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Quasi trent'anni dopo il Victory-Day, Helen Black (Lella Costa) si trasferisce al The Onar, una biosfera urbana di 161 piani situato nell'ex Midtown Manhattan. Di proprietà e gestito da S.H.I.E.L.D., The Onar è diventato l'incarnazione stessa della ricchezza distopica e delle disuguaglianze che hanno avvolto New York City sin dal V-Day. Un gruppo di famiglie ultra-ricche, tra cui la famiglia Burge, magnate dei media, occupa gli sfarzosi attici dei DecaDome, i dieci piani più alti del The Onar mentre l'appartamento di Helen Black è situato nel molto più umile "Blocco 100".

NEARLY TWENTY YEARS HAVE PASSED since the end of the devastating war between dragons and man. Following this conflict, the country of Armea has stabilized. However, when the city of Sorranon falls to flame and fury, panic begins to grow anew. In the West, on a quiet farm, Anastasia Daren faces a decision. Torn between home and vengeance, she forges a new path, unfamiliar and exciting. In the eastern capital, Edrik Greywine, guard to the king, is confronted by strangers claiming to hail from an apocalyptic future. Differing ideals brew trouble for both king and country as other threats rise.

Forty-eight stories of brave sparrows, wilds winds, and how to live in times of climate change. A prize-winning book by the natural storyteller Georgiana Keable, sharing long experience with children in the forests and snows of Norway. Meet the girl who became a fish, married a bear, and had a tree as her mum and dad. Meet the boy who tried to stop the wind, fetched fire from the center of the earth on the back of a bird, and whose father was the river.

Now more than ever, we need leaders whose very presence provides security and stability. Alternative leaders are those who are able to lead from within, confident their qualities are built on secure foundations, and their unconscious mind is no longer running their life and leadership. They are those we can trust and respect, because of who they really are inside.

When wedding photographer Madi is challenged to find herself 10 dates in three months, she turns to her older brother’s three best friends to be her stand-ins. It helps her win the challenge without having to deal with the stress of dating.

A stunning collection of fiction, diary entries, screenplays, and scripts by the brilliant African American artist and filmmaker.

Alice Allevi è una giovane specializzanda in medicina legale. Ha ancora tanto da imparare e sa di essere un po' distratta. Ma di una cosa è sicura: ama il suo lavoro. E anche se i suoi superiori non la ritengono tagliata per quel mestiere, Alice resiste a tutto. Fino all'omicidio. Per un medico legale, un sopralluogo sulla scena del crimine è lavoro quotidiano. Ma non questa volta. Quando Alice entra in quel lussuoso appartamento romano e vede il cadavere della ragazza disteso ai suoi piedi, capisce che quello non sarà un caso come gli altri. Perché stavolta conosce la vittima.

After Octavian McClen murders Princess Charlotte Thames’ brother and father to gain his birthright, he takes her as his bride. Because of this union, the kingdom of Ivoca will finally have the peace it has been seeking. Coming to terms with what fate has given her, Charlotte becomes friends with the new king. Shortly, they both find the unrestrained fervor between them.

When grumpy chief of police, Will Vance, pulls his old crush, sassy Layla Bowen, over for speeding yet again, the last thing he expects her to do is plant a kiss on him, reigniting old feelings. Layla fends off her matchmaking mother by announcing she’s engaged to Will. Their fake romance is all fun and games, but when she teams up with Will to track down the thief terrorizing their town, her feelings grow stronger and all too real.

Ambra Negri Della Valle - la collega carogna per antonomasia, la ragazza perfetta che non fa che mettere la pasticciona e simpaticissima Alice Allevi di fronte ai suoi numerosi limiti - è scomparsa. Alice e Claudio Conforti (il perfido e affascinante ricercatore in medicina legale, ex di Ambra e legato ad Alice da un complicato e sfuggente rapporto) temono il peggio quando vengono chiamati dalla procura per esaminare un cadavere ritrovato in un campo.

