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United States of America, 2051 AD It has been 20 years since Eustace Fargo's justice bill was passed. There are new weapons on the streets, and vast city blocks rising to the sky, as the first human being sets out to visit another star system. New York, California and Texas cry out for autonomy, chafing against a federal government they feel has lost control. Reeling from news of Chief Justice Fargo's death in service, the nation asks: has it all been worth it?

Nicky Wilson tells other people's stories. A successful ghostwriter, she's penned tell-alls by actors, athletes, television chefs - weaving interviews and anecdotes into memoirs of love, loss, and overcoming adversity. The celebrities get best seller status, while Nicky pockets her paycheck and moves on. Olivia Hayes, Nicky's new client, is the Martha Stewart of influencers, a domestic goddess with a perfectly accessorized home in the English countryside, a handsome husband, and impeccable taste.

Thirty-year-old Catriona Menzies-Pike defined herself in many ways: voracious reader, pub crawler, feminist, backpacker, and, since her parents' deaths a decade earlier, orphan. "Runner" was nowhere near the list. Yet when she began training for a half marathon on a whim, she found herself an instant convert. Soon she realized that running, "a pace suited to the precarious labor of memory", was helping her to grieve the loss of her parents in ways that she had been, for 10 messy years, running away from.

Theo y Kit han compartido muchas cosas: una gran amistad, ligues secretos, una relación de pareja y, ahora, rumbos distintos. Tras romper en pleno vuelo de camino al viaje por Europa con el que siempre soñaron, sus vidas se separaron definitivamente. Lo único que aún les une es el vale para el tour europeo que no hicieron hace cuatro años. Con el viaje a punto de caducar, a Theo y Kit les parece una idea genial hacer el viaje ahora. En solitario. Por su cuenta. Sin embargo, cuando suben al autobús de la agencia en Londres descubren que han pensado lo mismo, y ahora les esperan tres semanas.

Venia didn't know what to do, but she knew she couldn't stay where she was. She packed up her room in the only home she ever knew and ran. She ran far away. Her dreams were becoming reality, and she couldn't take her life anymore. Gary was pushing for marriage, but in her dreams, there was only her.

Imagine taking a hike along the windswept red plains of Mars to dig for signs of life or touring one of Jupiter's 64 moons, where you can photograph its swirling storms. For a shorter trip on a tight budget, the moon is quite majestic and very quiet if you can make it during the off-season. Packed with real-world science, The Vacation Guide to the Solar System is the must-have planning guide for the curious space adventurer, covering all of the essentials for your next voyage, how to get there, and what to do when you arrive.

With one battle won, the war between the Northwood pack and the Long Claw pack rages on. Meanwhile, the demons continue to complicate matters. Their toxic and chaotic influence poisons everything—and everyone—they touch.

In December 2003, Luke Ryder was found dead in the garden of the family home in London, leaving behind a wealthy older widow and three stepchildren. Nobody saw anything. Now, secrets will be revealed – live on camera. Years later a group of experts re-examine the evidence on Infamous, a true-crime show – with shocking results. Does the team know more than they’ve been letting on? Or does the truth lie closer to home?

Read by Olivia Colman, this stunning performance lifts P. L Travers’s words off the page, transporting us back to a time where classic storytelling is at the heart of any story. Be swept away by magic in the fourth enchanting book of Mary Poppins’ adventures. Whether it’s a lion loose in the park or story-book characters coming to life, when Mary Poppins is in residence in Cherry Tree Lane, you can be sure that wonderful adventures will follow.

Penny and Jake live in a beautiful home in a beautiful neighbourhood with their beautiful baby boy. It's the perfect life. Except that Penny is desperately lonely and can't shake the feeling that she isn't bonding with her baby like she should be. So when Celia moves in across the street with her husband, Pete, and their gorgeous children, Penny is delighted to have a friend. But things aren't quite what they seem behind closed doors. Because Celia and Pete have a secret. And the truth threatens to devastate everyone around them.

In this series, Adam’s church gets a makeover, complete with plasma screens and a smoothie bar, Adam researches some poledancers and then succumbs to envy when he hears an old rival on ‘Thought for the Day’. Adam’s new ‘bromance’ with Leon comes to a crashing halt at an embarrassing vicarage dinner party. Adam also has a crisis of faith and then gets drunk at a Vicars and Tarts party.

It's a world like our own, but the emergence of superhumans has created shifts in culture that play out in changes both subtle and monumental.Those who share their abilities with the world do so for a price: either as superheroes, public-facing protectors; or as operators, who work from the shadows. They are...For Hire.

Emma loved her life in the seaside village of Silver Cove. But when the discovery of sunken treasure ignited a feud between her family and that of Luke, her first love, everything fell apart. Heartbroken and betrayed, she fled. Now, as she wades into the sparkling surf for the first time in fifteen years, she remembers everything she loved about this beautiful place. Then a huge wave knocks her off her feet. Dripping wet, Emma is rescued by none other than Luke–who is, to her dismay, even more handsome than ever.

Primer título de la saga Renacer. Tienes en tus manos el inicio de un cambio que hará que se descubra el verdadero significado de nuestra especie. Es confuso, una de las reglas principales es no enamorarse. Descubrí que soy rebelde cuando pasé de ella. Hay anarquías que tienen un motivo. La mía comenzó con su nombre y ahora tiene 500 formas de recuperar el presente. No escuches este audiolibro si te cuesta creer y vives bajo las cadenas de lo conocido.

Ariel is afraid of her own mind. She already feels like she is too big, too queer, too rough to live up to her parents' exacting expectations, or to fit into what the world expects of a “good girl.” And as violent fantasies she can’t control take over every aspect of her life, she is convinced something much deeper is wrong with her. Ever since her older sister escaped to college, Ariel isn't sure if her careful rituals and practiced distance will be enough to keep those around her safe anymore.

Traiciones, engaños, amistad y amor, en esta primera novela ambientada en el fascinante universo de La Guerra de las Brujas. Una precuela de la aclamada trilogía fantástica. Desde tiempos inmemoriales, los clanes de las brujas Omar han vivido ocultándose de las sanguinarias brujas Odish. Deméter, la niña oráculo de Amorgos, ignora el alcance de sus poderes hasta que su magia atrae la mirada de la Odish Ate. Súbitamente, el odio contra las brujas y las mujeres, siempre latente, se enciende en la pequeña isla griega y destruye su infancia.

London, 1735. Covent Garden offers a world of pleasures and diversions, even for a blind man. Tom Finch approaches life with boundless good cheer and resilience, whether he’s pursuing a musical career or pursuing women. And as for his blindness, to him it’s merely an inconvenience.

Belladonna Pagano is far too busy for love - she has until Halloween to wow the school board with Hartwood High’s Fall production of Little Shop of Horrors, or she’ll be out of a job. Besides, after her former fiancé traded their future for his burgeoning music career, she’s vowed never to give a man that kind of power over her again. Least of all a rock star.

It all started with Paris. At the top of the Eiffel Tower, a young man proposes to his girlfriend. In that second everything changes - not just for the happy couple but for the family and friends awaiting their return in Ireland.

The year is 2575, and two megacorporations are at war over a planet that's little more than an ice-covered speck. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Ezra and Kady have to make their escape on the evacuating fleet. But their troubles are just beginning. A deadly plague has broken out on one of the spaceships and is mutating, with terrifying results. Their ship's protection is seriously flawed. No one will say what is going on.