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She escaped the outlaw once. This time, hes never letting her go.Delaney Cross spent ten years burying the girl Boone Matthew destroyed.Now she photographs crime scenes instead of praying in church pews, hiding behind a camera lens while pretending the past cant touch her anymore.But when a brutal murder drops her straight into the middle of an Iron Vultures MC blood war, the one man she swore never to see again storms back into her life like a loaded weapon.Boone Matthew is no longer the reckless biker who stole the preachers daughters heart.Hes dangerous now. Ruthless. Feared by everyone who crosses him.And obsessed with protecting the woman he once betrayed.The evidence Delaney captured on her camera makes her a target, and the club hunting her will burn down everything in their path to silence her forever.The only safe place left is beside the outlaw who ruined her life the first time around.Forced onto the back of Boones motorcycle and dragged deep into the violent world she barely escaped, Delaney finds herself trapped between hatred and desire, vengeance and temptation.Because the more secrets Boone reveals, the more she realizes the betrayal that shattered her heart may have been the only thing that kept her alive.But in Boones world, love is possession. Loyalty is written in blood.And once an outlaw claims something as his he never lets it go.

Martina e una donna separata con un figlio preadolescente, la cui vita e congelata in una quotidianita di impegni e rinunce. Le giornate si susseguono luna allaltra, fino a che un incontro inatteso la pone di fronte alla scelta fra il sentimento verso laltro e il recupero di se stessa. In un meccanismo di incastri fra entusiasmo e inadeguatezza, dove cio che accoglie spesso respinge, e cio che si credeva conquistato diventa ben presto irraggiungibile, nascono e crollano speranze e certezze. "Dividere il freddo" e la storia di una duplice seconda possibilita: la possibilita di vivere un nuovo amore, ma anche la possibilita di tornare in possesso di sogni e progetti, nella consapevolezza che il freddo non e solo quello che ci circonda, e anche quello che abbiamo dentro di noi.

Which and how many choices in life are determined by our will? Which are due to fate? Or are they predetermined and therefore inevitable? A saga that, using a fantasy setting and choreography, focuses on the psychological and introspective analysis of the characters, actors, perhaps unaware, who will have to face questions unanswered for thousands of years.

Il libro racconta il cammino interiore di un uomo che si ritrova, per circostanze fortuite, a trascorrere alcuni giorni in un rifugio di montagna, immerso nella neve e nel silenzio, per ritrovare sé stesso. Qui incontra quattro personaggi simbolici: Nazoreo, la voce della verita e della luce spirituale; Tony, il coach motivazionale e pratico; Suresh, lo yogi e mistico orientale; Edgar, scienziato e filosofo della consapevolezza.Attraverso dialoghi immaginari con questi quattro maestri, il protagonista affronta domande universali: cose la vita? chi sono io? come trovare la liberta e la pace interiore? qual e il senso del limite e della rinascita?Il libro si articola in 15 capitoli, alternando narrazione, riflessione filosofica, spunti spirituali e momenti poetici. Lo stile e semplice e accessibile, ma ricco di profondita. Un racconto iniziatico che fonde spiritualita occidentale e orientale, filosofia esistenziale e crescita personale, in una cornice narrativa intima e simbolica.

Warum Zivilisationen untergehen (und warum auch unsere es konnte)Warum brechen groe Gesellschaften zusammen, plotzlich, vollstandig, und oft ohne die Krafte zu begreifen, die sie ausgeloscht haben?Von den Maya und den Romern bis zu den Mongolen, Byzanz und den einst dominierenden Imperien Europas zeigt die Geschichte ein klares Muster, Zivilisationen sterben nicht eines naturlichen Todes. Sie implodieren von innen heraus.Dieses Buch ist eine tiefgehende, weit ausgreifende Reise in die verborgenen Gesetze, die Aufstieg und Fall menschlicher Gesellschaften bestimmen. Gestutzt auf Geschichte, Anthropologie, Okonomie und politische Psychologie argumentiert Warum Zivilisationen untergehen (und warum auch unsere es konnte), dass Zusammenbruch niemals ein Zufall ist. Er ist das vorhersehbare Ergebnis wachsender Komplexitat, sozialer Fragmentierung, einer Uberproduktion von Eliten und der Erosion gemeinsamer Sinnhorizonte.Anhand anschaulicher Fallstudien und moderner Parallelen untersucht das Buch:Wie Wohlstandsspaltung und politische Polarisierung den Verfall beschleunigenWarum Vertrauen, wenn es einmal verloren ist, nur selten zuruckkehrtDen langen, langsamen Zerfall von Institutionen vor dem plotzlichen ZusammenbruchWie demografischer Niedergang, Massenmigration und kulturelle Erschopfung Nationen umformenWarum technologischer Fortschritt eine Gesellschaft nicht retten kann, wenn sie ihren inneren Zusammenhalt verloren hatDie letzten Warnzeichen, die dem Fall immer vorausgehenDies ist kein Buch der Verzweiflung. Es ist ein Buch der Klarheit.Indem wir die Vergangenheit verstehen, gewinnen wir Einsicht in die Zukunft, oder zumindest die Chance, uns auf sie vorzubereiten.Fur Leser von Jared Diamond, Niall Ferguson, Oswald Spengler, Arnold Toynbee und Peter Turchin ist dies ein kraftvoller, verstorender Blick darauf, was geschieht, wenn Zivilisationen zu selbstsicher werden, um die Krafte zu erkennen, die sie auseinanderziehen.Die Geschichte wiederholt sich nicht, aber Zivilisationen tun es. Und unsere ist keine Ausnahme.

