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El papá de Lina acaba de morir. Pero el duelo no será lo peor por venir, o por lo menos no será lo único. Mientras Lina digiere su pérdida y organiza los libros de la biblioteca de su padre, descubre el llamado de los poderes. Poderes que también tiene su madre, quien aprendió de su maestra Ana Gregoria a manejarlos para hacer toda clase de trabajos, brujerías y amarres. Ahora Lina tendrá que ir en busca de aquella maestra para que le enseñe de qué está hecha y en qué consiste la mano que cura.

Vengeance is a great motivator. It's the only thing I find worth doing nowadays. The time has come to face Abaddon, a great evil that has caused so much pain and suffering. I will make him pay, and I will stop at nothing to defeat my greatest enemy, whatever the cost. This needs to end. Find out if Gabby and Alec find their happily ever after in the Nephilims' Savior Series conclusion. Second Edition. With dark themes, trigger warning and adult content.

Royalty and Alpha rulers reign over the supernatural realm. Orien Vaugh must attend the dreaded Ravenwood Academy to protect his sister from their father's tyranny. When he thought it couldn't get any worse, he finds his rival, Mase Darrington—a shifter heir—living next door. She's weak and doesn't deserve an alpha status, but something about her catches his interest. Mase needed to escape a mating her brother forced on her. Her only hope was the academy she had always dreamed of attending. But to her dismay, the infamous Vaughn twins—her deadly adversaries—were also present, and ...

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is the only book-length philosophical work published by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein during his lifetime. He wrote it as a soldier and a prisoner of war during World War I. The slim volume (fewer than eighty pages) comprises a system of short statements, numbered 1, 1.1, 1.11, 1.12, etc., through to 7, intended to be such that 1.1 is a comment on or elaboration of 1, 1.11 and 1.12 comments on 1.1, and so forth. It is an ambitious project to identify the relationship between language and reality and to define the limits of science. (Summary from ...

***Now a complete series*** After many lifetimes of solitude, my mate is here at last. Four years ago, I jolted awake by scorching energy flowing through me as the Savior’s soul claimed mine. After several millennia, my wait is over—she’s finally here. Her arrival, however, foreshadowed a war between the Nephilim and the Fallen. Since then, I’ve traveled the world searching for her, but she’s been elusive. I know she’s near—I feel her in my soul. However, time is running out. I must find her and keep her safe, regardless of the cost, since she’s the key to saving us all. A ...

London, 1939: Mit 19 Jahren lernt Olivia die reichen Ruthwells kennen. Während die exzentrische Grace Ruthwell sie wie eine Tochter aufnimmt, schlägt ihr von anderen Familienmitgliedern Misstrauen entgegen. Als Olivia eines Tages ohne Nennung eines Grundes Hausverbot erteilt wird und Grace kein Wort mehr mit ihr spricht, ist sie zunächst erschüttert. Doch die junge Frau lässt sich nicht entmutigen: Sie findet ihren eigenen Weg als Lehrerin – und die Liebe. Immer wieder kreuzt sich ihr Weg unfreiwillig mit dem der Ruthwells. Wird Olivia je das Geheimnis lüften, was damals geschah?

When the role of ‘Lady Superintendent’ becomes available at the Commercial and Technical College for South West England, the calm and capable Pauline Marchrose is the successful applicant. This is good news for Sir Julian, the college director, who greatly admires her diligence and ability. Mark Easter, Sir Julian’s agent, feels admiration for her too, which rapidly becomes romantic attraction. But Mark already has a wife, albeit in name only. And Sir Julian’s wife, Lady Edna Rossiter, discovers that Pauline Marchrose is the same woman who jilted her cousin Clarence after he was ...

NOTE: Because of the nature of this project, there was a bending of usual LibriVox procedures: pub-like background noise was encouraged, as well as group readings; and no editing was required, so in places there may be some accidental variation from the original text ... Listener be warned! Here is some more information about the genesis of the LibriVox Ulysses project. (Summary by Hugh McGuire)Still one of the most radical novels of the 20th Century, James Joyce's Ulysses is considered to have ushered in the era of the modern novel. Loosely based on Homer's Odyssey, the book follows Leopold ...

At 5 years old Leo Vincey is left in the care of a Cambridge professor by the name of Horace Holly. His father leaves him a strange casket which he is to open on his 25th Birthday. On opening the Casket Leo and Horace discover the strange history of Leo's ancestors. Leo and his adoptive father Horace must travel all the way to Africa in order to uncover the solve his family's strange history. - Written by Lizzie Driver

Her lips have the power to boost. Her love can grant power unparalleled. In an ongoing conflict against ravishingly beautiful beings from another dimension, Aurora Haddix’s abilities allow her to turn the tide of the battle. Aurora’s body makes her the most sought-after Natch in a war that might end on her say-so. Only with the way her inner passion ignites at each touch, she’s not so sure of her true reasons for pursuing the four alluring men who seek to possess her.

