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Alma Cruz, the celebrated writer at the heart of The Cemetery of Untold Stories, doesn't want to end up like her friend, a novelist who fought so long and hard to finish a book that it threatened her sanity. So when Alma inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, her homeland, she has the beautiful idea of turning it into a place to bury her untold stories--literally. She creates a graveyard for the manuscript drafts and revisions, and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her.

Brain Storm tells the story of how the author survived childhood sexual and ritual abuse and lived a life with Multiple Personality Disorder. The abuse was horrifying and the recovery hellish but throughout, her alters brought her to safety. In no small measure because of it all, she became an activist feminist, successful doctor, devoted parent and loving partner.

Segundo Villanueva was born in 1927 in a tiny farming village perched in the Andes; when he was seventeen, his father was murdered and Segundo was left with little more than a Bible as his inheritance. This Bible launched Segundo on a lifelong obsession to find the true message of God contained in its pages. He found himself looking for answers outside the Catholic Church, whose hierarchy and colonial roots embodied the gaping social and racial inequities of Peruvian society.

Discover the heart of the Balkans with our Bosnian for Tourists audio course. Whether you're planning to explore the bustling streets of Sarajevo, marvel at the beauty of Mostar’s iconic bridge, or wander through the lush landscapes of Sutjeska National Park, our course will enhance your travel experience by bridging the language gap. With just five basic sessions, you'll gain the essential skills needed to communicate confidently.

Menstruación sostenible: una manera más sana y ecológica de vivir tu ciclo. Vive tu menstruación en positivo. ¿Es posible menstruar sin dolor y sin medicamentos?, ¿qué productos de higiene menstrual puedo usar que sean respetuosos con el medio ambiente? La copa menstrual, el sangrado libre, las compresas de algodón ecológico... Cómo usar estos productos, cómo gestionar la menstruación, las hormonas, los estados de ánimo: todo lo que necesitas saber recogido en un libro perfecto para empezar a conocer tu ciclo.

Amid the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, an unexpected friendship blossoms between three people thrown together by circumstance. Richard Bowmaster, a lonely university professor in his 60s, hits the car driven by Evelyn Ortega, a young undocumented migrant from Guatemala.

When Claudia gets pregnant, she has a very clear plan for how she wants to give birth. Her prenatal anxieties inspire her father to create a device for safer deliveries, and Claudia realizes that nothing ever goes quite as expected. Includes a conversation with playwright Chiara Atik and Dr. Judith Reichman, an OB/GYN and longtime medical contributor to The Today Show.

Flip!; from fear to love. Flipping the channel on dysfunctional thinking, cultivating confidence, and living a life fueled with joy and purpose. Flip! was written for people who have experienced trauma, abuse, neglect, or any kind of adverse life altering experience at some point in their lives. These experiences often result as a life of neutrality, avoidance of conflict, people pleasing, tolerating toxic behaviors, and poor boundary setting.

In January 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting all refugee admissions for 120 days and temporarily barring entry from seven Muslim-majority countries. Mass protests followed, and the order has since been blocked, revised and challenged by judges, politicians, activists and artists alike. But the battle is not yet over, and in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in the UK, Trump has renewed calls for the ban.

But Who's Gonna Wipe Your A** is the author's self-admitted challenge to the listeners to consider long-term impact of inconsequential "situation-type" casual relationships. Alma believes that when people understand what they are worth, they will make necessary life changes that result in the cultivation of relationships that reflect a fundamental depth and meaningful connection. It can be difficult to identify our problematic personality traits without feeling defensive.

En los últimos treinta años los niños han cambiado tanto como la sociedad, y las herramientas que siempre nos habían servido para educarlos ya no dan el mismo resultado. Nuestros niños son ahora más inseguros, están sobreprotegidos y tienen muchos más miedos. Pero cuando un niño entiende alguna de las cosas que siente, o lo que le sucede por dentro, percibes cómo le cambia la mirada de golpe y cómo por fin modifica dócilmente su comportamiento.

In this L.A. Theatre Works original commission, playwright Jeanne Sakata has created a new audio adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved classic. Mary Lennox is an orphaned 10-year-old who is sent to live with her uncle in his country house on the moors. Her new life is almost unbearable, but when she hears stories of the estate’s mysterious, abandoned garden she’s determined to discover its secrets.

"Travel words and phrases in Kazakh". 300 essential words and phrases and the 100 most common verbs. Kazakh or Kazak belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic languages. Kazakh is the official language of the Republic of Kazakhstan and a minority language in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China. It is spoken by around 11 million people. How to learn a language differently? Today, language learning is revolutionized: you do not have to go to traditional language classes anymore. Our learning method: a selection of hundreds of phrases and essential words.

Venice, 1943: The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is leading a double life. By day, she works in the lion’s den as a typist for the Reich; by night, she risks her life as a messenger for the Italian resistance. Against all odds, Stella must impart Nazi secrets, smuggle essential supplies and produce an underground newspaper on her beloved typewriter. But when German commander General Breugal becomes suspicious, it seems he will stop at nothing to find the mole and Stella knows her future could be in jeopardy.

Cathryn and John Sill explain the basic characteristics that all insects share while offering a close look at a few of the many animals in this diverse category. As a fabulous addition to an important series for kids, this book explores the fascinating world of insects.

People just can't live together without telling stories. We tell stories that are funny, ironic, insightful, or just simply pleasing to the tongue and ear. Stories just seem to happen. When a story happens with the force of universality, it finds its way into that pantheon of tales that is the common denominator of cultural exchange. Here are 33 such tales, collected from Brazil, China, Korea, Russia, Tibet, Africa, from America's native peoples, and other lands, and chosen for the universality…

In Last Train from Cuernavaca, it's Christmas time in Mexico, 1913. Even as army officers and their wives enjoy the atmosphere at Grace Knight's beautiful old hotel, soldiers scour the countryside outside the city looking for rebels. There, 16-year-old Angela Sanchez's family home is destroyed in a hail of bullets. But once the soldiers leave, Angela returns to look for survivors, arm herself - and join the revolution.

In this lively book, children discover a world of colors all around them: red is spices and swirling skirts, yellow is masa, tortillas, and sweet corn cake. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin, and all are universal in appeal. With rich, boisterous illustrations, a fun-to-listen-to rhyming text, and an informative glossary, this playful concept book will reinforce the colors found in every child's day!

REBEL IN VENUS takes place over one 'girl's night in' spent between best friends, Maria and Layla. Over the course of the witty and unexpected evening, Layla's memory is jolted, and her once carefully repressed past begins to return to her, triggering a sequence of events that ultimately jeopardizes Layla's unconventional life. In REBEL IN VENUS, the bold, and sometimes brutally honest stories that unfold, are filled with sexual revelations, high-school humiliations, unwanted pregnancies, unwavering friendships, sex work, divorce, and loss.

Eva Heyman es para la ciudad de Oradea, lo que Ana Frank es para Ámsterdam y el mundo. Dos adolescentes judías, cada una de las cuales escriben y mantienen un diario, mientras que el mundo estaba cambiando a raíz de la ocupación nazi. Ambas murieron en un campo de concentración, Eva en Auschwitz y Ana en Bergen-Belsen. Pero los dos diarios son muy diferentes. El diario de Eva es corto pero muy intenso. No vivió escondida como Ana. Vivió el día a día de la ciudad y la deshumanización que poco a poco va sufriendo su familia y ella misma.