This volume examines one of the defining tensions of our era: how to harness the transformative power of artificial intelligence while preserving responsibility, sovereignty, and human judgement.Bringing together scholars and practitioners, this volume moves beyond hype and alarmism to explore AI across three interconnected levels: global systems, organisational governance, and personal ethics. It addresses digital sovereignty, cybersecurity, sustainability, inclusion, healthcare, education, and accessibility, highlighting both the environmental and social costs of AI and its potential to advance innovation within the Sustainable Development Goals.Rather than offering easy solutions, the book advocates embracing technological possibility while insisting on transparency, accountability, and public values. At stake is not only how AI functions, but how it reshapes institutions, knowledge, and everyday life.Balancing lightness with weight, this book invites readers to reflect critically on progress, power, and responsibility in the age of intelligent machines.

Esiste una voce che non smette mai di sussurrare, un Ospite invisibile che decide cosa puoi mangiare, quanto devi allenarti e quanto vali in base a un numero su una bilancia. Del pieno e del vuoto e il memoir di una donna che attraversa venticinque anni di disturbi alimentari, tra abbuffate notturne, restrizioni feroci e sensi di colpa che le scavano dentro. Larrivo della maternita e lincontro con i propri limiti trasformano la lotta per la perfezione in un faticoso cammino verso la verita. Queste pagine descrivono il passaggio dalla prigione del controllo assoluto alla liberta dellaccettazione. È la storia di una guarigione silenziosa, fatta di cadute, di consapevolezze amare e della scoperta che la bellezza risiede proprio nelle crepe che ci portiamo dentro. Il lettore trovera una testimonianza profonda sul senso del tempo, sul valore dei legami familiari e sulla possibilita di imparare a respirare di nuovo, un giorno alla volta.

Sicilia orientale, estate 1718: tra filari di canna da zucchero viene trovato un corpo sfigurato. È linizio di unurgenza che travolge una comunita intera, botteghe, opifici, palazzi nobiliari, mentre il Mediterraneo ribolle per la battaglia navale che sorregge il destino delle grandi potenze. In questo crocevia di passioni e vendette, Miluzza lotta per la sua famiglia, Costanza scopre la sua arte e il suo cuore, e il comandante spagnolo diventa il volto di un amore impossibile. Tra indagini, pettegolezzi e segreti rivelati, si muovono uomini e donne che conoscono il prezzo della dignita: acque insidiose, vecchi rancori, alleanze che si rompono.

How People Judge You in 3 Seconds is a practical and psychologically grounded guide to one of the fastest processes in human behavior, the instant judgments people make the moment they see, hear, or meet you. Long before anyone understands your character, intentions, or abilities, they are already reading signals, posture, facial expression, tone of voice, energy, and presence. This book explains why first impressions happen so quickly, why they are so powerful, and why they often shape everything that follows.Drawing on social psychology, behavioral science, and real world human interaction, the book shows how people form opinions from tiny fragments of behavior and then unconsciously search for evidence to confirm them. It explores the hidden cues that influence trust, warmth, confidence, status, and approachability, while also showing why so many people get misjudged. The problem, in many cases, is not who you are, but the signals you send without realizing it.Clear, sharp, and highly useful, How People Judge You in 3 Seconds is not about manipulation or pretending to be someone else. It is about understanding perception and learning how to present yourself with more clarity, calm, and authenticity. For professionals, job seekers, entrepreneurs, and anyone who feels overlooked or misunderstood, this book offers a smarter way to think about presence, communication, and the silent messages that shape every interaction.

