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Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden sex worker, can offer the chance of redemption.

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''This isn''t just any cookery book. It is Mastering the Art of French Cooking, first published in 1961, and it''s a book that is a statement, not of culinary intent, but of aspiration, a commitment to a certain sort of good life, a certain sort of world-view; a votive object implying taste and appetite and a little je ne sais quoi. Julia Child was like Amelia Earhart, or Eleanor Roosevelt: she was a hero who''d gone out there and made a difference. Her books are a triumph, and also a trophy.'' AA GILL, The Times This is the classic guide to French cooking, with over 1,000 clear, authentic and delicious recipes for everything from Boeuf Bourguignon to the perfect omelette. Bon appetit!

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Julius Gallalucci’s plans have all fallen through, leaving him stressed and scrambling weeks before his album release and tour announcement. When the pressure becomes too much, he and his team duck off to Eastover to revamp and recharge. What he didn’t plan for was his world to clash with a wide-eyed beauty who would prove more of a muse than a distraction. Daysha Jorden’s dreams seem to be in the blender. Instead of working for her family, she chose the corporate life, wanting to be in the big city instead of the small town she was accustomed to. But nothing ever goes as planned. When she’s left to pick up the pieces of a shattered dream, her family calls just in time, sending her and her friends on a getaway to Eastover. But there’s a catch. The two week getaway comes with one stipulation, Daysha must satisfy a mystery client that will save the family concierge company from ruin. When Daysha is finally face-to-face with Jay Lucci every plan and dream she shaped for herself goes out of the window. And for once, she finds herself living freely. Can what is formed survive past the weeks in Eastover or is it maybe for the summer?

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A deluxe slipcased hardcover edition of The Hobbit, illustrated throughout by acclaimed Tolkien artist, Alan Lee, with exclusive new paintings and black & white designs, a removable art card, and two foldout maps. Whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in his hobbit-hole in Bag End by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Although quite reluctant to take part in this quest, Bilbo surprises even himself by his resourcefulness and his skill as a burglar! Now, for the first time since its publication in 1997, this illustrated edition has been revised and expanded, with a number of brand-new paintings and black & white illustrations added by the artist. Readers will be able to follow Bilbo's adventure from Bag End to the Lonely Mountain and back again – while also enjoying 30 full-page color paintings and 50 pencil drawings and illustrations which accompany this enchanting tale, together with an exclusive new cover design by the artist. This beautifully designed new hardcover edition has additionally been enhanced with sprayed edges, and is housed in a custom-built slipcase stamped in silver foil with designs and a unique hidden artwork created exclusively by Alan Lee. It is accompanied by a removable art card and two foldout maps drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien.

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Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured Advantage Package includes:ContentInstructionStudent Learning MaterialsTextbookAssessmentsPractice Activities++AudiobookAnalytics Test Prep eBookSlidesFlashcards Active Learning Activities+Virtual Mentor Lectures+ Soft Skill Simulations+Limited quantities available. ++Only available when assigned by instructors. About Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Twelfth Edition:Since 1971, Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured has advanced how EMS education is delivered to help train exceptional EMS professionals around the globe. Fifty years later, the Twelfth Edition is now the most comprehensive, innovative EMT educational solution ever developed. Concepts of teamwork, communication, and empathy are woven throughout the chapters, challenging students to become more compassionate, conscientious health care professionals as well as skilled clinicians. Current, State-of-the-Art ContentThe Twelfth Edition delivers the latest medical evidence and alignment to current standards, along with a revised layout to improve readability.Comprehensive coverage of the National EMS Education Standards and the 2020 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).Updated coverage of PPE and CDC guidelines for safe patient care during COVID-19 pandemic.A Focus on Career Readiness and Employability For those who care about more than just pass rates, the Twelfth Edition is devoted to addressing the most common job readiness issues reported by employers.Greater emphasis on empathy, teamwork, interpersonal skills, and problem solving to ensure students are well prepared as they transition into the field.A new "Street Smarts" feature that helps bridge the gap between the classroom and field environment by addressing nontechnical skills that improve patient and co-worker interactions.Enhanced content on provider mental health, wellness, and safety.Innovative and Flexible Package Options that Work for Your CourseHelpful student resources like an audiobook, interactive lectures, simulations, and videos drive value and cater to a variety of learning styles and needs. Educators are supported by a range of instructional and assessment resources to simplify traditional, hybrid, and flipped course delivery.Premier Package: Comprehensive education solutions that facilitate student engagement and virtual learning. Premier Packages are customized for traditional classrooms and for flipped classrooms for those that wish to offer a more student-directed learning environment.Advantage Package: Foundational resources that prepare students to pass the National Registry Exam and enter the field better prepared to interact with the people in their community.Essentials Package: High-quality materials to meet core content and instruction needs. To find more information about Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Twelfth Edition, click here. © 2021 | 1600 pages

