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Una obra luminosa y devastadora, de extraordinaria fuerza narrativa, que rescata del olvido a toda una generación de mujeres «Las leopardas abre un complejo abanico de relaciones humanas, tabúes sociales, enfermedad y sororidad, y lo explora con la aparente sencillez de un verano en el pueblo...

UN MANUSCRITO ANÓNIMO. UN PASADO QUE VUELVE. UNA MENTE AL BORDE DEL COLAPSO. Soy editora. Tengo el trabajo de mis sueños y creía haber dejado atrás mi adolescencia, enterrada bajo años de silencio… Pero ha llegado a mis manos un manuscrito firmado por una desconocida y lo que cuenta… es...

FINALISTA DO GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS DE 2024 Inglaterra, 1939. A viúva Emma Taylor está desesperada para arranjar um emprego. Ela e sua filha Olivia sempre conseguiram se virar sozinhas, mas com leis estritas que proíbem viúvas com crianças de se inserirem no mercado de trabalho, ela só...

Before THE LORD OF THE RINGS, there was THE VÖLSUNGA SAGA. Discover the ancient Norse legend that helped inspire the world of J.R.R. Tolkien in this epic modern retelling of one of the greatest sagas of Viking mythology. Born from the bloodline of Odin himself, the legendary Völsung dynasty is...

Sascha kommt eines Abends nicht nach Hause. Obwohl sich Mila sicher ist, dass ihr Mann nicht weit weg sein kann, fahndet bald schon die Polizei nach ihm, denn bei seiner Firma fehlt Geld. Ist Sascha untergetaucht, wurde er entführt? Mila erhält Zeichen, stößt auf Spuren, die nur von Sascha...

Sie hat es satt, eine Schachfigur zu sein. Lady Georgiana Chadwick hat genug. Genug von ihrem verschwenderischen Vater, genug von ihrem trägen Bruder und ganz sicher genug von ihrem lüsternen Verlobten– dem betagten Marquess of Henderville. Da ihre Flucht sorgfältig geplant ist, braucht...

Join Marcus and friends as they solve another spooky mystery in The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Haunted Disco. This is the ninth exciting adventure by England International footballer, child food-poverty campaigner and bestselling author Marcus Rashford MBE. Inspired by Marcus's own...

The Spear of Destiny. The Roman Legionnaire’s lance that pierced Christ’s body as he hung on the cross. Legend claims whomever possesses it will become a great conqueror. But if they lose it, they will lose everything—including their lives. Shortly before WWII, Hitler stole the spear from a museum in Vienna. In the last weeks of the European war, he lost it. General George Patton orders an American OSS team to find the spear and recover it. 

The horrors of the Iraq war led Timothy Beck to become a simple parish priest…until that day when his life changed forever. Now, he’s a member of an elite team secretly funded by the United States government to hunt vampires.

This book is a journal of E. C., the old groundskeeper as he goes about his life going to church, to work, to teaching tennis, to playing tennis, and to visiting his friends. He is a secretary writing the ideas, wishes, prayers, and reflections that come through his life.

The fate of the Union and the emancipation of slavery were at stake in the national election of 1864. It was the most important election in the history of the United States, and a beacon of hope for the world. This is the story of how Lincoln mastered language, and how his words changed public perspective, drove home emancipation, reignited the ideals of freedom and saved democratic government. In all he said, Lincoln’s words speak freedom to peoples the world over today as in 1864.

Barcelona, 1928. Anna Expósito es una joven huérfana que ha crecido en la Casa de la Misericordia. Su afición por el cine, las revistas femeninas y la cosmética han hecho de ella una muchacha independiente que quiere disfrutar de la vida. A su salida del orfanato, empieza a trabajar como...

Exploring the sometimes hilarious, sometimes devastating impact of crowd behavior and trading trickery on the financial markets, this book brilliantly combines two all-time investment classics. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and Confusión de Confusiones take us from Tulipmania in 1634-when tulips actually traded at a higher price than gold - to the South Sea "bubble" of 1720, and beyond. Securities analyst and author Martin Fridson guides you on a quirky, entertaining, and intriguing journey back through time.

Brought to you by Penguin. On the Six-Thousand Ship, things have started to feel changed. Since bringing aboard a number of strange objects from a newly discovered planet, the crew – both human and humanoid – have begun to feel a yearning. They want to be near the objects, to feel them...

Work is an important part of living, whether you wait on customers, build a business or cook for your family. As such, we all have important stories to tell about our work. From this rich treasure chest of experiences, Canfield, Hansen, and company have gathered a special collection of inspiring tales that share the daily courage, compassion, and creativity that take place in workplaces everywhere.

Marta Ruiz Yedinak, a Spanish National Board Certified Teacher, uses basic to intermediate level Spanish to tell stories and talk about everyday topics. Second language acquisition takes place through comprehensible input, and when the topics are interesting and compelling to the learner, it happens almost without awareness. Sit back, enjoy, and improve your Spanish listening skills! Join the Facebook group for collaboration!

Brought to you by Penguin. When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence...

Tesla is regarded as one of the top researchers and inventors in the field of electricity. There are 43 chapters in the audiobook, the majority of which focus on various areas of research and discoveries by Tesla. The ideas and inventions are communicated in their unique ways, each of which establishes its position based on inherent value. Tesla advanced past his contemporaries to the next stage while also extending and revolutionizing the work of his predecessors.

Книга, которая научит вас влиять на людей и ситуации так, чтобы всё складывалось в вашу пользу! Вы проигрываете переговоры, хотя ваши аргументы сильнее? Вы не можете убедить партнёра, ребёнка или начальника, сколько бы ни старались объяснить? Вы чувствуете, что вами манипулируют, но не понимаете, как именно это происходит? Правда в том, что влияние и умение убеждать—это не талант и не харизма, с которыми нужно родиться. Это навык, у которого есть чёткие правила и конкретные инструменты. И люди, которые добиваются своего легко—в переговорах, на работе, в семье—просто знают эти правила.

Welcome to the Retire Well Podcast, your guide to planning, investing, and living a purposeful and healthy life from mid-life and beyond. Hosted by Jim Smith and Martin Fox, financial advisers and founders of The Retirement Guys. Jim and Martin explore how to grow your wealth, improve your wellbeing, and design the retirement that you really want.