One contract. One secret heir. One broken bond that refuses to die.Six years ago, Alpha Ash Kolter marked me under the moon.Then he believed a lie and let them throw me away.They said I poisoned him.They said I killed my mother.They said I was dangerous.My own brother bound my wolf with silver, stole my name, and made me a servant in the house that should have been mine.Ash never came for me.So I stopped waiting.I survived the cliff.I survived the silver.I survived giving birth alone in the human world to a son Ash never knew existed.Luca is five now.He has his fathers silver eyes.My stubborn heart.And a wolf too powerful for a child his age.I kept him hidden for years.Then the only man who saved me after the fall got sick. The hospital bills were too high. The surgery could not wait.And Ash Kolter walked back into my life with a contract in his hand.One year.Live in his house.Stand beside him in public.Pretend to be his chosen mate.Help him silence the wolves circling his throne.In exchange, he pays for everything.There is only one problem.Ash does not recognize me.To him, I am Mira Hale. A quiet, bound wolf with no power and no past.But his wolf knows.Every time he comes near me, his control cracks. Every time he touches me, the bond we buried six years ago burns hotter. And every time he looks at me like I am something he wants, I remember the night he lost the right to have me.He thinks this is a contract.I know it is a trap.Because the woman he believes saved his life is the one who destroyed mine.Seraphine stole my blood.Stole my truth.Stole my place beside him.And she is not done.Now my son is in danger. My wolf is waking. And Ash is finally starting to remember the night everything changed.He wants the truth.He wants forgiveness.He wants his mate back.But some wounds do not heal because an Alpha says sorry.Some lies need blood.And when Ash finds out the boy with silver eyes is his son?When he learns I was the one who saved him?When he realizes the girl he let them bury came back with a storm in her bones?He will finally understand.I did not return to be claimed.I returned to make them pay.The wolf they chained for six years is ready for blood.

Sogni di portare la tua impresa in America, ma la paura dellignoto e i racconti contraddittori sul "sogno americano" ti tengono bloccato in Italia?Sei un imprenditore esperto, sai creare valore, ma lidea di affrontare la burocrazia USA, un mercato sconosciuto e un cambio di vita radicale ti sembra un ostacolo insormontabile. Hai letto articoli e visto video, ma nessuno ti ha mai dato una mappa chiara, onesta e testata sul campo.Le guide tradizionali sono spesso manuali teorici scritti da consulenti, o storie di successo edulcorate che nascondono la fatica, gli errori e i costi reali. Promettono risultati facili, ma non ti preparano alla realta.Questo non e uno di quei libri."Da un sogno italiano a un futuro americano" e il manuale operativo di chi ce lha fatta. Daniela Lovera non e una teorica: a 55 anni, dopo aver guidato unazienda da 150 dipendenti in Italia, ha lasciato tutto per ricominciare da zero in Florida, fondando una boutique di successo.In queste pagine, Daniela ti guida passo dopo passo nel processo che ha seguito personalmente, trasformando lesperienza diretta in un metodo replicabile. Non troverai promesse, ma strategia.Allinterno scoprirai: Il metodo per trasformare unidea entusiasta in un business plan a prova di realta americana. Quanto serve davvero: come costruire un budget realistico che includa i costi invisibili che nessuno ti dice. Burocrazia USA senza segreti: i passi concreti per affrontare visti (come lE-2 per investitori), licenze e tasse senza commettere errori fatali. La mentalita per adattare il valore del Made in Italy al mercato americano, senza snaturare la tua identita. Gli errori da evitare (che lautrice ha fatto e ha visto fare) per risparmiare tempo, denaro e frustrazione. Questo libro e per te se non cerchi una scorciatoia, ma una strada. Se non vuoi sentirti dire che sara facile, ma che e possibile. Se sei pronto a sostituire il dubbio con un piano dazione concreto.Smetti di sognare a vuoto. È il momento di pianificare il tuo futuro americano con una guida fidata al tuo fianco. Ordina la tua copia oggi stesso.