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Through young David's trials with the Murdstones and Uriah Heep, his experiences with the Peggoty family and his love for Emily, Dora, and Agnes, we watch as he grows from a young lad to maturity. This is a heartwarming story, told with great humor and compassion.

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As Emily prepares for her upcoming marriage to Dean she suddently realizes that she is in love with another man.

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Lucêncio, filho de um rico comerciante de Pisa, chega a Pádua para estudar na universidade, mas logo se apaixona por Bianca, filha caçula de um rico mercador e que já tem dois pretendentes. Batista Minola, o pai de Bianca, decide que ela só se casará depois da filha mais velha, Catarina, que é considerada uma megera e, por isso, não tem nenhum pretendente. Petrúquio chega a Pádua decidido a se casar com uma moça bem rica para aumentar sua fortuna. Depois de fingimentos, trapaças e trapalhadas, Catarina e Petrúquio se casam e a ex-megera faz um discurso em que defende que as mulheres devem amor, doçura, fidelidade e obediência a seus maridos, que são seus amos e senhores.

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MP3 CD Format Matt Reddy and the crew of the USS Walker are positioned to push the line of battle to the breaking point on an alternate Earth, in the thrilling return to the New York Times bestselling Destroyermen series. Matt Reddy and his sailors have fought, bled, and died for their Lemurian friends and other allies from across time, but their enemies are still operational. In Africa, the Grik General Esshk has escaped defeat to build a new army and new weapons, and is desperate enough to use them to destroy the world if he can't have it. In South America, the NUS, General Shinya, and the Army of the Sisters have the evil Dominion on the ropes and are closing in on the seat of its blood-drenched power, but the twisted Don Hernan has struck a deal with the fascist League, and Victor Gravois is finally assembling the awesome fleet of modern ships he's always craved. If he's successful, the war will be lost. Undermined by treachery on a stunning scale, Matt Reddy must still steam his battered old ship halfway around the world, scraping up what forces he can along the way, and confront the mightiest armada the world has ever seen in a fiery duel to the death.

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Dorothy é órfã e mora com seus tios em uma casa modesta da zona rural dos Estados Unidos. Um dia, é carregada por um ciclone que a leva a um reino encantado - a Terra de Oz. Durante sua aventura, a garota encontra três grandes amigos - o Espantalho, o Lenhador de Lata e o Leão Covarde - e faz grandes descobertas.

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I loved an Alpha once. An unattainable Elite. A former V-Clan Prince. I thought we had a connection. A unique bond founded in our shared values and aspirations. Then he broke my heart with a few choice words. He doesn't want me? Fine. I'll find an Alpha who does. Which is how I end up on the stage being introduced as Candidate Thirteen of the Eligible Omega Mate program. Except, there's just one tiny problem-the Alpha who broke my heart is in charge of supervising the mating activities. Which means he's privy to every interview. Every date. Every kiss. How am I supposed to find an appropriate mate when he's watching me with those smoldering irises? Purring possessive comments in my ear... Growling at every male who looks my way... Prowling around my nest... It doesn't help that someone is attacking the Omegas in the program. Now my Alpha is even more territorial, his feral nature that much more potent. Because he's refusing to leave my side. And he's promised to do whatever it takes to protect me. Even if it means claiming me for himself. Author's Note: This is a standalone dark shifter romance with Omegaverse vibes-A, B, O dynamics with kn*tting, nesting, and biting. Check the trigger warnings in the introduction for more details.

