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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.

Experience the best of your golden years: Relieve pains, enhance mobility, regain confidence, energize daily activities, and embrace a joyful lifestyle, all without leaving your seat.

Young Gwenni Morgan has a gift. She can fly in her sleep. She's also fond of strawberry whip, detective stories, and asking difficult questions. When a neighbour mysteriously vanishes, she resolves to uncover the secret of his disappearance and return him to his children. She truthfully records what she sees and hears: but are her deductions correct? What is the real truth? And what will be the consequences for Gwenni, her family, and her community of finding it out?

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.

Have you experienced a layoff? Are you going through grief from a loss? Are you a productive person who is now finding it hard to breathe on some days? Author, Vickie J. Maris, answered yes to those questions when she narrated this audio book on surviving a job loss and working through the associated grief. It is Job Loss and the Cutback Blues: A Journey of Grief, Uncertainty and Recovery After Being Let Go.

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.

Massage is a way to touch � a touch of love. Erotic massage is a way to wake up the sensual, sexual self. This form of sexual caress is not foreplay. It is a technique that allows you to experience pleasure � sensual and sexual pleasure. The goal is not intercourse. It's not even orgasm. If you happen to have intercourse or orgasm before, during, or after this sexual massage, that's great. But that's not the objective. The main goal is to give and receive plesure.

Puglia 1956. Una famiglia di profumieri e una di coltivatori di fiori. Una bambina e un bambini. Un incontro che cambierà tante vite. È l'ultimo giorno del 1955 e sulla campagna intorno a Bari cade leggera la neve, come non si vedeva da tempo. A casa Gentile c'è subbuglio: sta per nascere un bambino. Ma l'urlo della madre fa capire che qualcosa è andato storto. Per fortuna, dopo ore di paura, il Signore fa la grazia e finalmente si può festeggiare il lieto evento, e il nuovo anno.

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.

Sydney Collins left the town of Rose Bend eight years ago, grieving her sister’s death and heartbroken over her parents’ rejection. But now she’s back - newly divorced and pregnant - ready to face her fears and make a home for her child in the community she once knew. The last thing she needs is trouble. Except trouble just walked in the door. Widower Coltrane is still grieving the loss of his wife and child. Until a chance run-in with Sydney and Cole finds himself drawn to her optimistic view of life.

Lately, things have been a little weird for Sloane Barrett—late-night crank calls, disturbing images in her inbox, her tires slashed. She tries not to let it bother her. Then someone breaks into her house and attacks her...and Sloane realizes she needs professional help. Tall, gorgeous and overwhelmingly intense help. But Sloane knows all too well just how much trouble intense guys can be. Security Specialist Ciaran Ross's priority is to ensure Sloane is safe. His gut tells him she's in danger, but his feelings for her are pulling his focus.

"To whomever much is given, much will be required." For Jaylah, the scripture couldn’t be more true. Reporting the news is what she does. All she’s ever wanted was to be the next Oprah; a dignified Black woman who pushes against every stereotype of what America labels a Black women to be. Due to a traumatic past, she’s turned her back on her race. She mingles with a few Black women, but Black men are just no good to her. So, when she’s propositioned by her boss to infiltrate a prominent Black family in the city of Detroit, she jumps at the opportunity.

Il giovane Victor Frankenstein, dopo aver acquisito conoscenze mediche e dopo aver studiato i fenomeni che riguardano il corpo umano post-mortem, realizza il suo sogno, regalando vita a una creatura dall’aspetto deforme e con una forza immane, formata unendo parti di corpi morti. Dopo diverse vicissitudini, il mostro lo supplica di toglierlo da un’insopportabile solitudine e di creare per lui una compagna. Il rifiuto da parte del suo creatore suscita l’ira incontenibile della creatura.

Tutto avrebbe pensato, ma non di fare la paleopatologa dopo la laurea in medicina. Non di vivere a Verona, così distante da Messina, la sua casa. Non di avere una figlia piccola a carico, la buffa Flora. Non di rintracciare il padre della suddetta figlia dopo svariati anni, di scoprirlo affascinante come quando l'aveva conosciuto e di vederlo perfetto con Flora. Non di scoprire di provare ancora qualcosa per il suddetto padre. Non di poter vantare una discreta collezione di situazioni ed esperienze imbarazzanti. La vita di Costanza Macallè può dirsi, insomma, abbastanza travagliata.

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...

Un ragazzo e il suo giocattolo preferito stanno per cambiare tutto... Jack ama il suo maialino di pezza, Mimalino, detto Lino. È sempre stato lì per lui, nei giorni belli e in quelli brutti. Una vigilia di Natale, però, succede qualcosa di terribile: Lino si perde. Ma la vigilia di Natale è la notte dei miracoli e delle cause perse, è la notte in cui tutto può prendere vita... anche i giocattoli.

Millionaire CEO Joshua Lowell earned his icy reserve and arrogant pride through painful experience. He refuses to allow gorgeous but determined reporter Sophie Armstrong to dredge up his family’s dark past—or circulate rumors of his secret child. But Joshua’s fierce pride is at war with his heated desire for Sophie, the only woman who could ruin him…or save him from himself.

Mi chiamo Alice Allevi e ho un grande amore: la medicina legale. Il più classico degli amori non corrisposti, purtroppo. Ho imparato a fare le autopsie senza combinare troppi guai, anche se la morte ha ancora tanti segreti per me. Ma nessun segreto dura per sempre. Tuttavia, il segreto che nascondeva il grande scrittore Konrad Azais, anziano ed eccentrico, è davvero impenetrabile. E quella che doveva essere una semplice perizia su di lui si è trasformata in un'indagine su un suicidio sospetto. Soltanto Clara, la nipote quindicenne di Konrad, sa la verità.

Dall'autrice de "L'allieva", amata da oltre 1 milione di lettori in Italia, un nuovo inizio, una nuova protagonista, una nuova formidabile serie. Verona non è la mia città. E la paleopatologia non è il mio mestiere. Eppure, eccomi qua. Com'è potuto succedere, proprio a me? Mi chiamo Costanza Macallè e sull'aereo che mi sta portando dalla Sicilia alla città del Veneto dove già abita mia sorella, Antonietta, non viaggio da sola. Con me c'è l'essere a cui tengo di più al mondo, sedici chili di delizia e tormento che rispondono al nome di Flora.

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.