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Perched between branches and shadows, we watch, we scheme, fighting for a kingdom forgotten and forlorn. Until we rip her away with our claws, our prisoner, our pawn, our plaything. She’s innocent and pure, fragile and helpless…but oh so guilty by blood. She calls us beasts, wicked and evil, vicious and cruel. We are all that and worse. One of us offers her shelter beneath his wings, whispering promises of pleasure, seeking redemption. The other longs to shatter her into a million pieces, whispering promises of pain, seeking revenge.

A world on the precipice of the apocalypse. A secret forged in the flames of war. A chance to start over. For John Sutton, only one of those three things matters. Retired from a decade of brutal war, he wants nothing more than a quiet pastoral life while he does his best to stem the steady increase of his Doom Points before they hit 100, signaling the start of the end. He’s been given a small farm on the outskirts of the empire as a thanks for his service, but no matter how far he travels, it's impossible to escape the war's devastating effects on the world.

Bienvenue à Wayward Pines, 461 âmes. Nichée au cœur des montagnes Rocheuses, la petite bourgade revêt une apparence idyllique, si l'on oublie la clôture électrifiée qui l'entoure, la télésurveillance incessante et la puce électronique implantée de force à chaque habitant. Aucun de ces résidents ne sait d'ailleurs comment il est arrivé ici. Certains pensent qu'ils sont morts, d'autres qu'ils sont piégés dans une expérience scientifique et tous rêvent secrètement de s'échapper.

Dai salumi "cancerogeni" al famigerato olio di palma, dai misteriosi "zuccheri aggiunti" al temutissimo sale, oggi il cibo sembra più un nemico da cui difendersi che uno dei grandi piaceri della vita. Questo anche a causa del marketing, che sui temi dell'alimentazione si fa sempre più aggressivo, e della proliferazione di studi e articoli allarmistici che di scientifico hanno ben poco.

Après Le meilleur médicament, c'est vous ! (plus d'un million d'exemplaires vendus), le docteur Frédéric Saldmann, grand spécialiste de la médecine préventive, nous apprend dans Prenez votre santé en main à mieux utiliser notre corps et gagner des années. Ce livre changera forcément quelque chose dans votre vie.

Der neue Thriller des Deutschen-Krimipreis-Trägers 2023, dem Autor von "Fünf Winter" - Wer ist Claire Gravesend? Das fragt sich Privatdetektiv Lee Crowe, als er sie tot an einem frühen Sommermorgen 2019 auffindet, in einem feinen Cocktailkleid, auf dem Dach eines Rolls-Royce, im gefährlichsten Viertel von San Francisco. Claires Mutter, die megareiche und einflussreiche Olivia Gravesend, glaubt der Polizei und dem Gerichtsmediziner nicht: Ihre Tochter hat sich nicht selbst umgebracht.

Als kurz hintereinander drei Menschen in Deutschland, Frankreich und Italien ermordet werden, ändert sich für Johanna Böhm auf einen Schlag alles. Die frisch gebackene Studentin an der Polizeiakademie Berlin weiß, was alle drei Opfer miteinander verbindet. Doch sie ahnt auch, dass sie dieses Wissen in große Gefahr bringen könnte. Ihre schlimmsten Befürchtungen sieht sie bestätigt, als der von Rache getriebene Ex-Geheimdienstler Rasmus Falk sie beschuldigt, in den Mordkomplott verwickelt zu sein.

They want to break her. But you can't break what's already broken. Just wait until they uncover her secrets. She'll have them on their knees. In this epic installment, Aran will compete with Sadie and her mates. May the best woman win.

Research into how we learn has opened the door for utilizing cognitive theory to facilitate better student learning. But that's easier said than done. Many books about cognitive theory introduce radical but impractical theories, failing to make the connection to the classroom. In Small Teaching, James Lang presents a strategy for improving student learning with a series of modest but powerful changes that make a big difference - many of which can be put into practice in a single class period.

À quelques jours de se marier à un homme qu'elle n'aime pas, la princesse Eleni savoure ses derniers moments de liberté, lors d'un bal masqué donné en son palais. À l'abri de son loup, elle se fait passer pour une mystérieuse inconnue pour Damon, l'homme qui l'a abordée. Oui, sous couvert d'anonymat, elle peut faire ce qui lui chante, et même, suivre ses désirs. Alors, quand son séducteur lui vole un baiser, elle le laisse faire, grisée de n'être qu'une femme, entre ses bras. Hélas, ses responsabilités royales lui reviennent de plein fouet, lorsque peu de temps après cette parenthèse insouciante, Eleni se découvre enceinte.

