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Una familia aparentemente feliz de seis hermanos, con unos valores religiosos admirables, escondía el horror del maltrato físico y emocional. Ruby Franke, quien se postulaba como madre perfecta, era en realidad la personificación de una pesadilla: castigos desmesurados, abuso y un chantaje emocional espeluznante era lo que los hermanos Franke recibían si no saciaban la sed de likes y suscriptores de su madre.

Jess and Nina, Nina and Jess … to everyone else they’re typical best friends, sharing closeness and confidences in their own little world. But Nina and Jess have a secret. Simply by touching their foreheads together, they can swap bodies. In Jess’s assertive persona, self-conscious Nina turns bolder, free to say what she’s frightened to voice on her own. Inhabiting Nina, Jess becomes part of the loving, stable family she craves. Now, in crisis after her father’s death, Jess has reentered Nina’s life following a long separation.

New Age diva Squirrelly Chicane - the hottest channeler the side of Atlantis - has made millions getting high on the afterlife. So when a delegation of Himalayan holy men convince a very stoned Squirrelly that she's an incarnation of the Bunji Lama, she figures ruling their little country would be a kick. But big bad China is playing a game of turf war - and Tibet is the unlucky first contestant.

Zella has been faithful to the Program her entire life, never doubting Mother’s choice to keep her in isolation since birth. As the first “Child of the Lighthouse,” she’s always had a responsibility to be an example to the others—be grateful, be obedient. But after seventeen long years up in her lighthouse all alone, it’s getting a lot harder to push down her secret—and forbidden—dreams of living a normal life, no matter the risks she’s heard of. She secretly dreams of freedom.

Gaia, la madre Tierra, se ha propuesto destruir el mundo de los mortales con sus tropas de monstruos y gigantes, y solo hay un modo de impedirlo: cerrar las Puertas de la Muerte, por donde estas criaturas están escapando de los infiernos. Y, lo más importante, hay que hacerlo desde fuera... y desde dentro.

One of America's best-known rock and entertainment journalists describes his journey from his childhood, cooped up in the "rice room" of his family's restaurant in Oakland's Chinatown, where he did chores, to the major role he played as a writer and editor at Rolling Stone. It is a story of teen worship of Elvis, but also of Chinese customs and the tragic murder of his brother, and of the '60s scene in San Francisco, where he found freedom - and his career.

The Sinanju Rite of Attainment sounds like a nightmare for Remo Williams. But as the disciple of the last Korean Master, he can't play hooky. Bounced around the world to perform the Labors of Hercules, Remo finds the days no joy and the nights sheer hell that stretch his warrior skills to the limit. And when the final challenge comes, Remo realizes that somebody's dying is the only prize to be won....Live the adventure!

Preacher, against his better judgment, agrees to lead a wagon train of women across the West. He hires a pack of mountain men to assist him, but he gets more than he bargained for when a gang of cutthroats follows the train with murder, rape and slave trafficking in mind. Led by the nefarious Easterner Victor Bedell, the outlaws will accomplish what few have done before: they will get a bullet into Preacher. But they’ll make a fatal mistake. They’ll leave him for dead. Soon the mountains will echo with avenging gunfire.

The world blew out in 2001. Vast areas of what was the United States lie beneath an unbrella of noxious dust and radioactive debris, a mantle of destruction drawn over a land of doom. Much of the East Coast has been oliterated; the Southwest is a land of fire; cities of smoldering ash have give birth to horrifically mutated life forms. Such is the Deathlands, legacy of global annihiliation.

Muitos anos após ser exilado de seu reino, o príncipe Theodoric St. George reconstruiu a vida no degradante submundo londrino. Agora, vivendo como um mercenário impiedoso, ele está disposto a fazer qualquer serviço desde que seja bem pago. No entanto, ao aceitar a posição de guarda-costas do duque de Ridgely, ele se depara com um oponente desafiador: a irmã do nobre, conhecida na alta sociedade como a Viúva de Gelo.

