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Here's an amusing collection of Dakota-Sioux fables, often featuring the vain and mischievous imp Iktomi. Fables such as these were told to Dakota-Sioux children for entertainment but also to teach through negative example the importance of honor, modesty, manners, and other aspects of a noble Indian lifestyle.

When single father Joe Keenan and his young son, Finbar, make camp for the night in the ancient forest of Leitrim, little do they imagine their rural escape is about to turn into a nightmare. For deep in the woods they find a corpse.... As the remains of dozens more victims are uncovered by police, it becomes clear this is the burial site of a serial killer who has obviously been active, unnoticed, for years.

Esta es la historia de Sula y Nel, dos niñas que crecen juntas en un barrio de negros, compartiendo sus sueños e ilusiones. Ambas son precoces y curiosas, hijas de familias pobres. Pero el tiempo pasa y, cuando Nel se casa, Sula se marcha del suburbio para ir a la universidad y viajar por el país. Diez años después, Sula regresa e involuntariamente destruye la familia y la felicidad de Nel. A partir de entonces, los pintorescos habitantes del suburbio la consideran una bruja malvada...

In this exquisite collection of children’s folktales, Zitkála-Šá shares the legends that were handed down to her through generations of Yankton storytellers. These tales display the wide range of insights and observations that accrue to such stories through repeated iteration, but they also benefit from the sharp ear and finely tuned sensibility of Zitkála-Šá as a writer. Her characters seem to speak to us—often crying out to us—in the same tones that Zitkála-Šá must once have heard.

Appointment with Ying @ 8am is an easy-to-understand, story-driven business manual designed to offer listeners who are new to business a merciful way to view themselves: as business immigrants. When moving to a new country, it takes time to learn the host country's language. When starting a business, the language barrier can compound simple confusion into fear and even immobility. The author, Ying Sa, is a CPA who learned how to do business while acclimating as an immigrant to the United States. Ying shares her personal experiences about starting a business in the United States.

This story takes place in the space between the last chapter of the book This Is Forever and the epilogue. It is in no way a standalone, so we urge you to not listen to this until you have heard the other books in the series, or this will not make any sense, and just seem like erotica. It is not.

Could you survive the arena? Four Marines slip through a chasm in time, 2,000 years into the past. They find themselves in the Flavian Amphitheater in ancient Rome. Forced to become gladiators or die, Dean, Thad, Greg, and Marco struggle to survive the horrendous bloodshed and slaughter on the killing grounds of the famous arena.

¿Alguna vez, como mujer, has sentido que se te viene el mundo encima? Vivimos en un mundo donde la mujer pasa por experiencias difíciles de las cuales el hombre no sabe. Situaciones que se presentan como un reto cuando no las esperas. Un día despiertas sabiendo que necesitas apoyar la economía y te conviertes en esposa, madre, trabajadora, ama de casa, etc. ¿Y qué tal si eso no es lo peor? ¿Podrías superarlo? Mujera Prueba de Balas es un libro donde te enseño cómo superé una situación muy complicada con mi expareja.

The Rotten fruit franchise takes us to beautiful Miami, Florida. Khawan and Kharese grew up on different sides of the notorious Pork and Bean projects. They had been mortal enemies until they realized how much they had in common. Once the girls combine their smarts and looks, they become thick as thieves and began to leave their old friends behind. Easier said than done since crabs in a barrel tend to pull each other down instead of lift each other up.

Sur Ganymède, un sergent des Marines de Mars assiste au massacre de sa section d'élite par un supersoldat monstrueux. Sur Terre, une personnalité politique de haut rang s'évertue à éviter un conflit interplanétaire. Sur Vénus, la protomolécule extraterrestre a investi la planète entière, générant des bouleversements mystérieux qui menacent tout le système solaire.

Start the vegetable garden of your dreams and access an abundance of fresh produce and healthier food options! You have discovered the ideal companion created especially to provide beginner gardeners like you with all the information you require to effectively construct your first vegetable garden!

