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By day, Lucían brews potions and illuminates manuscripts in service to the monastery that took him in as a child, wielding magic based in his faith and his purity. By night, he dreams of the world outside the cloister-a world he knows only in books and scrolls.

There are lots of programs on the market masquerading as "advanced Spanish programs." After completing them, you'll find that your ability to speak conversational Spanish has improved very little, if at all, and that you're still stuck on the same plateau. If you're on an advanced-level - or even if you're on an intermediate level seeking to breakthrough to an advanced level - you have special Spanish needs, such as improving your Spanish pronunciation and Latin American Spanish accent.

Whether you dream of exploring the vibrant streets of Mexico City, Mexico, Medellin, Colombia, or just connecting with Spanish-speaking friends in the USA or elsewhere, this book is your key to unlocking fluency and cultural understanding.

Funded by the U.S. Reparations Act and a consortium of billionaires, Kingsland rose from the sea to become a haven for Black excellence—and one of the richest nations in the world. But as its 10th anniversary nears, a series of shocking murders rocks the island. Enter Jamison Wright. An elite profiler lured away from the FBI with an offer no one could refuse: a new life in Kingsland for him and his family. But the deeper he digs into the killings, the more he realizes that Kingsland isn’t just a utopia—it’s a mystery wrapped in surveillance, secrets, and power plays far beyond his imagination.

With over 40 percent of our world's population only knowing one language, making yourself stick out from the crowd by knowing two or even three languages can seem like a daunting task. Fortunately, you no longer need to invest a huge amount of money or months of time to learn a new language. Everything you need to get to know about the basics of Spanish can be found right here in this audiobook.

It was supposed to be simple. Fake date campus hockey royalty to make my long-time crush look my way. Enter Kieran O’Connor—star winger and campus legend. Devastating good looks. Cocky dialed to eleven. The kind of guy who always gets what he wants. He needs help passing a class. I need a fake boyfriend. We make a deal. I write the rules in permanent marker: no touching, no kissing, no feelings. But Kieran O’Connor doesn’t do rules. His grin is a blade. His hands? Pure trouble. Somewhere between late-night problem sets and his number stretched across my shoulders, I forget we’re pretending.

Este libro es una lectura obligada que acerca al lector a los temas profundos de la vida como el amor, la amistad, la soledad, el sentido de la existencia. Un clásico de la literatura infantil y juvenil. Un libro para descubrir en la infancia y releer en cualquier momento de la vida.

Tired of grammar drills and flashcards? These engaging short stories make it easy to absorb real, conversational Spanish—naturally and enjoyably.

Galina Olenko is the reason he was disgraced and exiled. He should hate her. But obsession is a twisted thing, and after a year in a Siberian prison, it’s only grown stronger. She is his greatest downfall. His deepest fixation. She should be nothing to him—but Vasiliyi has never been a man who lets go of what’s his.

Sybil Van Antwerp se ha valido de las cartas a lo largo de su vida para dar sentido al mundo y a su lugar en él. Casi todas las mañanas, alrededor de las diez y media, se sienta a escribir cartas: a su hermano, a su mejor amiga, al presidente de la universidad que no le permite auditar una clase que está desesperada por tomar, a Joan Didion y a Larry McMurty para decirles lo que opina de sus últimos libros, y a una persona a la que escribe seguido, pero cuyas cantas nunca envía.

- El día de su muerte, Julio Carrión, poderoso hombre de negocios cuya fortuna se remonta a los años del franquismo, deja a sus hijos una sustanciosa herencia pero también muchos puntos oscuros de su pasado y de su experiencia en la Guerra Civil y en la División Azul. En su entierro, en...

From the birth of hip-hop in the 1970s to today, women have been just as integral to the growth and development of the rap game as their male counterparts. Nonetheless, they’re consistently shortchanged as artists, creators, renegades, and cultural visionaries in prevailing histories of the genre. The Motherlode changes that.

Discover the wonder of Quantum Physics and its application in technology, science, and human consciousness even if science has never been your strength. You may wonder why this branch of science is so mysterious and appealing all at once and wish that you could grasp its meaning, significance, and application to your life, well-being, and consciousness.

The school soccer star and unapologetic class loudmouth, Cade Riley, has been in love with academic superstar Neil Erickson for years—long before he was old enough to understand what it meant. He flirted badly. Constantly. Loudly. None of it ever quite landed. Neil never noticed, or pretended not to. Everything changes during their senior European train adventure when a prank goes wrong and Cade temporarily loses his vision. For four days, he can’t see the world—or Neil—at all. Neil agrees to be his guide.

Since I was a little girl, I've known the fairy tale I've wanted to live. Grow up. Fall in love. Get married to a man who will dance with me in the kitchen and kiss me for no reason. Have a big family and live happily ever after. There's just one problem—men suck. What's a southern girl have to do to find her future husband? It's certainly not on the dating apps, so I do something out of my comfort zone—I ask my step sister to set me up. And what does she deliver? A six-foot-two, sexy as sin football coach who has a fear of commitment. Great. The definition of my Prince Charming.

When siblings Nyris and Evalyce Aureciel, lauded hunters for the realm's premier guild, The Den, uncover a long-dead secret, their lives are thrown into peril. Nyris, born with a power he never wanted, and Evalyce, born with a talent she never expected, must navigate the complexities of the past to safeguard their future. They are joined by Ceaquis, an amphibious humanoid determined to prove himself a true hunter. Alongside them is Aleyna, a scholar at the College of Subli Fey, confronting both the perils of their journey and a fragile romance with Nyris amid the chaos.

Segunda temporada de la versión única, emocionante y muy divertida de Sherlock Holmes, su infatigable Watson y la misteriosa voz interna que les acompaña. Todo muy de Sherlock Holmes.

'A delicious dose of angst' Emma Lucy, author of Live, Ranch, Love Tropes: Single dad! Grumpy/sunshine Angst Spice Jordan loves lacrosse. She loves the idea of being a counsellor at a lacrosse camp even more. Rod is exhausted from being a single dad. But he loves teaching kids, and his summer...

Bienvenidos a Phantasma. En este juego solo hay dos reglas: sobrevive… y no te enamores. Cuando la hermana de Ophelia desaparece, solo hay una forma de salvarla. Ophelia deberá entrar en Phantasma, una competición mortal dentro de una mansión encantada, y reclamar su premio: un único deseo. Phantasma es un laberinto de pasillos sinuosos y salones de baile, de demonios y tentaciones. Ophelia deberá hacer frente a nueve retos, cada uno más peligroso que el anterior. Solo puede haber un ganador, y los otros participantes no se detendrán ante nada para eliminar a sus rivales.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Angie Martinez is the “Voice of New York.” Now, for the first time, she candidly recounts the story of her rise to become an internationally celebrated hip hop radio icon. In her current reign at Power 105.1 and for nearly two decades at New York’s Hot 97...