetics, religion, and romance!

Spencer Marshall was through moping. After catching her boyfriend cheating with his secretary, she decides to have a girl's weekend in Vegas with her best friend Ryan. Lady Luck must be looking out for Spencer, because that weekend will change her life forever. Despite what people say, not everything stays in Vegas.

By turns funny, moving, romantic and surreal, and filled with unexpected twists and turns, each of the tales on this lineup has a magical element.

Maintaining your sanity in a stressed-out world can be challenging, but it's definitely possible with some strategies and practices: Here are some great tips for Stress Relief.

Existen situaciones a las que nos enfrentamos día a día, situaciones que nos atemorizan y a las cuales no siempre sabemos cómo enfrentar. Por tanto, el miedo es una constante que permanece a nuestro lado, nos acompaña y que tratamos de apartar de nuestras vidas para salir adelante. Durante mucho tiempo he venido explorando los círculos que conducen a tal emoción, para así poder entregarles un libro que los ayude a comprender sus aristas y a poder transitar por mejores caminos y tomar decisiones asertivas.

After years of being signed up to every matchmaking site known to man, speed dating, getting set up by well-meaning (if somewhat delusional) friends and family, and even applying for the reality TV show Fairytale Love to find her prince charming, Kennedy Dawes was starting to lose hope. On the advice of her therapist, she'd written down—in excruciating detail—everything she was looking for in an attempt to manifest her Mr. Right. There was just one problem—she couldn't get Mr. Wrong out of her mind.

Six years after moving to Cottageville and opening Carter's Canine Coiffure, Sarah and her red heeler Australian cattle dog Whiskey discover their elderly neighbor has disappeared and that some people in their town are not who they seem. Whiskey, Sarah, and Sarah's assistant Emily Colt—as well as other townsfolk—embrace being amateur sleuths (and work with local police) to piece together clues to determine what happened to Mrs. Janice Jenkins and why.

As a scrawny goat shifter in a pack of werewolves, my role is to get into places they can't go. The alpha who took me in after my parents died molded me into a master thief. For four long years, he's lined his pockets, while I've taken all the risks. Now he's sending me after the magical artifact he's chased for years. This is my chance to escape. All I have to do is pull off the biggest heist I've ever attempted, escape the seethe of vampires I'm about to rob, and ditch the wolves who watch my every move.

The Bear family learns the importance of washing hands, brushing teeth and eating healthy by witnessing all the troubles the Rabbit family goes through.

As a baby, Tara Wolfe was kidnapped by Hong Kong triads. After a bungled ransom demand, she was taken secretly to the mainland. Now known as Wei Mei, she has known no other life but the rural village where "Mummy Rita" raised her. When men with guns arrive in the village looking for her, she runs away to the Chinese megacity of Shenzhen, and a life on the streets. Witnessed by a talent scout defending herself from an assault by three rich kids, Mei is recruited for a Communist Party school for assassins.

The FBI’s elite new unit targeting criminally insane killers is summoned when a series of murders occurs that bears the signature of a psychotic killer. But something bothers FBI Special Agent Valerie Law about this case: This killer, she fears, may just be more normal than anyone suspects.

We don’t typically think of experiences like illness, death, betrayal, job loss, burnout, or accidents as the doorway to a more fulfilling and beautiful life. Yet, if you know how to look at these challenges in a different light, they can be powerful opportunities to turn your life around—in small and large ways.

Über die Kostbarkeit der Bücher. Dichter Nebel wogt durch die Gassen der Bücherstadt Leipzig, 1933, als das Böse die Macht ergreift. Hier entspinnt sich die tragische Liebe des Buchbinders Jakob Steinfeld zu einer rätselhaften jungen Frau. Juli hat ein Buch geschrieben, das sie einzig ihm anvertrauen will. Doch bald darauf verschwindet sie spurlos. Fast vierzig Jahre später ist auch Jakobs Sohn Robert den Büchern verfallen.

Dyson Blake lies dying on a subway platform thinking she'll be just another statistic. This isn’t how she thought she’d go out. Fang-deep in some helpless man isn’t how she thought she’d wake up. She didn’t think she’d wake up at all, but here she is, sucking someone's life out in a cemetery.

Una guía para mejorar tus relaciones, de la mano de María Esclapez, la psicóloga y divulgadora que arrasa en redes.