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Maxim Borisyuk, um dos quatro homens de confiança do Pakhan, é incapaz de sentir. Amor e até mesmo ódio, são conceitos desconhecidos para ele. Ou ao menos, é essa a lenda que corre na Organização. Subchefe da perigosa máfia russa nos Estados Unidos, ele é também o cérebro por trás das principais operações da Irmandade.

On January 16, 1942, a plane crashed into the side of a mountain southwest of Las Vegas. Aboard the plane were 15 servicemen, but the plane was also carrying one of Hollywood's biggest stars: actress Carole Lombard. Although Lombard's death and her marriage to Gone with the Wind star Clark Gable have overshadowed her career, her untimely death in 1942 cut short the life of one of Hollywood's most prominent stars at the time.

Trudy Clawson is a homicide detective with the police department in Night, Oregon. She is paired with FBI special agent Daryl Hatcher in pursuit of a diabolical serial killer with the moniker, “The Night Strangler”, who has raped and murdered several local women. When a second serial killer emerges targeting men, who are shot to death, Clawson and Hatcher must do double duty in their relentless pursuit of the clever unsubs.

Katie Carmichael may not be a scary badass dragon capable of toasting her enemies to a crisp, but that doesn’t mean she’s a pushover. And sure, the roaring, fire-breathing hottie is, uh, hot, but she’s a chick with a plan. A plan that includes a secluded old farmhouse and doesn’t include a tall, heavily muscled, and totally delicious weredragon.

Aos 15 anos, o personagem Kevin mata 11 pessoas, entre colegas no colégio e familiares. Enquanto ele cumpre pena, a mãe Eva amarga a monstruosidade do filho. Entre culpa e solidão, ela apenas sobrevive. A vida normal se esvai no escândalo, no pagamento dos advogados, nos olhares tortos. Transposto o primeiro estágio da perplexidade, um ano e oito meses depois, ela dá início a uma correspondência com o marido, único interlocutor capaz de entender a tragédia, apesar de ausente. Cada carta é uma ode e uma desconstrução do amor.

What if the answer you seek is in the decision you do not want to make?If you are wondering whether it is time to end your relationship or try harder to make it work, this book help you solve the problem. How does one know if it's just a tough time or a fire alarm signalling the end? This book will tell you when it is time to go, and why.

The O’Malleys have fostered dozens of cats in their bookshop over the past several years, but a new arrival named Regular is unlike any of their previous feline guests. This is Regular’s tale, but it is also Mack and Mavis O’Malley’s. It is about two “finds of a lifetime”: Kris, their young apprentice, opens a box to reveal a book that may be so valuable that it could make national headlines, and the O’Malleys discover something even more wonderful that will change their lives forever.

Sex. That's all Noah Foster wants when Alexa Jackson shows up at his apartment. After returning from a semester in Paris, Alexa is back in her hometown of Boston and looking for anything but the drama that surrounds Noah. He's intense, gifted, famous, and a bastard through and through. Alexa doesn't take life too seriously. Noah doesn't do calm and easygoing. Their unexpected meeting sets them both on a course toward an unlikely connection.

This relationship breakup guide pulls no punches in helping you put an end to the negative habits that keep you longing for a broken romance. If you're really ready to move on, this is the audiobook to help you do just that. The material is packed full of information that focuses on self-empowerment and personal growth, two topics that are of great interest to the author.

It's been five years since I've seen her. Five years since we lost everything....

In these incredibly tough budget times, you would think government agencies would be working extra hard to find ways of doing things more efficiently. Unfortunately, leaders across the world are grabbing the same old playbook: recruitment freezes, travel restrictions, delaying maintenance, and so on. They are not examining the actual work being done; the operations are fundamentally the same.

The Well was conceived during the Orwellian year of 1984, yet instead of heralding Big Brother, it became a boundary-breaking cultural invention that helped change our world.

Você consegue desvendar os segredos ocultos nas obras de Franz Kafka? Em Para Entender Kafka: Desvendando Símbolos e Metáforas, Ângelo Cláudio Alvarez Pinto guia o leitor através dos labirintos literários do renomado autor tcheco, revelando as camadas profundas de significados em suas narrativas surrealistas. Com uma abordagem acessível e uma análise detalhada, Alvarez Pinto explora temas como alienação, burocracia opressiva e a luta pela identidade, proporcionando uma nova perspectiva sobre clássicos como A Metamorfose e O Processo.

Após acompanhar o processo de adoecimento e morte da mãe, em decorrência do Alzheimer, Beatriz revisita a própria trajetória, angústias, crises de depressão e a culpa com que convive desde que passou por um trauma de juventude. Aos 50 anos, mãe de dois filhos, ela elabora o luto recente e também revive a perda de um filho e a separação ocorridas muitos anos antes.

Woo-kyoung Ahn, psicóloga e professora universitária, desvenda os mistérios por trás dos nossos pensamentos equivocados e oferece estratégias para enfrentarmos os desafios como indivíduos e sociedade. Em: Como Pensar de Forma Direta e Inteligente, Ahn compartilha descobertas cruciais de sua pesquisa e ensino na Universidade de Yale, revelando como os “problemas de pensamento”; permeiam desde questões cotidianas até desafios sociais complexos.

Após ficar órfã, Mary Lennox vai morar na Inglaterra com seu tio viúvo. A mansão tem quase cem quartos e seu tio se mantém trancado lá. Os jardins que cercam a grande propriedade despertam a curiosidade de Mary. Ao decidir explorá-los, a órfã descobre um jardim secreto, cercado por muros e trancado com uma chave perdida. Com a ajuda de dois companheiros, Mary descobre como trazer o jardim de volta à vida.

Riya Desai and Dhillon Vora grew up together. Sharing secrets, hiding in their tree house, they were playmates, best friends and later—as teenagers—almost something more. Until the devastating house fire that ripped them apart, claiming the life of Dhillon’s father and Riya’s big brother, Samir. Riya and Dhillon have barely spoken since that terrible night, but they both made big decisions based on that fire. The Second First Chance is a big, messy love story about family, heartbreak, strength and courage that shows us that sometimes what we want is what we least expect.

Criminal defense attorney Jessica Frost is hired to defend 21-year-old daughter college student Stephanie Dozier, who is accused of stabbing to death her roommate Kristine McVeigh, the daughter of a prominent local judge, Ralph McVeigh, as a result of a love triangle. Jessica is up against Thorne County Deputy District Attorney Madeleine Griffin, who paints the accused as committing the crime in jealous rage against her romantic rival and is determined to win a conviction. Jessica learns that Kristine was part of a secretive group of college students called the Sexy Coeds Club.

Surrendering to the way of life isn't always easy. It requires us to make conscious choices, let go of what we can't control, and a lot of patience - at its essence, surrendering challenges us to turn our ego and self-will over to our higher self. By doing so, we're letting go of what doesn't serve us but instead leads us to embrace the truth of uncertainty, connection, and oneness with the world around us.

In April 1912, schoolteacher Valerie McElroy and her eight-year-old sister Ruby booked passage on the RMS Titanic for a return trip to America after visiting an aunt in London, England. When the supposedly unsinkable passenger liner hits an iceberg, Valerie and Ruby find themselves apparently safe after being put on a lifeboat. But things go further awry when Valerie finds herself knocked off the crowded lifeboat and into the cold sea.