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En aquest llibre trobaràs contes i llegendes que formen part de la cultura catalana de temps ençà. Contes com en Patufet, el Gegant del Pi, la Castanyera, el Tió de Nadal, el Sastre Valent, i llegendes com Sant Jordi, el Timbaler del Bruc, el Comte Arnau i en Serrallonga, permetran descobrir boniques i emocionants històries de la nostra terra a petits i no tan petits. Històries de sempre, i per a sempre.

En el contexto de una Nueva España que apenas despierta a su vida de conquistada, y que se apresta a comenzar de lleno la nueva cultura del mestizaje, Carmen Boullosa borda con manos de eperta una ficción que tiene mucho de verdad y otro tanto de imposible. En Duerme presenta el intrincado personaje de Claire, una mujer del "Viejo Mundo" que gusta de vestir como hombre y vivir en tesitura masculina, en la orilla del riesgo, viajera en tierras recién conocidas por Europa.

In the opulent ballrooms of Regency-era London, Mercy Ainsworth plays her part flawlessly. By day, she's the poised daughter of an esteemed earl, an embodiment of grace and decorum. But when the moon ascends and the city's shadows lengthen, she transforms into a clandestine artist of Drury Lane, her paintings ablaze with untamed passion.

Knoxville DeWitt, the Duke of Herschel, is the most infamous man in England. The icy walls of society are threatening to consume him. Saddled with a title he doesn't want, Knox has come to the realization that he'll have to marry to save his legacy. When he'd like to marry for love. She's curious about a man she can't have… The Duke of Herschel is a scoundrel with a capital S. It's true that she secretly desires him, but Clarissa Marlowe isn't getting involved with a rogue. Not after suffering through a childhood riddled with scandal.

Was braucht man denn als alter Mensch groß? Die Rente reicht für die Miete, und ich kann mir trotzdem noch eine Busfahrt leisten und einen schönen Urlaub mit Gertrud ein-, zweimal im Jahr. Man muss das Leben genießen, solange man noch krauchen kann! Wer weiß denn, wie lange wir noch reisen können ohne Pflegekraft? Also sind wir los und haben eine Kreuzfahrt gemacht. Die fahren gar nicht über Kreuz, sondern eine große Schleife. Wussten Sie das? Wir haben viel erlebt.

Black Americans are exhausted. The relentless burden of navigating racism—at work, in healthcare, in daily life—takes a devastating toll. You're tired of being strong, tired of code-switching, tired of carrying emotional weight that isn't yours to bear. The question isn't whether Black...

What are the politics of nature? Who owns it, where is it, what role does it play in our lives? Does it need to be tamed? Are we ourselves natural? In A Darker Wilderness, a constellation of luminary writers reflect on the significance of nature in their lived experience and on the role of nature in the lives of Black folks in the United States. Each of these essays engages with a single archival object, whether directly or obliquely, exploring stories spanning hundreds of years and thousands of miles, traveling from roots to space and finding rich Blackness everywhere.

For Annie Sakdavong, engineering is more than a passion—it's an escape. Trained from birth to be a "sword maiden"—a bodyguard bride pledged to a wealthy merchant—she defies her family by apprenticing herself to Issa Obasi, a brilliant Igbo engineer ostracized from his homeland for his inability to use his people's ikè, or rune magic. Together, they pursue revolutionary research to merge forbidden magic with steam power. But their work attracts the wrong attention.

Don't get the wrong idea; this book is all about empowering women to be great wives in loving marriages with incredible men! In this book, Why Marry a Man You Don't Need, Carmen Hope Thomas takes on the task of confronting sisters who have been successful in their career but not equally successful in their relationships.

When adventurous overseas traveler, Amy, is diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, she has no idea what difficulties lie ahead. After finishing mobility training from the Bureau of Blindness, she thinks her problems are solved, but when Amy tackles the streets with her white cane, the real fun begins. Determinedly sweeping away her fears, she starts to celebrate the reality of vision-impaired independence. Join the chaos and laughter in this series of uplifting anecdotes as Amy looks to the lighter side of mobility.

En la Habana del siglo XIX, una mujer decide tomar las riendas de su vida y forjar su propio destino. En 1858, cuando Valentina partió desde España hacia la colonia de Cuba en pasaje de tercera clase, tenía un joven marido a su lado y el corazón repleto de ilusiones. A su llegada a la isla, sin embargo, sus sueños se resquebrajan: su esposo ha muerto durante la agotadora travesía y el lugar, de pronto, se revela como un entorno hostil.

Una novela que muestra que todos nos merecemos una segunda oportunidad en la vida y que nadie debe resignarse a ser infeliz. Lucía vive una vida perfecta, ha abandonado el bufete de abogados y su brillante carrera para dedicarse a su familia y por amor a su marido; últimamente su matrimonio ha perdido chispa pero piensa que es la edad. Un descubrimiento hará que su universo se tambalee y que deba iniciar otra vida, pero ese terremoto también le hará conocer a Paula.

Vero, lesionada; Rebeca intrigando con su padre; las pijas copando todas las actividades y Cassandra con las energías hechas un lío. Pero eso no será lo peor que Sara tendrá que afrontar en una despedida de casada que no deja de complicarse todavía más.

El enfrentamiento con las pijas no ha podido acabar peor, Sara debe dar su último adiós a alguien de una vez por todas y para siempre.

When young Black computer engineer Cory Sergeant agrees to test a time-travel simulation, she intends to visit the day of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Instead she finds herself trapped in an extremely detailed simulation of an 1860 Alabama cotton plantation. She must...

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God Speaks - Discover how God is speaking to you. Discover that you may not be listening! Carmen’s decision to share her conversations with God in a book, allows you to learn how simple it is to hear God voice. Discover how you can form a relationship with God from her experiences. This book reveals many things: What God’s voice sounds like, how to be in the right place, and in moments how to halt your busy life that keeps drowning out God’s desires for you.

En su destino Sara y sus amigas encuentran a un grupo de chicas de despedida de soltera un poco pijas, o sea, con las que tendrán más que palabras en un duro enfrentamiento generacional.

The day Robyn Flores meets Zac Fallon is one of those days. You know, when you’re already late for work. Mostly because you haven’t really slept since your best friend abandoned you for her fiancé and her exponentially better life. The kind of day you drag yourself to the cleaners to pick up your laundry, only to discover you’ve got the wrong bag - Star Spangled sequined thong, anyone? So Robyn is definitely not ready for the ridiculously gorgeous guy at her front door, except that they have each other’s clothes. But then, is any woman ever ready to meet the love of her life?

The reality is that although many Black clients will not zero in on the impact of racism in their lives, ignoring the issue of race in therapy leaves a very large elephant in the room. And you can't build rapport with elephants in the room. So what do you do? In No Racial Elephants in the Therapy Room, Dr. Rheeda Walker provides the answer to this question.