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When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding. ‘They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no’, Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she can hear him Brunetti softly promises he and Griffoni will look into what initially appears to be a private family tragedy.

Have you wondered how to play an instrument but do not have the time to attend a class or are you a bit older? You will be set on the course to achieving that dream of mesmerizing audiences with your trumpeting skills, whether as a lone wolf, or part of a band.

Fed up with her married Miami boyfriend, savvy Dulce has no problem stealing his drug-dealer stash and fleeing to the Caribbean. Between her special skills - and an eye for very rich and/or very smokin' men - Dulce stays a hustle ahead of trouble and makes her new life one endless party in Puerto Rico. Until she's caught in Hurricane Maria - and witnesses both the heartbreaking disaster of climate change, and the international vultures who plunder the tragedy for a financial killing, making shady use of relief funds to devastate the island even more....

Oregon, Sommer 1983 - eine Serie mysteriöser Todesfälle rüttelt das kleine Küstenstädtchen Harmony Bay aus seinem friedlichen Schlaf. Und Sheriff Cody, den es nach dem Tod seiner Frau dorthin verschlagen hat, wird bereits kurz nach seiner Ankunft zur Pflicht gerufen, denn es geschehen merkwürdige Dinge: Ein Gefangenentransport zerschellt an einer Klippe - die beiden Fahrer liegen tot im Führerhaus, von dem Gefangenen fehlt jede Spur. Ein Mann, der vorgibt, von der Regierung zu sein, übernimmt den Fall. Gleichzeitig klopft ein mysteriöser Fremder an die Türen der Einwohner und verteilt Kugelschreiber. Und als Doc Schulz zwei weitere Todesfälle untersucht, macht er eine schreckliche Entdeckung. Bald wird klar: Hinter der idyllischen Fassade der kleinen Stadt - lauert etwas Böses...

Atormentado por un desengaño amoroso, el príncipe Stepán Kasatski abandona el regimiento de la guardia del Zar Nicolái I e ingresa en un convento para hacerse monje con el nombre de Sergio. Es una obra de madurez, una profunda reflexión psicológica donde analiza con un estilo directo y poderoso la sinceridad de la fe y la búsqueda desesperada de la libertad.

Coming from a troubled youth, Morgan Faraday grabs every opportunity to up-level her life. So she definitely plans to keep oil-company heir Sebastian Reid interested...all the way to the altar. He’s brilliant and supportive and is turning his billion-dollar company green to make up for his ancestors’ exploitation. With him, Morgan can have love, money, and the power to make the world better. And securing her future is far more important than the attractive environmental activist she suddenly has unexpected feelings for...

A candid look at the who's who of the last 50 years of fashion and proof that fact is always devilishly more fascinating than fiction. André Leon Talley's engaging and detailed memoir is his story of surviving and thriving in the notoriously cutthroat fashion industry amidst racism, homophobia and other challenges to become one of the most legendary voices and faces in fashion journalism.

Si la curiosidad te mata pero las enciclopedias te aburren, ¡este libro es para ti! Si de hacer preguntas raras se trata... ¡yo tengo el récord! Por suerte mi papá es científico y me las responde todas, todas, todas... Para este episodio, mi selección será: ¿Se tiraban peos los dinosaurios? ¿¡Qué hago para que se me pase el hipo!? ¿Envejezco cuando me baño? ¿Por qué la gente tiene distinto color de piel? Y por supuesto: ¿¡qué son los mocos!? Entre muchas otras....

The Ultima(te) Final Fantasy Podcast The Final Fantasy Files is a fan-created video podcast of thought-provoking and entertaining discussions focused on one of the world’s greatest video game series.

"Le dégoût du monde saisit rapidement l'âme de Pascal. Il se préparait à quitter cette société frivole : un accident terrible lui fit hâter la rupture. Miraculeusement sauvé sur le Pont de Neuilly, au moment où ses chevaux affolés l'entrainaient vers la Seine, il abandonne ses compagnons de plaisir et se retire auprès de ces Messieurs de Port-Royal, après avoir eu une vision célèbre, le 23 novembre 1654, vers minuit."

Eternal Champions is an actual-play tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) podcast that uses many TTRPG rule systems to tell stories in original science fantasy worlds.

Wer Mensch sein will, muss fühlen. Der Psychologe Leon Windscheid begibt sich auf eine bewegende Reise durch unser Innenleben. Gefühle bestimmen unser Leben, und doch wissen wir wenig über sie. Windscheid geht den Fragen nach, ob Angst auch eine gute Seite hat, ob es die ewige Liebe gibt, und wofür wir eigentlich Langeweile brauchen? Er zeigt, was gerade so starke Emotionen wie Trauer und Wut besonders wertvoll macht und wie sie uns als Menschen helfen. Am Ende gewinnen wir ein neues Verständnis von uns selbst und verstehen, wieso Fühlen unsere größte Stärke sein kann.

Practical Magick is a must-hear for anyone interested in Chaos Magick. A quick and easy-to-follow guide, covering a broad number of subjects like meditation and mindfulness, creating and casting Sigils, amulets and talismans; visualization and mantras, enhanced senses and channeling nature elementals, spirit animals, summoning and banishing deities; servitors, lucid dreaming, and the astral plane.

Leon Searcy was an All-American at Miami who won three national championship titles with the Hurricanes. He was a first round draft pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and played in Super Bowl XXX. He was also selected as one of the Top 25 Jacksonville Jaguars players of all time. Hear Leon's stories about a life of luxury and glory as the NFL's highest paid offensive lineman, and the series of choices and circumstances which ended with Leon's retirement from the game of football broke and alone. In the fourth down of his life, how did Leon find redemption?

Daniel Ponce de Leon's hard-fought journey to Major League Baseball and recovery from a near-death injury, followed by his astonishing big league debut, will inspire listeners to trust God in all circumstances.

Are you ready to transform your life? If you are fed up with feelings of discontentment and are now ready for a life full of passion, unstoppable energy, and unceasing motivation, then this is the book for you.

While trying to save her marriage and stay sober, Vicky Bauer witnesses a murder, and when no one, not even her husband, believes her, Vicky must figure out what is going on before she too is killed.

Adam Decoded involves the listener to participate in solving the age-long question of man's origin. Who are we? Where are we from? Who really were Adam and Eve, and where is the Garden of Eden? This book, the long-awaited sequel to Adam = Alien, helps to decode the past using credible photographic and written texts.

Amy ist zurück in Harmony Bay - und mit ihr das Monster. Cody weiß, dass seine kleine Tochter eine Gefahr für die gesamte Stadt darstellt, und trotzdem kann er es nicht zulassen, dass irgendjemand ihr etwas antut. Eine echte Zerreisprobe bahnt sich an. Als sich unter den Einwohnern der kleinen Küstenstadt ein merkwürdiges Virus verbreitet, das die Betroffenen unkontrollierbar macht, scheint der Nachtmahr allerdings nicht mehr die einzige Gefahr zu sein. Sheriff Landers muss handeln, um seine Stadt zu retten - und trifft dabei eine folgenschwere Entscheidung...

Tracing culinary customs from the Stone Age to the stovetop range, from the raw to the nuked, this book elucidates the factors and myths shaping Americans' eating habits. The diversity of food habits and rituals is considered from a psychological perspective. Explored are questions such as 'Why does the working class prefer sweet drinks over bitter?', 'Why do the affluent tend to roast their potatoes?', and 'What is so comforting about macaroni and cheese anyway?'