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Nada hacía suponer a Mauro Larrea que la fortuna que levantó tras años de tesón y arrojo se le derrumbaría con un estrepitoso revés. Ahogado por las deudas y la incertidumbre, apuesta sus últimos recursos en una temeraria jugada que abre ante él la oportunidad de resurgir. Hasta que la perturbadora Soledad Montalvo, esposa de un marchante de vinos londinense, entra en su vida envuelta en claroscuros para arrastrarle a un porvenir que jamás sospechó.

Are you eating enough fat? Yes, fat. Despite what generations of health science has beaten into us over the last 50 years or so, humans thrive on high-fat, low-carb diets. Millions of people around the world have discovered that a ketogenic lifestyle is the key to weight loss, disease prevention and intervention, and a more vibrant life, along with a slimmer waistline, elimination of cravings, and endless energy. Keto is the definitive guide to the ketogenic lifestyle.

When word that Yelena is a Soulfinder—able to capture and release souls—spreads like wildfire, she faces mistrust and fear in Sitia. What’s more, she keeps discovering unusual new sides of her abilities. As the Council debates Yelena’s fate, she receives a disturbing message: a plot is rising against her homeland, led by a murderous sorcerer she has defeated before. The road to Ixia is fraught with peril, and sets Yelena on a path that will test the limits of her skills. But the hope of reuniting with her beloved spurs her onward.

Mother Knows Death with Nicole Angemi (@Mrs_Angemi) and her daughter, Maria Q. Kane (@MariaQKane), is a weekly podcast focusing on pathology, forensics, death, and more! Each week, they will discuss related topics in the news followed up by External Exams with special guests. Enjoy! 📺 Watch - www.youtube.com/c/MrsAngemi 🧠 Join The Gross Room - www.thegrossroom.com 🎙 Follow the Show - www.instagram.com/motherknowsdeath 🔬 Nicole's Book - www.theduramater.com/book 🥼 Merch - www.bonfire.com/store/theduramater

He (was) the hottest player on the ice. She's a (struggling) sports journalist looking for her big break. Charlie Denton has been handed the most impossible assignment from her stick-in-the-mud boss: get an exclusive interview with the NHL's golden boy, Duke Harrison. The catch? She's got eight days or she'll be demoted. Fired. Kicked to the curb - no way is she letting her future rest on the broad shoulders of a goalie who is at least three seasons past his prime.

¡Volverás a vibrar con María Martínez! Hay amores de invierno capaces de sobrevivir al deshielo. ¿Y si para seguir adelante tuvieras que retroceder al punto donde todo comenzó? Para Hunter, la música es mucho más que un conjunto de notas dando forma a una melodía. Las canciones que compone son un refugio. Acordes que hablan de sueños y miedos. De ganas y carencias. Compases que iluminan las sombras del frío y solitario mundo en el que ha crecido. Musas que han transformado su pasado en un presente brillante.

This wildly romantic novel from the author of Apricot Kisses proves that the recipe for love sometimes needs just a dash of the unexpected - and the magic of the Scottish Highlands.

“The answer is no, Lyra”, my mother utters her favorite - I swear - phrase. No means I have to travel with them to another planet - again. No means leaving all my friends 50 years in the past. Thanks, Einstein. Seventeen-year-old Lyra Daniels can’t truly blame Einstein or her parents for their impending move across the Milky Way Galaxy. It’s all due to the invention of the Q-net, which made traveling the vast distances in space possible - with one big caveat: the time dilation.

Pat Simms is reeling from her own role in her abusive husband's death, and the new freedom before her is daunting. Sarah Collingborne is struggling with the absence of her husband, who is stranded in a POW camp abroad, and trying her best to fill his treasured place in the village. Meanwhile, Teresa Lucas is anxious about her future as a parent, and her friend Alison Scotlock is on the verge of starting a new relationship. And Miriam Brindsley's good luck might be about to change.

Student glass magician Opal Cowan's newfound ability to steal a magician's powers makes her too powerful. Ordered to house arrest by the Council, Opal dares defy them, traveling to the Moon Clan's lands in search of Ulrick, the man she thinks she loves. Thinks because another man - now her prisoner - claims Ulrick's desire for blood magic has eclipsed his passion for her.

