Idiomas Extranjeros

Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except… Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye. Addie can’t be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that’s what everyone says. But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet…

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.

One of the 10 best-selling self-help books of all time, Think and Grow Rich describes a method for success in life by adopting the mindset shared by successful people. Originally written in 1937 by Napoleon Hill, the book was inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. In it, the author insists that the philosophy taught in the book can help people succeed in any line of work - to do and be anything they can imagine.

Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom from the overlords of a brutal elitist future built on lies. Now fully embedded among the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his work to bring down Society from within.

This book grew out of a series of letters to my daughter concerning various things - mostly about money and investing - she was not yet quite ready to hear. Since money is the single most powerful tool we have for navigating this complex world we've created, understanding it is critical.

Published a year before her death at the age of 30, Emily Bronte's only novel is set in the wild, bleak Yorkshire Moors. Depicting the relationship of Cathy and Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights creates a world of its own, conceived with an instinct for poetry and for the dark depths of human psychology. Emily Jane Bronte was born July 30, 1818 at Thornton in Yorkshire. Emily's mother died in 1821 and her two eldest sisters died in 1825, leaving Emily, her brother and two sisters to be raised by their aunt. Later all three daughters were to publish poems and stories.

The top 10 list is populated. The sponsorship program is open. The difficulty is ramping up. The first three floors were nothing compared to what Carl and Donut now face. The Iron Tangle. An impossibly complicated subway system built out of the world's subterranean railway systems, all combined and then tied together into a knot. Up is down.

Emmy Award-winning actress Tatiana Maslany narrates a brand-new special edition recording of the first audiobook in the worldwide best-selling trilogy from Suzanne Collins! In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by 12 outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious, end-of-floor celebration for the top crawlers, dubbed “The Butcher’s Masquerade”. The sixth floor. The Hunting Grounds. As the remaining crawlers battle for their lives, a new, terrible threat looms. Outside, tourists are finally allowed to enter the game, and they are here and ready to hunt. Among them is Vrah, a famed and veteran hunter, intent on collecting the biggest trophy of her career.

The elite crew of the pirate ship UNS Flying Dutchman had a simple mission: determining whether the Thuranin are sending another starship to Earth. Along the way, they became sidetracked by securing a future for the UNEF troops on the planet Paradise. When asked whether Earth was now safe, their ancient alien AI responded "Not so much"...now they have to deal with the consequences.

World-famous detective Hercule Poirot has retired to the English village of King's Abbot, determined to dedicate his little grey cells to the growing of vegetable marrows. But when Roger Ackroyd, a local businessman and former acquaintance, is stabbed to death, the man's niece begs Poirot to investigate. Poirot enlists the local doctor to be his assistant and scribe, and the two of them sift through clues to try to discern the ones that will lead them to the killer.

One of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Pride and Prejudice, is vividly brought to life by Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike ( Gone Girl). In her bright and energetic performance of this British classic, she expertly captures Austen’s signature wit and tone. Her attention to detail, her literary background, and her performance in the 2005 feature film version of the novel provide the perfect foundation from which to convey the story of Elizabeth Bennet, her four sisters, and the inimitable Mr. Darcy.

A floating fortress occupied by warrior gnomes. A castle made of sand. A derelict submarine guarded by malfunctioning machines. A haunted crypt surrounded by lethal traps. It was supposed to be easy. One bubble. Four castles. Fifteen days. Capture each one, and the stairwell is unlocked.

In this Audible Exclusive production, Academy Award® nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) narrates one of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Sense and Sensibility. In this timeless tale of misguided romance and heartbreak, two teenage heroines must overcome the pitfalls of Georgian England’s high society in order to achieve the love and happiness they seek. The admiration that Pike has for Austen’s work is shown clearly through this passionate delivery of Austen’s first published novel.

Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal - they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds.

A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered along the way. A rapidly deteriorating AI system. An inconvenient tiara upon the head of a friend.

The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am. But with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore. I am no longer one. I won the Iudicium and lost everything—and now, impossibly, the ancient device beyond the Labyrinth has replicated me across three separate worlds. A different version of myself in each of Obiteum, Luceum, and Res. Three different bodies, three different lives.

This book grew out of a series of letters to my daughter concerning various things - mostly about money and investing - she was not yet quite ready to hear. Since money is the single most powerful tool we have for navigating this complex world we've created, understanding it is critical.

The top 10 list is populated. The sponsorship program is open. The difficulty is ramping up. The first three floors were nothing compared to what Carl and Donut now face. The Iron Tangle. An impossibly complicated subway system built out of the world's subterranean railway systems, all combined and then tied together into a knot. Up is down.

