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Qui són, què fan i on trobar-los. Però, també, què els fa feliços, què els angoixa, què els posa calents. PIJOS és un llibre necessari, és un llibre que ens acosta ­a nosaltres, els mortals que habitem la Lower Diagonal o, Déu no ho vulgui, l'extraradi­ a aquest grup de gent tan selecte i exclusiu com mal entès i pitjor comprès, i ens revela una vida sovint més complexa del que cap de nosaltres pot arribar a imaginar.

He helped you move on... Until you discovered what he did. Louisa Adams has done her best to hold herself together in the years since she lost her husband in a car accident. But each morning she wakes up alone is more painful than the last. She hopes moving into the crumbling seaside guest house her daughter just bought in Devon will help put what’s left of her broken family back together... There, Louisa is offered a final chance to save her career by writing an article on a local sand artist, Isaac.

Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as the ‘go-to’ place for entertainment and has been for decades. When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in heaven, Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays - on the sponsor's dime, of course. Classic films now become audiobooks, with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's Chained starring Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone.

Robert Easly es un joven de veintidós años que llega a Nueva York con el sueño de convertirse en escritor. De los distintos personajes que va conociendo a lo largo de su vivir diario en la gran ciudad, muchos le enamoran: Clarisse, la preciosa afroamericana camarera en el Sam’s Diner, que comparte con él su amor por la literatura y cuyo libro favorito siempre será “El gran Gatsby”; Sasha, la alocada drag queen que se ha convertido en la estrella de “The Works” el mejor local para pasar la noche en el Greenwich Village....

Booka Audiobooks y Start2dream presentan las 10 meditaciones guiadas más exitosas del maestro Nils Klippstein. Relájate, cierra los ojos y déjate guiar por estos profundos y sensoriales viajes de fantasia que te ayudarán a conocerte mejor y proporcionarte una relajación placentera. Más de 4 horas de meditaciones guidas te transportarán a un mundo de imágenes mentales positivas, enriquecidas con sugerencias para hacer cambios profundos en tu subconsciente.

Joyce Lempiere tells the Tuesday Night Club of an incident that occurred five years ago when she was vacationing at a small inn on the Cornish coast. She was painting a picture of the front of the inn, including details of wet bathing suits drying on the balcony of Denis and Margery Dacre, when she realised she had included blood stains on the pavement. A few days later, Margery is found having drowned and the Club are called to solve the mystery.

Durante su estancia en Nueva York (entre 1929 y 1930), Federico García Lorca escribió "Poeta en Nueva York", su poemario más famoso. Lorca se sintió profundamente impresionado por la forma de vida de la sociedad norteamericana y desde que llegó a Nueva York empezó a sentir un odio creciente por el capitalismo y la industrialización de la sociedad moderna. Le parecía repulsivo el degradante trato que la mayoría blanca daba a la minoría negra.

Dame Joan Collins has always believed one should retain some mystery in life, and hide a knowing smile behind one's shoulder pads. In her new book, she returns in dazzling form to share her most memorable moments from her eclectic and vibrant life, in and out of the limelight. Taking us on a spectacular journey from her early years as a young starlet in Hollywood to stamping her stilettos in Dynasty; from the glittering heights of Saint Tropez to the busy Oscars season in LA over the years. Joan writes movingly about her adventures.

El misterio de "El Club Dumas", el suspense de "El Nombre de la Rosa", la nostalgia de "La Sombra del Viento". SINOPSIS: Ana Faure, con diecinueve años, descubre que su padre, que la abandonó siendo una niña, aparece asesinado en un pequeño pueblo de Francia. Su trabajo, relacionado con las antigüedades, siempre fue un misterio para ella y decide investigar sobre sus últimos días.

Los poemas de este libro están escritos la ciudad de Nueva York en el año 1929-1930, curso académico durante el cual Federico vivió como estudiante en Columbia University. Después de la lectura de cada poema, se hace un comentario sobre el mismo para facilitar al oyente la comprensión del mensaje que Federico García Lorca nos quiso comunicar con sus surrealistas visiones.

