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Keeping a hibernating dragon should have been a simple thing. Should have been, but it was not. Apparently, nothing involving dragons was ever simple, at least not for Anne Elliot, junior keeper to dragon Kellynch. With the estate in debt, Anne’s father in denial, and the dragon’s treasure missing, Kellynch’s awakening is shaping up to be nothing short of catastrophe. Not to mention, there was the pesky matter of her own broken heart and resentment against the old friend who had caused it.

Maria Bamford is back and subjectively better than ever! Weakness is her brand, so get ready to feel much better about yourself. This Lady Dynamite explodes onstage (after two naps with her husband Scott and two old, pillowy dogs). Let her be the poor example from which your greatness can be determined.

«Sé lo que has hecho». Este mensaje, encontrado en el bolsillo del pantalón de Alaska Sanders, cuyo cadáver apareció el 3 de abril de 1999 al borde del lago de Mount Pleasant, una pequeña localidad de New Hampshire, es la clave de la nueva y apasionante investigación que, once años después de poner entre rejas a sus presuntos culpables, vuelve a reunir al escritor Marcus Goldman y al sargento Perry Gahalowood.

By way of a gripping account of the Redeemer's earthly life, especially through discourse and dialogue, the The Gospel as Revealed to Me sheds light upon the whole doctrine of Christianity in keeping with Catholic orthodoxy. It narrates the birth and childhood of the Virgin Mary and her Son, Jesus; the three years of Jesus' public life, forming the largest section; his passion, death, resurrection, and ascension; the beginnings of the Church; and the assumption of Mary.

Una noche de diciembre, un cadáver yace en el suelo de la habitación 622 del Palace de Verbier, un hotel de lujo en los Alpes suizos. La investigación policial no llegará nunca a término y el paso del tiempo hará que muchos olviden lo sucedido. Años más tarde, el escritor Joël Dicker llega a ese mismo hotel para recuperarse de una ruptura sentimental.

Getrieben von den Hetzreden ihres Lehrers Kantorek melden sich Paul Bäumer und seine Klassenkameraden freiwillig für den Kriegsdienst...

One would think Anne Elliot, a baronet’s daughter, would find the marriage mart far easier to navigate than a more ordinary woman. One would be wrong. After refusing a poor, but otherwise perfect sailor, on the advice of her friend Lady Russell, Anne finds an unhappy choice before her: marry deathly dull Charles Musgrove or hope against hope that another suitable proposal might come her way before she becomes a spinster on the shelf.

Spring has come to the abbey, and the community is busily preparing for the May Day weekend and the arrival of Boy Scouts who will hold their annual camp on the abbey grounds. When a Boy Scout named Antoine is sent home in disgrace, Fr. Gabriel accompanies him to his house, which has become the scene of a violent crime. Antoine’s father, Charles, has been found dead, apparently killed during a botched burglary.

Welcome to Brain Trash, where we rip off the sugar-coated filter and talk about the raw, messy, and frustrating realities of psychiatry. Hosted by psychiatric nurse practitioners who know the system inside and out, this podcast is for clinicians tired of textbook psychiatry BS and everyday people trying to make sense of their mental health.💊 Overdiagnosis. Self-diagnosis. Medications that help. Medications that ruin lives. The DSM. The WTFs of mental health. If you’ve ever side-eyed a diagnosis, questioned your meds, or felt like the system was failing you—you're not alone.No ...

When a woman’s near-death experience results in her meeting Jesus, it contradicts her beliefs about God, the afterlife, and life on Earth. The encounter changes her forever and brings with it an unexpected surprise.

Varya is fiercely loyal to the Great North Pack, which took her in when she was an orphaned teenager. While out on a midnight patrol, Varya finds Eyulf, a rogue shifter, wounded and starving. In a slippery escape from danger, she saves his life, at great risk to her own. Eyulf was once rejected by his pack as an infant and has never understood why, or what he is...until Varya crosses his path and introduces him to a new Pack world. With old and new enemies threatening the Great North, Varya knows that she must keep Eyulf hidden.

Una rebelión contra el mundo, contra su familia y contra la sociedad. Salí corriendo de repente. Sólo me dio tiempo a oír a mi madre, que decía Pero ¿qué hace ese idiota? No quería estar con ellos, me negaba a compartir con ellos ese momento. Yo estaba ya lejos, había dejado de pertenecer a su mundo, la carta lo decía. Salí al campo y estuve andando gran parte de la noche: el ambiente fresco del norte, los caminos de tierra, el olor de la colza, muy intenso en esa época del año. Dediqué toda la noche a elaborar mi nueva vida, lejos de allí.

If leaders aren't integrating their digital offerings into a philosophy of customer success, they will be defeated in the next decade because technical excellence and other traditional competitive advantages are becoming too easy to imitate. The Customer Success Economy offers examples and specifics of how companies can transform. It addresses the pains of transforming organizational charts, leadership roles, responsibilities, and strategies so the whole company works together in total service to the customer.

A young woman’s carefully constructed fantasy world implodes in this brilliantly conceived novel that blurs distinctions between right and wrong, comedy and tragedy, imagination and reality: "Surreal . . . leaves you with the creeping certainty that there is a different world lurking just...

I am both a sinner and a saint, but I bleed vengeance. For years, I’ve lived in the grey… until her. Avery Washington didn’t belong in the shadows, but I dragged her into the darkness anyway. One kiss, and I would stop at nothing to possess her. One caress, and my need to destroy wavered. Our attraction was poison and pleasure. They say the devil recognizes his own, but I never saw Avery coming. She's determined to light the matchsticks, and I can't resist going down in flames...

Träume aus Zucker. Bielefeld, 1892. Die junge Josephine und ihr Mann Carl haben große Pläne: Sie wollen ein Mittel herstellen, das das Backen revolutionieren wird. Es fehlt nur noch die richtige Mischung. Während Josephine in der gemeinsamen Apotheke bereits an der Werbung arbeitet, experimentiert Carl weiter - und dann ist es geschafft: Ihr Backpulver wirft große Gewinne ab, Josephine und Carl können schon bald expandieren. Doch ihr Erfolg ruft immer mehr Neider auf den Plan, und Josephine und Carl müssen um die Zukunft ihres jungen Unternehmens fürchten - und um ihre Liebe.

The bloody story of the rise of paramilitaries in Colombia, told through three characters -- a fearless activist, a dogged journalist, and a relentless investigator -- whose lives intersected in the midst of unspeakable terror. Colombia's drug-fueled cycle of terror, corruption, and tragedy did...

On October 25, 1994, a hysterical Susan Smith told police a tale that would strike terror in the hearts of mothers everywhere: An unidentified gunman had sped off with her two little boys, leaving her screaming on the side of the road.

Es hora de romper las cadenas. ¡Llega el próximo fenómeno de romantasy! Las fuerzas oscuras han vencido y el héroe destinado a salvarles ha muerto. La guerra entre Eversun y Bomard ha terminado. Briony Rosewood, princesa de Eversun, es capturada, despojada de su magia y subastada en Bomard al mejor postor: Toven Hearst. A pesar de los horrores de su nueva realidad, la familia Hearst esconde secretos que hacen creer a Briony que no todo está perdido. ¿Y si su enemigo es su única esperanza?

Maria McErlane is best known for appearing in The Fast Show, Killing Eve, Eastenders, Fat Friends, HIGNFY, Holby City, as the voice of Eurotrash and her weekly contributions as agony aunt on the Graham Norton radio show. Her memoir details a warm and witty, sometimes difficult ride through life. For Maria, navigating life in all its glory has been accompanied by a steady stream of bicycles.