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Repitiendo la fórmula de su primera versión, Ciencia pop 2 entrega nuevas historias y hazañas científicas. Biografías, descubrimientos, accidentes, errores e incógnitas son abordadas mediante una pluma informada y fascinante.

Have you tried everything you can think of to lose weight? Are you tired of not getting results? Some days, it just seems impossible that the possibility of achieving your goals is just out of reach. Consider all the things you have done to attain your ultimate weight-loss goal. There's probably been diet after diet, exercises that are too hard, and the thought of “I can’t do this” roaming through your head. But, do you want to know a secret? You can do this.

A biography of sorts about life. Calling this a "mere book" is too puny for what it surveys. This an assessment of life as a collection of words. Although it has to be called "book" to validate comprehension, if placed in front of a mirror, it would vicariously show a reflection of life's journey. To listen to this "life biography" is like listening to one's own diary. Though it will be perceived by some as my opinion, it's actually life's opinion...A real life formula. And like all formulas, none exist without proper dosage.

El 2020 será un tiempo que tardaremos décadas en comprender. Este es el primer relato de conjunto de lo que nos sucedió durante ese año feroz. En abril, mientras el país se sumía en el confinamiento, Jochamowitz y León se lanzaron a la búsqueda del rastro que el virus dejaba en nuestro cuerpo social y político. El resultado es una crónica arrolladora, documentada y reflexiva, un registro en el que los lectores encontrarán la primera escena y la trastienda de una historia en la que todos estuvimos implicados.

The Horse Adjutant is the Nazi wartime story of a 12-year-old Jewish boy named Leon Schagrin from a world steeped in Jewish mysticism, to a slave worker in a Nazi workcamp. His story, spoken in the first person, will place you in his shoes, so you will never forget the Nazi Holocaust.

La aparición de dos chicas jóvenes inconscientes y con heridas graves a la entrada del Hospital Civil de Venecia pone a Brunetti y Griffoni tras la pista de dos jóvenes venecianos que podrían haber incurrido en un delito de omisión del deber de socorro. Se trata de Marcelo Vio y Filiberto Duso, dos amigos desde la infancia, muy diferentes entre sí: Duso trabaja como abogado para la firma de su padre, mientras Vio dejó de estudiar de niño y se gana la vida trabajando para su tío, que tiene un negocio de transporte de mercancías y una pequeña flota de barcas.

The Gods of Olympus were real. In fact, the great Olympian Zeus was the forefather for such historical giants as Thor and George Washington. But that was long ago. Now the descendants of the Gods have a new job: superhero. In a world where power and myth have walked hand in hand, professional heroes serve alongside humanity to combat those who would use their Gifts for evil.

"Ladrón de espadas" es una frenética y apasionante novela de aventuras que los lleva a conocer a "O", un ladrón profesional especializado en robar espadas históricas de incalculable valor y, de paso, resolver injusticias por todo el mundo. Su vida dará un vuelco cuando conozca a Rebeca, la chica que lo acompañará en su misión más arriesgada: robar la espada de Fernando III, El Santo. A ambos los aguarda un camino repleto de acción, persecuciones y emociones al límite.

In Simply Beethoven, Professor Leon Plantinga offers the lay listener a fascinating account of Beethoven’s life and music in its singular historical context, a time that saw the upheaval of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic conquests, as well as the rise of the European middle class. It was in this milieu that Beethoven composed the groundbreaking, highly individual works that changed the course of music and have continued to inspire and delight listeners for more than two centuries.

Leon Searcy was an All-American at Miami who won three national championship titles with the Hurricanes. He was a first round draft pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and played in Super Bowl XXX. He was also selected as one of the Top 25 Jacksonville Jaguars players of all time. Hear Leon's stories about a life of luxury and glory as the NFL's highest paid offensive lineman, and the series of choices and circumstances which ended with Leon's retirement from the game of football broke and alone. In the fourth down of his life, how did Leon find redemption?

Goodreads Best Poems 2020 showcases the collected works of Aiman Sabir, Bernard Smith, Catherine Habbie, Frank Prem, G. R. Paskoff, H. Seeking, Joseph Murphy, Leon Stevens, Oliver Baer, Sean Dennis Lane, Sandra Black, and The Muse. They are a collection of quick rhymes on topics as diverse as lockdown to assaults on the soul. Meet the authors as they pine on love, longing, and remorse in the pandemic.