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Lucy Drake and Brendan Caine have only one thing in common. . And it's likely to tear them apart. Because it was Brendan's late wife, Jessie-and Lucy's best friend-who'd brought them together in the first place. And since Jessie's passing, Brendan's been distracted by his two little ones.and the memory of an explosive kiss with Lucy years before his marriage. Still, he'll steer clear of her. She's always been trouble with a capital T Lucy couldn't wait to shed her small-town roots for the big city. But now that she's back in Hope's Crossing to take care of the Queen Anne home her late aunt has left her, she figures seeing Brendan Caine again is no big deal. After all, she'd managed to resist the handsome fire chief once before, but clearly the embers of their attraction are still smoldering.

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La obra del autor ruso Fiódor Dostoyevski (1821-1881) es sinónimo de un complejo desarrollo psicológico de los personajes, de historias sobre la profundidad de la naturaleza humana, de situaciones extremas y decisiones de vida o muerte. Crimen y castigo (1867) no es la excepción y es quizás su obra más reconocida y universal. La novela narra la historia de Raskolnikof, un estudiante de San Petersburgo que planea un espeluznante crimen con la excusa de solucionar sus problemas económicos. Pero las consecuencias de la fechoría resultan ser insoportables para el frágil equilibrio mental de Raskolnikof, sumiéndolo en una crisis que destruirá su mundo, afectando a todos los que lo rodean. Crimen y castigo es una de las historias más celebradas de la literatura universal, traducida a casi todos los idiomas conocidos y adaptada en infinidad de formatos y medios, asegurando para siempre su lugar en la cultura popular de la humanidad.

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From a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain comes an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America's military might. For generations of Americans, our country has been the world's dominant military power. How the US military fights, and the systems and weapons that it fights with, have been uncontested. That old reality, however, is rapidly deteriorating. America's traditional sources of power are eroding amid the emergence of new technologies and the growing military threat posed by rivals such as China. America is at grave risk of losing a future war. As Christian Brose reveals in this urgent wake-up call, the future will be defined by artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and other emerging technologies that are revolutionizing global industries and are now poised to overturn the model of American defense. This fascinating, if disturbing, book confronts the existential risks on the horizon, charting a way for America's military to adapt and succeed with new thinking as well as new technology. America must build a battle network of systems that enables people to rapidly understand threats, make decisions, and take military actions, the process known as "the kill chain." Examining threats from China, Russia, and elsewhere, The Kill Chain offers hope and, ultimately, insights on how America can apply advanced technologies to prevent war, deter aggression, and maintain peace

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MP3 CD Format Royalty comes to Sidmouth, bringing unexpected danger and the sweet possibility of romance ... When the Duke and Duchess of Kent and their daughter--the future Queen Victoria--rent neighboring Woolbrook Cottage for the winter, the Summers sisters are called upon to host three of the royal family's male staff in their seaside house. But they soon realize they've invited secrets and intrigue into their home. Meanwhile, Emily Summers longs to become an author. A local publisher offers to consider her novel if she will first write a Sidmouth guidebook for him. Emily agrees and begins researching the area with help from the Duke of Kent's handsome private secretary. But a surprise visitor from her past shows up at Sea View, leaving Emily torn between the desires she's long held dear and her budding dreams for the future. Return to the Devonshire coast with the Summers sisters, where loyalties are tested, secrets come to light, and new love emerges.

