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In these two lectures about Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510) and the meaning behind two of his best-loved paintings, Angela introduces you to the esoteric worldview which flourished in the early centuries CE in cultural centres such as Alexandria in Egypt, and was reborn in Renaissance Europe.

If you already have the basics and want to learn more Spanish, this advanced beginner audio course will boost your confidence to speak and understand. Practise the most frequent words and expressions for:-explaining where you are from-describing your job-telling the time-booking a table-taking the bus-phoning for a taxi-calling a plumber-shopping in the market-buying clothes-buying shoes. You’ll progress in your understanding by working out language patterns for yourself, personalise your Spanish with interactive role-plays and perfect your pronunciation to sound more natural.

Lila's flower shop and wedding business keep her plenty busy. Add in a handsome firefighter and crazy hits the fan. When Lila's sister and nephew move back in and a terrible disaster threatens her tiny Texas town, Lila realizes she might not be able to fix everything on her own. Will God send the miracle she needs to help her out of this mess?

The town of Wimber is full of stories, and three young women are out to discover their own. Every small town has its secrets. Darcy’s have been locked up inside her since that last summer when she left Wimber, Texas, and the boy she loved, for a glitzy life in Los Angeles. Seven years later, her gran’s passed away. Darcy’s been named as the sole owner of the Tangled in Time antique store. Darcy can’t wait to get back to the place where she’s always felt she belonged. But owning a business isn’t as easy as it seems. And sometimes the past is better left alone.

The official story is that the United States has no political prisoners. The reality is that there are hundreds of people rounded up, placed behind bars, and kept there for inordinately long sentences because of their political beliefs and activities. A project of abolitionist Josh Davidson and political prisoner Eric King, this book is filled with the experience and wisdom of over thirty current and former North American political prisoners.

Aconchegue-se sob um céu estrelado com os adoráveis animaizinhos em "Silêncio, Bebezinho"; conte as fofas ovelhinhas com "A Pastorinha" ou deixe o ritmo das gotas de chuva embalá-lo para dormir com "Chuva, Chuva, Vá Embora". Criado para pequenos ouvintes de 1 a 3 anos, narradores de vozes suaves apresentam aos pequenos um mundo mágico de sonhos feito para eles mergulharem em paisagens sonoras com partituras calmantes e sons ambientes relaxantes projetados para estimular o sono.

From 1820 to 1860, nearly two million Irish migrated to the United States, mostly due to the Great Irish Famine of 1845-1852. Many died crossing the ocean due to disease and dismal conditions of what became known as coffin ships. Not Forgotten is the story of love and loss, enchantment and despair, joy and sorrow. Nora Brown was smitten when she met Oliver McManus. After fathering six children with Nora, Oliver disappeared, joining the Irish Brotherhood and leaving his family behind, he never returned.

Das Doodle-Buch. Gabby entdeckt ein Buch, das auf jeder Seite dieselbe Kritzelei enthält. Im Puppenhaus verleihen die Gabby-Katzen den Zeichnungen ihren ganz eigenen Touch. Der Cupcake-Baum. Der Cupcake-Experte Kuchi hilft Gabby und Pandi beim Schrumpfen eines riesigen Cupcake-Baumes, um Ratkatz und die Gabby-Katzen vor der Überwucherung zu retten.

In The Scrum Master Files, trusted coach and certified scrum trainer Angela Johnson takes you through her journey from project manager to scrum master. She helps you learn through her own failures what it means to coach developers, product owners, and organizations in changing the way they work with scrum. The case studies in this book put you in the scrum master role and help you see what went wrong and how to make things right using real-world scenarios. The secrets shared in this book are not exclusive to scrum masters!

A future where the sins of the past hurls us into a dystopian present where a government - ruled by Shades - abandons its citizens to disease and certain death. Earth is on a suicide mission. She is not going down quietly. Using every tool at her disposal - fire, flood, storm, disease - mother earth finally abandons her children. No one is destined to survive, but one man - a man who had thought he'd lost every trait of humanity - does everything he can to defy the odds. With two traumatized children in tow, he sets out on a journey to find salvation.

Alice's best friend has become horse-crazy - just as Alice realizes she's afraid of horses. Terrified of losing her friend, Alice is relieved to meet Freedom, Jani's young horse. She hopes that being around a foal will help her be around big horses. That night, Alice is in a terrible accident. Half the town goes out searching for her, and Jani and Penny join the horseback hunt. But how can they find Alice when Freedom runs off on wild goose chases? The young filly's strange history might mean she knows more than the average horse.

