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For readers whose hearts were broken by The Tattooist of Auschwitz 'Correa’s prose is atmospheric, but what’s most fascinating about this novel is his portrayal of terrified yet strong female characters' New York Times New York City, 2015: Eighty-year-old Elise Duval is a French Catholic who...

Quindici storie bilingue in francese e italiano, strutturate per sviluppare una vera comprensione orale e una memorizzazione duratura. Ogni storia scorre prima in francese, poi in italiano, poi di nuovo in francese—un ciclo ascolto-comprensione-consolidamento che fissa il vocabolario nella memoria a lungo termine senza schede né esercizi ripetitivi.

Medal of Honor recipient Jack H. Lucas’s classic memoir of his heroics at the Battle of Iwo Jima—with a foreword by Bob Dole and reissued to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the battle in 2020. On February 20, 1945, the second day of the assault on Iwo Jima—one of the bloodiest...

What begins as a carefree vacation quickly spirals into a heart-pounding adventure when a chance encounter with a mysterious woman entangles Margo in a shadowy world of deceit and danger.

Secrets unravel and loyalties are tested in the gripping finale of the Dark Awakening trilogy. As Ell-rom and Jasmine face their most daunting challenges yet, a young prodigy's awakening abilities threaten to upset the immortal community's delicate balance.

Beautiful Hawaii is where everyone goes for the sun, sand, sports and tropical lifestyle. Germany's rising tennis star Louisa Herzog-Riggs arrives on Oahu not to enjoy, but to work--an injury has sidelined her, but she's ready to get back into intensive training. That's not so easy when she...

Als Au-pair in den USA – und verliebt in einen amerikanischen Bad Boy! Mitreißend, leidenschaftlich und mit viel Herzklopfen erzählt Lilly Lucas die Geschichte von Lena und Ryan im Liebesroman "New Beginnings", dem Auftakt zur romantischen Green-Valley-Love-Reihe. Ihr Jahr als Au-pair in den USA hatte sich Lena aus Berlin definitiv anders vorgestellt. Statt in einer angesagten Metropole landet sie in der Kleinstadt Green Valley in den Rocky Mountains, wo ihre Gastfamilie ein kleines Bed & Breakfast führt.

Strength, speed and dedication: Cristiano Ronaldo is known throughout the world as a colossus of the modern game. But did you know that he underwent laser heart surgery aged just fifteen to enable him to continue playing the game he loved? Or that Nacional, his first professional club, donated twenty balls and two sets of kits to his youth team in order to sign him? Or how he came to be known as abelhinha—'little bee'—a name he would later pass on to his Yorkshire Terrier? Find out all this and more in Luca Caioli's biography of the global superstar.

Margo's Story continues in Dark Horizon: The Witching Hour.

The team heads to New Jersey to stop an increasing number of brutal murders and kidnappings reportedly caused by the Jersey Devil. They soon find themselves deep in the Pine Barrens fighting an age-old monster so elusive they can’t kill it. But when they enter a deep tunnel system, they soon discover a threat beyond comprehension.

After a couple of years of battling vicious monsters, the rag-tag team decides to take a vacation in Baja, Mexico. All is well until a distraught local finds them and asks for help rescuing a lost fishing charter not far off the coast of Baja. A simple mission, sure, but little do they know, it’s all a setup and now they must face a huge cryptid with massive jaws and hunger beyond imagination.

As Jasmine embarks on a thrilling quest to the remote mountains of Tibet, she must learn to trust her intuition and harness her untamed abilities to locate the long-lost Kra-ell royal twins.

With the team in disarray and the loss of one of their own, Cujo leads them on the hunt for Dr. Reece to the swamps of Australia. An old enemy has risen from the ashes and they soon find themselves encountering a legend almost as old as Australia itself...what some claim to be the ultimate monster…

À procura da verdade, ela se torna aluna do professor bilionário mais lindo e sexy da faculdade, um dominador que exala poder e que tem o dobro da sua idade. A intenção é destruí-lo, entretanto, como lidar com a súbita atração que os atingem? Ela está disposta a tudo para entender o passado, e vai lutar com todas as suas forças para não cair… no domínio do professor.

The sacrifices Kaia and her family have to make for a chance of gaining immortality might tear them apart, and success is not guaranteed. Is the dubious promise of eternal life worth the risk of losing everything?

Eluheed believed he was the only immortal on Earth, carrying the weight of a sacred duty—to protect and recover the sacred treasures buried beneath Mount Ararat. But when a catastrophic mistake lands him in the clutches of a Russian mobster and then sold to a mysterious warlord, Eluheed discovers he's not as alone as he thought. Now imprisoned on a remote island, forced to serve a ruthless master who is not fully human, Eluheed must use his shamanic skills to survive. In this luxurious cage filled with broken souls, he finds an unexpected ally—a female whose spirit refuses to be crushed.

Mackenzie Casper non è stata una figlia felice. Eppure sua madre era Elizabeth Casper, una scrittrice capace di stregare milioni di lettori in tutto il mondo. Al funerale, Mackenzie trova sul sedile della sua auto una busta con una lettera della madre che recita «Vuoi sapere un segreto?» Da quel momento tutto cambia nella vita di Mackenzie: altre lettere arriveranno e nuovi tasselli si aggiungeranno a mostrare un passato che si rivela sempre più colmo di vuoti, di silenzi, di reticenze.

Mentre Seattle è funestata da una serie di strani omicidi e una vampira malvagia continua a darle la caccia, Bella Swan si trova ancora una volta in serio pericolo. È arrivato per lei il momento delle decisioni e dei sacrifici: basterà il fidanzato Edward a farle dimenticare il migliore amico Jacob? Troverà il coraggio necessario a diventare una Cullen? Obbligata a scegliere fra l'amore e l'amicizia, è consapevole che la sua decisione rischia di riaccendere la millenaria lotta fra vampiri e licantropi. Nel frattempo l'esame di maturità è alle porte e per Bella...

Alejandro Javier é um poderoso CEO que comanda o grande império da família em Madri, a marca de relógios Javier, uma das mais renomadas da indústria mundial. No trabalho, ele é insuperável, firme e determinado, possuindo apenas um diferencial que se tornou seu atributo: o silêncio.

Attending a charity gala as the clan’s figurehead, Onegus is ready for the pesky socialites he’ll have a hard time keeping away. Instead, he encounters an intriguing beauty who won’t give him the time of day. Bad things happen when Cassandra gets all worked up, and given her fiery temper, the destructive power is difficult to tame. When she meets a gorgeous, cocky billionaire at a charity event, things just might start blowing up again.