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Pietro Rinaldi ha ottant'anni e vuole essere lasciato in pace. Ormai è convinto che la sua vita sia arrivata al capolinea e, mentre mangia penne all'arrabbiata, riflette su quanto i libri siano meglio delle persone. Se già fatica a sopportare se stesso, figuriamoci gli altri! Non ha proprio intenzione di avere a che fare con l'umanità... fino a quando, un giorno, nel suo mondo irrompe Diego, il nipotino quindicenne.

Escape from Plum Island follows First Sergeant Mike Allen, a former insurance guru turned Special Operator, as he is plunged head-first into the vanguard of Spec Ops. Sergeant Allen is tasked with leading a Special Reconnaissance mission into one of the deadliest battle grounds known to man.

Un joven de veinticinco años, con antecedentes por delitos informáticos, desaparece en la zona del Campo de Gibraltar. Hay testigos que aseguran haber visto cómo un grupo de hombres lo abordaban en plena calle y lo metían a la fuerza en un coche. Poco después de su desaparición, se reclama por él un abultado rescate en efectivo, que los suyos abonan sin rechistar. Desde entonces, no se vuelve a saber de él, lo que hace pensar que han acabado con su vida.

On nights when the moon is full, a small group of high-school friends gather around a campfire near the Mohegan Bluffs. On nights when the moon is full, they unleash ancient tales of terror. On nights when the moon is full, they share frightening fables. On this night, the moon is as full as the stories are terrifying.

Erri Gargiulo ha due padri, una madre e mezza e svariati fratelli. È uno di quei figli cresciuti un po' qua e un po' là, un fine settimana dalla madre e uno dal padre. Sulla soglia dei quarant'anni è un uomo fragile e ironico, arguto ma incapace di scegliere e di imporsi, tanto emotivo e trattenuto che nella sua vita, attraversata in punta di piedi, Erri non esprime mai le sue emozioni ma le ricaccia nello stomaco, somatizzando tutto. Un giorno la moglie Matilde, con cui ha cercato per anni di avere un bambino, lo lascia dopo avergli rivelato di avere una relazione con un collega.

Tres meses atrás aparecieron restos humanos en los vertederos de Pinto y Valdemingómez. Pese a haber dedicado ingentes recursos, no se ha encontrado el cadáver completo y no hay una sola pista de la autoría del crimen. Y lo que es peor: tres meses después sigue sin identificarse a la víctima. Manuela se enfrentará de esta manera al mayor desafío de su carrera como inspectora de homicidios: la Operación Vertedero.

Are you prepared to die for your faith? It is a difficult question and one that many Christians today are not forced to answer. However, there was a time when belief in Jesus Christ brought harsh torture and brutal execution. It began with the crucifixion of the one they called "The King of the Jews". It marked the first of many collisions between Rome and those who confessed allegiance to Jesus of Nazareth.

El protagonista y narrador de esta historia se empotra contra el descapotable de una irritante ejecutiva en lunes a las ocho de la mañana. Ciertamente, él se distrajo un poco, pero ella no tenía por que frenar en seco ni, desde luego, escupirle todos los insultos del diccionario. Por ello, y para hacer soportables las tardes de aquel bochornoso verano, decide dedicarse "al acecho y aniquilación moral de Sonsoles".

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Luce, una trentenne napoletana, vive nei Quartieri Spagnoli ed è una giovane onesta, combattiva, abituata a prendere a schiaffi la vita. Fa l'avvocato, sempre in jeans, anfibi e capelli corti alla maschiaccio. Il padre ha abbandonato lei, la madre e un fratello, che poi ha deciso a sua volta di andarsene di casa e vivere al Nord. Così Luce è rimasta bloccata nella sua realtà abitata da una madre bigotta e infelice, da un amore per un bastardo Peter Pan e da un capo viscido e ambiguo, un avvocato cascamorto con il pelo sullo stomaco.

