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Al escuchar este audiolibro vas a sentir una inyección de confianza, será como un ritual diario de conexión con vos mismo. Dedicale solo cinco minutos por día, todos los días, y generá una verdadera renovación en tu vida: la de la fuerza interior que te puede llevar a vivir al máximo nivel y a desarrollar tu máximo potencial. Esa fuerza interior es la Confianza Total. Y con Confianza Total, todo es posible.

When we came to America, we brought anger and socialism and hunger. We also brought our demons. In Burning Girls and Other Stories, Veronica Schanoes crosses borders and genres with stories of fierce women at the margins of society burning their way toward the center. This debut collection introduces listeners to a fantasist in the vein of Karen Russell and Kelly Link, with a voice all her own.

Evil has crept into the peaceful lives of the Daughters of Compassion. At first there are only small signs of its presence. The children at Sister Joan’s school are eerily well behaved. Holy water and candles mysteriously disappear from the chapel. The beautiful au pair of one of Sister Joan’s pupils flees in the middle of the night. Then a handsome young teenager vanishes. Murder has come to this quiet corner of Cornwall. Sister Joan must battle the evil forces threatening the nuns - as well as the temptations aroused in her by the dashing police detective on the case.

Sixteen-year-old Valerie vanishes from home in the small hours clad only in her robe and slippers. Three days later, Sister Joan finds her body abandoned in the convent's little Moor Schoolhouse. The dead girl is dressed in wedding white. A garland of leaves encircles her head, and a thin red line runs round her neck. Valerie has been strangled. Then a second young Catholic girl, also dressed in white, turns up dead. Sister Joan is once again torn between her religious duties and helping Detective Sergeant Mill’s inquiries...but time is running out.

"Luna, dear” he said as he rubbed my pregnant belly, “just let my mother know she’s in charge.” “Mason,” I snapped, “If you wanted to marry a submissive woman, you should never have married a werewolf.” Why had I married Mason? Sure, he’s handsome. He’s charming. And a Prince of the Fae, a secret he had kept until now. Now, he blathered about Fae customs, the royal line-of-succession, trial by combat— “Wait! If I beat up a bunch of fairies, they’ll leave us alone?” I placed my hand on top of his, “Leave our children alone?” “Well, not exactly. You’d have ...

When Daryn claimed she was seeing "visions" during her sophomore year of high school, no one believed the truth. She wasn't losing her mind; she was gaining the Sight - the ability to see the future. If she just paid attention to the visions, they'd provide her with clues and show her how she could help people. Really help them. Daryn embraced her role as a Seeker. The work she did was important. She saved lives. Until Sebastian. Sebastian was her first - and worst - mistake.

Drawn to his abandoned temple on the banks of the Nile by an enchanting song, Sobek the Crocodile God is even more captivated by the sight of the singer herself. Appearing to her as a man, he learns she is Merys, a descendant of his last priestess. Though filled with lust, Sobek believes Merys deserves to be more than just his mistress. But the rules that govern the Egyptian pantheon forbid anything beyond a physical joining of a Great One and a human.

From the editor of the best-selling anthology The Meaning of Michelle, a celebration of one of the greatest stars of our time, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.

I haven't done a lot of dating since my jerk fiancé cheated on me two years ago, but I have a very full life: a great family, a fulfilling job, and a home in beautiful Portland, Oregon. Then my big brother introduces me to his mysterious writer friend from LA. I'm falling fast, but I don't know if I can risk my heart again. What if this gorgeous, sensitive guy isn't what he seems to be?

When Mother Dorothy's godmother dies of a heart attack and leaves all her money to the convent, Sister Joan is uneasy. While on visiting duty at the hospital, she makes some tacit enquiries. Things don't seem quite right. The nursing staff are always away from their posts at crucial times. The surly young doctor seems very out of sorts. Then a little girl goes missing. Sister Joan knows there's something truly sinister going on. She teams up with Detective Sergeant Mill, but can they get to the bottom of things before tragedy strikes?

