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1) The genius of empathy: practical skills to heal your sensitive self, your relationships, & the world
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Sounds True
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2024.
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"Ignite empathy as a superpower for transformative personal healing, deeper relationships, and more potent work in the world"--
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This is the way that Owen's life takes a drastic turn: with aforced surfacing from the basement of the Elm Film House,and an unexpected guest at Friday Fright Night.Owen loves classic horror films, his exotic pets, and a beautifulcheese and wine pairing. Driven by an upward spike of pain as he fights the urges spawned by his sickness, he hides from the world.At home, he relishes in the beauty of his carefully acquired exotic pets, works on the new,...
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I'll turn into f…. Houdini and disappear.When the woman he loves says that she no longer wants to see him, M÷ doesn't know what to do, what to say. Instead of pleading, he walks away while trying to keep the pieces of his broken heart together. Around him, the world is spinning out of control.A new war has started, the Queen has died, Elon has bought Twitter, Tate is trying to escape the agents of the Matrix, while the mysterious Invisible Hand...
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A contract killing on a remote coastal track.
A deadly boat explosion occurs in nearby waters soon afterwards.
Are the two connected?
Meanwhile, Angelina makes an audacious escape with the assistance of her underworld connections and continues her ruthless agenda.
To follow is a chain of events that, when unravelled, shocks Nic Drakos to the core and links him inextricably to Elena Perez, imprisoned by Angelina on the other side of the world....
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In a world saturated with words, the ability to express oneself effectively is a precious skill that transcends boundaries and connects individuals on profound levels. "Unlocking the Power of Expression : A Comprehensive Guide" is an enlightening journey that empowers you to navigate the vast landscape of communication with finesse and confidence. From the moment you embark on this literary voyage, you'll be immersed in a treasure trove of insights...
6) Mortal Leap
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A merchant seaman is the sole survivor when his ship is sunk in a battle in the South Pacific. Badly burned, he is stripped of every shred of identity and cast into the sea, naked, faceless, nameless. Rescued and lying in a Pearl Harbor hospital, he is mistakenly identified as the missing Lt. Ben Davenant by Davenant's wife. In the moment, the man decides to go along, to take on Davenant's identity, to return with her to California and take on his...
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El doctor Alarcón es un médico de atención primaria de gran intelecto que, a pesar de sus altas capacidades, tiene problemas para relacionarse y tampoco cree necesitarlo. Su vida está meticulosamente planificada, una vida en la que lo inesperado y las amistades no tienen cabida.
Pero algo empieza a trastocar ese orden: a su alrededor, la gente está muriendo en extrañas circunstancias, y a pesar de su fidelidad con la racionalidad, se verá arrastrado...
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An immersive and multifaceted novel-The Talented Mr. Ripley by way of Elena Ferrante-that explores the lies at the heart of an old woman's identity and the desperation of a young woman's struggle to belong.
Today's Athens is a city of contradictions and complexity-it is grand and scruffy, ancient and modern, full of strivers, refugees and old-timers-and nowhere more so than the neighborhood of Plaka, where the Parthenon looms overhead and two women...
9) Sandy Rose
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The book follows the life of Sandy. It is narrated by her conjoint twin Rose who was sacrificed at birth to save Sandy's life. This was a decision that her mother would never get over. Part of Rose's brain stayed tucked away in the back of Sandy's brain. Rose was always there, seeing every movement and thought, but for the most part, she had very little control. After tragedy tears her family apart, Sandy finds herself abandoned. To keep from being...
10) The Devil's Rite
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Ever since Brian turned 10 years old, his life has been plagued by the mysterious visitation of the Tree Man.This traumatic event has left him with vivid nightmares and countless unanswered questions. Now, as he prepares to leave the psychiatric facility, his main focus is on unraveling the truth behind that fateful night.Reunited with his estranged sister, Brian delves deeper into the string of murders that have occurred. He can't help but wonder...
