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In Pura Belpré Honor–winning author Adrianna Cuevas's new spooky middle grade novel. Frani must fight to stop the undead from rising in her father’s body-farm laboratory—that is, if she can embrace the true nature of her brain and its ADHD. No one has ever called Frani Gonzalez squeamish...

Doctor Anna Hastings is no stranger to disasters, having spent much of her career as an aid worker in conflict zones around the world. Yet when an electrical phenomenon known as an EMP brings down the power grid, Anna faces catastrophe on a scale she never imagined. She must learn what it means to be a doctor in a world deprived of almost all technology.

Davrik is a Kindred warrior who lost his beloved wife in a shuttle crash five years ago. Unwilling to accept her loss, he embarks on a mission to find her doppelganger in alternate universes. Sonya, trapped in a world devoid of love, becomes the center of his desperate rescue mission. Captured by the Scourge and sold to an alien brothel, Sonya's life has taken a dark turn. When Davrik arrives, offering salvation, she is overjoyed at first. But that’s before she discovers a secret that shatters her heart and changes everything she thought she knew.

When Tracy discovers that her first love is back in town, she's torn between what used to be and what is... her stable relationship with Detective Copeland. Things get further complicated when a member of the circus crew, that's rolled into town, is found dead. The small town of Fern Grove is tired of the awful antics of the circus folk and not many are bothered when this murder is revealed.

Dr. Cypress Boone recently ended a relationship after a two-year engagement. He’d given his all to Emery, but she played him for a fool. Although disappointed, he hasn’t given up on love and is ready for a fresh start. Emery, however, isn’t ready to let go and refuses to accept that they are over. In an effort to make a clean break, he accepts a job at the prestigious Black Elm University, over two thousand miles away from his current residence. With a new job in a new city, Cypress has high hopes that a new woman will soon be added to the equation.

Hay caminos destinados a encontrarse. La segunda parte de novela en la que se basa la película de Netflix. Ángela se ha convertido en una escritora superventas gracias a su novela Los crímenes de la Complutense. Su vida da un vuelco cuando acepta ser la profesora en un retiro para escritores que se celebra en un campamento junto a un lago. Su novio, Nando, la acompaña hasta ese lugar idílico que se vuelve una trampa mortal al descubrir que el payaso asesino está allí escribiendo una nueva novela. Cualquiera puede morir en el siguiente capítulo. Cualquiera puede ser el asesino.

La novela en la que se basa la película de Netflix. Cuando Ángela aceptó participar en el club de lectura de novelas de Stephen King, no imaginaba que su vida daría un vuelco terrorífico. Enredados en una trágica muerte en plena Universidad Complutense de Madrid, todos los participantes del club deberán enfrentarse a sus más profundos secretos y a la peor de las amenazas: cualquiera de ellos puede morir en la siguiente página, y cualquiera de ellos puede ser el asesino. Si la novela te ha dejado con ganas de más, descubre su segunda parte, El club de los escritores criminales.

Compilación de algunas de las entrevistas más célebres a personajes de la cultura, la política y el entretenimiento. La entrevista es el encuentro con lo insólito, con las distintas caras de las mujeres y los hombres que poco a poco revelan las extraordinarias contradicciones que los vuelven únicos. Desde Julio Cortázar hasta Cantinflas, de Renato Leduc a El Santo, este libro compendia los diálogos más reveladores y peculiares que la autora sostuvo con los protagonistas de la escena cultural, literaria y política de nuestro tiempo; un auténtico regocijo para el curioso que todos llevamos dentro.

Los caídos narra la descomposición moral y el distanciamiento radical entre los miembros de una familia cubana que aún comparte el mismo hogar. La corrupción espiritual de un país inmerso en el hambre y la privación actúa como detonante, aquello que lleva al padre comunista, a la madre gravemente enferma, a la hija resignada y al hijo resentido a convertirse en enemigos irreconocibles, aunque ninguno de ellos entienda realmente cómo y por qué todo aquello ha sucedido.

