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Frances Stenzel was just trying to prove her scientific worth to her parents so they would take her with them to their scientific symposiums for once—instead, she reawakened her great-grandfather’s secret and most terrible invention. Before it can destroy the town, she sets off after it, with her pet chimp and sarcastic robot tutor by her side.

Lotte Meisner genießt ihr Rentner-Leben inmitten der Weinberge und der Gesellschaft ihrer Hündin Käthe, als die Idylle des ruhigen Örtchens in der Vorderpfalz durch einen Todesfall bei der Probe des Kirchenchors getrübt wird. Fräulein Meisner, ein langjähriges Mitglied, glaubt nicht an einen natürlichen Tod der Solistin und beginnt auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln. Doch bald stirbt ein weiteres Mitglied und sein Tod wirft sofort eine Frage auf: will sich im Chor etwa jemand nach oben morden?

Il filo parte da Amma, drammaturga nera britannica in procinto di mettere in scena la sua prima opera fuori dalla nicchia, e collega le altre undici storie, tutte diverse, tutte importanti per la costituzione di un arazzo complicato e meraviglioso. Bernardine Evaristo, prima vincitrice nera del prestigioso Booker Prize, ci regala la rara e preziosa possibilità di guardare con occhi nuovi il nostro mondo, quel mondo che ci comprende e ci sovrasta e di cui, vuoi per pigrizia e vuoi per incapacità umana, siamo sempre e comunque troppo ignoranti.

El potencial de todos los niños regularmente es determinado por una medida estandarizada: su coeficiente intelecutal (iq). Si la puntuación es elevada, el camino hacia un futuro dorado pasa por un colegio de nivel superior. Si la puntuación es demasiado baja, el futuro pasa por un colegio público con perspectivas muy limitadas. ¿El propósito? Una sociedad mejorada en la que los costes de la educación estén controlados al máximo posible y donde los profesores se centren en los estudiantes más prometedores.

Die 15-jährige Mara wäre am liebsten eines: unauffällig. Ein ganz normales Mädchen. Ohne die Tagträume, die der Grund für die ständigen Hänseleien in der Schule sind. Doch gerade als sie beschließt, ihr Leben zu ändern, passiert etwas Unglaubliches: Mara erfährt, dass sie eine der letzten Seherinnen ist. Eine Spákona. Und nur mithilfe ihrer besonderen Gabe kann sie verhindern, dass sich der Halbgott Loki von seinen Fesseln befreit und zu einer Gefahr wird. Maras Welt gerät aus den Fugen: Wird sie es schaffen, sich dieser großen Aufgabe zu stellen?

For the last few months, I've been content just watching her from afar, but one rainy night changes everything. Saving her from being roadkill wasn't something I thought about for more than a passing heartbeat. The girl I love wasn't going to die on my watch.

Un ragazzo e il suo giocattolo preferito stanno per cambiare tutto... Jack ama il suo maialino di pezza, Mimalino, detto Lino. È sempre stato lì per lui, nei giorni belli e in quelli brutti. Una vigilia di Natale, però, succede qualcosa di terribile: Lino si perde. Ma la vigilia di Natale è la notte dei miracoli e delle cause perse, è la notte in cui tutto può prendere vita... anche i giocattoli.

There is a saying in Rome: The Tarpeian Rock is near the Capitoline - meaning that even at the height of power, one is never far from a fall. As the Vestalis Maxima, Pomponia has guided her order through the collapse of Rome’s Republic and the rise of the empire. Her wit and piety have elevated the Vestals to a position of unprecedented prestige - and her friendship with Caesar Augustus has personally afforded her a life of political influence and privilege. She has been adored and untouchable.

On a remote farm in the deepest Devonshire countryside, four pregnant women arrive at an exclusive yoga retreat for a five-star weekend of prenatal pampering. The location is idyllic. Their host, Selina, is eager to teach them all she knows about pregnancy and motherhood. But, like Selina, each of the women has a secret. And secrets can be deadly.

Sister Veronica is back at the Convent; a changed woman as a result of her experiences with the corrupt clergy and the murder she lived through. Now - more than ever - she has a thirst for righting wrongs, even if it means getting herself into danger. So, when a two-month-old baby girl is left on the Convent doorstep one night, wrapped up in dirty blankets and placed in an open cardboard box, Sister Veronica steps in to help solve the mystery. And when she discovers a tarot card left with the baby, she is drawn deeper into the search for the mother.

