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Stefan Zweig es, sin duda, uno de los grandes escritores del siglo XX, y su obra ha sido traducida a más de 50 idiomas.

In an enchanted land of lady knights and deep magic, there lives a woman who does not want to be queen. Her name is Winter, and her quiet life is upended when her sister abdicates the throne. The throne cannot remain empty. Winter must be queen. But Winter would give anything not to be.

As members of the Romanov family, Katerina and her brother have no choice but to flee from the Russian Revolution targeting them. While Saint Petersburg is ripped apart by the claws of war, their only hope of survival is to leave the country. Thrust into the clutches of hardship and loss, Katerina thought things couldn’t get worse. How wrong she was. When her brother is murdered, she has no choice but to turn to prostitution to keep food on the table and a roof over her head.

Charlie is everything I want and didn’t realize I need. It’s clear to me now, the woman I met at the club is only one layer of the woman I’m falling for. I’m a fixer by nature, but for the first time, I wouldn't fix a thing. I want her just the way she is. Broken pieces and all. Who needs the fairy tale, when we can have the reality.

À la fin de "Celle qui fuit et celle qui reste", Lila montait son entreprise d'informatique avec Enzo, et Elena réalisait enfin son rêve : aimer Nino et être aimée de lui, quitte à abandonner son mari et à mettre en danger sa carrière d'écrivain. Car elle s'affirme comme une auteure importante et l'écriture l'occupe de plus en plus, au détriment de l'éducation de ses deux filles, Dede et Elsa. L'histoire d'Elena et de Nino est passionnelle, et bientôt Elena vit au gré de ses escapades pour retrouver son amant.

Naples, fin des années cinquante. Deux amies, Elena et Lila, vivent dans un quartier défavorisé de la ville, leurs familles sont pauvres et, bien qu'elles soient douées pour les études, ce n'est pas la voie qui leur est promise. Lila, la surdouée, abandonne rapidement l'école pour travailler avec son père et son frère dans leur échoppe de cordonnier. En revanche, Elena est soutenue par son institutrice, qui pousse ses parents à l'envoyer au collège puis, plus tard, au lycée, comme les enfants des Carracci et des Sarratore, des familles plus aisées qui peuvent se le permettre.

La exiliada reina mortal de Faerie, Jude, ya no tiene poder alguno y aún está recuperándose de la traición que ha sufrido. Pero está decidida a recuperar todo lo que le han arrebatado. Y su oportunidad llega cuando su hermana Taryn le pide ayuda porque su vida está en peligro. Jude deberá regresar a la traicionera corte de Faerie si quiere salvar a su hermana. Pero Elfhame no está como antes de que Jude se fuera. La guerra es inminente. Y Jude va a tener que entrar en territorio enemigo para retomar el sangriento juego de poder de los inmortales.

Jane Stuart has lost everything. Her betrothed, her ancestral castle, and her cherished orchard—her life’s work—have all been ripped away. Now, exiled and adrift in the cold fog of Glasgow, she's numb to the weight of her grief, resigned to a desolate future shrouded in loneliness and grey. But fate has a different plan.

Women make over 80% of healthcare decisions in the U.S., yet only 4% of all medical research and development is focused on women's health issues. From periods and childbirth to menopause, female pain has been normalized, as society shrugs and says "Welcome to being a woman," instead of coming up with better solutions. But it doesn't have to be this way. In The Vagina Business, award-winning journalist Marina Gerner, Ph.D. takes an eye-opening look at the innovators challenging the status quo to deliver the healthcare solutions women need.

The belief in thought-transference prevailed from time immemorial. Passing over the legendary tales, and coming down to the time of recent history, we see many instances of the acceptance of this idea by the people of that old land of the strange and mysterious.

The theory presented in this book is new only in the sense that it has been revitalized of recent date. It is, in fact, as old as the world. Those who have seen the results of this theory in practice have called it miraculous. Others who have yet to see and learn and understand have called it fakery.

Un anciano convertido en Celestina, una sorprendente herencia, un viejo tocadiscos, cuatro perros revoltosos y la convivencia durante un mes junto al hombre más odioso del planeta. Ese es el reto que se le presenta a Kate cuando acepta las condiciones de un legado inesperado, convencida de que es la única forma de salvarse de las deudas que amenazan con desbordarla.

August 18, 1862: On the Sioux reservation in southwestern Minnesota, Indians desperate for food and freedom rise up against whites in the region. Sarah Wakefield, the wife of a physician, is taken captive with her two babies. Their fate falls into the hands of the warrior Ćaske. As war rages, little does she know how entwined their lives will become.

When purpose is revealed, all falls into place. The revelation of purpose gives meaning to everything, and there is a purpose in this wonderful, vast creation of God. Paul said, "He has made known unto us... the mystery of His will, according to His purpose which He set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time." [Ephesians 1:9, 10] There is a plan behind it all.

A riveting, deeply personal exploration of the opioid crisis - an empathic memoir infused with hints of true crime. In November 2013, Rose Andersen’s younger sister Sarah died of an overdose in the bathroom of her boyfriend’s home in a small town with one of the highest rates of opioid use in the state. Like too many of her generation, she had become addicted to heroin. Sarah was 24 years old. To imagine her way into Sarah’s life and her choices, Rose revisits their volatile childhood, marked by their stepfather’s omnipresent rage.

Piani per il futuro, aspirazioni professionali, il primo grande amore: la transizione dall'adolescenza all'età adulta è una fase di vita unica e importante, e la cerimonia di iniziazione giovanile è il grande rito di questo passo significativo. La tradizione della cerimonia di iniziazione giovanile è molto più antica dell'ex DDR, e il suo valore è senza tempo: celebra il passaggio di un giovane alla vita adulta.

Este audiolivro é um recurso prático para quem deseja aprender inglês por meio de histórias curtas apresentadas em formato bilíngue. Foi desenvolvido para adultos e jovens adultos que já possuem noções básicas do idioma e querem avançar na compreensão, no vocabulário e na familiaridade com estruturas naturais do inglês.

Misery Lark, filha do vampiro mais poderoso do sudoeste, nunca foi bem-vista pelos seres de sua espécie. Ela passa seus dias anonimamente em meio aos humanos, isolada, até que é chamada para firmar um acordo de paz entre vampiros e licanos, seus inimigos mortais. Para isso, será obrigada a se casar com Lowe Moreland.

Nueva York, última década del siglo XIX. Desde hace más de veinticinco años la ciudad vive bajo la tiranía del alcalde Cliffton III y de su siniestro jefe de policía, Nathaniel Crowly. Todo empezó con la explosión del Teatro Beacon y la muerte de un grupo de científicos que estaban construyendo en los sótanos del edificio una sorprendente máquina capaz de devolver la vida a los muertos. Desde entonces, la Ley de El Apagón prohíbe los avances científicos y la construcción de cualquier máquina o invento que conduzca al progreso.