Chance

She’s an assassin with a gift her parents died for.He’s a reluctant prince content to drink himself into oblivion.And hiding in plain sight amongst them both, a monster is searching for redemption.In a kingdom where magick is forbidden and spoken of only in whispers, they must each face their own demons, walking the line between loyalty and betrayal.?Enter a dark new world full of forbidden love, painful loss, and a growing war between those with power and those who crave it. An Unholy Magick is a bloody and spell-binding fantasy debut, the first from Kali Rose Schmidt’s shadowy series, Vile Sacraments.

Gaspar Ruiz

The Tale

In the Complete Horoscope PISCES 2020, leading astrologer Tatiana Borsch shares with you her forecasts on major everyday issues; career and business, finances, family and romantic relationships and health. In her look ahead to 2020 for Pisces, Borsch includes a general annual forecast for Pisces and a detailed monthly forecast that helps you to recognize auspicious occasions, to seize good luck, to avoid trouble and resolve conflicts, to organize personal affairs and to achieve professional success. Also included is a Zodiac compatibility guide to help you with relationships that are happy and not so happy. This Complete Horoscope: PISCES 2020 features guidance from the astrologer and gives you an insight into what lies in store for you in the turbulent year of the metal rat. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tatiana Borsch is a well-known Russian astrologer and the author of twenty-eight astrological almanacs and horoscopes. She has prepared a general forecast for each sign of the Zodiac every year since1992. She currently lives and works in Moscow where she writes astrological columns for popular Russian publications and is the founder and director of the AstraArt television company.

In the Complete Horoscope: ARIES 2020, leading astrologer Tatiana Borsch shares with you her forecasts on major everyday issues; career and business, finances, family and romantic relationships and health. In her look ahead to 2020 for Aries, Borsch includes a general annual forecast for Aries and a detailed monthly forecast that helps you to recognize auspicious occasions, to seize good luck, to avoid trouble and resolve conflicts, to organize personal affairs and to achieve professional success. Also included is a Zodiac compatibility guide to help you with relationships that are happy and not so happy. This Complete Horoscope: ARIES 2020 features guidance from the astrologer and gives you an insight into what lies in store for you in the turbulent year of the metal rat. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tatiana Borsch is a well-known Russian astrologer and the author of twenty-eight astrological almanacs and horoscopes. She has prepared a general forecast for each sign of the Zodiac every year since1992. She currently lives and works in Moscow where she writes astrological columns for popular Russian publications and is the founder and director of the AstraArt television company.

Karain, A Memory

The Story Continues. . . Summer and Darce are summoned by the order of Zeus himself to travel to the home of the Gods: Mount Olympus, where they're to face even more ancient Gods and Goddesses.Summer braces to confront her mother again, illuminating secrets about the truth of her tragic pasts, while also persuading Zeus to allow her to stay with the God of the Underworld, her true love - Darce. Aboard Poseidon's luxury yacht, Summer meets her mythological family, while also uncovering what exactly happened to her past lives - and the true roles her mother and Darce played. When Darce and Summer suddenly find themselves separated, Summer must find her inner power and unite them together, before her mortal time runs out.

In the Complete Horoscope: TAURUS 2020, leading astrologer Tatiana Borsch shares with you her forecasts on major everyday issues; career and business, finances, family and romantic relationships and health. In her look ahead to 2020 for Taurus, Borsch includes a general annual forecast for Taurus and a detailed monthly forecast that helps you to recognize auspicious occasions, to seize good luck, to avoid trouble and resolve conflicts, to organize personal affairs and to achieve professional success. Also included is a Zodiac compatibility guide to help you with relationships that are happy and not so happy. This Complete Horoscope: TAURUS 2020 features guidance from the astrologer and gives you an insight into what lies in store for you in the turbulent year of the metal rat. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tatiana Borsch is a well-known Russian astrologer and the author of twenty-eight astrological almanacs and horoscopes. She has prepared a general forecast for each sign of the Zodiac every year since1992. She currently lives and works in Moscow where she writes astrological columns for popular Russian publications and is the founder and director of the AstraArt television company.

Vidám, r?vid valós t?rténetek a szerz? és családja életéb?l.

There's a place inside us that is cloaked in darkness, rubbed raw with silence. It's a shadow wrapped in a shadow and it screams, but it screams in harsh whispers. This collection explores the blackness within, the gritty underground that hides inside memories and cowers just outside fear. The poems, paired with illustrations from Matthias Matthies work in sync to create a collage of blunt sexuality, masochistic, and sometimes sadistic recollections of love, reflection, and self-exploration.??Lindemann paints pictures with his poems, a slave to the vulnerability and sexuality that drives mankind. His words themselves are body modifications that settle on readers, piercing then slowly penetrating and pumping his audience full with a mix of pleasure and pain. A combination of longing, emotional depth, and bestial intuition, these pieces evoke an innate nature to seek pleasure, to ask for forgiveness, to instill blame. ??On Quiet Nights pulls back the curtains at night and asks readers to think about who they are. Lindemann holds a mirror to soul, capturing desire and need, with the courage to answer some of life's biggest questions: Who am I? What am I? Why am I?

