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El COVID-19 ha confinado en un mismo espacio la vida personal y laboral. Sin embargo, de momento la mayoría estamos trabajando desde casa, algo muy distinto al teletrabajo. Nos hemos visto obligados a improvisar y hacer malabares entre el trabajo y lo demás, cosa que se complica cuando además debemos lidiar con el estrés y las preocupaciones o cuidar de la familia.

Die junge Restauratorin Robin Mayne ergattert einen grandiosen Auftrag: Sie soll sich um die wertvolle Kunstsammlung des schwerreichen CEO Vaughan Townsend kümmern. Dieser macht klar, dass sie alles andere als seine erste Wahl für diesen Job war. Immer wieder geraten Robin und Vaughan aneinander. Aber Robin spürt, da ist mehr zwischen ihnen. Und als Vaughan seine Lippen in einem leidenschaftlichen Kuss plötzlich auf ihre legt, erkennt Robin erst, wie gefährlich dieser Mann für ihr Herz werden kann.

Romantisch, witzig und mitreißend - Band 2 der neuen Romance-Serie von USA-Today-Bestsellerautorin Piper Rayne. Was tun, wenn man per Textnachricht vor dem Altar abserviert wird? Ja, ihr habt richtig verstanden, per Textnachricht! Wie soll man die Puzzleteile, die noch vom eigenen Herzen übrig sind, zusammensuchen und weitermachen?

One in five Americans names race relations the most important problem facing the country. In this revelatory 15-lecture audio course, you’ll learn how social science can help you understand the attitudes, actions, and outcomes associated with race in America. Your guide, acclaimed Colgate University sociology professor Alicia Simmons, shows you how social scientists interpret various problems associated with race in the contemporary US.

BBC Audio presents Lady Susan, Jane Austen's early novel not published until after her death. Widowed Lady Susan is an outrageous flirt and a dreadful mother, constantly controlling and embarrassing the people around her. When Lady Susan remarries, she attempts to push her daughter into a bleak marriage with a man she despises. Deceit slowly spreads through a series of letters exchanged between Lady Susan, her daughter, friends, family and arch enemies. Will the truth be unravelled in time?

Who was at the forefront of women's right to vote? We know a few famous names, like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but what about so many others from diverse backgrounds—Black, Asian, Latinx, Native American, and more—who helped lead the fight for suffrage? On the 100th anniversary of the historic win for women's rights, it's time to celebrate the names and stories of the women whose stories have yet to be told.

In 1884 London, 12-year-old Albert Gladwyck must decide whether to follow his generous heart or learn to harden it in the harsh world in which he lives. As a River Thames scavenger, he has made the find of a lifetime, a wrecked boat full of goods, washed up on the Isle of Dogs and hidden from view. To save himself and his mum from severe poverty, he must try to make salvage from the wreck before the other mudlarks find it, before the bully, George Hardly, catches up to him, before illness and death from the poisonous river have a say in the matter.

Being a vegetarian vampire isn't always easy. Carl's dad works night shifts in a warehouse so that he can keep his family in synthetic blood, but longs to be a real estate agent. Carl, desperate not to become a scary vampire, would do anything to help him live his dream, even if it means taking a huge risk and getting into trouble. Carl's bat friends, Dari and Foxy, follow him throughout his adventure, and share interesting bat facts with listeners.

Even the best brains need a little vacation. When a bored brain makes an escape, a child goes on a zany adventure to track down a wandering mind and make it home in time for dinner.

This short, practical book includes case studies, examples, and practical guidance to help you get started on your own OKR journey.Written by Natalija Hellesoe and Sonja Mewes, who bring their extensive experience working OKRs in companies of all sizes. Natalija and Sonja are trainers, coaches, and change agents. They work with companies at different stages of the their OKR journeys - from first know-how workshops to OKR practitioner coaching and organizational development.

DEA Special Agent Maggie Holt is fierce, smart, beautiful - and in over her head. Maggie has been working undercover 15 months when she is taken by Chinese-Mexican cartel leader, Chenglei. She tries to escape with eight other women and is captured and brutally punished. Adam O'Connor is angry and frustrated. It's his fault his partner, and one-time lover, is missing and no matter how many leads he chases, they don't bring Maggie home.

