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Britisch, zeitgeistig und bittersüß.Queenie Jenkins, 25, lebt in London und fühlt sich weder Großbritannien noch der Heimat ihrer Familie, Jamaika, so richtig zugehörig. Sie arbeitet in einer Zeitungsredaktion, wo der Konkurrenzkampf die Hölle ist. Dann endet die Langzeitbeziehung mit ihrem braven Freund auf katastrophale Weise - und Queenie sucht Trost in all den düsteren Ecken, die die Datinghölle des dritten Jahrtausends zu bieten hat.

Scotland, 1750, just four years after Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Rising of the Clans, it’s hard to know who’s loyal to the English and who is faithful to the Stuarts. And it’s beautiful seventeen-year-old Iona’s perilous mission to ascertain whether the Duke of Arkrae, head of Scotland’s most powerful clan, is a traitor or is he in cahoots with the English. Iona’s mission is to gain the trust of the Duke and his clan by claiming to be the sister he thought to have died as a child. As all around her doubt her claim and call her a "pretender", Iona struggles to hold her nerve.

Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. El gran friso narrativo de los Episodios Nacionales sirvió de vehículo a Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) para recrear en él, novelescamente engarzada, la totalidad de la compleja vida de los españoles - guerras, política, vida cotidiana, reacciones populares - a lo largo del agitado siglo XIX.

Det har gått tio år sedan Arvid Stjärnblom och Lydia Stille senast träffade varandra. De hade varit unga och förälskade men omständigheterna skilde dem åt och de hade varit tvungna att gå vidare. Lydia gifte sig och Arvid likaså, men när ödet nu för dem samman igen väcks gamla känslor åter till liv. Arvid och Lydia inleder en relation i största hemlighet och för en kort stund är det tillräckligt. Men dröjer det inte lång tid förrän de tvingas ta ett svårt beslut.

C’est officiel : Jared et Charlie sont ensemble et s’affichent enfin aux yeux du grand public. Mais ils doivent maintenant affronter la déferlante médiatique autour d’eux. Comment vivre leur relation sous le feu des projecteurs, quand il leur faut redorer une image très largement entachée ? De retour à Los Angeles, Charlie doit apprendre à vivre avec sa nouvelle notoriété. Alors qu’elle désire plus que tout conserver son indépendance, elle se heurte à la possessivité excessive de Jared, qui tente de la protéger de ce milieu qu’il déteste par-dessus tout.

War is coming - and nothing can stop it... Settled in his small island kingdom, Odysseus wants nothing more than to rule Ithaca in peace. Meanwhile, his warrior friend Eperitus, frustrated at his quiet life, dreams of glory in battle. But when Agamemnon’s fleet appears on the horizon, Odysseus knows that war is upon him. A Trojan prince has abducted Helen of Sparta, and the armies of Greece are gathering. As the greatest heroes flock to the crusade, only one is missing. Odysseus knows that without Achilles, the gates of Troy will never fall.

La tía Tula es la historia de una joven que, rechazando novios, se queda soltera para cuidar a unos sobrinos, hijos de una hermana que se muere. Vive con el cuñado, a quien rechaza para marido, pues no quiere manchar con el débito conyugal el recinto en que respiran aire de castidad sus hijos. Satisfecho el instinto de maternidad, ¿para qué perder su virginidad? Es virgen y madre.

Cut through the noise and get to the truth with Dr David Craig’s "Lie Catcher: Becoming a Human Lie Detector in Under 60 Minutes". From making a purchase, negotiating a contract to dealing with children, "Lie Catcher" provides fast, simple and effective techniques to enable you to harness expert detective skills in your day-to-day life - in less than 60 minutes. With over 20 years of practical and academic experience, Dr David Craig provides a fully credentialed and accessible guide. Ideal for education, parents, relationships, and business activities.

Bientôt trente ans pour Ariane, miss catastrophe qui accumule les petits boulots et les déboires amoureux. Son rêve ? Une vie de couple bien rangée et l’admiration de ses proches. La réalité ? Un voisin charmant mais mystérieux. Un chat infidèle. Une famille envahissante et farfelue. Mais aussi des vacances de Noël mouvementées, une vieille ferme mal chauffée, des retrouvailles tumultueuses, et des choix difficiles... Ce mélange détonant pourrait bien avoir un goût de bonheur, même si ce n’est pas celui qu’Ariane avait prévu.

In a quiet provincial Danish town, something is afoot. The volunteers of the local second-hand shop keep dying. Since they’re all OAP's, the police can’t see the problem. It’s the inevitable – if unfortunate – circle of life. However, resident busy-body, and force-to-be-reckoned-with, Anne-Maj Mortensen is not so sure. She may be newly retired herself, but she still has her wits about her and knows when something needs a little investigating. Scandi crime, but not as you’ve ever seen it before.

