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Dall'Etna all'hawaiano Kilauea, dal Vesuvio all'islandese Eyjafjallajökull, la storia dei vulcani parla di eventi catastrofici, ma anche di convivenze e sviluppo di grandi civiltà: la loro pericolosità non ha infatti mai impedito all'uomo di tornare a vivere in aree devastate da un'eruzione. L'audiolibro ci fa scoprire e amare i giganti di fuoco spiegandoci come la loro storia sia indissolubilmente legata a quella della vita sulla terra, quale influenza abbiano sul clima globale, come interagiscano con l'ambiente e come possano rappresentare una risorsa.

Each night, Winter Moon counts her earnings dreaming of escape. Once she’s saved enough, she and her grandmother can finally take flight and disappear. But when her spiteful mother steals her money and blows through it all in one day, Winter is forced to turn to her estranged father, who recently reappeared in her life after being absent for more than a decade. They agree upon a simple contract: she spends time with him in exchange for payment. It’s not easy reconciling the past and the present, though, and when she’s struck with a sudden loss, Winter flounders in grief and rage.

Have you ever heard a voice inside you whispering, 'There's got to be more than this'? Or simply felt some kind of disconnect between the life you lead and the life you want? That's a signal you're living out of alignment with your core values. In What Matters to You, psychologist Greta Bradman explains how our values impact the way we interpret, evaluate and respond to the world, whether we have insight into them or not. They're more than beacons that inspire; they're drivers that deeply affect us, even when we're out of alignment with them.

Meet Juniper Song, an under employed, 20-something, Raymond-Chandler-loving, Korean American woman from downtown LA. When a friend asks Song to carry out surveillance on his father, she figures she doesn't have anything better to do - plus she gets to indulge her Philip Marlowe fantasies. But barely half a day into playing private eye, someone has knocked her unconscious and left a dead body in the trunk of her car.

Um die Welt vor einem furchtbaren Schicksal zu retten, wird Marinette zu Chronobug und vereint sich mit Bunnyx, um einen durch die Zeit reisenden Gegner zu besiegen. Wer ist dieser neue Superschurke, und warum ist er besessen davon, Marinettes geheime Superheldenidentität zu verraten? Marinettes einzige Hoffnung liegt darin, ihren neuen Gegner zu besiegen und das Ende von Ladybug und der Zeit selbst zu verhindern!

In Japan, nothing is more familiar than the neighborhood post office, with its big red box in front and bright, welcoming windows. The post office has been Siya's favorite place since she was a child. Now a young woman, Siya is delighted to have a job at the Shindori Post Office in Shizuoka City, even though it is temporary. But her boss is a jerk. Born in Japan of a Japanese father and an Indian mother, Siya looks just a little different. The boss won't believe she is a native speaker and gives her a hard time every day!

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the Korean by Anton Hur, Your Utopia is full of tales of loss and discovery, idealism and dystopia, death and immortality.

On a cold November afternoon in 1833, two wagons are about to cross the dark Mississippi River into Iowa Territory on a tiny boat. Penny Cooper, Nate Tilden, Aunt Sunday, and Jonathan and Ella Butterman are full of questions. Aunt Sunday just wants to know if they're going to drown. Jonathan and Ella wonder if they will succeed in the new Territory. And Penny and Nate are eager to learn if they are going to be free--to marry, to prosper, to live as free people. Aunt Sunday, Penny, and Nate were slaves in Kentucky, not a year before.

Circletown is a strange place, and everyone knows it. People often get lost on well-traveled roads and familiar streets. Maps are useless. Henry is a kid at Circletown Elementary School. Henry is a little strange. He only eats a few things, like milk and white bread. His life changes when his dad suddenly leaves. Henry's mom, Dr. Berniece Baker, needs to work, and gets Henry a babysitter. But Corey Turnbridge is not just any babysitter. She's a top athlete and she fascinates Henry. Henry tags along to her side job at Jet Café.

Dr. Tarak Kapoor cannot sleep. He has just taken a job as a telemedicine doctor in Texas. Garnet is two days and five airports away from his home in Mumbai. Tarak is so tired, but his body thinks it's lunchtime in India. By 2:30 a.m. he is wandering the empty streets. To his surprise, he finds a brightly lit pay telephone next to a set of broken traffic lights. Even though it's the middle of the night, people drive up one by one and make calls. Why on earth are they here at this hour? Who are they calling? The mystery deepens when Tarak retraces his steps the next day.

Jessica Vasquez had worked hard to get where she was. Though some in her family had despaired of her future, she put herself through cosmetology school and landed her dream job: overseeing the beauty department for a chain of drugstores. But her fortune abruptly changes. A manager's daughter, on a mission of her own, puts stolen makeup and perfume in Jessica's bag. The girl lies to her dad about what happened, and Jessica is fired. It seems that Jessica's life is over. But is it really? Needing to pay the bills, Jessica begins driving for a ridesharing company.