Es geht weiter mit den heißen MacKenzie-Brüdern von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Elle Casey. Eine Begegnung mit nicht absehbaren Folgen: Eigenwilliges Stadtmädchen trifft ungezähmten Cowboy. Die sonnige Candice aus Florida ist fürs winterliche Landleben nicht gemacht. Dennoch nimmt sie die Herausforderung an und besucht ihre Lieblingsfreundin Andie. Die ist hochschwanger, lebt auf einer Ranch und braucht unbedingt Beistand. Mit viel Charme und den falschen Schuhen meistert Candice das Leben im verschneiten Oregon. Und erobert das Herz von Andies Schwager Ian MacKenzie.

This audiobook makes it easy to identify your own personality type and those of your family, friends, and colleagues. And once you find it out, your life will start to make so much sense. You will be stunned to see the depth of your persona and the invisible factors controlling your life.

The only thing Kara has ever wanted for Christmas was a pony. Every year, her list was the same: one pony (pretty please, with sprinkles on top). But every year, she got pajamas and plastic horse models, but no pony. Her hopes were high when she and her mother moved out to her grandparents' old farm. But instead of ponies, she found a spoiled fairy princess!

Leslie Landis' Chendell: A Natural Warrior is the first book in the Chendell series. It is a realistic fantasy adventure story told in an unusual and captivating style with wit and humor. Take a fun and exciting trip with Robin Dell and Jamie Chen as they search for a way to save Earth from environmental destruction. Robin can control insects and Jamie can communicate with trees and plants! Their powers are a game to them until they go on a research trip to the Peruvian rainforest. Then, everything is transformed in ways they could have never imagined.

Gone follows a grisly window of chance in the life of portrait photographer Justin James, a courteous soul who has everything to live for until a twist of fate leads him into The Circle. In a place where every picture tells of a moment of madness, you too might ask yourself, "How did I get here?"

Es gibt zwei Argumente, die gegen Cristian Bianco sprechen: Er ist Polizist und er ist Polizist im 18th District … das heißt, mein Dad ist sein Boss. Aufzuwachsen als die Tochter des Kapitäns und ständig unter seiner Beobachtung zu stehen, war mehr, als ich verkraften konnte. Inzwischen bin ich ausgezogen und lebe nach meinen eigenen Regeln. Na ja, meistens. Doch in meinem Job ist etwas schiefgelaufen und mein Notfallplan funktioniert nicht wie erhofft. Weshalb ich das Date, was meine Freundinnen auf der Bachelor-Versteigerung für mich arrangiert haben, nicht annehmen werde.

Winter break in England is not turning out as relaxing as I’d hoped. I’m a 17-year-old kid, walking down a deserted road in the middle of the night in a foreign country. All alone, except for a friend who is haunted, possessed, and prone to panic attacks. I really ought to have kept up better with my magical training.

Jolly is 17. She can't really spell. She doesn't have much of a job. And she has two little kids from two different, absent fathers. Jolly knows she can't cope with Jilly and Jeremy all by herself. So she posts a notice on the school ­bulletin board: BABYSITTER NEEDED BAD. No one replies but Verna LaVaughn, who's only 14. How much help can she be? For a while, Jolly, Jilly, Jeremy, and LaVaughn are an extraordinary family. Then LaVaughn takes the first steps toward building her own future, and Jolly begins the long, slow process of turning the lemons of her life into lemonade.

On Harlem’s 145th Street, things happen that don’t happen anywhere else in the world. Get to know Big Joe, who’s throwing his own funeral while he’s here to enjoy it, and everyone’s invited. Meet Kitty and Mack, teens with a love story more real than anything they’ve ever known. Follow Monkeyman, the quietest kid on the block and the last person you’d expect the Tigros gang to target. And don’t miss the block party of the year - the whole neighborhood will be there. From danger and despair to hilarity and joy, literary legend Walter Dean Myers captures every mood.