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It's been barely a day since Edwy left Fredtown to be with his parents and, already, he is being sent away. He's smuggled off to boarding school in Refuge City, where he will be with his brother and sister, who don't even like him very much. The boarding school is nothing like the school that he knew, there's no one around looking up to him now, and he's still not allowed to ask questions! Alone and confused, Edwy seeks out other children brought back from Fredtown and soon discovers that Rosi and the others might be in danger.

Noelle Perrault has felt drawn to the tales her glassmaker father told of the four Firefly artisans since she was a child. But when her mother falls under a curse, Noelle suspects the stories are more than mere fables. Their last hope is for her father to embark on a desperate journey to another realm, where he must seek a miracle. Alone but not defenseless, Noelle is forced to navigate battles that rise against her beloved home, while her dearest friend, the prince, vows to help her father.

Travis trabaja en una revista y es día de cierre. Mientras le ronda la pavorosa idea de que van a despedirlo, no dejan de sucederse a su alrededor imprevistos de toda clase. Anne, por su parte, se siente harta del departamento de atención al cliente en el que está destinada, donde la relación con algunos de sus compañeros amenaza con hacer saltar la oficina por los aires. En vísperas de comenzar sus vacaciones, bajo un calor insoportable, ambos tienen mil cosas en la cabeza que resolver, y todas ellas parecen urgentes.

Una científica està tancada en un laboratori obsessionada per trobar la fórmula definitiva del producte que ha sotmès a la societat: unes pastilles que contenen experiències humanes per sentir emocions i vivències alienes. La societat de consum, incapaç de crear o produir, ha trencat el mecanisme que la feia funcionar. L'home ha substituït la seva capacitat d'imaginar, cooperar i compartir per una set egoista i insaciable a la recerca d'una experiència superior.

Annabella Donatello likes to do everything. She likes to draw, fly kites, play soccer, cook, and eat what she cooks. She even likes to do math! But there are two things she loves most of all: softball and performing. So she's thrilled when she gets cast in the school play, on top of being the star pitcher of her softball team. Unfortunately, her softball coach is less thrilled about Annabella's busy schedule. And with the championships coming up, the pressure is on to make softball her number one priority, even when an important practice conflicts with opening night of the show.

Meet the pets of Buddy and Bea and their friends in the third installment of this laugh-out-loud chapter book series celebrating life in a second grade classroom. After an author visits their classroom, Buddy and his friends are inspired to write about their pets—in fact, animals are suddenly...

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection "Powerful…. The excellent pacing and heart-wrenching exploration of redemption will sweep readers up." —Kirkus Reviews In this tour de force about one teen’s quest for redemption from the award-winning author of American Road Trip, Antonio is...

Ongi etorri – Willkommen! Das Baskenland ist eine besondere Region mit eigener Kultur und eigener Sprache. ECOS Spanisch lernen Audio besucht eine Werft in Pasaia und Jazzfestivals in den drei Großstädten, ist zu Gast bei Restauratoren in der Kathedrale von Vitoria-Gasteiz, geht Pintxos essen in Donostia-San Sebastián, schaut vorbei im Guggenheim-Museum von Bilbao und an der Küste im Biosphärenreservat von Urdaibai. Verben der Bewegung und geographische Begriffe sind Thema im Sprachteil, mit Übungen in drei Schwierigkeitsgraden, und Sie lernen einen Bertsolari kennen.

After suffering a serious heart injury, Lito Macaraeg reaches out to his estranged son—a journalist who lives in the United States, far from his father’s Manila nursing home—to promise him a scoop: the story of a secret meeting between Imelda Marcos and Corazon Aquino. Imelda, best known for her excessive shoe collection, was the flamboyant wife of the late Philippine dictator; Corazon was the wife of the opposition politician who was allegedly killed by the Marcoses.