A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious, end-of-floor celebration for the top crawlers, dubbed “The Butcher’s Masquerade”. The sixth floor. The Hunting Grounds. As the remaining crawlers battle for their lives, a new, terrible threat looms. Outside, tourists are finally allowed to enter the game, and they are here and ready to hunt. Among them is Vrah, a famed and veteran hunter, intent on collecting the biggest trophy of her career.

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

A floating fortress occupied by warrior gnomes. A castle made of sand. A derelict submarine guarded by malfunctioning machines. A haunted crypt surrounded by lethal traps. It was supposed to be easy. One bubble. Four castles. Fifteen days. Capture each one, and the stairwell is unlocked.

In this Audible Exclusive production, Academy Award® nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) narrates one of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Sense and Sensibility. In this timeless tale of misguided romance and heartbreak, two teenage heroines must overcome the pitfalls of Georgian England’s high society in order to achieve the love and happiness they seek. The admiration that Pike has for Austen’s work is shown clearly through this passionate delivery of Austen’s first published novel.

Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal - they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds.

The unapologetic intensity with which Emily Brontë wrote this story ensures that it will forever be considered one of the greatest works of English literature. A passionate tale of a chaotic and often violent love, Wuthering Heights transcends your average romance and, with its Gothic undertones, takes the listener on a journey through one man's lustful hunt for revenge.

The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grinder designed to chew up and spit out crawlers by the millions, Carl and Princess Donut need to work harder than ever just to survive. They call it the Over City. A sprawling, once-thriving metropolis devastated by a mysterious calamity. But these streets are far from abandoned. An undead circus trawls the ruins. Murdered prostitutes rain from the sky. An ancient spell is finally ready to reveal its dark purpose.

Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea whom to trust.

Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night - until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She'll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths. Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels he once attempted to overthrow. His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose - to assassinate his boss' enemies, no questions asked.

Hosting her brother's wedding for an MVP guest list is the challenge of Jess Canning's life. Already the family screw-up, she can't afford to fail. And nobody (nobody!) can learn of the colossal mistake she made with the best man during a weak moment last spring. It was wrong, and there will not be a repeat. Absolutely not. Even if he is the sexiest thing on two legs.

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

Jonas Milk, "il signor Jonas" per i commercianti della place du Vieux-Marché, ha una libreria d'occasione, un temperamento mite e una moglie, Gina Palestri, giovane, bella e con una pessima reputazione. Quando Gina scompare nel nulla, nel cuore della notte, portando con sé alcuni preziosissimi francobolli, al libraio crolla il mondo addosso. E tutti sembrano sospettare che il piccolo ebreo, giunto da una remota città russa, sia la causa di questa sparizione.

In this fantastic audio, you can hear relaxing noises and sounds without interruptions and voices, for over two hours you will have feelings of well-being for your brain.

In Lessico famigliare, il riaffiorare alla memoria di parole, espressioni, frasi e modi di dire sentiti tante volte in casa da Natalia Ginzburg, scandisce, con ironia e tenerezza, la storia della sua famiglia - i Levi - ebrei e antifascisti, nell'Italia tra gli anni Venti e gli anni Cinquanta del Novecento.

La storia di come le reti di informazione hanno fatto e disfatto il nostro mondo, dall’autore del bestseller mondiale Sapiens. Negli ultimi centomila anni, noi Sapiens abbiamo accumulato un enorme potere. Eppure, nonostante tutte le nostre scoperte, invenzioni e conquiste, oggi ci troviamo in una crisi esistenziale. Il mondo è sull’orlo del collasso ecologico. La disinformazione dilaga. E ci stiamo buttando a capofitto nell’era dell’intelligenza artificiale, una nuova rete di informazioni che minaccia di annientarci. Perché siamo così autodistruttivi?

Fin dall'infanzia, i nostri genitori prima, poi la scuola, e talvolta anche l'università, ci insegnano a percorrere la strada che segue il 90 per cento delle persone: lavorare per soldi e accontentarsi di quello che abbiamo, perché lo fanno tutti. Ci viene detto che prima bisogna fare bene a scuola e studiare duro per entrare all'università. Dopo anni di studio e accumulo di debiti, ci spingiamo a trovare un lavoro per saldare i nostri debiti e risparmiare denaro per la pensione.

Tutti si aspettavano che Violet Sorrengail morisse durante il suo primo anno all'accademia militare di Basgiath, compresa lei stessa. Ma la Trebbiatura è stata solo la prima, difficilissima prova per eliminare i candidati più insicuri, indegni e sfortunati. Ora inizia l'addestramento vero e proprio, e Violet già si chiede come farà a superarlo. Perché non sarà soltanto terribilmente estenuante, brutale e progettato per testare la capacità dei cavalieri di resistere al dolore oltre ogni limite.