Scarlett Caldwell had perfected the art of being the billionaires wife.Elegant at every gala. Loyal through every scandal. Silent when Dominick Jefferson came home late, smiled too easily, and told her she was imagining things. She believed devotion would be enough to keep a marriage alive.Then one message on his phone destroys everything.Veronica Kane was not just Dominicks first love. She was the woman he never truly released, the memory he kept returning to while Scarlett stood beside him, building his reputation, protecting his empire, and pretending not to see the cracks in their perfect life.When the affair becomes impossible to deny, Scarletts private heartbreak becomes Manhattans favorite scandal. Gossip columns twist her pain. Society turns cruel. Dominick wants her quiet. Veronica wants her place erased. And every powerful person around Scarlett expects her to remain graceful while her world burns.But Scarlett is done being the wife who stayed.As she fights to reclaim her name, her foundation, and her dignity, Holden Ortiz enters her life, Dominicks rival and the one man who sees the woman behind the flawless smile. He offers help, but Scarlett has learned the cost of trusting powerful men. Loving Holden could heal her, or it could make her the scandal they are all desperate to prove.Raw, emotional, and unforgettable, Infidelity Broke Her Forever is a billionaire romance about betrayal, public humiliation, quiet strength, and the painful beauty of choosing yourself before anyone else can choose you.Read now and discover what happens when a betrayed wife stops begging for love and becomes the woman no one can control.

He betrayed her in the worst possible way. Now hell burn the world down to get her back.Tessa Vale spent twelve years building the Black ReapersMotorcycle Club beside Jace Maddoxthe ruthless VP who promised her forever.She designed their empire. Protected their secrets. Loved him harder than he deserved.Then she walked into their bedroom and found him with another woman.Not just any woman.Brandi Mercerthe daughter of their biggest enemy.Humiliated and shattered, Tessa leaves the only life shes ever known, determined to never look back. But Jace Maddox isnt a man who accepts losing what belongs to him. Especially not her.Now caught between rival biker clubs, dangerous alliances, and a war ready to explode, Tessa finds herself pulled toward Wyatt Crane, the cold, calculating president of the Iron Vultures and Jaces sworn enemy.Wyatt offers her protection. Jace offers obsession. And both men are willing to destroy anyone who stands in their way.But when secrets surface, loyalties fracture, and betrayal turns deadly, Tessa must decide if love is worth surviving or if some hearts are better left broken.

Pourquoi les civilisations s’effondrent (et pourquoi la nôtre pourrait aussi)Pourquoi les grandes sociétés s’effondrent-elles, soudainement, totalement, et souvent sans même comprendre les forces qui

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He thought she abandoned him. She thought he betrayed her. Neither of them knew about the child.Naomi Bennett swore she would never return to Oak Creek.Not after the humiliation. Not after the betrayal. And definitely not after discovering she was pregnant with Rhett Callahans baby.For six years, she built a quiet life far away from the small Southern town that shattered her heart. She raised her son alone, protected him fiercely, and buried every memory of the man she once planned to marry.But when her father falls gravely ill, Naomi has no choice but to come home.Only Oak Creek hasnt forgotten her.And neither has Rhett.Now a powerful construction mogul with a dangerous reputation and enough influence to own half the county, Rhett is no longer the reckless young man Naomi left behind. Hes colder. Harder. More possessive.Then one look at Naomis six-year-old son changes everything.Because the boy has Rhetts eyes.The secret Naomi spent years protecting explodes in a single heartbeat, dragging them both back into a storm of lies, betrayal, obsession, and unfinished desire.Rhett wants answers. Naomi wants to protect her child. But in a town where secrets never stay buried, their explosive past threatens to destroy everything all over again.

Die Kreuzzuge neu uberdacht: Wie ein mittelalterlicher Krieg Europa rettete und den Westen pragte von Adrian LeclercDie Kreuzzuge waren kein Kreuzzug gegen den Islam, sondern gegen die Isolation.Uber Jahrhunderte hinweg wurden die Kreuzzuge als der ultimative Ausdruck blinden religiosen Fanatismus dargestellt, als barbarischer heiliger Krieg, der einen bleibenden Makel in der Geschichte des Westens hinterlie. Aber was, wenn diese Erzahlung eher ein Produkt moderner Schuldgefuhle als mittelalterlicher Wirklichkeit ist?In Die Kreuzzuge neu uberdacht liefert der Historiker Adrian Leclerc eine weitreichende, analytische Betrachtung jenes Konflikts, der Europa rettete. Jenseits der Karikatur des wilden Ritters argumentiert Leclerc, dass die Kreuzzuge eine rationale, defensive und letztlich tiefgreifend transformative Antwort auf Jahrhunderte existenzieller Bedrohung waren. Weit davon entfernt, nur ein Ausbruch von Fanatismus gewesen zu sein, waren sie der Mechanismus, durch den ein zersplittertes und bedrangtes Europa eine vierhundertjahrige Umklammerung durchbrach, den globalen Handel wieder offnete und die Grundlagen der Renaissance mit schuf.Mit einer globalen Perspektive, die moralische und materielle Faktoren gleichermaen berucksichtigt, untersucht Leclerc:Die Belagerung Europas: wie der Zusammenbruch des Mittelmeerhandels und der Verlust Spaniens, Siziliens und Anatoliens Europa vor 1095 in ein verwundbares Gefangnis verwandelten.Die Okonomie des Glaubens: wie die Wiedereroffnung ostlicher Handelsrouten durch italienische Seemachte die Vorformen des modernen Kapitalismus schuf.Die intellektuelle Brucke: die vergessene Weitergabe griechischer Texte, mathematischer Erkenntnisse und medizinischen Wissens, die uber die Kreuzfahrerstaaten nach Florenz und daruber hinaus gelangte.Die Erfindung der Schuld: wie Aufklarungsautoren und postkoloniale Denker die Geschichte der Kreuzzuge instrumentalisierten, um modernen politischen Erzahlungen zu dienen.Die Kreuzzuge neu uberdacht ist eine intellektuell furchtlose Neuvermessung der mittelalterlichen Welt. Es ist ein unverzichtbares Werk fur alle, die verstehen wollen, wie eine Zivilisation, die durch Gefahr und moralischen Kampf neu geboren wurde, die Identitat des modernen Westens formte.Geschichte ist keine Erzahlung von Heiligen und Sundern, sondern von jenen, die standhielten.

