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Cinque ragazzi scopriranno un obsoleto cellulare contenente solo fotogrammi di stampe e alcune immagini relative a una premiazione scolastica, i cui protagonisti sono tutti i loro genitori, che all'epoca frequentavano la scuola media. Recuperato il documento, con astuzia e un po’ di fortuna, comprendono che la scrittura del diario è collegata a una pandemia avvenuta nel 2020." Il tesoro di carta" è un viaggio avventuroso basato su fatti realmente accaduti. Un modo per raccontare ai ragazzi di oggi e di domani cosa significa affrontare le avversità, restare uniti.

MWA Grand Master Lawrence Block presents 23 stories, all of them on the dark side, and all of them set in the city that never sleeps.

At the striking of midnight into the new millennium, a new threat comes from the darkness. A baby was rescued, but now a young boy is in danger. Three women are fighting. Nobody is safe. The year 1000 is no more; the year 2000: death.

Roark Hawthorne had it all. He was a tenured professor in the English department at Weatherby College. The school itself was named after the family that built it, the richest family in town - Colin and Selene Weatherby and their daughter Jennifer. Roark and Jennifer had a hot and cold affection for each other, and when they were old enough and foolish enough, they eloped 4 days before her marriage to another man.

The beautiful young woman on the stretcher could be on her honeymoon. Chestnut hair tumbles around a pretty face, rose petals tangled in the loose strands. But the bandage around her forehead tells a different tale, as emergency room nurse Jessie Novak desperately battles to keep her alive. Jessie’s thoughts are racing - who shot this beautiful young woman and, more importantly, why? Ann Hart’s life hangs by a thread, and Jessie cannot bear to see this beautiful young woman die without justice being done.

When mistaken identity causes two young adults, Jacob and Lizzie, to fall in love and get married, they realize that their unborn child is to become the one and only Santa Claus. But is it the one she is pregnant with or is it the little boy who haunts the third floor of their new home? How will Jacob tell his high society mother, who holds secrets of her own?

“Like bookends” their parents would joke, as Sydney Foster and Megan Davis race off, no doubt mischief on the menu. The best friends were inseparable since the fourth grade, connected forever by a childhood pinky swear to never leave each other’s side. But the twists and turns of life would not be denied. The two friends chose different paths after college.

Bari Lynn has a secret. So, she, a young Jewish-American girl, decides to tour Israel with her best friend and the members of their synagogue in search of answers. Meanwhile, beneath the surface in Israel, trouble is stirring with a group of radical Islamists. The case falls into the hands of Elan, a powerful passionate Mossad agent, trying to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. He believes nothing can break him, but in order to achieve their goals, the terrorists will go to any means to bring Elan to his knees.

Elan understands what it means to be an Israeli. He’s sacrificed the woman he loved, his marriage, and his life for Israel. When Israel went to war and Elan was summoned in the middle of the night, he did not hesitate to defend his country, even though he knew he might pay a terrible price. Elan is not a perfect man by any means. He can be cruel. He can be stubborn and self-righteous. But he is brave, and he loves more deeply than he will ever admit. This is his story.

Meav O'Shay didn't start out to be a hero...fleeing Ireland like a coward in the dead of night, after declining the proposal of the lecherous Hollister McGreary. After days hiding in the hull of the Sea Dragon - a British enemy ship bound for an unknown destination - Meav finds herself shipwrecked on an enchanted island and soon learns she's the answer to a prophecy.

Zofia Weiss, a Jewish woman with a painful past, stands at the dock, holding the hand of a little girl. She is about to board The SS Exodus, bound for Palestine with only her life, a dream, and a terrifying secret. As her eyes scan the crowds of people, she sees a familiar face. Her heart pounds and beads of sweat form on her forehead...The Nazis have surrendered. Zofia survived the Holocaust, but she lives in constant fear. The one person who knows her dark secret is a sadistic SS officer with the power to destroy the life she’s working so hard to rebuild.

In the final book in the Eidel's Story series the children of Holocaust survivors Eidel and Dovid Levi have grown to adulthood. They each face hard trials and tribulations of their own, many of which stem from growing up as children of Holocaust survivors. Haley is a peacemaker who yearns to please even at the expense of her own happiness. Abby is an angry rebel on the road to self-destruction. And, Mark, Dovid’s only son, carries a heavy burden of guilt and secrets. He wants to please his father, but he cannot.

Follow the lives of several mentally ill patients in a psychiatric facility and what life holds for them in the outside world. Those who smile the most often times have experienced the most pain. Others separate themselves in the feeling of being misunderstood or in search for themselves. In both occasions, the difference between relapsing and feeling okay is being held by a thread. We want to shed the light on the stigma of mental disorders and raise awareness that anyone around us could be experiencing some form or another of these disorders.

To understand self-hypnosis, you first need to learn about hypnosis. What is hypnosis? Also referred to as hypnotherapy, hypnosis uses intense focus and concentration through guided relaxation methods to reach a "trance" or a heightened state of awareness. Self-hypnosis is, therefore, using the "power'"of hypnosis on yourself to make positive changes in your life. By using self-hypnosis, you are suggesting certain desirable things for yourself.

In the late 1960s, new age communes began springing up in the American Southwest... In the summer of 1969, Roberta Price, a recent college graduate, secured a grant to visit these communities and photograph them. The following spring they moved to Libre. Huerfano is Price's captivating memoir of the seven years she spent in the Huerfano ("Orphan") Valley when it was a petrie dish of countercultural experiments.

When Jewish Holocaust survivors Eidel and Dovid Levi arrive in the United States, they believe that their struggles are finally over. Both have suffered greatly under the Nazi reign and are ready to leave the past behind. They arrive in this new and different land filled with optimism for their future. However, acclimating into a new way of life can be challenging for immigrants. And, not only are they immigrants but they are Jewish.

Hitler has surrendered. The Nazi flags, which once hung throughout the city, striking terror in the hearts of Polish citizens, have been torn down. It seems that Warsaw should be rejoicing in its new-found freedom. But Warsaw is not free. Instead it is occupied by the Soviet Union, held tightly in Stalin’s iron grip.

In the early 1940s, countless Jewish families were imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto before being led to their deaths by the Nazis. Amidst this horror, one young Jewish girl is smuggled out of the ghetto, sent to live on the other side of Warsaw with Helen Dobinski, a friend of her mother. Helen's Catholic faith and her friendship with the girl's mother compels her to keep the young child safe from harm. But Helen's heroism comes at a cost. Because harboring a Jewish person is a crime to the Nazis, with severe punishment - even death - as the penalty.

In Nazi Germany, Helga Haswell is at a crossroads. She’s become pregnant by a married SS officer, who has since abandoned her. Left alone with the thought of raising a fatherless child, she has nowhere to turn - until the Lebensborn steps in. They will take Helga’s child when it’s born and raise it as their own. Helga will now be free to live her life. But when Helga has second thoughts, it’s already too late.

Allo scoccare del nuovo millennio una nuova minaccia arriva dalle tenebre. Un bambino è stato salvato, ma ora un uomo è in pericolo. Tre donne lottano. Nessuno è al sicuro. Mille e non più Mille. Duemila, e morte. Un romanzo avvincente e serrato che mescola thriller, suspense, esoterismo. Un romanzo sulla forza dei legami del passato e del presente.