The Shot

I doubt that you’ve heard the story of the White Boar. Before the reign of the Meiziki, there was the Odoya Clan: regular samurai who’d subsisted off the trash of others. They stockpiled weapons left over from the Citadel’s countless civil wars, which allowed them to play the game of mob warfare with almost total supremacy. It’s said that one man destroyed them… ? By the time that Tavon had matured, his world consisted of those superior to himself. He would continue to be surrounded by deadly allies who stood to shape him in ways that he couldn’t expect. While partnered with the Meiziki Clan, Tavon vowed to achieve his true potential, to protect his new family as he developed into one of their greatest assets. This is Tavon’s final account of his upbringing as well as the story of the one who dared to lead the Meiziki into the World Below, the White Boar…

A comic strip. An evil to defeat. Two planets to save.High school senior Matthew Peters thinks he’s just writing some online fiction about an alien superhero, Excelsior. But when a woman arrives at his school claiming to be from the distant planet he’s writing about, he must think again. What’s more, she says Excelsior’s lifeforce lives within him.As an alien assassin tries to kill him, Matthew must decide what is more important: to save his own life or to retrieve an ancient artifact that could save two worlds. To stay the guy with growing online popularity, or lose himself to something he can’t understand. Whatever his choice, he must face an enemy more powerful than him in almost every way.Hold on to your seat as you race through the first book in George Sirois’ series, The Excelsior Journey, a story that will leave you gasping for breath and wanting more.Put down the pen.Pick up the sword.Unleash the hero within.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

In the Fifth and final part of the Dragonian Series, eighteen-year-old Elena Watkins and her dragon, the Rubicon, need to find the missing ingredients in order to free her father from Etan. But what could the missing ingredient be? And will she be willing to sacrifice her life if they don't find it before time runs out?

Robert R. Provine p??e?te f?r? team? pe c?r?ri rareori b?tute de al?i oameni de ?tiin?? – ?n c?utarea sughi?urilor, tusei, c?scatului, str?nuturilor ?i a altor comportamente umane, aparent nedemne ?i de joas? spe??. De?i multe dintre activit??ile prezentate ?n Comportamente bizare sunt contagioase, ?n aceast? privin??, niciunul dintre ele nu ?ntrece c?scatul – p?n? ?i simpla citire a cuv?ntului ne poate face s?-i c?dem prad?. Chiar dac?, adesea, ?l privim ca pe un semn de somnolen?? sau plictiseal?, c?scatul ne ofer? indicii despre devoltarea socialit??ii ?i capacit??ii noastre de a empatiza cu ceilal?i. Implacabilul s?u mecanism de transmitere ne reaminte?te c?, uneori, suntem programa?i neurologic s? ne comport?m ca ni?te simple animale de turm? incon?tiente. ?Deschide?i cartea aceasta, care se bazeaz? pe cercet?ri serioase, dar care se cite?te ca un roman poli?ist, ?i descoperi?i lucruri pe care nici nu vi le-a?i fi imaginat vreodat? despre aceste comportamente.“ Frans de Waal, profesor la Universitatea Emory ?i autor al lucr?rii The Age of Empathy(2009)

Texas was a huge wide place full of frontiersmen, ranchers, farmers, cowpokes, shiftless no-accounts, shootists, rascals, and politicians -- all of them blended together into a single state. The Rangers -- lawmen, Texas Rangers -- were outnumbered a thousand to one, and in one county -- Pecos county -- the law was all but helpless. Until Ranger Vaughn Steel went to Pecos, looking for revenge. . . .

Sigmund Freud este considerat p?rintele psihanalizei. N?scut ?n 1856, a profesat ca fiziolog, medic ?i psiholog ?i ?i-a petrecut cea mai mare parte a vie?ii la Viena. Ideile sale inovatoare sunt legate de incon?tient, refulare, interpretarea viselor ?i metoda clinic? de tratament prin dialog. ?n acest volum ve?i g?si fragmente relevante din cele mai importante lucr?ri ale sale. Seria Lec?ii de via?? din The School of Life alege c?te un mare g?nditor ?i pune accentul pe acele idei ale sale care au o ?nsemn?tate profund? pentru noi, cei de ast?zi. C?r?ile din aceast? serie demonstreaz? c? voci importante din trecut ?nc? au lucruri fundamentale de transmis genera?iilor actuale.

