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Quando Jennifer Doudna ainda cursava a sexta série, encontrou em sua cama um exemplar de A dupla hélice, de James Watson, deixado por seu pai. Avançando pelas páginas, Doudna ficou fascinada com os bastidores da competição científica pela descoberta dos tijolinhos que constroem a vida. Motivada pela paixão de entender o funcionamento da natureza e por transformar descobertas em invenções práticas, Doudna ajudaria a realizar aquilo que o próprio James Watson, um dos descobridores da estrutura do DNA, classificara como o próximo avanço científico mais importante da biologia.

He trusted the wrong hands, and now his work is gone. Betrayal cuts deep, twisting friendships into threats as suspicion takes hold. And when the shadows close in, he learns too late that no one is truly safe. She returns home searching for peace, but the past awakens in whispers and screams. Some horrors never died, and now they want her to remember. Can she survive what waits in the dark?

Um homem deixa misteriosamente sua vida pregressa rumo a uma comunidade litorânea. Relato incisivo sobre a desagregação física, familiar e social, A segunda morte traz uma singular descrição da velhice e do encontro humano com a morte. "Ele vê a mata escura da serra acender no retrovisor, rajada pelo vermelho das luzes quando pisa no freio, e outra vez o mundo atrás de si desaparece no breu." Assim começa este breve romance, numa descida, espécie também de fuga, com um personagem que deixa uma vida para trás.

Dawson Hill is used to the routine and isolation of working on an oil platform in the North Sea. He’s woken up by what he thinks is an emergency drill, then the platform shudders and tilts like it’s about to fall into the sea… but the sea is gone. The oil platform is now on an island. And the island is inhabited by all kinds of beings. It soon becomes clear that rescue isn’t coming, and they are running out of food.

Ci sono nazioni scomparse per ragioni politiche, come la Jugoslavia o la Repubblica Democratica Tedesca. Ma la Storia è anche ricca di paesi dissoltisi per eventi bizzarri, imprevedibili, tragici e, spesso, ridicoli: proprio quelli che Gideon Defoe presenta in questo “Atlante dei paesi che non esistono più”, di confini ormai sfumati, di antiche ambizioni e di pessime idee (per esempio, insultare gli ambasciatori di Gengis Khan e pensare di farla franca insieme al proprio piccolo regno).

William, Ellie, and Brent realize their memories have been erased - even though everyone else's is still intact. With Detective Sparks hell-bent on pinning them with Valerie's murder and the threat of a global war in the future, the three friends know their mission is more critical than ever.

"Mad Max" meets "Blue Velvet" It's 2026. The world has suffered massive deprivation; man has been exposed to the wrath of a solar storm. Mother Nature has dealt her ace. Transportation as we know it, communication as we know it, no longer exist. Extinction approaches. Has God abandoned man as well? Can one man prevail over human perversity in extremis? Can love prevail in a dog eat dog existence? The solar storm lasted for eight months. Those that survived nature's warning, mainly the young, managed to migrate. The elderly were less fortunate.

"Historias de nuestra historia". La historia de nuestra historia, en tiempo presente, pensada desde ahora e interpelando las verdades de manual. Conduce Felipe Pigna.

The Telvanni have grown suspicious from Titan, not everyone can be trusted on Lunar, and there's something deadly lurking in the void—join Elliot Adams in a brand new adventure as he steps deeper into the aftermath.

Una princesa llamada Elizabeth nació con la proverbial cuchara de plata en la boca. Su familia esperaba que un día se casara con un príncipe rico y guapo, y que todos vivieran felices para siempre. Pero, en cambio...su hermano Samuel se convirtió en uno de los más grandes hombres de poder e influencia en la historia de Hollywood, y Elizabeth recibió un disparo en la cabeza de manos de su sobrino en la boda de su sobrina, y se encontró a sí misma a medio camino del cielo con un ángel llamado Oleo, quien podría ayudar a la Princesa a cambiar su destino.

Wyatt Jackson has lost everything. Successful in his role as a soldier, he can no longer find a home in the region he fought so hard to save. Sick and on the edge of starvation, he journeys west, searching for the one man who might help him. A deputy in Splendor, Montana. Nora Evans has never found a place to call home. The illegitimate outcast of a wealthy New York family, her father sends her west to a step-brother who has no knowledge of her existence.

Cole Santori faces each day with three goals: be a good father to his adopted son, excel at his job as a Splendor deputy, and do everything possible to convince one woman to give him another chance. He worries little about the first two. The third seems to slip further away with each passing day.

Thane MacLaren is the consummate cowboy. His life on the ranch he and his older brother, Bram, are building means everything to him. Catching and taming wild horses, fulfilling Army contracts, and working with the best ranch hands in western Montana is the perfect life. He has no plans to change, until an unconscious, beautiful young woman ends up on their doorstep.

1790, French Caribbean: Biracial plantation owner Patrice Beaumont is known as a "kinder" slave master, but his trusted friend reminds him that is no cause for pride. He claims to be committed to ending slavery, but his actions don't back up his words. Is being the "best of the worst" all he's capable of? 1863, New York City: Giant Irish street fighter Patrick Allen is days away from battling it out with a similarly oversized Black fighter.

Alberto Forchielli è un economista sui generis, anticonformista e schietto. Uno che gestisce un importante fondo di private equity, profondo conoscitore del mercato cinese, uno che viene ascoltato al Congresso degli Stati Uniti come alla Silicon Valley. Uomo globalizzato dal 1980, vive girando il mondo ma è rimasto legato alla sua Italia, della quale impietosamente denuncia i difetti e il provincialismo.

Transformation is the exciting second book in the Euphoria Z Trilogy. Cooper has found his sister, Ellen, and her boyfriend, Taffer, who survived the infection. But there's something not quite right about him now. Cooper must leave Ellen and Taffer behind with a new companion to go on a critical mission to find the one person that might be able to help him. Weed, the surviving member of the Wild Rebels MC, has infiltrated the parking garage as a harmless old man, but he's not fooling everyone.

San Francisco 1992. La Terra è un pianeta desolato, devastato dalle guerre nucleari; gli esseri umani sono in gran parte emigrati nelle colonie esterne e numerose specie animali si sono estinte, tanto che possedere un animale domestico vivente è diventato un ambito status symbol. Per chi non può permettersi un cucciolo “vero”, come il cacciatore di taglie Rick Deckard, ci sono le pecore elettriche...

El doctor Alex Pattakos, a quien Frankl instó a escribir Prisioneros de nuestros pensamientos, y Elaine Dundon, un referente intelectual en la innovación personal y organizacional, nos muestran cómo la sabiduría de Frankl puede ayudar a los oyentes a encontrar el sentido en cada momento de su vida. Inspirándose en toda la obra de Frankl, identifican siete «principios básicos» y demuestran cómo pueden aplicarse estos en la vida cotidiana y en el trabajo. Esta tercera edición revisada y ampliada incluye nuevas historias, ejercicios, aplicaciones e ideas.

When a psychic is forced by the mafia to provide them with predictions of their forthcoming criminal plans, she was murdered in Horrorscope, the first novel in this trilogy. Her death caused a physical manifestation of the signs of the zodiac signs, who have sought revenge for his murder.

Meet Butch Quick, a reluctant tough guy with a bad attitude and a talent for trouble. If the job is too dirty or dangerous for anyone else, then Butch is your man. When Butch repossesses a vintage 1968 Mustang from a neighborhood troublemaker, he uncovers a dark secret that tangles him up with a local drug kingpin and his army of moronic goons, a foul-mouthed macaw, and a dangerous woman named Honey.