Meet Queen. She drives a garbage truck in Garnet, way out on the plains of West Texas. Tall and beautiful, Queen wonders what will become of her life. Her marriage did not work out. Her cold husband locked her out. He dumped her boxes in front of the house with a note. She had few job skills. Yet like a tender plant after a terrible winter, Queen puts down roots and grows. Her ex-brother-in-law gets her a job with the City of Garnet Solid Waste Disposal Department. Her boss and coworkers are all men. They tell lots of third-grade jokes, but they've got her back.

Londra, 1799. Elijah e Helen Blake, stimati archeologi e titolari del rinomato Emporio di Antichità Esotiche sono rimasti uccisi dal crollo di uno scavo in Grecia. L’incidente ha lasciato illesa la figlia Pandora detta Dora che ormai è una giovane donna affidata, insieme all’Emporio, allo sciagurato zio Hezekiah. Un giorno Pandora scopre lo zio chiudere nello scantinato una misteriosa cassa di legno incrostata di molluschi e incapace di tenere a freno al curiosità si avventura nello stanzino buio per imbattersi in qualcosa che cambierà per sempre la sua vita.

Jessica Vasquez had worked hard to get where she was. Though some in her family had despaired of her future, she put herself through cosmetology school and landed her dream job: Overseeing the beauty department for a chain of drugstores. But her fortune abruptly changes. A manager’s daughter, on a mission of her own, puts stolen makeup and perfume in Jessica’s bag. The girl lies to her dad about what happened, and Jessica is fired. It seems that Jessica’s life is over. But is it really? Needing to pay the bills, Jessica begins driving for a ridesharing company....

A Jane Austen heroine murdered. A literary villain turned hero. And an investigator between it all. The year is 1814 when Fanny Price is found murdered in Mansfield Park. Once a rich heiress who was spoiled, condescending, and generally hated throughout the county. But her death is none-the-less haunting. It then takes Mary Crawford, who is now as good as Fanny was bad, to team up with a thief-taker, Charles Maddox, from London to solve the brutal crime. But with dramatic confrontations comes consequences...some even deadly.

Der Tag der Bundestagswahl. Die Ereignisse überschlagen sich, weshalb die scheidende Kanzlerin Margot Heinkel noch einmal - und das auf gänzlich unerwartete Art und Weise - ins Wahlgeschehen eingreifen muss. Die Partei ist geschockt, das Volk überrascht - die Medien in purer Hysterie. Doch Heinkels finaler Coup, ihr unfassbares "Abschiedsgeschenk" für die Nation gelingt. Und es soll sich zeigen: Nichts im Vorfeld dieser ganz besonderen Bundestagswahl am Ende der "Ära Heinkel" ist wirklich zufällig passiert! Die gesamte Chronologie war sorgfältig choreografiert.

Konstantin Hertz heißt der neue Kanzlerkandidat der Partei - darauf einigen sich in einer schwierigen Entscheidungsphase die Parteimitglieder letztlich. Weil Hertz die größte politische Erfahrung, das "schärfste" politische Profil hat. Die Noch-Kanzlerin macht überraschend gute Miene zu diesem Spiel. Unterstützt den designierten Nachfolger scheinbar nach Kräften - was aber doch nur Hilfe zum Scheitern ist. Was mehr und mehr im laufenden Wahlkampf sichtbar wird: Die großen Themen, die in Medien und beim Wahlvolk "ziehen", setzen andere - der politische Gegner.

On a cold spring morning in 1925 in Garnet, Texas, Maul Entringer and Mabel Johnson are married. Together, they build a life in the Flats, the only part of Garnet where African Americans are allowed to live. They won’t stay long. They’ll find a better town with more opportunities. But there are a few things Maul has not told his young, beautiful wife. Things happened to Maul when he was young, and he can’t escape them. Set in 1920s Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico, The Three Lives of Maul Entringer shows how one man learns to live with his past.

Menschen sterben - wegen der Pandemie. Der nationale Notstand wird ausgerufen. Kanzlerin Heinkel regiert mit harter Hand - aber auch gegen wachsenden Widerstand und immer neue offene und verdeckte Breitseiten der internen und externen politischen Gegner. Weshalb sie sich auch eingestehen muss: Sie hat bis hierher ihre Gegner unterschätzt. Durch die Pandemie gewinnt sie erst einmal Zeit, und damit auch die Herrschaft über den politischen Diskurs.

Con l'avvento delle armi da fuoco, l'organizzazione degli eserciti permanenti, il ricorso a condottieri, mercenari e militari che fanno della guerra una professione, la costruzione degli stati si accompagna a un periodo di bellicosità nuovo. Le forze armate costano sempre di più, condizionano l'economia, la società e la cultura, lasciando tracce di devastazione, ma creando anche notevoli trasformazioni nei ruoli e nel coinvolgimento delle popolazioni.