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Every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh month, strange things happen. It began when three young boys - Caleb, Fox, and Gage - went on a camping trip to the Pagan Stone. And 21 years later, it will end in a showdown between evil and the boys who have become men - and the women who love them.

The entire human race balances on the razor's edge of annihilation, beset by an enemy that turns our own bodies against us, that changes normal people into psychopaths or transforms them into nightmares. To some, Doctor Margaret Montoya is a hero-a brilliant scientist who saved the human race from an alien intelligence determined to exterminate all of humanity. To others, she's a monster - a mass murderer single-handedly responsible for the worst atrocity ever to take place on American soil. All Margaret knows is that she's broken. The blood of a million deaths is on her hands.

DiGriz is caught during one of his crimes and recruited into the Special Corps. Boring, routine desk work during his probationary period results in his discovering that someone is building a battleship, thinly disguised as an industrial vessel. In the peaceful League no one has battleships anymore, so the builder of this one would be unstoppable. DiGriz' hunt for the guilty becomes a personal battle between himself and the beautiful but deadly Angelina, who his planning a coup on one of the feudal worlds.

What if happiness isn’t something we find in adulthood—but something we remember from childhood? Origin tells the story of Zorogigi Zoranza, a girl growing up in the wind-shaped island of Catanduanes, Philippines. In a yard alive with animals, storms, and imagination, she builds “fortresses” that shape her emotional intelligence, creativity, and future purpose. The story reveals how Zorogigi’s childhood wonder became a lifelong mission to help children reclaim their imagination.

La storia di Huck e della sua fuga in zattera lungo il Mississippi con il negro Jim, fino al ricongiungimento col compagno di scorrerie Tom Sawyer nel romanzo che nacque come proseguimento del precedente "Le avventure di Tom Sawyer" era tra le preferite di Ernest Hemingway, che citava sempre Mark Twain tra i suoi autori fondamentali: e non a caso, naturalmente, visto che fin dai suoi esordi anche l'autore di "Fiesta" lavorò molto duramente per riuscire a ricreare sulla pagina la lingua della strada, cosa per cui venne assai criticato.

Due efferati omicidi da risolvere per Salvatore Vivacqua, siciliano trapiantato a Torino, con più cicatrici che capelli e un carattere quadrato come la sua stazza. Il romanzo ci trasporta nei meandri più torbidi della Torino bene. "C'è sempre una mollica, anche piccola, basta avere occhi buoni per trovarla". È questa la frase che il commissario Vivacqua ripete come un mantra ogni volta che si trova alle prese con un nuovo caso. E Salvatore Vivacqua - Totò per gli amici - sa bene che dove c'è un delitto c'è sempre anche una traccia che il colpevole si è lasciato dietro.

Career criminal Burke’s skill at working the feathery edges of the law are legendary, and this isn’t the first time he’s been hired to trade cash for an abducted kid. But when the meet turns out to be an ambush, Burke’s partner is killed and he’s left for dead. Dumped on the steps of the ER, Burke hovers between life and death. While the police - and whoever wants him dead - are circling closer, biding their time.

The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton arrive in the North Carolina mountains to create a timber empire, vowing to let no one stand in their way, especially those newly rallying around Teddy Roosevelt's nascent environmental movement.

In Why Sh-t Happens, esteemed scientist Peter J. Bentley tackles the realm of everyday disaster through a highly empirical approach informed by wit and humor. Bentley brilliantly explores accident on a molecular level, arming you with an essential understanding of what went wrong and explaining how to prevent future bouts of misfortune.

Shanni Monroe wasn't out here chasing men; she was out here chasing a purpose. A BBW, beautiful, built for the grind, she's clocking hours at the salon, stacking every dime to get herself into law school. She's had to fend for herself since a child, never able to catch a break. Her heart's been broken, her trust isn't easily earned, and love isn't even on her radar anymore after her recent breakup. But then she meets Kashmier Blackwell—the hood's most feared and respected boss. The only thing was, he was taken by someone else.

