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Entre mentiras, recuerdos e imaginación se teje la vida de la señora Winter, una famosa novelista ya muy entrada en años que pide ayuda a Margaret, una mujer joven y amante de los libros, para contar por fin la historia de su misterioso pasado.

Julia Bird har lämnat London för att börja om i den pittoreska byn Berrywick. Hon är nybliven pensionär och dessutom nyskild, men fast besluten att skapa sig ett nytt liv. Den mysiga stugan hon köpt, med öppen spis och rustik charm, är allt hon drömt om. Men när hon låter riva den gamla trädgårdsboden för att göra plats för ett hönshus hittas en kropp efter en ung kvinna som verkar ha varit begraven i decennier.

Susana Macaya, de padre gitano pero educada como paya, desaparece tras su fiesta de despedida de soltera. El cadáver es encontrado dos días después en la Quinta de Vista Alegre del madrileño barrio de Carabanchel. Podría tratarse de un asesinato más, si no fuera por el hecho de que la víctima ha sido torturada siguiendo un ritual insólito y atroz, y de que su hermana Lara sufrió idéntica suerte siete años atrás, también en vísperas de su boda.

Es ist eines seiner lustigsten Werke. Michael Ende schuf mit dem Geheimen Zauberrat Beelzebub Irrwitzer und seiner Tante, der Hexe Tyrannja Vamperl, den Silvesterklassiker schlechthin. Wer anders als der neue Hörbuchkönig und Comedy-Star Christoph Maria Herbst könnte diesem Longseller...

Chaos in Europa, der Strom ist weg! Sabotage durch Terroristen? Oder ein Angriff von einem anderen Land? Die Politik ist ratlos - droht ein Krieg? Als ein französisches Atomkraftwerk havariert, müssen Millionen Menschen aus dem Loire-Gebiet fliehen. Doch kaum jemand kann helfen. Die Lage auf dem Kontinent wird immer schlimmer. Gemeinsam mit der jungen Journalistin Lauren Shannon (Katrin Hess) begibt sich Manzano (Sven Hasper) auf eine atemlose Odyssee durch Europa - gejagt, verfolgt und verletzt, aber immer mit einem Ziel vor Augen: diesen Angriff auf unsere Zivilisation zu beenden!

Leadership Starts Before the Title.Audacity is a bold leadership guide for women ready to stop waiting for permission and start leading with confidence. Katie Goar reveals how real leadership is built—not through pedigree or position, but through resilience, vulnerability, and decisive action...

“A book about a rare life, profound love, profound grief, anxiety, self-assurance, empowerment, aging, loss, and joy. It is nuanced, complex, insightful, helpful, and constantly surprising.” —Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of These Precious Days Writer and former model...

Food critic and blogger Tiffany Austin has the best job in the world: she gets to eat for a living. At least, she hopes she has a job. Her trial period at Southern Style magazine is up—and rumors are swirling that management is making a choice between Tiffany and a rival columnist: the ambitious Jenny Lee Plumm. Former chef Tiffany knows she has a battle on her hands…but she didn't realize it was to the death!

Hercule Poirot will eigentlich Kürbisse in einem kleinen, ruhigen Ort züchten und plötzlich sieht er sich mit zwei Leichen konfrontiert. Dass fast alle Einwohner bald unter Mordverdacht stehen, hält den belgischen Meisterdetektiv nicht davon ab, den Fall zu lösen.

Con "La rabbia e l'orgoglio" (2001), Oriana Fallaci rompe un silenzio durato dieci anni, dalla pubblicazione di "Insciallah", epico romanzo sulla missione occidentale di pace nella Beirut dilaniata dallo scontro tra cristiani e musulmani e dalle faide con Israele. Dieci anni in cui la Fallaci sceglie di vivere ritirata nella sua casa newyorchese, come in esilio, a combattere il cancro. Ma non smette mai di lavorare al testo narrativo dedicato alla sua famiglia, quello che lei chiama "il-mio-bambino", pubblicato postumo nel 2008, "Un cappello pieno di ciliege".

In this audiobook Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian, presents a celebration of the human search for truth and beauty through the lenses of science and poetry. Poetry and science, as Popova writes in her introduction, "are instruments for knowing the world more intimately and loving it...

Twenty-Eight Flavors, No Vanilla To find the limits of lovemaking, how far would you go--to Paris or the Caribbean, to miles above the earth, to your very own bedroom? Who would you invite--a threesome, a foursome, a whole houseful of eager erotic revelers? What props would you deploy--a wisp of...

Professor James Moriarty ist zurück für ein packendes neues Abenteuer, in dem er sich mit seinem erbitterten Rivalen Sherlock Holmes zusammenschließt. Moriarty spürt die Frau auf, die er liebt, entdeckt jedoch, dass sie im Netz einer zwielichtigen Gruppe von Bösewichten gefangen ist, die von Tag zu Tag stärker wird. Um dagegen anzukämpfen, muss Moriarty sich Lady Milverton stellen..

Amanda Walker is not a witch - yet. She's an artist, looking for work - unaware that someone has a desperate need for her, a dark plan that may require Amanda to enter death itself.If she is allowed to live long enough to make the choice.

Nesta investigação inovadora e pessoal, a jornalista científica Lucy Jones parte da própria experiência de maternidade para explorar as transformações físicas, mentais e sociais que as mulheres vivenciam ao se tornarem mães. Valendo-se de um amplo conjunto de pesquisas de diversos...

"Narrator JD Jackson addresses his listener as "bro" in this decidedly contemporary retelling of the classic saga...His brilliant performance captures all the artistry, wit, and immediacy of this fresh translation, and breathes new life into what for most has been a literary fossil." --...

Megan Foley knows she saw the little boy. So why does everyone at the perfect seaside house insist he never existed? The house was perfect. That was its first lie. When Megan and her husband Patrick accept an invitation to spend the summer at a luxurious house share in Stone Beach, Connecticut...

La inseguridad es la fuerza silenciosa que socava tu potencial, te roba la confianza y deja atrapada incluso a la mente más brillante. Sin embargo, transformarla es posible. Basándose en investigaciones pioneras, así como en más de una década trabajando con empresas de la lista Fortune 500...

I’m Faline Delamore. I’m the best demon hunter there is, but slaying monsters from the underworld for a living makes me feel trapped. My father trained me to be an assassin from birth, and he expects perfection. As a Nephilim, my life is consumed by battles and hellfire. I’m headed off to college to get a break from all the slaying, until I run into a sexy guy that’s just as hot as he is dangerous. Thames Deacon is tall, dark, and full of secrets. Despite his warnings to stay away, I can’t keep my distance. Something about him is just… bad.

Una luce fredda, implacabile. Uno specchio buio. Una stanza spoglia. Non sai come sia potuto succedere, ma su una cosa non hai dubbi: questo è un interrogatorio. E sotto indagine ci sei tu. Tu e tutte le scelte che hai fatto - e che non hai fatto - finora. Dalle più piccole e quotidiane alle più grandi e importanti. Una vita intera a prendere decisioni, giuste o sbagliate che fossero. E allora non puoi fare altro che aprire una porta dei ricordi per volta e ripercorrere tutti i momenti cruciali della tua vita per indagare, con una nuova consapevolezza, quello che è stato.