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Seize the tempest. I’ve spent my life doing just that—harnessing wind and lightning to protect the vulnerable. But I’ve never quite belonged. The son of an elven mother and human father, I straddle two realms: the elven lands where I’m shunned as an outsider, and the human world where I’m viewed as useful but suspect. Forbidden to take a wife or sire children, my service as a celibate knight has given me purpose. But now, I’ve been summoned to dangerous territory.

Bel-Ami, écrit par Guy de Maupassant, est un roman captivant du XIXe siècle qui dépeint la montée sociale de Georges Duroy, un jeune homme ambitieux. Surnommé Bel-Ami, Duroy est séduisant mais sans ressources. Souvent, Duroy utilise son charme et sa détermination pour gravir les échelons de la société parisienne. En épousant des femmes influentes et en manipulant les puissants, il se forge une carrière dans le journalisme.

Fumio Sasaki cambió su vida cuando se convirtió en minimalista, pero antes que nada tuvo que convertirlo en un hábito. Todos nosotros vivimos nuestras vidas basándonos en los hábitos que hemos ido formando, desde el momento en que nos levantamos por la mañana hasta lo que comemos y bebemos o la probabilidad de que lleguemos a ir o no al gimnasio. En Buenos hábitos, Sasaki nos explica cómo podemos adquirir los nuevos hábitos que queremos y, lo más importante, cómo deshacernos de aquellos que no nos hacen ningún bien.

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Two hundred years after the events chronicled in Deathstalker Destiny, it is a Golden Age for the Human Empire. Lewis Deathstalker is a remote descendant of the legendary Owen and foremost among the Paragons, an elite force of noble warriors in service to a benevolent constitutional monarchy.

One: We’re alive, for now. Two: Gavriel’s totally lost control. Three: Santobello is hunting us. Four: Someone will die.

Uncovering a diabolical Nazi plot, Marge Emerson is secretly reassigned to a medical post in France. There she meets a conscientious objector and finds his outspoken belief in God a challenge to her own fragile faith. When David shares his desire to return to Europe after the war and build an orphanage for Germany's homeless children, Marge is drawn to this selfless, compassionate man.

In this now classic text by American occultist George Carey, the author advances an alchemical reading of Christian and Jewish scripture, explaining what this esoteric knowledge means for us and our bodies, and what it could mean for the betterment of the world as a whole.

Like many girls, I too used to dream of fairytales. Until that illusion was shattered, and I saw firsthand just how cruel life could be. Now I just wished my nightmare would end. The life I knew ceased to exist as I suffered at the hands of my stepmother, who hated me. I fought to escape and once I did, I thought life would become normal again, but that couldn't have been further from the truth. Tragedy was woven in my bloodstream, hiding in my DNA structure. I had a sliver of peace before it all went to hell again.

Aller à la fac quand on est le fils de Poséidon ? Une mission presque impossible. . Percy Jackson pensait vraiment en avoir fini avec les caprices des dieux… jusqu’à ce qu’il découvre que, pour être accepté à la fac, il doit rassembler pas moins de trois lettres de recommandation divines en échange de services rendus. Et des services à rendre, à l’Olympe, il y en a un paquet ! Heureusement pour Percy, Annabeth et Grover ne comptent pas le laisser seul. Leur première mission ?

Good Heavens! There are ghosts at Castle Omnis—ghosts with a mission. How will the three eldest Bennet sisters react when they arrive there for an exclusive matchmaking house party? Lizzy, the more practical sibling, wonders if she should convince her sisters to return to Longbourn. Ghosts? Are they to be endured? Mary thinks so. Jane is not sure. Lizzy finds their interference maddening.

Vengeance is within reach for the Highlanders. But will a brutal betrayal ensure their defeat? Although outnumbered, the Highlanders have seized the momentum, reclaiming the Territory peak by peak from the Governor’s slavers and the Stalkers. However, a traitor in their midst threatens everything. Reeling from the betrayal, Jakob realizes he can’t stop what he’s put in motion. Is he leading his people into a trap that could cost the lives of those closest to him? Talia finally gets what she desires most -- the chance to challenge Governor Roosarian one on one.

