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Chris Fellowes' family history of war heroism has been called into question, threatening to end his father’s career. It’s up to Chris to prove the truth, so he enlists the help of Lilly Collins, a university researcher, to help find evidence that his great grandfather destroyed a German submarine during WWII. Chris is strongly attracted to Lilly, but a previous bad marriage makes her slow to yield to romance. They travel to Britain, Europe, and Canada to research the truth.

Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his life and 47 years of growing up with and working with his sister - the most famous woman in the world.

Direttamente dalle mani di Alina Starkov alle vostre, la riproduzione fedele della Istorii Sankt'ya , per permettervi di entrare nelle pieghe più profonde dell'amatissimo universo creato da Leigh Bardugo. Una raccolta di storie che raccontano le vite, i martirii e i miracoli dei Santi a voi più familiari, come Sankta Lizabeta delle Rose o Sankt Ilya in Catene, ma anche le vicende più strane e meno conosciute, come quelle di Sankta Ursula, Sankta Maradi e del Santo senza Stelle. Una collezione resa ancora più preziosa dalle tavole a colori che accompagnano ogni storia.

Il secondo volume della serie Grishaverse "Il re delle cicatrici". Anche in questo secondo e ultimo volume della dilogia ritroviamo tre dei personaggi più amati del GrishaVerse: Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky e Nina Zenik. I tre, re, generale e spia di Ravka, dovranno continuare insieme la loro lotta per strappare all'oscurità il futuro del loro paese. Altrimenti non potranno che assistere al suo disfacimento definitivo.

The Wildbird family has dedicated themselves to wildlife protection for generations. This passion turns mission when a politically potent hunter slays two family members. These brutal murders demand revenge. Distinctive retaliation, guided by family elders, generates a new religion. An illicit enterprise linking Yellowstone to Glacier National Park becomes their single-minded creed in honor of the slain. This distinctive reprisal bolsters the Wildbird’s quest to build their illicit wildlife corridor, unwittingly subsidized by Montana state taxpayers.

The year is 2008; the place, San Diego, California. Avril Farva wakes up every day to live a mundane existence that she hates. She never aspired to be much, but at 26, she feels there has to be more to life than what sits around her. One day, an odd fellow enters her dull existence; he introduces himself as Theodore Larkin, but Avril is suspicious of his strange demeanor and dialect. At first, she brushes him off as a loon until he refuses to give up, so she gives in; after all, he is the most intriguing person to enter her life since high school ended.

He thought I deserved the same wrath he endured all those years ago. I came when I was summoned, unaware that my past was waiting behind closed doors. One look into those eyes that wore dark shades of fury and I knew this was part of his plan. With time, I started to see fragments of the boy I once knew. Before long, he was a man holding the key to my heart. Now that I’m ready to give him all of me, he’s gone and all that’s left is the broken pieces of my shattered heart.

When my life was ripped away from me, I found them. Silas, Gabriel, and Baron—my hearts, my family, my home. Together, we’re a dangerous family of assassins, but I’ve never been happier.

The world is louder than ever. It's not just the noise in our ears, but also the noise on our screens and in our heads. 'Silence is golden,' the adage goes. But how do we find it in times like these? Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz take us on an unlikely journey exploring why silence is essential for physical health, mental clarity, professional fulfilment, nourishing relationships, ecological sustainability and vibrant community.

Nikolai Lantsov, sovrano di Ravka, corsaro, soldato, secondogenito di un re disonorato, ha sempre avuto un'innata propensione alle situazioni difficili, ma questa volta sembra dover fare i conti con qualcosa di impossibile, qualcosa che nessuno, tra la popolazione di Ravka, potrebbe mai immaginare. Come se non bastasse, per arrestare l'avanzata dei nemici che si assiepano lungo i confini del regno, il giovane re deve trovare un modo per riempire le casse dello Stato, stipulare nuove alleanze e fermare il nuovo pericolo che minaccia quello che un tempo è stato il glorioso esercito Grisha.

