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Ebla è cresciuta nell'entroterra somalo. L'anziano padre, astronomo e divinatore tradizionale, le ha insegnato l'arte interdetta alle donne di leggere le stelle. Per sfuggire a un matrimonio combinato, si ritroverà nella Mogadiscio degli anni Trenta, complice il camionista poeta Gacaliye. Con lui avrà due figli, Kaahiye e Sagal. La vicenda di Ebla si intreccia con quella di Clara, sua figlia di latte, nata da genitori italiani residenti in Somalia.

This story of three men's work helping traumatized kids in one of America’s most underserved cities reveals how mindfulness tools can help children and communities not only survive but thrive In this inspiring book, founders of The Holistic Life Foundation Ali Smith, Atman Smith, and Andres...

Two decades after serving his prison sentence, Ali Siddiq performs stand-up for currently incarcerated folks at Bell County Jail. He talks about everything from tricking cops to the beauty of margaritas to how doing time can mess with your mind.

What marks life in Addis Ababa are the starkly different realities coexisting in one place. It's a growing city taking shape beneath the fraught weight of history, myth, and memory. It is a heady mix. It can also be disorienting, and it is in this space that the stories of Addis Ababa Noir reside....

Daniel is a freelancer without health insurance or a committed relationship when he suddenly finds himself as the sole caregiver for his dangerously premature daughter. As he grapples with whether he will run from responsibility or grow into fatherhood, he befriends an outspoken neonatal intensive care unit nurse struggling to balance the demands of her job and her own family.

Ibn Badis est un érudit pluridisciplinaire, un exégète, un traditionniste, un jurisconsulte, mais ce n’est pas un théologien comme les autres. Éclairé, visionnaire et influent, il est l’un des pères du nationalisme algérien et surtout celui qui a semé la graine de la révolution contre le système colonial français.

Cette histoire est celle du petit prince de la rue, la mienne. C'est également celle de gars et de filles qui ont laissé la mort ou la vie choisir à leur place. Si je peux me raconter maintenant, c'est que je me suis libéré de moi-même, Insha Allah, que je ne suis plus esclave de ma rage. Je suis MOI, fier d'être MOI, et surtout j'ai réussi à suivre mon destin et ma passion en restant MOI. Et ça, crois-moi, c'est tout un exploit.

1.34 a.m. It's always 1.34 a.m. Every night without fail, at 1.34 a.m. on the dot, Elena, Matt and Tima wake up. Except, something's changed. The beam that gave them the ability to communicate telepathically with animals has started to come through early. And that's because the Earth is slowing down. Just one second's delay is causing freak tidal waves, forest fires, chaos in the skies. And it's only getting worse. Do Elena, Matt and Tima have the power to get the Earth back on track? Or could this mean the end of everything?

Do you speak money? You should. It is the world's most important language. It's spoken everywhere. Speaking - or at least understanding - this language allows you to follow the real conversations in politics, business, and at work. Understanding money and speaking the language fluently is critical to preparing for a comfortable retirement, building a small business, or planning for college and a career for your children. Everyone speaks it differently, with different dialects. 

Desiderata is a fairy tale, and epic poem, cosmic in its scope. It is the tale of two lovers who are cast out of their ideal realm by a jealous sorcerer. Born into our world, the man searches timelessly for his love in the many forms of the goddess - from mother to heartthrob to seductress and finally, in mature wisdom, immortal beloved. As the two lovers conclude their journey through the limitation of earth, their revelations free them from this plane, to reclaim their eternal kingdom.

The feature film directed by CODA’s Sian Heder streams on Apple starting November 13th "This important book will help ensure that every person gets a chance to live up to their full potential and will always have a place at the table.”—Hillary Clinton "Her life story as an activist will...

Spin has always dwelled in the darkness. He was happy to lurk alone, until Elena, Matt and Tima, The Night Speakers, came to disrupt his nighttime world. Something weird is going on at the hospital - children are going in and not coming out. The Night Speakers are investigating, but even they, with their incredible powers of communication with the animal world, are struggling to find out the truth. But Spin's got a ringside seat, and he's about to come out of the shadows....

Claudia's loving the October weather and her many friends, both in school and in the BSC. But when she throws a party to bring her two groups of pals together, she creates more problems than she solves.

Wishing that she had a boyfriend, Claudia starts a personals column in the school newspaper in the hope of finding the "perfect boy."

Claudia enters a contest to host a kids' radio show for a month - and wins!

Rose is delightful, flamboyant, and a widow. Having just lost her husband, Rose's daughter steps in to find Rose increasingly disoriented and forgetful. Even as a nurse, Maureen does not recognize the early signs of her mother's dementia - a diagnosis that changes her mother's life and those close to her. The contrast between the reality of Rose's condition and the "Casablanca Style" in which she lived is stark yet beautiful. This book parallels Still Alice's medical description of the illness but picks up where Still Alice leaves off.

When Claudia's wacky Aunt Peaches moves to Stoneybrook, full of fun and expecting a baby, Claudia thinks she will have the time of her life, until one of Peaches's antics gets Claudia in trouble, and a fight ends in tragedy.

Claudia is so delighted by the arrival of her newborn cousin, the firstborn daughter of her favorite Aunt Peaches, that she volunteers to help and becomes more than a bit of a nuisance when she offers a wealth of child-care advice.

Little Rosie Wilder is perfect at everything. She can sing and dance, she plays several musical instruments, and her IQ is so high it's off the scale. So how did Claudia "C-" Kishi get stuck baby-sitting for Rosie the genius? It's because Rosie is so obnoxious that no one gets along with her - not even Claudia's sister, who's a genius, too. The baby-sitters think that Rosie needs to be taught a good lesson. But maybe what Rosie really needs is a good friend...like Claudia.

For once, Claudia's studied really hard for her math test. And when she gets her paper back, it has an A- on it. All right! But then Claudia's math teacher calls her to his desk and accuses her of copying off of Shawna Riverson's test. Claudia can't believe it, and neither can the baby-sitters. Claudia would never cheat! And they're not going to rest until they help clear Claudia's name!