Rocky Rivera arrives in the US from the Philippines the year that Jimi Hendrix dies. So begins a blazing coming-of-age story suffused with the tensions of immigration that finds Rocky moving from the counterculture of 1960s San Francisco to the extravagant 1980s Manhattan music scene. The Gangster of Love tells the story of the Rivera family as they make their new life in the States, all the while haunted by the memory of the father and the homeland they left behind.

Some stories are all about the crime. These stories are about the maelstrom of what happens afterward. A hard-bitten crew of professional thieves pull of the score of their lives, coming away with millions in cash, enough to change their lives, make new identities, start fresh. But that's when the real trouble begins. In this linked anthology, we follow each member of the crew of culprits after the heist and watch as this perfect score ends up a perfect nightmare.

Als Anna für die Weihnachtszeit zu ihrer Mutter und ihrem Stiefvater fährt, freut sie sich auf eine schöne Zeit mit ihrer Familie. Der Traum eines idyllischen Weihnachtsfestes platzt jedoch, als ihr Stiefbruder Cole auftaucht. Cole, der vor drei Jahren nach Amerika gegangen ist und ihr das Herz gebrochen hat. Nun ist sie gezwungen, die nächsten Wochen mit ihm unter einem Dach zu wohnen. Obwohl sich Anna vorgenommen hat, ihn zu hassen, machen ihre Gefühle ihr einen Strich durch die Rechnung – und auch Cole scheint mehr für sie empfinden, als sie angenommen hat.

"El Libro de la Selva" es, a grandes rasgos, la historia de Mowgli, un «cachorro humano» acogido por los lobos y criado por una loba (como en la fábula), que lo defenderá desde el principio y hasta el final, en pleno corazón de la selva. Una selva la de este libro inspirada o basada en un lugar real: el Parque Natural de Kanha, creado en el año 1955, ampliado en 1962 y 1970 y ubicado en el Estado del Madhya Pradesh, en la India septentrional.

El Desafío: Catalunya Confidential es una serie documental de Audible que por primera vez se adentra en la trastienda del proceso soberanista de Cataluña.

One of Oprah’s Favorite Things of 2023 Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece The Color Purple—as well as the acclaimed 1985 film from Steven Spielberg, the Tony-winning Broadway musical, and the all-new film adaptation with this gorgeously designed...

Revelador ensayo periodístico que ahonda en las décadas de corrupción política en la comunidad valenciana. Con nombres y apellidos, con datos y fechas, Rodrigo Terrasa nos presenta un escalofriante y certero análisis de los factores que han dado por cierto un triste y polémico dicho: la corrupción era como la paella, que se hacía en todas partes, pero en ningún sitio como en Valencia.

One of Jessica Hagedorn's most daring novels—“a deft and complex tale of corruption, fealty, and integrity” (The Baltimore Sun) In a Philippines of desperate beauty and rank corruption, two seemingly unrelated events occur: the discovery of an ancient lost tribe living in a remote...

A bold new novel about the intersection of art, love, fame, and money from the acclaimed author of Dogeaters. Jessica Hagedorn's edgy and entertaining new novel centers on the lives of two women who are neighbors in Manhattan's West Village. Mimi Smith is a filmmaker of low-budget slasher movies...

Wer Mallorca umweltbewusst bereisen will, findet neben Ökohotels weitere Voraussetzungen: In der Reportage "Turismo responsable en Mallorca" in "ECOS Spanisch lernen Audio" gibt es Interviews mit Einheimischen und deren Empfehlungen. Sanfter Tourismus ist auch Hauptthema des Sprachteils mit Dialogen, Podcasts sowie Übungen zu Wortschatz und Grammatik, wie immer in drei Schwierigkeitsgraden.

Jack wundert sich. Er bekommt eine Einladung zu einer Auktion, in der Kunstwerke versteigert werden. Schnell stellt sich heraus, dass die Einladung ein Geheimnis umgibt, in ihr ist eine geheime Botschaft verborgen. Will jemand die kostbaren Antiquitäten stehlen? Mr. Van Dyke, der sich um die Exponate kümmert, will seltsame Geräusche gehört und ein geisterhaftes Licht gesehen haben.