For more than 150 years I've served the Kingdom of Sena. Through four Kings and a Queen. Two wars and a rebellion. I've founded and taught at a magic school. I've fought against beast waves and dungeon breaks. But now? Now, the one close friend I had left has passed. So, I'm done with their politics and their economics. The short and busy lives of humans are more burden than benefit on the weary soul of this half-elf.

Atlan Warlord Velik is hanging on to sanity by a thread. His mating fever rages. His beast fights him every moment. The beast needs to hunt. To kill. To find their mate or surrender to a glorious death in battle. He volunteers for a mission so dangerous, he knows he will not return. Waiting to deploy, he is lost, keeping distance between himself and those his tormented beast could destroy. His fate is sealed … until his beast picks up her scent. Sees her face. In an instant, the beast knows this human woman belongs to him and no one else.

I took her out to dinner. And liked spending the evening with her. So when I invited her to the Royal Court, she accepted. But I have been lying to her. And now I have to reap what I've sown. For the male she calls Commander, the world knows as the Summer King. She's a fae with barely any magic. I am the king. She thinks it can't work out between us. And I'll do everything in my power to prove her wrong.

Looking for a beginner language course that fits into your busy lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of weeks, not years? Michel Thomas's unique method is designed to overcome the frustrations usually faced by language learners.

I was the devil. The worst kind of man for her. I knew the truth would make her hate me. But, I still wanted her to be mine. My goddess. Damn, I'd never wanted a woman the way I wanted her. One simple kiss could scorch my mind clean of everything I knew. That was what she did to me. She took me out of the real world, where I was a mobster and she was a cop. I was the imposter who lied to her....

Quando tutto ciò che conta è salvare la tua famiglia, il pericolo si nasconde dove meno te lo aspetti. È un caldo pomeriggio d’estate e, come promesso, David e Jan portano il loro figlio Ethan, di quattro anni, al parco dei divertimenti. Una giornata scacciapensieri, per staccare dai problemi quotidiani e godersi un po’ di tempo in famiglia. A un tratto però, il peggiore incubo di qualunque genitore si avvera. Jan si siede su un muretto solo per allacciarsi una scarpa, ma basta quell’attimo di distrazione perché Ethan scompaia nel nulla.

If you read (or listen to) nothing else on decision making, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you and your organization make better choices and avoid common traps.

Woher das Leben kommt und was es eigentlich ist: Um diese beiden Fragen kreist der neue Roman von Karl Ove Knausgård – der, wenn man so will, eine Art Prequel zum international bejubelten "Der Morgenstern" darstellt. Was ist geschehen, bevor dieser unerklärliche, weithin sichtbare unbekannte Stern am Himmel auftauchte und scheinbar sämtliche physikalische Regeln außer Kraft setzte? "Die Wölfe aus dem Wald der Ewigkeit" beginnt im Jahr 1986. In Norwegen gibt es eine Regierungskrise, und im fernen Tschernobyl ist ein Atomreaktor explodiert.

They begin as rescued and rescuer, slowly growing from 12 and 16. He’s not allowed to touch her. She’s convinced he is the one. But as each day dawns on his illegal existence, Aslans’s secrets creep ever closer, the death he ran from hunts ever faster, and the darkness that he can’t get free of finally finds him. And it costs him everything.

Wer unter Übergewicht leidet, sieht sich mit unzähligen Diättheorien konfrontiert, die versuchen, Abhilfe zu schaffen, und schnelle Ergebnisse versprechen - doch der wahre Schlüssel zur langfristigen und gesunden Gewichtsreduktion ist das Hormon Insulin. Das beweist Dr. Jason Fung mit seinem innovativen und von Erfolgen gekrönten Ansatz. In fünf Schritten führt Dr. Fung durch sein praxiserprobtes Programm. Er erläutert die maßgebliche Rolle von Insulin für die Regulierung des Körpergewichts und erklärt, wie der Insulinhaushalt dauerhaft verändert werden kann, sodass das hormonelle Gleichgewicht wiederhergestellt wird.