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1827. At first sight, young heiress of Shrigley Hall, Ellen Turner, does not seem the type to elope with a stranger. Yet when Ellen vanishes from her boarding school in the arms of the rugged scoundrel Edward Wakefield, and the pair are sighted in a carriage racing from Gretna Green to the Port of Dover, everyone is forced to question her virtue. What possessed her to make such a wild transgression?

July 1981. As the country prepares to celebrate Prince Charles’ wedding to Lady Diana, Libby flees London – and her cheating fiancé Marcus – for the Suffolk countryside. At Larkspur House, she hopes to put the pieces of her life back together. And Libby’s great-aunt Bess and renowned garden designer and former socialite Elfrida are happy to help. But for lifelong friends Bess and Elfrida, Libby’s arrival has stirred up the ghosts of the past. And before they can help her rebuild her shattered future, they must confront their own secrets, lost loves, and tragedies…

For Sophie it’s a trip home and for Hector it’s time to meet Sophie’s parents... Though their trip has village tongues wagging about a stop at Scotland’s notorious elopement spot, Gretna Green. No matter what, it’ll make a nice break from the murder and mayhem that has been plaguing their beautiful Cotswolds village. But Sophie and Hector are barely across the border on the way to Inverness before a sinister encounter leaves them shaken.

When successful songwriter Tabitha Callahan swaps a summer of sadness for pet sitting around the world, she intends to use the time to heal her broken heart. Tabitha can’t believe her luck when she picks up a housesit on the rugged and beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira. The villa is luxurious, the views breath-taking and her charges, a gorgeous but aloof cat and two cute and friendly Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, are perfect companions while she works on some new material and attempts to reconcile her past.

The five members of an elite commando group nicknamed “the Stone Wolves” once raged against Creterakian rule. Now, four decades after their heyday, they each try to stay alive and eke out a living. But a friend from the past won’t let them move on, and neither will their bitterest enemy. Hopscotch, RedWire, the Killer, Lulz and Recoil will soon wish their pasts could stay dead.

When a mysterious event leaves nearly every human being on the planet frozen and unaware, a desperate few will do whatever it takes to prevent the AI from controlling the fate of humanity. In New York, one of DELIO’s creators joins forces with a washed-up suicidal detective and a young film maker with a dark past, while in London convicted drug dealer Alfie is saved by an abused young woman trafficked into London – together, only they can stop DELIO. But can they do it before it’s too late?

In a chaotic blast of gunfire, the James Gang fled a posse's attack—and the infamous Jesse threw his cousin Jeston Nash a hoard of stolen cash. But dodging the law with thirty thousand dollars in a dusty carpetbag is a risky proposition. Hoping to lie low in the mountains of the Northwest, Jeston and his partner, Quiet Jack, find themselves on a journey into the dark heart of human nature—and deadly animal instinct....

"Il diritto di essere se stessi" è la formula utilizzata per descrivere le tecniche di protezione giuridica dell'individuo - inteso come "persona", cioè come valore in sé e per sé - da ogni discriminazione. Nel momento in cui, crollati gli status, nelle nostre società si è consentito a ciascuno di agire liberamente, disponendo di sé e costruendo i propri rapporti sociali, è iniziata anche la lotta alle discriminazioni.

Acompañada de Aristóteles, Goethe, Victor Hugo, Darwin, Jane Austen y tantos otros escritores, pintores o aventureros, la autora nos invita a realizar una travesía por la costa vasca.

1980, Mississippi. Son las tres de la madrugada cuando Bobby Western se sumerge en el mar del golfo de México con su traje de neopreno e ilumina el avión hundido con la linterna de buceo: nueve cuerpos con el cinturón de seguridad aún abrochado. Faltan la caja negra y el décimo pasajero. Pero ¿cómo es posible? Testigo colateral de maquinaciones que solo pueden perjudicarle, Bobby se ve ensombrecido en cuerpo y espíritu por hombres con placa, por el fantasma de su padre (uno de los inventores de la bomba de Hiroshima) y por su hermana, el amor y la ruina de su alma.

