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London, 1917. When 19-year-old Alice Copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby. She simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. But all Alice can think about is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and she mourns the father, a young soldier, so beloved, who will never have the chance to know his daughter. Edith and Philip Burns, a childless couple, yearn for a child of their own. When they secretly adopt a baby girl, Irene, their life together must surely be complete.

Barbara Anderson narrates with brutal honesty the day-to-day experience of having a child with disabilities: the challenges inside and outside the home, health and life complications, the shifting priorities, the daily Mt. Everest-sized struggle of having a child with an—until now—irreversible diagnosis such as infantile cerebral palsy.

As a child, the Name-Bearer had one duty; to receive and deliver the names of the future monarchy from the Flowers of Prophecy. But on the day of the Naming Ceremony, the Flowers refused. They claim another child was born more worthy of the Naming, and the Name-Bearer must find him and deliver him to them in order to restore peace to her land.

Por interesses financeiros obscuros, os funcionários da famosa Scott Mídia entram num caminho promíscuo, sem retorno. Sarah Scott, presidente da empresa, é a anfitriã das festas mais escandalosas que o mundo já vira, e obrigatórias a qualquer um que quisesse ser alguém por ali.

Organiza tu espacio, transforma tu vida El primer paso para transformar tu espacio no es mover cajas, doblar la ropa o comprar los contenedores de moda en TikTok, sino detectar los apegos más profundos que te atan al desorden, aquellos que no te permiten soltar lo que ya no necesitas y hacerle espacio a lo importante. Claudia Torre, pionera en la organización profesional de espacios en Latinoamérica, te invita a entender que tu hogar es un reflejo directo de tus crisis y preocupaciones, pero también de la paz, los anhelos, el amor y la autenticidad que hay en ti.

Dana Laine ha ingresado en el Centro Nacional de Inteligencia español. Su primera misión será localizar a Aleksandr Potosky, un peligroso criminal que ha aterrizado en Madrid. Todo parece sencillo de ejecutar, hasta que alguien pondrá en peligro su existencia y la confianza de los servicios españoles. En un mundo de hombres, su reputación ahora pende de un hilo. En una ciudad donde nadie aparenta ser quien es, Dana no tendrá más opción que atrapar al terrorista y salvar la vida de cientos de personas.

Victimhood, Memory, and Consumerism: Profiting from Pablo documents the story of violence inflicted on Medellin, and critically examines the status of its victims. Drawing on unique empirical material, the book addresses the impact of commercial exploitation of the city's violent past on the victims of mass drug violence and on the present nature of the city.

Gijón, verano de 1929. Con apenas diecisiete años, Manuela entra a trabajar como criada en la mansión de los marqueses de Armayor. Rodeada de un lujo que contrasta con la pobreza de su aldea natal, la joven conocerá la arrogancia y el desamor, pero también el arte de la costura, al tiempo que entablará una amistad inquebrantable con la única heredera de la familia, Alexandra.

Hablarles a los niños de sexo siempre ha sido un dolor de cabeza, pero en esta era digital que vivimos, no solo es tema de conversación el sexo, también lo es la pornografía que ahora llega con más facilidad y crudeza a los niños, quienes con solo un click corren el peligro de tener acceso a imágenes denigrantes y cargadas de violencia. Este audiolibro es una excelente guía para padres y maestros, quienes podrán hablarle a los niños de pornografía, con explicaciones sencillas y métodos a seguir para evitar que los pequeños se conviertan en adictos a la pornografía.

When siblings Jacob and Belinda Nti were growing up in Ghana, their goal was simple: to move to America. For them, the United States was both an opportunity and a struggle, a goal and an obstacle. Jacob, an awkward computer programmer who still lives with his father, wants a visa so he can move to Virginia to live with his wife—a request that the U.S. government has repeatedly denied.

Inside this book, you’ll discover a common-sense approach to learning Spanish. Written with the beginner in mind, inside you’ll find a detailed and practical explanation of all the things you need to know about learning Spanish. From the Spanish alphabet to different nouns, adjectives, and even verb conjugation, now you can take control of your learning and kick-start your journey to success!

"Las 1000 palabras esenciales". El farsi, o persa, es una lengua hablada en Irán, aunque podemos encontrar comunidades persa hablantes en Afganistán, Tayikistán, Uzbekistán, Azerbaiyán, Rusia, Irak, Omán, Emiratos Árabes y Pakistán, sin contar con los centenares de miles de persas que hay en diáspora. Tiene más de 100 millones de hablantes nativos. Nuestro método de aprendizaje: una selección de cientos de frases y palabras esenciales. Los escuchas, los repites, y hablas. Nos basamos en la pronunciación, el ensayo oral, la escucha, combinados con palabras, frases esenciales y una lista de vocabulario.

Si tuvieras la oportunidad de viajar en el tiempo y decirle una sola palabra a tu yo del pasado ¿cuál sería? Carmina, más conocida como Mina Marlo, tiene claro qué le diría. Lo que no llega a comprender es cómo la vida, a sus 85 años, le ha dado la oportunidad de hacerlo. Y así emprenden un viaje a Bueño, un pueblo de Asturias en el que siempre llueve y solo hay vacas, montañas y fabes. Y donde se encuentran con un mozo que pone a la más joven de muy mal humor y que se empeña en meterse con ella y con su nariz de bruja.

"The 1000 essential words in Spanish". Spanish is a Western Romance language and has hundreds of millions of native speakers in the Americas and Spain. It is usually considered a global language and the world's second-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese. How to learn a language differently? Today, language learning is revolutionizing : you do not have to go to traditional language classes anymore. Our learning method : a selection of hundreds of phrases and essential words. You listen to them, you repeat them, and you speak.

They promised to keep me alive. They promised to keep me safe. But what happens when death is payment for a debt I never knew? Death or an eternity in servitude? The Costello’s are steeped in betrayal. Lies and corruption taint my family’s bloodline, owing debts to monsters more dangerous than the Vampires I love. Now the Inner Circle has come to collect. Only I won’t go easy.

The Winchester witches are all about love and family - and, well, snark and sarcasm - and no one knows that better than the family members themselves, plus the people who love them. Follow Clove, Thistle, Landon, Winnie, and Aunt Tillie as they share their lives - and innermost thoughts - through a series of short novellas that take you from the present, to the past, and then back again.

Are you on the path to spiritual enlightenment? Do you feel battered, bruised, and confused more often than not? If so, you're not alone. Your Peace of Truth was written just for you!

October, 1900. University College, London. When the spread-eagled body of one of her students is discovered in her rented room shortly after attending one of her lectures, Dr. Margaret Murray is disinclined to accept the official verdict of suicide and is determined to find out how and why the girl really died.

«Me da envidia la vida que tenían mis padres a mi edad». Con esta frase empieza Feria, y esta sencilla declaración ha convertido a su autora, una joven debutante de menos de treinta años, en la escritora más celebrada del año 2021 en España.

Are you sure the beliefs you hold about the history of humanity are true? Have you ever wondered where biblically-based accounts and centuries-old traditions are rooted? When the earliest civilizations began documenting the activities of humanity for posterity, they opened a field for recorded history upon which many would seek to play a part. Therefore, modern civilizations have trouble distinguishing recorded truth from recorded lies.