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Revered artist Kim Lord is about to unveil her most shocking show yet: Still Lives, a series of self-portraits in which she impersonates the female victims of America's most famous homicides, from Nicole Brown Simpson to the Black Dahlia. As celebrities and rich patrons pour into LA's Rocque Museum for the opening night, the attendees wait eagerly for Kim's arrival. All except Maggie Richter, museum editor and ex-girlfriend of Greg Shaw Ferguson, Kim's new boyfriend. But Kim never shows up to her party, and the crowd's impatience slowly turns to unease. 

When nature gets up close and personal, it isn’t always pretty. A fallen tree sparks a poisonous feud between neighbors. A child searches the darkness for the gleam of a tiger’s teeth. A woman holds off a colony of oddly relentless prairie dogs. In unsettling stories that range from horror to magical realism, award-winning authors lay bare the secrets hidden in the land.

Lovisa ska åka på utflykt med sin klass. Eftersom alla vet att hon är allergisk har ingen några nötter med sig. Men längst fram i tåget sitter en man som inte har tänkt på att någon kan vara allergisk. När han öppnar en påse nötter får Lovisa svårt att andas. Författaren är...

This audiobook is for everyone because abusive relationships exist everywhere. Whether at work or at home, or a family member or a person you've hired, the patterns of abusive relationships are common. A toxic relationship can rob you of your joy and take an enormous amount of energy.

Unaufdringlich und zurückhaltend, mit einer in Moll getönten Sprachmelodie, die aber in Rhythmus und Klangfarbe durchaus natürlich wirkte...

What if the reason you can't let go isn't because you love them... but because you've been conditioned to believe you can't survive without them? Do you keep making excuses for someone who continues to hurt you? Do you hold on to the good moments while ignoring the manipulation, criticism, confusion, and emotional pain that always seem to follow? Have you started questioning your own reality, doubting your instincts, or wondering how you became someone you barely recognize? If so, this audiobook was written for you. You need a practical roadmap to finally break free.

La Tierra se ve amenazada por una raza extraterrestre, los Insectores, que se comunican telepáticamente y consideran no tener nada en común con los humanos, a quienes pretenden destruir. Para vencerlos es necesario una nueva clase de genio militar, y por ello se ha permitido el nacimiento de Ender, lo que constituye, en cierta forma, una anomalía, pues es el tercer hijo de una pareja en un mundo que ha limitado estrictamente a dos el número de descendientes. El niño Ender deberá aprender todo lo relativo a la guerra en los videojuegos.

People mistakenly think that they need to eat less and exercise more to create a calorie deficit in order to lose weight. This is not how diet and exercise helps with weight loss. A well-formulated keto-adapted diet along with proper exercise builds muscle and muscle builds mitochondria. It is in the mitochondria where fat is oxidized so you can keep your cells and liver insulin sensitized. Weight loss and health is about healthy mitochondria and about controlling hormones and specifically insulin.

Does anxiety make you question everything in your relationship? Do you replay conversations, overanalyze texts, and fear your partner will leave—even when there’s no real reason to worry? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to stay stuck in that cycle. Overthinking can turn even the best relationships into emotional minefields. But love doesn’t have to feel this hard. You can break free from fear, stop the mental spirals, and feel safe in your relationship.

Baby dragon debutantes. Territory challenges. Dragon battles. When will the chaos end? Dragon Sage Elizabeth Darcy longs for life to return to normal, at least as normal as it could be for a Blue Order officer who lives with more household dragons than most small villages. Having two sisters and an infant dragon to present as debutantes to the Order makes "normal" difficult. The fine ladies - she-dragons one and all - of the Cotillion Board make it impossible.

If leaders aren't integrating their digital offerings into a philosophy of customer success, they will be defeated in the next decade because technical excellence and other traditional competitive advantages are becoming too easy to imitate. The Customer Success Economy offers examples and specifics of how companies can transform. It addresses the pains of transforming organizational charts, leadership roles, responsibilities, and strategies so the whole company works together in total service to the customer.  

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A book like no other, I Am Maria weaves Shriver’s hard-earned wisdom with her own deeply personal poetry. I Am Maria reminds readers there is strength and love on the other side of all of our hardest days. I Am Maria is a powerful collection of Maria Shriver’s...

In this actionable analysis of one of the most damaging movements of the modern age, renowned author Maria Keffler makes a compelling case that what lies at the core of the transgender phenomenon is a crisis of identity, and that only a loving but firm reality check can staunch the hysteria.

Mit der erneuten Schwangerschaft der Gemahlin Gyokuyo, der Favoritin Seiner Kaiserlichen Hoheit, herrscht Unruhe in der Jade-Residenz des Inneren Palasts. Alle sind darauf bedacht, Stillschweigen zu bewahren, um sie vor möglichen Anschlägen zu schützen, denn offenbar können scheinbar harmloser Klatsch und Tratsch beim Mittagstee allein schon verheerende Folgen nach sich ziehen.

Cinco almas jodidísimas se encuentran en una urbanización marbellí de lujo a medio construir, uno de tantos fraudes inmobiliarios de la costa española. Están jodidísimas, sí, pero también dispuestas a hacer lo que sea por seguir luchando. Lo que sea. Hasta lo más jodidísimo. Una comedia descacharrante sobre mujeres, libertad y un crimen surrealista en la Marbella post crisis.

These iconic works explore the depths of human suffering, identity, and transformation, showcasing some of the most profound voices of the 20th century. From the haunting reflections on war in All Quiet on the Western Front and A Farewell to Arms to the poetic expression of inner conflict in the works of Owen, Rosenberg, and Brooke, this collection provides a window into the world of writers who grappled with the aftermath of trauma and the search for meaning.

A principios del siglo XIX, las hazañas del Rey Cuervo, el más grande de todos los magos de la Edad Media, perviven en la memoria y la leyenda, pero la práctica de la magia ha sido completamente olvidada en Inglaterra. Hasta el día en que el esquivo señor Norrell, de Hurtfew Abbey, logra que las piedras de la catedral de York hablen.

It kills me that the only way I can spend proper time with my son Toby is by helping out at his school camp. I sit under the emerald green pine trees and Toby’s little face lights up as he runs past me, joining the other chattering, happy children around us. Then I see my ex, David, glaring at me and my heart sinks. He may have full custody, but he’d love nothing more than for me to disappear. Forever.

HAN VIL REDDE HENDE. HUN VIL GEMME SIG. HUN ER ØDELAGT. HAN ER BESLUTSOM. SKÆBNEN FØRTE DEM SAMMEN. KÆRLIGHEDEN BINDER DEM. Efter den katastrofale skoleudflugt til Dublin søger Shannon Lynch tilbage i de løgne og fortielser, der er hendes eneste værn i en hverdag fyldt med vold og trusler...

The law of attraction can help you to get what you want in your life, and it doesn’t require a bunch of expensive equipment. All your need is your mind and your dreams to make it work for you. In fact, you have been using it your entire life, albeit, not efficiently. The universe is constantly working to bring people the things they ask for, but the trick is, you have to make sure you are asking properly. The universe doesn’t read between the lines, so it sends you the things you send out, assuming that is what you want.