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Zwei Mädchen. Zwei Jungen. Ein Roadtrip, der alles verändert. Ein kühler Wind zerrte an seinem Hemd, an seinen kupferroten Haaren, und von einem Herzschlag zum anderen machte sich ein Gefühl in mir breit, das ich nicht benennen konnte. Ein Sommer­gefühl, ein Meeresgefühl. Ein...

Desde o primeiro dia de vida, aprendemos a amar com as pessoas ao nosso redor. Essas referências, embora fundamentais, também carregam em si feridas e condicionamentos. Em Eros, acompanhamos como o amor vai mudando em nós ao longo de toda a experiência humana: da infância à vida adulta, atravessando a puberdade, a adolescência e as transformações que moldam nossas relações.

Indy y Cooper se conocieron en una fiesta universitaria. Su química era algo fuera de lo común y pasaron toda la noche juntos. Pero un malentendido hizo que se separaran para siempre. O eso pensaban. Seis años después, Indy se muda a Nueva York para trabajar como directora de Marketing y...

Cory y Sasha son mejores amigos en el instituto. Una noche, la amistad cambia a pasión y empiezan a salir. Pero, cuando Cory le pone los cuernos, Sasha rompe con él de inmediato sin decirle que está embarazada y que va a tener mellizos.Cuando veinte años más tarde se reencuentran por...

Grace asiste a la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard en Cambridge, Massachusetts, lejos de su familia, que se encuentra en Dallas. Es el último semestre, y quiere vivir la vida antes de incorporarse como abogada en el negocio familiar. Para ayudar a soltar las riendas de su estricta y aburrida vida...

For as long as folks could remember, the Holston River had its own mind—rising in the dead of night, swallowing fields, and testing the backbone of every family along its banks. The Carters have weathered those waters for generations. They endured washed-out crops, ruined homes, and nights spent praying for loved ones the waters took. Through it all, one truth remained steady as the river’s current: Grandma Susie Carter always found a way to keep her family standing.

Michael está locamente enamorado de Louisa, una mujer algo mayor que él, divorciada y con dos hijas de un matrimonio previo. Mantienen una relación secreta llena de pasión. Ambos trabajan en la empresa de Cooper, quien además es el mejor amigo de Michael. Michael solo desea una cosa en la...

Barbara Jeanrenaud writes as a mental health professional with a PhD in clinical psychology and twelve years of personal experience of being suicidal. Her book is intended to encourage open dialogue on the increasing problems of depression and suicide. Her story also provides helpful insights of how to survive the existential challenges implied in being suicidal. The author's story ends in a strong affirmation of life and her redemptive healing from suicidal despair.

As co-host of Mysteries Uncorked, the true crime podcast that shot to number one by actually solving the cases they cover, she's heard every version of every story. She just never expected her own to catch up with her in Chicago. When a woman steps up to the microphone at a podcasting convention and asks about a dead college girl, the past Tessa spent a decade running from comes rushing back: Her former friend turned rival, a drowning death ruled an accident, and a phone call she never returned.

As a teenage runaway and child of an addict, Christy-Lynn learned the hard way that no address was permanent, and no promise sacred. For a while, she found a safe haven in her marriage to bestselling crime novelist Stephen Ludlow - until his car skidded into Echo Bay. But Stephen’s wasn’t the only body pulled from the icy waters that night. When details about a mysterious violet-eyed blonde become public, a media circus ensues, and Christy-Lynn runs again.

The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it - from garden seeds to Scripture - is calamitously transformed on African soil. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family’s tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa.

An audiobook for learners of all ages containing the best and most updated advice on learning from neuroscience and cognitive psychology. Do you spend too much time learning with disappointing results? Do you find it difficult to remember what you read? Do you put off studying because it’s...

Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old paper, ink, and leather. She can feel the echoes of the books’ previous owners—an emotional fingerprint only she can read. When Ashlyn discovers a pair of beautifully bound volumes that appear to have never been published, her gift quickly becomes an obsession. Not only is each inscribed with a startling incrimination, but the authors, Hemi and Belle, tell conflicting sides of a tragic romance.

Drs. Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski's popular Online course Learning How to Learn, has enrolled more than 1.8 million students. In this much needed follow-up to A Mind for Numbers, the authors teach kids and teens how to learn effectively at a time when they most need these skills. Learning How to Learn teaches them about the importance of both focused concentration and letting their minds wander, how the brain makes connections between different pieces of information, why procrastination is the enemy of problem solving, and much more.

Lucy isn't a normal girl. Ghost. Victim. Killer. She's a doll on a mission—to find the man who killed her and return the favor. Lucy McQuinn has been murdered, but she's not about to go quietly. If she doesn't get to keep breathing, then neither does Kyle, her killer. Possessing the body of an...

Philosophy of Mind: A Very Short Introduction probes some of the great philosophical questions about the mind: What is the relationship between mind and matter? Can science unravel the mystery of consciousness? How can our thoughts represent things in the world? Are computers genuinely intelligent? In the book, Barbara Gail Montero highlights key thought experiments used by philosophers to explore the nature of mind and how mind and body relate to each other (the mind-body problem).

Alice made a promise to make the world a more beautiful place, then a seed of an idea is planted and blossoms into a beautiful plan. This beloved classic and celebration of nature—written by a beloved Caldecott winner—is lovelier than ever! Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation.

READ BY ACTOR CHARLIE THURSTON WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century An Oprah’s Book Club Selection An Instant New York Times Bestseller An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller...

With the clarity of a physicist and the compassion of a gifted healer with fifteen years of professional experience observing 5,000 clients and students, Barbara Ann Brennan presents the first in-depth study of the human energy field for people who seek happiness, health and their full potential...

Most organizations view data monetization—converting data into money—too narrowly: as merely selling data sets. But data monetization is a core business activity for both commercial and noncommercial organizations, and, within organizations, it’s critical to have wide-ranging support for this pursuit. In Data Is Everybody’s Business, the authors offer a clear and engaging way for people across the entire organization to understand data monetization and make it happen.