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Enter a London like no other in this fast-paced, captivating fantasy novel, perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab and Genevieve Cogman.Oyster McLellen has spent his life causing mischief. Running with a small-time gang and fleecing money from tourists in Hyde Park to support his struggling family in the absence of his father, who abandoned them years ago.When a simple money drop for his boss, Big Mickey, goes wrong, Oysters future looks bleak. His only chance to redeem himself in the eyes of Mickey is to get the money back, but as he pursues the thieves across South London he suddenly finds himself washed up on a beach, surrounded by broken phones and shattered office furniture.His new world: Greater London. A city built on the detritus of our own, where leviathans crafted from broken skyscrapers roam the seas, where ink beetles nestle beneath the skin of its residents and where Oysters father, Lucas, may well have escaped to all those years ago.But there are bigger things at stake. Oysters allegiances are torn between the enigmatic Nonesuch, the eccentric escapist Marya Petrovna, and the terrifying Mr Primrose - and he will have to choose who to align himself with quickly. Because plans are afoot: something ancient is brewing, and a choice needs to be made, the consequences of which will determine the fate of Londons, and life, everywhere.

Pomp, pageantry, power and prestige are just a few of the words to sum up the history and vibrancy of the City of London.Beyond its fame as the financial heart of London, this new guidebook explores the Square Mile of London revealing the secrets hidden in its rich treasure trove. Neither square nor a square mile, the City of London seems to lie beyond the limits of logic.From St Pauls, Wrens Masterpiece to the Barbican, Europes largest centre for Arts, the City of London is a compelling blend of diverse visitor attractions waiting to be explored. Whether you pop into the Old Bailey, the scene of many a courtroom drama, amble through Lincoln Inn Fields or drool over the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London there is never a dull moment in the City...Learn why the Bank of England is known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street and the importance of Mansion House, home to the Right Honorable The Lord Mayor of London and looks at the traditions behind the Lord Mayors Show.

A fresh look at Labours greatest ever Prime Minister

Um romance histórico sobre poder, traição e a mulher que se tornou uma lenda!Filha favorita do Faraó, a princesa Cleópatra sonhava em escrever a própria história em meio aos pergaminhos da biblioteca

Laura Sacristán (@shoothecook) te presenta el plan de batch cooking perfecto para comer bien toda la semana.Preguntarse cada día qué cocinar resulta agotador, especialmente cuando quieres comer saludable pero Laura Sacristan acude al rescate con una rutina de batch cooking que te ahorrara tiempo, dinero y energia mientras comes rico, saludable y variado.Este libro incluye mas de 80 recetas combinadas en 12 menus semanales economicos y rapidos de preparar, con opciones variadas y consejos para conservar los platos y aprovechar mejor tu tiempo. Tener la comida preparada en la nevera es la unica forma de alimentarte bien y no caer en lo de siempre para salir del paso o pedir a domicilio, y con las recetas de Laura ganaras paz mental y tiempo para dedicarselo a lo que tu quieras.

Marta García-Orea nos propone una cocina lenta, antiinflamatoria y rica para nuestra microbiota.Este libro te interesa si:. quieres probar recetas nuevas. quieres desinflamarte. te preocupa tu microbiota. quieres saber como conservar mejor los alimentos y que menaje de cocina utilizarEn este completisimo libro, Marta nos presenta mas de 90 recetas antiinflamatorias, desde platos de cuchara a cenas rapidas, sin olvidar deliciosos postres saludables. Para los mas atrevidos, tambien incluye panes y masas fermentadas y no fermentadas, y un apartado dedicado a los encurtidos, lacteos y fermentos.El libro se completa con tres menus semanales.

O que ninguém conta a um estudante de Arquitetura?Entre idealizações e expectativas, a decisão de cursar Arquitetura e Urbanismo costuma vir acompanhada de sonhos com croquis, maquetes e prêmios. Mas

Teams who work together with ease and efficiency can change the world.This notion is as challenging as it is promising, with lone wolves, paralyzing perfectionism, blocked projects, and obstructive hierarchies often getting in the way.What if there was one simple question that could radically simplify collaboration? Regardless of whether youre an intern or a team leader, the question How can we bring Flow into this? can be applied to all areas of collaboration, immediately creating a clear focus and setting things in motion. When everyone is in Flow, everything moves forward.With 10 ready-to-use tools, you can enhance your personal workflow, as well as the Flow in your team and across your entire organization both right away and with lasting impact.These tools have been tested in real-world situations with over 3,000 people and are already being used successfully in organizations of all sizes.

