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The world is ending. One by one the mighty cities are falling to earthquakes, to flood, to raiders on both land and sea. In a time of war and doubt, Gull is an oracle. Daughter of a slave taken from fallen Troy, chosen at the age of seven to be the voice of the Lady of the Dead, it is her destiny to counsel kings.

Le due date hanno segnato la caduta dell'impero romano d'Occidente e la scoperta dell'America, eventi tradizionalmente intesi come l'inizio e la fine del Medioevo. Un'era che già nel nome sconta una sorta di peccato originario: essere una cesura tra la gloria dell'Antichità e lo sfavillio speranzoso del Rinascimento. Non fu così. Questo saggio si concentra sulla penisola italiana, il fulcro di gran parte delle vicende di quel millennio. L'Italia fu infatti la culla del papato, e al contempo zona di conquiste e cadute di grandi condottieri e imperatori.

My son and I are safe now on Raider and building a new life free from sorcery after being held prisoner for years. But Raider has problems of its own - insurgents determined to usurp their leader. Commander Dordus has it under control. He's the second in command and a doting father to his own daughter - and as hot as they come, but even more important, he makes me feel safe. Our friendship makes adjusting to life on Raider simple. But could we be more?

Here is a world where men and dragons coexist amid political intrigue and dark magic, where the uneasy balance of power between the two is on the verge of becoming undone, threatening to unleash waves of destruction that will pit humans against humans as well as dragons against men for the domination of the world. Humanity's very survival is at risk.

Morgan is sure that he won’t be able to get work off of his mind—and then he meets the beautiful, captivating, and very shy trans girl named Jess. But Jess has a secret bigger than what she's got between her thighs.

L'amore dura solo il tempo di un bacio? La sua promessa è destinata fatalmente a dissolversi? La fiamma che brucia può durare eternamente? Oppure ogni amore finisce inevitabilmente? Il desiderio per esistere non ha forse sempre bisogno del Nuovo? Il matrimonio è allora condannato a essere solo il cimitero del desiderio? E il lessico famigliare a esaurire il lessico amoroso? Può esistere un amore che dura nel tempo mentre continua a bruciare? E poi ancora: l'erotismo può integrarsi all'amore o lo esclude necessariamente?

I gave everything to protect Evie from Heaven. And I won. Michael can torture me for eternity. But he will never touch her. Evie is safe in Hell, while I am bound in Heaven. But my queen is stronger than the angels know. I will not be left here forever, and when we are reunited, Heaven will quake.

Duemila anni fa un uomo guardò alla cultura del futuro, e ne anticipò una buona parte in un'opera visionaria e avveniristica: l'uomo era il poeta Lucrezio, l'opera il poema "De rerum natura". Tutte le grandi teorie scientifiche di oggi (l'atomismo fisico-chimico, il materialismo psicologico, l'evoluzionismo biologico) sono esposte e difese nei suoi canti. Tutte le grandi superstizioni umanistiche di ieri (la filosofia non epicurea, la letteratura non realistica, la religione non deista) sono criticate e attaccate nelle sue invettive.

It’s time for me to become Queen of the Pack. As a hybrid, I’m also destined to be the Faerie Queen, so I must unite the wolves and the fae, who have long been enemies. If I fail, the fae are doomed. When the Alphas from the other packs come to support me, there is only one Alpha missing - my brother. He's teamed up with my old pack and the fae royalty who say they won’t give up their power to a hybrid, and they’re ready to attack. But first, for me to believe in myself as the true Alpha, my mate Cal will need to submit to me.

Rejection bites...Cal and I were destined to be mates. Until he rejected me. Even though it’s been years, it still hurts like hell. But now Cal’s returned, and he says I’m the only who can help him. He’s convinced someone in my pack was responsible for his father’s death, and they’re endangering his mother. Unfortunately, my big brother isn’t pleased with our little reunion. He’s the pack’s new Alpha after our father died and he’s willing to throw me to the wolves to hold on to his throne. And he’s not the only one who is angry about Cal’s reappearance...

