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La historia de las ciudades más espectaculares de la Edad Media, desde América hasta el Lejano Oriente: una guía fundamental para descubrir estas ciudades de las que, en algunos casos, sólo quedaron las ruinas. Existe actualmente un interés general por la historia, numerosas monografías y novelas históricas dan cuenta de ello, no obstante, existe un tremendo vacío a la hora de encontrar audio libros que aborden la historia de las ciudades utilizando el urbanismo como marco teórico.

A strong addition to the ‘Principles series' of introductory guides. This book explains what stress is, how it causes physical and mental problems and how to cope successfully with the increased pressures of modern day living. The book introduces the listener to the stress-prone personality types, what the potential stress triggers are, and suggests effective exercises to help you relax.

Ex-commando and Montana police chief Skip Walkins's life just got a whole lot worse. The malevolent god Asmodeous the Pale has escaped to Earth's magical twin, Theia, where he plans to release his underworld minions and enslave mankind. Skip, in a fit of unwise bravery, follows.

At dawn on September 22, 1711, more than five hundred Tuscarora, Core, Neuse, Pamlico, Weetock, Machapunga, and Bear River Indian warriors swept down on the unsuspecting European settlers living along the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers of North Carolina. During the following days, they destroyed hundreds of farms, killed at least 140 men, women, and children, and took about 40 captives. So began the Tuscarora War, North Carolina's bloodiest colonial war and surely one of its most brutal.

Morgan Beale is a pop icon - and hates every second of it. He begins adapting the latest best seller, The Chihuahua in the Blue Prada Bag, into a blockbuster movie just before his celebutante wife starts remodeling their Hollywood home, driving Beale to a hotel. Dodging the paparazzi one morning on his way to Starbucks, he spots his writing partner, Luke, who has been dead for over a decade, and who is staring into a mysterious hole in the ground....

Montana police chief Skip Walkins is hot on the trail of a murder suspect when he witnesses a drifter free the Lord of the Underworld. Seventeen years ago, five knights from Earth's magical twin, Theia, entombed Asmodeous the Pale, Lord of the Drynn, in Skip's town. Now that the dark god is free again, he's anxious to get back home and finish the war he began…to enslave all life. It begins with killing the knights who trapped him. Deprived of their magic, the knights fight back using whatever they can get their hands on, from samurai swords to assault rifles.

Long before Desperate Housewives, there was Bedelia: pretty, ultra femme, and adoring as a kitten. A perfect housekeeper and lover, she wants nothing more than to please her insecure new husband, who can’t believe his luck. But is Bedelia too good to be true? A mysterious new neighbor turns out to be a detective on the trail of a kitten with claws of steel a picture-perfect wife with a string of dead husbands in her wake. Caspary builds this tale to a peak of psychological suspense as her characters are trapped together by a blizzard.

Follow the red canoe from page to page as it journeys down river carrying the family on a camping tour. It's the next best thing to paddling it yourself...

This classic and award-winning picture book was written and illustrated by the celebrated Vera B. Williams and was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association. ""A tender knockout . . . it's rare to find much vitality, spontaneity, and depth of feeling in such a simple...

Rosa's grandma is sick and must stay upstairs in bed. And so the big chair in the living room is often empty. And the money jar--in which the family saved their change to buy the big red chair and Rosa's accordion--is empty too. All extra money must be used to take care of Grandma. After school...

There are some things that Rosa just knows. She knows that she can't wait to meet her new baby cousin, due to be born at any minute right upstairs. She knows that she will grow up and move away and maybe go to college, and perhaps even become the president of the United States. And she knows...

A funny book that makes you cry. A sad book that makes you laugh. A book about two sisters and their family that makes you wish you were part of it--and grateful that you are not. In short, this book is one surprise after another. The only thing that is not a surprise is that Vera B. Williams...

This is Bidemmi's book. Enter her world, look at the pictures she draws as she tells her stories. You will never forget her.This is Bidemmi's book. Enter her world, look at the pictures she draws as she tells her stories. You will never forget her...

This classic and award-winning picture book was written and illustrated by the celebrated Vera B. Williams and was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association. ""A tender knockout . . . it's rare to find much vitality, spontaneity, and depth of feeling in such a simple...

The money jar that Rosa, Mama, and Grandma filled with their coins will be emptied to buy Rosa whatever she wants for her birthday. But what can Rosa choose that special enough-unless it's a gift they can all enjoy!...

A selection of writings about gardens and gardening by six 19th-century women, compiled by Dee Palmer, a journalist and writer with a special interest in gardening. When she started the research for this audiobook, she expected to find many differences between the experiences of 19th-century women gardeners and those of today. Instead, she was struck by how modern much of their advice is, and her personal selection from the writings of these six women reflects that.

Tutto nasce dalla volontà di un direttore illuminato e da una proprietà editoriale consapevole del rapporto con gli ascoltatori, che ha reso possibile la realizzazione di questo piccolo manuale di automedicazione per gestire l'ansia, l'angoscia, la paura, la rottura delle certezze, la solitudine, la precarietà del futuro, la scoperta della fragilità del pianeta. Risulta indispensabile imparare a conoscere i propri limiti e i propri sintomi. La cura e l'automedicazione psicologica che questo volume insegna può accompagnarci ad attraversare i cambiamenti che il futuro ci imporrà.

Erika Wendt är en ung tyska som mitt under ett rasande världskrig anländer till Sverige. Till det yttre verkar inget vara fel, men under ytan döljer sig en farlig hemlighet: Erika är en tysk spion. Men saker tar en oväntad vändning när den svenske underrättelseofficeren Teddy Ternberg får upp ögonen för den unga kvinnan. De inleder en farlig romans. Och det visar sig att deras passion kommer att förändra Sveriges roll i det brinnande kriget.

Wer Mari begegnet, dem fällt auf, dass sie intelligent ist und fast gespenstisch makellos. Aber auch, dass sie Witze nicht versteht, und alles sehr rational sieht. Und wer sie besser kennenlernt, dem fällt auf, dass Mari weder Schlaf noch Nahrung braucht. Denn Mari ist nur fast ein Mensch. Ihre künstliche Intelligenz lernt ständig dazu, um eine Aufgabe zu erfüllen: den Menschen glücklich zu machen.

Für Eric, seine Brüder und seine beiden besten Freunde Mona und David beginnt ein neues Schuljahr in Balderwald. Die Ereignisse des letzten Sommers stecken den Freunden noch tief in den Knochen. Doch dies war erst der Anfang; mysteriöse Rätsel und neue Fragen tun sich auf: Was hat es mit den seltsamen Plakaten auf sich, die plötzlich überall in Balderwald erscheinen? Was plant Bruto mit dem zwielichtigen fremden Forscher, der immer häufiger in ihrer Schule auftaucht? Aufregende und aufwühlende Zeiten stehen Eric und den Freunden bevor, soviel sei gewiss!