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Les Germanes Quintana tornen disposades a carregar-se qui se'ls posi al davant. Deu sicàries literàries amb una llarga experiència en l'ofici i que són, curiosament, germanes, van rebre, fa alguns mesos, un encàrrec al qual no es van poder negar: cada una d'elles havia de perpetrar un assassinat literari, basat en experiències pròpies o imaginades. Algunes de les nostres assassines han estat delicades, d'altres brutals, d'altres no se n'han sortit o se n'han sortit massa, n'hi ha que ho han fet soles i n'hi ha que han muntat un equip, però, sigui com sigui, totes han imaginat assassinats.

Swiv has taken this advice too literally. Now she's suspended from school, in the care of her foul-mouthed, hilarious grandmother. Mom is busy being pregnant, so Grandma gives Swiv a very different education. Swiv learns maths with Amish jigsaws and How to Dig a Winter Grave. Grandma's methods may be unorthodox, but she has faced the worst of life with a wild, independent spirit and this is what she hopes to pass on. Time is running short. Grandma's health is failing and the baby is on the way—can Grandma inspire this fire in Swiv, and ensure it never goes out?

The girl with no past, and no future, may be the only one who can save their lives. Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when she was just a little girl. Now 16, she lives on the grounds of the isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers, courtesans, and, if the rumors are true, assassins. She makes her way as Matron's errand girl, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the city's handsome young courier does she let herself imagine a life outside the walls. Until one by one, girls around her start to die.

Miriam Therese Winter, an award-winning musician and four-time Catholic Book Award-winner, shares her experiences of becoming a Sister, working with starving children in Ethiopia and with refugees in Cambodia, of exploring the mysteries of India and the wonders of God in her own backyard, of having breast cancer and having hope. She also illumines new aspects of community, Eucharist, the word and spirit, water and the stars, spiritual blessedness, and much more.

Der weibliche Zyklus hat keinen guten Ruf, meist wird er mit PMS, Schmerzen und schlechter Laune verbunden. Völlig zu Unrecht, denn in ihm stecken echte Superkräfte! Wie man die nutzt? Durch ein zyklusorientiertes Leben: Der Körper folgt einem natürlichen, hormonellen Rhythmus. Jede Phase bringt eigene Bedürfnisse und besondere Fähigkeiten mit sich. Wird dem Raum gegeben, können sich psychische und physische Leiden auflösen, und die eigene Vielseitigkeit kraftvoll gelebt werden.

Este libro es una invitación a solucionar las inquietudes que aparecen en este fascinante viaje, que es el de criar y ver crecer a los hijos, posiblemente, lo más trascendental que haremos en la vida. A través de las experiencias de la autora, periodista especializada en maternidad y consultora de crianza, y también de los cuentos que acompañan su relato, sentiremos la maternidad a flor de piel tanto si todavía está por llegar, como si ya estamos en pleno proceso de criar a nuestros hijos.

A treasure of Canadian letters, Miriam Toews has earned numerous awards. With Irma Voth, Toews delivers a witty novel of great humanity and emotional poignancy. Cast from her Mennonite family for marrying a Mexican man she barely knows, 19-year-old Irma finds herself in an untenable situation. But when a film crew arrives to document her insular community, Irma begins a remarkable journey to redemption and discovering all she may become.

En “Che” Guevara. El guerrillero que fascinó al mundo se explora la vida de uno de los ideólogos y comandantes principales de la Revolución cubana. Médico, político, guerrillero, escritor, periodista y revolucionario comunista de origen argentino, el “Che” se ha convertido en el máximo ícono revolucionario del siglo XX cuya figura aún en la actualidad causa polémica y curiosidad.

For fourteen-year-old Alix, life on Hayling Island off the coast of England seems insulated from problems such as war, terrorism and refugees. But when Alix and her friend Samir go to the beach and pull a drowning man out of the incoming tide, her world changes. Mohammed, an illegal immigrant and student, has been tortured by rebels in Iraq for helping the allied forces and has spent all his money to escape.

