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Colombia’s Pacific coast, where everyday life entails warding off the brutal forces of nature. In this constant struggle, nothing is taken for granted. Damaris lives with her fisherman husband in a shack on a bluff overlooking the sea. Childless and at that age 'when women dry up', as her uncle puts it, she is eager to adopt an orphaned puppy. But this act may bring more than just affection into her home.

Four comedy writers transform classic joke setups into sharp commentary about the everyday and structural sexism that pervades all facets of life. Jokes to Offend Men arms listeners with humorous quips to shut down workplace underminers, condescending uncles, and dismissive doctors, or to share with their exhausted friends at the end of a long day. A cutting, cathartic spin on the old-fashioned joke book, Jokes to Offend Men is a refreshing reclamation of a tired form for anyone who's ever been told to "lighten up, it's just a joke!"

A family is murdered as they sleep. FBI Special Agent Nina Guerrera and her new team are tasked with determining whether there is any link between this attack and another triple homicide from four years earlier and more than 2,000 miles away. In the process, they’ll discover a serial killer so cunning that his grisly trail of death spanning nearly three decades has gone undetected. Each crime scene reminds Nina of the ghostly Latin folktale of La Llorona, which terrified her when she was an abandoned and vulnerable child. Now it’s back to haunt her.

Have you ever spent all day looking after your baby or young child—and ended up feeling that you have 'done nothing all day'? Do you sometimes find it hard to feel pleased with what you are doing, and tell yourself you should achieve more with your time? Maybe it's because you can't see how much you are doing already. In this unique and perceptive look at mothering, Naomi Stadlen draws on many years' work with hundreds of other mothers of a wide variety of ages and backgrounds.

After four-year-old Asenath’s mother is murdered by Egypt’s foreign rulers, the child is raised to be a priestess by her overprotective father—high priest of Egypt’s sun god. For fifteen years, Asenath is sequestered in the upper levels of Ra’s temple, convinced it is her destiny to heal the land by becoming queen to the next Egyptian pharaoh. But when Egypt’s foreign king instead gives her as a bride to the newly appointed vizier—a Hebrew named Joseph—her entire world is shaken.

The Passion of Love goes beyond the physical suffering and explores the deeper spiritual significance of Christ's sacrifice. You'll not only understand more about the intricacies of Jesus' suffering, but you will also learn of a greater suffering that no insult, no lash, no nail could ever inflict.

International Falls, Minnesota, 4 de julio, una mujer es encontrada inconsciente y cubierta de sangre en el Parque Nacional de Voyageurs. El resto de su familia ha desaparecido y ella no parece recordar nada.

The second book in the Above the Line series finds independent filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison at the center of Hollywood wheeling and dealing. The two friends discover that all that glitters is not gold and that success in Tinsel Town could cost them everythingtheir relationships as well as their ideals.

Time travelers Ray Burton and Natalie O’Brien were living peacefully in 1958 England. Now they are missing. What has happened to them, and why are travelers throughout time being targeted for elimination? In the thrilling sequel to the Amazon best seller, Yestertime, the impossible has happened. And now, some people will do anything to stop it.

Cuántica Activa Audiolibros se enorgullece en presentar el audiolibro en español La semana laboral de 4 horas por Timothy Ferriss, te enseña a diseñar tu propio estilo de vida para que trabajes unas cuantas horas al día desde el lugar que tú elijas y te conviertas en millonario. Actualmente varias culturas aplican sus enseñanzas y principios exitosamente. En todo el mundo, desde la calles de Dubai, a los cafés de Berlín, sus consejos se han convertido en un movimiento en el ámbito laboral y en el personal.

Devastated by the consequences of her wrong actions, Andi ventures out on her own and decides on a course of action that could destroy her. Meanwhile, Bailey Flanigan is caught up in her own drama with Cody Coleman. A Campus Crusade retreat gives them time alone along the shores of Lake Monroe and lets them face a possibility they've avoided for years.

Salvar el fuego es una historia que explora la capacidad de los seres humanos para cruzar las fronteras de la locura, el deseo y la venganza. Marina es una coreógrafa, casada, con tres hijos y una vida convencional. José Cuauhtémoc proviene de los extremos de la sociedad, un homicida condenado a cincuenta años de cárcel, un león detrás del cristal, siempre amenazante y listo para atacar. Entre ambos se desarrolla una relación improbable. Poco a poco, ella entra en un mundo desconocido y brutal hasta que desciende a las entrañas mismas del fuego.

David Hernandez simply and powerfully invites you into life transformation as you grow in awareness of the Holy Spirit and his power within you. In How to Become a Friend of the Holy Spirit, the teaching covers who the Holy Spirit is, how you hear his voice, and how you surrender to him.

Jessica Norton is a woman on the run, a sensational lead item on the nightly news, accused of the murders of four of her fellow staffers for a US senator. Jon Harper is a grieving father whose life has crumbled over the death of his young daughter. When Jon picks up Jess hitchhiking on a deserted Texas highway one rainy night, he is pitched into the middle of a massive conspiracy, one that threatens the very future of the United States.

Get ready to take your Spanish language skills to the next level with Learn Spanish with 2222 Fun, Interesting & Random Facts! This book is unlike any other Spanish learning resource out there, offering a truly unique and entertaining approach to language learning.

For 2,000 years, the Mayan Calendar has prophesied the end of mankind on a date equating to December 21st, 2012. As that day approaches, greed, corruption, economic collapse, and violence seem to be pushing our species to the predicted brink of disaster. But there is another doomsday threat looming in our near future, a very real threat that can wipe out not only humanity but our entire planet. Phobos: Mayan Fear, Steve Alten's third book in the Mayan prophecy-based Domain series, is a doomsday rollercoaster ride of adventure.

Both historically and in the present, the Supreme Court has largely been a failure. In this devastating book, Erwin Chemerinsky—“one of the shining lights of legal academia” (The New York Times)—shows how, case by case, for over two centuries, the hallowed Court has been far more likely to uphold government abuses of power than to stop them.

Lupita's hard-knock life has gotten the better of her time and time again. A childhood robbed of innocence set off a chain of events that she still has not managed to control, no matter how hard she tries. Every time she thinks she has a handle on things, unexpected turns make her question everything, including herself.

Una íntima exploración sobre lo que no hablamos con nuestras madres y cómo nos afecta, para bien y para mal. Aunque sea por un instante, todo ser humano tiene una madre. Tan diversa y complicada como las personas mismas, esa conexión madre-hijo nos forja; es medular. En esta colección de ensayos, 17 voces literarias presentan una introspección a corazón abierto sobre lo que significa ser hijo o hija.

1549. Convinced he’s destined to fulfill a whispered prophecy, Friar Diego de Landa labors to convert the Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula. Discovering a brutal Spanish landowner persecuting the native population, Friar Diego determines to protect them and punish the cruel man. 2010. Cortez Vuscar is convinced his father will return if he can grow their church’s congregation. Certain he’s found his true love, Cortez sets out to win her from her wealthy, unfaithful boyfriend. But his fascination with the literature she’s reading infects his mind with a deadly descent into madness.