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Today is Grandma's birthday and Grandpa is going to make her a cake - a big one! But no stove is going to accommodate his grand vision. So using his pick-up truck and generous helpings of all the ingredients, he sets out to make a birthday cake like no one's ever seen before. Grandma didn't want him to make a fuss, but Grandpa just couldn't resist.

The Convict and Other Stories is a superb collection of stories set in and around the American Deep South and its charismatic people.

What is considered an autographical piece, the story centers around a young couple in love in a wonderful and isolated valley of beauty, until illness changes everything and the valley, too, begins to lose its luster.

Spur Award-winning author Gary Svee pens Westerns of the highest calibre. Showdown at Buffalo Jump is a rough andtumble thrill ride into the bawdy towns and open plains of the Old West. The word is out. Max Bass wants an able bodied, fullbosomed woman to complete his life. One problem though: when he describes himself, he outright lies about nearly everything, including his lifestyle, his home, and his money. Soon, he finds himself with a sharp-tongued vixen—and big trouble—on his hands.

Los hay que heredan una casa, un coche o hasta una fortuna. Mi padre me legó un puesto en la Bratva, la responsabilidad de cuidar de mi madre y mis hermanas, y deudas que prefiero no averiguar de qué son. También me dio un buen consejo antes de morir, el único bueno que me dio en mi desgraciada convivencia con él: Jamás dejes que los hermanos descubran que no eres más que un marica sin huevos. No querrás averiguar lo que harán contigo antes de matarte.

El zorro ártico (Skugga-Baldur), novela ganadora del prestigioso Premio de Literatura del Consejo Nórdico en 2005, es la obra más importante de la literatura islandesa actual. El libro utiliza elementos de las leyendas populares islandesas del siglo XIX. Sjón nos presenta, como en una fábula, la lucha del pastor Baldur Skuggason con un zorro al que quiere cazar. Al final la naturaleza hará justicia con el pastor, cuya personalidad vamos conociendo a través de las demás historias que componen esta obra.

Intrusions follows the life and relationships of Lana, a smart but troubled young Scot, and Munro, her family doctor, as this new analysis is trialed. As it becomes apparent that the process may not be the blessing it seems, Lana risks losing the independence she has always taken for granted - just as she finds the confidence, life, and love she has always wanted.

La periodista de Público Ana Pardo de Vera; la directora del programa 360 grados de ETB, Eider Hurtado; y el corresponsal de TV3 en Madrid, Albert Calatrava, se han unido para realizar un audiolibro sobre la figura del rey emérito y de su sucesor, Felipe VI, como nunca antes se ha realizado.

All Honest Pilgrims takes the listener on several journeys to Concord, Massachusetts, specifically Walden Pond, with several characters all interrelated but very different. Spanning the early 1980s through 9/11, to the present pandemic, it follows these “pilgrims”, united by their love of Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau quotes guide and motivate each character throughout their journey.

Entering Eternity with Ease teaches us that there is no difference between life and death. We do not live in order to die. We live in order to love, and love is everlasting. Back in the 1950s, the Venerable Bishop Fulton J. Sheen said on TV for several years that life is worth living. Yes, and life is also worth dying because as St. Francis said, "It is in dying that we are born to eternal life." And, of course, Jesus said, "He who believes in me (already) has eternal life."

Set mainly in Louisiana during the years 1861-1868, this passionate novel of me, woman and war tells the story of the author's ancestor's, Confederate soldier Willie Burke, during the American Civil War. A classic Burke hero, Willie is soon in conflict with his superiors. The characters who people these pages, many of them based on real historical figures, are as memorable as any Burke has created.

Newbery Medalist Nancy Willard is the author of many award-winning children’s books. In this lyrical story, a man falls in love with a broom and they dance through the sky together—until one night the broom is stolen from its home. Someone else wants the powers of the broom for himself. Will the man be able to find his beloved broom and dance once again?

¿Cómo logró el hijo de unos pobres inmigrantes eslovacos, criado en Pittsburgh, convertirse en el artista más famoso de su generación? ¿De qué manera pasó de ser un niño enfermizo, víctima del acoso de sus compañeros de clase, a erigirse en padre del pop art? ¿Es Warhol un genio del arte contemporáneo?

"The Domain of Arnheim" is a short tale about a man of great means named Ellison who builds a castle with a garden of breathtaking beauty called Arnheim. In "The Domain of Arnheim", Poe delves deep into the human mind, creative imagination, the soul, and the nature of beauty.

No se han encontrado los restos, pero todo el pasaje del vuelo CW0764 ha sido dado por muerto en un accidente en el Amazonas. Seis meses después, la voz de la pequeña Melanie, víctima de la catástrofe, irrumpe con un mensaje de socorro en el programa de radio en el que trabaja su padre, Javier. Al mismo tiempo, Erik, piloto de aerolíneas comerciales, se entera de cierta información confidencial sobre el avión en que había perdido la vida su novia, Natalie.

Virgina Rives es una mujer joven, atractiva y con una ambición desmedida, capaz de cualquier cosa con tal de huir de su pasado y reinventarse a sí misma. Un buen día, aparece en Beniaverd, un pueblo de la costa levantina marcado por la corrupción, y el mundo de la política le abre sus puertas. Virgina pronto descubre que la ambición es un sentimiento difícil de controlar y que en política los planes nunca salen como una espera, especialmente cuando los intereses los marcan el dinero y el poder. Las respuestas a casi todas las preguntas están a salvo tras las cerraduras que abre la llave 104...

Megan's life isn't going well. It's also about to get worse. A drunken joke has left her having to see a tedious therapist. In his absence, the dynamically different Dr Peters takes over - or so Megan thinks. He manages to shock her innermost secrets out of her, and then he whacks a syringe into her arm before she has time to cry out. Aaron Matthews, alias Dr Peters, isn't having the best of times, either. Chance keeps sabotaging Megan's meticulously planned abduction. If he believed in luck, he'd be cursing his.

Cowboy Ned's birthday is tomorrow, and he's sad because nobody is around to celebrate. To cheer him up, his good friend Andy the horse journeys into the desert to find some birthday cake. But when Andy finds a banjo-playing cowboy who is as old as the hills, he learns something very important about birthdays.

With Divorce: The Manly Way, you’ll no longer be at the mercy of the system. You will learn to keep what’s financially and obligatorily yours while maintaining a healthy relationship with your children, if you have any.

Resulta clave para las empresas conocer cómo la generación ‘millennial’ entiende y percibe las acciones de responsabilidad corporativa. Sin duda, las acciones cercanas y vinculadas al negocio principal ayudan a atraer el talento y a satisfacer las demandas de este público como consumidor de productos y servicios.