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In the aftermath of an asteroid impact, Earth’s power grid is damaged nearly beyond recovery. The survival of our world may well depend on energy sources collected from an abandoned undersea settlement beneath the icy surface of Enceladus. Earth-raised Colonel Carter Rhodes, in charge of Earth’s recovery efforts, calls upon Gwen Baré, a Venusian engineer, to regain control of the deserted moon outpost and collect fuel for Earth’s collapsing power grids.

From lunar logic to retrograde real talk, eclipses to asteroids, practicing astrologer Rachel Stuart-Haas breaks down the astrological phenomena that impact your day-to-day life in this giftable guide to the heavens and what they have in store.

Una collezione delle storie più amate dalle streghe e dai maghi di tutte le età, "Le fiabe di Beda il Bardo" sono le fiabe dei fratelli Grimm del mondo magico. Questa edizione è stata tradotta dalle rune originali nientemeno che da Hermione Granger in persona e contiene note molto utili del professor Silente e di J.K. Rowling. Una magnifica opportunità di leggere quelle storie che hanno avuto un ruolo cruciale nella lotta contro Lord Voldemort, questi classici delle fiabe sapranno senz'altro dilettare ed educare in egual misura. Le fiabe sono cinque in totale: "La Storia dei tre Fratelli," conosciuta da chiunque abbia letto "Harry Potter e i Doni della Morte", "La Fonte Della Buona Sorte", "Lo Stregone dal Cuore Peloso", "Il Mago e il Pentolone Salterino" e "Baba Raba e il Ceppo Ghignante" completano la collezione. Negli scaffali della biblioteca di Hogwarts puoi trovare molti altri libri interessanti. Se "Le fiabe di Beda il Bardo" ti è piaciuto, forse troverai di tuo gusto anche altri piccoli tesori: "Gli Animali Fantastici: dove trovarli" e "Il Quidditch Attraverso i Secoli."

"When I was 13, my father killed my mother." How do you recover from something like that? Carol never quite does. Sent to live with her aunt, who barely tolerates her presence, Carol is grief-stricken, and all too aware she's not wanted. Desperate for love, but unable to ask for it, she nonetheless - and almost despite herself - finds it where she least expected.

On a bright summer's day in 2013, Freya Rivers disappears, leaving twin sister Imogen behind. Did Freya leave to travel alone without telling anyone? When friend Emily also disappears three days later, Imogen knows there's something dark lurking beneath the surface. Five years later, Imogen is living in Australia, having searched the world for her sister. So when her mother calls, she knows it's time to return home...because Emily is back and she has a child with her. Where has Emily been and why did she disappear? Does she know Freya’s whereabouts?

When Isla, a 65-year-old grandmother, is left nothing but an old painting in her mother’s will, while her sisters and aunt inherit the estate, she is devastated. Close to retirement, getting ready to live on her own terms, the last thing she expects at this time of her life is such turmoil. So, to find an explanation for her mother’s rejection, she embarks on a road-trip.

What secrets are hidden within the walls of a desolate farmhouse in a forgotten corner of Lapland? Early spring has its icy grip on Ödesmark, a small village in northernmost Sweden, abandoned by many of its inhabitants. But Liv Björnlund never left. She lives in a derelict house together with her teenage son, Simon, and her ageing father, Vidar. They make for a peculiar family, and Liv knows that they are cause for gossip among their few remaining neighbours.

The biggest event in the Catholic calendar is a disaster in Zofia Turbotyńska’s household. Her maid, Karolina, has handed in her notice and worse, gone missing. When Karolina’s body is discovered, violated and stabbed, Zofia knows she has to investigate.

When Orly’s boyfriend and business partner dumps her for a celebrity fling, she finds solace in tacos, tequila and tears. One terrible hangover later, she’s packed her bags and swapped her London apartment for the overgrown grounds of Honeysuckle Hall. After years spent catering to others’ whims, Orly is going after what she wants: a simpler life, surrounded by nature. Her plan to set up countryside retreats for burned-out city-dwellers means she soon has the social life she’s been dreaming of—and gorgeous carpenter Leo is always around when she needs something fixed.

Ten years ago, Grace made her dying sister a promise - that she would look after Hope’s baby son as her own. Now, the man whose son she is raising has turned up on Grace’s operating table, fighting for his life. When an accusation of negligence follows, Grace is forced to confront not just the man who abandoned her sister, but also his mother, Norma - who blames Grace for taking everything she loves. Based on what her sister told her, Grace is sure she did the right thing to keep that promise. But what if Hope didn’t tell her everything?

