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When she walks in the wrong door at the worst time, will anyone be there to help her? Bartender Rita Alma discovers the new owner of the bar with a vast display of drugs. When he forces his full-figured employee out the backdoor, Rita takes the first opportunity to get away while no one else can get hurt. The last thing handsome, veterinarian Bartholomew Jennings expected to find hiding inside Gumdrop’s horse trailer was a beautiful stowaway. When she strikes her head getting into his truck, Bart will do anything to help the captivating mystery woman.

Liam is a former soldier who was medically discharged after an explosion leaves him physically and mentally scarred. The visible injuries prove easier to deal with as mentally, Liam struggles to rejoin the world he now finds filled with threats and danger. Little does he know that those books that he read during his recovery could be his salvation.

Una obra del Premio Nobel de Literatura. "Anda, niña: dinos quién fue. Ella se demoró apenas el tiempo necesario para decir el nombre. Lo buscó en las tinieblas, lo encontró a primera vista entre los tantos y tantos nombres confundibles de este mundo y del otro, y lo dejó clavado en la pared con su dardo certero, como a una mariposa cuya sentencia estaba escrita desde siempre."

Exploring American Folk Music: Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States reflects the fascinating diversity of regional and grassroots music in the United States. The book covers the diverse strains of American folk music - Latin, Native American, African, French-Canadian, British, and Cajun - and offers a chronology of the development of folk music in the United States. A chapter includes detailed information about the roots of hip hop.

There is a way to confront problems in life, shake them off, and move on. Based on the story (see Acts 27-28) of the Apostle Paul's near catastrophic shipwreck, this is a call to individuals to "shake off" problems and disasters in life and move forward to new health and wholeness. To everyone on the ship with the Apostle Paul, it looked like a certain disaster. But as Paul predicted, everyone did survive - even though they made it to safety only by grasping "broken pieces of wood."

What Do We Know About Crop Circles? lets curious young listeners learn about the phenomenon of crop circles and how they came to be one of the most studied mysteries of the natural world. Learn about all of the rational and fanciful explanations for these flattened patterns in crops all over the world, from the United Kingdom to Australia. Artists and hoaxers alike have claimed credit for these massive projects, but some people think that the source could be paranormal. Are these circles an elaborate prank, or could they be something more?

Ben Mattlin's wife, ML, recalls falling in love with his confidence and sheer determination. On one of their earliest dates, he persuaded her to ride on his lap in his wheelchair on their way home from an Elvis Costello concert. Thirty years later, they still travel like this from time to time, undaunted by the curious stares following them down the street. But In Sickness and in Health is more than an "inspiring" story of how a man born with spinal muscular atrophy

Molesto con la situación y sintiéndose abandonado por su familia, Papelucho vive algunos días en el campo en casa de su tía Rosarito, una anciana sorda y sola, quien está encargada de cuidarlo mientras él ingeniosamente encuentra cómo entretenerse durante su estadía: se hace nuevos amigos, ayuda en la iglesia, aprende a cuidar animales y protagoniza divertidas aventuras.

At these supernatural academies, romance is enchanting and friendship is magical. Become immersed in a world where magic is around every corner....

Being able to communicate effectively and fend off potential medical mishaps is a must. The purpose of this audiobook is to (1) provide you with the tools you need to actively engage in your overall health care, (2) address your concerns in finding and receiving high quality care, and (3) educate you on both a basic and advanced level.

The Lost Recordings is an audio documentary about Nueva Canción, a musical movement that emerged across Latin America in the 1960s and '70s. The genre became an essential means of artistic expression and social resistance to the many dictatorships and oppressive regimes of the time.

A l'encontre de la représentation scénique où les personnages sont présents et visibles, la réalisation de cette pièce sous une forme uniquement sonore lui apporte une dimension nouvelle, qui correspond mieux au sens même des personnages décrits par l'auteur comme "morts" ou "absents". La notion d'absence ne pouvait pas être mieux représentée que par la voix des acteurs. Jean-Paul Sartre aimait ce raisonnement.

Greenloop fue, hasta la inesperada erupción del Rainier, una selecta comunidad ecológica. Ahora, de entre los escombros y los rastros de sangre de la urbanización, han podido recuperarse los diarios de Kate Holland. En ellos se relata una historia demasiado espantosa para ser olvidada, tan horrenda que podría romper nuestras convicciones. Incluso las más firmes, como la solidez de nuestra civilización.

Estos ocho relatos hacen parte de las leyendas de distintos países iberoamericanos, pero los trasuntos literarios con que los presenta Gonzalo España los hace novedosos para la mayoría de los lectores: su tono de veracidad provoca la inquietante certidumbre de que más vale estar prevenido contra las almas en pena, que vienen a reclamar desde el más allá justicia para los muertos, como en "Un corte pasado de moda" (Colombia); contra los caprichos de Satán y su corte de violentos diablillos, que venden caro el atrevimiento de presuntuosos artistas en "Nom serviam" (México).

Try as she might to escape the deadly blaze, Kenzie finds herself trapped until he arrives - a dashing fireman who doesn’t question her determination to save her stuffie. To her amazement, everything about him feels right. Being little can’t be this easy, can it? Osiris has one shift left at the firehouse before he relocates to Sanctum. This blaze changes everything.

Camila is haunted by the death of her sister, Marisol, who was caught by a mudslide during the huracán. Unable to part with Marisol, Camila carries her through town, past the churchyard, and, eventually, to the supposed utopia of Memoria. Urayoán, the idealistic, yet troubled cult leader of Memoria, has a vision for this new society, one that in his eyes is peaceful and democratic. The paradise he preaches lures in the young, including Bayfish, a boy on the cusp of manhood, and Morivivi, a woman whose outward toughness belies an inner tenderness for her friends.

New backpacks? Check! Besties Pizza and Taco are ready to head back to school, but are they ready to meet the cool new kid? B.L.T. wears sunglasses—even in school! He's not even worried about being late to class. SO COOL! I mean, "whatever." Pizza and Taco quickly pick up on what's cool—and what's not—by watching B.L.T.'s every move. Will that spell t-r-o-u-b-l-e for Pizza and Taco with their teacher, Mr. Apple?

Besties Pizza and Taco are BACK in Book 3 of this hilarious young graphic novel series, adapted for audio, putting their drawing skills—and wild imaginations—to good use writing a comic book together!

The path to success is rarely easy or direct, and good mentors are hard to find. In Getting There, 30 leaders in diverse fields share their secrets to navigating the rocky road to the top. In an honest, direct, and engaging way, these role models describe the obstacles they faced, the setbacks they endured, and the vital lessons they learned. They dispense not only essential and practical career advice, but also priceless wisdom applicable to life in general. Getting There is for everyone - from students contemplating their futures to the vast majority of us.

En Ola de calor, primera entrega de la «Serie Castle», Nikki Heats se enfrenta a un desafío inesperado cuando el inspector jefe le asigna de compañero al famoso periodista Jameson Rook, ganador de un premio Pulitzer, quien deberá acompañarla en una investigación para escribir uno de sus artículos.