Jessica Hayes has only ever wanted to prove she could be an asset to her father and his company. She’s so determined to get his approval, she agreed to marry Warner, the man her father is grooming to take over the family business. But Warner doesn’t want a business partner, and leaving Jessica behind in Cedar Ridge is just the beginning of what he’ll do to get what he wants.

For more than 500 years, the story of Joan of Arc has been an inspiration and a mystery. The least likely of heroines, a peasant girl with no education and no prospects, Joan turned herself into the legendary Maid of Orleans, knight, martyr, and saint. Following a voice she knew was God's, she led an army to victory in battle and crowned the king of France, only to be captured by her English enemies and burned at the stake as a heretic, all by the age of 19.

Tutto è cambiato, per Alice Allevi: è un mondo nuovo quello che la attende fuori dall'Istituto di Medicina Legale in cui ha trascorso anni complicati ma, a loro modo, felici. Alice infatti non è più una specializzanda, ma è a pieno titolo una Specialista in Medicina Legale. E la luminosa (forse) e accidentata (quasi sicuramente) avventura della libera professione la attende.

Left for dead in the middle of the vast, wild Grand Canyon, Ruby Lucas is losing the battle to survive. After days without food and very little water, Ruby's time is running out. Just as it looks like all is lost, a tall, dark stranger might be her only hope...

No one gets under Jackson Cooper’s skin like fellow ranch owner Cricket Maxfield. Now, as they face off at a charity poker game, the stakes get personal. Jackson finds himself on the losing end… And paying up means being the ranch hand at Cricket’s beck and call. In close quarters, tempers flare—and the fire between them ignites into a passion that won’t be ignored…

Massage is a form of physical communication, a touch of love, of caring. Touch nourishes the body and the soul. Sensual massage begins with learning to touch yourself. Appreciate touching the things around you. Learn to relax. Let go and enjoy. Get below your mind and into your senses. In this program we will cover preparing for a massage, back massage, and front massage. Learn the secrets of sensual loving touch that will leave you and your partner invigorated.

Abena proposes a fake marriage to the newly crowned Ashanti prince, Senya T'ogbe—a childhood friend and occasional confidant. Not one to be in the spotlight, and isolated for his mother's Ewe roots, Prince Senya has no interest in claiming his Ashanti royal status. However, his mind changes when the beautiful and convincing Abena needs him too. Her plan is simple: marry for a year and then they will quietly divorce. There is just one rule—they cannot fall in love. There is also one problem—Senya has secretly loved her for years and has no plans to let her go.

Lungo tutto il secolo breve, una donna bellissima e fortissima pensa, scrive, agisce, lotta. Viaggia prima per studio, poi attraversando fronti e frontiere dell'Europa occupata dai nazifascismi: Parigi, Lisbona, Londra, Marsiglia, Roma, il Sud dell'Italia dove sono arrivati gli Alleati. Documenti falsi, missioni segrete, diplomazia clandestina. Joyce, insieme al marito Emilio Lussu e ai compagni di Giustizia e Libertà, sostenuta nelle sue scelte dalla sua famiglia di origine, è in prima linea nella Resistenza.

In the journey toward adulthood, it is easy to find yourself treading the path of those who came before you; the path often appears straight and narrow, with a few bumps in the road, and a little scenery to keep you inspired. But what if you don’t want to walk a worn path? What if you want to wander? What if there is no map to guide you through the detours life throws your way?

Set in a Maltese immigrant community in Cardiff, Wales, and peopled with sharp-edged, luminously drawn characters, The Hiding Place is the story of Frankie Gauci, his wife Mary, and their six daughters and about Frankie's betrayal, gambling away his family's livelihood and eventually the family itself. Written in magical language buoyed by grace, it is a mesmerizing exploration of how family, like fire, can shift suddenly from something that provides light and warmth to a dangerous conflagration, sparing no one in its path.