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Fern Brookbanks has wasted far too much of her adult life thinking about Will Baxter. She spent just twenty-four hours in her early twenties with the aggravatingly attractive, idealistic artist, a chance encounter that spiraled into a daylong adventure in the city. The timing was wrong, but their connection was undeniable: they shared every secret, every dream, and made a pact to meet one year later. Fern showed up. Will didn’t. At thirty-two, Fern’s life doesn’t look at all how she once imagined it would. Instead of living in the city, Fern’s back home, running her mother’s lakeside resort—something she vowed never to do. The place is in disarray, her ex-boyfriend’s the manager, and Fern doesn’t know where to begin. She needs a plan—a lifeline. To her surprise, it comes in the form of Will, who arrives nine years too late, with a suitcase in tow and an offer to help on his lips. Will may be the only person who understands what Fern’s going through. But how could she possibly trust this expensive-suit wearing mirage who seems nothing like the young man she met all those years ago. Will is hiding something, and Fern’s not sure she wants to know what it is.

Clementine Clark isn’t looking for love. Growing up with a single mom who weeps over a new guy each week tends to have that effect on a girl. But Clementine doesn’t mind being the rational one—she’s even buried her musical dreams so deeply within herself that she hardly notices the hole it’s left in her life. That is until her best friend calls her with a life-changing opportunity: to join Irish megastar Halloran on his first US tour as a backing vocalist. Clementine wants to reject the offer, but the pay is enough to change her and her mom’s life. Overnight, Clementine goes from serving enchiladas at the Happy Tortilla to belting high notes before a cheering crowd. But the whiplash of trading small-town Texas for sold-out stadiumsis nothing compared to the rush of performing with the enigmatic Thomas Patrick Halloran. Poet, introvert, and lyrical genius, Halloran quickly gets under Clementine’s skin. The two couldn’t see the world more differently. And yet, over the course of the next eight weeks on tour, the romantic rockstar might just strike an unforgettable chord in Clementine. But will it be enough for an encore?

Resilience is the inner strength and flexibility that allows you to weather any challenges you encounter. And these days it's more important than ever. In How to Be Resilient, Dr. Gail Gazelle of Harvard Medical School guides you through supportive advice and exercises that make it easier to deal with difficult times, and build the skills to survive, heal, and keep moving forward. Inside, you'll learn how to be adaptable in the face of change, build essential community with others, and enjoy the good things in your life to the fullest!

Jackie Howard returns to the Walter ranch after a summer in New York. She needed space―and got it. But she doesn't know where things stand with her and Cole Walter after that goodbye kiss. Over the summer, she stopped texting him. She never stopped thinking about him. Still, with Cole living off in town to work at Tony's garage before he heads off to college, Jackie thinks it'll be easy to avoid him―only to find that when she sees him face to face at last, it's, well... impossible to resist him. Things are getting complicated: he's the boy she can't get off her mind, and the Walters have become the family she loves and needs. How can Jackie move forward when she's afraid of taking the next step?

Los mejores libros jamás escritos Una obra fundamental de la literatura mística Edición de Jorge García López, profesor de Filología Española en la Universitat de Girona Santa Teresa de Jesús, también conocida como Teresa de Ávila, es, junto con san Juan de la Cruz, el gran nombre de la mística española. El Libro de la vida es el primero de sus escritos no líricos y ya en él se hallan los temas más recurrentes de su obra. Se trata de una obra temprana y fresca, que combina la autobiografía con la enseñanza religiosa y el relato con la doctrina. De este modo, mientras que los primeros diez capítulos son meramente biográficos, casi confesionales, lo cual supuso una novedad totalmente rupturista en el ámbito de las letras, los siguientes capítulos constituyen un bello tratado acerca de la oración. Hacia el final de la obra, la carmelita retoma la narración más cotidiana y relata la fundación del convento de San José de Ávila. La sencilla y sincera prosa de santa Teresa de Jesús otorga al Libro de la vida no solo un valor religioso, sino sobre todo literario.

Dos historias paralelas se desarrollan en escenarios de nombre evocador.- una transcurre en el llamado «fin del mundo», una misteriosa ciudad amurallada; la otra, en un Tokio de un futuro no muy lejano, un despiadado «país de las maravillas». En la primera, el protagonista se ve privado de su sombra, e impelido a leer sueños, entre extraños habitantes y unicornios cuyo pelaje se torna dorado en invierno. En la segunda historia, el narrador y protagonista es un informático que trabaja en una turbia institución gubernamental; sus servicios son requeridos por un inquietante científico que juguetea con la manipu­lación de la mente y vive en la red de alcantarillado, una red poblada por tenebrosas criaturas carnívoras.