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En las calles de Jerusalén, en busca de documentación para su libro, Maureen empieza a tener extrañas visiones, ve a una mujer vestida con una túnica roja. Esa es solo una de las señales que la empujan hacia la búsqueda del misterio de María Magdalena. Con ayuda de su primo y sacerdote, Peter, Maureen viaja al sur de Francia, tierra donde María Magdalena fue a morir y donde sigue vivo el legado de los cátaros.

La palabra jefe refiere a todos aquellos que tienen personas a su cargo, sin importar su nivel jerárquico. El número uno de la organización es el jefe al igual que otros, que reportan a él y también tienen personas a su cargo. Del mismo modo, es jefe aquel que está al frente de una pequeña empresa en la que trabajan otras personas, familiares o no, y también es jefe el director de una película o de una orquesta, ballet o equipo deportivo.

Adéntrate en el nuevo thriller de Lisa Jewell. Un día de junio de 2019 en Londres, a la orilla del río Támesis, aparece una bolsa llena de huesos; son los restos de una mujer que murió años atrás asesinada de un golpe en la cabeza. En la bolsa se hallan también las semillas de un árbol poco común que llevan al inspector de policía Samuel Owusu, responsable del caso, a una mansión en Chelsea. Mansión en la que, treinta años antes, fueron hallados tres muertos y un bebé abandonado.

Yonnondio follows the heartbreaking path of the Holbrook family in the late 1920s and the Great Depression as they move from the coal mines of Wyoming to a tenant farm in Western Nebraska, ending up finally on the kill floors of the slaughterhouses and in the wretched neighborhoods of the poor in Omaha, Nebraska. Mazie, the oldest daughter in the growing family of Jim and Anna Holbrook, tells the story of the family's desire for a better life—Anna's dream that her children be educated and Jim's wish for a life lived out in the open, away from the darkness and danger of mines.

When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Inspired by Aphra Behn's visit to Surinam, Oroonoko reflects the author's romantic view of native peoples as noble savages in 'the first state of innocence, before man knew how to sin'.

Growing up, I was mesmerized by a man soaring the skies. The greatest silk aerialist in the world, Chandler Moreau. The day before my parents died, they took me to see his circus, and it was then I knew my fate was sealed. I would do everything in my power to perform with them one day. To perform with him.

Be free, awaken your chakras. Heal your body, mind, and spirit. Our everyday life can generate stress, anxiety, fatigue, and other symptoms that, sadly, we usually normalize. It is necessary to break with those chains that tie us to a life without happiness, where we hardly have a couple of moments to smile a day. As the Orientals discovered more than 5,000 years ago, these unseen, untouched energy centers are the most important human energy structure. They have the ability to influence the energy and health of our entire body.

Rosalind Franklin es feliz en el laboratorio, ahí da rienda suelta a su imaginación y realiza los experimentos que, está segura, cambiarán el mundo de la ciencia. Lo único que ensombrece ese universo perfecto son sus compañeros, especialmente Maurice Wilkins, James Watson y Francis Crick, quienes la menosprecian por ser mujer.

Dormir é um superpoder moderno. Histórias são uma mágica antiga. Se você tem tido dificuldades para dormir, essas histórias de ninar para adultos vão levar você a ter um sono sereno e reparador.

Los pazos de Ulloa es una de las obras más conocidas de Emilia Pardo Bazán, una culminación de su peculiar concepción del naturalismo. El texto es un gran fresco rural donde recrea a su gusto el campo gallego, violento, sensual, lleno de contrastes sociales y culturales. Novela de aprendizaje, plasma a la perfección el tránsito de la inocencia a la desencantada madurez.

Whether you’re the boss, the deputy or on your way up, the way we’re working in a post-pandemic world is forever changed and it’s important to make your work work for you. This is a book about how to do work differently, by the host of the award-winning Financial Times ‘Working It’ podcast. Packed with expert analysis and ahead-of-the-curve workplace trends, this book looks at the big ideas shaping the world of work today and the old habits we need to lose, examining these pressing topics in depth and bringing in expert opinion and personal experience.

Livro que lançou a autora à fama, O lugar, inédito no Brasil, estabelece as bases para o projeto literário que Ernaux levaria adiante por três décadas de consagração crítica e sucesso de público. Nesta autosociobiografia, uma das mais importantes escritoras vivas da França se debruça sobre a vida do próprio pai para esmiuçar relações familiares e de classe, numa mistura entre história pessoal e sociologia que décadas mais tarde serviria de inspiração declarada a expoentes da autoficção mundial e grandes nomes da literatura francesa como Édouard Louis e Didier Eribon.

Texas, 1921. Passada a Grande Guerra, uma nova era de abundância parece surgir no horizonte. Mas, para Elsa Wolcott, considerada velha demais para se casar numa época em que o matrimônio é a única opção das mulheres, o futuro parece sombrio. Até a noite em que conhece Rafe Martinelli e decide mudar o rumo de sua vida. Com sua reputação em ruínas, ela acaba tendo que se unir a um homem que mal conhece.

A heartbreaking and darkly funny depiction of the intricacies of family, Unquiet is an elegy of memory and loss, identity and art, growing up and growing old. Linn Ullmann nimbly blends memoir and fiction in her most inventive novel yet, weaving a luminous meditation on language, mourning, and the many narratives that make up a life.

Audible is proud to present the first-ever audiobook recording of Tillie Olsen's legendary short stories, included "Tell Me a Riddle", and "I Stand Here Ironing"—works that transformed women's self-reflection and literature forever. Tillie Olsen's work, since the 1930s, spoke to the hard truths of motherhood and marriage, domestic life, and labor. Her political conviction and poetic intensity brought a depth to an influence that continues to be felt today.

The book explores themes of Buddhist and Stoic mindfulness, shared psychological insights, as well as Stoic and Buddhist practices for cultivating compassion and concern for others. It is for anyone who is interested in how either Stoicism or Buddhism can be a helpful and heartfelt addition to his or her life, as well as reflecting on how both Stoicism and Buddhism are undergoing dynamic "reinterpretations" in the modern world.

When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she’s always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her. But as the sun sets purple-blue-gold behind Daisy Ramona and her papi, she knows that the love she feels will always be there. My Papi Has a Motorcycle is a young girl’s love letter to her hardworking dad and to memories of home that we hold close in the midst of change.

At seventh grade, your child will become very busy with school lessons and extra-curricular activities. You can help your child breeze through his lessons on cell biology by giving him a copy of this educational resource. This book makes learning as pleasant and effective as possible.

La majestuosa reina del Nilo alcanza su madurez humana y política: disfruta de una apasionada relación con Marco Antonio, uno de los hombres más poderosos del momento y, bajo su mandato, Egipto goza de una envidiable prosperidad. Cleopatra cuenta con la ayuda de Marco Antonio para alcanzar aún mayores glorias, pero el camino es arduo y Octavio se anuncia ya como una clara amenaza.

Ein Roman über eine Wohngemeinschaft, in der vier Menschen unterschiedlichen Alters aus unterschiedlichen Motiven zusammenleben und feststellen: Freunde sind manchmal die bessere Familie. Constanze zieht nach der Trennung von ihrem Lebensgefährten in die Wohngemeinschaft von Jörg, Murat und Anke. Was zunächst als Übergangslösung gedacht war, entpuppt sich als zunehmend stabil. Da ist Jörg, dem die Wohnung gehört und der immer vergesslicher wird; Anke, die als mittelalte Schauspielerin kaum noch gebucht wird und plötzlich nicht mehr die einzige Frau in der WG ist.