Antes de que el chef Aaron Sánchez saltara a la fama, era un niño, un mexicoamericano travieso, criado por una mujer con una determinación incansable y de invaluable talento, chef y restauradora de éxito por derecho propio. De niño pasaba las noches en el comedor de su casa rodeado de algunos de los chefs y restauradores más influyentes de Nueva York. En sus memorias, Sánchez se adentra en sus años de formación con gran sinceridad, inyectando adrenalina en su historia y revelando cómo se enamoró de la cocina y comenzó una carrera en el trepidante mundo culinario.

Eighteen-year-old orphan Harriet Thomson has resided with a distant cousin’s aristocratic household since the age of five, first as companion to Prudence, the youngest daughter of house, later as carer of Pru’s ailing father. When he dies, she has to make her own way in the world and finds work as companion to the elderly Countess Arden, who resides in the Dower House on the Hertfordshire estate of the dashingly handsome Duke of Fairbridge.

Barely snagging Lady Lillian out of danger, Lady Sarah finds herself embroiled in some clandestine mischief. It causes her to doubt Lord Archer and her own feelings for him. But this fashion loving countess is not able to give up on her dreams and love for him. She enlists the aid of her two best friends to piece together what might really be happening. For she couldn’t bear it if he was a traitor to the crown.

"Hadjí Murat" es una novela histórica escrita de primera mano, ya que Tolstói conoció a algunos de sus protagonistas durante su permanencia en el Cáucaso. La acción transcurre en torno a 1850, bajo el reinado del zar Nicolás I, que se caracterizó por llevar a cabo una política expansionista y de absolutismo represivo. De hecho, el retrato que del zar se hace en la obra nos le describe como un hombre arbitrario, poco justo y demasiado orgulloso.

In this bunch of offbeat stories, the listener will be sucked into a series of abnormal, yet compellingly dark and amusing tales. A sailors tavern gets an unexpected visitor with a message that could save humanity from itself. Two naughty boys on a school trip to the zoo decide to play a trick that backfires with crushing consequences. A grumpy old man drops devastation in his wake as he leaves behind a trail of deadly flatulence on his trip through the village. The neighbours from hell get neighbours who really are from hell.

Hay quienes afirman que el arma más poderosa del ser humano es la palabra, aquella que crea o destruye, aquella que siembra y cosecha, y que también besa con sus labios de sílabas, y que también mata. Como un prestidigitador, Evaristo Ramón juega con las palabras y las desafía, las mezcla, las carga de sentido, y nos las devuelve transformadas en una ventana desde la que, si somos capaces, podemos vislumbrarnos.

Adam - The Missing Link is the third and final book of The Adam Series trilogy by author Leon Bibi. In this final chapter, evidence of extraterrestrial tampering with human DNA is explored, and evidence given to prove that the Missing Link has never been missing. It is not found “embedded in the crust of the Earth”, it is found within us. The missing link is not a “transitional form” that proves that man is a direct descendant of the ape, it is an alteration of DNA. What do the following scientists have in common?

Samuel Twigger war kein Frühaufsteher. Seit er vor einigen Jahren in Pension gegangen war, genoss er seine Freiheit und ließ sich Zeit in allem, was er tat. Auch an diesem Morgen hatte er es nicht eilig, aus dem Bett zu kommen. Das Fenster stand offen. Plötzlich hörte Samuel Twigger ein knackendes Geräusch. Entschlossen stieg er aus dem Bett, trat an das Fenster, um hinauszuschauen. Plötzlich fiel etwas auf seine Schulter. Twigger schrie auf, als hätte er einen elektrischen Schlag erhalten. Fassungslos starrte der Alte auf das ekelhafte Gewürm.

A common theme in life is death. Those who lose someone to death must find a way to continue living. Grief was not something for me to understand or even question. Grief was something I had to experience. For a long time after Ricky’s death, I woke up unable to see the morning sun. Two questions overwhelmed my mind: Why did Ricky die? What am I supposed to do now? One day, the morning sun found me.