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Questo è un audiolibro per femmine. Per quelle che rimpiangono la cesta dei giocattoli e per quelle che vorrebbero vivere dentro la trousse dei trucchi. Per quelle che aspettano il principe azzurro, per quelle che non lo vogliono, per quelle che lo hanno trovato e per quelle che hanno bisogno di una bussola. È un audiolibro per quelle che da grandi governeranno il mondo ma che adesso non riescono a crederci. È un audiolibro per chi vuole fare la vigilessa del fuoco, la chirurga e la pittrice, però insieme.

Claudia Piñeiro capta con genialidad los tonos de las voces de la sociedad argentina. Y entre ellas la de un ama de casa dispuesta a todo con tal de conservar su matrimonio y las buenas apariencias. Un corazón dibujado con rouge, cruzado por un "te quiero" y firmado "Tuya" le revela a Inés que su marido la engaña. Lo que sigue a continuación no sólo es un policial vertiginoso y atrapante, sino un retrato implacable de la vida familiar de la clase media.

Nina Forte ha ereditato la licenza N.C.C. dal padre. È una driver sui generis: colta, arrabbiata, madre di un adolescente inquieto ed ex moglie di un marito irresponsabile. Ha un contratto con una banca sulla quale stanno mettendo le mani i cinesi lanciando un'offerta molto competitiva. Nel labirinto delle torbide trattative per l'istituto bancario finisce l'indebitato Guido, amico storico di Nina, che viene trovato morto. Ma un odore perseguita Nina e fa da traccia, da indizio, da strada verso la soluzione del mistero. Un giallo?

Ranging from the shattered gentility of Edith Wharton's heroines to racial confrontation in the songs of Nina Simone, American Rhapsody presents a kaleidoscopic story of the creation of a culture. Here is a series of deeply involving portraits of American artists and innovators who have helped to shape the country in the modern age. Claudia Roth Pierpont expertly mixes biography and criticism, history and reportage, to bring these portraits to life and to link them in surprising ways.

Hanna has a foodie's dream job: as a culinary journalist, she gets to travel across Europe to write up the Continent's finest restaurants. But after penning a scathing review of a restaurant nestled in a Tuscan apricot grove, her boss informs her of a big problem: when the restaurant's owner read the article, she keeled over dead from a heart attack. Now the owner's grandson, Fabrizio, has filed a lawsuit against the magazine, and if Hanna can't convince him to drop the case, she'll lose her job.

The oceans cover 72 percent of the earth's surface, or 141,600,000 square miles. Ocean life comes in an enormous variety of sizes and shapes - from microscopic plankton to huge whales. This audiobook explores the oceans of the world and describes the types of plants and animals that can be found in them.

Ein braver Junge werden? Undenkbar für den Meisterdieb Artemis Fowl. Deshalb plant er einen letzten großen Coup: logisch, trickreich und mit vollem Risiko. Er will einen neuartigen Computer - gespickt mit geklauter Elfentechnik - an den skrupellosen Milliardär Jon Spiro verkaufen. Doch damit bringt er nicht nur sich und seine Freunde, sondern auch das Reich der Unterirdischen in höchste Gefahr ... Über die Serie: "Artemis Fowl" ist eine Fantasyserie des irischen Autors Eoin Colfer.

It’s 1985 in The Territory and it always will be. It’s so cold you can’t feel your feet and from here the outside world is just a dream, but two humans and one animal will show us the way. They’re each searching for someone, a woman who washed up on the shores of this far-flung town and then disappeared. To find her they will have to look deep into the darkness that lies at the edge of love. Heartbreaker is an astounding feat of imagination with its own riotous rhythm and the resounding message that humanity can be found in the wildest of places.

Von Gewalt, von Zärtlichkeit und von der Macht der Befreiung. Juli wächst in einer Vorzeigefamilie auf: Die Eltern sind Rechtsanwälte, sie ist Klassenbeste. Doch in der Kleinstadtvilla herrscht das Grauen. Der Vater drillt die Kinder auf Leistung, prügelt sie und seine Frau. Juli wird älter, fordert ein Ende der Gewalt, deren Realität von der Mutter vehement abgestritten wird. Einzig ihre Geschwister und eine Maus geben Halt. Doch wie kann man sich befreien, wenn man weder den Eltern noch den eigenen Erinnerungen traut? Die Befreiung gerät zum Feldzug – gegen die Eltern und das eigene Ich.

