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Bat 6 - that’s the softball game played every year between the sixth-grade girls of Barlow and Bear Creek Ridge. All the girls - Beautiful Hair Hallie, Manzanita who gets the spirit, the twins Lola and Lila, Tootie, Shadean - they’ve been waiting for their turn at Bat 6 since they could first toss a ball. This time there’s a newcomer on each team: Aki, at first base for the Ridgers, who just returned with her family from a place she’s too embarrassed to talk about. And Shazam, center field for Barlow, who’s been shunted around by her mother since her father was killed.

Ruth has returned to Edinburgh after many years of exile, left rootless by the end of her marriage and career and now the death of her father, from whom she had long been estranged. She is faced with the daunting task of clearing his house, believing he had removed all traces of her mother. Yet hidden away in a barely used top-floor room, she finds he had secretly kept a cupboard full of her possessions. Sifting through the ancient papers, Ruth discovers the diary and letters written by her ancestor from the 18th century, Thomas Erskine.

Escritos para desocupados nació en el año 2005, en forma de bitácora digital y en un blog en el que la escritora plasmaba pensamientos sobre su deserción laboral. Con el tiempo, esas entradas acumularon, y fue entonces cuando decidió reunirlas en forma de un libro de ensayos dedicados a la vida ociosa. En ellos se abordan y cuestionan temas como la productividad, la autoría, la escritura, el copyright, el consumo, el trabajo, el tiempo libre, la precarización, entre muchos otros.

Vivemos tempos de excessos. Excesso de informação, de mensagens, de canais de comunicação. Ao mesmo tempo que parece que nos comunicamos muito, não temos tempo para escutar, ler atentamente, perguntar. E isso tem um grande impacto para as relações no trabalho, desde o exercício da liderança até mesmo uma cultura de inovação e colaboração.

Segundo volume da série Reis do Pecado, Rei do Orgulho é uma história sensual sobre opostos que se atraem e romance proibido. Ela é o oposto dele em todos os sentidos... e a maior tentação que já experimentou. Discreto, controlado e impecavelmente educado, Kai Young não tem tempo nem vontade de se envolver em confusões – e Isabella, com seu cabelo colorido e piadas inadequadas, é o caos em pessoa.

Terceiro audiolivro da série Reis do Pecado, Rei da Ganância é um ardente romance sobre redenção e sacrifício. Ele perdeu o amor de sua vida... mas fará de tudo para reconquistá-lo. O genial e ambicioso Dominic Davenport lutou para se tornar o Rei de Wall Street. Ele tem tudo: uma casa enorme, uma bela esposa e mais dinheiro do que poderia gastar. Porém, não importa o quanto ganhe, nunca fica satisfeito.

"Ich wollte nur den Kredit begleichen und nun stecke ich in einer Fake-Beziehung, die sich immer mehr zu echten Gefühlen wandelt." Dalton Meyers, der Quarterback der Berkeley Bees, bringt auf dem Spielfeld Höchstleistung, doch sein skandalöses Privatleben stößt dem Club bitter auf. Die Lösung sehen daher alle in einer Fake-Freundin, um seinem Playboy-Image einen neuen Anstrich zu verleihen. Diese perfekte Frau für diese Aufgabe findet er in der unscheinbaren Cafébesitzerin Melissa, welche anfangs wenig begeistert von dem Deal scheint.

Ten-year-old Mary Lennox arrives at a secluded estate on the Yorkshire moors with a scowl and a chip on her shoulder. First, there’s Martha Sowerby, the too-cheery maid with bothersome questions who seems out of place in the dreary manor. Then, there’s the elusive Uncle Craven, Mary’s only remaining family—whom she’s not permitted to see. And finally, there are the mysteries that seem to haunt the run-down place–rumors of a lost garden with a tragic past, and a midnight wail that echoes across the moors at night.

I threw a penny into a fountain, and ended up abducted by a group of fae called the Wild Hunt. They dragged me into their world and made me one of them. And then, they started hunting me. I managed to convince their leader to take me somewhere safe, but after I got there, he revealed the price of his help: Me. I thought their hunt was going to be the death of me, but it turns out there's nothing more dangerous than a male fae who has decided you're his mate.

When Vivian Tu started working on Wall Street fresh from undergrad, all she knew was that she was making more money than she had ever seen in her life. But it wasn’t until she found a mentor of her own on the trading floor that she began to understand what wealthy people knew intuitively. Building on the lessons she learned on Wall Street about money and the markets, Vivian now offers her best personal finance tips and tricks to listeners of all ages and demographics, so that anyone can get rich, whether you grew up knowing the rules to the game or not.