Antes de que el chef Aaron Sánchez saltara a la fama, era un niño, un mexicoamericano travieso, criado por una mujer con una determinación incansable y de invaluable talento, chef y restauradora de éxito por derecho propio. De niño pasaba las noches en el comedor de su casa rodeado de algunos de los chefs y restauradores más influyentes de Nueva York. En sus memorias, Sánchez se adentra en sus años de formación con gran sinceridad, inyectando adrenalina en su historia y revelando cómo se enamoró de la cocina y comenzó una carrera en el trepidante mundo culinario.

If your woman is happy, then you will be happy. Or so the saying goes. If you can make her feel desired, she will love you forever and will in turn please you in return. Learn how you can achieve this.

While out collecting some Portuguese laurel for the formidable flower arranger Mrs Dawes, feisty widow Ellie Quicke comes across a dead body - a corpse without an identity. Next day, Mrs Dawes is discovered by Ellie and her grandson, Frank, badly beaten and close to death. Much to Ellie's dismay, the police think shaven-headed Neil, Mrs Dawes' grandson, is responsible, even after a third body comes to light.

My 35th birthday was a bust as usual. Drunk girls in my bathtub, messy beds and painful hangovers. I'm done. Meeting Adrianna was the best blind date I'd ever been on. God she was hot and inspiring and special. Something I didn't know what I needed until I had her. But then she slipped away. I'll be damned if I don't show her how much she needs me too.

She is the envy of every teenage girl in Mexico City. Her mother is a glamorous telenovela actress. Her father is the go-to voice-over talent for blockbuster films. Hers is a world of private planes, chauffeurs, paparazzi, and gossip columnists. Meet Camilla del Valle - Cammi to those who know her best. When Cammi's mom gets cast in an American television show and the family moves to LA, things change, and quickly.

Cary, a middle-aged Chinese American, was brought up to believe that children should shed blood for their parents. Confucius says so: filial piety is a sacred duty that requires extreme sacrifice on the part of the young. Thus when Cary’s parents become too old and feeble to live on their own, she doesn’t hesitate to take them in. With the blessing of her Caucasian husband, Steve, she dives into caregiving with enthusiasm. But the more Cary tries to please her parents, the crabbier they become. Baba fights with Mami, and Cary with both; sibling rivalry fuels the fire, and Steve is fed ...

The heroes of Echo and the villains of the Thule Society continue the battle in the fifth book of The Secret World Chronicle, Waiting On. In this shorter podcast-only season, the heroes of Echo struggle with their own pasts and demons as they wait for the organization to regain strength following a devastating loss. Famed fantasy and sci-fi author Mercedes Lackey and SWC perennials Dennis Lee, Cody Martin, and Veronica Giguere tell the stories of fan favorites Seraphym, Red Djinni, Victoria Victrix, Mercurye, and John Murdock. Cover art done by Adam Mancilla.

Theodore Dreyer, actual conde de Snow, ha adquirido cierta fama de pícaro impenitente. Más por contagio que otra cosa, puesto que lleva demasiado tiempo bajo el ala de varios hombres que causaron grandes estragos entre las damas de la alta sociedad antes de reformarse. Cuando la hermana de su mejor amigo, la señorita Liberty Pharma, proclama públicamente que conseguirá que él pida su mano con solo batir sus espesas y largas pestañas… A la mocosa que lo molestaba en su niñez tendrían que encerrarla en Bedlam para sanar su mente, y luego echar la llave por la ventana. Y tiene que ...

Abby hates her punk neighbor. She hates her piercings and her tattoos and the way she smiles at her in the halls. Most of all, she hates when Leticia brings girls home to have her way with them. Abby can hear everything! It's bad enough that her neighbor's a sexy, smirking, blue-haired weirdo, she's also a futanari! Abby wants to ignore this nasty futa, but she can't deny her horny curiosity....

Veronica Karas, a certified financial planner, takes her wealth (yes, pun intended) of knowledge and experience in the financial industry and brings it to all seasons of your life. Following her first book in the Money Matters series, Money Matters: Everything You Should Have Learned in School, but Didn't, she systematically takes you in her second book, Money Matters: Merging Lives, Merging Finances - Get It Right So You Don’t Fight, through the season of joining your life and finances with a partner.