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Hayes Flynn es un cabrón arrogante, inmensamente rico, conocido por su afición a las fiestas y por la forma en que reparte su «encanto» británico por todo Hollywood, sin repetir nunca con la misma mujer. Es la última persona para la que quiero trabajar, aunque es guapo por castigo, y cuanto más tiempo pasamos juntos, más me cuesta odiarlo. Porque debajo de su fachada engreída hay un corazón que no quiere mostrar, y que alguien le rompió en pedazos diez años atrás.

Margaret A. Burnham challenges our understanding of the Jim Crow era by exploring the relationship between formal law and background legal norms in harrowing cases between 1920 and 1960. From rendition, the legal process by which states make claims to other states for the return of their citizens, to battles over state and federal jurisdiction and the outsize role of local sheriffs in enforcing racial hierarchy, Burnham maps the criminal legal system of the mid-twentieth-century South, and traces the line from slavery to the legal structures of this period—and through to today.

Das Schicksal hält für Grace und ihre Freunde an der Katmere Academy immer neue Herausforderungen bereit: Als wären komplizierte Liebesbeziehungen und der Schulabschluss an einem Internat mit übernatürlichen Wesen nicht anstrengend genug, muss Grace sich auch noch mit einer Reihe anderer Probleme herumschlagen. Dass sie die Erste ihrer Art seit über 1000 Jahren ist und man ihr nach dem Leben trachtet, ist dabei noch das geringste. Grace steht vor einer Entscheidung, bei der ihre Liebe und ihre Zukunft auf dem Spiel stehen.

Dieses Jahr ist für Lia auf dem Landsitz ihrer Familie nichts mehr, wie es einmal war: Finn, der Neffe des Wildhüters, verdreht Lia den Kopf. Obwohl er sie mit seinen spöttischen Sprüchen herausfordert, verliebt sie sich Hals über Kopf in ihn. Doch wer ist dieser Junge wirklich, der mit einem wilden Fuchs Ball spielt und ihm Gedichte vorliest? Bald erreichen die Schatten der Vergangenheit die Wildnis von Badfearna. Sie bringen Dinge über Finn ans Licht, die keinen Zweifel lassen: Ein Mädchen wie Lia hat in seinem Leben keinen Platz.

A friendly children's book where Emily is trying to find her flower garden with the help of beautiful new friends along the way. This book is cute and easy to understand for our lovely young listeners.

Love, friendship, and trust highlight this enchanting story of a lonely rich girl who encounters a mysterious unknown breed, an extremely beautiful white horse on the grounds of her brand-new country estate. Now it is up to her to convince her skeptical family to believe the animal's true identity which proves to be the most difficult task of her life.

Sonic Encounters: The Islamic Call to Prayer recounts the author’s experience gathering field recordings of the Islamic Call to Prayer. It touches on key questions and problems faced along the way, as well as discussing technologies and methods for recording, what it means to develop art from ethnographic research, and the ethics and considerations of working with Islamic communities around the globe. The book uses a sound studies framework to explore artistic research methods and practices in ethnography as they relate to religious recitation.

Puedes vivir el momento o puedes planificar tu vida. Puedes hacer lo que quieras, sin embargo, a veces no podemos resistirnos a los vaivenes sorpresivos de la vida, a las corrientes profundas y misteriosas que nos llevan, nos traen, nos quitan o nos ponen personas en el camino. Juliet Miller no lo sabía, porque toda su existencia transcurría bajo un estricto y tranquilizador control, hasta que la desaparición de una vecina la pone, junto a un hombre desconocido fascinante, frente a un misterio asombroso, que la embarca en la mayor aventura de su vida.

Haunted by a tragic mistake in her past that endangered her family and nearly cost the life of the only man she could ever love, Emily now lives a life of exile that just so happens to include sword play and stealth on the dark streets of London in an attempt to stop innocent people from coming to harm at the hands of seedy criminals. Caring not for her own safety, Emily embarks on a life of justice at all costs, if only to rid her mind of the ghostly image of her lost love.