Este volume reúne contos em que Machado de Assis desmonta as máscaras sociais e revela como poder, ambição e conveniência costumam falar mais alto que qualquer discurso moral. Os contos irônicos e cheios de tensão acompanham personagens que negociam valores, exploram brechas e se adaptam ao jogo para sobreviver ou se destacar. Em escolas, repartições, igrejas e salões, surgem disputas silenciosas, acordos velados e decisões que mostram até onde as pessoas estão dispostas a ir para conseguir o que querem.

A former spy turned stay-at-home mother is determined to keep her quiet suburban life intact—until a masked intruder shatters her safe little world. He isn’t there to rob her. He’s there with orders. Hand over her children to the shadowy agency that trained her to be a weapon…or watch her family be destroyed.

In a world where breath shapes reality and silence seals prophecy, Beast Drakwyn is chosen — not by fate, but by fire. He is not the flame. He is the breath before it. When the Codex awakens, spiraling with unwritten memory, Beast must walk the forest that listens, face trials that echo, and choose what kind of myth he will become. Alongside Elira, Kaelen, and Brinrose, he enters a realm where emotion reshapes terrain, and memory blooms in petals that whisper forgotten truths. But the breathwoven world is unraveling. Sealed spirals stir. The Flame-Eater hungers.

¡Descubre la verdad detrás de la sonrisa más peligrosa del siglo! ¿Qué harías si el amor fuera solo una fachada… y el dinero, el verdadero objetivo? En La sonrisa de Alienne: La verdadera historia de la mujer caza millonarios, te sumergirás en una historia real que parece sacada de una novela de suspense, pero que conmocionó al mundo entero. Alienne no era solo hermosa, encantadora y sofisticada… era una maestra del engaño.

Cada vez más, la inteligencia artificial se ha convertido en una parte integral de nuestras vidas. Desde los asistentes virtuales en nuestros teléfonos hasta los algoritmos que impulsan nuestras redes sociales, la IA está cambiando la forma en que interactuamos con el mundo.

La motivación y el crecimiento personal es un libro de inspiración, que busca compartir experiencias. Es una guía práctica para todas aquellas personas que buscan alcanzar sus metas más ambiciosas y mejorar su calidad de vida a través del crecimiento personal. El autor explora diferentes técnicas y estrategias para motivarte junto con mantenerte enfocado en tus objetivos a largo plazo. Además, encontrarás herramientas para manejar el estrés, superar los obstáculos y mantener la confianza en ti mismo en el camino hacia el éxito.

Reunimos neste audiolivro não somente as histórias mais empolgantes do clássico As mil e uma noites, como também as mais consagradas na tradição popular árabe (e persa). São contos e fábulas reunidos por diversos folcloristas, como Charles John Tibbitts e Andrew Lang. Além das encantadoras narrativas, o audiolivro traz curiosidades sobre os seres mitológicos que permeiam o folclore árabe e protagonizam as histórias contadas.

En un futuro donde la fe y la ciencia están en guerra, el padre Javier, un sacerdote atado por el deber y los secretos, descubre un antiguo pergamino relacionado con el vino utilizado en la Última Cena. El descubrimiento lo conmociona profundamente. ¿Quién lo escribió? ¿Qué verdad prohibida revela sobre la vida eterna? Siguiendo órdenes del Papa Patricio I, el segundo papa nigeriano, Javier viaja a Israel-Palestina, donde desentierra una hermandad perdida de dramaturgos y se cruza con un extraño muchacho llamado Tito, que parece saber más de lo que debería.

Aprende cuándo otorgarla, cómo cultivarla y cómo restaurarla cuando se pierde La confianza es básica para relacionarnos. El amor, el crecimiento, la fe, la salud y el éxito económico dependen de ella. Pareciera natural suponer que no debemos depositar a ciegas nuestra fe en todas las personas, pero las traiciones y decepciones son más comunes de lo que quisiéramos. Incluso, en ocasiones somos nosotros quienes dejamos de ser fiables para los que nos rodean.

Daisy’s War is a historical romance set on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent during World War Two. Daisy is too young to join the WAAFs like her glamorous sister Sylvia and opts instead to work in the NAAFI which serves the sailors and soldiers stationed in the dockyard and garrison with snacks, cigarettes and toiletries.