Peter Howells est un jeune garçon de onze ans qui grandit au sein d'une drôle de famille. Unjour, il reçoit la visite inattendue d’une surprenante créature. Celle-ci lui révèle alors qu’ilpossède des pouvoirs magiques, extraordinaires. Peter finit par se retrouver dans le monded’Haddgard. Mais réussira-t-il à s’en sortir dans ce nouvel environnement peupléd'êtres étranges et qui lui est totalement inconnu ?Découvrez le premier tome d’une histoire captiva...

Le Roi et la Reine du royame de Corail sont formels: ils ne veulent que des gens beaux dans leur royaume !Hérold et Cassadonde sont le roi et la reine du royaume de Corail. Depuis le jour de leur mariage, le roi et la reine sont formels : ils ne veulent que des gens beaux dans leur royaume !Après la naissance de leur jolie petite fille Myrtille, le roi et la reine donnent une fête somptueuse au palais. Mais un drôle de visiteur vient tout bouleverser et le roi et la reine dé...

What if you could see things that no one else could? What if you saw things that would terrify the average person on a daily basis? Thats what its like during a normal day in the life of Maria Patterson, a woman with quite possibly the most unique interpretation of life and death. This particular subject matter is taught by many throughout our lives, yet it is understood by few. Maria, however, has the unfortunate honor of being given a literal, hands-on lesson from one of the few who know...

In tutta Washington, non esistono due persone più diverse e con meno motivi di incontrarsi di Kay Willingham e Randall Christopher. Lei è una socialite sempre sotto i riflettori, impegnata nella beneficenza sin dai tempi del matrimonio con l’ex marito, il vicepresidente degli Stati Uniti. Lui è il rispettabile preside di una scuola, con qualche ambizione politica. Un giorno di luglio, i due vengono ritrovati nella Bentley decappottabile in cui, a quanto sembra, si erano appartati....

Hochspannung pur! Der neue Alex-Cross-Thriller: noch härter, schärfer, rasanter!Noch nie hat der geniale Kriminalpsychologe Alex Cross einen Serienmörder so wenig durchschaut wie bei seinem neuesten Fall. In Hollywood werden berühmte Stars auf grausam-raffinierte Weise ermordet. Die Unterschrift auf den Bekennerschreiben, die regelmäßig bei einem Reporter der »Los Angeles Times« eintreffen, lautet Mary Smith. Eine weibliche Serientäterin hält die Stadt in Angst und Schrecken! Doch ...

Donald John Trump el primitivo, el bravucón, el visceral, el desconfiado, el inestable, el demagogo, el pesimista, el constructor de muros, el fenómeno que se trasciende así mismo. Su llegada a la presidencia de Estados Unidos marcó un viraje radical en la relación con México que ahora se vislumbra tormentosa. El matrimonio por conveniencia con el vecino del norte ha degenerado en una unión abusiva sin opción a divorcio.En este contexto, once especialistas alertan sobre las consecu...

The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple forms of evidence together in ways that enhance our collective understanding of mountains...

La lengua es un extenso y diverso territorio por donde atraviesa la cultura toda y en el que se manifiesta casi cualquier faceta de la vida cotidiana. La lengua es patrimonio intangible de los seres humanos y de ella los hablantes somos los únicos dueños y cuidadores y, por eso, con ella, y gracias a ella, los hablantes podemos jugar, crear, recrear e inventar palabras, jugar a escribirlas de muchos modos, mencionarlas o situarlas en nuevas y distintas dimensiones, para encontrarnos con el...

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...

Dual language learners are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. student population, and the majority speak Spanish as a first language. This graduate-level textbook—now in its third edition—gives future speech-language pathologists the comprehensive knowledge they need to work effectively with Spanish–English bilingual children and support their language development.Aligned with current best practices and updated with the latest research and

Hay secretos que sólo un presidente puede saber. Hay situaciones que sólo un presidente puede resolver. Pero hay decisiones que ni siquiera un presidente querría tomar.La presidencia de los Estados Unidos pende de un hilo. El presidente, Jonathan Duncan, está a punto de ser destituido y es presa fácil de los tiburones de Washington cuando, acorralado por la prensa, cuestionado por la opinión pública y sus propios colaboradores, se enfrenta al mayor ataque que Estados Unidos haya su...

In the final novel by one of the greatest writers in the Americas, an aging diplomat bears witness to the shifting cultural tides of nineteenth-century BrazilJoaquim Maria Machado de Assis has been hailed as one of Latin America’s greatest writers, a progenitor of modernism and a masterful ironist known for his inspired critiques of nineteenth-century Brazil. Memorial de Ayres is his final novel, released just two months before his death in 1908.In...