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Albert Einstein. Steve Jobs. Elon Musk. Katharine Johnson. These geniuses are all visual thinkers. Are you? Do you like puzzles, coding, and taking things apart? Do you write stories, act in plays, slay at Wordle? The things you are good at are clues to how your brain works. Are you good at math?...

In A Table by the Window, best-selling Christian author Lawana Blackwell combines inspiration and intrigue. Carley Reed didn't have an easy childhood, but now, as a settled adult living in San Francisco, she has managed to make a peaceful life for herself. Everything turns upside down, though, one morning when a private investigator finds her and informs her that she has inherited her grandmother's house in a small town in Mississippi.

"Chiamami col tuo nome" è il racconto dell'attrazione improvvisa e travolgente che sboccia tra due ragazzi, il diciassettenne Elio, figlio di un professore universitario, in vacanza con la famiglia nella loro villa in Riviera e un giovane ospite, invitato per l'estate, il ventiquattrenne Oliver, che sta lavorando alla sua tesi postdottorato. Quell'estate della metà degli anni Ottanta viene rievocata, a distanza di vent'anni, dal più giovane dei protagonisti.

Tra le montagne del Giappone si nasconde un luogo leggendario. Sono tanti coloro che lo cercano, perché si racconta che chi è abbastanza determinato possa riuscire a trovarvi le risposte di cui ha bisogno. Per raggiungerlo basta seguire l’aroma intenso del caffè, varcare la soglia, sedersi e ordinare una tazza fumante. Ma solo chi non lascerà raffreddare la bevanda potrà rivivere l’istante del suo passato in cui ha preso una scelta alla quale continua a ripensare, in cui è rimasto in silenzio quando avrebbe voluto dire la verità, in cui ha dato la risposta sbagliata.

In recent years, stories of religious universities and institutions grappling with their slave-owning past have made headlines in the news. People find it shocking that the Church itself could have been involved in such a sordid business. This timely book, the result of many years of research, is a study of the origins of this problem. 

Neues von Familie Bundschuh - der nächste Bestseller von Andrea Sawatzki Endlich bietet sich für Gundula Bundschuh die Gelegenheit, auf eigenen Füßen zu stehen. Denn Matz' Lehrerin fällt aus - und Gundula soll für sie einspringen. Eine echte Herausforderung, der sich Gundula kurzentschlossen stellt. Sie weiß nicht, worauf sie sich einlässt, denn die Hegel-Schule richtet demnächst die Feier zu ihrem 200-jährigen Jubiläum aus - und Gundula soll ein Theaterstück auf die Beine stellen. Das wird nicht ohne die Unterstützung ihrer gesamten Familie über die Bühne gehen.

Eutropius (died 399) was the first eunuch to be appointed a consul in Rome, but his enemies Gaïnas, and Eudoxia, the empress he had created, engineered his downfall. After his fall from power, John Chrysostom's pleas kept him alive for a while, but he was eventually executed in the year 399.

In una strada defilata del Giappone c’è un posto in cui si possono ritrovare piccoli gesti chiave, indispensabili per riappropriarsi del tempo. Qui, ogni avventore può creare un rituale sempre diverso per entrare in contatto con chi è davvero. Bastano pochi dettagli: un leggero alito di vento dalla finestra, il profumo dei fiori di ciliegio, un caffè fumante sopra il tavolino, le ginocchia affondate nel cuscino. Dettagli di poco conto che, di solito, passerebbero inosservati. Ma in quel luogo, per qualche ora, è possibile dimenticare la famiglia, gli amici, il lavoro.

Doc’s return from the Tsarrus brought both joy and sorrow. His children were growing up fast, and he’d missed their earliest years. When he finally made it back to Furden and his family, he soaked in the love of his wives and the excitement of his children. Doc finally had something he’d always yearned for: a full family.