11) The Drowning
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Darius Shaw is a security guard working the night shift in the small town of Shadow Bay, New York. When he finds two bodies in the local recreation center pool, he calls 911, but he's not the only one calling in drowning victims. The operator has received multiple calls for dead people in the past thirty minutes.
Within hours, over a dozen bodies are found in pools, bathtubs, and the lake—all apparent victims of violence as the bodies have bite...
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"A modern-day Gaslight"
The Blue Prussian is a spellbinding story told by Blake O'Brien, a beautiful, young executive with a globetrotting career. Blake returns to her native Manhattan from San Francisco after escaping-or so she thinks-her marriage to a dashing man who turned out to be a prince of darkness. She had been hoping for a fresh start but learns that she has been poisoned with thallium-a deadly neurotoxin referred to as the poisoner's...
13) The Possessed
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Publicado em 1872, «Os Possessos» é um romance de cariz político inspirado na história verdadeira de um assassinato que chocou a Rússia. Em 1869, um grupo de reformadores liberais, mais conhecidos por niilistas, assassinou um elemento do seu próprio grupo no meio de uma conspiração contra o czar. Dostoiévski parte do assassinato e do julgamento que se lhe seguiu para construir a sua obra, que funciona também como um manifesto contra a ideologia...
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Paula est une institutrice de maternelle qui ne peut pas avoir d'enfant. Avec son mari, ils adoptent Dani, un bébé roux. Quelques années plus tard, la mère biologique fait soudain irruption dans cette scène idyllique, déchirant la tranquillité qui y régnait auparavant. À travers différentes étapes, depuis l'arrivée de l'enfant dans son nouveau foyer jusqu'à l'âge adulte, ce livre nous met en relation avec des personnages tels que : Grand-mère,...
15) She's not sorry
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"Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom and working full time as an ICU nurse, when a patient named Caitlin arrives in her ward with a traumatic brain injury. They say she jumped from a bridge and plunged over twenty feet to the train tracks below. When a witness comes forward with new details about Caitlin’s fall, it calls everything they know into question. Was a crime committed? Did someone actually push Caitlin,...
16) Mentor
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A heartless man abducted me. He treats me like his plaything, but I suspect I mean more to him than idle amusement. He wants to make me his. The monster needs me.Trapped in the dark, I'm coming to need him, too. He sets my body on fire, and his touch is a tender mercy.Maybe he's not heartless, after all.
17) Evil Intent
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"Astrology fans and skeptics alike will be pleased."-Publishers Weekly
Astrologer detective David Lowell's most difficult case begins with a man, a briefcase, and a challenge. Dr. Edgar Williamson promises a briefcase containing one million dollars if Lowell can find the twin brother of the doctor's teenage son in time for a live-saving kidney transplant. Thanks to an exceedingly rare blood type, there are no other viable donors and time is running...
18) Czar
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After a lifetime of being sheltered, I decided to study abroad in St. Petersburg to push myself out of my comfort zone. Dimitri definitely fits the bill. He's gorgeous, mysterious, and everything I never knew I wanted.I'm willing to give him my innocence, but he demands more. When it's time for me to return to America, he won't let me go. My lover becomes my captor. He wants all of me, even if that means pushing me to my breaking point. He won't stop...
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Book 2-4 of the Blackmoor Heirs Revenge Set. Book 2 I thought I'd forgotten who I was. But now I remember-and there's going to be hell to pay.Gabriel kept everything from me. My past, my history, my family-or the memory of them, anyway. But the memories are coming back, along with the identity of the three men who did this to me, and the woman who pulls their strings. Dean Blackmoor, Cayde St. Vincent, Jaxon King-and Athena Saint. They stole everything...
20) Man and Wife
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Cal Bradleys marriage to Marie is the stuff of romance. Then one night, a 19-year-old boy named Peter Blue goes on a rampage. Friendless and suicidal, Blue is sent to Bradley for treatment. For the patient, it's a last chance at redemption. For the doctor, it's the beginning of a journey into a world of fear, deception, and murder. Because somehow, Blue's extraordinary inner life is linked to Cal's reality. And in the mystery of the teenager's mind...
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