Una joven reina recién coronada y sin experiencia de gobierno es abandonada por su marido en los peores momentos de su pequeño reino. Unos nobles hostiles, ansiosos de poder, provocan sangrientas revueltas que amenazan su vida y la de sus hijos. Además, deberá enfrentarse, con la ayuda de unos pocos fieles, a los tres mayores poderes del siglo XIII: Carlos, el gran emperador mediterráneo, Francia y un papa despiadado.

In a refreshing challenge to the common presumption that knowing involves amassing information, this book offers an eight-step approach that begins with love and pledge and ends with communion and shalom. Everyday adventures of knowing turn on a moment of insight that transforms and connects knower and known. No matter the field - science or art, business or theology, counseling or athletics - this little manual offers a how-to for knowing ventures.

What Newspapers Have Said About Elsie Benedict and Her Work "Over fifty thousand people heard Elsie Lincoln Benedict at the City Auditorium during her six weeks lecture engagement in Milwaukee."-Milwaukee Leader, April 2, 1921. "Elsie Lincoln Benedict has a brilliant record. She is like a fresh breath of Colorado ozone. Her ideas are as stimulating as the health-giving breezes of the Rockies."-New York Evening Mail, April 16, 1914.

The quest for the work and a career that's right for you - that's fulfilling and that you enjoy - is a process of discovery. It involves learning about yourself and finding out about the wide range of work and careers available. And it involves finding out how best to access the work or career you're interested in. Whether you have no idea what work or career you want to do or there's too many options and you can't decide, Career Finder will help you discover what's right for you and how to go about achieving it.

1912: Ava Knight, a young English aristocrat, boards the Titanic and meets a sailor, a soldier, and a woman with secret knowledge about a coming war that will change the course of history. 2010: Taylor Romano arrives in Oxford for a summer journalism program and is invited to tea at an old manor with a cursed history. When Taylor discovers that the lady of the house knows an uncanny amount about Taylor and her family's secrets, she knows something isn't right.

It's a usual Friday afternoon in Kabul. Residents are praying, drinking, shopping. At exactly 2:36pm the bomb explodes. Merza, an Afghan parliamentarian receiving ominous threats, thinks he's the target. Alive, but shaken, he stops to aid the wounded. Alec, an American journalist who shouldn't even be in Kabul, looks for a story. With other reporters, he rushes to the scene. Taking place over twelve hours on January 28, 2011, The Finest Supermarket in Kabul is inspired by true events.

Het boek van verloren namen is een ode aan de veerkracht van de menselijke geest. Eva Traube Abrams, een bibliothecaresse in Florida die eigenlijk al aan haar pensioen toe is, ruimt op een ochtend boeken op als haar oog valt op een foto in een openliggend tijdschrift. Ze verstijft; het is een afbeelding van een achttiende-eeuws religieus boekwerk dat ze herkent als 'het boek van verloren namen'.

En PekiUny tenemos una ilusión: que los lectores más pequeños se diviertan con nuestras historias, a la vez que aprenden sobre los valores que convertirán su vida en mucho más plena y feliz. Nos gustaría que nuestros personajes les enseñen a valorar algunas conductas y comportamientos que les ayudarán a convivir mejor con los demás y a sentirse bien en el ambiente en el que se encuentren. La amistad, la comprensión, la tolerancia, la paciencia, la solidaridad, el respeto.

Un secreto celosamente guardado duerme en las calles de Madrid. Cris Stoian despierta en un lugar desconocido, sin recordar nada y con la única referencia de una nota dejada por su hermano Daniel. Cuando, además, descubre su cuerpo cubierto de espantosas cicatrices, un insondable abismo se abre bajo sus pies. ¿Quién es? ¿Qué hace escondida allí? ¿Por qué en su nota su hermano le pide que no salga ni contacte con nadie?

The story concerns the attempts by a prince and his followers to shield themselves from a terrible plague which is devastating the surrounding area and to carry on living lives of pleasure. Their attempts ultimately prove futile. The Red Death is the name of the infectious disease which causes people to die within 30 minutes. Those who are infected bleed profusely from their skin, especially their faces, before they die. Some six months after the arrival of Prince Prospero's guests, a masked ball is held for them.