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Il giovane Cosimino Rucellai è una mente brillante e sveglia, ma è costretto su una sedia a causa di una paralisi parziale. Nonostante ciò, è sempre alla ricerca di nuove notizie degli abitanti di Firenze. Quando il suo fidato cortigiano, Filippo Guizzardi, gli racconta della morte misteriosa di uno dei più odiati usurai della città, Cosimino decide di voler svelare il mistero. Così, grazie all'aiuto e alle gambe del suo amico Filippo, scopre i piccoli segreti dei potenti di Firenze, tra aristocratici, notai e alchimisti, si nasconde il colpevole del misterioso omicidio.

Rejection bites...Cal and I were destined to be mates. Until he rejected me. Even though it’s been years, it still hurts like hell. But now Cal’s returned, and he says I’m the only who can help him. He’s convinced someone in my pack was responsible for his father’s death, and they’re endangering his mother. Unfortunately, my big brother isn’t pleased with our little reunion. He’s the pack’s new Alpha after our father died and he’s willing to throw me to the wolves to hold on to his throne. And he’s not the only one who is angry about Cal’s reappearance...

Una sera, il cardinale Gerolamo viene trovato senza vita nel suo studio. La sua morte improvvisa sconvolge tutti i sacerdoti a lui vicini tra cui anche padre Bernardo che, nonostante si fosse scontrato con lui molte volte, gli era molto legato. Il motivo delle liti era sempre lo stesso: la decisione di accettare o meno i nativi del Nuovo Mondo nella comunità dei credenti. Bernardo, in quanto seguace della compagnia di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola, era favorevole, mentre Gerolamo era fermamente contrario.

La serenità del Villaggio Paradiso, un complesso residenziale di otto villette a schiera, viene sconvolta dall'omicidio di un ex funzionario della banca in pensione che da solo aveva cresciuto i figli Jimmi e i gemelli Tommi e Timmi. Un giovane inviato speciale della "Gazzetta Appenninica Tosco-Emiliana", allo scopo di scrivere un'esclusiva sul giornale, intervista i vicini per saperne di più e avere più particolari possibili per quello che ritiene essere un pezzo da prima pagina.

I gave everything to protect Evie from Heaven. And I won. Michael can torture me for eternity. But he will never touch her. Evie is safe in Hell, while I am bound in Heaven. But my queen is stronger than the angels know. I will not be left here forever, and when we are reunited, Heaven will quake.

An abandoned baby is the last thing Detective Madison Harper expects to find as she drives to her first day back at work since the case that ripped her life apart. But as she cradles the shivering child close, all her instincts tell her there’s something more sinister at play. Then she finds a lone sneaker down a muddy trail nearby, the laces spattered with blood....

King Varoz is evil. I'm his victim and his queen. I'd do anything to see him fall. When Zandro appears, I have hope for the first time in years. He's nothing like the cruel king, and my body reacts with a desire I barely understand. We're trapped together, pawns in the king's vicious game. But if Zandro and I work together, we can topple the king and free Tracarox from his tyranny.

At 21, Ginny Kurva is already legendary on 42nd Street. To the pimp for whom she works, she's the perfect weapon - a martial artist capable of taking down men twice her size. To the girls in her stable, she's mother, teacher, and protector. To the little sister she cares for, she's a hero. Yet Ginny's bravado and icy confidence hide a mind at the breaking point, her sanity slowly slipping away as both her addictions and the sins of her past catch up with her....

My son and I are safe now on Raider and building a new life free from sorcery after being held prisoner for years. But Raider has problems of its own - insurgents determined to usurp their leader. Commander Dordus has it under control. He's the second in command and a doting father to his own daughter - and as hot as they come, but even more important, he makes me feel safe. Our friendship makes adjusting to life on Raider simple. But could we be more?

The paparazzi is hounding me, my fiancé cheated on me, and I’m sick of living up to everyone else’s expectations. Former child star syndrome much? Yeah, I’ve got a chronic diagnosis. Is running away to another planet drastic? Maybe. But I’m ready and couldn’t be happier to sign my name on IEP’s dotted line. Luckily, I land a sweet job as an assistant on Tracarox. They say the place is full of sorcery, but I’m not about to fall for space magic.

