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While offering listeners a useful primer on existentialism as an animating body of thought, Marino distills and delivers the life-altering and, in some cases, life-saving insights Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Camus, and other existentialists articulate for becoming more emotionally attuned human beings.

When interior architect Elsie Dodd discovers her musician husband hiding his drumstick under the backup singer’s dress, she files for divorce and moves back to her hometown of Portland, Oregon. Determined to get her life back on track and reboot her career, she enters her house into Modern Marvel Magazine’s Portland contest, where the winner will receive a coveted showcase boutique downtown. Only when she arrives home, she finds an uninvited and unwelcomed guest playing goldilocks in her shower—naked.

In What Just Happened?! Marina Hyde slashes her way through the hellscape of post-referendum politics, where the chaos never stops. Clamber aboard as we relive every inspirational moment of magic, from David Cameron to Theresa May to Boris Johnson.

Historias que reivindican el arte de narrar: una voz que nos descubre y recrea un mundo, hasta ahora, desconocido; una voz que, palabra a palabra, hila unas historias cuyos finales no dejarán de sorprender al lector porque tienen el encanto de los cuentos de hadas. Un mundo habitado por reyes, princesas, castillos, armaduras, pescadores, campesinos: personajes que nos habitan porque son tan legendarios como la vida misma.

Londres, 1943. Las bombas caen sobre la ciudad y el rey y la reina deciden enviar a su hija menor a vivir en el campo con una familia de confianza. Tercera en la línea de sucesión al trono, la princesa Charlotte, de diecisiete años, acepta a regañadientes usar un nombre falso a su llegada a Yorkshire.

Teresa non si sarebbe mai aspettata di innamorarsi di Alessandro Manzoni ancora prima di incontrarlo di persona. Eppure, non è tipo da perdere la testa facilmente: è una giovane vedova benestante con un figlio, una posizione sociale, una cultura che le permette di brillare nei salotti della Milano ottocentesca. Così quando anche lui rimane vedovo della prima moglie Enrichetta, stroncata dall’ennesima gravidanza, un amico devoto combina un incontro galeotto durante una prima della Scala.

She’s a clever tween vampire. But she’s terrified of everything. Can she find some courage, or will stage fright be her doom? Twelve-year-old Ellie “Scaredy Bat” Spark would give her fangs to prove herself and become a real detective. So when she learns of a haunted movie set, she jumps at the chance to solve the puzzle. But if her stage fright stalls the case, Ellie will disappoint her hero and the old Mumford Mansion will be condemned.

Panther shifter Elissa Malkin lives her life on the straight and narrow, always on the right side of the law, never a step out of line. So how the hell did she end up being a getaway driver for a cat burglar? The best she can hope for is to not get caught. Then her boss assigns her to report on Wildridge Security, the very firm tasked with finding the thief. Crap!

Marina Buzunashvilli gilt als eine der einflussreichsten Größen im deutschen Musikbusiness, ihr Weg an die Spitze aber war alles andere als leicht. Aufgewachsen in Kreuzberg, war ihr Umfeld geprägt von Gewalt und Verbrechen. Einzig ihre Liebe zur Musik ermöglichte ihr den Aufstieg, gegen alle Widerstände. Heute ist Marina Director of PR bei Sony Music Germany, war maßgeblich daran beteiligt, den Deutschrap von Kool Savas, Xatar oder Haftbefehl groß zu machen und arbeitet regelmäßig mit Künstlern wie Robbie Williams und Adele zusammen.

The Institute of Special Technologies teaches students just one thing: the magic that allows them to become parts of speech, and in doing so, transforming into a specific piece of grammar (a verb, or an adjective, or an article) so they will be able to shape the world around them. As the new provost, though, Sasha is facing an enormous problem: the students in the world she just created, her “world without fear,” are unable to master the curriculum. Whether it’s the magic or the natural order of things, what they need to learn and become—Speech—is the basis of the material world.

Life in Nerifir is beautiful, magical, and dangerous. I came to the Kingdom of Lorsan hoping to find a new home but found envy and betrayal. When everything is taken from me—my sight, my freedom, and my love—I need to search deep for the strength to go on. Now, I no longer wish for just a safe place to live. I want a true home, a place where I belong. And I'm ready to fight for it, even if that means taking over the kingdom.

Stephen Leeds es un genio perfectamente cuerdo con alucinaciones alocadas. Es capaz de aprender cualquier nueva habilidad en cuestión de horas, pero para ello su mente necesita crear personas imaginarias a las que él llama "aspectos". Allá adonde va, se le une un equipo de expertos imaginarios que él usa para resolver problemas.

Pero, de pronto, su cerebro roza el colapso cuando los "aspectos" empiezan a cobrar vida.

When Unit Four - a biological soft robot built and stored high above the Jovian atmosphere - is activated for the first time, it’s in crisis mode. Aliens are attacking the Helium-3 mine it was created to oversee, and now its sole purpose is to defend Earth’s largest energy resource from the invaders in ship-to-ship combat. But something’s wrong. Unit Four doesn’t feel quite right. There are files in its databanks it can’t account for, unusual chemical combinations roaring through its pipes, and the primers it possesses on the aliens are suspiciously sparse.

Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Walk Through Walls, written and read by Marina Abramovic. This memoir spans Marina Abramovic's five-decade career and tells a life story that is almost as exhilarating and extraordinary as her groundbreaking performance art.

Starting An Etsy Business: A How-To Guide is the definitive guide to getting a new Etsy business up and running. Whether you create your own items, or curate vintage or digital items, this book has what you need. From setting up shop to extensive photography tips to choosing what inventory to carry, this book guides you through the steps that lead to success.

Minoru Aose es un arquitecto de mediana edad cuya carrera y familia se desmoronaron con el estallido de la burbuja económica de Japón y que ha acabado refugiándose en la mediocridad. Sin embargo, su vida da un vuelco cuando recibe un encargo muy peculiar: diseñar una casa a su antojo en el espléndido terreno que sus clientes, los Yoshino, poseen en las montañas.

Marina Iakovleva, author of Sex Before Coffee: A Guide to Dating in Scandinavia and creator of the popular YouTube channel Dating Beyond Borders, provides her own field-tested guidance, as well as insights from a roster of international interviewees, to walk you through the different stages of dating and romance in Scandinavia.

Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blonde Ukrainian divorcee. He was 84 and she was 36. She exploded into our lives like a fluffy pink grenade, churning up the murky water, bringing to the surface sludge of sloughed-off memories, giving the family ghosts a kick up the backside. Sisters Vera and Nadezhda must put aside a lifetime of feuding to save their émigré engineer father from voluptuous gold-digger Valentina.

Would you believe that 86 percent of LGBT people - from the proud marcher at the Pride Parade to the quiet, closeted teen - spent their childhood in church? More than half of them left those religious communities as adults; three out of four would be happy to come back. For decades now, we have found ourselves caught up in a culture war: us versus them. Good news: There is no them. Our culture war has been a civil war: us versus us. And there is a path toward meaningful peace.

Max, Gerta, and their parents have abandoned their home and relocated to a safehouse in a different Berlin neighborhood. The Hoffmanns share the tight quarters with the daughter of a captured Becker Circle conspirator - Kat Vogel, who is Gerta's age. Though they have strict orders to stay inside unless absolutely necessary, the three kids sneak out regularly, all while concocting a plan to keep the spirit of their resistance alive. They're going to burn down the headquarters of the Hitler Youth.