T. S. Eliot took George Barker onto the Faber poetry list in 1935 with Poems, when Barker was only twenty-two. This was the beginning of a publishing association which would endure through nineteen further volumes. There was an earlier Collected Poems published in 1957, but this edition, published in 1987 towards the end of the writers life, is the definitive edition. Here, readers have access to the contents of all of those volumes together with lesser-known work published by smaller presses and journals both in the UK and abroad. The book allows us to follow the evolution of a major talent who subscribed to no school and scorned all affiliation, but whose work is uncompromisingly true in both its stylistic integrity and its unswerving conception of poetic responsibility.His work was passionate, intellectually challenging and highly original, his language incantatory and often hypnotic. Peter Wilby, Guardian

A liderança intransferível não nasce de um cargo, nem de um manual. Ela nasce do cuidado. Da coragem de sustentar o que importa — mesmo quando é difícil, invisível e solitário.Camila Antunes descobr

Find Peace in His Presence: A Companion for Your Spiritual Retreat Do you feel inundated from all sides, your soul overwhelmed by endless consumption, constantly absorbing relentless content wherever you go? Yet does your soul still feel hungry and satisfaction seem out of reach? What youre longing for is solitude with God. Come Away and Rest invites you to step away from the noise of a hurried world and into the sustaining presence of God.Alyson Pryor gently guides you on a healing, life-giving path of spiritual renewal through personal retreats of silence, solitude, and intentional rest. This thoughtful guide offers step-by-step instructions for customizing six types of personal retreats that you can practice from anywhere. Whether youre new to the idea of retreats or looking for fresh guidance, this book will be a nurturing companion for your spiritual growth.In Come Away and Rest, you will find: Guidance for how to prepare for a personal spiritual retreat Step-by-step instructions for crafting six personal retreats, ranging between six hours to several days Wisdom for re-entering life after a retreat If you need discernment, are grieving, are going through a time of transition, or are simply weary, Come Away and Rest helps you find the sacred rhythm of spiritual retreat. Pryors reflections lead you through the deeper purpose of resting in Gods presencea practice that isnt just restorative but essential. Discover the rest your soul longs for. Get your copy of Come Away and Rest and be inspired to make retreating with God an essential rhythm in your spiritual life.

Seul, a construction project manager, investigates a foul stench beneath the premier department store in Seoul. Hidden records from the buildings construction during the colonial era hint at madness. The only clue is a cryptic phrase: "Bin-o-jae." Beneath the glittering showroom, she uncovers secrets tied not only to workers suffering and capitalisms horrors, but to her own body.Come Down to a Lower Place is part of the Lovecraft Reanimated project, where leading Korean speculative fiction writers reimagine the works of horror master H.P. Lovecraft. While honoring his eerie, grotesque imagery and the blurred boundaries between reality and fantasy, they update his ideas for a global audience.

Ninguém sabe capturar as delícias e os dissabores do dia a dia como Luis Fernando Verissimo. Nesta antologia, reunimos o melhor de suas Comédias da vida privada. Com sua prosa afiada e inteligente, Verissimo transforma o banal em arte. Um convite irresistivel a gargalhada cumplice e ao reconhecimento imediato.Comedias da vida privada foi publicado pela primeira vez em 1994. O sucesso foi tanto que no ano seguinte suas personagens e historias foram parar na televiso: adaptada por Jorge Furtado (que foi quem sugeriu o titulo) e Guel Arraes para a rede Globo, a obra se transformou em um programa semanal que levou milhes de espectadores a reconhecerem no espelho as figuras criadas por Verissimo. Em 1996, ampliando o repertorio de historias, foram lançadas As novas comedias da vida privada, que junto com o primeiro livro, foram lidas por milhares de leitores, mostrando a força e a perenidade desses breves esquetes sobre a vida cotidiana de todos nos.Em 2004, a editora Objetiva lançou O melhor das comedias da vida privada. Agora o escritor gaucho escolheu suas historias preferidas dos livros que ja haviam se tornado um classico, e ainda incluiu 35 novas cronicas, ate ento ineditas.A presente antologia reune o melhor desses tres best-sellers. Uma amostra generosa do estilo inconfundivel de Verissimo: ironia precisa, timing perfeito, e uma sensibilidade unica para extrair poesia e nonsense da vida comum. Mais do que um titulo, Comedias da vida privada tornou-se uma marca registrada, um retrato intimo e divertido do Brasil urbano. Passando da critica politica, da cronica de costumes ate a radiografia dos relacionamentos amorosos, Verissimo decifra e atualiza nossa vida intima. So historias que atravessam o tempo traduzindo as neuroses do dia a dia."Suas cronicas so o canone do humor brasileiro." Gregorio Duvivier"No conheço ninguem, alem do Luis Fernando Verissimo, capaz de reunir tantas condiçes de genio: a inteligencia, o senso de humor, a presença de espirito." Zuenir Ventura"Ninguem escreve como ele, ninguem escreve melhor do que ele, com total dominio do fraseado, do ritmo, da cadencia e da articulaço das ideias." Sergio Augusto