Angela has moved Safe Haven to the apocalyptic Mountains of Georgia to make their stand. She has put a plan in motion that will free them or get them all killed. For her, everything since the apocalypse has come down to this moment. It’s what she’s been training for, what the Eagles have tried to prepare her for, but only fate knows if it will be enough.

Compared to an arranged marriage to the odious Bernard Regent, a prairie schooner on the Oregon Trail doesn't seem like such a bad trade to Amethyst Kent. When desperate Martha Davis reveals her need for a mother's helper on the trail, Ami decides to take it up and leave the pampered life she's always known for a land of freedom. But trail life is hardly a tea party, and Ami must draw from the deepest wells of her faith to survive.

Miau-zige Weihnachten. Endlich ist Weihnachten im Puppenhaus! Gabby erhält einen verzweifelten Anruf von Figgy, der Elfe des Miau-nachtsmanns. Sie steckt in der Klemme. Gerade frisch zur Ober-Elfe ernannt, scheint sie an den vielen Aufgaben zu scheitern. Gabby und Pandy machen sich schnell auf den Weg zum Nordpol . um Figgy unter die Arme zu greifen, damit noch alle Geschenke rechtzeitig zu Weihnachten fertig werden. Ratkatz' Puzzle-Jagd. Im Kätzchenüberraschungspäckchen stecken heute ein mysteriöser Kätzchen-Schlüssel und ein Rahmen für 4 Puzzle-Teile.

Mentre il papà cambia la ruota alla macchina nel bel mezzo dello zoo-safari, Gidi ne approfitta, e in un attimo eccolo sul ramo di un albero altissimo a dondolare le gambe insieme a uno scimmiotto. Al papà non rimane che convicerlo a scendere con una storia: la storia di quando il cielo e la terra dovevano ancora decidere chi sarebbe stato sopra e chi sotto e le foreste si libravano lente nell'aria. Una fiaba bellissima che ricomincia proprio quando sembra finita. Età di ascolto: da 7 anni.

Sembra un semplice caso di vendetta personale, ma l'omicidio è solo il primo di una serie di delitti che via via diventano più cruenti. È evidente che dietro tutto questo cè qualcuno con un piano preciso da realizzare. Mentre le indagini si fanno sempre più frenetiche, Kim si ritrova nel mirino di un individuo spietato e deciso a mettere in atto il proprio progetto criminale, a qualunque costo. Contro un sociopatico che sembra conoscere ogni sua debolezza, la detective Stone si rende conto che ogni mossa potrebbe esserle letale.

Im większe zło, tym bardziej niebezpieczna gra... W brutalnym ataku zostaje okaleczony gwałciciel. Detektyw Kim Stone i jej zespół muszą szybko rozwiązać sprawę. Jednak mściciel dokonuje kolejnych zabójstw i szybko staje się jasne, że chodzi o coś znacznie więcej. Śledztwo nabiera tempa, a Kim znajduje się w wielkim niebezpieczeństwie - staje się celem niebezpiecznego przestępcy, który prowadzi własny, przerażający eksperyment. W starciu z socjopatą, który zna wszystkie jej słabości, detektyw Stone na każdym kroku ociera się o śmierć. Liczba ofiar rośnie.

New York City flight attendant Annie Taylor is grounded, putting a halt to weekends in Rome and her jet-setting lifestyle. Soon her noncommittal boyfriend's true nature is revealed, and to top it all off, she loses her apartment. With nowhere else to go, Annie leaves the city for the family farm in Kentucky, a place she's avoided for years. She finds a shotgun-wielding grandmother, a farm in disrepair, and a suspicious stranger renting the old stone house.

En kold vintermorgen står Kim over for at skulle møde sit hold for første gang. Og offeret i hendes næste sag står over for at møde morderen … Da liget af en ung mand bliver fundet halshugget og naglet til jorden ved Clent Hills, styrter Kim og hendes nye enhed ud til gerningsstedet. Men der er noget, der ikke stemmer. Da Kim ransager offerets hjem, finder hun en lille piges værelse og en skjult computer.

Eine lange, langsame Bootsfahrt: Der Kaiser möchte von Mr. Ping erfahren, wo Po steckt. Doch der hält seinen Schnabel und wird dafür ins Gefängnis gesteckt. Rukhmini ist beim Ferienpalast des Kaisers im Nordgebirge eingetroffen, um ihm die Peitsche zu verkaufen. Doch der Kaiser lässt nicht so einfach mit sich handeln.