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La mágica historia del bautismo de Jesús. Si no es fácil describir los siete anteriores volúmenes de la serie «Caballo de Troya», la octava entrega Jordán supera todo lo imaginable. No se esfuerce. Su imaginación se quedará corta. En Jordán, usted quedará atrapado, y arrastrado por las sorpresas. Nadie, hasta hoy, ha narrado con tanto detenimiento el supuesto «bautismo» de Jesús de Nazaret. Nadie se había atrevido a relatar, con semejante crudeza, lo que pudo ocurrir en aquella histórica jornada, en uno de los afluentes del río Jordán. ¿Sabía que el Maestro nunca se retiró al desierto, y que no fue tentado por el diablo? Nunca, tanto, le parecerá tan poco.

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The myths and reality behind the state of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict--from "the most eloquent writer on Palestinian history" (New Statesman) The outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel. The "ten myths"--repeated endlessly in the media, enforced by the military, and accepted without question by the world's governments--reinforce the regional status quo and include: Palestine was an empty land at the time of the Balfour Declaration; the Jews were a people without a land; there is no difference between Zionism and Judaism; Zionism is not a colonial project of occupation; the Palestinians left their Homeland voluntarily in 1948; the June 1967 War was a war of 'No Choice'; Israel is the only Democracy in the Middle East; the Oslo Mythologies; the Gaza Mythologies; and the Two-State Solution. For students, activists, and anyone interested in better understanding the news, Ten Myths About Israel is another groundbreaking study of the Israel-Palestine conflict from the author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.

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The Goddess Of Warsaw is an enthralling tale of a legendary Hollywood screen goddess with a dark secret about her life in the Warsaw Ghetto. When the famous actress is threatened by someone from her past, she must put her skills into play to protect herself, her illustrious career, and those she loves, then and now. Los Angeles, 2005. Sienna Hayes, Hollywood's latest It Girl, has ambitions to work behind the camera. When she meets Lena Browning, the enormously mysterious and famous Golden Age movie star, Sienna sees her big break. She wants to direct a picture about Lena's life--but the legendary actor's murky past turns out to be even darker than Sienna dreamed. Before she was a Living Legend, Lena Browning was Bina Blonski, a Polish Jew whose life and family were destroyed by the Nazis. Warsaw, 1943. A member of the city's Jewish elite, Bina Blonski and her husband, Jakub, are imprisoned in the ghastly, cramped ghetto along with the rest of Warsaw's surviving Jews. Determined to fight back against the brutal Nazis, the beautiful, blonde Aryan-looking Bina becomes a spy, gaining information and stealing weapons outside the ghetto to protect her fellow Jews. But her dangerous circumstances grow complicated when she falls in love with Aleksander, an ally in resistance--and Jakub's brother. While Lena accomplishes amazing feats of bravery, she sacrifices much in the process. Over a decade after escaping the horrors of the ghetto, Bina, now known as Lena, rises to fame in Hollywood. Yet she cannot help but be reminded of her old life and hungers for revenge against the Nazis who escaped justice after the war. Her power and fame as a movie star offer Lena the chance to right the past's wrongs . . . and perhaps even find the happy ending she never had. A gripping page-turner of one of history's most heroic uprisings and an actress whose personal war never ends, The Goddess Of Warsaw is filled with secrets, lies, twists and turns, and a burning pursuit of justice no matter the cost.

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MP3 CD Format Violet Parker has big troubles these days--the ticking kind. To duck the Grim Reaper, she needs to get her hands on eighty-plus rare, mystical clocks locked up tight by a thick-headed detective. The solution? Hijack the truckload of ticking time bombs out from under Johnny Law's nose. But no caper ever goes according to plan. What starts out as a game of clocks and robbers twists and turns into a chaos of cops and clobbers. Will Violet beat the detective in time? Or will she spend Valentine's Day behind bars?