En un parque de atracciones a las afueras de Estocolmo aparece el cuerpo de una joven asesinada de forma macabra: atravesada por múltiples espadas dentro de una caja. La agente de policía Mina Dabiri, reservada y metódica, forma parte del equipo especial de investigación que se hace cargo del caso. Cuando Mina agota todas las posibles pistas, recurre al conocido mentalista Vincent Walder para que los ayude a detectar los indicios que podrían conectar el asesinato con el mundo del ilusionismo.

Through the discovery of a precious friendship album which belonged to 12-year-old Alie, a Jewish schoolgirl in Amsterdam, Claudia Carli has traced and preserved the lives of an entire class of girls, most of whom did not survive the war. Alie and her friends are brought touchingly and vividly to life, along with their writings, in this extraordinary book. Their everyday hopes, pleasures and longings are offset by the constant fear of a knock on the door, a missing friend from class, a family member taken away.

When Lady Emma Percival's father dies, leaving her penniless and alone, she fears that she will end up on the streets. Help is at hand, albeit from an unlikely source, when it transpires that her father has appointed his greatest enemy to be her guardian. The Duke of Liscarroll is a cold-hearted brute whom Emma spars with at every turn, but soon their angry altercations turn to something else entirely....

Alpha Theta Nu has the reputation as biggest the wildest fraternity on campus, so freshman Matt Landon was thrilled to be able to pledge as a legacy. However, as soon as he's accepted, he begins to notice things. His pledge name is Candy and his brothers have pledge names like Barbie and Dollface, they're constantly hazed by subtle forced feminization, and even their pledge shirts are decidedly feminine. Unwittingly, Matt finds himself immersed in the biggest conspiracy on campus.

Will hunger, disease and poverty ever disappear? Can you, as an individual, really do anything to help ease suffering around the world? Paul Farmer says “Yes.”

Your child shouts, "You can't make me" or "I hate you" or "I don't want to". Behind the angry words, what is the child really saying? David and Claudia Arp, based on a survey conducted in the United States and Europe, have identified the eight most common "cries" of the spirited, or strong-willed child.

Hemlock Falls is a pretty little town in upstate New York. Sarah Quilliam, with her talent for business, now runs the Palate Restaurant, while her sister, Meg, keeps the patrons happy with her culinary abilities. But when it comes to murder, the Quilliam sisters have to rely on other skills - spotting clues, solving crimes, and catching culprits. The Quilliams have sold the Inn at Hemlock Falls, only to find that they miss the place - bills and all. Worse yet, the new owner has started turning a tidy profit playing host to big spenders.

"La storia di una famiglia somiglia più a una cartina topografica che a un romanzo, e una biografia è la somma di tutte le ere geologiche che hai attraversato". Come si racconta una vita se non esplorandone i luoghi simbolici e geografici, ricostruendo una mappa di sé e del mondo vissuto? Tra la Basilicata e Brooklyn, da Roma a Londra, dall'infanzia al futuro, il nuovo libro dell'autrice di "Cleopatra va in prigione" è un'avventura che unisce vecchie e nuove migrazioni.

A duke, a spinster, a faux engagement; what could possibly go wrong? For four seasons Lady Eunice was quite content with the mantle of wallflower. Bespectacled, frumpy, and put-upon by her overbearing mother, all she really wished to do was vanish from London once she came of age to inherit her fortune. The sudden reappearance of her childhood sweetheart, the dashing Theodore Belhurst, soon changes her mind, and Lady Eunice decides that she does wish to wed after all.

When Lady Emily Fairfax comes face-to-face with a girl who looks just like her, she thinks that she has seen a ghost! It soon becomes clear, however, that Miss Ava Smith is no ghost, but is actually Emily’s long-lost twin sister. Desperate to extricate herself from a loveless arranged marriage, Emily persuades her twin to swap places with her for a month. The plan is for Ava to stay in London and scupper Emily's engagement, whilst Emily takes Ava's place as a governess in Kent.

Die Kaninchendame Judy Hopps hat gerade die Polizeiakademie absolviert, als sie auf den wortgewandten Fuchs Nick Wilde trifft, der in der Stadt Zoomania von seinen schlauen, aber nicht immer legalen Ideen lebt. Obwohl sie natürliche Feinde sind, müssen sie zusammenarbeiten, um einen Fall zu lösen, der komplizierter ist, als sie es je erwartet hatten. Sei dabei, wenn Judy und Nick versuchen, das größte Rätsel ihres Lebens zu knacken! Das Hörbuch zum Disney-Film, gelesen von Josefine Preuß, der Stimme von Judy Hopps!