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Vous prenez trois entrepreneurs français. Vous leur donnez une valise remplie de poudre blanche et vous les envoyez à Cuba. Bien évidemment, Maurice, Albert et Bronski ont sauté sur l'occasion. Arrivés à la Havane, le trio de barbouzes marseillais monte "Pain de Paris", la première entreprise française créée sur l'île de Fidel. Et oui, parce que cette poudre n'est pas de la cocaïne... mais de la farine. Entre espionnage, rivalités fraternelles et menaces, difficile de se faire une place au chaud sous l'ère Castro.

A practical and accessible guide to getting the best from working and managing remotely. The guide that gives you all the know-how you need to manage a team remotely and get the best out of them. More people are working from home - or remotely in other locations or time zones - than ever before. But with the many advantages remote-working brings, there are also brand-new sets of challenges - especially around effective management and getting the best out of teams that aren't in the same room. 

Naming a new baby is an exciting adventure, but it can be intimidating for parents as well. It’s easy enough to pick a name and follow the crowd, but some parents want more. They want a name that is more than just a fun accessory. They want their child to stand out; not only with a unique name but with a name that means more. If this sounds familiar, then Baby Names: Unique Baby Names With Their Meaning, Origin and Spiritual Significance is for you.

Trinx’s father was insistent that she be a successful warrior son. After narrowly surviving a raid gone sideways, Trinx decides to spend a year away from her clan with an elder who cares for her and opens her eyes to who she could truly become.

Since the invention of photography people have been obsessed with both taking and looking at erotic images. The Nude Shots series visits five snapshots from this illustrious history, including a dirty postcard studio in Edwardian Paris, making stag movies in 1930s Coney Island, a beach photographer in the Blackpool of the 1960s, a glamour film coming back to haunt a respectable vicar's wife in 90s middle England and a sexy photoshoot for an internet porn site in present day New York.

Cunning, gorgeous, and wickedly possessive, Akim could have any woman in the world…but he chose me. I thought I’d be able to get away from him eventually, that I could mend my heart and start over, but I was wrong. Fate has sealed us with an unbreakable bond.

Rescuing a child makes her a killer’s target. Racing into a burning cabin to search for survivors, firefighter Diana Cameron stumbles upon an unconscious child—and two bodies with bullet wounds. When a sniper targets their narrow escape, Diana has no choice but to team up with bodyguard...

Intimate, hilarious, and inspiring essays written and read by celebrated drag queens Kennedy Ann Scott, Lagoona Bloo, Alexis Michelle, Olivia Lux, Julie J., and Nina West. "No Tea, No Shade is an essential read for anyone who has searched for a way to feel like themselves." -- Booklist No Tea...

Her life is filtered to perfection. But the truth is not. From acclaimed author and podcaster Hillary Frank comes a suspenseful and shocking original audiobook. Zara is one half of a fitness-influencer power couple. She has the upscale Philadelphia home, the dream husband, and millions of...

First, it started off as a little fling for the then nineteen-year-old Imani Bleeker. It was advantageous, beneficial, and fun because it was something forbidden, something and someone she knew she had no business doing. A man who watched her grow up, a man who taught her how to fight, and a man who accompanied her to her sweet sixteen. Deep down Don "Greedy" Davidson, fifty-four, is disgusted with himself for fooling around with his goddaughter Imani but he can’t stop from falling in love with her beauty and timeless, familiar grace.

"Alice + Freda Forever is a gut-wrenching story of love, death, and the dangers of intolerance."--Bustle In 1892, America was obsessed with a teenage murderess, but it wasn't her crime that shocked the nation--it was her motivation. Nineteen-year-old Alice Mitchell had planned to pass as a man...

Redemption was never supposed to be on the set list for Twisted Tours. Eight years ago, Zack Anderson recited his vows to me in front of our friends and family. He swore to stand by my side through all heartache and fears. Yet, six months later—I came home to find our home cleaned of his...

"Der Sandmann" zählt zurecht zu den besten und bekanntesten Erzählungen E. T. A. Hoffmanns und der deutschen Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts. Hoffmann lässt seinen Protagonisten Nathanael kläglich im Wahnsinn untergehen.

“There's much to take in, and Madrigal's zeal gives the audiobook momentum.”—AudioFile This audiobook, written and read by Alexis Madrigal, reveals how understanding Oakland explains the modern world. In The Pacific Circuit, the award-winning journalist Alexis Madrigal sculpts an intricate...

Who are you beneath the filter? Social media is stealing your time. Even worse, it's reshaping your sense of self. You scroll, compare and perform, then wonder why even your biggest achievements leave you feeling hollow. But you don't have to quit the digital world to enjoy living in the real...

They say hockey players always protect their own. But my pack proved that was a lie. After spending my heat completely alone, resulting in a near-death experience and a hospital stay, I knew I had to cut my pack out of my life. One phone call to my brother and I find myself back in my hometown...

Emma Lewis, fille du Duc de Saxton, est récemment devenue veuve du Comte Gregory Mortimer. Cette union, qui n’a pourtant duré que deux ans, a semblé interminable à la jeune femme. Comble du malheur, son frère paraît impatient qu’elle sorte de son veuvage afin de lui trouver un second mari. D’ici là, Emma espère profiter de la quiétude de cette période pour lire autant qu’elle le pourra.

Cole Parker is my worst nightmare. He's a straight-up asshole who lives to torment me, and he'll stop at nothing to punish me over the smallest slight. When he digs up a sex tape starring—you guessed it—me, he takes bullying to a whole new level, using it to blackmail me into doing his bidding. If the video gets out, it will ruin me. But my stepbrother makes it clear that he doesn't give a damn. He drags me deep into his dark and twisted world, showing me the monster he hides beneath his handsome exterior, taking risks that put our lives in danger.

Alexis Valdés narra con profunda ternura sobre el niño que fue y logra reflejar no solo los años más duros de su vida, sino transportar al lector a la Cuba de su infancia y adolescencia, con sus problemas, sus carencias, su dolor, pero también con una alegría de vivir y la esperanza de que algún día todo será mejor.

Botanist Alfred Homer, ever hopeful and constantly surprised, is invited on a road trip by his parents’ friend, Professor Morgan Bruno, who wants company as he tries to unearth the story of the mysterious poet John Skennen. But this is no ordinary road trip. Alfred and the Professor encounter towns where Black residents speak only in sign language and towns that hold indigenous parades; it is a land of house burnings, werewolves, and witches.