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Seventeen-year-old Smitha has the wealth, status, and beauty that make her the envy of her town - until she rejects a strange man's marriage proposal, and disastrous consequences follow. Smitha becomes cursed, and frost begins to encompass everything she touches. Banished to the hills, hunted by villagers, and chilled to the very core of her soul, she finds companionship with Death, who longs to coax her into his isolated world. But Smitha's desire for life proves stronger than despair.

Modern science is pivotal in our understanding of race - not because of the lines that thinkers through the centuries have chosen to trace but because, once grouped, what they thought belonging to these groups signified. In Superior, award-winning science writer Angela Saini explores the concept of race, both past and present. At its heart, race is the belief that we are born different, in character and intellectually as well as in appearance.

Finlay Donovan, single mum and floundering crime writer, is having a hard time. Her ex-husband went behind her back to fire the nanny, and this morning she sent her four-year-old to school with hair duct-taped to her head after an unfortunate incident with scissors. Making it to lunch with her literary agent is a minor victory but, as she's discussing the plot of her latest crime novel, the conversation is misinterpreted by a woman sitting nearby as that of a hit-woman offering her services to dispose of a 'problem' husband.

Therapist and wildly popular attachment research expert Eli Harwood (a.k.a. Attachment Nerd) illuminates attachment theory as foundational to the only parenting approach proven to have a lasting impact.

Sixteen-year-old Alexandra Wallace's life is shattered when her family faces a difficult decision. What do you do when you're suddenly uprooted from your comfortable life in an upscale Boston suburb and relocated to what your sophisticated East-coast friends refer to jeeringly as "Flyover Country?" When her parents break the news, Lexy does not take it well. She and BFF Georgia Stewart spend hours on the phone, proposing an unlikely solution.

Adéntrate en la mente de una de las cantantes y compositoras más influyentes de nuestro tiempo con esta antología de sus citas más inspiradoras y reveladoras. Swifties del mundo, ¡regocijaos! Desde lo más alto de la lista de best sellers del New York Times llega el libro de la artista americana del momento: Taylor Swift, en primera persona. Compuesto por una selección antológica de sus memorias, citas, opiniones, recuerdos, soflamas, epifanías y otros pronunciamientos —extraída de entrevistas, declaraciones, posts y demás confesiones que la cantante ha ido regalándonos.

It’s Midsummer’s Eve, the celebration of the longest day of the year, and on Sandhamn it’s the longest party of the year. But the fun comes to a dead halt when a young reveler is murdered, a teenage girl is found drugged and dazed on the beach, and other young women vanish. So far, what links the victims is a mystery. For Nora Linde and her new boyfriend, Jonas Sköld, the crimes are personal: one of the missing girls is Wilma, Jonas’s daughter. And her disappearance could test Nora and Jonas’s relationship in ways they never expected.

Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon's last day in LA together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year.

Angela Davis Speaks! Get inspired by the words of this fighter for human rights.

The new summer house on Sandhamn Island is an architectural dream for its owner, Carsten Jonsson. It’s a nightmare for the locals. The venture capitalist has flouted local traditions, property lines, and the natural beauty of the coastline. He’s also too wealthy and arrogant to heed the anonymous warnings to leave. The threats escalate when his guest lodge is burned to the ground and an unidentifiable corpse is found in the charred ruins.

Kathleen Turner wasn’t expecting to fall in love when she came to Indianapolis a year ago, much less with two very different men. And not just any men: Brothers. Blane Kirk, former SEAL turned attorney, is every woman’s dream man. He’s also a playboy who changes women as often as he changes his tie, and trying to hold on to Blane could only break Kathleen’s heart.

Join the Laughing Spice Squad as they hunt for the magic Super Silly Sugar Berry to make their Thanksgiving Giggle Pie! Thanksgiving stories with creativity to teach sharing, courage, and friendship.