Estamos en Venecia y corren los años en que Napoleón arrasa Europa con sus ejércitos. Henri, un joven cocinero al servicio del general, se enamora perdidamente de Villanelle, una hermosísima criatura de pelo rojizo y pies deformes que conoce como nadie los secretos de las góndolas y de las salas de juego donde los nobles del lugar apuestan su fortuna entre sonrisas y frases galantes....

The Dark Prince is not your average rapper. He's tall, dark, and handsome, but he's also a vampire. He's not your average vampire either because he's the best rapper on the planet. Before becoming a rapper, young Prince’s humbled beginnings start in a loving home to the voodoo plagued world of a Haitian shanty town. There he meets a beautiful stranger who changes his world forever. Through a series of unfortunate tragedies, he finds himself alone and in trouble in this strange land. He has to use his wits along with newfound power to escape one perilous situation after another.

Cameron Forrest had the mind of a mathematician, the heart of a lion, and the soul of a hustler. If he had been raised across town in one of Atlanta’s affluent areas, he would probably have been a doctor or lawyer...maybe even president. Instead, he grew up in one of Atlanta’s most depressed ghettos. Cam was a natural born leader, so it was no surprise that he rose to the top of the drug trade. He ran the notorious B.C.Bs with an iron fist. As a result he was a millionaire by the age of 21. Join young Cam as he robs, steals, and kills on his rise to the top.

Todos quisiéramos soluciones fáciles, respuestas digeribles y sencillas. Padecemos uno de los más grandes males cocinados desde comienzos del siglo XX, pero que alcanzó su punto en el siglo XXI: la inmediatez. No existen claves para saltar los procesos de aprendizaje, el confrontarnos y comprender cómo el universo no conspira para resolvernos todo. “¡Pero si soy único y merezco que las teorías de toda la humanidad sean ajustadas a mis deseos!” Por desgracia, nada es así.

Having upset the Hamelyn Piper's dastardly plan to build an army through songs of mind control, 13-year-old Piper, Patch Brightwater, must foil the escaped villain's next sinister plot: assembling a suit of immortal armor. Accompanied by Wren, a girl cursed to live as a rat, and Barver, a fire-breathing dracogriff, Patch seeks the aid of old friends, legendary heroes, and a near-dead sorcerer.

Raphael Roberts Sr is one of New York City's finest. A good cop in a city full of bad guys. He works in a department filled with corruption but has no idea how high up the ladder it really goes. The highly decorated veteran is saddled with a rookie fresh out of the academy. The assignment comes with a promise of promotion to the coveted narcotics squad, where he can really do some damage. But first he has to keep the rookie alive long enough. Raphael Roberts Jr longs to be just like his famous father when he grows up. However, the socially awkward teen has struggles of his own to overcome. ...

My past as a humble farmer is gone. Now, as I, my wives, and my children work tirelessly to unify the world's dungeons against those that would exploit them, the stakes have never been higher. As a mystical madness threatens to infect me and the very gods themselves threaten to bar our way to freedom, a final confrontation looms between my dungeons and the rampaging adventurers who would judge us. In the end, I will do what needs to be done, to protect my land, to protect my family. And if I have to fertilize my crops with the blood of the gods to do it, so be it.

Le troisième et dernier tome de la romance young adult adaptée avec succès sur Netflix ! La dernière année d’études de Lara Jean se passe à merveille. Elle file le parfait amour avec Peter. Son père se remarie et Margot rentre juste à temps pour assister au mariage. Mais des nuages se profilent à l’horizon, et Lara Jean ne pourra ignorer longtemps les choix décisifs qui s’imposeront bientôt à elle. Suivra-t-elle son cœur, ou la raison ?

Swann Santiago, assistant to Xxieda Rolla, sister to Ravens and newly minted witch can’t understand why a man as sexy as Lance Whitehall wants to help her get her powers in check, let alone hangout with her on a regular basis. A professional at keeping walls up around herself, she knows the short end of the stick when it comes to having a normal life. Born with a lack of pigment, she is the negative of her twin, a fact that has caused her much distress, and kept the opposite sex at bay.