In Beautiful Chaos, Infinite Love, Benjamin Edwards invites you on a journey through the ups and downs of parenting, using humor, raw honesty, and heartfelt reflections to reveal the heart of the ultimate Father. From diaper blowouts to bedtime snuggles, every moment holds a deeper truth about grace, growth, and the relentless love of God.

A car accident ends my ballet career . . . And my dream of having a baby. The cherry on top? My fiancé dumps me while I'm wearing my wedding dress. Enter gorgeous single dad Weston King. He hires me to teach his adorable daughter ballet, live in his lavish guesthouse for two months, and be his muse. Something in those piercing blue eyes tells me that's not ALL he wants. He's been burned by love, just like me. So we make a pact. Never fall in love again, with anyone. Then we promptly fall into bed.

We need to rebrand hope. The era of everything in our lives fitting neatly in a box is done. That world is over. We need hope—but we need a hope that is robust enough to speak to real life. Imagine the tide turning on your greatest challenges and problems. In a gritty and unique take on the story of Job, Benjamin Windle shows that flourishing does not come from a life devoid of loneliness, trauma, and anxiety. It's one lived with hope engineered for adversity.

It's the pharmaceutical breakthrough of the millennium. DruTech Industries proudly presents N-SOM, a pill that completely replaces eight hours of sleep. Feel totally refreshed, both physically and mentally, in just fifteen minutes a night. The profit potential is boundless. Mankind's productivity will go through the roof. One third of a person's life could be recovered, for only ten dollars a dose. The FDA sends CDER agent Dr. Bill May to green light N-SOM for American use. The pressure, both political and monetary, is tremendous.

Mr. Bennet had very often wished that, instead of spending his whole income, he had laid by an annual sum for the better provision of his children, and of his wife, if she survived him. Alas, he did not live long enough to do it. After her father’s untimely death, Miss Elizabeth Bennet reads a letter from him in which he tasks her with the protection of her family. Elizabeth is willing to do everything in her power to fulfill her father's dying wish, even if it means marrying a man she cannot love. There is, however, one man whom she can love. Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy.

Classic Poems for Girls is a collection of over 25 funny, whimsical and moving poems for 5- to 10-year olds, designed to fuel the imagination. From the adventures of the Jumblies, who sail away in a sieve; to the sticky end of a girl named Matilda; to the courtship of a maiden who lived long ago, in a kingdom by the sea, there’s a poem to suit any feeling or mood. Seasoned Naxos AudioBooks readers Laura Paton, Anne-Marie Piazza, Benjamin Soames and Roy McMillan work their magic on the works of Edward Lear, Louisa May Alcott, Christina Rossetti, and many more.

Stepping out of the Tardis into Victorian London, Leela and the Doctor are confronted by menacing, diabolical horrors shrouded within the swirling London fog - a man's death cry, an attack by Chinese Tong hatchet men, giant rats roaming the sewers, young women mysteriously disappearing... The hideously deformed Magnus Greel, conducting a desperate search for the lost Time Cabinet, is the instigator of all this evil. Posing as the Chinese god Weng-Chiang, Greel uses the crafty Chang, and the midget manikin Mr Sin to achieve his terrifying objectives.

Cuáles fueron los verdaderos motivos que desataron la Reforma de Lutero? ¿Cómo reaccionaron el Papa y el Imperio frente al desafío luterano? ¿Cuál fue la auténtica primera reforma de la Iglesia? ¿Existieron, realmente, las iglesias reformadas como tal? ¿Llegó tarde el Concilio de Trento? ¿Qué supuso la mal llamada "contrarreforma" en nuestra historia? ¿En qué consistió, en realidad, la tan renombrada Pax Catholica? ¿El movimiento reformista se adueñó del relato que ha llegado a nuestros días?