La vida de una mujer atemporal, eso es Cleopatra. Amor, astucia y ambición. Un personaje enigmático que tuvo una vida corta pero agitada, intensa y combativa. Supo aprovechar sus poderes femeninos, así como su talento para la seducción y manipulación, para lograr sus deseos. Sin embargo, también fue una política hábil, de gran inteligencia y elocuencia. Todo esto la convierte en una de las figuras más influyentes de la historia y que se ha quedado en el imaginario colectivo.

Es una verdad universalmente reconocida que un escritor en posesión de algo de tiempo y de una idea no necesita nada más urgente que la motivación. Ahora, si me perdonas por adaptar esta cita de Jane Austen a las circunstancias, permíteme explicar mi pensamiento. Puedes tener tanto una idea rompedora como todo el tiempo del mundo, sólo que de poco sirve si falta la motivación. Sin embargo, si ésta también está presente, pueden surgir preguntas que pueden resultar un poco abrumadoras, especialmente para los escritores noveles.

Do you imagine a life of freedom, peace, and fulfillment? Are you looking for a simple way to get started on your path to better? If you are tired of wishing for happiness and are ready to take action, then How to Live a Happy Life is for you. In this easy-to-understand book you will learn 7 key concepts to help you get started on a life you love. Find out how your limiting beliefs about money could be holding you back from being happy, how to know if a decision is right for you, and what to do when you begin thinking negatively.

Hannah is finally about to have everything she ever wanted. With a high-paying job, a Manhattan apartment, and a boyfriend about to propose, all she and Ethan have to do is make it through the last couple of weeks of grad school. But when, on a romantic weekend trip to Sonoma, Hannah is spontaneously offered a marketing job at a family-run winery and doesn't immediately refuse, the couple's meticulously planned forever threatens to come crashing down. Then Hannah impulsively does the unthinkable - she takes a leap of faith. Abandoning your dream job and life shouldn't feel this good.

Many of the men and women doing today's most consequential environmental work - restoring America's grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans - would not call themselves environmentalists; they would be too uneasy with the connotations of that word. What drives them is their deep love of the land - the iconic terrain where explorers and cowboys, pioneers, and riverboat captains forged the American identity. They feel a moral responsibility to preserve this heritage and natural wealth.

'My life is free, random and spontaneous. This in itself creates enormous energy and clarity in body and mind.' (Miriam Lancewood). Miriam Lancewood is a young Dutch woman living a primitive, nomadic life in the heart of the mountains with her New Zealand husband. She lives simply in a tent or hut and survives by hunting wild animals, foraging edible plants and using minimal supplies. For the last six years she has lived this way, through all seasons, often cold, hungry and isolated in the bush.

Want to try a new and exciting hobby that has the potential to become your future vocation? Then turn your home into a fragrant workshop of joy with this soap and candle creation manual!

After graduating from an elite New York ballet school, 18-year-old Anna Forester moves across the country to begin her dance career in Los Angeles. Soon, she is drawn into the circle of her charismatic artistic director and the thrilling aura of company life.

La doctora Miriam Balbela experta profesional, con reconocido prestigio en los medios de comunicación en Estados Unidos, nos trae este podcast con los temas que son de interés para la comunidad hispana. Así como nos deleitó en el segmento Tabú por Univisión 34 y en los Shows de radio de mayor audiencia, aquí nos presenta de una manera científica, con la chispa hispana que la caracteriza y el respeto que merece el tratamiento de estos tópicos. En el podcast “Super Sexo” se presentan los temas más actuales de la sexualidad de hoy. Gracias por su sintonia.

Miriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century railroad. As Jim Crow laws became more prevalent and forced Black Americans to "ride Jim Crow" on the rails, the train compartment became a contested space of leisure and work.

Míriam Tirado, consultora de crianza consciente y periodista especializada en maternidad, paternidad y crianza, nos propone hacer un viaje a través del sentir para comprender por qué nos cuesta tanto acoger y canalizar de una manera asertiva lo que sentimos, sobre todo aquellas emociones que han quedado bloqueadas dentro nuestro y que necesitan ser liberadas. Cuando aprendamos qué hacer con nuestras emociones, nos será mucho más fácil acompañar las de los otros, ya sean las de nuestros niños, alumnos, pareja, etc.