From their high school days to long nights in college, she poured her heart into Derek—believing they'd build a life together. But now, he’s chasing a dream that leaves no room for her, and Imara is left holding the pieces of a relationship that only works when she sacrifices herself. When Derek chooses career over commitment—again—Imara is forced to confront a truth she’s long ignored: loving someone shouldn’t mean losing yourself.

Ty is getting back into the groove of things after being shot. After seeking revenge in the most gruesome way, the streets are finally silent. Secrets hidden from his past are out in the open, causing his home to become the exact war zone he knew the streets to be. He doesn’t know if he and Toya can make it through the drama. After the ride they both have been on, separating may be better than sticking it out. Bleek has always been the go-to guy. He is loyal, street-smart, and thorough. He possesses all the right traits, but does he have enough to run his crew?

Listen up! Humans are kinky! Kink has been around as long as humans have existed, but comes with an astonishing amount of myths and misunderstandings. This is a sex-positive, shame-free guide to kink for everyone from curious beginners to seasoned kinksters. This book delves deep in every corner...

Jung Chang arriveerde in 1978 op 26-jarige leeftijd in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, als onderdeel van een Chinees studiebeursprogramma. Ze bevond zich in het Londen van punk, politieke protesten en Ziggy Stardust en voelde zich alsof ze op de maan was geland. Toch zou zij zich hier uiteindelijk definitief vestigen. Zij en haar medestudenten waren allemaal opgegroeid in volledige isolatie van het Westen, en bang voor wat er zou gebeuren als ze een van de strenge regels zouden overtreden die hun door hun regering waren opgelegd.

Naomi's life is picture-perfect—a loving husband, a beautiful home, and a career capturing other people's love stories. But when memories start to unravel, she begins to question everything she's been told. Her husband Marcus is a healer to many, but behind closed doors, his obsession with control runs deeper than anyone could imagine. Naomi's sudden bursts of clarity are proving dangerous, and the truth she's desperate to remember might shatter everything.

Keri Daniels is Nashville’s rising R&B star—polished, poised, and off-limits. Grant Tucker is her genius producer with a wife of his own. But when studio hours turn into stolen nights, their lust explodes into a full-blown affair they swore would never happen again… until it does. Quickies between sessions. Hotels under aliases. Love songs that hit too close to home. They're walking a tightrope between passion and destruction—and when a revenge sex tape hits the blogs, all hell breaks loose.

La quarta e ultima esilarante indagine del Club dei delitti del giovedì, l'ormai celebre gruppo di vecchietti con la passione per le indagini, un'infinita curiosità e una grande capacità di deduzione. Si pensa che a Natale ci si possa rilassare, ma non nella casa di riposo di Cooper's Chase. Il giorno di Santo Stefano un pacco tutt’altro che innocuo attraversa la Manica di contrabbando: è l’inizio di una serie di omicidi che coinvolgeranno da vicino il Club dei delitti del giovedì.

“L’essere umano è una malattia. Le malattie lo colpiscono, ma l’uomo in quanto tale è a sua voltauna malattia. Quello è il suo problema, ed è anche la sua unicità; quella è la sua buona sorte, ma al tempo stesso è la sua sfortuna. Nessun altro animale sulla Terra ha un problema simile, nessuno deve confrontarsi con una simile ansia, con quella tensione, con quel disagio, con un simile stato patologico; cosa che invece l’essere umano deve fare”. Osho

Di solito si vive in base a un’immagine di sé che si crea guardando e adeguandosi agli altri, a loro volta cresciuti adattandosi ai propri simili. Tutto ciò genera un mondo di apparenze che ruota intorno a finzioni che rivelano la loro vacuità di fronte a eventi improvvisi che mandano in frantumi ogni cosa. Oggi, in un mondo le cui condizioni continuano a mutare, si è sempre di più spinti a domandarsi quale sia davvero il volto dell’umanità, e quale il proprio vero volto.

When a couple and their young twin boys are discovered brutally murdered in their beds, everyone suspects this is a home invasion gone tragically wrong. But as Detective Madison Harper walks into the run-down house that is eerily empty, she isn’t so sure.