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It was just supposed to be a good time at the Alpha ball, not the moment my life changed forever. But it was. And now danger follows me everywhere.

La vida de Camila da un giro drástico en el cual la empresa de su padre se declara en bancarrota. Un departamento más pequeño en un barrio viejo y decrépito y un colegio público de jornada simple son algunos de los cambios que debe enfrentar. Detesta la nueva realidad, por lo que se encierra en la soledad que le brindan sus libros. Hasta que conoce a su nueva vecina, una astróloga que la inicia en los misterios de las nacidas bajo el signo del Toro.

Until recently, the field of medicine and psychology has focused on the negative outcome of trauma and its symptoms, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychiatric diagnoses. However, there is another outcome: people can transform and thrive following traumatic experiences. This is called posttraumatic growth. The Unexpected Gift of Trauma presents a five-stage model, with guidance for people to develop coping skills and resilience and to achieve posttraumatic growth.

Daisy Jones & The Six... Le groupe de rock le plus mythique de tous les temps. Leurs concerts remplissaient les stades aux quatre coins de la planète et ils ont enflammé les nuits de toute une génération. De leurs débuts dans les bars miteux d'une Sunset Strip écrasée de soleil californien à la gloire, leur histoire est celle d'une ascension fulgurante.

In 1964, Stanislavo, a zealous young man devoted to his ideals, turns his back on his privilege to join the leftist movement in the jungles of Venezuela. There, as he trains, he meets Emiliana, a nurse and fellow revolutionary. Though their intense connection seems to be love at first sight, their romance is upended by a decision with consequences that will echo down through the generations.

In the span of a generation, oil-rich Venezuela spiraled into a dire state of economic collapse. Reporter Paula Ramón experienced the crisis firsthand as her middle-class family saw their quality of life deteriorate. Public services no longer functioned. Money lost its value. Her mother couldn’t afford to buy food, which was increasingly scarce. The once-prosperous country fell into ruin. Like many others, Ramón’s family struggled to survive each day in their beloved city, Maracaibo—until, one by one, they each made the unbearable choice to leave the home they love.

Highlights and Audible are back to present Season 2 of the original podcast, Lola Chick! Come along with spunky little chickadee Lola, and her Abuelita Hen, for more fun outings in Chicken Meadow. But where are they going? La di di di, they’re going to the park. La da da da, they’re going to el jardín. But that’s not all! Join Lola and Abuelita as they go to the fair to celebrate their Latino heritage, learn ballet at the Chickadee Dance School, ride in a parade on bicycles decorated with florecitas, and have many more exciting aventuras!

Sophie works for the local florist, so she's part of every big event in her small hometown, delivering flowers and making sure things run smoothly (which they almost never do). This year, Sophie has tons of events to get through - including a wedding, a funeral, a Valentine's Day party, a Fourth of July cookout, Thanksgiving, and a New Year's Eve bash. And at each event, she runs into Andrew, the distractingly cute - and annoyingly pompous - guy working for the local caterer.

Holiday Greetings from Sugar and Booze is a music-filled holiday comedy starring Ana Gasteyer and Maya Rudolph, with a jolly cast including Patti LuPone, Rachel Dratch, and Richard Kind. In this heartwarming story of love and friendship, we follow the journey of “Sugar” and “Booze” as they go from inseparable college buddies to busy working moms who mostly keep in touch with each other, and their close friends and family, through annual holiday letters.

The 'Wasting' (HIV) has caused devastating destruction throughout the known world and severely limited the development of technology as well, creating a mid-nineteenth century England and London almost unrecognizable to us. This is the world Viola is born into. Extremely intelligent and growing up in a house full of medical books which she reads, she dreams of traveling to far-off places, something she can only do via books since her actions and movements are severely restricted by law custom.

Chipping Cleghorn é uma cidade pequena na qual todos se conhecem. Até que, um dia, um anúncio no jornal convida todos para um homicídio que acontecerá na casa de Letitia Blacklock. Levados pela curiosidade, os moradores da cidadezinha decidem comparecer no horário marcado. O que parecia ser uma brincadeira inocente rapidamente se transforma em uma tragédia quando as luzes se apagam, tiros são disparados e uma pessoa é assassinada.