Roma, anno 77 a.C. Il crudele senatore Dolabella è stato accusato di corruzione; peccato che, armato di denaro e dei migliori avvocati, abbia comprato i giudici e soprattutto minacciato con la violenza chiunque tentasse di affrontarlo. Per questo nessuno, in tutta l'Urbe, poteva immaginare che un giovane patrizio di appena ventitré anni scegliesse di portare avanti l'accusa, farsi portavoce del popolo di Roma e sfidare il potere della casta. Il nome dello sconosciuto avvocato sarebbe diventato uno dei più famosi dell'antichità: Gaio Giulio Cesare.

S'innamorano di una sagoma di cartone o di un pretoriano in miniatura, odiano i bambini pur portandoseli in grembo, lasciano una donna ma ne restano imprigionati, vomitano amore e rabbia, si tagliano, tradiscono, si ammalano. Sono alcuni dei personaggi del nuovo, strabiliante libro di Michela Murgia, un romanzo fatto di storie che si incastrano e in cui i protagonisti stanno attraversando un cambiamento radicale che costringe ciascuno di loro a forme inedite di sopravvivenza emotiva. "Una sera ti metti a tavola e la vita che conoscevi è finita."

Con Napoli i conti non sono mai chiusi ed Elena, scrittrice ormai affermata, torna a vivere nella città da cui era fuggita. Qui ritrova Lila, diventata imprenditrice informatica, e la loro amicizia torna quella di un tempo, linfa vitale e pungolo feroce.

Salento, giugno 1934. A Lizzanello, un paesino di poche migliaia di anime, una corriera si ferma nella piazza principale. Ne scende una coppia: lui, Carlo, è un figlio del Sud, ed è felice di essere tornato a casa; lei, Anna, sua moglie, è bella come una statua greca, ma triste e preoccupata: quale vita la attende in quella terra sconosciuta? Persino a trent’anni da quel giorno, Anna rimarrà per tutti «la forestiera», quella venuta dal Nord, quella diversa, che non va in chiesa, che dice sempre quello che pensa.

Alla vigilia di Natale, una visita scolastica allo zoo si trasforma in una catastrofe. Cosa è successo esattamente? I genitori di Josephine, la bambina che aveva preso parte alla gita, e che sembra saperne molte cose, sono decisi a scoprirlo. Ma una catastrofe non arriva mai da sola, le apparenze ingannano e la storia prenderà una piega che nessuno avrebbe potuto immaginare... La catastrofica visita allo zoo tiene con il fiato sospeso fino alla fine, è un romanzo divertente e a tratti commovente.

"È un buon inizio a determinare il successo. Le prime ore del giorno hanno forgiato i grandi eroi. Riprendetevi il mattino e diventate padroni della vostra vita." Ci sono buone abitudini che, una volta acquisite, ci aiutano a vivere meglio. Svegliarsi presto la mattina per seguire una routine fatta di azioni e di gesti salutari è senza dubbio una delle più importanti, perché ci permette non solo di affrontare la nuova giornata con vitalità e ottimismo, ma anche di pianificare, nella tranquillità delle prime ore, azioni da compiere e obiettivi da realizzare.

"Non pregare mai gli dèi che sono in ascolto dopo il tramonto." E se potessi vivere per sempre, ma della tua vita non rimanesse traccia perché nessuna delle persone che incontri può ricordarsi di te?Nel 1714, Adeline LaRue incontra uno sconosciuto e commette un terribile errore: sceglie l'immortalità senza rendersi conto che si sta condannando alla solitudine eterna. Tre secoli di storia, di storie, di amore, di arte, di guerra, di dolore, della solennità dei grandi momenti e della magia di quelli piccoli.

Anche se le porte sono chiuse, lei vede tutto. Millie è in cerca di un lavoro per ricominciare una nuova vita. Pur non avendo referenze, riesce a farsi assumere come governante nella lussuosa villa dei Winchester. Non è esattamente il lavoro dei suoi sogni: polvere e cattivo odore invadono le stanze, e la padrona di casa, Nina, è una donna annoiata e instabile, che sembra godere nel vederla faticare dalla mattina alla sera. Però, quantomeno, Millie qui può fingere di essere un'altra e sentirsi al sicuro dalle ombre che la tormentano.

Un giorno di novembre del 2020, Gisèle Pelicot viene convocata al commissariato locale; è lì che la vita per come l'ha conosciuta fino a quel momento finisce. Per quasi un decennio, Dominique l'ha drogata in segreto, l'ha stuprata e ha invitato decine di sconosciuti a casa loro per abusare di lei. In Un inno alla vita, Gisèle Pelicot si racconta per la prima volta con onestà e grazia disarmanti; ripercorre l'infanzia difficile, il primo amore, la carriera, la maternità, e poi l'ultimo decennio del suo matrimonio, gli abusi nascosti e infine il processo di guarigione emotiva che ne è seguito.