Lucy has many reasons to be excited about Valentines’ that’s just round the corner. One of them includes visiting a new restaurant in town that claims to serve the best steak. When she visits this restaurant with her friends, they’re impressed by the interior decor and blown away by the yummy food. It seems not everyone is excited about this new establishment, as the chef from a rival restaurant causes a scene as he claims the new restaurant has stolen his recipe. Lucy’s boyfriend, a local detective, is on hand to calm frayed nerves and usher this unruly chef out of the restaurant.

This is the story of a very special, extremely sought-after diamond affectionately nicknamed "Nothing". And it was missing. In the beginning, the solution to said disappearance appeared “crystal clear” and easy to come by. In the end, it was perplexingly opaque and almost cost me everything.

Ethan M. Aldridge, bestselling creator of Estranged, returns to the eerie world of Deephaven Academy, where a creepy new artifact discovered in the depths of the basement could have disastrous effects on the school. A perfect read for fans of J. A. White and Mary Downing Hahn! After a chaotic...

I personaggi di Ito Ogawa celebrano quasi tutti degli addii – il congedo dal mondo, dagli affetti più intensi, da un lungo rapporto d’amore, dai luoghi più cari – in compagnia di un cibo. Per un breve fugace momento, il cibo – una cena nel ristorante preferito, la zuppa di miso, i funghi matsutake, una granita gelata – lenisce la crudeltà dell’addio e restituisce il piacere della vita e le gioie del palato.

Tras la excitación de un largo viaje de bodas, con una divertida estancia en su querido pueblo de Montigny, Claudine se asienta con Renaud en París, donde su matrimonio pronto se sume en una rutina de vida mundana, discusiones y una ausencia preocupante de atención. Sin embargo, justo cuando empieza a temer una existencia desabrida, un encuentro casual con la mujer de un amigo, la bella Rezi, arrastra a Claudine a un apasionado y desgarrador romance.

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • A searingly original debut about two sisters and their flight from genocide—which takes them from Hollywood to Paris to San Francisco’s Cannery Row—each haunted along the way by the ghosts of their murdered friends, who are not yet done telling their stories...

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds—including community activist Dolores Huerta! Dolores Huerta always knew that helping others in her community was...

Tre vite segnate dalla guerra. Una grande storia di speranza e redenzione. Il rombo degli elicotteri squarcia il silenzio delle risaie. Poi una raffica di colpi, e il fiume che si tinge di rosso… Trang ha ancora negli occhi l’ultimo bombardamento che ha devastato il suo villaggio, lasciando la propria famiglia senza più niente. E allora lei e la sorella Quỳnh decidono di andare a Saigon, dove per ragazze carine come loro è facile guadagnare. Basta sedersi nei bar a bere con gli americani.

Che differenza c'è tra ascoltare 45 ballate country, e leggere un libro che ne racconta in prosa la trama? Se l'autore è Willy Vlautin, verrebbe da dire, forse solo la modalità di ascolto. Eppure il risultato materializzato in questo "Verso nord" non è un concept album né tantomeno una croonerata baggiana sulle note lancinanti di una pedal steel, ma piuttosto un romanzo nella più autentica (e grande) tradizione americana.

È noto che il mondo sta cambiando. Molto, quasi tutto ci porta a prevedere la fine della vita per come ora la conosciamo sulla Terra. La catastrofe (dal greco katastrophé, ‘rovesciamento’) che il genere umano sperimenta e sperimenterà non è però la prima: tutto quel che conosciamo è nato da una catastrofe, si è andato modificando e assestando attraverso catastrofi, e con una catastrofe andrà a terminare – o a proseguire, ma in modo radicalmente diverso.

It is no secret that the current mental and emotional health crisis in our world is on the rise. Far too many feel trapped and powerless in this cycle and it's time to understand, unravel and take a critical look at why many of us feel stuck. In a very raw, honest and personal approach Untwist Me is going address subjects that most are afraid to question, confront and talk about. Subjects that we may not equate with mental and emotional health. We are going tackle the mind, body, soul, trauma, addiction, medication, demons and many others in straight-forward biblical, and uncomplicated way.