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“This funny and bighearted debut is an ode to queer friendship and chosen family. . . . A tender and generous novel about finding your people, getting vulnerable, and celebrating every joy—big or small.”—BuzzFeed Could I one day inspire happiness in others, the same way he seemed to do...

Hoy es el día más bello de mi vida, el de ayer ya lo fue y el de mañana pronto lo será. Pareciera que tuviéramos la urgencia de darle significado a la vida a partir de todas las cosas que decidimos suponer de ella. Para que un día sea bello o especial, hay que suponer que algo no lo es. Reconozco el amor como un estado de conciencia, donde construyo constantemente posibilidades de experimentar bienestar con todas las relaciones. Somos los amos de nuestro destino y los conductores de nuestras almas.

A mediados del siglo XIX, gracias a la invención de la fotografía y al desarrollo de la litografía, surgieron diarios, periódicos y revistas con ilustraciones que ocuparon un lugar importante en el impreso. El ejemplo más representativo es el semanario El Perú Ilustrado. En el libro El Perú Ilustrado. Semanario para las familias. Litografías y cultura visual en la posguerra (1887-1892), de Emma Patricia Victorio Cánovas, se investigan los argumentos que configuraron nuestra peruanidad a través de textos e imágenes que generaron sentimientos de pertenencia e identidad durante el periodo de posguerra.

As the charming town of Hunter's Hollow bustles with life, tragedy strikes at the heart of its beloved Uptown Cafe. Andie Swartz collapses over lunch, a victim of poisoning, and Presley finds herself swept into the midst of the drama. With Cooper running for mayor, Presley knows she needs to be careful not to make him look bad with her sleuthing.

Medicina, ciencia y espíritu se encuentran en el tercer audiolibro del doctor Nico Soto, en el que le habla a sus wachinis sobre cómo descomplejizar procesos médicos de una forma en la que nunca antes se había planteado la ciencia y la medicina. Ocupando su superpoder de la narración de distintos procesos, desmenuza los procesos médicos para que sus wachinis, como llama a los pacientes, puedan observar observar, analizar, digerir, integrar y transformar las enfermedades desde una perspectiva integrativa y antroposófica.

Luciana "Lucy" Flores is a seventh-grade history teacher with an affinity for Abraham Lincoln, pickle juice, and The Milky Way milkshakes. She's happy, content, and likes her life the way it is. This summer, she's going to be the maid of honor for her best friend, and as much as she hopes to one day experience love, it's not something she thinks she's missing in her life just yet. That is until she meets the best man.

Dripping baste. Popped timers. Deliciously moist drumsticks... Knowing her hometown goes ridiculously overboard for Thanksgiving was one of the many things Maeve Cameron hadn’t missed about it. Yet as she’s forced back home after a nasty divorce, her meddling mother lands her smack dab in the middle of the Turkey Day festivities. Positioned in the paramedic tent, she’s prepared for a day of dehydrated Turkey Trotters, when Kyler, her high school crush, hobbles back into her life.

One woman’s journey navigating motherhood and postpartum depression. She soon realizes she has lost herself and an identity outside of being a mom. Desperately she tries to hold onto anything that allows her to feel again. She finds taking the lives of others ignites her own spark and she becomes addicted to the rush of power she receives after a kill. Will this new identity consume her? Can she find her way out of the darkness?

I never wanted to be a star. I just wanted to act in movies. I just wanted to get away from the impoverished streets of Brooklyn and live in relative comfort. Now, at the close of the 1920s, I was the biggest name in Hollywood. My movies were the highest grossing in the business. Investors depended on me, producers depended on me, my fellow actors depended on me, and maybe the strain of that dependence triggered my emotional collapse.

A love letter to the hustle, the bustle, the joy, and the grit of city life by debut author and Bronx native, Janelle Harper. "My block looks like a collision of cultures a melting pot of cool a burst of life my favorite groove . . .No matter what happens I’ve seen it for myself my block looks...

When everyone is hidden behind a mask, anything can happen. Party planner Ensley Anderson is making a name for herself as Charlotte’s number one event coordinator, her specialty being masquerade balls. Now she’s been given the honor of orchestrating the annual 95.1 The EDGE Halloween party. Little does she know, Owen Jameson is behind her hiring. At the last ball she hosted he met a ravishing beauty and spent a glorious night tangled in silky sheets with her. While her mask stayed on, nothing else did.

I had a lot of plans entering my senior year of college—dealing with Archer Copeland in any capacity was most definitely not on that list. The cocky quarterback and I have been at odds since last year when he posed naked for one of my art classes. Okay, so he was wearing a towel, but really, that barely even counts. Apparently, he enjoyed how uncomfortable the whole situation made me and decided that messing with me was his new favorite past time.

London Bauer hates her job. Working with the New England elite, she’s used to yacht club snobs glaring down their noses at her as she serves them dinner and caters to their extravagant whims. Thankfully, they tip well, and London needs every cent she can get. One shift goes from bad to worse when Max Richmond saunters in. As if she needed another reminder why she should never mingle with the sailors, he has the audacity to ignore her.

Covered in sweat with a sticky face...the signs of a great county fair. Years ago, Laura dropped out of college for love. Unfortunately, the perfect life she built with her husband imploded when he decided to plunge into another woman’s dunk tank.

Known for allowing paranormal beings to live in peace, the small town calls those who are different to its city limits. Most mean well, and some do not.

When Madeline learns August Cahill will be at the Taste of Chicago event, Adam insists they go. Dragging her to the pulled pork cook-off, he feeds her succulent tastes that leave juices dribbling down her chin. But when Madeline learns Adam has been keeping a startling truth from her, it cooks up a recipe for disaster. Crank up the heat and slather on the sauce—this kitchen is getting hot!

Lonely-hearted waitress Katie Smith has nowhere to go for Christmas and a huge crush on her gorgeous diner patron Juan Martinez. So when Juan asks Katie to pose as his girlfriend for holiday festivities at his family’s winery, Katie leaps at the chance…that is, until an accident lands Juan in a coma right after giving his folks the “news.” Katie knows she should tell the Martinezes the truth, but when they immediately embrace her, Katie is reluctant to let her fantasy of a family holiday go. And then there’s Juan’s brother, Mateo, whose smile tugs at her heartstrings just right.

After winning the US Open, Greyson Jennings couldn't help but take playful jabs at the expense of his prime competition, Bryan Nelson. His snarky claims during the press junction may have burned off like fog on the green if a week later they hadn’t found themselves at the same golf resort.

When Lee Miller moves to Florida from New York City, she seeks a clean slate. Wanting to leave her dark past behind her, she attends Deerfield Academy, where she meets Annie Lapointe, Bradley Gilbert, Sawyer Weldon, and Griffin Dell. Her new friends give her a sense of normalcy as she secretly copes with the trauma within herself, until a very observant Griffin starts to catch on.

Aniana del Mar le pertenece al agua tanto como un delfín le pertenece al mar, pero ella y Papi mantienen en secreto sus clases de natación porque Mami no logra superar que el agua le arrebatara a un ser querido. Un día, una grave enfermedad obliga a Aniana a quedarse en cama. Entonces...