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Tercera entrega de la saga épica más famosa del mundo. Mi declaración no es imparcial. Soy el clásico adicto a El Señor de los Anillos. Desde los doce años lo leo cada año. Lo tengo en mi mesita de noche, y cuando no lo leo, huelo sus páginas, las humedezco con mis lágrimas, me froto mis carnes tolendas con los lomos de sus tres volúmenes. —Alex de la Iglesia, El País.

Walter Hartright se traslada a Limmeridge para dar clases de dibujo a Laura, sobrina y heredera del barón Frederick Fairlie. Sin que ninguno de los dos pueda evitarlo, surge entre ellos un profundo amor, enturbiado por el compromiso de la muchacha con sir Percival Glyde, que solo busca arrebatarle su fortuna. La aparición de una misteriosa mujer, sin embargo, cambiará de forma inevitable el curso de los acontecimientos.

Vuelve Karin Smirnoff con una nueva entrega de la serie Millennium. Una serie de culto con más de 105 millones de lectores en todo el mundo. Lisbeth Salander y su sobrina Svala parecen tener un imán para los problemas: ahora Svala forma parte de un grupo de activistas que se opone a la reapertura de una mina. El conflicto está en punto muerto hasta que una periodista que investigaba el tema es asesinada. Salander y Svala deberán recurrir a Mikael Blomkvist y al hacker Plague para enfrentarse a un grupo que está dispuesto a recurrir a medidas extremas para defender sus intereses.

The final battle is here. Hannah Hickok had high hopes for her wedding and honeymoon, but everything changes when a local politician stops by to casually drop some disturbing news. It seems Casper Creek is going to be seized by eminent domain…and there’s nothing she can do about it. Cooper Wyatt knows that the land can’t just be taken from Hannah willy-nilly, but stopping what’s about to happen is going to take more than the sheriff on their side. They’re also going to need some magical help.

A seemingly open and shut case, a gut feeling, and an emotional journey into the past, with the hope of finding answers to a present-day murder. Cottage on Gooseberry Bay is a heartwarming mystery series about finding answers and fostering hope while building friendships and embracing the magic of life by the sea and small-town holidays. In book 18 in the series, Ainsley finds the body of a teacher at the local high beneath the bleachers during an early morning run.

Esta obra resulta en un gran medio para conocer las transformaciones del hombre dentro del contexto de un país como México. Pensar en la historia de este territorio da cabida a los períodos indígeno, colonial, e independiente que la conforman y dan pie al entendimiento de un vasto conjunto de sucesos que develan el desarrollo histórico de la nación mexicana, desde el origen de sus primeros pobladores hasta nuestros días.

Love takes flight in a collection of sexy, fun novellas all set at the airport from the acclaimed author of The Fastest Way to Fall. The Love Connection: An airport pet groomer meets her frequent-flier crush and finds herself in a fake-dating situation. The Missed Connection: Two strangers share a romantic night only to discover months later that they're professional rivals. The Sweetest Connection: Two best friends have one week to return a lost love letter found in a candy store at the airport—and work up the courage to confess the deep feelings between them.

Ojalá hubiese una receta para salir del cubo cerrado en el que vivimos, tendríamos una perspectiva más amplia del mundo y podríamos disfrutarlo cada vez más y más. Lo paradójico es que crear pasos y reglas para pensar diferente sería no solo contradictorio sino imposible. Lo mejor que se puede hacer es tener una travesía que nos ayude a ejercitar los tres cerebros que tenemos

New Orleans, 1866. The Civil War might be over, but formerly enslaved Coleman and June have yet to find the freedom they’ve been promised. Two years ago, the siblings were separated when their old master, Mr. Harper, took June away to Mexico, where he hoped to escape the new reality of the post-war South. Coleman stayed behind in Louisiana to serve the Harper family, clinging to the hope that one day June would return.

Artemis Fowl tiene doce años, una mente privilegiada y un plan perfecto: robar el oro de las criaturas mágicas para financiar su pequeño imperio criminal. Lo que todavía no sabe es que los duendes, elfos y hadas del mundo subterráneo poco se parecen a los de los cuentos infantiles...Equipados con la tecnología más puntera y armados hasta los dientes, están más que preparados para la lucha. Pero Artemis también.

