José Luis Navajo hila magistralmente historias de las personas anónimas en la Biblia. De lápiz a papel, José Luis da vida para ayudarnos a entender que ellos también eran hombres y mujeres como nosotros: con familias, alegrías, penas, esperanzas y sueños. Hombres y mujeres marginados por la sociedad porque eran imperfectos. Pero también fueron hombres y mujeres que encontraron a Jesús, el hijo de un campesino ordinario de Nazaret; un hombreal que podían llamar maestro, mentor y Mesías. Aquel que los salvaría de mucho más que sus imperfecciones y podría sanarlos.

Estamos tan habituados a la claridad del sol que desconocemos la riqueza de una noche estrellada. Hace falta, entonces, una de esas noches que se prolongan más de lo normal, que nos sorprenden a destiempo o que se ciernen sobre nosotros en momentos inesperados, para que podamos ser abrazados por un anochecer que en inicio parece amenazante y al final resulta admirable. A veces es necesario que el radiante y amigable sol se haga a un lado, entonces descubrimos que la noche está inundada de luz.

Todos buscamos la grandeza. Y el éxito que alcanzamos depende de la narrativa que escuchamos. Luis García ejerce como ejecutivo de una importante multinacional. Su vida es, para cualquiera que la contemple desde afuera, un éxito absoluto. Reconocido, laureado, con una altísima remuneración económica, Luis García toca la gloria con ambas manos. Sin embargo, poco después de alcanzar uno de sus máximos logros empresariales, su existencia se quiebra, y conoce el amargo sabor de la bancarrota física, emocional y familiar.

En su libro de mayor venta, Lunes con mi viejo pastor, el autor nos enseñó sobre el síndrome “burnout” a través de la experiencia de un joven pastor, profundamente abatido y a punto de abandonar el ministerio. En este nuevo título, con su forma magistral de contar historias, ofrece un camino de esperanza a los líderes que están aislados y encadenados por sus pecados ocultos.

Un joven pastor, profundamente abatido, piensa en abandonar el ministerio; un anciano de ochenta y tres años sirvió a Dios toda su vida; los dos están entrelazados durante sucesivos lunes que marcarán la vida del joven para siempre.

Timothy and Jonah, wealthy entrepreneurs with a spoiled son, hide sins from their past—one involving a death on a cruise, the other a crime in Bali. Nathan and Samantha, the hot ex-nanny turned trophy wife, grapple with infertility and a shocking paternity secret. Bartosz and Angelika (he’s a chef, she’s a former sex worker) carry debts to the other couples they don’t even realize they owe. Over fourteen days, the couples bond—but their pasts are too deeply intertwined to stay hidden. The sly concierge, Putu, knows more than he lets on.

Annie has always had high hopes for her future. But the reality of her life just isn’t measuring up. She loves her fiancé, Greg–doesn’t she? She’s going to get her degree and open her own business–won’t she? Then, a strange old woman shows up outside her house, and she seems to know a lot about Annie. An awful lot. Annie could tell the old woman to get lost. Yet there’s something about her Annie just can’t shake. And what she learns could change her life forever–but is it the life she envisioned?

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car - strange for a frigid night. Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away.

Who is Audrey Hoedemaker? It's a question her sister Maureen has heard more times than she can count, and she doesn't know what the short answer would be. Little sister, troubled teen, backpacker, musical theatre coach, con artist, childcare worker. Murderer. A tragic, traumatic childhood casts a long shadow on the Hoedemaker sisters. Maureen has worked hard to move beyond the violence of the past and build a good, honest life for herself. Audrey, however, just can't seem to do the same, careening from one state of chaos to another.

But Jason Asano is settling into his new life. Now, a contest draws young elites to the city of Greenstone to compete for a grand prize. Jason must gather a band of companions if he is to stand a chance against the best the world has to offer. While the young adventurers are caught up in competition, the city leaders deal with revelations of betrayal as a vast and terrible enemy is revealed. Although Jason seems uninvolved, he has unknowingly crossed the enemy’s path before.

Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."

Life’s not going well for forty-year-old Abby. When her beautiful and charismatic best friend dies suddenly, she’s left reeling. Hetty’s always been such a dominant force in her life; now Abby must figure out who she is – and who she wants to be – without Hetty by her side. Abby has always been the odd one out in Hetty’s wealthy, privileged friendship group. Despite their differences, Abby has managed to carve out a place for herself. But Hetty isn’t an easy friend to have. She blows hot and cold, alternating between fierce loyalty and unwarranted cruelty.