King Leo and the Feast is a delightful story of a cat named King Leo who decides to serve a magnificent feast. Invitations are sent far and wide, but those who accept are quite a surprise! Come to the king's table, where pink kangaroos and tangerine lions sit side by side, where all are called to come and to eat. Welcome to the world of King Leo!

When teenager Nikki Jackson’s body is found at an amusement park, just hours after Fourth-of-July fireworks lit up the night sky, the Lost Creek police rule her death as suicide - a devastating final act from a girl who had lost all hope. But the absence of the knife used to make the wounds on her delicate wrists makes Detective Madison Harper think otherwise. And the partial fingerprint found on the girl’s face proves her right. Someone else was with Nikki in her final moments.

Du hast Angst alleine durch Südamerika zu reisen? Mir ging es damals genauso und ich habe es trotzdem gemacht. In diesem Hörbuch nehme ich dich mit auf meine Backpacking-Abenteuer von Brasilien nach Kolumbien. Ich werde dir erkläre, wie ich mich auf die Reise vorbereitet habe und worauf man während der Reise achten muss. Wenn du nach einem Ratgeber für Sightseeing suchst, dann ist das Hörbuch eher nichts für dich. Ich wollte die Länder so authentisch wie möglich, mit einem möglichst geringen Budget erleben.

When Detective Madison Harper arrives at a remote summer camp in Shadow Falls, Northern California, her heart breaks for Jenny, the sweet little girl last seen splashing in the lake with her friends before she vanished. Peering into the silent cabins filled with rows of neatly made beds, Madison knows this idyllic place is hiding a terrible secret.

Sometimes the world is a very dark place. You know the magic is still out there, but it feels distant or displaced. Voices in the Darkness is an attempt to create a link, to bring some of those voices together in a single work of art. Six award-winning authors lent their talent to this work. The stories are unique and dark, filled with wonder and emotion.

It all started with a midnight email. I was drunk, overtired, and pretty certain I was about to lose my TA position with my professor. So, what did I do? Sent an angry message on the campus email system, of course, berating him for being a sexist, chauvinist pig - except, I selected the wrong name on the department list. Suddenly, I’ve been reassigned, and my new advisor is none other than Professor Reed Baron himself. The accidental recipient of my fiery email.

He hates me...how can he be my fated mate? I know I screwed up. I want to make it up to the people that I hurt, but the best way to do that might be to stay far away and forget about them. So why can’t I stop thinking about Jury? The young dragon hates me. I heard the things he said. And yet as soon as he finds me again, I can’t keep away. I’m not about to let another man use me, no matter how much he makes my heart flutter. Jury only needs me because his inner dragon is being difficult and refusing to shift. He doesn’t really want me.

It’s funny how one little pill can change your entire life. Or, more accurately, the forgetting of one tiny pill. Just when everything was going right, fate threw a major "f--k you" my way in the form of a bun in the oven. So, what did I do? Ran. Ran from the two men I adored, because they didn’t want kids. There was no place for them in their world. They’d told me that a dozen times. I had no intention of ever coming back, but desperation makes a woman do crazy things.

Nelle "Avventure di Tom Sawyer" (apparso nel 1876) l'autore dà voce ai sentimenti, alle storie e alle superstizioni che la sua generazione ancora condivideva nel periodo appena antecedente la Guerra di secessione, dove l'insicurezza e i problemi razziali dipingevano lo scenario emotivo della società americana del Sud.

L'investigatore privato Bacci Pagano non sa dire di no alla richiesta di Mara, una delle donne della sua vita: dovrà tenere a bada le inquietudini del dottor Nicolò Ingroia, detto il Gigante, lo psicoanalista che vive sulle alture che sovrastano Genova Nervi. In realtà avrebbe più di un motivo per rifiutare l'incarico: non è il suo mestiere occuparsi di un alcolizzato che ha tentato il suicidio; e poi il Gigante l'aveva già incontrato vent'anni prima, quando indagava sulla morte di un suo giovane paziente misteriosamente ucciso in Thailandia.