En este libro, Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa pone su afilada pluma y su experiencia al servicio de un personaje histórico real aunque poco conocido: Alonso de Ojeda, acompañante de Cristobal Colón en su segundo viaje a las américas y, eventualmente, gobernador de Nueva Andalucía, en las tierras que ahora conocemos como Colombia. En su viaje al Nuevo Mundo, Ojeda encontrará peligrosas tribus, aviesos accidentes geográficos, reveses de la fortuna y gran cantidad de descubrimientos, todo ello relatado con el ritmo y la maestría de Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa.

12 nouvelles enquêtes de Sherlock Holmes : "Un scandale en Bohême", "La disparition de Lady Frances Carfax", "La ligue des rouquins", "Le rituel des Musgrave", "Le pouce de l'ingénieur", "Flamme d'argent", "Le gentilhomme célibataire", "Le diadème de béryls", "La bande mouchetée", "Une affaire d'identité", "Les Hêtres d'or", "L'escarboucle bleue", "L'aventure du pied du diable", "L'aventure du cercle rouge", "Les cinq pépins d'orange", "Le mystère de la vallée de Boscombes", "L'homme à la lèvre tordue".

"Youth" is an autobiographical short story by Joseph Conrad. It was written in 1898, first published in Blackwood's Magazine, and included as the first story in the 1902 volume "Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories". The volume also included "Heart of Darkness" and "The End of the Tether", which are concerned with maturity and old age, respectively. "Youth" depicts a young man's first journey to the East.

Finalmente riunite in un’avvincente raccolta, ascolta le avventure più amate del sanguigno maresciallo dei Carabinieri Saverio Bonanno! Nella placida Villabosco, in Sicilia, il maresciallo Bonanno è continuamente alle prese con indagini intricate e con le proprie turbe amorose... La vita scorre tranquilla, in un anonimo paesino siciliano. Ma non abbastanza, evidentemente, se l’investigatore Bonanno si trova sempre sulle tracce di qualche assassino!

Libro di culto e bestseller da 2 milioni di copie vendute, il rivoluzionario metodo per liberarsi dai pensieri inutili e rifiorire. Vi è mai capitato di non riuscire a fermare il fiume di pensieri, ansie ed emozioni che vi assillano? Molte donne provano questa sensazione costantemente, con significative ricadute sulla loro salute mentale. Grazie ai consigli contenuti in questo audiolibro, imparerai a smantellare pezzo per pezzo questa trappola mentale e a mettere a tacere i pensieri negativi.

Written in 1917. A hardtofind work by pioneer in "Mental Science", Judge Thomas Troward. Troward's writings and lectures greatly influenced Ernest Holmes, the founder of "Religious Science" and author of "The Science of Mind". This volume was one of the first to combine thought energy, scientific reasoning and testing, and creative power, and to see the interconnection of the three.

She needed a getaway. What she found was a home. After catching her boyfriend in flagrante delicto with another woman, Louise is heartbroken and vows to stay away from men. But when she takes on a restoration project at an Italian hotel run by a group of lively seniors, she can't help but be distracted by the mysterious and alluring neighbour Vito. Despite his tragic past and her no-romance policy, sparks fly between them. Will they be able to resist the pull or succumb to their undeniable chemistry?

Save lives... Or take them? A gripping novel of the Roman frontier. Army Medic Postumus Justinius Corvus is a long way from his native Britannia, in the Syrian provinces at the far corner of Empire. But now he is going home, unexpectedly promoted to Senior Surgeon in the Sixth. The new Emperor faces problems in the far-flung island at the edge of Empire. Trouble is brewing north of the Wall. The tribes are stirring, a new conflict is brewing, old and new loyalties will be tested.

The "Republic" poses questions that endure: What is justice? What form of community fosters the best possible life for human beings? What is the nature and destiny of the soul? What form of education provides the best leaders for a good republic? What are the various forms of poetry and the other arts, which ones should be fostered, and which ones should be discouraged? How does knowing differ from believing? Several characters in the dialogue present a variety of tempting answers to those questions. Cephalus, Polemarchus, Thrasymachus, and Glaucon all offer definitions of justice.

Kalashnikov comienza con un llamamiento del Parlamento Europeo para que se capture al mayor criminal de guerra que existe, Joseph Kony, de quien se sabe que, además de asesinar, violar y esclavizar a miles de niños, los emplea como soldados de su ejército. A la vista de la impotencia de las instituciones, un pequeño grupo de eurodiputados decide contravenir las leyes que han jurado defender.