Always handy with a pack of gum - and a set of keys that allowed him entry to any premises at will - Lt. Lou Dana had a reputation for playing rough. Relying on uniformed officers, police photographers, and the beloved "lab boys", he often apprehended the killers singlehandedly...and at great personal peril.

For years, Calise Rowe has been able to sense unusual energy from people, making her believe she is different. Pulled into an ancient war raging for centuries between demon hunters and seers, she's about to find out she's right. Her search for the truth leads her to Lucas Rojas, a seer of angels and demons who walk the earth shrouded from normal human eyes. He's hidden his gift for years and refuses to endanger Calise by sharing it with her. In the sultry Costa Rican jungles, their worlds collide. As their passion and desire ignite, so does the ancient war between demons and seers.

"The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse" is an adaptation of the Aesop fable "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" by Beatrix Potter. In it, a country mouse named Timmy accidentally ends up in the house of Johnny, a town mouse. After experiencing all that the town has to offer, Timmy decides he prefers his quiet life in the country. But how will country life suit Johnny when he comes to visit?

Losing out on a promotion to her ex lover, Hilary Mansell, a talented doctor, moves to a rural hospital. She is bored and unchallenged, but the routine and long hours dull her disappointment. When Julian Fleming is admitted with a serious head injury, Hilary's skill and quick thinking save his life, and after his recovery he seeks her out. Julian is handsome, intelligent and a decade younger than Hilary, and although at first she resists his advances, she cannot help falling in love with him.

Sometime around AD 56, the Apostle Paul wrote to the church in Rome. His letter was arguably his theological masterpiece, and has continued to shape Christian faith ever since. He entrusted this letter to Phoebe, the deacon of the church at Cenchreae; in writing to the church that almost surely met in her home, Paul refers to her both as a deacon and as a helper or patron of many.

When a young woman goes missing from Jesus College, Oxford, DS Josie Masters is plunged into a world of panic as fear grips the city. Along with Thames Valley Police’s newest recruit, the handsome DS Pryce, Josie must act fast - and when two more students disappear from Oriel and Somerville colleges, she realises the killer is sending her a deadly message in a cruel game of cat and mouse. This time, the case is personal - but who is the perpetrator?

La acción se desarrolla inicialmente en un estudio de cine en el cual Redburns el jefe de la productora es conocido por su mal temperamento y por ser una persona antipatica. Redburns es encontrado muerto en su residencia y ahora hay que encontrar al culpable, pero no es facil. Debido a su caracter varios son los sospechosos entre ellos se ven involucrados 2 estrellas de su ultima pelicula el señor Walt quien fue despedido por el mismo Redburns y una actriz muy famosa Valerie Sinclair quien es vista en la escena del crimen.

Invitado a exponer sus piezas de cerámica en el museo Nissim de Camondo, Edmund de Waal disfrutó del inesperado privilegio de adentrarse en uno de los palacetes más lujosos de París, antigua propiedad de una influyente familia sefardí. Construido por deseo del filántropo y coleccionista de arte Moïse de Camondo en 1912, el edificio acoge desde entonces una extraordinaria colección de arte francés del siglo xviii. Sin embargo, como ocurrió a los antepasados de De Waal, los Ephrussi, también los Camondo se convirtieron pronto en blanco del antisemitismo.

One of the definitive detectives of American crime fiction comes to radio - with a matchless mind, a relentless eye for detail, and just a bit of an attitude. That's Philo Vance - S.S. Van Dine's famous amateur criminologist of the 1920s and 1930s, ready for radio in the 1940s. Jackson Beck stars as Vance, with Joan Alexander as secretary Ellen Deering, and George Petrie as District Attorney Markham in 16 mind-challenging mysteries!

Joan Kuhl helps women create a clear vision of what their career path deserves to be and make a convincing business case for equality to their managers and senior leadership. You'll learn strategies for overcoming sexist cultural attitudes about gender and leadership as well as for dealing with self-limiting behaviors like imposter's syndrome (the feeling that you're never good enough despite a track record of success) and the myth of meritocracy (the idea that just doing good work is the only way to advance).