Commodore Cross und die HYPERION-Flotte erhalten ihren ersten Auftrag. Es ist eine Konfrontation mit der Vergangenheit für Captain Ishida, denn auf der Kolonie NORTHSTAR verlor sie einst Freunde und Kameraden. Nun gilt es, den Prototypen des Tachyonenfeldgenerators zu sichern, den Juri Michalew damals in Sicherheit brachte. Er könnte eine wichtige Waffe im Kampf gegen die Ash'Gul'Kon sein. Auch Alpha 365 ist wieder mit an Bord. Der Sicherheitschef muss sich dunklen Erinnerungen stellen, die ihn in die Zeit seiner Erschaffung zurückführen.

Despite being raised by shifters, my life was fairly ordinary...until I tried to break up a fight and got zapped with magic. Then, all hell broke loose. The binding spell placed on me as an infant broke and I found out in a painful and rather unpleasant manner that I'm actually a witch. Now, the very people my birth mother tried to hide me from want to use my concealment as an excuse to push an anti-shifter agenda. The only way to keep my adoptive family - and myself - safe is to enroll in the elite Ravencrest Academy and prove I can control my newfound abilities.

Peter Caswell is a fictional character in an all-too-real situation. He has just received the news that his days are numbered. Of course for each of us, our days are numbered - but we don t know the number. Peter does. His number is 365, give or take a few. And he's decided to make the most of them for the future security of his family. This is how he finds himself on a cruise ship with some of the most successful multilevel marketers in the world.

Un convento. Un exorcismo. El viral de TikTok donde la realidad supera a la ficción ¿Qué harías si el lugar que prometía paz se convierte en tu peor tormento? El convento es el testimonio que millones conocieron en fragmentos virales y que ahora se revela completo: una historia real...

Transformative, enlightening and inspiring - a compelling and candid story of life with constant pain. Irish broadcaster and producer Andrea Hayes is well known to the Irish public for her positive, friendly and down-to-earth persona on television and radio. Hidden behind her smile, though, is Andrea's battle with constant chronic pain. After over 20 years of unanswered questions, misdiagnosis, failed procedures and despair, she was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder, Chiari Malformation 1.

Matt is running from a life that he no longer wants, and he’s found a solution. By logging in to the newest game, Livia, he gains chances that he can’t get anywhere else. Matt chooses to cut out a new life for himself on the edge of civilization, by venturing to the frontier town of Tallrock. As soon as he gains his class, the newly minted Cycle Mage has one goal: farming.

When Emily Plankhurst is visited by the ghost of Gabriel Graystone, and learns he was murdered, she knows she must find justice for him. The only problem is, Gabriel was killed a hundred years ago, shortly after he broke off his engagement to the daughter of a prominent Taos family, and there aren’t many other clues to go by in finding his killer.

Armed with his magical branding iron and his devoted harem of monster girls, William has freed the lands of Solanna and is ready to lead its people in a final battle against the vile sorcerer at the heart of Etria's troubles.

What if you discovered a secret society living among us? A powerful society split into seven psionic orders, each controlling a separate area: minds, flesh, force, truth, machinery, beasts, or the arcane. And suppose you were the only person on earth who could control all seven psychic energies. All you need is a teacher from each order. Seven orders. Seven amazing powers. Seven beautiful teachers.

Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic. His 12 collections of fairy tales are known as Andrew Lang's Coloured Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. The third in the series, the Green Fairy Book, contains tales from around the world, from Grimm (“The White Snake” and “Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle”), France de Caylus, Fenelon, Kletke, and D'Aulnoy. The stories include "The Crystal Coffin", "The Three Snake-Leaves", "The Riddle", "Jack My Hedgehog", "The Golden Lads", and many more.

As the students of Coolidge High School prepare for their annual Christmas play, excitement mounts. Performed at the local theater, the play - with the students in complete charge of the performances - has become a tradition in town. Everything is going well until the morning of the final performance, when calamity hits. Should the students cancel the final performance or try to turn the disaster into something good?