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Es ist der Morgen nach dem großen Austernfest. Kommissarin Karen Eiken Hornby, Ende 40, wacht betrunken neben ihrem arroganten Chef in einem Hotelzimmer auf. Etwa zur gleichen Zeit wird eine Frau brutal in ihrem Haus erschlagen. Das Opfer ist ausgerechnet die Ex-Frau des Mannes, mit dem Hornby gerade die Nacht verbracht hat. Ihr Chef kann den Fall nicht übernehmen, da er zu den potenziellen Verdächtigen gehört. Hornby wittert eine große Chance - sie soll den Fall übernehmen und kann endlich zeigen, dass sie mehr drauf hat. Zuvor muss sie jedoch noch ein anderes Alibi für ihren Chef finden.

Who can live without lust? All day and night, our minds run through delicious possibilities - a silky hand beckoning us into the VIP lounge; a stranger in the backseat; the hunky FedEx driver bringing his package to the door - not to mention our own lascivious memories. Lust is a collection of erotica by and for women, a fierce and joyous celebration of female desire and the triple-X trouble it gets us into.

Corporate cultures, global mind-sets, and employee priorities are changing, which means that management and human resources departments must also evolve. To ensure that teams are well-crafted, motivated, and successful, managers and HR professionals must step outside their comfort zone and adapt to younger, newer ways of thinking - they must become Agile.

Sophie Duguet no entiende qué le sucede: pierde objetos, olvida situaciones, es detenida en un supermercado por pequeños robos que no recuerda haber cometido. Y los cadáveres comienzan a acumularse a su alrededor... Y ya no podemos desvelar nada más para así mantener intacto el escalofriante placer de escuchar el audiolibro de este thriller y tratar de buscar la verdad.

NUEVA EDICIÓN CON ILUSTRACIONES DE SARA MORANTE EN EL 100.º ANIVERSARIO DEL NACIMIENTO Y EL 50.º ANIVERSARIO DE LA MUERTE DE CARSON MCCULLERSUna de las grandes maestras de la literatura norteamericana, un clásico indiscutible. Escrita en 1940 con tan sólo veintitrés años, El corazón es...

An emotional and inspiring World War Two time-slip novel of danger and courage. This is a story inspired by true events and stories of Irena Sendler and the women of the Polish Żegota. It's the worst time in humanity and yet there is still light in the darkness… 1942, Warsaw Young Zofia finds...

What if the Little Mermaid took a moment to reconsider her deal with the sea witch, and decided to change the course of her life her own way, on her own terms? Listen to this charming, alternative story!

I’m dreading turning fifty more than I’ve dreaded any other birthday in my life. Now that my kids are at university, the prospect of spending the rest of my life with my bullying, balding, and boring husband is a miserable one. Which is why I employed Jay. He gives me the reason I need to get up, to go on and to look forwardand I’ll do anything to keep him.

"Little People, Big Dreams" erzählt von den Lebensgeschichten beeindruckender Persönlichkeiten: Ob rebellische Schriftstellerin, genialer Musiker, mutiger Bürgerrechtler oder visionäre Architektin, sie alle haben Großes vollbracht. Dabei begann alles, als sie noch klein waren – mit Mut und großen Träumen.

Obra maestra de la narrativa del siglo XIX y una de las grandes novelas de Jane Austen, Emma cuenta la historia de una inteligente y laboriosa joven empeñada en hacer de celestina de todas sus amistades. Cuando su institutriz, amiga y confidente decide contraer matrimonio, Emma Woodhouse se queda sola con sus propios sentimientos y se enfrenta al vacío de su vida y a la penosa tarea de intentar que los demás lleven una vida tan perfecta como la suya.

In Mindful Leadership, you'll learn how to draw on inner reserves through mindfulness meditation, a tool you can use to achieve focus and clarity, reduce stress, and develop the presence of mind to meet any number of challenges.  

Publicada en 1888, Los Maia es una saga familiar que refleja el ambiente y las costumbres de la burguesía lisboeta y la sociedad cambiante que la rodea. Retrato de tres generaciones que vienen a clausurar una gloriosa historia nobiliaria, la novela se centra en la pasión romántica del último de la familia, el joven médico Carlos da Maia, por la enigmática Maria Eduarda, pareja de un comerciante brasileño que se cruza azarosamente en su vida.

Tutti gli amanti giurano che il loro amore è diverso da quello degli altri. Specie all'inizio, quando la risacca della vita non ha ancora intaccato il sentimento. Poi le cose cambiano, e le storie tendono a somigliarsi. Ma non questa. L'amore raccontato in queste pagine - tratto da una vicenda di cronaca nera - ha avuto un finale sorprendente, che solo la realtà e una sua misteriosa giustizia potevano immaginare. Del resto "il destino, quando si accanisce, mostra pure una certa fantasia". "Magnifico e tremendo stava l'amore rielabora un caso di cronaca nera.

Leonard Hoffman, um famoso empresário que abandonou sua brilhante carreira para se tornar monge em um mosteiro beneditino, é o personagem central desta envolvente história criada por James C. Hunter para ensinar de forma clara e agradável os princípios fundamentais dos verdadeiros líderes.

They don’t need to name the dangerous prisoner who’s escaped whilst in transit between prisons. The chill that snakes up my spine tells me exactly who it is. And I know the first place he’ll be heading. With a history of my own escape from him twelve years ago, I can already foresee the relentless manhunt that’s about to unfold. The question is, will he be caught before he can do any more damage? As a fresh wave of killings creeps closer to our new hometown on the east coast, I know one thing for certain. That he’s coming back for me.

Do you want to learn Spanish, but have no time to sit down? With these easy Spanish audio lessons, you can learn wherever you are.

Maria Krestovskaya demonstrates her incredibly astute understanding of human mind as she gives us a unique glimpse into the mental turmoils associated with one boy's first love.

«Sé lo que has hecho». Este mensaje, encontrado en el bolsillo del pantalón de Alaska Sanders, cuyo cadáver apareció el 3 de abril de 1999 al borde del lago de Mount Pleasant, una pequeña localidad de New Hampshire, es la clave de la nueva y apasionante investigación que, once años después de poner entre rejas a sus presuntos culpables, vuelve a reunir al escritor Marcus Goldman y al sargento Perry Gahalowood.

The Gospel as Revealed to Me (formerly The Poem of the Man-God) is the title of the new edition of Maria Valtorta's main work. The new English edition is similar to the original Italian both for the title and for the subdivision in 10 volumes. It narrates the birth and childhood of the Virgin Mary and her son Jesus; the three years of Jesus' public life (forming the largest section); his passion, death, resurrection, and ascension; the beginnings of the Church; and the assumption of Mary.

The tale of The Princess and the Frog takes a decidedly darker turn as Doc sets out to investigate what truly happened between the king's daughter and the talking amphibian.