Raised as an army brat, Angie Ricketts though she knew what she was in for when she eloped with Darrin – then an Infantry Lieutenant – on the eve of his deployment to Somalia. Since then, Darrin, now a Colonel, has been deployed eight times, serving four of those tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. And Ricketts has lived every one of those deployments intimately – distant enough to survive the years apart from her husband, but close enough to share a common purpose and a lifestyle they both love.

L’incontro casuale tra un uomo, Larraby e una donna, Celia, in un’assolata località di vacanza spagnola è l’incipit che dà il via al racconto di una vita ormai trascorsa. Celia si confida con lo sconosciuto, non gli nasconde nulla del suo passato, soprattutto della sua esperienza matrimoniale andata in frantumi. Parla di sé senza reticenze, forse perché finalmente si è assunta la responsabilità di quanto è accaduto ed è forse disposta a ricominciare a sperare.

O rei Arthur foi uma pessoa que existiu de verdade? E quanto a Robin Hood? O Santo Graal é um cálice ou algo bem diferente? Os europeus de fato queimaram milhões de pessoas na fogueira por bruxaria? Essas são apenas algumas das questões que você vai explorar com a ajuda da medievalista Dorsey Armstrong, que vai revelar a verdade sobre as histórias que ouvimos até hoje sobre a época medieval. Algumas têm um quê de verdade, enquanto outras são completamente inventadas, mas todas nos revelam alguma coisa sobre o passado.

Courage Under Siege: From Trauma to Transformation is a collection of powerful, real-life stories about facing tough times and finding strength in the process. This book is filled with tales from women who have faced big challenges, whether it’s dealing with painful losses, family struggles, feeling ignored, or going through emotional or physical hurt. These women have faced moments when life seemed too hard, yet each one found a way to keep going and grow through it.

O conto As Cocadas, publicado pela primeira vez em O Tesouro da Casa Velha, um dos últimos trabalhos de Cora Coralina, ganha nesta edição as cores, os traços, as ilustrações tão sintonizadas com a infância do artista Alê Abreu. A narrativa em primeira pessoa, curta, direta e, ao mesmo tempo, detalhista no que é preciso – qualidades de quem conta mesmo um conto – envolve a criança, desafia sua curiosidade a cada linha, desperta o desejo de descobrir a resolução do conflito vivido pela personagem: Eu devia ter nesse tempo dez anos. Era menina prestimosa e trabalhadeira à moda do tempo.

Nora hält nicht sonderlich viel davon, sich in ihrem ruhigen Alltag stören zu lassen. Der wird jedoch komplett auf den Kopf gestellt, als während eines Schneesturms ein als Krampus verkleideter Mann in ihrem Stall Zuflucht sucht. Es sollte nur für eine Nacht sein, doch der Sturm hält an, sodass er erst einmal bei ihr festsitzt! Unweigerlich muss sie sich näher mit ihrem Gast befassen. Dabei zeigt sich, dass es gar kein Kostüm ist, der Krampus ist echt! Doch wie ist so etwas möglich? Ist er wirklich DER Krampus? Oder sieht er nur so aus? Wurde er verflucht? Und kann man den Fluch brechen?

Tauche ein in die herzerwärmende Weihnachtsgeschichte von Familie Schornsteinfeger, die einen ganz besonderen Moment erlebt. Erlebe mit, wie duftende Plätzchen, ein wassergefluteter Esszimmertisch und die Freude über einen neuen Familienzuwachs – ein Baby mit zehn Fingern – die Weihnachtszeit für die Familie unvergesslich machen. Diese Geschichte, erzählt von Angela Weckerlein, fängt die Freude der Familienbande und die Wunder des Lebens in einer besinnlichen Weihnachtszeit ein.

In The Highly Sensitive, you will realize why high sensitivity is a gift that requires careful management. You will discover how to solve the common problems faced by HSPs the world over and how to live a happy, fulfilling life that lets you use your abilities to the fullest.