Drowning in debt and facing almost certain bankruptcy, John Darwin did the unthinkable—he paddled out to sea in his red canoe and disappeared. After a massive search and rescue operation failed to find his body, he was assumed dead, lost in the bleak North Sea. But everything was far from what it seemed. Nearly six years later, after John miraculously returned from the dead with a strange tale of 'amnesia' and sporting a suspicious golden tan, the police and the press were desperate to discover the truth behind his remarkable resurrection.

What would you tell your younger self? How would you inspire her? Uplift her? The women in this book took on this assignment, writing letters to their younger selves. On the other side of the challenges that shaped them, they told their younger selves that they are loved. The Dream Is in Your Hands: She Can Do It is a powerful volume that showcases 39 women from multiple industries who have achieved some of their biggest dreams. Listen to these letters and get a glimpse into the lives of strong, bold women. Inspire yourself.

When soldiers attack the inhabitants of a Jewish ghetto in sixteenth-century Lithuania, Abigail manages to escape both the attack and her abusive husband, Reuven. She travels over land and sea to Venice, where she settles in another ghetto. Believing Reuven is dead, Abigail falls in love with her widowed neighbor, Daniel. But before Abigail and Daniel announce their betrothal, her violent husband reappears.

Modern-day Bostonian Angelique Kavanaugh was born in Ireland but mysteriously adopted. Unaware of her parentage, she's always had unusual witch-like abilities. Hopelessly unlucky in love, she jokingly casts a spell during a magical Samhain full moon hoping to conjure Mr. Perfect-tall, strong, attentive, chivalrous . . . and smoldering hot.

Settled into her new home - a picture-perfect fisherman’s cottage in the small Cornish seaside town of Lowenstowe – Val is ready to start a new chapter. And with her son due to get married next Christmas, there’s also the little job of finding herself a plus-one to help her face her ex-husband and his new girlfriend. With the support of her neighbour Connie, and after decades of married life, Val takes the plunge back into the world of dating with trepidation and excitement.

Flip!; from fear to love. Flipping the channel on dysfunctional thinking, cultivating confidence, and living a life fueled with joy and purpose. Flip! was written for people who have experienced trauma, abuse, neglect, or any kind of adverse life altering experience at some point in their lives. These experiences often result as a life of neutrality, avoidance of conflict, people pleasing, tolerating toxic behaviors, and poor boundary setting.

Pale rider. For all the wives lost to him, it is what some call England’s renowned trainer of knights, a name that reaches beyond those losses to the plague come out of the east. Believing it God’s will he not wed again, Hector Wulfrith resists being drawn to the courageous lady who enters a country at war with her own and, disguised as a man, trespasses on his home.

Mark Abbott is dead. His sister refuses to believe it was suicide, but only Detective Sergeant Geraldine Steel will listen. When other members of Mark's family disappear, Geraldine's suspicions are confirmed. Taking a risk, Geraldine finds herself confronted by an adversary deadlier than any she has faced before.

I was selfish - for once, I had to be. The last time I saw Callum, he was standing at the dormer window as I sat in the back seat of a car. His dark eyes foreign to me. The hatred that radiated from his glare shot through me with more force than a silver bullet. In a matter of minutes, he had become a stranger. He was no longer my best friend. He was now a boy with a hollow heart who was headed down a dark path. A path I knew I’d never cross again. Or, so I thought.

Bit by bit, stone by stone, Jathen is building a foundation on which will stand his mastery of his rare ability. If he can survive a few lumps from his teacher, that is. As Jathen gains more confidence and skill, things seem to be going his way, except for a still-looming prophecy of doom. Seeing the future may be something a talent like Jathen was born to do, but even Jathen’s most powerful teacher can only help so much in understanding what to do with those visions. Suddenly, the all-too-familiar rumbling beneath his feet begins, and disaster strikes.