Olga

Demon Asmodeus, Lucifer's son, plays a sophisticated game of time travel. In medieval Italy, he finds the young cardinal Rodrigo de Borgia and his beloved Vannozza dei Cattanei. He decides that this couple is quite suitable for the implementation of his plans. De Borgia's name becomes a synonym for debauchery, incest and cruelty. During the war in 1945, the demon gives his favourite toy, a magical crystal, to Dmitry Malyshev. And all Malyshev's wishes...

La jeune fille Sonietchka Biroeva devine pour Noël. Dans le miroir se reflète le vague visage de son futur époux. Cependant, la fille voit que son promis est borgne, son visage est couvert par un bandage noir. Le temps passe et Sonia atteint seize ans et donc son premier bal chez la comtesse Preobrajenskaïa est à venir. Au bal Sonia rencontre un certain baron von Ounguer. À sa grande surprise, l'œil du baron est caché derrière un bandage...

Divorce can be a complicated and lonely process, but professional guidance can help. Tired of not knowing, whether to stay or go? Not to mention endless nights Googling "how to divorce." Divorce rates are skyrocketing, about one out of every two marriages ends in separation and divorce. But, no one teaches us how to go through that process in a holistic way so we can come out the other side prepared for whatever comes next. The Holistic Divorce:...

The Lost Soul is a deeply, moving reflection on our capacity to live in peace with ourselves, to remain patient, attentive to the world. It is a story that beautifully weaves together the voice of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and the finely detailed pen-and-ink drawings of illustrator Joanna Concejo, who together create a parallel narrative universe full of secrets, evocative of another time. Here a man has forgotten what...

Can you succeed at work level and be a disaster in everything else? Daphne is the living example of how a woman prone to accidents and without any coordination can be graceful with a camera in her hand. The problem is that no one can live hanging from one twenty-four hours a day, not even her. Leaving it will mean you stumble on your own feet, stay locked in your own home, or screw up in front of the most handsome policeman you have ever seen. Luckily,...

He is an old street artist. She is a young art school student. Will their love have a chance to survive in the most romantic city in the world? A touching love story framed in the bohemian life of Paris won't leave you indifferent!

In this book, Olga walks you through the ups and downs of her life as she explains how God helped her develop wisdom, love, self-respect, and self-control through the hardest years of her life. After reading “The Single Woman”, you'll understand that nothing is impossible with God! "No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication...

A browsable, appealing introduction to an important weather phenomenon. If your hair has ever blown back on a breezy day, you've noticed the wind at work. But what causes the wind? Are there different types of wind? How do we measure and name them? How does the wind shape our ecosystems, plants, and animals? What about people: how have human beings used the wind in the past and the present? Can you really sail into the wind, and would a tailwind...

Estamos en guerra. No sé si cuando este libro caiga en tus manos habrá estallado ya una guerra abierta entre la modernidad y el fundamentalismo religioso que quiere imponer su ley por la fuerza, o habremos logrado reducir los efectivos terroristas lo suficiente como para afirmar que nuestra modernidad está a salvo. El enfoque sistémico en relación a la guerra, el terrorismo y la paz, nos lleva a entender cómo se organiza el principio de belicismo,...

The Roman Empire is in decline in the 5th century AD. Wild barbarian tribes raid its borders. Out of political considerations, Gunther, the Nibelung king of the Roman federate of Burgundy, decides to marry off his sister Kriemhild to the Lombard king. Ute, the queen mother, fiercely opposes the marriage and resorts to intrigue, bribery and poison to thwart it. Rumor of the beauty of the young Kreimhild reaches the northern lands of Frisia. Prince...