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Tamarind never knew her Indian mum, Chinty, who died soon after she was born. So when she arrives at her ancestral home, a huge mansion in the Himalayas surrounded by luxuriant gardens, she's full of questions for her extended family. But instead of answers, she finds an ominous silence - and a trickle of intriguing clues: an abandoned hut, a friendly monkey, a glowing star ring and a strange girl in the garden who calls herself Ishta. Slowly, Tamarind unravels a mystery at the heart of who she is....

¿Cómo expresarte cuando sientes que nadie te escucha? En esta conmovedora novela en verso que Lisa Fipps, la autora galardonada con un premio de honor Printz, llama “potente”, una niña enfrenta el primer año de secundaria mientras lidia con problemas de salud mental y debe encontrar su propia voz para pedir la ayuda y la comprensión que merece.

"La leadership nasce da un desiderio, una visione, che a volte è un vero e proprio sogno." E' questo il tema centrale del nuovo straordinario audiolibro...

Every year on Leila's birthday Shalini kneels by the wall with a little yellow spade and scoops dry earth to make a pit for two candles. One each for herself and for Riz, the husband at her side. But as Shalini walks from the patch of grass where she held her vigil the man beside her melts away. It is 16 years since they took her, her daughter's third birthday party, the last time she saw the three people she loves most dearly: her mother, her husband, her child

As night falls in Delhi, a mother spins tales from her past for her sleeping daughter. Her now grown-up child is a puzzle with a million pieces whom she hopes, through her words and her love, to somehow make whole again. Meanwhile, as the last train from Rajiv Chowk Station pulls away, a young man rides the metro and dreams of murder. In another corner of the city, a newborn wrapped in a blood-red towel lies on the steps of an orphanage as his mother walks away.

Una poderosa exploración del dolor y la resiliencia después de la pérdida Cada quien lidia con el duelo a su manera: Helen Macdonald halló consuelo al entrenar a un halcón salvaje; Cheryl Strayed encontró fuerza en una caminata a través de Estados Unidos, mientras que Carol Smith, periodista nominada al Premio Pulitzer y autora de este libro, afrontó la muerte de su hijo pequeño entregándose a su trabajo.

In the wake of a traumatic lockdown, Nancy Campbell buys an old caravan and drives it into a strip of neglected woodland between a canal and railway. It is the first home she has ever owned. As summer begins, Nancy embraces the challenge of how to live well in a space in which possessions and emotions often threaten to tumble—clearing industrial junk from the soil to help wild beauty flourish. But when illness and uncertainty loom once more, it is this van anchored in the woods, and the unconventional friendships forged off -grid, that will bring her solace and hope.

La calda estate di Hercule Poirot, ancora una volta si trasforma in una vicenda dai contorni oscuri. E pensare che tutto è iniziato con i migliori presupposti, sotto il sole scintillante dell'isola del Contrabbandiere. Il Jolly Hotel è il buon ritiro estivo del famoso investigatore, di un prete con problemi psichici, di un ricco faccendiere, di una famosa soubrette, di una famosa stilista, di una coppia di americani, e di diverse altre persone desiderose di trascorrere al meglio un periodo di relax.

Unos días antes de emprender las románticas vacaciones que tanto habían planeado, Emilia y su prometido se separan repentinamente, por lo que ella decide viajar sola a Roma para intentar curar su corazón.

With a professional booster for a mother and a pimp for a father, crime was the family business, and Tara held a degree in Hustling 101. Her street smarts and her love affair with Julio, however, weren’t enough to keep her out of prison, and now that she’s inside the institution, each day is a new adventure for Tara. She hits the gate kicking her credentials and calling in favors, and before long, she’s back in charge and running things. But what Tara doesn’t know is that she isn’t really in charge like she thinks, because someone else has other plans for her.

Cate Morris and her son, Leo, are homeless. They’ve packed up the boxes from their London home, said good-bye to friends and now they are on their way to Hatters Museum of the Wide Wide World to stay just for the summer. Cate doesn’t want to be there, in Richard’s family home, without Richard to guide her any more. And she knows for sure that Araminta, the retainer of the collection of dusty objects and stuffed animals, has taken against them. But they have nowhere else to go. They have to make the best of it. But Richard hasn’t told Cate the truth about his family’s history.

Per la prima volta un audiolibro spiega in modo chiaro, originale e accessibile a tutti...

Un male incurabile colpisce la giovane e bella Berenice, destinata ad un lento declino fisico e spirituale...

Tania Del Río expone un reclamo social, una denuncia urgente para modificar este inventario actual, para solidarizarse con estos seres humanosy colectivos que, buscando a los suyos, suman fuerzas para superar esta muerte lenta.

Diana Parks is a beautician with a temper, and she's not the only member of Ottersea WI who's had enough of bullies and slimeballs. When the body of lecherous landlord, Raj Sumal, washes up on the beach, it's up to Detectives Jim Paddon and Grace Brown to solve the mystery. They start to suspect Raj's wife, Sukhi, who likes walking on the cliffs. Meanwhile, at Ottersea Oceanworld, Jane the Octopus hears people's secrets and understands everything during a sweltering summer of strange deaths, new friendships, and a whole lot of ice cream.

Abby e Travis sono due guerrieri. Hanno sempre dovuto lottare contro chi non credeva nel loro amore. Sin dal loro primo incontro, anni prima, quando si sono scambiati parole poco amichevoli per nascondere la reciproca attrazione. Hanno superato incomprensioni, accuse, inganni, fino al giorno in cui si sono scambiati gli anelli, suggellando la promessa di restare sempre insieme, a ogni costo. Eppure il loro passato cerca ancora di dividerli.

We have long understood the Industrial Revolution as a triumphant story of innovation and technology. Empire of Guns, is a rich and ambitious new book by award-winning historian Priya Satia, which upends this conventional wisdom by placing war and Britain’s prosperous gun trade at the heart of the Industrial Revolution and the state’s imperial expansion. Satia brings to life this bustling industrial society with the story of a scandal: Samuel Galton of Birmingham, one of Britain’s most prominent gun makers, was condemned by his fellow Quakers that his profession violated their pacifist principles.

Aisha is a 13-year-old refugee. When she finds she’s being sent to a new foster family, she runs away, seeking shelter in the nearby woods. Twelve-year-old Zak is trying to cope with his parents' divorce. He starts researching the history behind his house, which leads him to an old air-raid shelter in the same woods. Both children meet in the heart of the ancient woodland, and unexpected bonds are formed....

In der Ausgabe 7/2022 von Spotlight Audio erfahren Sie, wie London sich auf seine Vergangenheit besinnt und gleichzeitig eine grünere Zukunft anstrebt. In "Poetry Corner" vergleicht William Shakespeare seine Geliebte in bunter Bildersprache mit dem englischen Wetter. Und in "A Day in My Life" lernen Sie einen Ziegenzüchter auf der hawaiianischen Insel Maui kennen. Englisch lernen mit Spotlight Audio. Inhalt: Audio-Download inkl. Booklet mit allen gesprochenen Texten zum Nachlesen und zweisprachigem Glossar (PDF-Format), Sprache: Englisch.

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