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Polish
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Krystyna czuje się wśród ludzi niepewnie. Od zawsze tak było. Nie wie, jak i o czym z nimi rozmawiać, choć od lat pracuje w telewizji. Jednak umie się kamuflować. Dla znajomych jest przebojową imprezowiczką, wygadaną i wesołą-- bo wie, jak można dodać sobie odwagi. Wystarczy mały drink, może dwa. Przed szkołą, po pracy, przed randką, na imprezie. Żeby dobrze się bawić. Żeby wreszcie się nie bać. Żeby cokolwiek poczuć. Przecież...
586) Girando en un tacón
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Español
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"Con el sorprendente valor y la sinceridad que la caracterizan, Regina Kuri nos narra la historia de una adolescente que aparentemente lo tiene todo: familia, hogar, muchos amigos y popularidad. En fin, la vida perfecta. Una lucha interior por no sentirse suficiente, la lleva a refugiarse en el mundo de las apariencias: aparento ser muy segura, estar contenta y, sobre todo, por encima de una montaña de complejos. De manera inconsciente inicia un...
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English
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James Tyrone is an aging actor and an alcoholic miser who has spent a lifetime treading on the spirit of his dope-addicted wife, Mary. His oldest son Jamie is a troublemaking alcoholic who is envious of the writing talent of his sickly younger brother, Edmund. The three Tyrone men will spend a hellish night together when they sit about drunkenly while Mary hallucinates about her younger and happier days.
591) Baygirl
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English
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After relocating from a Newfoundland fishing village to the city of St. John's, sixteen-year-old Kit Ryan's struggle to fit in and find herself is complicated by the unpredictable behavior of her alcoholic father.
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English
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"In our former lives as practicing alcoholics and addicts, we likely punished our bodies as much as our minds. And yet, recovery programs often neglect the physical, focusing primarily on the mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of staying sober. In The Recovering Body, popular health writer and Guinevere Gets Sober blogger Jennifer Matesa provides simple, effective ways for addicts to heal the damage caused by substance abuse, whatever our...
596) Thrive
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English
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"Two years will change them forever. When fake rumors spread like wildfire-like having three-ways with her boyfriend's rock climbing brother-Lily Calloway retreats to a dark place: her bedroom. Loren Hale is more determined than ever to keep their sex life private, even from their friends, and he helps Lily in the only way he knows how. But how much love is too much? Their lives are filmed, watched, and criticized. And through it all, Lily and Loren...
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English
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Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison finds herself searching for Sallie Sturdy, a fourteen-year-old girl presumed murdered. Facing the hospitalization of her father, descending deeper into alcoholism, and resisting pressure to retire quietly, Tennison vows to bring Sallie's killer to justice before ending her career. She forges a surprising friendship with Penny Philips, Sallie's best friend.