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They're walking dead people who are dazed and confused! Stories of zombies are in many parts of the world. Is it possible the legends are true?

It's August 1917, and WW1 continues to take a toll. The villagers of Dorcalon try to keep hope alive, but every day brings fresh tragedy as more are killed on foreign battlefields. Elizabeth Meredith, daughter of mine manager Herbert, enjoys a privileged position in the village, but she longs to break free of society's expectations. Falling in love with miner Gwilym Owen brings more joy to her life than she's ever known...until she's forced to choose between her love and her disapproving family.

After a vacation in Baja, Mark and Sarah decide to experiment with a little innocent ("tie me up") sensual play, and Mark, wanting their initiation to have the perfect beginning, brings Sarah a custom-made gift wrapped in an unusual vintage box. It's not long before the two realize that they risk crossing a dangerous boundary of trust and desire as hidden, tantalizing secrets and appetites are exposed.

Waisenerbe: Ich wurde in Reichtum hineingeboren. Nachdem meine Eltern bei einem Unfall ums Leben kamen und mein Bruder ein paar Jahre später erschossen wurde, lernte ich auf die harte Tour, dass man mit Geld kein Glück kaufen kann. Löwin der Einkehrgesellschaft: Du kannst dir nicht das Herz brechen, wenn du niemanden hier hereinlässt, oder? Trotzige Gefangene: Ich dachte, ich hätte alles erlebt, was das Leben mir zu bieten hatte. Aber dann übernehmen Javier Vega und seine Gang gefährlicher Krimineller mein Leben und halten mich in meinem eigenen Haus als Geisel.

Italy, 1937. In a tiny village in rural Lombardy, Graziella Ponti is born into a loving family. Though they are not rich and life is full of challenges, Graziella and her family are content and safe, surrounded by the tightly-knit community of Pieve Santa Clara. But when the shadow of World War...

It's not easy being the WORST at everything! Hack and Whack are the very worst Vikings in the village—until a fierce and stinky berserker moves in next door! Will the brand-new school help the twins outwit this villain and his vicious dog, Muddy Butt? And will Twisty Pants, Dirty Ulf and Elsa Gold-Hair help vanquish this foul fiend?

What if your parents wanted you to behave badly? Set in the snowy fjords of a Viking kingdom, the terrible twins, Hack and Whack, are proud to be the best worst Vikings. Nothing stops the marauding pair as they steal boats, loot a birthday party, track a troll and sail off to raid Bad Island with their friends Twisty Pants and Dirty Ulf. Well, almost nothing.

In this decadent, deeply evocative novel, a young artist travels to Rome to heal a broken heart, where she confronts loneliness and intimacy, rage and desire: “Sensorial as hell . . . A stunningly cool and stylish debut" (Paul Beatty, Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sellout). Emilia...

"Vietato Invecchiare" è il podcast sullo stigma sociale dell'invecchiamento femminile. Partendo da ricordi vividi di Francesca, faremo un viaggio per raccontare, gli effetti del passare del tempo sulle donne. Dopo i 35 anni non si è più considerate "giovani". Con l'aiuto di esperti capiremo se esistono strumenti per preservare la giovinezza, ammesso che questo sia ciò che una donna che invecchia vuole veramente.

Vuoi risparmiare e guadagnare allo stesso tempo? Attenzione: parlo di guadagno economico, certo, ma anche di guadagno emotivo, vitale, personale. Hai mai pensato al fatto che il risparmio possa migliorare le tue finanze e insieme renderti una persona migliore, più attenta all'ambiente, più disponibile e ben voluta dagli amici? Se non l'hai mai fatto, pensaci ora! Questo libro ti spiega come farlo, in modo diretto e semplice.

"Eccomi!" è la formula con cui l'uomo giusto si pone al cospetto di Dio, quando sente di essere stato chiamato a operare il bene. Ma affinché questa messa a disposizione sia possibile, è Dio stesso a compiere un primo "passo" verso l'uomo, precedendolo, come racconta Francesca Campana Comparini in questo affascinante volume che rilegge alcuni dei più significativi episodi biblici.

Il gruppo era una specie di madre adottiva che accoglieva qualsiasi bastardo: tossici, gente di strada, ragazzini scappati di casa, matti, quelli veri. E quando Francesca entra nel gruppo, sa bene che ne verrà plasmata. Ma non sa fino a che punto. È la metà degli incerti, liquidi anni Novanta e loro sono Massi il punk e Rame il nichilista, e poi Andrè, Alex, Pallina, la Lele, il Bergo e gli altri, giovani che vivono la città come uno scrigno di trasgressioni.

Tras el éxito internacional de Cuentos para quererte mejor, Álex Rovira y Francesc Miralles presentan un nuevo audiolibro para aprender valores que dará a los jóvenes audiolectores una brújula para afrontar los retos de la vida, desarrollar su inteligencia emocional, descubrir su...

Tras descubrir las claves de la motivación y la longevidad con Ikigai: los secretos de Japón para una vida larga y feliz (éxito de ventas traducido a más de 30 idiomas), Héctor García y Francesc Miralles vuelven a esta cultura milenaria para desarrollar un libro práctico que empodere nuestros propósitos vitales para hacerlos realidad a partir de hoy mismo.

An in-depth beginner's guide to fat loss and muscle-building, written to help you transform your mindset to be stronger and more dedicated. A healthy mindset is crucial to your fitness journey, and if you conquer this first, you can conquer anything else. I have included exercises and nutrition tips to guide you on your journey, as well as basic fundamentals to focus on like progressive overload. The intention of this book is to give you the most simple formula to getting in shape while building a healthy relationship with fitness.

American Horror Story meets the dark comedy of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis as Cat searches for a way to escape her high school. A tale of family, love, tragedy, and masks—the ones others make for us, and the ones we make for ourselves. Katzenjammer will haunt fans of Chelsea Pitcher’s This...

Angelo Spinelli is thirty-eight years old when he decides to document his life in a journal. Angelo, who has Down syndrome, pens monthly entries about what he feels are significant events in his life that include details about his job as a busboy, his vocational program, his family, and his...

On Crow Island, people whispered, real magic lurked just below the surface. But Annie Mason never expected her enigmatic new neighbour to be a witch. When she witnesses a confrontation between her best friend, Bea, and the infamous Emmeline Delacroix at one of Emmeline's extravagantly illicit parties, Annie is drawn into a glittering haunted world. A world where magic can buy what money cannot; a world where the consequence of a forbidden blood bargain might be death.

Come si torna a se stessi? Per frammenti, incontri, con le storie degli altri; l'io narrante del libro cerca di ricompattare la terra della sua infanzia mentre se ne affranca, imparando ad accettare i vivi e i morti, riconoscerli per quello che sono. Attraverso una geografia sentimentale che va dall'Appennino toscano all'Inghilterra, attraverso nature umane estreme e i compagni animali, ciò che tiene insieme il racconto è lo sguardo della protagonista, meravigliato dalle sofferenze come dall'amore e infine da un'idea pervicace di giustizia che tra loro si fa strada.

A novel about one family wading through the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010, from the acclaimed author who has been compared to Toni Morrison “at the height of her power” (Harper’s Bazaar)—a haunting and astonishing story of restoration and disaster, motherhood...