"Hay una miríada de relatos en la tradición judía, y en parte también en la musulmana, que describe a Caín de forma diferente a la versión bíblica; y yo, que al fin y al cabo no soy más que un cuentacuentos, he trabajado sobre esos relatos alternativos." En esta obra, Andrea Camilleri ofrece una visión insólita y sorprendente del primer homicida de la historia. Se trata de un Caín inventor del concepto de elección, y por tanto de la idea de responsabilidad de la que descienden las nociones tan radicadas en la cultura occidental, de culpa y culpabilidad.

The great lie of our society is that mental health and mental illness are the same. Lorenzo Gomez wants to dispel that notion for good. In his new book, Tafolla Toro, he reaches back in time to share stories of his turbulent, traumatic, and often violent middle school years in one of San Antonio’s most crime-riddled neighborhoods. He opens up to reveal the fear, anxiety, and hopelessness he felt as a teenager and how those forces shaped his life until he began taking steps as an adult to improve his mental health.

No siempre las cosas son como parecen y a menudo, lo obvio no resulta ser lo real. Al sargento Bevilaqua le encomiendan la tarea de investigar la muerte de un joven alocado en la Gomera. Todo apuntaba a Juan Luis Gómez Padilla, político de renombre en la isla, al que un tribunal popular absolvió a pesar de la aparente contundencia de las primeras pesquisas.

Cold calling and pushing your way into an office or a living room creates an atmosphere of adversity and distrust you must overcome before you close the deal. With those tired tactics, you're swimming upstream, against a strong current, with a bag of rocks tied to your waist. Sales has changed. Legacy sales gimmicks destroy relationships right from the first minute. The 60 Second Sale is a turnkey system for building profitable, lifelong relationships.

By shedding new light on grooming practices, this book provides a key resource for discourse analysis, forensic linguistics, communication, and media studies, as well as for practitioners aiming to counter online grooming through policy changes, detection software, and prevention-focused training to promote digital civility and safety.

When OFS Software sales executive Henry Shepard is assigned to work with new recruit Kristin Hartman, he thinks his luck has taken a turn for the better. Young, stunningly beautiful, and with a body to die for, Kristin is the object of every man's desire. Henry's hopes are quickly dashed, however, as Kristin uses her charm and wits to beat him to the vacant vice-president position, and later takes great pleasure in firing him.

Vibrante historia del escritor Lorenzo de Medici en la que mezcla la política de la Florencia del Renacimiento con una trama de intriga, pasión y romance. En ella seguimos a Ascanio Ricciardi, joven caballero que recibe el encargo de investigar la muerte de la princesa Dianora de Medici, cuñada del Gran Duque de la Toscana. Pronto sus investigaciones lo llevarán a cruzarse con Antonio de Córdoba, apuesto músico español envuelto en un misterio.

Standing with his children near his grandmother’s grave on a recent trip to Ischia, an island off the coast of Naples, Lorenzo Carcaterra realized how much of his life has been shaped by the women who taught him how to look for joy and overcome sorrow. This book is his tribute to them.

In 1998, the thought of launching a startup in San Antonio was ludicrous. Just over two decades later, the scrappy little underdog that no one believed in is a billion-dollar business with more than 6,000 employees worldwide. The rocket-ship growth was exhilarating, but exposed Rackspace’s early flaws. The Rack We Built is Lorenzo’s recollections from those days, told only as he can tell it. With the principles in the book, you can create the type of culture that makes people want to volunteer their best.

La épica revuelta del pueblo de Castilla contra el abuso de poder de Carlos V culminó en la batalla de Villalar, el 23 de abril de 1521. Las tropas imperiales arrollaron a las de las Comunidades de Castilla y decapitaron a sus principales capitanes: Padilla, Bravo y Maldonado. Aquella jornada marcó el declive definitivo de un próspero reino que se extendía a lo largo de tres continentes y cuya disolución dio lugar a un nuevo Imperio que se sirvió de sus gentes y sus recursos.