O Comentário Bíblico Latino-Americano: Ageu apresenta uma leitura profética e contestadora do livro de Ageu, destacando sua relevância para a reconstrução do templo e a revitalização comunitária no p

The church fathers displayed considerable interest in the early chapters of Genesis, and often wrote detailed commentaries or preached series of homilies on the Hexameron--the Six Days of Creation--among them Eustathius of Antioch, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Ambrose, John Chrysostom and Augustine.This volume of Ancient Christian Texts offers a first-time English translation of Severian of Gabalas In cosmogoniam and a fresh translation of a portion of Bede the Venerables Libri quatuor in principium Genesis. Severian, bishop of Gabala in Syria, who early on was a friend of John Chrysostom, later turned against him and opposed him at the Synod of Oak in 403. Though displaying his own strengths, weaknesses and idiosyncrasies, Severian still represents the so-called Antiochene school with its preference for literal over allegorical interpretation of texts. The text derives from the six homilies found in Migne?s Patrologia graeca, volume 56, together with a seventh homily found only in the 1613 Eton edition of John Chrysostom?s works, edited by Henry Savile, and falsely attributed to Chrysostom. These homilies have been ably translated with explanatory notes by Robert C. Hill.The commentary from Bede the Venerable derives from Book I of his four-book commentary on Genesis from the account of creation to the casting out of Ishmael. Bede was a polymath--teacher, computist, exegete, historian--and one of the foremost scholars from Anglo-Saxon England. As a teacher, Bede strove to hand on the tradition of the church in a form easily understood by those who might not be well educated. These early chapters in Genesis provided teaching on creation, human origins, sin and redemption. The text deriving from Corpus Christianorum Latina is ably translated with explanatory notes by Carmen Hardin.Ancient Christian Texts are new English translations of full-length commentaries or sermon series from ancient Christian authors that allow you to study key writings of the early church fathers in a fresh way.

Ambrosiaster ("Star of Ambrose") is the name given to the anonymous author of the earliest complete Latin commentary on the thirteen epistles of Paul. The commentaries were thought to have been written by Ambrose throughout the Middle Ages, but their authorship was challenged by Erasmus, whose arguments have proved decisive.Here for the first time Ambrosiasters commentaries on Romans and the Corinthian correspondence are made available in English translation, ably translated and edited by Gerald L. Bray.The commentaries, which serve as important witnesses to pre-Vulgate Latin versions of Pauls epistles, are noteworthy in other respects as well. Ambrosiaster was a careful and thoughtful interpreter, with little use for allegory, though he employed typology judiciously. Writing during the pontificate of Damasus (366-384), he is a witness to Nicene orthodoxy and frequently comments on themes related to the Trinity, the consubstantiality of the Son, the problem of the unbelief of the Jews and the nature of human sinfulness. He had a keen eye for moral issues and often offers comments that reflect his knowledge of how the church had changed from the time of the apostles to his own day.This commentary offers a rich repository of insight into the thinking of pre-Reformation church leaders for the leaders and teachers of the church today.Ancient Christian Texts are new English translations of full-length commentaries or sermon series from ancient Christian authors that allow you to study key writings of the early church fathers in a fresh way.