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As Christian women, we desire to put Jesus first. We want to prioritize him above all, knowing instinctively that when we do, everything else in our lives will fall into alignment. Yet life feels complicated, and the demands of our daily lives leave our priorities out of order and our hearts longing for more. Author, speaker, and Bible teacher Lisa Whittle is passionate about helping people pursue Jesus for life, grow deep roots of faith, and walk strong in a world that so often seems to have gone crazy. In Jesus Over Everything, Lisa shares eight statements of choice to help us grow in our understanding of what it means to put Jesus first amid the craziness our days bring, including choices such as commitment over mood,steady over hype,holiness over freedom,service over spotlight,and more. Jesus Over Everything is a practical, compelling picture of what we crave yet struggle to define as we seek to give God his rightful place in our everyday lives.

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Si las sucesivas generaciones de lectores han seguido volviendo una y otra vez a la Odisea es porque esta historia de una errancia sin final, guiada por el imposible anhelo de una casa segura en la que fondear, es la historia de todos nosotros. Si los antiguos podían atribuir a los dioses el trágico destino de Ulises, a los modernos ya solo les cabe culparse y destruirse a sí mismos. ¿Cómo leer hoy, en un mundo sin épica, aquel poema inicial, cuyo ritmo y repeticiones obedecían a la divinidad? Solo es posible después de reconocer que aquel mundo ya no nos pertenece y que toda imitación arqueológica es inútil. Esta edición lo hace recurriendo al léxico popular y la voz poética de nuestra propia tradición castellana para devolvernos una bella versión, que rescata para el lector de hoy lo que la obra homérica tenía de Poema.

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Lisa é uma empresária que consegue transformar qualquer coisa em sucesso, exceto a própria vida amorosa. Prestes a completar trinta anos, ela viaja a Portugal na companhia da melhor amiga, mas o plano das férias perfeitas vai pelos ares quando um sul-coreano em uma Vespa atravessa seu caminho. Literalmente. Para completar o início de viagem catastrófico, Lisa ainda compartilha por engano uma foto embaraçosa via Airdrop com o iPhone de um tal sr. P., hóspede no mesmo hotel que ela. Agora, ela quer descobrir a identidade do homem misterioso, enquanto tenta se esquivar do cara da Vespa, aproveitar os dias na Cidade do Porto e criar coragem para revelar à melhor amiga o real motivo por trás dessa viagem. "Com uma escrita fluida, muito bom humor e o aroma das lavandas, aprendemos que, desde o nascente ao pôr do sol, temos um Deus que cura nossas feridas e nos faz recomeçar." Tatielle Katluryn, autora de O horizonte mora em um dia cinza

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" The human soul has a built-in yearning for joy and beauty and all good things. But that craving for life has taken a real beating in the last few years. Join New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge as he gives you the tools you need to follow Jesus' path of supernatural resilience so you can reclaim your joy, strengthen your heart, and thrive through the storm. Between false promises of ease and comfort on one side and the sheer trauma of global disease and disasters on the other, people today are facing a shortage of peace, happiness, and strength. In Resilient, Eldredge reveals a path toward genuine recovery and resilience through Jesus himself. Drawing on wisdom from Scripture and Christian tradition, and illustrated throughout with powerful, true stories of grit and survival, Resilient will help you: · Recover from the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic · Tap into the river of life that God promises his people · Learn to be patient with yourself--genuine recovery from spiritual and emotional trauma takes time and intentionality · Create a plan to foster resilience in your day-to-day life · Discover deep wells of freedom and strength through Christ who lives within us Thriving requires a resilient soul. This book will help you find the resilience you long for when the world has gone mad--and discover in Jesus himself the strength that prevails. "