I needed $500,000 in thirty days.My answer? Sign my name to the coldest, most dangerous contract in New York.Six months. One marriage. No questions. No feelings.Simple.Except the man I married isnt a man.On our wedding night, when Damon Cross pins me against the wall and his eyes flood gold molten, predatory, inhuman I understand two things at once.My billionaire husband is a wolf. An Alpha.And I just signed my life away to a monster.THE CONTRACT SAYS:Six months of playing the perfect wife. Absolute secrecy about what I see. No questions about his world.Penalty for breaking the agreement?My life.WHAT HE DIDNT TELL ME:Im not just his fake wife. Im his mate. The one his wolf has been hunting for a century. The one fated to break the ancient curse destroying his pack if he can make me fall in love with him in exactly 180 days.He has a plan.He has a strategy.He has every move calculated.What he doesnt have what he never planned for is me.But heres what I didnt know about Alphas.They always catch whats theirs.And heres what neither of us knew about me:Im not who I thought I was.Its this:With a single touch, I can dissolve every compulsion bond an Alpha has ever built.I can free every wolf being held against their will.I can dismantle an empire built on sixty years of force.With one hand.The woman Damon Cross married to win a war?She just became the war.His pack wants me claimed. The Silvercrest Pack wants me caged. And Damon the man who chose me first for the wrong reason and then for every right one will burn every law, every alliance, and every boundary in the supernatural world to keep anyone from taking me.Even from himself.Because when he finally tells me the truth all of it, the plan and the curse and the hundred and twenty days between the strategy and the moment he realized I was something he had no strategy for I have to decide:Is a love built on a lie still love?Or is it just the most devastating thing Ive ever survived?PERFECT FOR READERS WHO LOVE: Dark billionaire romance with dangerous heroes Fated mates and claiming bites that wreck you Heroines who are brilliant, unbreakable, and nobodys victim Fake marriage that burns into something real and irreversible Possessive alphas who count the seconds of someone elses hug Secret identity reveals that reframe everything Slow burn that pays off in the most devastating way possible Wolf shifter romance with real stakes and real grief underneath the heat

Cyril Gordon had been seated at his desk but ten minutes and was deep in the mornings mail when there came an urgent message from his chief, summoning him to an immediate audience in the inner office.The chief had keen blue eyes and shaggy eyebrows. He never wasted words; yet those words when spoken had more weight than those of most other men in Washington.There was the briefest of good-morning gleams in his nod and glance, but he only said:Gordon, can you take the Pennsylvania train for New York that leaves the station in thirty-two minutes?The young man was used to abrupt questions from his chief, but he caught his breath, mentally surveying his day as it had been planned:Why, sir, I suppose I couldif it is necessary He hesitated.It is necessary, said the chief curtly, as if that settled the matter.

Quando i gemelli Riku e Raku gli rubano il posto nella squadra di calcio per il torneo, Pete non si arrende: fondera la sua squadra e reclutera i campioni piu forti del mondo. Come? Attraverso dei messaggi in bottiglia inviati tramite il WC! Nel corso della sua missione, Pete incontrera un cane a tre zampe di nome Totti, disastrosi compagni di squadra e un paio di amici improbabili. E proprio quando tutto sembra perduto Un bestseller esilarante, una storia travolgente di calcio, amicizia e piccoli miracoli.