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Ramon's story is the story of a community coming of age during the turbulent decades of the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Through his personal accounts of deplorable housing conditions and an educational system bent on denying equal access. We witness a generation of "Boricuas" determined to resist and forge an identity based on pride and self respect.

Heute zu Gast der Mann mit den tausend Berufen, das wahrscheinlich größte Universalgenie der Geschichte. Wir werden einiges erfahren über sein Verhältnis zu Michelangelo, warum er Probleme mit Materialkunde hatte und welches Geheimnis wirklich hinter der Mona Lisa steckt. Und dann hat er auch noch auf unseren Wunsch hin ein Beispiel seiner Arbeit mitgebracht... das hätten wir mal lieber lassen sollen!

Unser heutiger Gast ist der Inbegriff des genialen Erfinders. Er wird uns aufklären, warum es wichtiger ist Ideen zu vermarkten als welche zu haben, warum er einen Krieg anzettelte und welch tödliches Möbelstück er für diesen erfunden hat. Darüber hinaus kann er gut in Obst investieren und hat eine besondere Überraschung in den Moderatoren-Stuhl eingebaut... was er mal lieber hätte sein lassen!

A zany musical comedy, touching love story, and fast-paced adventure thriller combined with “Elvis Presley meets Star Wars” plot twists. Cosmic Cowboy the Musical stars the love-struck alien Prince Remo, from faraway Planet Vegas (complete with glowing blue-grey skin and personal flying saucer), and the object of his adoration, aspiring Nashville country singer Jenna Lee Jenkins.

Nadie sabe más de esto que Ramón Torres, un ingeniero que estudió psicología para comprender su propio divorcio. Ahora con un doctorado, es experto en temas de pareja y es el psicólogo con más seguidores en redes sociales del mundo. Ramón, que rehízo felizmente su vida sentimental, transmite un mensaje muy claro: antes de amar a nadie, debemos amarnos a nosotros mismos# Y luego, sí podemos conquistar, enamorarnos, ser felices y# bueno, enfrentar de la mejor forma posible las ya consabidas complicaciones del amor#

“There are moments when a story shakes you...Barely Missing Everything is one of those stories, and Mendez, a gifted storyteller with a distinct voice, is sure to bring a quake to the literary landscape.” —Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down In the tradition...

Drawing from his own experience leading worship in a large congregation and feeling the pull of performance, Manuel Luz guides us on a journey through worship that takes us far beyond style and deep into our own souls. He calls us back to an honest worship that moves past facades and pulls us inward toward the true self God is forming within each of us. 

This book takes everything that three remarkable authors - a corporate strategist, the former acting director of the CIA, and a world-renowned magician - have learned about magic and packs it into a unique framework that captures the best of this art form and relates it directly to lessons applicable to a wide variety of business enterprises. The authors' objective is not to create a new generation of magicians, but to adapt nine strategies of the world's greatest magicians and inspire boundless imagination, bolster innovation, energize leadership, and spark success in any business.  

Melvin is an imaginative and noisy little boy who grows up to be Mel Blanc, Looney Tunes cartoon character pioneer and the voice behind Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Woody Woodpecker, the Tasmanian Devil, and so many more familiar personalities. Listeners are treated to a typical day for young Melvin, when ordinary tasks like getting ready for school, riding the bus, and completing his chores are charged with sound effects and accompanied by his own personal soundtrack.

Imagine a world where the past, present and future have collided. A world that is timeless. This is the world Diego was born into.... For fans of Rick Riordan and Brian Selznick, Armand Baltazar introduces the first book in a new fantasy adventure series. You've never seen Earth like this before: continents reshaped, oceans re-formed, cities rebuilt. Dinosaurs roam the plains alongside herds of buffalo, and giant robots navigate the same waters as steam-powered ships.

There's nothing Jake likes more than some good trash-picking, so when his elderly neighbors move out and leave an especially promising-looking pile of household refuse on the curb, he goes right for it. He only has the chance to grab one box before his mom catches him and orders him in for dinner, though. When mysterious goings-on begin to occur in the neighborhood, the trio investigates the hidden box from Jack's garage. In it, they find the Secret Parent's Handbook.

Angelica Marie Hutcherson only agreed to write 250 words on the Academic Battle for the Homecoming Edition of the school's newspaper because the editor won't accept any of her other stories. But as Angelica starts to do her research, she comes to a startling realization: The Academic Battle, the Homecoming game, and the class election have all accidentally been scheduled on the same day, and it's too late to do anything about it!

From the author of Return to the Dirt comes an outlandish collection of stories, including "Anything for my Bubela", "Jar Baby", and "Night Fright".

An unfortunate intellectual resigned to a grisly, blue-collar life. Disenchanted with his life and distanced from his family, how much blood will it take to put his existence into perspective?

My life was dull, lacking in excitement. All that changed when a group of rough tattooed bikers turned up at the diner where I worked. They were dangerous, a bad influence, and all the hotter for it. I gave them my body, to use as they pleased. They changed my life when they took me, one by one, hard and unprotected.

Avery Dennis is a high school senior and one of the most popular girls in her class. But a majorly public breakup with the guy she's been dating causes some disastrous waves. It is right before prom and Avery no longer has the perfect date. She runs the prom committee; how could she not show up with somebody? Post-breakup, Avery gets to thinking about all of the guys that she has ever dated. How come none of those relationships ever worked out? Could it be her fault? Avery decides to investigate.

My life was dull, lacking in excitement. All that changed when a group of bikers turned up at the diner where I worked. They were dangerous; a bad influence, and all the hotter for it. I gave them my body to use as they pleased. They changed my life when they took me, one by one, hard and unprotected. And that's not even the best part: the next day they came back for more, and I was eager to give it to them.

Henry Leach wants nothing more than for magic to be real and for his little sister, Brianna, to leave him alone. Both wishes come true, but not in the way he expects. As it turns out, Henry's family has a history with magic - a history that dates back to the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Now his father has been caught up in an evil wizard's scheme, and the last Wandmaker, Coralis, needs Henry's help to save the world. It would be a dream come true for Henry - except that in his first act of magic, he accidentally turns his sister into a hedgehog. Oops!

When Gary and I got together, I was far from a virgin, however, there was one thing I'd never done before, one thing I had saved up for the right guy. Gary was that guy, keen and eager to go where no man had gone before...in from the back door, and in public, with strangers watching.

Long ago, way before I even met my man, Gary, I was only just developing into the open-minded, free-spirited woman I am today. Back then, at the tender age of 18, I had saved my body for the right guy. I didn't want a boy, like those in my class; I craved the attention of a real man. The only hitch was my friend, Mary, had also kept herself pure, for the same guy.