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Finn loves to swim with the seals in a secret cove. He arrives at the cove one day and rescues a young seal tangled in netting. Finn wishes the seal could live on land. That night the seals sing. When Sheila, a mysterious girl no one has ever seen before, appears on the cannery docks, the fisher folk are uneasy. They believe the newcomer is a magical selkie, a shape changer.

Meet Sherman Holmes, an eccentric detective with a flat styled after his fictional hero, Sherlock Holmes, and his partner, John H. Garden, who harbors a secret life as his flamboyant alter ego, Joanne Their quiet lives as private investigators take a dramatic turn when they attend a meeting of the Quaker Street Irregulars, a Sherlock Holmes appreciation society. The evening descends into chaos when a controversial member, Cyril Antony, attempts to read his salacious short story, "A Study in Cerise," which portrays Holmes and Watson in a scandalous light. The next meeting, however, brings a ...

In Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories, Andrea Camilleri has selected 21 short stories, written with his trademark wit and humor, that follow Italy's famous detective through highlight cases of his career. From the title story, featuring a young Deputy Montalbano newly assigned to Vigàta, to "Montalbano Says No", in which the inspector makes a late-night call to Camilleri himself to refuse an outlandish case, this volume is an essential addition to any fan's collection and a wonderful way to introduce listeners to the internationally best-selling series.

In una zona malfamata di Montelusa, la mànnara, due munnizzari trovano in un'auto il cadavere di un uomo con gli abiti discinti. E non è un uomo qualunque, ma un prominente uomo politico locale: l'ingegner Lupariello. Camilleri mette in campo per la prima volta il commissario Salvo Montalbano, poliziotto dalle straordinarie doti umane e investigative, che faranno del suo personaggio il più grande successo letterario italiano degli ultimi vent'anni.

A Vigàta è tornato l'inverno. E il commissario Montalbano non è più un ragazzino. Lo si avverte perché i segni lasciati da tutte le inchieste passate riaffiorano qua e là, con i colori della nostalgia, a ogni passo di quest'ultimo caso. Un caso anomalo in cui il cadavere non spunta all'inizio, e Montalbano non ne è proprio il titolare, ma vi si intrufola. Troppe coincidenze lo spingono. Scava nella scomparsa di un finanziere truffatore, che si è portato via i soldi di mezzo paese e dintorni, e poi del suo aiutante.

Scene's Out of Places is a short story podcast that explores everything from dragons reawakening to surviving space with a billionaire, to navigating a zombie apocalypse. This audio edition features original short stories set in worlds you won’t find anywhere else, crafted just for this platform. So let’s dive deep into these fantastical tales: survive dragons returning to the skies, face the chilling unknown of deep space, and join a small band of survivors in a zombie-ravaged world. New short stories drop once a month. I can't wait to fall in love with these scenes right alongside you.

In this powerful call to action, New York Times bestselling author Mariame Kaba and attorney and organizer Andrea J. Ritchie detail why policing doesn't stop violence, instead perpetuating widespread harm; outline the many failures of contemporary police reforms; and explore demands to defund police, divest from policing, and invest in community resources to create greater safety through a Black feminist lens. No More Police makes a compelling case for a world where the tools required to prevent, interrupt, and transform violence in all its forms are abundant.

Determined to find the men responsible for her disgraced father's murder, Lady Arianna Hadley disguises herself as a man and contrives to be hired as a chef in one of London's aristocratic households. But when the prince regent is poisoned by Arianna's special chocolate dessert, she finds her own quest has become intertwined with a far more deadly intrigue. The earl of Saybrook is asked by the government to investigate. When someone tries to kill them both, they become reluctant allies in the hunt to discover what evil is afoot.

Madyson Ward no está aquí para complacer a nadie. Es inteligente, metódica, orgullosa y —para molestia de muchos— la primera mujer con opciones reales a convertirse en entrenadora jefe de un equipo de la NFL. El cargo de sus sueños, la oportunidad por la que ha luchado toda su vida. Pero la prensa, los jugadores y hasta los aficionados están listos para hacerla caer. Ryan Hart, quarterback estrella de los Lobos de Nueva York, no necesita más problemas esta temporada. Su único objetivo es ganar.