Jerome (c. 347-419), one of the Wests four doctors of the church, was recognized early on as one of the churchs foremost translators, commentators and advocates of Christian asceticism. Skilled in Hebrew and Greek in addition to his native Latin, he was thoroughly familiar with Jewish traditions and brought them to bear on his understanding of the Old Testament. In 405 Jerome completed his Latin translation of the Old Testament, based on the Hebrew text, and not long afterward began to work on commentaries devoted to the major prophets--Daniel (407), Isaiah (408-410), Ezekiel (410-414), culminating with Jeremiah but reaching only through chapter 32 before his death in 419.Throughout the commentary Jerome displays his familiarity with both Hebrew and Greek texts of Jeremiah, often establishing the literal meaning through the Hebrew text and offering a spiritual interpretation that draws on the Septuagint. He frequently interacts with other translations known from Origens Hexapla. Jeromes extensive education in the classics and Jewish tradition as well as in both Antiochene and Alexandrian exegesis shine through the commentary at every point. Here for the first time Michael Graves supplies readers with a highly readable translation in English, useful textual notes and a helpful introduction.Ancient Christian Texts are new English translations of full-length commentaries or sermon series from ancient Christian authors that allow you to study key writings of the early church fathers in a fresh way.

You didnt go to the seminary to become a priest, the rector had explained on their first morning. You went to learn what God was asking of you.When Mack OBrien left his home in Port Talbot for the seminary as a teenager, he didnt imagine hed be back a decade later, unordained and at war with his faith. Back in his childhood bedroom, he remains committed to the idea of a moral life, but isnt entirely sure what that looks like. He takes a job as a security guard at the local steelworks and begins an uneasy transition into the world of industry, brotherhood, and community he once rejected. When the men of the steelworks organise an unprecedented strike in protest against job cuts, he goes along with it. Meanwhile, his mother watches footage of past catastrophes and prays for the dead.The last person Mack expects to see in the local club is Siwan Roderick - the woman who appeared out of the blue at the seminary one day to make a confession and swore him to secrecy. Mack kept his word. But as the day of the strike nears, tensions in the town escalate and allegiances are tested. Macks loyalty to Siwan and his desperation to do the right thing will change both of their lives forever.

Nature artist Jane Smith has been fascinated by wildlife communities and ecosystems her whole adult life. Starting from her own garden in Argyll, she travels to ten locations in the west of Scotland - from the towering cliffs of St Kilda and the peatlands of Lewis to the Solway estuary and the urban sprawl of Glasgow - to explore the interaction of people and wildlife in a variety of diverse settings. On her journey she discovers a number of communities who are taking on the job of regenerating their own landscapes and meets a host of fascinating people whose lives are inextricably bound up with questions of sustainability, conservation and landownership. Contents Includes: Western Isles (peatlands) * North Uist (machair) * Islay (farmland) * Loch Arkaig (woodland) * Knapdale (wetland) * Dumfries and Galloway (river and estuary) * Jura (coast) * St Kilda archipelago (sea) * Glasgow (urban landscapes) *Eigg (community ownership)

Esta novela gráfica es el conmovedor relato de iniciación de Carlos, un muchacho de 12 años que vive el inicio de la Revolución cubana solo para verse obligado después a huir con su familia hacia Estados Unidos (un personaje que crecera para convertirse en el padre del autor, Daniel Miyares).Es 1957. Carlos vive con su familia en Ceiba Mocha, un pueblito en el campo cubano. Le encanta jugar beisbol con su mejor amigo, Alvaro, y disparar hondas caseras con su abuelo.Un dia, ocurre un milagro: ¡el padre de Carlos, su Papi, gana la loteria! Con ese dinero impulsa un negocio de muebles y traslada a la familia a una casa grande en la ciudad. Pero Carlos detesta mudarse, dejar atras al abuelo y a Alvaro, y detesta que lo llamen "guajiro" en su nueva escuela.Sus problemas, sin embargo, resultan menores despues de que el lider rebelde, Fidel Castro, derroca al presidente cubano y todo el pais se vuelca hacia la revolucion. De repente, Papi desaparece. La madre de Carlos le dice que se ha marchado a Estados Unidos y que pronto toda la familia se reunira con el. Carlos no quiere abandonar Cuba, el unico hogar que ha conocido. Ademas, ¿como llegaran a Estados Unidos cuando los soldados de Castro vigilan cada uno de sus movimientos? ¿Volvera Carlos a ver a su padre?Este poderoso libro es sobre un niño que madura en medio de una enorme agitacion politica, y narra una historia atemporal sobre la busqueda de libertad y de un nuevo hogar.