Maximiliano de Habsburgo ostentó el título de emperador de México entre 1864 y 1867. Su vida como monarca trascendió hasta nuestros días, con especial dramatismo, por su trágico final. Fue un personaje a la vez polémico, ridículo y notable. El papel que desempeñó en México reflejó los cambios que propiciaba, en ese momento, el ajedrez mundial, jugado sobre todo en Europa y Norteamérica. Esta concisa biografía introduce a este destacado personaje histórico en el contexto de los 150 años del final del Imperio Mexicano.

Hadley Hunter is the new witch in a town overflowing with paranormal beings. She’s ready to settle, but odd things keeping cropping up and knocking her off her game. In addition to dating Moonstone Bay’s sheriff Galen Blackwood, Hadley has her hands full when she helps discover a body at a local festival and uncovers a decades’ old feud between two warring families. The stories are flying fast and furious, and the suspects are racking up.

Abby is offered the chance to participate in an author event being held at Firehouse Books with one of her own favorite authors. When the guest author turns up dead, Abby realizes that clues to the author’s death could be found in the new novel. Abby joins Colt as he investigates the death of a local man who died after eating pudding dosed with poison during a community dinner. Colt receives a call to check out a light inside an abandoned lighthouse closed for renovations. The pair respond only to find evidence of two trespassers, one of which is now dead.

En un lejano parque de diversiones y en plena misión secreta para defender a su amada luna de un peligroso emperador, la joven Claudia, hija de Metallus, conoce a Knaach, y juntos se embarcan en una odisea de sucesos desafortunados que desatarán una verdadera guerra galáctica. La misión de Claudia se ve amenazada y su padre resulta preso, cuando ella queda envuelta equívocamente en un asesinato. En esta épica de intrigas y rencores ancestrales, ogros y elfos deberán pelear en contra de un mismo y casi todopoderoso enemigo.

Rain is keeping a big secret from everyone around her: She's sad. All the time. Rain struggles with her image and feels inferior to her best friend, Nara. Not even her all-star student-athlete big brother (and personal superhero), Xander, can help Rain with her dark thoughts and low self-esteem. And when Xander becomes the victim of violence at a predominantly white university, Rain’s life and mind take a turn for the worse. But when her favorite teacher, Miss Walia, invites her to an after-school circle group, Rain finds the courage to help herself and her family heal.

FBI Agent Maggie Allen had a gift for catching serial killers. Now, following the death of her husband and son, she can barely get out of bed. Desperate, Maggie agrees to take part in a drug trial - a last-ditch effort to find something that might help her cope. The drug helps. However, it also carries several unpleasant side effects, not the least of them being an exceptional heightening of all her senses...just the kind of thing her old partner could use to help the FBI track down a prolific serial killer who is proving impossible to catch.

For Dani, life is a juggling act. As a single mom devoted to her son and family, she barely has a moment to herself. But when her sister announces she’s moving out of the house, the ache of loneliness creeps in, and Dani can’t help but wonder if there’s something else she’s been missing in her life… Zoey came to Peach Blossom eager to start her new job as the town’s librarian and do a little research for her next book. Yet she never expected to find inspiration in fellow book club member Dani, whose captivating brown eyes tell a story of their own.

In Reckoning with Slavery, Jennifer L. Morgan draws on the lived experiences of enslaved African women in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to reveal the contours of early modern notions of trade, race, and commodification in the Black Atlantic.

After a brush with death and the loss of a loved one, Kira leaves her hometown for good, gives up being wifey, and finds herself a new hustle: selling high-end cars at a luxury dealership in South Beach. Her client list is filled with wealthy cats like hedge fund investors and dope boys. The dope boys bring in the most money. Kendrick Miles is one of the finest, and her best customer. He keeps her pockets laced and Kira feels indebted to him.

Two brothers. One woman. One son. One choice. Lives ripped apart, shattered and rebuilt. Evan and Nate Archer: Brothers, best friends, warriors and now enemies. Both in love with the same woman. Both determined to fight for what they want. Nate Archer promised to protect Ryley Clarke in the event Evan didn't make it back. It's a promise between brothers since the early days of basic training. Nate never considered that his feelings, long buried since high school, would resurface and grow stronger.