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Abstract: Year 2017: the young scholar Lucia Balleani, arranging and classifying the texts of the library of the Hoenstaufen Foundation, starts working in the old palace that had been the residence of the noble Baldeschi-Balleani family, of which she is a direct descendant. A series of visions linked to what happened to Lucia Baldeschi, of the same name, will lead the reader to discover with her an interesting story that took place in the same place 500 years before. During the Renaissance Jesi is rich in art and culture and where new and sumptuous palaces are built on the ruins of the ancient Roman city, lives a young countess, Lucia Baldeschi. The girl is the granddaughter of an evil Cardinal, weaver of obscure plots aimed at centralizing both temporal and ecclesiastical power in his own hands. Lucia, a person with a strong intelligence, becomes friend with a printer, Bernardino, with whom she share the passion for the rebirth of the arts, sciences and culture, which are characterizing the period throughout Italy. She will find herself caught between the duty to obey her uncle, who made her grow up and educate her in the palace in the absence of her parents, and the passionate love for Andrea Franciolini, son of the People's Capitan and designated victim of the Cardinal's tyranny. The story is also told through the eyes of Lucia Balleani, a young scholar descendent of the noble family. In 2017, exactly 500 years after the events, she discovered ancient documents in the family palace, and reconstructed the complex history of which traces had been lost.PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Abstract: Charlie è combattuto tra due uomini: uno che sembra irraggiungibile, l'altro un supereroe che esce da un poster. Charlie è il giovane e affascinante scrittore della serie di avventure supereroistiche La Maschera Nera. Lasciato da poco dal suo fidanzato di lunga data, si ritrova a sviluppare sentimenti di lussuria e amore per il suo editore, il burbero e chiaramente etero Sam. La vita amorosa di Charlie prende una piega ancora più inaspettata quando la sua creazione di fantasia, La Maschera Nera, diventa in qualche modo una realtà e il suo amante.PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Abstract: Il libro descrive le conseguenze sulla salute mentale della pandemia COVID-19, come capirle e come affrontarleIl 2020 sarà sempre ricordato come l'anno della pandemia da COVID-19. I numeri degli infetti e dei morti sono monitorati con ansia. Sono la tragedia più evidente. Ma al di là delle crude statistiche ci sono gli impatti più grandi e meno tangibili della malattia mentale. La malattia mentale è più estesa e più "virale" persino del virus. Il libro di 68 pagine del dottor Paul Valent, La salute mentale ai tempi della pandemia, esplora e distilla questo importante argomento, e offre soluzioni pratiche per i professionisti della salute e per il lettore in generale. - Il dottor Valent introduce la sua scienza dello stress e del trauma, sviluppata in decenni di ricerca e lavoro clinico, per spiegare la varietà e gli impatti del disagio pandemico. - Fornisce esempi clinici e un quadro che offre una comprensione dei diffusi sintomi biologici, psicologici e sociali della pandemia. - Oltre l'ansia e la depressione, oltre la violenza domestica e il suicidio, il dottor Valent chiarisce gli impatti spesso inaspettati della pandemia sulla salute mentale. - Spiega il percorso degli impatti mentali, che si irradiano dagli individui alle nazioni e dagli istinti ai significati esistenziali. - I lettori troveranno riflessioni su se stessi e sui loro ambienti nel libretto, che a loro volta promuoveranno una nuova comprensione e guarigione dei disastri diffusi. - L'opuscolo è di facile lettura ed è raccomandato sia ai professionisti che al grande pubblico.PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Abstract: Vendetta. Avidità. Omicidio. E una passione insaziabile...Silk O'Connor non ne può più. Il fatto che il bastardo che ha ucciso sua sorella sia libero grazie al suo ricco padre la porta a prendere in mano la situazione sui gradini del tribunale di Los Angeles dove il bastardo sta tenendo una conferenza stampa.Jake Marshall, eroe di guerra decorato, sta proteggendo proprio l'uomo che ha usato la sua auto come arma e ha ucciso l'unica famiglia di Silk. Combattendo il disturbo da stress post-traumatico, l'ultima cosa di cui Jake ha bisogno è di dover abbattere un cecchino.I loro due mondi si scontrano quando Jake trova Silk che si prepara a distribuire la sua versione di giustizia dal tetto del tribunale... e l'adrenalinico mondo del traffico di sesso in cui si trova intrappolata la coppia li mette alla prova fino ai loro limiti assoluti.E quando