On a Spring afternoon in London, Sam hops the stairs of his flat two at a time. There’s £1,300 missing from his and his wife, Efe’s, shared bank account and his calls are going straight to voicemail. When he finally reaches someone, he learns Efe is nearly 5,000 miles away as their toddler looks around and asks, “Where’s Mummy?”

This book is a compilation of many little stories. Some are funny, some are observations, and some are pieces of everyday life and events, but all have a tie to a biblical teaching that shows how God moves in our lives and those around us in the big moments and the small moments of every day. You will find hope and God's grace throughout this work.

It’s close to the winter solstice when Newton reports that dead bodies have been found drained of their blood. Then people start disappearing, and Genevieve calls a coven meeting. What they hear chills their blood. This has happened before, and it’s going to get worse. The witches have to face their toughest challenge yet—vampires. At the same time, Ben and the paranormal investigators are investigating the House of Spirits, a house with links to the occult that once belonged to the mysterious medium Madame Charron. Chillingly, the new owners seem to have secrets of their own.

Joining the ranks of Tarcher's runaway editions of "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill, "Public Speaking for Success" by Dale Carnegie, and "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Wattles, here are three landmark guides to a life of prosperity-now restored to print in beautiful, signature volumes. Newly discovered by fans of "The Secret", the metaphysical writer Wallace D. Wattles distills the rules of real power and personal achievement in his slender, immensely practical "The Science of Being Great" - the companion work to "The Science of Getting Rich".

This audiobook offers an overview of different aspects of Hawaiian and contains a Hawaiian language course at three levels of complexity—basic, intermediate, and advanced together with review material. This is an ideal way to get more out of your trip to Hawaii with a better understanding of both the language and culture after listening to this audiobook.

Minimalism is not for everyone. It requires discipline and an open mind. Living a minimalist lifestyle means getting out of your comfort zone and taking action. Many people are overwhelmed with all the things going on in their lives and cannot seem to to find a clear path to getting started. This book provides you with step-by-step instructions on how to declutter your home, office, computer, smartphone, and ultimately your mind in less than a day. This is the book I wish I had when I first started on the minimalist journey and it probably would have saved me more than $5,000.

From his tiny room at Hampton Court, the royal chronicler records the comings and goings of the King of England, his six Queens—and his six mothers-in-law. Introducing us to these redoubtable ladies, he relates the surprising part they played in the destiny of Henry VIII and his unfortunate wives. We meet Catherine of Aragon's duenna, Dona Elvira; Lady Boleyn, whose gentleman admirer threatens danger for her daughter Anne; and Lady Margaret, whose attempt to overturn hundreds of years of tradition leads to a dramatic confrontation.

Después de triunfar con la serie de los inolvidables detectives bostonianos Kenzie y Gennaro, de recibir el aplauso unánime por la tensión dramática y lírica de Mystic River y haberse consagrado con su trilogía histórica criminal de Joe Coughlin, Dennis Lehane nos sorprende con una trama de suspense psicológico.

At age four, Diana manages her family's banking, grocery shops alone, and befriends the town drunk. Her father is too busy chasing skirts and throwing fits to notice what she does. And her mom is too mentally absent to properly parent. While Diana's narcissistic dad terrorizes and exploits her, she works harder to please him. Estill, an award-winning humor author, shares an honest and comedic look at her dysfunctional childhood. As an adult, she struggles to reclaim her power while caring for her dementia-impaired dad.

Awakening the third eye is a method that has been practiced by ancient monks for thousands of years and is yet to be fully understood. But certain techniques have been proven to be the most successful over the last centuries, and have helped many people opening their third eye. These techniques will be explained in detail throughout the book, for you to experience the same amazing mind power people have described before!

Harry Windover adora a la rubia de ojos verdes Athena Lancaster, pero por desgracia, un hombre sin dinero como él no tiene esperanzas de ganarse la mano de una joven noble. Para añadir insulto a las lesiones, el cuñado y tutor de Athena, el duque de Kielder, ha pedido a Harry que ayude a Athena a encontrar al caballero de sus sueños. Pero el enamorado Harry también es astuto: a medida que pasan las semanas, presenta a Atenea a los pretendientes que son aburridos, alarmantemente apegados a sus madres, francamente groseros, asombrosamente ensimismados y completamente ridículos.