If leaders aren't integrating their digital offerings into a philosophy of customer success, they will be defeated in the next decade because technical excellence and other traditional competitive advantages are becoming too easy to imitate. The Customer Success Economy offers examples and specifics of how companies can transform. It addresses the pains of transforming organizational charts, leadership roles, responsibilities, and strategies so the whole company works together in total service to the customer.

Women are far more likely than men to suffer from anxiety, depression, migraines, brain injuries, strokes and Alzheimer's disease. But, until recently, scientific research has focused on 'bikini medicine,' assuming that women are essentially men with different reproductive organs. The XX Brain presents groundbreaking research showing that women's brains age distinctly from men's, due mostly to the decline of a key brain-protective hormone: estrogen.

"Las mujeres estamos reescribiendo la historia y espero que este libro te ayude a reescribir la tuya. El conocimiento nos hará libres". ¿Cómo se ha educado a las mujeres por siglos? ¿Para qué se las ha educado? Hasta fines del siglo XIX las mujeres no asistieron a la escuela, su única formación tendía a que fueran "buenas": buenas esposas, concubinas, amantes, madres, hijas, abuelas... Esta educación inorgánica, esta "mala" educación, se vuelve un sustrato permanente y fortísimo que sigue formando a las mujeres aún hoy para cumplir miles de mandatos.

In this third title in the Father Gabriel Mystery series, the detective priest is less than pleased to find himself the reluctant guest at a wealthy local family's Christmas party. Only the excellent - and probably black-market - food softens the horror of meeting the odious Victor Gladstone, veteran reporter, ardent anti-clerical, and the only witness to a war-time massacre no one wishes to hear about. When Victor is found dead on the Martin estate the next morning, the apparent victim of an unfortunate accident, Gabriel once again finds himself drawn into the mystery.

Preguntas aparentemente sencillas, como ¿qué te pasa?, ¿cómo te llamas? o ¿de dónde vienes?, nos van acercando poco a poco al centro más profundo de nuestra alma, allí donde se descubre la herida originada por las cuatro infinitudes esenciales: vida, muerte, tú y mundo. Jamás seremos demasiado humanos: si algún horizonte tiene sentido es el de llegar a ser más humanos.

Eleanor knows she's a mess. But today she will tackle the little things. She will shower and get dressed. She will have her poetry and yoga lessons after dropping off her son, Timby. She won't swear. She will initiate sex with her husband, Joe. But before she can put her modest plan into action - life happens. Today, it turns out, is the day Timby has decided to fake sick to weasel his way into his mother's company. It's also the day Joe has chosen to tell his office - but not Eleanor - that he's on vacation.

Michael Brock tenía prisa. Se abría paso como podía en el escalafón de Drake & Sweeney, un enorme bufete de Washington D.C. Era una estrella emergente sin ningún tiempo que perder; no podía permitirse ni un respiro, ni detenerse a echar calderilla en los vasos de cartón de los mendigos. No tenía tiempo para la conciencia. Pero un encontronazo violento con un hombre sin techo estuvo a punto de detenerlo. Michael sobrevivió, pero no su asaltante. ¿Quién era aquel tipo? Michael investigó y dio con un oscuro secreto, un secreto que involucraba a Drake & Sweeney.

In Mindful Leadership, you'll learn how to draw on inner reserves through mindfulness meditation, a tool you can use to achieve focus and clarity, reduce stress, and develop the presence of mind to meet any number of challenges.  

Katrina Lynden has always walked a straight line in life, an approach that has resulted in a stable career and pleased her hard-nosed parents but that has also left her feeling unfulfilled - and miserable. When her best friend suggests they quit their Silicon Valley jobs and embark on two months of adventure in New York City, Katrina balks at the idea but ultimately agrees, terrified yet proud of herself for finally doing something interesting with her life.But when her friend has to back out at the last minute, Katrina finds herself with a tough decision to make.

Kim Lord is an avant garde figure, feminist icon, and agent provocateur in the LA art scene. Her groundbreaking new exhibition, Still Lives, is comprised of self-portraits depicting herself as famous murdered women - the Black Dahlia, Chandra Levy, Nicole Brown Simpson, among many others - and the works are as compelling as they are disturbing, implicating a culture that is too accustomed to violence against women.