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El desenlace de la saga iniciada con La Sombra del Viento. En la Barcelona de finales de los años 50, Daniel Sempere ya no es aquel niño que descubrió un libro que habría de cambiarle la vida entre los pasadizos del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. El misterio de la muerte de su madre Isabella ha abierto un abismo en su alma del que su esposa Bea y su fiel amigo Fermín intentan salvarle. Justo cuando Daniel cree que está a un paso de resolver el enigma, una conjura mucho más profunda y oscura de lo que nunca podría haber imaginado despliega su red desde las entrañas del Régimen. Es entonces cuando aparece Alicia Gris, un alma nacida de las sombras de la guerra, para conducirlos al corazón de las tinieblas y desvelar la historia secreta de la familia… aunque a un terrible precio. El Laberinto de los Espíritus es un relato electrizante de pasiones, intrigas y aventuras. A través de sus páginas llegaremos al gran final de la saga iniciada con La Sombra del Viento, que alcanza aquí toda su intensidad y calado, a la vez que dibuja un gran homenaje al mundo de los libros, al arte de narrar historias y al vínculo mágico entre la literatura y la vida.

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Una comedia divertida, romántica y sensual en la que el amor aparece cuando menos lo esperas. Madrid, 1994. Aída, Elsa, Rocío, Shanna y Céline estudiaron juntas en el Colegio Americano de Madrid. Sus carreras profesionales las han distanciado, ya que se han visto obligadas a trasladarse a distintos lugares del mundo. Pero ahora tienen un motivo muy importante para reunirse de nuevo: la boda de Aída. Diez años más tarde... Aída ya no es feliz en su matrimonio. Elsa se reencuentra con Javier, el hermano de Aída, en un hospital de Los Ángeles. El muchacho que Elsa recordaba se ha convertido en un atractivo doctor. Rocío, que se ha pasado la vida rechazando pretendientes porque desde niña siempre ha esperado la llegada de su superhéroe, sufre un accidente y la rescata un bombero. Shanna ha cambiado de hombre cada vez que su trabajo de reportera la ha obligado a mudarse. Sin embargo, el verdadero amor está mucho más cerca de lo que ella imagina. Céline, la más infeliz y dura de las cinco, se enamora de repente y su vida da un giro de ciento ochenta grados. Olvidé olvidarte es una divertida comedia romántica en la que el amor está en el aire.

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Estás a punto de aprender la lección más importante de tu vida Todos hemos conocido a alguien mayor y más sabio que nos inspiró cuando éramos jóvenes y nos ayudó a ver el mundo de un modo más profundo. Para Mitch Albom, esa persona fue su profesor de la universidad, Morrie Schwartz. Con el tiempo le perdió de vista, pero la casualidad quiso que pudieran retomar el contacto cuando a Morrie, que padecía ELA, le quedaba poco tiempo de vida. Desde entonces lo visitó cada martes para hablar con él de temas eternos y universales, y para recuperar la curiosidad y la fascinación por un mundo que, con el paso del tiempo, se había vuelto frío y descolorido. El resultado es un testimonio conmovedor y una formidable lección de vida para todos, que se ha convertido en un best seller mundial. Con más de 45 millones de ejemplares vendidos, un libro extraordinario que sigue cautivando a nuevas generaciones de lectores.

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George Eliot's nuanced and moving novel is a masterly evocation of connected lives, changing fortunes and human frailties in a provincial community. Peopling its landscape are Dorothea Brooke, a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfilment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon; Dr Lydgate, whose pioneering medical methods, combined with an imprudent marriage to the spendthrift beauty Rosamond, threaten to undermine his career; and the religious hypocrite Bulstrode, hiding scandalous crimes from his past.

