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1) Maleficent
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A beautiful, pure-hearted young fairy, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom, and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness...
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Jimmy Paz series volume 2
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The startling reviews of Tropic of Night announced Michael Gruber as one of the most talented thriller writers to debut in many years. Now, with the much-anticipated publication of Valley of Bones, Gruber fulfills that genre-bending promise as perhaps no writer since Graham Greene, with a genuinely exhilarating thriller that simultaneously offers a profound, deeply provocative exploration of the nature of faith itself.
The setting is Miami.
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Jimmy Paz series volume 1
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When her sister is killed during a scientific study, an anthropologist fakes her own suicide and hides in Miami to prevent herself from becoming the latest victim in a string of ritualistic murders, while police detective Jimmy Paz tries to figure out how witness memories are being erased.
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When Andrés, a train mechanic who loves to garden and lives in a small apartment filled with flowers, is offered a job that comes with a house and a garden, he accepts immediately, only to discover that the work puts everything he loves at risk.
Aunque trabaja como mecánico de locomotoras, la verdadera pasión de Andrés es la jardinería: le gustan tanto las flores que su pequeño departamento está repleto de plantas de todas las especies y formas....
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Jimmy Paz series volume 3
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Michael Gruber's Night of the Jaguar-like his earlier novels featuring Miami detective Jimmy Paz (Tropic of Night, Valley of Bones)-transforms the conventional thriller into something extraordinary, taking the crime novel to a place it has never gone before. Combining a grisly murder investigation with chilling supernatural elements and provocative thought.
6) Gandhi
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Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.
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The story of John Lennon's evolution from beloved Beatle to an outspoken artist and activist to iconic inspiration for peace, and how, in the midst of one of the most tumultuous times in American history, Lennon stood his ground, refused to be silenced and courageously won his battle with the U.S. Government.
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New Directions paperbook volume 1400
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The Poems of Octavio Paz is the first retrospective collection of Paz's poetry to span his entire writing career, from his first published poem at age seventeen to his magnificent last poem. This landmark bilingual edition contains many poems that have never been translated into English before, plus new translations based on Paz's final revisions. Assiduously edited by Eliot Weinberger--who has been translating Paz for over forty years--The Poems...
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Song of ice and fire volume 4
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Tras siglos de guerras descarnadas, los siete poderes que dividen la tierra se han diezmado unos a otros hasta alcanzar una difícil tregua. Muy pocos reclamos legítimos existen ya por el Trono de Hierro, y la guerra que ha convertido al mundo en poco más un desierto al fin ha terminado. O eso parece. No pasa mucho tiempo antes de que los sobrevivioentes, los proscritos, los renegados y los carroñeros de los Siete Reinos se reúnan. Ahora, como...
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The ancient Toltecs believed that life as we perceive it is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and all of our dreams come together to make the Dream of the Planet. Problems arise when we forget that the dream is just a dream and fall victim to believing that we have no control over it. The Mastery of Self takes the Toltec philosophy of the Dream of the Planet and the personal dream and how we can live as our true, authentic, loving self,...
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La gente está buscando respuestas a la confusión, la enfermedad moral y el vacío espiritual que oprime al mundo. Todos estamos clamando por dirección, por consuelo, por paz. ¿Hay alguna salida para nuestro dilema? ¿Podemos verdaderamente encontrar paz con Dios? ¡Sí! Pero sólo si la buscamos en el lugar correcto. El secreto de la paz personal incluye verdades bíblicas confiables por el renombrado evangelista, doctor Billy Graham, haciendo...
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Mindfulness para vivir en paz y armonía. Esta delicada introducción al mindfulness reúne meditaciones, técnicas y perlas de sabiduría escogidas para incrementar la paz en nuestros mundos internos y, a través de la comprensión y la compasion, propagarla al entorno. Paz interior y exterior en perqueñas dosis, salpicada de las intuiciones de pensadores, filósofos y artistas de todas los tiempos. Cada página es una pausa, un consuelo y un...
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Nestled in the lush valley of La Paz, Bolivia, the upper-class suburb of Zona Sur has sheltered the country₂s wealthy elite for many years. Here, in an adobe-tile-roofed castle, a statuesque matriarch reigns over her spoiled progeny and her Indigenous Aymaran butler. As the mother fights with her oversexed son and clashes with her petulant daughter, her six-year-old son rambles the rooftops unnoticed.
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Los consejos presentados en este libro representan diez sencillas maneras de cambiar nuestras vidas e inciciar un apasionado viaje hacia el autodescubrimiento y la felicidad, consejos que se pueden aplicar tanto al comienzo de ese camino como en cualquier otro punto del mismo. Lo único que necesitamos es tener el corazón abierto ya que sólo así aprenderemos a sentir la paz de Dios que determina el verdadero éxito. --P. [4] of cover.
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