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Millions of people–looking to cheat on their partners–signed up for Ashley Madison in the early 2000s, seeking a private space to share their public desires. The promise of discretion was shattered in the summer of 2015, when anonymous hackers stole the company’s cache of user information and published it worldwide. The result? One of the most shocking data breaches of the internet age. Overnight, millions of unfaithful spouses had their real names, addresses and sexual preferences published online in a searchable database that anyone could browse.

A Diego le aterroriza que el coco venga a por él si no consigue dormirse. Por eso, tiene problemas todas las noches para descansar y, por las mañanas, está tan cansado que se queda dormido en el colegio. Una noche, recibe una visita inesperada en su habitación. Luisa Villar nos ofrece con este cuento infantil una sencilla pero emotiva historia sobre los grandes miedos infantiles que se resuelve de forma novedosa y sorprendente.

In “We Are Not Seeing It: How & Why Mainstream Schools Break SEND Kids”, blogger and parent Luisa Gray (aka. @LongRoadSENDMum) explains what the drivers of the SEND emergency REALLY are — and how UK schools and Local Authorities are routinely causing harm to SEND children: harm that is massive, with potentially life-long effects.

In this poignant and deeply personal audio experience, host Maria Luisa Tucker investigates the disappearance of her own father, and uses the many theories that emerge to explore what it means to be a family today.

When you’re struck with a difficult emotion, like loneliness, anxiety, or heartbreak, sometimes the best remedy isn’t a pill or herbal potion, but poetry.

When war sends five displaced children to her door, Dodie Fitznorton knows life will never be the same. Eight-year-old Olive trembles when spoken to and won't say how she got a bruised lip, and her brother Peter seems angry at the entire world. With whispers of spies in the village and the children's precious futures at stake, Dodie must decide who to trust before everything she's built crumbles to ashes around her.

La prima indagine del famoso detective burbero e misantropo protagonista dei romanzi di Colin Dexter: l’ispettore capo Morse, humour tipicamente inglese, vasta erudizione letteraria, competenze musicali fuori del comune, passione per l’enigmistica e le parole crociate, segue il caso di una ragazza scomparsa e ritrovata ore dopo uccisa in modo brutale.

Hi, I'm Luisa Omielan. I am a stand up comic from the U.K. I love doing one woman shows and for me, they are a party with jokes in, a rally, a call to arms and a demand for action! I have toyed with the idea of doing a podcast based on some of the themes of my stand up shows for some time. As comedy loosens people up and allows us to talk freely about difficult topics. Be that mental health, body image, suicide, cancer, love, relationships, feeling lost and needy. But these shows aint new, its not some bandwagon, they go back to 2012 but the topics are still just as relevant. So i thought it ...

Unusually in-depth conversations about the world's most pressing problems and what you can do to solve them. Subscribe by searching for '80000 Hours' wherever you get podcasts. Hosted by Rob Wiblin and Luisa Rodriguez.

1897. Rosamund bows her head and steps slowly down the aisle. The satin of her gown whispers against the stone floor and a single tear falls into the bunch of yellow roses twisted in her trembling hands. Despite rumours of his cruelty, Rosamund has no choice but to become this man’s second wife.

Venice, 1752. On a cold December night, a man is found strangled in a dark alley. High magistrate Marco Pisani is tasked with investigating the grisly murder. When two more bodies are discovered, it is clear there is a serial killer on the loose. Helped in his investigation by lawyer Zen, daring gondolier Nani and the cunning Chiara Renier, Pisani is determined to uncover the truth before the murderer strikes again. But to find answers, he must move among the city’s criminal underworld of spies, shady taverns and gambling halls.

8 marzo, per tutti gli uomini in ascolto. Le ancora attualissime barriere di genere in cinque articoli di Repubblica: Femminicidi, il ritorno del delitto d'onore, di Concita De Gregorio; Clara Usón, storia di una spogliarellista e del re di Spagna, di Concita De Gregorio; In campo con il pancione. Sydney contro chi la insulta, di Alessandra Retico; Alla faccia della parità, ecco perché in Italia il potere non è donna, di Maria Novella De Luca e Luisa Grion; 8 marzo: quando questa firma sarà di un uomo, di Concita De Gregorio.

Marco Aurelio escribió sus Meditaciones durante los descansos de sus actividades políticas y bélicas. Estas reflexiones tenían el propósito de recordarle las máximas fundamentales del estoicismo y de ayudarle a aplicarlas en su día a día para no desviarse del objetivo primordial: ser mejor persona. Organizadas en doce libros, versan sobre temas universales y atemporales como la fugacidad del tiempo o la manera correcta de conducirse en la vida.

Born into luxury, Charlotte Fitznorton has always known a life filled with lavish parties and a line of suitors, all part of a future neatly laid out for her by her father, Sir Lucien. She is to marry well and continue the line at Plas Norton, the family seat. When Eustace Chadwycke—son of a viscount—proposes just before leaving to fight in France, it seems Charlotte’s destiny is perfectly falling into place. Then, tragedy strikes. Her father dies unexpectedly, and her future hangs in the balance—threatened by her hated stepmother Rosamund's surprise pregnancy.

Chi sostiene che il golf è uno sport tranquillo e rilassante non si è mai trovato nella situazione di Bobby Jones che, per un tiro maldestro, scopre uno sconosciuto morente precipitato da una scogliera. Da quel momento, la vita di Bobby si trasforma in un susseguirsi di disavventure provocate dalla sua curiosità e dall'intraprendenza di Frankie, la sua graziosa amica. Ma chi vuole uccidere i due giovani? Chi è la donna ritratta nella fotografia trovata nella tasca dello sconosciuto? E, soprattutto, chi è il misterioso Evans nominato dallo sconosciuto prima di morire?

Una nuova, avvincente serie di gialli storici ambientati nella Bologna degli anni Trenta. Bologna, estate del 1935. Gli abitanti dei dintorni di Strada Maggiore sono riuniti per un funerale quando le urla disperate di una donna annunciano che il conte Perdisa, sua moglie e il figlioletto giacciono riversi nel sangue nel salone del loro palazzo. A occuparsi del caso, per ordine dei ras della città, sarà il maresciallo Vittorio Righi dei Reali Carabinieri.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you. Greater Than a Tourist by Luisa Gastambide offers the inside scoop on Montevideo. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Ambientada en el Madrid de los años 30, Tea Rooms cuenta el día a día de las trabajadoras de un distinguido salón de té. La gran obra de Luisa Carnés, la gran narradora invisible de la Generación del 27. Grabado en español ibérico (España)...

Now a New Yorker, the Pharaoh’s cat—the ancient Egyptian feline with human powers—travels back in time to free Egypt’s legendary Queen Nefertiti from a horrific curse, discovering firsthand why her mummy has never been found and her famous bust is missing one eye.

Esta compilación incluye las novelas y cuentos de María Luisa Bombal, además de una serie de diversos escritos entre los que se encuentran su testimonio autobiográfico, sus crónicas poéticas, y una serie de entrevistas, más una selección de sus cartas personales...