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Marina is off to a rough start in the country of her dreams. Fresh off the plane from Belarus, this eleven year old cannot seem to catch a break. Her family is split in two, she doesn’t speak a lick of English, and there is a rusty fire escape outside her grandmother’s bathroom window that terrifies her.

Jake es el mejor representante de Nueva York. Es frío, despiadado y jamás se deja dominar por ningún sentimiento. Por algo lo llaman el Depredador. Sin embargo, es feliz con todo lo que ha conseguido. Le ha costado mucho, y más teniendo en cuenta sus orígenes. Liz es una periodista ingenua y dulce que se mudó de un pequeño pueblo de Wisconsin a la Gran Manzana, haciendo realidad su sueño. Por eso no puede consentir que Jake lo haga todo pedazos. Pero poco a poco se dará cuenta de que él tiene mucho más poder en esa ciudad de lo que ella creía.

When a powerful crystal egg is stolen, Kai and Delphi journey to Turtle Mountain to get it back. But nothing is as it seems, and the junior protectors meet their biggest challenge yet. In a race against time, Kai and Delphi must overcome their doubts to defeat an unexpected foe and protect Pineapple Cove in its darkest hour.

Una anciana con memoria de humo y conocimiento del misterio, un sacerdote de pobres enfrentado al fascismo italiano y los horrores sin nombre de las calles de Roma, sacrificios abyectos en las cloacas del cine pornográfico y la web oscura, manadas de niños salvajes que sueñan con ser monstruos.

This book tells the true stories of mariners who became marauders, attacking, hiding, recruiting and disputing in and around Mauritius in the 17th and 18th centuries. Pirates stopped here to rest their crews, provision their ships, offload their captives, and occasionally to maroon their own men. It is also the location for the Christmas Day shipwreck and the first official salvage operation of a pirate ship in history. Read the real, authenticated accounts of pirates like John Bowen and Olivier La Buse who once haunted these shores.

Talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire. Jake, the man of Lexi's dreams, is trapped in the underworld. Only Hades can free him, but Hades is missing, presumably a captive of the shadow shapers. Lexi wants nothing more than to free both of them, but the shadow shapers have hidden their tracks well. She has no idea where to start looking for the missing Lord of the Underworld until a visit to Death himself reveals vital information.

Poppy Bennington knows one thing. She has terrible luck. Not only has she lost both of her parents, her two previous suitors broke her heart, and now her fiancé has left her at the altar on their wedding day. At the age of twenty-seven, Poppy worries she will remain a spinster and be the talk of the town for years. So she has one solution, which is to run away. Poppy's plan is simple. She will go to a new town and start over. Finn Weston is Poppy's older brother's best friend and right-hand man at his cattle ranch. When the Bennington family finds out about Poppy's disappearance, Finn ...

Nicaragua has so much to offer that it's hard to know where to start. 'Take the Kids Along' - Nicaragua makes your trip easy with tons of important information:Find Unique Family Friendly Hotels What to See and Do for the Family Where to See Tons of Wildlife and Have Personal Encounters Travel Like a Local - Find Secret Attractions Your Kids Will LoveFreebies and Great Deals for the Whole FamilyTry Local and Traditional Nicaraguan Food and RestaurantsHelpful Maps of each areaGreat Images to Know Where You Are goingPlus so much more! Traveling with younger kids is also challenging, this ...

Saving the world takes the bravery of gods. The world loves heroes but misses acknowledging these officers who don't wear capes. Protecting and preserving the values of society is a burden, of which the enforcers are not rewarded enough. However, with lucid and compelling real-life stories, The Silent Screams takes you through a journey of the reality of military, para-military, law enforcement service personnel and how they cope.

The uniqueness of this book is the essays and activities that include both serious and farcical writings about Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. A travelogue that compares Reichenbach Falls and Trummelbach Falls for Professor Moriarty's demise and notes from a visit to Trinity College at Oxford to view Monsignor Knox's writings and entries in the Gryphon Club Book provide the listener with engaging insights into Sherlock Holmes' world of scholarship.

The Tazza Farnese is one of the most admired objects from classical antiquity. A libation bowl carved from banded agate, it features Medusa's head on its outside and, inside, an assembly of Egyptian gods. For more than two millennia, these radiant figures have mesmerized emperors and artists, popes and thieves, merchants and museum goers. In this, the first book-length account of this renowned masterpiece, Marina Belozerskaya traces its fascinating journey through history. That it has survived at all is a miracle.

Anglo-Saxon England, AD 997. Brother Galen is anxious about leaving the haven of his abbey. Suddenly reconciled with his father after being disowned, he fears he will never again fit in with his estranged family. But when he’s commissioned to produce a manuscript for the king, the shy scribe has the chance to visit his relatives after three years of banishment.

Rowena’s community is called the Silversmiths and is settled in Romania. Although the ones who stayed behind were made slaves in the 19th century and were deported during World War II, they never gave up on their country. Listen carefully to hear the great-great-grandmother’s song, enslaved in her youth. Close your eyes, and see the caravan where Rowena’s grandmother was born. See the slum of Alexandria, where her mother grew up. Bathe yourself in the enticing smells of a Gypsy dinner of what is allowed or forbidden for these Romani women.

Francesca Woodman killed herself at the age of 22, the biographical fact that colors her work and which it is de riguer to mention. She left behind paintings it is said, as yet publicly unseen, and literally hundreds upon hundreds of negatives and 800 proofs of black and white pre-digital photography.

Forgiveness can often be perceived as saccharine and overtly religious, something just for the spiritually superior or mentally strong. But really it is a gritty, risky concept that is so often relevant to our ordinary everyday lives. Forgiveness explores the subject from every angle, coming from a place of enquiry rather than persuasion, presenting it as an offering, never a prescription. Marina Cantacuzino seeks to investigate, unpick and debate the limits and possibilities of forgiveness.

In Hope in Action, Sanna Marin takes readers on the extraordinary journey of her trailblazing career and shares her vision for a new kind of leadership. When she became Prime Minister of Finland at just thirty-four years old, Marin was the world's youngest serving prime minister at the time, captivating the world’s attention with her progressive ideas and her boldness amidst major crises.

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Marina Vaizey reviews the work of Julia Margaret Cameron, Victorian photographer, exhibited at the Victoria and Albert, and Science Museum London.

Una giovane donna nigeriana finita nel racket della prostituzione deve fare i conti con l'incolmabile differenza tra sogni e realtà. La strada per la libertà è ostacolata da personaggio equivochi e pericolosi.

Станислава сопровождает автобусные туры и не подозревает, что её судьба давно решена. Что по её следам идут двое - и не собираются отступать. Один - охотник, второй - монстр. Одному нужно её сердце, другому - жизнь. Каждому она, необученный медиум - слаще мёда.