Es sencillo, el mundo se divide en dos tipos de personas: las que actúan motivadas por el amor y las que actúan motivadas por la ambición de poder. Este manifiesto de la compositora, cantante y activista Brisa Fenoy es un llamado a la acción cotidiana y a preguntarte constantemente a qué bando perteneces.

12-årige Prinsesse Stjerne lever i en eventyrlig verden. Hun bor skiftevis hos sin far på Vandslottet og hos sin mor på slottet Dodona. Men på Dodona er der noget, der ikke er, som det skal være. Det mærker Stjerne tydeligt. Det føles, som om hun bliver iagttaget. Det gamle slot viser sig at være fyldt med ulykkelige skæbner, og for at Stjerne selv kan blive fri og lykkelig, må hun komme til bunds i slottets og i sin egen histories hemmeligheder. Ragnhild Bach Ølgaard (1936 - 2015) var en dansk forfatter og maler.

In the Bestiary, the rats have started a circus, Bertie the crow gives lectures on living with humans, and Blue the macaw, who understands English, has just been elected speaker for the Parliament of Fowls. All the animals in the Bestiary have a talent. All the animals, that is, except for Six.

Mor, far og Anna er i tivoli. Deres hund, Buller, er med. De møder en dame. Hun er rigtig ked af det, fordi hun ikke kan finde sin datter. Mon Buller kan hjælpe damen med at finde sin datter? Letlæsningsserie om Anna og hendes hund, Buller, og deres mange sjove eventyr. Per Østergaard, født 1950, produktiv dansk børnebogsforfatter. Uddannet lærer fra Århus Seminarium i 1975. Blev efter et par år ved Statens Åndssvageforsorg ansat som lærer på Bakkeskolen i Hørning, primært som specialunderviser.

CIEN AL DÍA. NI UNA MÁS. Esa es la cifra de palabras que la neurolingüista Jean McClellan y el resto de mujeres tienen derecho a pronunciar cada día. Una sola palabra por encima de esa cifra y cientos de voltios de electricidad recorrerán las venas de cualquier mujer que se atreva a sobrepasarla. Ese es el mandato del nuevo gobierno. Las mujeres no pueden escribir, los libros les han sido prohibidos, sus cuentas bancarias han sido transferidas al hombre de la familia más cercano y se han suprimido todos los empleos para las mujeres.

Iseult Wince is a Victorian woman perilously close to spinsterhood whose distinctly unpleasant father is trying to marry her off. She is awkward, plain, and most pertinently, believes that her mother, who died in childbirth, lives in the scar on her neck. Iseult’s father parades a host of unsuitable candidates before her, the majority of whom Iseult wastes no time frightening away. When at last her father finds a suitor desperate enough to take Iseult off his hands - a man whose medical treatments have turned his skin silver - a true comedy of errors ensues.

Auf der Suche nach Abenteuern kommen Constanze, Daniel und Mark zur Kartbahn. Hier setzen sie alles dran, ihren Traum zu verwirklichen: irgendwann einmal Formel-1-Piloten zu werden. Aber das ist nicht so einfach.

Adventures of P.O.E.T. tells of one hero that uses the righteousness of God to fight wickedness. Robert Terry transforms into Righteous Fellow and uses the aid of the Holy Spirit to fight the spiritual wickedness in high places. Robert Terry realizes it is neither by his power nor his might; it is by the power of God. Adventures of P.O.E.T. is one uniquely, thrilling, action-packed story that taps into religious subject matter as well as the supernatural. There is never a dull moment.

Listeners will discover lost and forgotten women who wrote horror every bit as effectively as their male contemporaries. They will learn about their lives and careers, the challenges they faced as women working in a male-dominated field, the way they overcame those challenges, and the way they approached the genre - which was often subtler, more psychological, and more disturbing.

Anna og Buller er ude i haven. Anne vil gerne lege. Men det er så varmt, at Buller ikke orker at lege. Han vil bare slappe af. Men så Stine med sin hvalp, Fifi, og Fifi vil meget gerne lege. Letlæsningsserie om Anna og hendes hund, Buller, og deres mange sjove eventyr. Per Østergaard, født 1950, produktiv dansk børnebogsforfatter. Uddannet lærer fra Århus Seminarium i 1975. Blev efter et par år ved Statens Åndssvageforsorg ansat som lærer på Bakkeskolen i Hørning, primært som specialunderviser.