The wolves and the fae are enemies, and Cal and I are caught in the middle. I’m the pack’s true Alpha, but the pack won’t accept me or Cal, because I just found out I’m also half-fae. Then we meet a rogue group of supernaturals who tell us about a prophecy. They believe a hybrid is supposed to reunite the shifters and fae after years of hostility and war - and that hybrid is me. But first I’ll have to learn to harness powers I didn’t know I have.

"Infinito è il numero degli stolti" scrisse un traduttore dell'"Ecclesiaste" fraintendendo il testo originale. E dimostrando di essere lui stesso uno stolto. Fu poi Einstein che, nel riprendere il medesimo concetto, affermò: "Due cose sono infinite, l'universo e la stupidità umana, ma sull'universo ho ancora dei dubbi". C'è dunque un punto su cui il pensiero religioso e quello scientifico concordano: come dimostra l'esperienza quotidiana di ciascuno di noi, la stupidità - ovvero l'incapacità di interpretare lucidamente la realtà, e di reagire in maniera adeguata alle diverse evenienze.

Everybody forgets things sometimes - from your keys to your lunch date to the name of an acquaintance. According to Dr. Gary Small, the director of the UCLA Center on Aging, much of this forgetfulness can be eliminated easily through his innovative memory exercises and brain fitness program - now available for the first time in a book. Using Small's recent scientific discoveries, The Memory Bible can immediately improve your mental performance.

Regina Martínez was no stranger to retaliation. A journalist out of Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, Regina's stories for the magazine Proceso laid out the corruption and abuse underlying Mexican politics. She was barred from press conferences, and copies of Proceso often disappeared before they made the newsstands. In 2012, shortly after Proceso published an article on corruption and two Veracruz politicians, and the magazine went missing once again, she was bludgeoned to death in her bathroom. The message was clear: No journalist in Mexico was safe.

Dopo aver indagato la paternità nell’epoca contemporanea con "Il complesso di Telemaco" e altri libri di grande successo, Massimo Recalcati volge lo sguardo alla madre, andando oltre i luoghi comuni, anche di matrice psicoanalitica, che ne hanno caratterizzato le rappresentazioni più canoniche.

The paparazzi is hounding me, my fiancé cheated on me, and I’m sick of living up to everyone else’s expectations. Former child star syndrome much? Yeah, I’ve got a chronic diagnosis. Is running away to another planet drastic? Maybe. But I’m ready and couldn’t be happier to sign my name on IEP’s dotted line. Luckily, I land a sweet job as an assistant on Tracarox. They say the place is full of sorcery, but I’m not about to fall for space magic.

It’s funny how one little pill can change your entire life. Or, more accurately, the forgetting of one tiny pill. Just when everything was going right, fate threw a major "f--k you" my way in the form of a bun in the oven. So, what did I do? Ran. Ran from the two men I adored, because they didn’t want kids. There was no place for them in their world. They’d told me that a dozen times. I had no intention of ever coming back, but desperation makes a woman do crazy things.

Storie della storia d’Italia dalla nascita della nazione, nel 1860, ai giorni nostri. Centocinquantadue racconti neri brevi e netti di delitti, carriere criminali e violenza pubblica. Gli omicidi che ancora si ricordano e quelli che furono celebri ai loro tempi: dalla Contessa Lara uccisa dal giovane amante e mantenuto (1896) al caso Murri che sconvolse Bologna (1902); dalla contessa Tarnowska dark lady russa a Venezia (1910) a Gino Girolimoni, falso mostro di Roma inventato dal fascismo (1927); da Leonarda Cianciulli, la saponificatrice di Correggio (1939), alla belva di San Gregorio Rina Fort (1946).

The Halloween House & Other Scary Stories is a short collection of three Halloween-themed stories for young listeners, guaranteed to bring smiles to the faces of children and adults alike. Contents include "The Halloween House", a cautionary poem about the dangers of trick or treating without obeying the rules, "The Nothing That Lives Under My Bed", and "The Skeleton Inside Me". Great for late night bedtime stories.

King Varoz is evil. I'm his victim and his queen. I'd do anything to see him fall. When Zandro appears, I have hope for the first time in years. He's nothing like the cruel king, and my body reacts with a desire I barely understand. We're trapped together, pawns in the king's vicious game. But if Zandro and I work together, we can topple the king and free Tracarox from his tyranny.