Imediat ce ai anunat c eti nsrcinat, rudele, prietenii, cunoscuii, chiar i persoanele strine se grbesc s-i dea sfaturi. Pe internet gseti tot felul de informaii despre natere i creterea copiilor, unele verificate, altele mai puin, dar care adesea se bat cap n cap. Cum s-o scoi la capt n tot acest hi informaional Mari mituri despre dezvoltarea copiilor este o carte ce-i propune s demoleze ideile preconcepute, bazndu-se pe rezultatele cercetrilor tiinifice, pe dovezi, pe date statistice. Cartea dezbate fr menajamente 50 de mituri, rspunznd la ntrebri precum: Se poate prezice sexul bebeluului uitndu-te la forma corpului matern Genereaz anestezia epidural complicaii la natere S lai copilul s plng sau s-l iei n brae la cel mai mic semn de suferin S l aezi n premergtor ori s-l lai s se ridice singur n poziie biped Poate vaccinarea s induc autismul Dar consumul de zahr mi va agita copilul Pn la ce vrst este indicat alptarea mi traumatizez copilul pe via dac-i dau o palm Divorul prinilor poate distruge viaa copiilor Cu exemple din filme i seriale cunoscute, cu trimiteri la referine bibliografice de ncredere, cartea de fa reprezint un mic ghid pentru prini, extrem de util n numeroasele momente de cumpn cu care se confrunt pe parcursul creterii unui copil. Totodat, ea poate fi i un excelent suport de curs pentru cei ce se pregtesc n psihologia copilului. Ideea c un copil singur la prini este rsfat dateaz de peste un secol… cercetrile sugereaz c aceasta nu este n realitate dect un mit… Copiii singuri la prini […] au o motivaie de realizare nalt, un nivel mai ridicat al stimei de sine i relaii mai pozitive cu prinii […] i sunt similari tuturor celorlalte grupuri familiale n ceea ce privete maturitatea, spiritul de cooperare, autocontrolul, stabilitatea emoional, participarea social, extraversia i popularitatea n grupul lor de vrst.“ – Stephen Hupp i Jeremy Jewell Gemenii identici nu sunt identici din punct de vedere genetic O femeie poate rmne nsrcinat n timpul sarcinii Nu toate fetele au cromozomi sexuali XX i nu toi bieii au cromozomi XY Taii nu folosesc pedeapsa corporal mai des dect mamele Acestea i multe alte mituri sunt discutate prin prisma cercetrilor tiinifice de cea mai nalt calitate, i nu aa cum obinuim s facem noi, majoritatea prinilor, atunci cnd recurgem la intuiii, zvonuri i preri transmise din gur-n gur. Aceast carte ar trebui s se afle pe noptiera oricrui printe i consultat ori de cte ori ai dubii c faci ceea ce trebuie.“ – Michael Shermer, redactor al revistei Skeptic, editorialist la Scientific American, autor al crilor: Why People Believe Weird Things, The Believing Brain i The Moral Arc.

E?ti curios s? afli ce aduce schimbarea ?ntr-o psihanaliz?? Care este acel ingredient miraculos ce apare ?n rela?ia dintre terapeut ?i pacientul s?u, facilit?nd vindecarea acestuia din urm?? Owen Renik, ?rebelul“, a?a cum este numit de confra?ii s?i, ne invit? ?n cabinetul s?u ?i ne las? s? p?trundem delicatele ?es?turi ale colabor?rii ce se petrece acolo pe dou? planuri: con?tient ?i incon?tient. El ne ofer? imaginea unui psihanalist mai degrab? cald ?i empatic, deschis, interesat ?mpreun? cu pacien?ii s?i de eliminarea simptomelor ?i a disconfortului acestora. Cartea este construit? pe baza unor exemple clinice dintre cele mai diverse, surprinse ?n momente de cotitur? ale terapiei, Renik ilustr?nd prin intermediul lor, ?ntr-un limbaj accesibil, propria viziune asupra unor concepte de baz? ale psihanalizei.Captivant? ?nc? de la primele r?nduri, ea se adreseaz? cititorului pasionat de domeniul ?psi“, fie el profesionist sau profan. Scopul meu este s? discut de o manier? pragmatic? ?i nepreten?ioas? ceea ce, ?n experien?a mea, ar fi util ca at?t analistul, c?t ?i pacientul s? aib? ?n vedere atunci c?nd colaboreaz? ?n str?dania de a-l face pe acesta din urm? s? se simt? mai bine; ?i cred c? modul cel mai potrivit ?n care pot face acest lucru este prin a oferi o culegere de istorisiri cu t?lc, ?mpreun? cu reflec?iile mele despre ele. – Owen Renik Maturizarea intelectual? a lui Renik s-a produs ?n interiorul culturii psihanalitice care s-a dezvoltat pe parcursul ultimului secol. El o cunoa?te bine, ar fi ?n stare s? se descurce cu ochii ?nchi?i prin labirintul ei… ?nv???tura primit? e acceptat? f?r? plec?ciuni, iar dac? nu-?i are rostul, e dat? deoparte f?r? mult? ceremonie. ?ncep?nd cu prima pagin?, ne d?m seama c? ne afl?m ?ntr-un atelier de lucru, nu ?ntr-un templu. Pragmatismul lui ??i taie r?suflarea: ce ne folose?te e important, ce nu, n-are rost s? ne pierdem vremea. Chilia ce nu permite dec?t g?ndire ?nghesuit? s-a transformat ?n spa?iu deschis care cheam? noutatea. Drept-credincio?ii trebuie avertiza?i: s-ar putea s? nu mai fie niciodat? la fel ca ?nainte. – Allen Wheelis, autorul c?r?ilor How People Change ?i The Way We Are.