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Nouvelle-Zélande, 1863. Carol et Linda vivent heureuses après que leurs mères, Cat et Ida, ont surmonté bien des embûches. Mais leur bonheur leur vaut aussi des ennemis, qui envient leur prospérité ou voient d'un mauvais œil leurs liens avec les Maoris.

Now an HBO Original Series “You’ll love this engrossing novel.” —People Named a Best Book of the Year by LibraryReads, BookBrowse, and Goodreads From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People, a dazzling and profound novel about a small town with a big dream—and the...

On icy Petaybee, the planet itself seems to be orchestrating its own evolution, but the planet is also rich in resources, and a ruthless company is poised to take advantage. Yana, an ex-company soldier with strong ties to the planet, tries to intervene. She and her friends must find a way to prove that Petaybee is more valuable to the company alive than dead.

When I escaped my abusive ex and stumbled into the mountains... I never expected to find three rugged mountain men ready to claim my heart—and my body. They offer refuge and safety for me and my sweet little girl. But nothing in their world comes without a price. As we bond beneath the stars...

Tout le monde dit que je suis une mauvaise fille. Ils n'ont pas tout à fait tort. C'est vrai que je ne me laisse jamais marcher sur les pieds et que je me fiche totalement de ce que les gens pensent de moi. Mais de là à avoir une aventure avec l'ennemi, je ne suis pas aussi téméraire ! Je suis la fille de l'entraîneur de l'équipe de hockey de Briar et, si je sortais avec un joueur de l'équipe rivale, je serais vilipendée. Jake Connelly, l'attaquant vedette de Harvard, est arrogant, exaspérant et tellement attirant.

Alejandra, una adolescente frívola, vive en un fraccionamiento de clase alta. Su vida se ve afectada por el abandono de su madre y la dureza de un padre estricto. Es muy cercana a Vicky, su nana, quien para ella es parte de la familia, y que padece de epilepsia, por lo que casi no sale de los límites de la casa. Una tarde sus vidas cambian por completo cuando Juan Pablo, el lavacoches, intenta violar a Vicky. ¿Cómo nos afectan las decisiones una vez que las tomamos? ¿Cuáles son las consecuencias cuando ya no hay marcha atrás?

This work sets forth a theory which is speculative in nature, there being no verifying experiments. It is based on the idea of the reversibility of everything in time; that is, that every type of process has its time image, a corresponding process which is its exact reverse with respect to time.

This audiobook is aimed at beginners, and will take you through the basics of computer hacking. You will learn about the different types of hacking, the primary hacking methods, and different areas of a system that can be hacked. The subsequent section is dedicated about VPN and Tor network. You will discover some basic hacks you can do right away, and be pointed in the direction of software that will assist your hacking escapades.

La vie d'Ingrid Berman est unique, d'une mère suédoise et d'un père allemand, Ingrid est destinée à chanter, mais elle va choisir la scène. Sa mère meurt très jeune et son père avec la tante d'Ingrid soigne l'éducation de la jeune fille. Les débuts au cinéma d'Ingrid vont être difficiles.

I’ve been in love with my best friend since high school. My biggest regret? Walking away without telling her. I planned to. But then catastrophe struck, making us part ways without a word. She left for Boston with her fiancé, while I left for L.A. with my band—Raging Chaos. For the next five years, I lived and breathed music, trying to forget the beautiful girl who shattered my heart without even knowing it. Until I see her again…. I walked away once, and I've learned my lesson. Layla is my forever, not another item in my pile of regrets. And she's about to find that out.

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE A novelist discovers the dark side of Hollywood and reckons with ambition, corruption, and environmental collapse in “a darkly satirical reflection of ecological reality” (Time) LONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF...

A love story about a werewolf, a witch and an odd little New England town...Amy Linden has a boring job and lives a boring life...or so it seems. But secretly, Amy is a witch who was raised by a family of witchy women who taught her how to cast spells, chat with ghosts and how to brew a truly enchanting cup of coffee. Nursing a broken heart after her girlfriend just left her, Amy's feeling a little stifled by her small-town life. When her aunt sends her a letter asking Amy to come run her café in Wolf Town, Maine, while she vacations, Amy is prepared for some strong coffee.

Hyun Carlos González Kang disfruta de una existencia ordenada y silenciosa en su piso de Madrid. Ingeniero informático, solitario por naturaleza, su rutina transcurre entre líneas de código y una vida cuidadosamente controlada. Todo cambia el día en que una nueva vecina se instala en el apartamento de enfrente. Meli Martín es detective privada y especialista en meterse en problemas. Cuando Hyun, impulsado por una curiosidad que ni él mismo comprende, decide ayudarla en la investigación más peligrosa de su carrera, su mundo ordenado comienza a desmoronarse.

Patrick Hamlin has come to Hollywood to see his novel be adapted for the screen, but why does he get the feeling that the film project is a smokescreen for something else? Does Cassidy Carter, the troubled starlet due to play the lead, know something he doesn’t? And what is the truth about WAT-R, the synthetic water everyone drinks in LA?

We had been in India about two years, doing regular routine research work, when I met the Master known in these writings as Emil. While walking along a street in the city where we were staying, my attention was attracted to a crowd. I saw the center of interest was one of the street magicians, or fakirs, that are so common in that country. As I stood there I noticed beside me an elderly man who was not of the same caste as those about him. He looked at me and asked if I had been long in India.

Gaetano Marino interpreta "La camera in attesa", classica novella di Pirandello incentrata sul patetismo degli affetti familiari sullo sfondo della Grande Guerra.

Teenage Eulabee and her alluring best friend, Maria Fabiola, own the streets of Sea Cliff, their foggy oceanside San Francisco neighborhood. They know the ins and outs of the homes and beaches, Sea Cliff’s hidden corners and eccentric characters - as well as the swanky all-girls’ school they attend. Their lives move along uneventfully, with afternoon walks by the ocean and weekend sleepovers. Then everything changes. Eulabee and Maria Fabiola have a disagreement about what they did or didn’t witness on the way to school one morning, and this creates a schism in their friendship.

Giovanni Verga ci presenta la vita di Pentolaccia, povero bracciante siciliano perdutamente innamorato de "la Venera". Inganni e tradimenti renderanno però la vita di Pentolaccia un vero inferno, fino al drammatico epilogo finale.

Verga ci racconta la storia di Jeli, ragazzo povero che vive da solo insieme alla pecore che porta al pascolo. Attraverso il suo rapporto conflittuale con Don Alfonso, ricco rampollo di famiglia, assistiamo alla graduale emarginazione di Jeli che, a causa della sua povertà e della sua condizione sociale, viene sempre più marginalizzato.

Cosa può permettersi chi non ha denaro? Non certo l'affetto, ma soltanto l'onore, per lo meno nella Sicilia di fine '800 che ci presenta Giovanni Verga. "Pane nero", pubblicata originariamente da Verga all'interno di "Novelle rusticane", ci mostra uno spaccato di miseria e povertà. Un testo che ancora oggi pone interrogativi e spunti di riflessione attualissimi.