Alexander Hamilton was a significant figure in the political and economic development of the early United States. He served in the American Revolutionary War and became an aide to General George Washington. He was one of the authors (along with John Jay and James Madison) of a series of essays know as The Federalist Papers, which were written in support of the ratification of the proposed Constitution. Scholars and others still refer to these essays to this day for interpretation of the Constitution. As the first Secretary of the Treasury in George Washington’s Cabinet, Hamilton was a ...

Rodin has pronounced Rilke's essay the supreme interpretation of his work. (From the translators’ Preface)Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917, was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted into Paris's foremost school of art. Sculpturally, Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, deeply pocketed surface in clay. … Rodin… modeled the human ...

You can call me Dr. Fathom. Or Count Fathom. But I'm not who I say I am. And can you blame me? My mother was a soldiers' harlot who pocketed extra loot by wandering through the battlefield stripping the dead and dying of valuables. I don't even know who my father was, except he must have had my handsome looks. People liked looking at me. And people liked how I talked too. Early on, I learned that telling the truth didn't get you the same quick reward as telling them what they wanted to hear, being assiduously charming, dissimulating. In a word, lying. I became good at it. And I became the ...

An inferior devil, Pug, asks Satan to send him to Earth to tempt men to Evil. But when Pug arrives in 1616 London and sets himself at the Squire Fabian Fitzdottrel, he finds Fabian currently beset by con men, cheats, connivers, thieves, villains, and seductresses - a delightful mix of cunning criminality in a world that already has far more vice in it than anything Pug is prepared to offer. - Summary by ToddHWCast list:Satan, the great Devil: alanmapstonePug, the less Devil: SoniaIniquity, the Vice: NemoFabian Fitzdottrel, a Squire of Norfolk: Tomas PeterMeercraft, the Projector: HamletEverill...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of “Huck” Finn (first introduced as Tom Sawyer’s sidekick in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer), his friend Jim, and their journey down the Mississippi River on a raft. Both are on the run, Huck from his drunk and abusive father, and Jim as a runaway slave.As Huck and Jim drift down the river, they meet many colorful characters and have many great adventures. The true heart of the story, however, is the friendship ...

You can call me Dr. Fathom. Or Count Fathom. But I'm not who I say I am. And can you blame me? My mother was a soldiers' harlot who pocketed extra loot by wandering through the battlefield stripping the dead and dying of valuables. I don't even know who my father was, except he must have had my handsome looks. People liked looking at me. And people liked how I talked too. Early on, I learned that telling the truth didn't get you the same quick reward as telling them what they wanted to hear, being assiduously charming, dissimulating. In a word, lying. I became good at it. And I became the ...

Described as the Great Book of Wonders by Arthur Miller, this everyday tale of fraternal affection, sibling rivalry, obsession, lust, parricide, family intrigue, spiritual faith, death by economic deprivation and ultimate salvation in the soul, boasts (among other wonders) the perfect role for Marilyn Monroe, had Arthur only ever written the play. Madness, murder, mayhem and the courtroom drama to end all courtroom dramas it may be, but it is also (strangely) hilariously funny. It's all in the point of view. - Summary by Tony Addison

As a child, Clive Staples Lewis imagined many things...heroic animals and knights in armor and a faraway land called Boxen. He even thought of a new name for himself - at four years old, he decided he was more of a Jack. As he grew up, though, Jack found that the real world was not as just as the one in his imagination. No magic could heal the sick or stop a war, and a bully’s words could pierce as sharply as a sword. So Jack withdrew into books and eventually became a well-known author for adults.

En la muerte solo sucede la muerte, pero los funerales fingen atender a la muerte para dejar que otras cosas sucedan. Por su naturaleza escénica, de entrega, dolor y disimulos, se les ha dedicado este libro. Se trata de una antología compuesta por cuentos inéditos de veinte autores latinoamericanos. Cómicos o dramáticos, fantásticos o realistas, estilizados o prosaicos, leyendo estos cuentos el lector se dará cuenta de que la muerte tiene una fecha y una hora precisas, pero no hay forense que certifique la duración de un funeral.

Six short stories by Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938), an American author and illustrator. She is best known for her illustrated short stories and novels portraying life in the mining communities of the turn-of-the-century American West. She is famous for her stories of place, in which she portrayed the rough, picturesque life she experienced and observed in the old West, especially that in the early mining towns. She wrote several novels, and illustrated stories and novels by other authors for various publishers. She died at age 90. Her legacy in American history is as a stalwart of the ...