Un abuelo y su nieta emprenden un viaje por carretera para participar en un concurso de coleccionistas. Con fantasía y humor el abuelo defiende a su nieta de la precariedad y el abandono. Cuando los roles de cuidado se invierten, la nieta debe crear nuevas maneras de sostener la casa, el cuerpo y la memoria.

Erick, un joven de 16 años, ha traspasado la barrera de lo real y de lo imaginario y ha llegado a Vâudïz, un mundo mágico que supuestamente existía sólo en la cabeza de su amiga Irene. Junto con Nannerl, la líder de las guerreras nocturnas, deberá enfrentar a Rexus para devolver el equilibrio y la paz a Vâudïz al mismo tiempo que deberá encontrar al creador de ese mundo.

Santino Fiore ha quasi sessant'anni, un cuore che fa le bizze e una moglie che non sa del suo vero lavoro. Ha finto per una vita d'essere un impiegato, ma la realtà è molto più sanguinosa di così. Ha quattro giorni per chiudere la carriera con un'ultima missione. S'incontrano così, Santino e Vittoria, tra Bologna e un paesone della Bassa Emiliana, San Giovanni in Persiceto, che nasconde molto più di quanto mostra.

It's a rainy Seattle morning and account executive Steven Traynor is on his way to the most important business meeting of his life. But as the elevator ascends toward the client's office on the 14th floor of the Fearn Tower office building, Steven's life is about to change forever.

In a world inundated with sales books on getting to yes, this audiobook recommends just the opposite, focusing on how increasing your failure rate can greatly accelerate your movement toward ultimate success. Go for No! chronicles four days in the life of fictional character Eric Bratton, a call-reluctant copier salesman who wakes up one morning to find himself in a strange house with no idea of how he got there.

Set once again in Sicily, The Patience of the Spider pits Inspector Montalbano against his greatest foe yet: the weight of his own years. Still recovering from the gunshot wound he suffered in Rounding the Mark, he must overcome self-imposed seclusion and waxing self-doubt to penetrate a web of hatred and secrets in pursuit of the strangest culprit he’s ever hunted.

When Camille Divine inherits her late husband's estate, she embarks on a gripping journey that transcends mere inheritance – it's a journey that will reshape her life forever. Supported by her steadfast friends, Cecily and Elsie, Camille endeavors to make sense of her new surroundings in the enigmatic city of Edinburgh. Eager to befriend her late husband's social circle, and perhaps discover the secrets he kept from her, she plans an extravagant soiree to captivate the city's elite.

Charlotte, now the Countess of Wrexford, would like nothing more than a summer of peace and quiet with her new husband and their unconventional family and friends. Still, some social obligations must be honored, especially with the grand Peace Celebrations unfolding throughout London to honor victory over Napoleon. But when Wrexford and their two young wards, Raven and Hawk, discover a body floating in Hyde Park's famous lake, that newfound peace looks to be at risk.

El horror de la guerra irrumpe en las vidas de las primas Isabela y Madeline Eiserman. Cuando el ejército nazi comienza a perseguir a su familia, los juegos, la música, las costumbres y los sueños se vuelven imposibles. Mientras tanto, en Buenos Aires los hermanos Francisco, Santiago, Rosario y Pedro Navarro Soler intentan, como pueden, superar una tragedia y salir adelante.

On June 6, 1761, the world paused to observe a momentous occasion: the first transit of Venus between the earth and the sun in more than a century. Through that observation, astronomers could calculate the size of the solar system - but only if they could compile data from many different points of the globe, all recorded during the short period of the transit. Fortunately, transits of Venus occur in pairs: eight years later, the scientists would have another opportunity to succeed.

“People do mysterious things when they think they have found paradise,” reflects Shay, the heroine of Red Island House. When Shay, an intrepid Black American professor, marries Senna, a brash Italian businessman, she doesn’t imagine that her life’s greatest adventure will carry her far beyond their home in Milan: to an idyllic stretch of beach in Madagascar where Senna builds a flamboyant vacation villa. Before she knows it, she becomes the reluctant mistress of a sprawling household.