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Todos en algún momento nos hemos sentido perseguidos.... Ainur, que siempre se ha sentido perseguida, acaba de ganar el primer juicio por acoso laboral en España. Pero los matones de su ex jefe la buscan para matarla. Por ello se tiene que refugiar en el pueblo de sus ancestros, un extraño lugar del norte azotado por el mar.

Profunda reflexión sobre la vida, las oportunidades y el amor de la mano de la protagonista de esta novela, Jimena. Cuando goza de lo que para muchas personas sería una situación privilegiada, Jimena, se siente más sola que nunca. Su vida ha pasado como un destello de luz ante sus ojos, sin darle tiempo a vivir, a sentir o ser la persona que en realidad es. Es entonces cuando toma consciencia de que es una desconocida para los suyos, que ha pasado lo mejor de su vida viviendo la vida de los que amaba, sin vivir la suya propia.

Suena el teléfono y el mundo es para siempre un lugar distinto. Las cosas suceden sin que nadie sepa por qué y uno no vuelve a ser el que era ni a sentir lo que sentía. Ésta es la historia de una ausencia, el relato de una búsqueda. Un descenso a los infiernos para rescatar al ser amado. Porque ésta es una historia de amor, aunque sea la historia de un amor diferente. Sobre el gran tabú de nuestro tiempo se abre la exploración literaria del amor, el dolor y la vida.

En Mujeres con Navajas, el loyente encontrará que tras los fuertes efectos de la llamada novela social también se puede encontrar una sutil trama de intriga familiar; una antigua, triste y conmovedora historia de amor; el drama del crecimiento infantil; la descripción de los atavismos y novedades de dos culturas entrelazadas por geografía e historia; y la narrativa existencial del individuo contemporáneo en lucha no solo contra el sistema, la cultura extranjera, el dinero que se esfuma, y el amor ausente, sino que contra el ser, que suele ser el enemigo más duro.

Jeannie L. Johnson takes a sympathetic but critical look at the Marine Corps's long experience with counterinsurgency warfare. Which counterinsurgency lessons have been learned and retained for next time and which have been abandoned to history is a story of battlefield trial and error - but also a story of cultural collisions. The audiobook begins with a fascinating and penetrating look inside the culture of the Marine Corps through research in primary sources, including Marine oral histories, and interviews with Marines.

Anny lleva dos años huyendo de sí misma. Ha bloqueado quién es, su escritura, su pasión por las letras. Tiene rotos el alma y el corazón, y está decidida a seguir así y quizá, con el tiempo, lograr borrarse del mapa.Su agente literario le ofrece hacer una presentación, un único evento para hablar de una de sus obras con la excusa de que la dejarán en paz durante ocho meses.

En Lucus Augusti, la actual Lugo, hay dos pueblos galaicos enfrentados: las siete aldeas y los sureños de Gualmar. Las hijas del César llegan a aquellas tierras con una peligrosa misión, en la que tendrán que demostrar que están a la altura de su status como hijas del hombre más poderoso del imperio.

For 15 years, Sue Eisenfeld hiked in Shenandoah National Park in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, unaware of the tragic history behind the creation of the park. In this travel narrative, she tells the story of her on-the-ground discovery of the relics and memories a few thousand mountain residents left behind when the government used eminent domain to kick the people off their land to create the park.

The Dutch, through the directors of the West India Company, purchased Manhattan Island in 1625. They had come to the New World as traders, not expecting to assume responsibility as the sovereign possessor of a conquered New Netherland. They did not intend to make war on the native peoples around Manhattan Island, but they did; they did not intend to help destroy native cultures, but they did; they intended to be overseas the tolerant, pluralistic, and antimilitaristic people they thought themselves to be - and in so many respects were - at home, but they were not.

Former African American schoolteacher and amateur sleuth Dr. Inez Buchanan is surprised by a strange visit from her neighbor Dolly David. Dolly needs Inez’s help. Years ago, Dolly’s granddaughter Kadija Campbell went missing from her college campus in Fort Collins, Colorado. The police believed Kadija was dead, but Dolly has always held out hope. A mysterious phone call reinforces her belief that Kadija is alive and hints that she is being held in Afghanistan.

Per sobreviure, els diu que és fuster, una feina amb una utilitat pràctica que li permet resistir les condicions de vida infrahumanes, i ajornar així la seva probable "eliminació". Gran aficionat a la música clàssica, el comandant del camp descobreix la veritable professió d'en Daniel i aleshores el sotmet a una prova: li haurà de construir un violí que tingui un so perfecte. El luthier es posa a l'obra, però no es pot ni imaginar el càstig que l'espera si no compleix bé el sinistre encàrrec.

Do you want to achieve a long-held dream or reach a life-changing goal? That big promotion or fulfilling new job? That business you want to start? That exciting new life in the sun? That amazing idea you long to put into action? Are you held back by fears that you haven't got what it takes? You may not realise it, but your personality, character, experiences, skills and even personal circumstances are all fantastic tools and assets which you can use to create the life and career you've always wanted.

There are white people, black people, brown people, red people, and yellow people, but what about the people who are bi-racial or multi-racial? This question of race and color leads one six-year-old boy named Christian on a quest to seek answers. He asks his parents, kids at school, and teachers what color they think he is and what color he should say he is. As the day progresses, he hears stereotypes, but he also hears valuable information which helps him to embrace all of who he is.

Caught up in rebound dating after divorce, Davida Kincaid Henderson, a young divorcee, invites you to journey with her on a colorful quest for Mr. Right. She shares lessons learned along the way, her joy in finding him and their permanent love relationship.

This book is dedicated to anyone who will dare take the Living Word of God from the Bible and obey and believe it. That is whole purpose of this book.

Be obedient to God’s calling; when He calls you, will you answer? The whole purpose of this audiobook is to encourage the believers in Jesus Christ to reach out and do that which the Lord has commissioned or is commissioning them to do for the Kingdom of God. "Heed (pay attention to) instruction and be wise, and do not ignore or neglect it." - Proverbs 8:33 (AMP)

Amid all the printer's ink and historical speculation, the antebellum period (approx. 1820-1860) has largely been ignored until recently. The antebellum period often gets lost between the better-documented Federalist and Victorian eras.

Sincere religious reflection was a hallmark of soldiers in both armies in the Civil War, and it was generally an authentic religiosity rather than a battlefield conversion to spirituality. This is not surprising, as these characteristics had been common in the general population since the founding of the United States. Americans, despite their politics and prejudices, had always been and continued to be a strongly religious and highly moral people throughout the Antebellum Period (c. 1820-1860). Although there may have been a large number of battlefield conversions, in the average community, a person's attitude toward devotion was strongly shaped by the dominant religious beliefs of his neighbors or the local population as a whole.

Si crees que la vida se puede vivir con excelencia, este libro es para ti. Este libro es una pincelada de frescura que nos invita a sentir, a inventar, a imaginar, a crear, a amar, a pensar, a transformar y, realmente, a vivir. Cada página nos lleva por un camino que nos inspira a entender la vida desde un lugar abundante, donde la evolución de nuestro ser, la conexión de cada uno de nosotros como parte de un Todo y la armonía con los otros, suceden.

Mange is a problem for many dogs in the United States and other parts of the world. Because this disease can also impact a dog's hearing, it is incredibly important to both prevent the disease and control it should the dog have an outbreak. The audiobook walks the dog owner through the various types of mites which can infect a dog and cause hot spots and mange, as well as, the various treatments for dogs and puppies.