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Segundo volumen de la saga Las Guerreras Maxwell, ambientada en las Highlands escocesas, de la mano de la popularísima autora de novela romántica. Gillian es conocida entre los miembros de su clan como la Retadora por su carácter indomable, que siendo su mayor atractivo es también su gran maldición. Enamorada de Niall desde la infancia, juntos vivieron una bonita historia de amor que se rompió cuando éste partió a luchar junto al rey de Escocia sin despedirse de ella. Gillian se juró entonces que jamás lo perdonaría. Niall, por su parte, es tan testarudo y orgulloso como su amada. Ahora que ha regresado y vuelven a encontrarse, ninguno de los dos está dispuesto a dar su brazo a torcer. Cada uno ha sufrido a su manera la ausencia del otro. Pero la vida es caprichosa, y la pasión que sintieron en el pasado comienza a apoderarse de ellos de nuevo. ¿Serán capaces de resisitirse?

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In a memoir where heroism meets humor, NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen tells the story of her family's daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter with laughter and fierce love. Starting in 1975, Vietnam's "boat people"--desperate families seeking freedom--fled the Communist government and violence in their country any way they could, usually by boat across the South China Sea. Vicky Nguyen and her family were among them. Attacked at sea by pirates before reaching a refugee camp in Malaysia, Vicky's family survived on rations and waited months until they were sponsored to America. But deciding to leave and start a new life in a new country is half the story...figuring out how to be American is the other. Boat Baby is Vicky's memoir of growing up in America with unconventional Vietnamese parents who didn't always know how to bridge the cultural gaps. It's a childhood filled with misadventures and misunderstandings, from almost stabbing the neighborhood racist with a butter knife to getting caught stealing Cosmo to read the answers to Do You Really Think You Know Everything About Sex? Vicky's parents approached life with the attitude, "Why not us?" In the face of prejudice, they taught her to be gritty and resilient, skills Vicky used as she combatted stereotyping throughout her career, fending off the question "Aren't you Connie Chung?" to become a leading Asian American journalist on television. She delivers a uniquely transparent account of her life, revealing how she negotiated her salary in a competitive industry, the challenges of starting a family, and the struggle to be a dutiful daughter. Funny, nostalgic, and poignant, Boat Baby is a testament to the messy glue that bonds a family. In the tradition of We Are Dreamers by Simu Liu and Dear Girls by Ali Wong, Vicky Nguyen offers an optimistic story full of heart that illuminates the promise of what America can be.

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Brian Weiss nos transmite en este libro el mensaje impartido por los maestros y los testimonios, íntimos y sorprendentes, del milagroso potencial del amor. En Muchas vidas, muchos maestros y Lazos de amor, Brian Weiss abrió una puerta inesperada al mundo de las regresiones a otras existencias y nos mostró que todos tenemos almas que esperan reunirse con nosotros. En Los mensajes de los sabios ahonda en el conocimiento de los Sabios, nuestros guías espirituales, y nos habla del amor como fuerza esencial de la vida. Este libro ofrece los testimonios íntimos y sorprendentes de la milagrosa fuerza del amor. A través de ellos sabremos, lo que sucede después de la muerte. Pero no sólo eso: también aprenderemos estrategias para recuperar la paz interior.

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On September 12, 2018 British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested at Tehran Airport by Iran’s feared Islamic Revolutionary Guards. Convicted of espionage in a shadowy trial presided over by Iran’s most notorious judge, Dr Moore-Gilbert was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Incarcerated in Tehran’s Evin and Qarchak prisons for 804 days, this is the full and gripping account of her harrowing ordeal. Held in a filthy solitary confinement cell for months, and subjected to relentless interrogation, Kylie was pushed to the limits of her endurance by extreme physical and psychological deprivation. Kylie’s only lifeline was the covert friendships she made with other prisoners inside the Revolutionary Guards’ maximum-security compound where she had been ‘disappeared’, communicating in great danger through the air vents between cells, and by hiding secret letters in hava khori, the narrow outdoor balcony where she was led, blindfolded, for a solitary hour each day. Cut off from the outside world, Kylie realized she alone had the power to change the dynamics of her incarceration. To survive, she began to fight back, adopting a strategy of resistance with her captors. Multiple hunger strikes, letters smuggled to the media, coordinated protests with other prisoners and a daring escape attempt led to her transfer to the isolated desert prison, Qarchak, to live among convicted criminals. On November 25, 2020, after more than two years of struggle, Kylie was finally released in a high-stakes three-nation prisoner swap deal orchestrated by the Australian government, laying bare the complex game of global politics in which she had become a valuable pawn. Written with extraordinary insight and vivid immediacy, The Uncaged Sky is Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s remarkable story of courage and resilience, and a powerful meditation on hope, solidarity and what it means to be free.