Growing up on Long Island, lonely and quiet and queer, she was enchanted by Hollywood starlets like Kim Novak. She found her turn in New York’s early Off-Off-Broadway theater scene, in Warhol’s films Flesh and Women in Revolt, and at the famed nightclub Max's Kansas City. She inspired songs by Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones. She became friends with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, borrowed a dress from Lauren Hutton, posed for Richard Avedon, and performed alongside Tennessee Williams in his own play.

Here are only a few of the wonderful, strange, and mysterious elements in this breathtaking visit to the Kingdoms and Empires: A very proper girl named Lillian Velvet, living a very lonely life with a nasty Grandmother. A jar of coins, each with the power to take Lillian on a journey to a different time and place…and also to grant a single wish. A small boy in a barn about to be crushed to death by a load of hay. A family, each member in mortal danger, who are strangers to Lillian. And a web of dangerous magic closing tight around all.

This set contains all 6 of the Wild Hunt books. Each of them is a steamy new adult fantasy romance featuring a different couple with their own happily ever after.

Ian Gray é o CEO do hospital San Rose. Uma instituição que há anos foi criada pela sua família. Mas, por trás de sua aparência impecável e fria, esconde uma ferida que o faz se afundar em um mar de amargura. Priscilla Menezes, teve seu coração destroçado pelo homem que acreditava ser o amor de sua vida. Abandonada no altar, sem quaisquer explicações e apenas um profundo vazio. Dias depois, descobriu que estava grávida, mas ele não estava disposto a ouvi-la, nem para que contasse da filha, fruto do amor com que um dia se iludiu, pensando que duraria para sempre.

Quando a doença e a morte entram pela porta da frente e sentam no sofá, elas mexem com todas as estruturas da casa. Levantam a poeira das emoções, tiram tudo do lugar, revelam sombras e rachaduras, mas também inesperados tesouros. Foi isso o que Júlia Jalbut descobriu ao acompanhar o adoecimento simultâneo de seus pais ao longo de doze anos. Em meio a tratamentos e burocracias, emoções ambivalentes e cansaço, a autora encontrou oportunidades de restaurar relações e valores, e descobriu formas de se manter inteira diante das turbulências.

I'm the coach's daughter and I'm in love with a gorgeous NHL player… well, three players. Now, I'm PR Director to a whole team of ice hockey rebels. My hardest job? To manage three beautiful misfits. The captain, D'Angelo, is intimidatingly hot, grumpy, and my first love from college. The star player, Shay, has a smile like sunshine, mesmerizing gray eyes, and a body that makes my breath catch. Plus, he has a twin, the sweetly protective, tattooed Eden, who's hiding a heart-wrenching secret. They're obsessed, and I'm falling just as hard.

Die Bücher zur beliebten Netflix-Serie. Letzte Weihnachten verlor Marcie Sullivan ihren geliebten Mann Bobby. Dieses Jahr sucht sie nach dem Menschen, der es ihr ermöglichte, sich von Bobby zu verabschieden. Im verschneiten Virgin River spürt sie Ian Buchanan auf. Obwohl der Empfang frostig ist, lässt Marcie sich nicht so leicht in die Flucht schlagen. Offenbar hat auch Ian Schlimmes erlebt und trägt eine schwere Last mit sich herum. Können sie gemeinsam die Vergangenheit bewältigen? Immerhin werden in Virgin River manchmal Weihnachtswunder wahr.

Ex-Marine Mike Valenzuela ist seinen Freunden nach Virgin River gefolgt. Nach einer Verletzung im Dienst erscheint ihm das kleine Bergdorf der perfekte Ort zu sein, um sich von den körperlichen und seelischen Blessuren zu erholen. Insgeheim hofft er, hier das große Glück zu finden – vielleicht mit Brie Sheridan? Auch sie kämpft mit der Vergangenheit, und ihre Wunden gehen noch viel tiefer als seine. Mike ist entschlossen, ihr beizustehen und einen Platz in ihrem Herzen zu erobern.

Bibi doesn't believe in fairies. But when she meets her fairy godmother, the tiniest of hopes flickers in her mind. Seven quests to seven lands that will open a magic box and grant her a wish.... could it, just possibly, be true? Whisked away with her trusy companion, Sylvestro the cat, Bibi quests with giants, dragons, princes and princesses, wizards, witches, water sprites and sea elves, unicorns, trolls and gnomes... Can Bibi earn the keys to open the box.... and unlock her belief in fairy magic?

Enrico Ferrari é o subchefe da Cosa Nostra. Um homem que traçou o seu destino optando pela vida solitária com mulheres em sua cama sem precisar assumir um compromisso. Pietra Vacchiano, a princesinha da máfia, filha do chefe da Cosa Nostra, sempre nutriu um amor platônico, que ela escondia de todos, pelo subchefe.