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Liv’s happy with life in her thirties. She has two cats, one BFF, and no boyfriend, which is just how she likes it. Plus, she loves working at a not-for-profit software company where she can be her authentically autistic self. This is her happy ever after. But when her beloved firm merges with a repulsive rival, Liv finds herself competing with her sort-of-ex for the top job. Sure, Finn had been Liv’s best friend, with his nerdy good looks and their shared love of Tolkien, but there was that one night, their song, and … well, she doesn’t like to talk about it.

La distanza tra la Nigeria e gli Stati Uniti è enorme, e non solo in termini di chilometri. Partire alla volta di un mondo nuovo abbandonando la propria vita è difficile, anche se quel mondo ha i tratti di un paradiso, ma per Ifemelu è necessario. Il suo paese è asfittico, l'università in sciopero. E poi, in fondo, sa che ad accoglierla troverà zia Uju e che Obinze, il suo ragazzo dai tempi del liceo, presto la raggiungerà. Arrivata in America, Ifemelu deve imparare un'altra volta a parlare e comportarsi. Diverso è l'accento, ma anche il significato delle parole.

"Emma", un roman emblématique de Jane Austen publié pour la première fois en 1815, est une exploration raffinée et subtile des dynamiques sociales, des illusions et de la maturité émotionnelle au sein de la société anglaise de la Régence. L'histoire se concentre sur Emma Woodhouse, une jeune femme riche et intelligente, mais aussi légèrement gâtée et un peu trop confiante dans son propre jugement. Orpheline de mère et dotée d'un père excessivement protecteur, Emma se sent responsable de gérer les affaires sociales de son petit village de Highbury.

J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - and coordinated its daily life - at the request of the president and his family. He directed state functions; planned parties, weddings, funerals, gardens, playgrounds, and extensive renovations; and with a large staff, supervised every activity in the presidential home.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “User-friendly...The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything…helpfully unpacks core precepts like ‘finding God in all things.’” —Time The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by Father James Martin, SJ (bestselling author of Jesus and Learning to Pray) is a...

The Collected Blandings Short Stories. Blandings Castle is the home of Lord Emsworth, who likes nothing better than to potter at home in his enormous castle garden. But his rural idyll is once again set to be disturbed in these nine hilarious fables. No peace is possible when his sister Constance is let loose, and she is constantly trying to reorganise the household and its inhabitants! Without great success…

No longer in master Bertie Wooster’s employ, Jeeves is engaged with a new employer, Lord "Chuffy" Chuffnell, an old friend of Bertie’s. True to form, thus follows a supreme comedy of errors which is guaranteed to raise many a chortle, as Wooster travels to one of Chuffy’s cottages in Dorset to carry on his banjolele practice in (dubious) peace.

Möchtest du fließend Französisch sprechen und dich in Alltagssituationen verständigen können? Lern Französisch mit dem Kurs "Conversations de vacances: Französisch für den Urlaub" einem praktischen Konversationskurs, der die Kommunikationsfähigkeiten in typischen Reisesituationen entwickeln hilft.

Jewel es una joven entusiasta que se ha ganado el cariño de Caroline y Norwell. Cuando regresan a Londres, después del nacimiento de la pequeña María, sus vidas van encauzándose de manera natural dando salida a la intrépida personalidad de la joven americana. Su amistad con Jonathan y la incómoda relación que mantendrá con la antigua prometida de este, Alessandra Flannery, llevarán a Jewel hasta su inevitable destino.

¡Déjate llevar por la magia de Terramar! El archipiélago de Terramar sufre una grave crisis: la magia está desapareciendo. Ged el Archimago deberá abandonar su amada Roke para descubrir el origen de la desgracia y restaurar el equilibrio. Junto al joven príncipe Arren, emprenderá un...

Segunda entrega del emblemático ciclo de Terramar, Han pasado más de diez años desde que Ged se enfrentara a su propia sombra en Un mago de Terramar. Capaz ahora de actuar en beneficio de otros, decide recobrar la runa de la unión, la mitad perdida del anillo de Erreth-Akbé, guardado, se...

Three lives. Two nations. One war. What happened next defies belief — except it really happened. He carried out the most devastating surprise attack in modern history. He barely survived torment in a Japanese prison cell—but left a changed man. She went out of her way to love the enemies who hounded her parents into the jungle.

Eine fesselnde Reise in die Quantenwelt, die zeigt, wie Wahrscheinlichkeiten, Schwingungen und moderne Technologien unsere Realität formen.

Después de ver a mi madre sucumbir a una misteriosa enfermedad, me prometí dos cosas: que encontraría la cura y que no volvería a la ciudad en la que la perdí. Cuatro años después, me admiten en la Universidad de Dracadia, una de las más antiguas y prestigiosas del país, aunque se rumorea que está plagada de las almas de los enfermos exiliados allí siglos atrás.

Plongez dans un voyage réconfortant de joie festive avec notre livre de Noël pour enfants magnifiquement illustré. Chaque page est conçue pour allumer l'imagination, raviver l'esprit de la saison des fêtes, et inculquer des valeurs d'amour, d'unité, et de gratitude. À travers des visuels vibrants et des histoires enchanteresses, les enfants vivront la magie intemporelle de Noël, favorisant des souvenirs et des traditions chéris qui seront transmis de génération en génération.

In the 1940s, mathematicians set out to design computers that could act as ideal rational agents in the face of uncertainty. The Irrational Decision tells the story of how they settled on a peculiar mathematical definition of rationality in which every decision is a statistical question of risk. Benjamin Recht traces how this quantitative standard came to define our understanding of rationality, looking at the history of optimization, game theory, statistical testing, and machine learning.

En Cadaqués, un pequeño pueblo de pescadores de la Costa Brava azotado por la tramontana, siete personas desaparecen en un instante de forma inexplicable, como si se hubieran evaporado en el aire. No hay móvil, ni testigos, ni pistas, ni sospechosos. Enviada a investigar de forma precipitada, Nuria pronto descubre que esas desapariciones no son las primeras ni mucho menos, y que la línea que separa la realidad de las leyendas locales es mucho más difusa de lo que nunca habría podido imaginar.

Madrid 1945. El doctor Diego Rumbao fallece en un accidente de tráfico. Su mujer María está convencida que fue un asesinato y que el verdadero objetivo era ella.Afirma que la investigación que su marido llevaba a cabo en relación a unas extrañas muertes, acontecidas en el psiquiátrico El Retorno es la responsable de su fallecimiento. Encontrar su casa revuelta fechas después del entierro de Diego y su posterior ingreso en el psiquiátrico, por orden del juez, sin que haya motivo médico alguno, le persuaden de que la razón está de su parte. Aunque nadie la escucha.

When the Dearly's Dalmatians have their first litter of puppies - fifteen in all - everyone is delighted. But their joy is shattered when the pups are kidnapped! The humans don't have a clue as to who the culprit is, but the smartest dogs in London are on the case - and on the trail of the...

Spirited, willful, and exceptionally charming, Rebecca Randall is sent by her struggling mother to live with her two aunts - who had expected Rebecca’s quieter and more dutiful older sister. Little Rebecca clashes right away with dour Aunt Miranda and slightly overwhelms kind and reserved Aunt...