In a remote village surrounded by forests on the border of Moldova and Ukraine, sisters Liba and Laya have been raised on the honeyed scent of their Mami's babka and the low rumble of their Tati's prayers. But when a troupe of mysterious men arrives, Laya falls under their spell - despite their mother's warning to be wary of strangers. And this is not the only danger lurking in the woods.

Lady Emma Wells Finch, la más que virtuosa gobernanta del colegio femenino de Santa Gertrudis de Inglaterra, llega a Tejas con una misión: perder su reputación antes de dos semanas.

Mudar de cidade sempre é difícil, mas fazer isso na adolescência deveria ser proibido. Como começar de novo em um lugar onde todos se conhecem, onde os grupos já estão formados, onde ninguém sabe quem você é? A princípio, Priscila não gosta da ideia, mas logo percebe que pode usar isso a seu favor: é sua chance de ser alguém diferente. Será que o papel escolhido é aquele que ela realmente quer representar? Aos poucos, Priscila entende que o que importa não é o lugar, e sim as pessoas.

«Si no me definiera a mí misma por mí misma, me meterían en las fantasías de los demás y me comerían viva». Una niña negra abre los ojos en el Harlem de los años treinta. A su alrededor, un embriagador remolino de transeúntes, bocinas de coches, lámparas de queroseno, la caída de la bolsa, plátanos fritos, historias de la Granada natal de sus padres. Caminando a la escuela pública por las aceras nevadas, se da cuenta de que tiene la lengua trabada, que es legalmente ciega y que sus hermanas mayores la han dejado atrás.

Los seres humanos —piensa el gato— tienen una irremediable tendencia a entender las cosas al revés. Por ejemplo, si ven un libro que se titula "Lo que aprendemos de los gatos", probablemente creerán que trata de lo que los humanos pueden aprender acerca de los gatos, para conocerlos mejor (cosa que, dicho sea de paso, tampoco estaría de más); sin embargo, para cualquiera que sea capaz de pensar con claridad, resulta evidente que "Lo que aprendemos de los gatos" significa otra cosa.

Si tuvieras la oportunidad de viajar en el tiempo y decirle una sola palabra a tu yo del pasado ¿cuál sería? Carmina, más conocida como Mina Marlo, tiene claro qué le diría. Lo que no llega a comprender es cómo la vida, a sus 85 años, le ha dado la oportunidad de hacerlo. Y así emprenden un viaje a Bueño, un pueblo de Asturias en el que siempre llueve y solo hay vacas, montañas y fabes. Y donde se encuentran con un mozo que pone a la más joven de muy mal humor y que se empeña en meterse con ella y con su nariz de bruja.

In this interview, Ian Kerner, clinical sexologist and author of the smash hit She Comes First, talks about his new best seller, You're Not That into Him Either. With Ana Maria Allessi from HarperCollins asking the questions, Ian talks about how he came up with the idea for his book, as well as some of the conflicting messages women are getting and giving about what they want in relationships today.

I was late on tuition.... In a mountain of debt... And morally obligated to grant my mother’s dying wish to get my college degree. Which is why I was on the seedy underbelly of the internet, cruising for a hacking job. I had no idea Hunter Davies, the elusive tech giant, was watching me, and when I passed his little impromptu pop quiz, he sent armed men to bring me to his estate.

Ernt Allbright vuelve de la guerra de Vietnam convertido en un hombre distinto. Incapaz de mantener un trabajo, toma una decisión impulsiva: toda su familia comenzará una nueva vida en la salvaje Alaska, la última frontera. Con apenas 13 años, su hija Leni ansía encontrar su lugar en el mundo, mientras que su mujer, Cora, estaría dispuesta a cualquier cosa por el hombre al que ama, aunque eso signifique seguirle en su aventura hacia lo desconocido.