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Chaque année, à la mi-carême, se tient, à la Salpêtrière, le très mondain Bal des folles. Le temps d'une soirée, le Tout-Paris s'encanaille en compagnie de femmes déguisées en colombines, gitanes, zouaves et autres mousquetaires. Ce bal "costumé et dansant" n'est rien d'autre qu'une des dernières expérimentations du docteur Charcot, adepte de l'exposition des fous.

A charming seaside town. A bakery with a mysterious past. Two mischievous cats. And a killer who’s hiding in plain sight… Former detective Olivia Parker traded crime scenes for cream scones, hoping for a fresh start in the sleepy coastal village of Harbor Point. But when a hidden compartment in her new bakery uncovers an old sea captain’s diary, and a secret map pointing to buried town scandals, Olivia’s quiet life crumbles faster than a fresh batch of scones. As sabotage and threats mount, Olivia must team up with her eccentric assistant Barnaby, a handsome fisherman with secrets ...

Old enemies cast long shadows. Meri’s a necromancer hunter possessed by a necromancer’s soul—and it’s killing her. Born with the ability to slow time around her, Meri left the fame and fortune of the gladiator arena behind to become a monster hunter for hire. Along with Gallmau, an exiled prince as strong as she is fast, she’s traveled the world getting paid to fight animals and humans cursed with death magic. But the first necromancer whose head she took lurks as a parasite in her spine, and she’s at the end of the three year’s grace before he ends her life. When the royal ...

He’s a cursed fae king. She’s the human girl who shattered his world. Together, they’ll either save a realm, or ignite it. Seventeen-year-old Elara’s life is anything but magical, until a haunting dream, a midnight summons, and a pair of storm-green eyes drag her into the mysterious world of Eldoria. The Shadow Court is a place of forbidden magic, whispered prophecies, and secrets sharp as thorns. King Lyraen has ruled the Obsidian Citadel in torment for fifty years, bound by a curse that only Elara’s touch can break. But freeing the king means stepping into a world of beautiful ...

Sometimes the brightest love stories begin in the coldest places. Jack Merritt was supposed to be a star. Now he’s just another injured hockey player banished to the minor leagues — this time in Coldhaven, Alaska. Bitter and alone, he has no intention of getting involved in the quiet rhythms of a town that feels like the end of the world. Nora Lin is an astrophysicist who prefers stargazing to small talk. She’s content with the solitude of the Coldhaven Observatory and has no use for cocky athletes… especially the one whose truck breaks down outside her lab during a snowstorm. But ...

Valentines & Feisty Felines Four years ago, Omega Werecat, Amanda Privet ran off with a blood Warlock. When he tried to end her life, she escaped: terrified and missing an eye. PTSD and a nasty inner demon complicate reentry into her New Orleans Supernatural community. While most embrace her return, she still feels broken. Desperate for a fresh start, she selects Judgment, from an enchanted tarot card deck. The non-corporeal entity inside, will help heal her battered heart. At a crime scene she reconnects with her ex, Shifter Brian Vitto. When he requires her help to solve the case, ...

Four authentic chants to alleviate fear and activate peaceful inner states. These sacred chants are intended to subtly unblock rigid thought patterns and redistribute life force among the bodys chakra centers. Simply allow these sacred sounds to wash over you to experience their calming effects. With Shri Dileepji Pathak.

As China undertakes historic economic reforms, a little girl in the southern city of Guangzhou immerses herself in a world of fantasy and foreign influences while grappling with the mundane vagaries of Communist rule. She happily immigrates to Oakland, California, expecting her new life to be far better. Instead, she discovers crumbling schools, unsafe streets, and racist people. In the land of the free, she comes of age amid the dysfunction of a city's brokenness and learns to hate in the shadows of urban decay. This is the unforgettable story of her journey from China to an American ghetto and how she prevailed.

Are you an agent of change? Looking to create real, life-long change in your work and in yourself? Ready to turn your visions into reality? Looking to work smarter, not harder—and have lots of fun along the way? Every Thursday, join international author, researcher, and speaker Kelly Vess to put only the best research to work. Kelly covers effective, practical strategies for children AND therapists to thrive. You are a miracle. Your time here is short. Let’s make the most of it. Follow Kelly @KellyVessSLP on Instagram for daily inspiration. Subscribe to The Preschool SLP podcast and make ...