Unseen. Powerless. Hopeless. Many of us believe that these words describe who we are. In You Are Unshaken, Laura Krokos reminds us that this is not simply negative self-talk. These are lies Satan uses to keep us from living out the peace-filled, joy-filled life God wants for us.

Donna Bevan-Lee had a tough childhood. When her father was feeling playful, he roped her by the foot like a rodeo calf, yanking her to the ground every time the rope connected. In darker moods, he did far worse, his brutality excused by a complicit church. The abuse she suffered had profound and lasting consequences.

She is Amylia Sylvers. And she is about to show the world that even the most unexpected can burn the brightest.

Esta obra nos brinda la posibilidad de llegar a una profunda comprensión del significado verdadero de las dificultades, generalmente ineludibles, que presentan las relaciones humanas y nos guía en el camino de su solución. Así, nos capacita para crear y mantener relaciones de una gran riqueza, energéticas, vibrantes, construidas con un amor libre de temores, y enriquecidas por la realización personal.

Londres, 1930. Maisie Dobbs tiene su propia agencia de detectives en Londres y no le faltan los clientes. Por una parte, Scotland Yard le pide su colaboración para la resolución de un asesinato del que acusan a una joven campesina, y sir Cecil Lawton, un afamado abogado que acaba de enviudar, le encomienda a Maisie una delicada misión: confirmar la muerte de su hijo, desaparecido durante la Gran Guerra. Una nueva entrega del mejor cozy crime internacional.

Prosegue il viaggio nella dimensione che i Sufi dischiudono a se stessi e che imparano ad abitare, percorrendo un sentiero che si fonda su alcune comprensioni fondamentali: in primo luogo, il riconoscimento della propria ignoranza. Rendersene conto attiva, per contralto, la scintilla di intelligenza che permette di percepire ciò che è Reale. E dedicarsi alla verità è per un Sufi vivere appassionatamente, distaccandosi passo passo dalle idee stereotipate che condizionano il normale essere al mondo.

All’origine esiste un cielo vuoto che inizia a pulsare e subito si dispiega in vibrazioni, forme, sensazioni, emozioni, immagini. Seguito da balbettii, gesti, pensieri, azioni, proiezioni e quant’altro implica esistere in questo mondo. Nell’essere umano quell’intero processo si lega a un profondo bisogno di significato, quasi dovesse assolvere un compito esistenziale che lo spinge a cercare, a cercarsi, a trascendere; ma anche a creare teorie e costrutti mentali che possano esorcizzare un intimo richiamo verso qualcosa di inesplicabile.

Mediante la hipnosis regresiva se ha recuperado de los rincones del tiempo una leyenda perdida de la historia de la humanidad. Una mujer revive la vida entre un pueblo que recuerda la historia de su origen. Una nave espacial se estrelló en la región de Alaska-Canadá hace miles de años. Para adaptarse a las duras condiciones y los brutales rayos de un sol alienígena, los supervivientes se vieron obligados a cruzarse con los aborígenes locales.

Als Boss ist er unausstehlich, aber privat unwiderstehlich. Arrogant, unfreundlich, kalt. So beschreiben selbst seine besten Freunde Andrew Blake. Als seine neue persönliche Assistentin kann Sofia Rossi ihm nichts recht machen. Je mehr sie sich anstrengt, desto mehr ignoriert er sie. Manchmal fragt sie sich, ob in seinem großen, attraktiven Körper überhaupt ein Herz schlägt. Und als Sofia am Feierabend im Pub genau diese Frage mit dem Barkeeper diskutiert, steht Andrew plötzlich hinter ihr und hat jedes Wort mitgehört. Sie rechnet mit der Kündigung.

Matt und India werden angeheuert, um einen vermissten Lehrling der Kartenzeichnergilde zu finden. Sie ermitteln im Geheimen und treten als verheiratetes Paar auf. Bald erfahren sie, dass nicht jeder in der Gilde ist, was er zu sein scheint, und die überirdisch schönen Karten des Jungen neidische Blicke, Argwohn und Angst auf sich zogen.