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Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective living in San Francisco. When unspeakable tragedy strikes, she turns to the Californian village of Mendocino to grieve. Seeking comfort in the chocolate-box village she grew up in, Anna instead arrives to news that a local girl has gone missing. The crime feels frighteningly reminiscent of a crucial time in Anna’s childhood, when an unsolved murder changed the community forever. As past and present collide, Anna is forced to confront the darkest side of human nature.

Meghan Truman has cornered the desserts market in the Pacific Northwest. With her twin poodles by her side, the once-upon-a-time newbie in town is set to grow her mini empire. But Meghan has a real-life murder mystery on her hands when a pampering party for a famous painter ends with the demise of a guest. How could a girly night of fun and laughter with some tasty nibbles end on such a sour note?

Christmas is that season...that season of pleasant surprises...delicious smells...and family and friends to share the holidays with. This Christmas, Sandy Bay’s lovable bakery owner, Meghan Truman, gets a whole lot more than she bargained for...plus a dead body at the door of her favorite restaurant. Some people would rather sweep this murder under the carpet but something smells awfully fishy about the events surrounding it. Will Meghan join Detective Irvin to find the murderer or will this event serve to etch unpleasant memories of this most wonderful time of the year?

Now, you have heard the expression time and time again: "Oh, he is reaching for the moon." It could be an ambition based upon your social desire. You want to transcend the limitation of your world where you were born. Or it could be some financial ambition, and friends who know your limitations will say of you: "He is reaching for the moon." Or it could be some tyrant trying to conquer the earth.

One of the greatest drawbacks in the study of primitive peoples is the difficulty, one might almost say the impossibility, of obtaining an inside view of their culture from their own lips and by their own initiative. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian, and learn about biographies.

This is a story from the Famous Composers collection.

All the enlightened Buddhas follow this Mahayana Faith, and all the Bodhisattvas attain the perfection of Tathagatahood by the methods of this faith of the New Buddhism.

When Tracy is invited to provide her services at a swanky hotel in town, she feels honored and excited at the opportunity. Despite her aunt's reservations about the hotel's owners, Tracy forges ahead with plans to make her new clients very happy. She's left shocked and humiliated when one of the hotel's owners goes behind her back to implement the ideas she suggested. She feels helpless and hopeless as the power couple seem too big for her to fight.

De una concha que un niño recoge en una playa chilena, al sur, muy al sur del mundo, una voz se eleva, cargada de recuerdos y sabiduría. Es la voz de la ballena blanca, el animal mítico que durante décadas ha custodiado las aguas que separan la costa de una isla sagrada para las personas nativas de ese lugar, la Gente del Mar. El cachalote, la criatura más grande de todo el océano, ha conocido la inmensa soledad y la enorme profundidad del abismo, y ha dedicado su vida a cumplir fielmente la tarea que le confió otro cachalote anciano.

Tris et ses alliés ont réussi à renverser les Érudits. Les sans-factions mettent alors en place une dictature, imposant à tous la disparition des factions. Plutôt que de se plier à ce nouveau pouvoir totalitaire, Tris, Tobias et leurs amis choisissent de s'échapper. Le monde qu'ils découvrent au-delà de la Clôture ne correspond en rien à ce qu'on leur a dit. Ils apprennent ainsi que leur ville, Chicago, fait partie d'une expérience censée sauver l'humanité contre sa propre dégénérescence. Mais l'humanité peut-elle être sauvée contre elle-même ?

Este es un libro muy especial y muy espacial, ya que toda la acción transcurre en el espacio y además los protagonistas son solo niños. Pero no son niños a lomos de una vaca con alas ni sufren pesadillas producidas por una indigestión de melocotones porque su autor, Luis Ruiz de Gopegui, es un científico. Este es su primer libro dedicado a los niños y en él nos cuenta todo lo que razonablemente habría que hacer para llegar al planeta Marte. Luis lo sabe bien porque siguió desde la estación espacial de la NASA en España las operaciones que hicieron posible la llegada del hombre a la Luna.

