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Alice Bassi is (a little) over 30, single (not by choice), and she can’t help but feel that she is failing at this whole adulthood thing. She’s stuck in a dead-end job, just found out her ex-boyfriend is engaged to his pregnant girlfriend, and Richard Gere hasn’t shown up with flowers and a limo to save her from it all. On one particularly disastrous morning - when Alice would much rather have stayed home, curled up with her favorite rom-coms - she meets Davide Nardi

A deathbed promise leads a daughter on an incredible journey to write about her grandfather who was a famous war hero. But this journey had a terrible destination: the discovery that he was a Nazi war criminal.

Italy, 1943. Ambra and Nina have been friends since they were children, their bond fixed by a friendship pact made in the shadow of a shared tragedy. But when war comes to the small Italian village where they live, loyalties are tested, friendships stretched to breaking point. For Nina, whose brother is part of a secret anti-fascist cell, the choice to fight is easy. For Ambra, who longs to escape her father's post office and covets the luxurious lifestyle of the Sansones, a prominent fascist family, things are not so black and white.

If your answer to any of these questions is “yes,” you’ve come to the right place. Pendulum for Beginners answers all of your questions and more. Spiritual practitioners have been using pendulums for centuries, and with the rise of spirituality, many more practitioners are eager to learn about pendulums. Prepare yourself to understand the workings of pendulums and receive a clear insight into various aspects of your life.

People call me a reprobate. I’m known for my humor, my arrogance, and my inability to follow rules. My boss sends me on a mission to protect a cold-as-ice billionaire I love to hate. I plan to push all the man’s buttons.

Druidry is a fascinating path that will change how you perceive your life and the world around you. To become a modern druid, you should first travel back in time to learn everything about ancient Druidism and uncover all the knowledge that can help you on your path to practicing modern Druidry. This audiobook will give you all the information you need to get started.

With this audiobook as a starting point, you will discover a wonderful world of numbers that needs a lot more attention than it’s getting. You will become one of the lucky few to have this privileged information and be able to use it to your own advantage—somewhat like having cheat codes for a video game!

This audiobook is an excellent guide for novices interested in Norse spiritual practices and experienced pagans alike.

Discover the world of chakras and how they can change your life! Have you ever been enchanted by the word “chakra”? What does it mean, and why is it so popular in the modern world? What kind of positive effects can chakras have on your life? This audiobook is an exhaustive collection of all relevant information regarding individual chakras and the chakra system as a whole. Also, this audiobook has a section on how to activate and use your third eye chakra to build your psychic powers.

The saga of the Chili Queens of San Antonio, NASCAR kitchens tucked away in the crew pits at race tracks, the story of an unexpected kitchen—the George Foreman Grill—these stories and more from Hidden Kitchens, the popular and highly acclaimed radio series on NPR's morning edition, is now being released on a 3 CD set based on the new book Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes & More from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters.

Valérie Lehmann ermittelt in der katholischen Hochburg. Als man sterbliche Überreste einer Frau im Sihlsee findet, steht die Zeit in Einsiedeln still. Wer war die Frau, und wie ist sie gestorben? Eine Identifizierung ist nicht möglich, doch die Ermittler finden Hinweise, die ins Kloster Einsiedeln führen. Dann geschieht ein zweiter Mord. Für Oberleutnant Valérie Lehmann beginnt eine rastlose Suche nach dem Täter, denn auch ein Mitglied des Benediktinerordens schwebt in Gefahr.

Una dintre învățăturile lui Thich Nhat Hanh este că fiecare om trăiește într-o continuă legătură cu cei din jurul său, dar și cu natura. Nu putem exista în afara lumii care ne înconjoară, ci doar prin raportare la aceasta. Viața maestrului este dovada cea mai puternică a acestei concepții, pentru că întreaga sa gândire și activitate, care a schimbat percepția asupra spiritualității tradiționale, s-a dezvoltat în relație cu numeroși factori sociali și politici, dar și cu personalități remarcabile.

Judith knows her sister, Alice, is the pretty one—but that doesn’t stop her from wishing for love. When a handsome and gentlemanly hunter appears in their village, seeking lodging from the cold, she believes her lover has finally arrived. He does, indeed, choose to stay—but as Alice’s husband, not her own. When another stranger comes out of the woods, looking every bit a vagrant, he offers Judith something mysterious and enticingly strange. Against reason and decency, she welcomes both men into her life, in different ways.

I let Vinnie seduce me. I was an easy mark. I would have granted him anything, but I didn't know who he was. I didn't know I was setting a man up for death. But even now I still want him, and he has no intention of letting me go.

Eine Reihe von Flüchen zieht über das Land, und als der Brunnen von Elk austrocknet, ist es Geselas Aufgabe, den Frosch zu töten, der die Quelle verflucht hat. Doch der Frosch ist kein Frosch, sondern selbst ein verzauberter Elfenprinz - und sein Tod ruft seine Brüder auf den Plan! Als Bestrafung wird Gesela dazu verbannt, am Hof von Casamir, dem siebten Bruder, zu leben. Als ein schöner Prinz um Samaras Hand anhält, ist dies ihre Chance auf ein Leben in Freiheit weit von ihren gewalttätigen Brüdern.

Als Rune Kristiansen nach Blossom Grove, Georgia, zurückkehrt, hat er nur eins im Sinn: herausfinden, warum Poppy ihn von einem Tag auf den anderen aus ihrem Leben verbannt hat. Und das, obwohl sie ihm versprochen hatte, bis in alle Ewigkeit auf ihn zu warten. Zwei Jahre lang hat Poppys Schweigen Rune jeden Tag aufs Neue das Herz gebrochen, doch als er ihr nach all der Zeit das erste Mal wieder gegenübertritt, weiß er augenblicklich, dass ihnen der schlimmste Schmerz erst noch bevorsteht ...

Discover the Transformational Journey of Animal Reiki Healing! Are you captivated by the profound connection between animals and humans? Do you yearn to extend the compassionate touch of Reiki to your animal companions? Are you eager to explore the mystical realm where energy healing meets the animal world? "Animal Reiki: Unlocking the Vibrational Power of Animals through Energy Healing, Meditation, and Soul Connection" offers an extraordinary journey into this fascinating practice.

Cuando fue secuestrado, a plena luz del día, en mitad de una de las ciudades más pobladas de México, la vida del empresario Alberto de la Fuente cambió para siempre. Esta es la crónica de nueve meses de infame cautiverio dentro de una diminuta celda prefabricada. Los 290 días para elegir, una y otra vez y a pesar de todo, continuar viviendo para volver a abrazar a su familia.

Como culminación de cincuenta años de estudio e investigación sobre la antigua Roma, Mary Beard, profesora de la Universidad de Cambridge, nos ofrece una magistral visión de conjunto de su historia: una historia que, nos dice, «al cabo de dos mil años, sigue siendo la base de nuestra cultura y nuestra política, de cómo vemos el mundo y nuestro lugar en él».

Shamanism’s ancient spirituality is as relevant today as it was 100,000 years ago. We focus here on the traditions of a spirituality that has existed for as long as 100,000 years.