This audiobook guides you through the process of understanding your birth chart - simplifying planets, houses, signs, transits, and techniques in a unique way. Elizabeth shows you how to prioritize what you need to know and what you don't. Included here are predictive techniques, insights into mid-life transits and passages, moon cycles, and everything you'll want to understand about the process of becoming an astrologer - even if just for yourself.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is arguably one of the world's finest example of Gothic literature. This guide, written especially for those studying English literature, takes you through everything you need to know about this great novel. Not only does the series discuss each chapter in detail, there are specific tutorials that cover the genre, themes, context, characters, structure and form and key quotations to ensure that you have the necessary knowledge to succeed in both your coursework and your exams.

Your all-in-one guide to getting your career and finances in order - for greater clarity, happiness, and peace of mind. Studies show that if you're like the majority of young professionals, you feel dissatisfied with your job, your finances, or your overall station in life. It can seem impossible to disentangle the work stuff, the money stuff, and the personal stuff, because they're all inextricably linked.

Ochún y yo: Una historia de amor y trenzas presenta diseño de sonido y efectos especiales para mejorar tu disfrute auditivo. ¡Escuche Escuche los sonidos de las conchas de cauri chocando entre sí y La diversión en el patio de recreo! El primer libro ilustrado de Adiba Nelson, Ochún y Yo...

When Dr. David Kirkpatrick's wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2007, their lives - and their marriage - would change forever. In an honest, uplifting, and sometimes heartbreaking account of loving a partner with dementia, Dr. Kirkpatrick creates a clear guide for others in similar circumstances. He shares his perspective both as a loving and grief-stricken husband coping with a profound change in his marriage, and as a geriatric psychiatrist doing everything he can for his wife while continually learning throughout that experience.

Perimeter: La saga di Levi Yoder ha inizio La vita di Levi Yoder come bussola morale della mafia prende una svolta che sfida la morte in “Perimeter”, un thriller che Kirkus Reviews definisce “di prima qualità”. Di fronte a una diagnosi terminale, Levi si prepara ad affrontare la sua fine con la stessa determinazione con cui ha navigato nei meandri più oscuri della malavita. Ma, a quanto pare, il destino ha altri piani. Ottenuta un’inaspettata tregua dalla morte, Levi viene spinto di nuovo nella mischia quando la CIA rivela che la sua famiglia è stata segnata dalla fredda ...

This audiobook provides the research results of professionals for ways to improve your overall health - thus helping you cope with the overall procedure - as well as various specific things you can do to help your body deal with some of the less serious, but still annoying and deleterious, side effects of chemotherapy. All of these research results are freely available on the internet. The trouble is: finding them. I've simplified this for you here.

Thrown into a conflict beyond the scope of anything Bye-Bye ever imagined, he will be tested in ways he never imaged. Whether that means stopping a war or just taking the girl he likes on a date, he certainly has his work cut out for him. Tensions are rising and if Bye-bye and his friends can’t put a stop to a brewing war, Anvilton and Hammerton might just destroy each other. That is, if the other adventurers don’t destroy them first. With the odds stacked against them, will Bye-bye and his friends survive the Mountain Valley War?

Awakened after millions of years of imprisonment, a prehistoric alien threat has been freed, and is now wreaking havoc on the Earth. Becoming more powerful by draining electricity all over the planet, the earth is plunged into darkness, making humanity more vulnerable than ever.

Morovia is rumored to be the most dangerous land in the world, but for Elise, it is a sanctuary from Alba. There is safety from the church and from her twin who hunts her within her uncle's house, but not from her mother's past.

Since the appearance of the alien creatures, the world has drastically changed. Electricity still has not been restored, and people are panicking. The creatures that hadn’t fled the area to chase the moon are hiding in the shadows while guarding their offspring. Infected people are growing ill and morphing into something sinister. Losing their humanity, their only instinct is the primal need to feed their insatiable hunger. Follow our survivors as they navigate the second day of this strange and dangerous new world.