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Marcellus es un pulpo increíblemente curioso y descarado. Cada día, mucha gente pasa por delante de su tanque en el acuario de Sowell Bay, aunque pocos se detienen demasiado. En cambio, Tova, la limpiadora, le ha cogido cariño y, mientras barre, le cuenta cuánto echa de menos a su hijo, desaparecido hace treinta años en el mar.

An inspiring survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution in China makes a passionate case that history is eerily repeating itself as the Woke Revolution spreads across America. Xi Van Fleet lived through the horrors of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as a schoolgirl. Forced to the countryside with...

In the ninth volume of his True Crime series, Germany's bestselling True Crime author Adrian Langenscheid once again unleashes heart-pounding, addictive reading. It offers a breathtaking, deeply harrowing portrait of human abysses that arouses powerful emotions precisely because of its cool, factually neutral depiction. Free of any sensationalism, thirteen True Crime short stories retell some of the most spectacular Canadian criminal cases of recent decades.

Een origineel historisch verhaal van Arend van Dam. In 1621 komt Amalia van Solms, een arme gravin uit het hof van de koningin van Bohemen, bij toeval in Nederland terecht. Ze kan haar geluk niet op als ze ten huwelijk gevraagd wordt door Frederik Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau. Niet alleen is haar leven in armoede voorbij, haar nieuwe leven als prinses past haar perfect. Algauw schudt Amalia het stadhouderlijk hof wakker. Ze laat paleizen bouwen, legt een grote kunstverzameling aan en ontvangt belangrijke buitenlandse gasten.

Die endgültige Aufnahme der Menschheit in das Imperium der Skiir steht unter keinem guten Stern. Kaum haben die Menschen gezwungenermaßen ihren Platz in der neuen galaktischen Gemeinschaft eingenommen, überzieht eine geheimnisvolle Entität, nur "Zerstörer" genannt, das Reich mit Tod und Vernichtung. Zunehmend zerstritten und am Rande eines Bürgerkrieges richtet sich die Aufmerksamkeit des Reiches auf die Erde, die eine wichtige Rolle in der Abwehr der Bedrohung einzunehmen scheint.

Die Zeit des Erwachens ist gekommen. Zweihundert Jahre nach der Eroberung der Erde durch die insektoiden Skiir wird die vollständige Isolation der Menschheit aufgehoben. Die ersten Schritte in die galaktische Gemeinschaft konfrontieren die Menschen mit einer harten Realität: voller Intrigen, rivalisierenden Gewalten, Manipulationen und einer Hierarchie, in der man sich mühsam hocharbeitet oder untergeht. Widerstand brodelt gegen die Herrschaft der Skiir.

This gripping true story follows a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure—perfect for fans of Cheryl Strayed.​ During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of...

In FIRE legt Charlotte aan de hand van haar eigen verhaal uit hoe je de weg naar financiële vrijheid plant. Dankzij dit boek zal jouw relatie met geld verbeteren: je leert een slim financieel plan uitstippelen en succesvol beleggen, sparen en investeren. Een goede financiële planning zorgt voor financiële vrijheid.

Being poor sucks. This book is for any woman who wants to catapult herself into the top tiers of wealth without having to go to college or pursue a demanding career. In this helpful guide, you will learn what gold-digging and being a trophy wife is, if it is the right job for you, and how to prepare yourself for success. Next you will learn strategies to meet, date, and become engaged to a rich man, and I will offer helpful guidance on how to get the wedding across the finish line.

La vie d’Helen Cartwright est terminée. À 83 ans, elle décide de retrouver le village de son enfance en Angleterre poour affronter le deuil de son fils et de son mari. Après avoir vécu six décennies à l’étranger, ce retour marque pour elle la fin de son existence, il ne lui reste plus qu’à attendre la mort. Puis, par une froide nuit d’automne, une rencontre fortuite avec une souris conduit Helen à un voyage surprenant. Pendant deux semaines, cette veuve recluse découvre une raison de vivre inattendue.

January arrives with credit card statements that make your stomach drop. The holiday season left you broke, stressed, and wondering how you'll make it through the month. That suffocating feeling of financial chaos doesn't have to last. This 10-day reset plan cuts through the guilt and gives you a clear path forward. Transform your post-holiday money mess into a fresh start using practical strategies designed for real life, not perfection. Each day builds on the last, helping you face the damage, stop the bleeding, and create momentum that carries you beyond January.

The global songwriting competition

Podcastmaker Bas Louissen en radio-dj Frank van der Lende zijn beste vrienden en onderweg naar de veertig. Tijdens hun autoritten maken ze de balans op: wat willen ze nog, welke plannen stellen ze uit, en waar rijden ze eigenlijk naartoe? Van een huis in Frankrijk tot eindelijk zelf die fietsband plakken – elke rit is een gesprek over het leven van nu en de toekomst die wacht. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Bitcoin did not appear out of nowhere. For decades prior to Satoshi Nakamoto’s invention, a diverse group of computer scientists, privacy activists, and heterodox economists tried to create a digital form of money that could operate independently of government control. The Genesis Book tells the story of the people and projects that inspired the invention of the world’s first successful peer-to-peer electronic cash system.

Practiced for thousands of years in the East, urine therapy–the application of your body’s own urine as an agent for the promotion and management of good health–has gained popularity in the West as more people seek effective, affordable, and holistic alternatives to modern medicines. Dutch auto-urine expert Coen Van der Kroon first encountered urine therapy when he cut his foot at an ashram in the mountains of India. Conventional antiseptics and treatments did nothing for the injury, and the infection steadily worsened until he was advised to wrap his foot in a cloth soaked in his own urine.

Tiddo and his wife, Isa, have drifted apart. They don’t make love anymore. Tiddo even finds their 13-year-old son, Jonathan, a stranger – quiet, distant and forever drawing monstrous creatures in his sketchbook. Desperate to keep his family together, Tiddo plans a holiday to Iceland, travelling the tourist circuit in a rented campervan. On their trip, they pick up a hitchhiker named Svein, who is tall and handsome, and covered in tattoos of ancient runes. When Svein offers to guide them off the beaten track, Tiddo is conflicted. Does Svein pose a threat or offer salvation?

Miguel wants to be noticed. Miguel Cordero Ruiz always considered himself straight, but his sexy anatomy professor, Dr. Cummings, is making him seriously rethink that. While the professor who lives across the street is supposedly a “bird watcher”, it's rumored he’s really spying on the male students who live in Miguel's building. When rumor is confirmed as fact, Miguel decides to give the professor a show he won’t forget. Aldrich is afraid of being seen.

Ethan's Valentine's Day isn't going well. He's been talked into attending a pretentious premier gala with his ex-boyfriend at movie mogul Charles Weston’s posh Beverly Hills mansion. Ethan’s plan is to hit up the free bar for all the gin they'll give him, then slink home, alone. Instead, he gets lost in the host's mansion, runs into a handsome stranger, and suddenly, his night takes a sharp turn for the better.

Ein fremdes Ei ist im Nest - und heraus schlüpft ein Drache. Der ist nun so ganz anders als Familie Amsel. Das sorgt natürlich für allerlei Chaos. Aber genau wie das Gespenst Gustav, das nicht gruselig spuken kann, und der kleine Drache Panixus, der lieber Klavier spielen möchte als Feuer zu speien, zeigt das Drachenbaby allen, was in ihm steckt. Und so erfahren alle drei: Es ist in Ordnung, so zu bleiben, wie man ist.