Cravings and fantasies become her new routine, but while Loren Hale recovers from his alcohol addiction, Lily wonders if he'll realize what a monster she really is. After all, her sexual compulsions begin to rule her life the longer she stays faithful to him.
Progress. That's what Lily's striving for. But by trying to become closer to her family people who aren't aware of her addiction she creates larger obstacles. When she spends time with her youngest sister, she learns more about her than she ever imagined and senses an unsettling connection between Daisy and Ryke Meadows.
For the ancients, everything worth pursuing in life flowed from a strong sense of justice or one’s commitment to doing the right thing, no matter how difficult. In order to be courageous, wise, and self-disciplined, one must begin with justice. The influence of the modern world often tells us that acting justly is optional. Holiday argues that that’s simply untrue—and the fact that so few people today have the strength to stand by their convictions explains much about why we’re so unhappy.
Aunque fraguadas sobre todo entre 1858 y 1861, las Rimas están integradas por piezas compuestas a lo largo de casi quince años, hasta el momento de la muerte de Bécquer, sin alcanzar una ordenación definitiva. Los temas dominantes son los propios de la poesía amorosa de todos los tiempos, como la melancolía y la incomunicación, modulados por toda la tradición aprendida (desde el clasicismo grecolatino hasta los romanticismos de escuela, pasando por la literatura del Siglo de Oro) y prestando atención a procedimientos propios de la literatura de consumo, como el sentimentalismo del folletín, la dramatización de la vida privada, la métrica de la zarzuela o el tono de la poesía alemana y de la balada de mediados de siglo.
Even in a family of chaotic necromancers, Daria “Dasha” Avramov has always been an outlier. An event planner at the Arcane Emporium occult megastore, Dasha is also a devil eater: a rare necromantic witch with an affinity for banishing demons and traversing the veil, the boundary between this realm and the next.
Still grieving the loss of both beloved parents years ago, and plagued by a dangerous obsession with the world beyond the veil, Dasha is fiery yet guarded, an expert at dodging commitment. Her worst regret is a devastating breakup with the wise, empathetic, and sensual Ivy Thorn, her event-planning counterpart at Honeycake Orchards, and probably the love of Dasha’s life. Dasha has managed to break Ivy’s heart not once, but twice, so things are more than a little tense between them.
As sensitive to human suffering as to the simple pleasures of life, Robert Doisneau is one of the most celebrated exponents of the Photographie humaniste that swept through the 1950s. Cherished in particular for his soulful portraits of Paris, Doisneau demonstrated a unique ability to find – and perfectly frame – charismatic characters, entertaining episodes, and fleeting moments of humor and affection.
Robinson Crusoe es una de las obras de aventuras más famosas de la literatura. Escrita por Daniel Defoe, está considerada como la primera novela inglesa. Cuenta la historia del joven Robinson Crusoe que embarca en un largo viaje como marinero a bordo de un barco mercantil. Una gran tormenta hunde el barco en el que viajaba, naufragando a una isla deshabitada cerca de Venezuela. Solo y sin modo de escapar, pasará sus aventuras en la isla en la que permanecerá durante veintiocho años.