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Following City on Fire and City of Dreams, City in Ruins is the explosive, impossible to put down conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow's epic, genre-defining crime trilogy and the final book of Winslow's extraordinary career. Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond his wildest dreams rich. The former dock worker, Irish mob soldier and fugitive from the law is now a respected businessman - a Las Vegas casino mogul and billionaire silent partner in a group that owns two lavish hotels. Finally, Danny has it all: a beautiful house, a child he adores, a woman he might even fall in love with. Life is good. But then Danny reaches too far. When he tries to buy an old hotel on a prime piece of real estate with plans to build his dream resort, he triggers a war against Las Vegas power brokers, a powerful FBI agent bent on revenge and a rival casino owner with dark connections of his own. Danny thought he had buried his past, but now it reaches up to him from the grave to pull him down. Old enemies surface, and when they come for Danny they vow to take everything - not only his empire, not just his life, but all that he holds dear, including his son. To save his life and everything he loves, Danny must become the ruthless fighter he once was - and never wanted to be again. Ranging from the gritty back rooms of Providence, RI to the power corridors of Washington, DC and Wall Street to the golden casinos of Las Vegas, City in Ruins is an epic crime novel of love and hate, ambition and desperation, vengeance and compassion.

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Cuando son niñas, Cibi, Magda y Livia le prometen a su padre que permanecerán siempre juntas, pase lo que pase. Años más tarde, con solo 15 años, los nazis mandan a Livia a ir a Auschwitz y Cibi, que solo tiene 19 años, hace honor a la promesa y sigue a su hermana, decidida a protegerla o a morir con ella. Allí juntas luchan por sobrevivir. Magda, con 17 años, consigue esconderse por un tiempo, pero finalmente también es capturada y transportada al campo de exterminio. Las tres hermanas se reencontrarán en Auschwitz-Birkenau y allí, recordando a su padre, se hacen una nueva promesa, esta vez las unas a la otras: sobrevivirán.

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For decades, left-wing radicals patiently built a revolution in the shadows. Then suddenly, after the death of George Floyd, their ideas exploded into American life. Corporations denounced the United States as a "system of white supremacy." Universities pushed racially segregated programs that forced students to address their racial and sexual "privilege." And schools injected critical race theory in the classroom, dividing children into "oppressor" and "oppressed." In this stunning new book, Christopher F. Rufo exposes the inner history of the left-wing intellectuals and militants who slowly and methodically captured America's institutions, with the goal of subverting them from within. With profiles of Herbert Marcuse, Angela Davis, Paulo Freire, and Derrick Bell, Rufo shows how activists have profoundly influenced American culture with an insidious mix of Marxism and racialist ideology. They've replaced "equality" with "equity," subverted individual rights in favor of group identity, and convinced millions of Americans that racism is endemic in all of society. Their ultimate goal? To replace the constitution with a race-based redistribution regime, administered by "diversity and inclusion" commissars within the bureaucracy. America's Cultural Revolution is the definitive account of the radical Left's long march through the institutions. Through deep historical research, Rufo shows how the ideas first formulated in the pamphlets of the Weather Underground, Black Panther Party, and Black Liberation Army have been sanitized and adopted as the official ideology of America's prestige institutions, from the Ivy League universities to the boardrooms of Wal-Mart, Disney, and Bank of America. But his book is not just an expos. It is a meticulously-researched and passionate refutation of the arguments of CRT and a roadmap for the counter-revolution to come.

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