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As a private eye in New York City, it’s Jessica Jones’s job to investigate humanity’s worst, unleashed impulses. Possessing superhuman strength and endurance does nothing to help her process other people’s tragedies, much less her own slate of unresolved traumatic issues. Realizing drinking and hitting things is no way to cope with her problems—no matter how much fun it is—Jessica gives therapy a try. But she finds it hard to look after herself when so many people need help.

Ambientata sull'isola di Procida, la storia ha come protagonista Arturo, un ragazzo che ha il nome di una stella. Morta di parto la madre, il padre una figura lontana e piena di fascino, ad accompagnare Arturo nei suoi giri per le spiagge e nelle sue avventure è solo la cagnolina Immacolatella. Poi il padre torna a casa con Nunziata, la sua giovane sposa.

Heroes at Home: Affirmations for Military Kids is an empowering book that offers support, strength, and encouragement to children growing up in military families. Through a series of inspiring stories and positive affirmations, this book reminds young heroes of their inner resilience, courage, and ability to face life's challenges with confidence. Each chapter focuses on a key theme—like strength, courage, adaptability, and growth—and presents relatable stories of kids overcoming obstacles such as deployments, moves, and adjusting to new environments.

The stomach is notoriously outspoken. It growls, gurgles, and grumbles while other organs remain silent. For centuries humans have puzzled over this rowdy organ, deliberating on the extent of its influence over cognition, mental wellbeing, and emotions, and wondering how the gut became so central to our sense of self. Traveling from ancient Greece to Victorian England, eighteenth-century France to modern America, historian Elsa Richardson leads us on a tour of the gut, exploring all the ways that we have imagined, theorized, and probed the mysteries of the gastroenterological system.

Herzlich Willkommen zum Podcast des ELSA-Potsdam e.V. mit Christiane und Paul. Das Jurastudium ist ein langer Prozess, da kann man schnell den Überblick und die Hoffnung verlieren, wo das Ganze hinführen soll. An diesem Punkt setzten wir mit dem Podcast "Zwischen den Zeilen" an. Indem wir mit unterschiedlichen Menschen über ihre verschiedenen Lebenswege reden, möchten wir euch aufzeigen, welche Vielzahl an Möglichkeiten und Lösungen es gibt und das eine klassische und geradlinige juristische Karriere erstrebenswert sein kann, aber nicht der Regelfall sein muss. Es kommt eben darauf an, ...

It is difficult to conceive of the vast scale of the history of life on Earth, from the very first living organisms sparking into life in hydrothermal deep-sea vents to the dizzying diversity of life today. The evolution of life is a sweeping epic of a tale, with twists and turns, surprising heroes and unlikely survivors. The Earth beautifully distils this complex story into a meaningful scale. In taking a closer look at 47 carefully selected organisms over 15 periods in our planetary history, this audiobook tells the whole story of life on Earth.

Ambientato a Roma dal 1941 al 1947, il romanzo è un grande affresco corale che racconta gli orrori della guerra e della storia, "questo scandalo che dura da duemila anni". Al centro, le disgraziate vicende della maestrina Iduzza Ramundo, vedova mite e rassegnata, e del figlio Useppe, pischelletto dai grandi occhi azzurri spalancati sul mondo. Pubblicato nel 1974, ottenne un enorme successo e infiammò violente polemiche, diventando immediatamente un caso politico e letterario.

Primo romanzo della Morante si svolge in Sicilia tra fine Ottocento e inizi del Novecento ed è imperniata su una genealogia femminile: nonna, madre, nipote.

Mercia, 878. Witch-warrior Niamh discovers a new order called the Hidden Ones is seeking to establish a foothold in Lunden. Her land is already scarred by Viking raiders, bloody wars, and clashing cultures. Determined to protect what remains of her homeland, she infiltrates this new group to discover whether they stand with her...or against her. Yet when Niamh learns the Hidden Ones have stolen an artifact sacred to her people, her own loyalties are challenged.

For most of us, the story of mammal evolution starts after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, but over the last 20 years, scientists have uncovered new fossils and used new technologies that have upended this story. In Beasts Before Us, paleontologist Elsa Panciroli charts the emergence of the mammal lineage, Synapsida, beginning at their murky split from the reptiles in the Carboniferous period, over 300 million years ago. They made the world theirs long before the rise of dinosaurs.

Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena het by verskyning in November 1978 die gemoed van die hele land beroer. Binne vier maande is dit drie keer herdruk. Dit is in 1979 met die Luyt-, die CNA- en die W.A. Hofmeyr-prys bekroon. In 1981 is dit deur die Royal Society of Literature in Londen aangewys as die beste streekroman wat in Engels verskyn het; Elsa Joubert word ook ‘n Fellow van die Society. Sedertdien is die roman vertaal in Frans, Spaans, Duits, Nederlands en Italiaans. In 1985 het ‘n Amerikaanse uitgawe verskyn.Hoë lof is van kritici ontvang.

As a deafblind woman with partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids, Elsa Sjunneson lives at the crossroads of blindness and sight, hearing and deafness—much to the confusion of the world around her. And she knows how wrong our one-size-fits-all definitions of disability can be. Part memoir, part cultural criticism, part history of the deafblind experience, Being Seen explores how our cultural concept of disability is more myth than fact, and the damage it does to us all.

Natasha Dawson is a lucky woman. Her career as a fashion photographer has taken off magnificently. After her imminent marriage, she will have a stable future to look forward to and a loving husband in the funny and generous Luke Stevens. Everything is very nearly perfect.

Harry Hopeman, miembro de una dinastía de diamantistas, recibe un día una propuesta: recuperar un diamante legendario que ha despertado interés de gente muy dispar. El encargo, que llevará a Harry a abandonar Nueva York para instalarse en Tierra Santa, se convertirá en un viaje casi iniciático en el que el tratante se reencontrará con sus raíces.

Hierdie boek is die voltooiing van Elsa Joubert se outobiografiese drieluik wat ingelei is deur 'n Wonderlike geweld (2005) en Reisiger (2009). Dit fokus hoofsaaklik op die skrywer se latere jare, in die aftreeoord in Kaapstad waar sy nou al geruime tyd woon, maar haar belewenis van die hede en onlangse verlede word onlosmaaklik vervleg met herinneringe aan veel verder terug, alles geteken met die kenmerkende woordvaardigheid van een van Afrikaans se mees gevierde skrywers.

Journalist Alex Derksen's new assignment in Tanzania should be easy, but he soon finds himself on the wrong side of the news. It starts when he meets Ranna, a beautiful photographer with something to hide. Alex stopped believing in love a long time ago, yet here in the middle of East Africa, it's found him again. Alex knows a thing or two about chaos - wherever he goes, it follows. When an IT billionaire washes up onshore after seasonal flooding, he finds himself at the center of an investigation with Ranna as the main suspect.

" ... Un cadeau empoisonné ? C’est un peu la définition du succès, ça. C’est beau, c’est bien, mais si tu finis par y croire, si tu penses que tu es le meilleur, tes chances s’évaporent, et tu es mort. On me caressait dans le sens du poil, tout le monde me disait oui pour tout, j’aurais pu sombrer. Parfois, je ne voulais plus entendre tout ça, c’était trop. Ça sentait le piège. Prendre l’air, c’était la solution. " Omar Sy. Acteur emblématique du film mythique Intouchables, Omar Sy a depuis enchaîné les succès au cinéma, sur les plateformes, en France comme aux États-Unis.

¿Te gustaría cambiar tu vida, pero no sabes por dónde empezar? Pequeñas Revoluciones para Crecer es un podcast original de diez episodios que te da las herramientas que necesitas para renovarte, inspirarte y descubrir esos pequeños gestos con los que podrás crecer y reinventarte. Esas “pequeñas revoluciones” son rutinas o ideas que puedes escuchar cuando quieras, donde quieras y cómo quieras.

Los protagonistas de este conmovedor libro son los visitantes del Cielo, seres que han fallecido y que cruzan ese umbral invisible entre el mundo espiritual y el terrenal para venir a ayudar, sanar, acompañar, aclarar dudas y darnos su amor. A partir de las experiencias de la Dra. Elsa Lucía y sus pacientes, aprendemos que los vínculos de amor persisten a pesar de la muerte y podemos seguir comunicándonos con nuestros seres queridos fallecidos.

Malhia est trop contente ! Cette année, elle sera dans la classe de mademoiselle Sanchaise. Mais le jour de la rentrée, la maîtresse est absente... Que lui est-il arrivé ?