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In China and the World, one of the world's leading China specialists, David Shambaugh, has assembled 15 leading international authorities on China to create the most comprehensive and up-to-date scholarly assessment of China's foreign relations and roles in international affairs.

Catherine, the widowed Lady Rosemont, is considered a most unsuitable countess by polite society. Whispers about her checkered history follow her wherever she goes. Despite the rumors, Catherine navigates high society's treacherous waters with her head held high. For the sake of her son, Louis, she must never sink. But when she receives threatening letters and Louis's life is endangered, she turns to a past paramour for help . . . the man who left her heartbroken.

Los autores Fernando Ángel Moreno y Gabriel Díaz ponen patas arriba el género del thriller franquista con esta obra de apariencia sobrenatural en la que un agente del gobierno en el Madrid de los años sesenta intenta desentrañar el misterio de la inexplicable muerte de un niño. En su investigación se cruzarán desde conspiraciones a espías en una historia tan negra y ácida como la propia España que fue y sigue siendo.

En un caluroso día de verano, mientras su familia se va de picnic al arroyo de su granja en Suffolk, la adolescente Laurel se esconde en la casa del árbol de su infancia, fantaseando con un muchacho llamado Billy, una huida a Londres y un futuro grandioso que aguarda con impaciencia. Sin embargo, antes de que esa tarde idílica toque a su fin, Laurel presenciará un crimen aterrador que lo cambiará todo.

With tentative peace established in Faerie, Thierry returns to her job as a conclave marshal in Texas while the countdown to her coronation begins. But what happens in Faerie doesn't always stay in Faerie. A crown wasn't Thierry's only souvenir from her trip. Her new husband, Rook, is scheming again, and this time his plans are invading her dreams.

In this follow-up to What If It's True?, Charles Martin, a New York Times best-selling novelist, blends storytelling and teaching to explore the lives of the disciples in the aftermath of the Resurrection and as they spread the message of the Gospel and “turn the world upside down”, leading up to Paul’s ministry in Thessalonica. In his beloved lyrical style, Martin illuminates key moments from Scripture and shares stories from his own life as a disciple.

Offering a new view of one of America's most important, infamously strained, and widely misunderstood relationships of the postwar era, this book tells the history of America and Iran from the time the last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was placed on the throne in 1941 to the 1979 revolution that brought the present Islamist government to power.

It's the summer of 1932 in New York City, and word on the street is that Joey Drew Studios is planning something big: a new cartoon character to star alongside the world-famous Bendy! The new addition, Alice Angel, has the halo and sweet disposition to match her name, but the twisted tale of her creation can't be told from just one perspective. From the animators to the voice actresses to the guy who sweeps the floors, everyone has something to say about birth of the little angel who almost brought the most powerful cartoon studio in the big city to its doom.

This is the disturbing tale of the dual personality of Dr. Jekyll, a physician. A generous and philanthropic man, he is preoccupied with the problems of good and evil and with the possibility of separating them into distinct personalities. He develops a drug that transforms him into the demonic Mr. Hyde, in whose person he exhausts all the latent evil in his nature.

Unlock the path to inner healing and transformative growth with the empowering "Radical Acceptance Workbook." This comprehensive self-help guide, enriched with real-life insights from author Ava Walters and others, invites you on a journey of self-discovery, emotional healing, and cultivating an abundance mindset through the lens of Acceptance. Discover how you can free yourself from emotional hardship and mental suffering as you explore key topics such as mindfulness, self-awareness, judgmental and nonjudgmental behavior, self-acceptance, self-love, self-compassion, forgiveness, and more.

I never wanted to be a pet—especially not the pet of an arrogant Alien Overlord. Now I’m stuck on his spaceship, learning to walk on a leash and eating a disgusting concoction called “human chow.” Also, Sir demands that I go through “training” of the extra-spicy variety in order to display "proper pet behavior," whatever that means. Will I ever get back to Earth? You’ll have to listen to The Overlord’s Pet to find out.

January 1945, Dachau, Germany. As the train rattles through the bright, snowy Bavarian countryside, the still beauty outside the window hides the terrible scenes inside the train, where men and women are packed together, cold and terrified. Jewish watchmaker Isaac Schüller can’t understand how he came to be here, and is certain he won’t be leaving alive.

Darwin developed the theory of sexual selection to explain why the animal world abounds in stunning beauty, from the brilliant colors of butterflies and fishes to the songs of birds and frogs. He argued that animals have "a taste for the beautiful" that drives their potential mates to evolve features that make them more sexually attractive and reproductively successful. But if Darwin explained why sexual beauty evolved in animals, he struggled to understand how.

Natalia es periodista de investigación. En el gremio es conocida por sus extremas investigaciones y se refieren a ella como "La Fatalé". Esta vez busca el caso que la catapulte a su verdadero objetivo, un puesto en el centro de investigación más importante del país. Está decidida a introducirse de lleno en una red de mafia internacional que acaba de asentarse en España. Natalia sabe que sola es complicado hacer tan arduo trabajo y salir indemne, pero solo puede contar con la ayuda de una de sus mejores amigas, Vicky.

The usual suspects, including Lord Emsworth and his prize pig, the Empress, line up at Blandings Castle for a Wodehousian caper that sees members of the upper-classes getting hot and bothered over a nude painting they all want to get their hands on. This is wit at its very finest, read by one of our superlative actors, who reads Wodehouse with the requisite style and panache.

One girl who was supposed to be a nun. Two hot warriors constantly at odds with each other. Both of them want her. But neither one can have her alone. Because with these Kindred, it takes two....

Through her global consulting projects, keynote speeches, and work with thousands of leaders, Karen has seen first-hand how a pervasive lack of clarity strangles business performance and erodes employee engagement. Ambiguity is the corporate default state, a condition so prevalent that “tolerance for ambiguity” has become a clichéd job requirement. It doesn’t have to be this way.

You're probably here because you've been thinking about learning Italian, you're either a complete beginner or someone that has lost all motivation...if this is you then keep reading. If you're feeling overwhelmed about learning Italian or you feel like you've tried but nothing seems to stick, then you've come to the right place. If you're a beginner of Italian or if you’ve studied it before but need to go back to basics then this audiobook will assist you on your studies and is great to have whilst your travelling.

Pip is an orphan, brought up in a village on the Essex marshes by his disagreeable sister and her husband Joe Gargery, the kind-hearted village blacksmith. Life is harsh and Pip has few prospects until he receives from an anonymous benefactor the chance of escaping the forge for a more promising life in London. But his expectations are fraught with difficulties as he is haunted by figures from his past such as the escaped convict Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham, and her proud, beautiful ward, Estella.

The aura is the energetic blueprint of you. By changing the quality of your aura, you can improve any aspect of your life. Internationally renowned authors and spiritual teachers Barbara Y. Martin and Dimitri Moraitis guide you through the steps of meditating with Divine Light. You’ll learn what the aura is and how to access the source of your auric power for health and well-being, love, wisdom, prosperity, and illumination. You’ll be guided through invigorating aura meditations to uplift and inspire you to new spiritual heights.