Silk entra in questo covo di depravazione, sa solo una cosa per certo: potrebbe non uscirne più viva.PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Abstract: Cole e Gabby, sotto copertura nella Chinatown di Vancouver, non hanno tempo per l'attrazione che si sta sviluppando tra loro. Non quando si tratta di salvare una vittima di un rapimento prima che scada il tempo.Mi chiamo Cole McClintock. Il mio nuovo lavoro con il TETRAD Group mi ha portato a lavorare con una donna che mi ha fatto diventare incredibilmente nervoso che mi ha fatto diventare matto. Voglio dire, basta guardarla. La donna più che sexy ci sia con quei grandi occhi da cerbiatta e le curve lussuriose che mi fanno desiderare di possedere ogni singolo centimetro.Uno sguardo a Cole McClintock e sapevo che avrei dovuto stare alla larga da lui. Il mio nome è Gabriella Banks e sono la prima ad ammettere di essere complicata, ma almeno il mio lavoro come nuova agente del TETRAD Group mi tiene troppo occupata per rimuginare sulla mia mancanza di una vita sessuale. Non avrei mai pensato di ammetterlo, ma il mio aspetto di donna forte nasconde un desiderio di qualcosa di più, qualcosa che solo Cole può darmi...PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Abstract: Year 2018: from the icon of the Palace of the Lordship of Jesi the bronze crown to symbolize the royalty of the city, always above the rampant lion, disappears . A new enigma to be solved for the scholar Lucia Balleani who, having finally met the love in the young archaeologist Andrea Franciolini, she has to rediscover with him some unknown aspects of the life of her ancestor Lucia Baldeschi. So let's return, together with our two heroes, back in time to half a millennium, to discover how people lived among the alleys, squares and palaces of a beautiful city in the Marche region, famous in the world, then as now, for being the birthplace of Emperor Frederick the II. "But neither one of them, looking up over the portal and dwelling on the rampant lion's shrine, could escape a detail, which brought an exclamation to their mouths, almost in unison, as if they were one person: "The crown!".Bernardino, the printer, is lying in desperate conditions in a room at Santa Lucia hospital. Cardinal Baldeschi died suddenly and left the city government vacant. Will young Lucia Baldeschi finally take the reins of government and prevent Jesi from falling into the hands of enemies who have always been pressing at his doors? Certainly, one cannot leave the government in the hands of four corrupt nobles or, worse, entrust it to the papal legate sent by the Pope. But Lucia is a woman, and it's not easy to take on roles of power, traditionally handed down to men. And Andrea, her love, what happened to her, after escaping the scaffold and disappearing in the wake of the Mancino? Will he return to the scene to help his beloved? Or will controversial events lead him to other shores? And we also remember the parallel story, that of the scholar Lucia Balleani, our contemporary, who perhaps has finally met the love of hes life, the one who will take her by hand to discover with the reader new arcane secrets. Love and death, esotericism and logic, good and evil. These are just some of the ingredients that give rhythm to this new investigation, focused on the mysterious disappearance of the bronze crown, once placed above the rampant lion of the main palace of Jesi, that of the Signoria. Once again, the past is intertwined with the present, through the parallel vicissitudes of the protagonists of the present day and their namesake ancestors. A comely lady and haughty regent of the Aesina Republic, Lucia Baldeschi is divided between the obligations of the reason of state and love for the fugitive knight, the brave leader Andrea Franciolini. Between history and legend, the action ranges from the severe buildings and dark secret passages of an underground Jesi, to the open countryside of its Contado, populated by shepherds and monks during the day and animated by magical rites during moonlight. Then there are the intrigues of the palace, the feuds between the lords and the battles; those between the armies and against the pirates, from Urbino to Senigallia, up to some of the most suggestive gorges of the Apennines. The sixteenth century, characterized by light and shadow, is divided between the cult of reason and the practice of esotericism, of which the characters of the novel are the faithful mirror. In their demeanour, as well as in their merits and defects. In their footsteps, among sensational discoveries and brilliant intuitions, the quarrelsome lovers, Lucia and Andrea, from the Jesi of the twenty-first century will come to the truth in the sign of a timeless love.PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Abstract: A fantastic story that tells the vicissitudes of an insurer who must prevent an ancestral demon, Lilith, from returning to Earth to dominate mankind.She was Adam's first woman. She dared to rebel against the Son of God. She disobeyed God and was punished for it. She is... Lilith! "The curse that fell on her, fed over the millennia her hatred and contempt for the sons of man, until she decided to cooperate with some of them. An obscure satanic sect as allies, a mysterious brotherhood born at the time of the Inquisition as rivals and in his midst: David, a simple insurer. Strangled and disputed by the two sides, he will be forced to review all his convictions, freeing the ideas that he had enclosed and catalogued as absurd, in a struggle between good and evil from the boundaries so blurred that it will wear down his soul to the decisive choice for his salvation and perhaps that of all mankind".PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Abstract: Il college dovrebbe essere un periodo in cui si esplorano nuove cose, si impara a conoscere se stessi e ci si diverte a farlo. Per Max Henley, è stato il periodo più difficile della sua vita. Durante il suo secondo anno, il suo migliore amico e amante, Nick, è stato ucciso in un incidente d'auto. Un'auto che Max stava guidando.Ora, due anni dopo, Max si è buttato negli studi. Non giocando più a calcio a causa di una ferita subita durante l'incidente, Max si concentra interamente sugli studi. Beh, quello e il suo professore Alec Demakis.Il problema è che ogni volta che Max pensa al suo professore, il senso di colpa per la morte di Nick ritorna. Max potrà mai perdonarsi abbastanza da amare di nuovo?PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Abstract: Year 2019: once again, the scholar Lucia Balleani and the archaeologist Andrea Franciolini will take us by the hand and guide us through the arcane mysteries of the Renaissance Jesi, among streets, alleys and palaces of a historical centre that, at the gates of the 1920s, begins to regurgitate from the underground ancient and important objects from past eras. The archaeological excavations of Piazza Colocci will in fact reserve unexpected surprises in the eyes of the entire population of Jesi. We begin to follow the events of the characters of the sixteenth century through the discovery of ancient documents and archaeological finds by the young couple of researchers of our time. New winds of war will in fact lead the Captain of Arms of the Royal City of Jesi to the battlefields.After the first two episodes of the series "The Printer", here we are at the end, the last episode of the saga dedicated to the Renaissance Jesi. We left Andrea almost at the point of death, helped by his beloved, hidden in disguise. The plot has moved to Urbino, but certainly our two heroes, Andrea Franciolini and Lucia Baldeschi, will have to return to Jesi to fulfill their dream of love. The wedding will have to be a festive and opulent event, and will have to be celebrated by the Bishop of the City of Jesi, Monsignor Piersimone Ghislieri. But are we sure that obscure plots, of destiny and of men, will not be able to hinder for the umpteenth time the union between Andrea and Lucia? The two lovers have found each other again, and for nothing in the world would they want to leave each other again. Andrea finally wants to be a father to his little girl, Laura and, why not, to Lucia's adopted daughter, Anna. The girls are fantastic, they are growing up healthy and lively in the country residence of the Counts Baldeschi, and Andrea is enjoying their closeness. But winds of war will once again lead the Captain of Arms of the Royal City of Jesi to the battlefields. And soon to leave the peace and quiet regained. The Lansquenets press the gates of northern Italy and the Duke of Oak, in a strange alliance with Giovanni De' Medici, better known as Giovanni Dalle Bande Nere, will do his best to prevent German soldiers from reaching Florence and even Rome. Avoiding the sacking of the Eternal City in 1527 will not be an easy task, neither for the Duke Della Rovere, nor for Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, nor for Captain Franciolino de' Franciolini. Let us once again follow the events of the characters of the sixteenth century through the discoveries of ancient documents and archaeological finds of the young couple of researchers of our time. Once again, the scholar Lucia Balleani and the archaeologist Andrea Franciolini will take us by the hand and guide us through the arcane mysteries of the Renaissance Jesi, among streets, alleys and palaces of an old town centre that, at the gates of the 1920s, begins to regurgitate from the underground ancient and important objects from past eras.PUBLISHER: TEKTIME