Vaccino anti-Covid - Tempi e destinatari: Nell'hub del vaccino: "I sette passaggi chiave perché tutto funzioni", di Fabio Tonacci; Virus, sì della Ue al primo vaccino. Le consegne alla vigilia di Natale, di Alberto D'argenio; Noi, le tribù svelate dal vaccino, di Gabriele Romagnoli; Sì dell'Aifa, il vaccino arriva. Rischio furti, in campo i Servizi, di Giuliano Foschini e Fabio Tonacci; Peste, colera e vaiolo. Tutte le volte che i vaccini hanno cambiato la storia di Corrado Augias.

¿Has pensado alguna vez en los miles de pañales que se gastan? ¿Y las toallitas, chupetes, tetinas, biberones…? En el primer año de vida, un bebé puede multiplicar por cuatro los residuos de un adulto. Rosa Jové, autora que ha vendido más de 200.000 ejemplares de sus libros, lo tiene claro: una crianza más natural y sostenible es posible. Aunque todo niño llega al mundo con "un plástico bajo el brazo", lo que hace falta es concienciarnos de que se puede criar de otra manera, sin excesos, solo con lo imprescindible.

I grandi classici della tradizione favolistica dell'Antica Grecia interpretati da Gaetano Marino. In questo quinto volume potete ascoltare: "L'aquila e lo scarafaggio"; "Il cerbiatto e il cervo"; "Il corvo malato"; "Il granchio e la volpe"; "Il nibbio che voleva nitrire"; "L'inverno e la primavera". Fiabe adatte a un pubblico di tutte le età, dai più piccoli che ancora non le conoscono agli adulti che possono riscoprire il fascino senza tempo delle opere di Esopo.

It is Super Bowl Sunday in the year 2022. Five people are due to have dinner in an apartment on the east side of Manhattan. The hosts are a retired physics professor and her husband; they are joined by one of her former students and await the arrival of another couple, delayed by what becomes a dramatic flight from Paris. In the apartment, talk ranges widely. The opening kickoff is one commercial away. Then something happens, and the digital connections that have transformed our lives are severed.

It is the end of the sixth century AD when the Sasanian ruler King Shahryar discovers his wife’s unfaithfulness and betrayal. Consumed by rage and bitterness, the king has his wife executed, and then exacts bloody vengeance on all the women in his harem. The rampage continues when he takes a new bride each evening, and has her executed the following day so that no one else will have a chance to betray him.

When Tracy's friend discovers that her fiance, Warren, is having a bachelor's party and she's not having a bachelorette, she takes it upon herself to right this wrong.

La Balsa es un relato imaginario del naufragio de la Corbeta francesa Felicidad (Félicité). Esta historia nos anima a mantener el sentido de propósito y fe que debe siempre acompañarnos en cada proyecto de vida que nos tracemos, para poder hacer frente a cualquier adversidad y salir fortalecidos ante cada situación que se nos presente. Después de cada tormenta viene la calma y este cuento te invita a ver brillar la luz del sol después de navegar en las turbulentas aguas de sus narraciones y diálogos.

In the fall of 1863, the Union Army is in control of the Mississippi River and much of Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The retreating Confederate army is being replaced by Red Legs, irregulars commanded by a maniacal figure, and enslaved men and women are beginning to glimpse freedom. When Hannah Laveau, an enslaved woman working on the Lufkin plantation, is accused of murder, she goes on the run with Florence Milton, an abolitionist schoolteacher, dodging the local constable and the slavecatchers that prowl the bayous.

I Left My Toxic Relationship - Now What? helps women who are overwhelmed with how to rebuild their life after leaving a toxic and abusive relationship. I Left My Toxic Relationship - Now What? teaches women how to live on their own again and how not to feel scared or daunted of being alone. It provides the road map for independence with active steps in order to get to a place of happiness again.