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"Riveting, smart, and utterly diabolical."—Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Confessions on the 7:45 An unputdownable amnesia thriller that begs the question: how can you trust anyone when you can't even trust yourself? Forget the truth. Remember the lies. He wakes up on a...

Vampires: murderous creatures in the shape of humans, they stalk the night feeding on the blood of innocents. Seemingly immortal, they can be destroyed only by the use of a stake through the heart, severing of their heads, or exposure to sunlight. By the year 12,090 A.D. vampires have ruled the Earth for almost 300 years, and it is only these weaknesses that have kept these foul monsters from totally overrunning the world.

Writer and political activist Mike Marqusee was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, in the summer of 2007. At first, disinclined to share his misery with others, he was reluctant to write about his illness. But he then came to realize that doing so provided a precious continuity with his life as a writer before contracting the disease, and a way of reaching out to a wider world that the illness made physically less accessible.

They all had a reason. Only one had the nerve. Twenty years ago, student Daisy Harrington went out for the evening and never came home. Her body was found a week later. The killer was caught. Case closed. Now, on what would have been her fortieth birthday, her five university housemates are...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Ten essays on anger, envy, money and grief, distilled into direct modern English from our own complete translation of the Greek...

Put your headphones on. Turn off the lights. Listen to this rule before you close your eyes tonight... Make yourself comfortable. Adjust your pillow, pull the blanket over your shoulders, and let your head sink into the mattress. But do not close your eyes just yet. When the house goes quiet...

En este audiolibro, Andreas Englisch narra la apasionante historia del cónclave tras la muerte del papa Francisco y sigue las huellas de León XIV, el primer estadounidense en ocupar el cargo pontificio. A través de encuentros con colaboradores cercanos, familiares y personas de los lugares donde el nuevo papa desarrolló su labor —en Estados Unidos, Perú y Roma—, ofrece valiosas perspectivas sobre su vida, su fe y su camino hasta el Vaticano.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Nyxia Unleashed: The Nyxia Triad by Scott Reintgen, read by Sullivan Jones, Alex Romashov and Carol Monda. Emmett Atwater thought Babel's game sounded easy. Get points. Get paid. Go home. But it didn't take long for him to learn that Babel's competition...

When the Pott family save Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from the terrible fate of being crushed to the size of a matchbox at the scrapyard, she repays Caractacus, Jeremy and Jemima with the best road trip ever. For Chitty is no ordinary car: she can talk - and float - and fly! The amazing automobile takes the Potts on a trip to the seaside followed by a fantastic journey across the Channel to France, where two cunning criminals are planning to rob Paris’ most famous chocolatier, Monsieur Bon Bon.

Zijn ouders zijn altijd afwezig en hij heeft moeite contact met leeftijdsgenoten te maken. De wereld om hem heen kan hij niet begrijpen. In zijn kinderjaren besluit Yozo de clown uit te hangen; alleen zo hoeft hij nooit gesprekken aan te gaan en zijn emoties onder ogen te zien. Tijdens zijn studententijd zoekt hij zijn heil in drugs, drank en seks. Zijn pogingen relaties op te bouwen met vrouwen lopen elke keer op niets uit.

Scopo di questo audiolibro è quello di dare, attraverso una selezione diligente degli scritti di Einstein, una rappresentazione concisa, ma chiara e unitaria, delle sue dottrine scientifiche e delle sue concezioni filosofiche. I suoi scritti non sono molti: brevi memorie, qualche saggio abbastanza succinto, conferenze e interviste, è tutto ciò a cui si può attingere per formarsi un'immagine concreta della sua filosofia e del suo atteggiamento verso la vita. Per consentire all'ascoltatore non specializzato di comprendere l'essenza e il valore delle teorie della relatività.

Set during World War Two, Hut 33 follows the adventures of a team of codebreakers at Bletchley Park as they work tirelessly to break German codes, matching wits with the fabled Enigma Machine. Unfortunately, they hate each other. Archie is a stroppy Geordie socialist revolutionary while Professor Charles Gardner is a toffee-nosed snob. In theory, the immensely stupid 3rd Lt. Joshua Featherstonhaugh-Marshall is in charge of the hut, but he is still struggling with even the most basic concepts....

Lecky Ferguson is growing up in a penniless but close-knit family in Jarrow. He relies on his imaginative Uncle Freddie for explanations of the world’s many mysteries. Packed with humour and adventure, this award-winning full-cast drama tells the life of a young man that is far from ordinary.

A empatia é um fator crucial para melhorar os relacionamentos e até mesmo aprimorar o desenvolvimento de produtos. Embora seja fácil dizer "basta se colocar no lugar do outro", entender as motivações e emoções das outras pessoas é um desafio. Este livro ampliará sua compreensão da empatia e ajudará você a se tornar mais sensível às necessidades dos outros, abordando temas como o que o Dalai Lama ensinou a Daniel Goleman sobre inteligência emocional, por que a compaixão é uma tática gerencial melhor do que a agressividade, e o que os bons ouvintes realmente fazem.

Born in 1832 in Pennsylvania, Louisa May Alcott was best known for Little Women, her phenomenal bestseller loosely based on her childhood experiences with her own sisters. Adapted numerous times for stage and screen, it is dramatised here alongside her follow-up novel Good Wives and the thrilling sensation story A Marble Woman.

Nada «se vuelve viral». Si crees que una película, canción o app popular surgió de la nada para convertirse, de boca en boca, en un éxito, te estás perdiendo la historia real. Cada éxito de taquilla tiene una historia secreta de poder, influencia, emisoras oscuras y cultos apasionados que convierten algunos productos nuevos en fenómenos culturales. Incluso las ideas más brillantes se marchitan en la oscuridad si no se conectan a la red correcta.

Look up the word "nerd" and you'll find Lily Bailey's picture. She's got one goal: first stop valedictorian, next stop Harvard. Until a stint in the hospital from too much stress lands her in the last place a klutz like her ever expected to be: salsa dance lessons. Look up the word "popular" and you'll find Stone Torres's picture. His life seems perfect - star of the football team, small-town hero, lots of friends. But his family is struggling to make ends meet, so if pitching in at his mom's dance studio helps, he'll do it. 

Ghost stories by M. R. James are pretty varied, and based on the genre of Gothic novels. The plot of "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" is unveiled when Professor Parkins finds a whistle engraved with a Latin inscription... and blows it. "The School Story", builds a mystic and fearsome atmosphere around a mysterious Byzantine coin. Once again, well-chosen voices, superb music, and original cover-graphics serve to enhance the feel of the stories.

Dear Anders, You're cordially invited to stop messing around with my emotions. You had your chance and like a coward, ran away when it got too difficult. Couldn't you handle wanting your best friends, little sister? You didn't want me bad enough? Like I said - coward. Well, guess what? You lost your chance and now I'm engaged to someone who isn't you. Thank. God. But I'm going to be the bigger person here - for the sake of my brother - and truly hope you can make the wedding and join in on all of the festivities. I hope you don't choke on the champagne. Or do. Whatever. 

From International bestselling author Maggie Cole comes her highly anticipated secret society, deliciously dark, next-generation Mafia series about two lifelong friends. Sean O’Malley Jr. and Zara Marino have a similar obsession with their fathers’ secrets, but discovering the truth requires them to surrender to each other and the unknown of their Underworld vows.