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Harper Harlow and Jared Monroe fell in love fast and hard. Finally, their big day is here. They just need to solve a murder before they exchange their vows and take the next step to happily ever after. Peter Humphrey, an insurance salesman from a neighboring town, appeared to be minding his own business when a woman came out of nowhere and struck him down while he was crossing the street. Harper witnessed the accident and vows to solve the murder before it’s time to leave on her honeymoon.

In this first book in the series, a longtime local, Tim Maverick, sends his old friend Harley Medford a letter with a photo stating that if he should turn up dead at some point in the near future, the man in the photo is the one who killed him. When Tim is found dead only two weeks later, Harley comes to Rescue to find the man he is convinced killed Tim. He hears that Harmony has a reputation for finding people, so he enlists her help. The journey to find the truth behind Tim's untimely death will take Harmony on a journey of discovery she never saw coming.

Shalom Sefarad es, probablemente, la mejor novela escrita sobre la historia de la expulsión de los judíos sefardíes, de la terrible equivocación que cometieron los Reyes Católicos. Un libro cargado de sabiduría y erudición, que asombrará al oyente por su ritmo, passion, y belleza.

Enrique Krauze, en esta lúcida colección de ensayos - a caballo entre la política, la filosofía, la literatura y la historia - advierte de los peligros de la acumulación del poder en una sola persona y sale en defensa de la democracia, el debate, la pluralidad y la tolerancia. En defensa de la libertad.

There is no universal adoption experience, and no two adoptees have the same story. This anthology for teens edited by Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung contains a wide range of powerful, poignant, and evocative stories in a variety of genres. These tales from fifteen bestselling, acclaimed, and emerging adoptee authors genuinely and authentically reflect the complexity, breadth, and depth of adoptee experiences.

Ten bestselling, critically acclaimed authors deliver a fresh novel of interconnected stories that follows a group of young adults over the course of a few wild, transformative hours at an epic house party. House Party offers a delightful snapshot of diverse classmates getting ready to say goodbye to high school and hello to life’s next chapter—but not before they make their final night together one they’ll never forget!

Esta novela constituye no solo la culminación de la narrativa de Mark Twain, sino también una de las obras maestras, junto a Moby Dick, de la novela norteamericana. Clásico entre los clásicos, Mark Twain, con su sentido del humor y su prosa ágil, precisa y soleada, nos lleva al río Mississippi abajo de la mano del inolvidable Huck Finn, que va en busca de la libertad junto a Jim, un muchacho negro que quiere escapar de la esclavitud.

Avery Shaw has the world at her fingertips...and a pile of dead Santas near the railroad tracks. Interestingly, she’s more focused on the Santas than her personal life, but only because she’s been warned that a proposal is imminent from her live-in love Eliot Kane and she needs to look somewhere else - anywhere else will do - rather than accept what he’s trying to offer. Avery never pictured herself married but it appears it might be happening...no matter how she tries to dodge and weave. The Santas make an enticing distraction, so Avery throws herself in with gusto.

When you get the Guided Meditation: Instant Focus and Concentration audiobook today, you will learn from a memory master champion how to tap into your full mind's creative potential to instantly improve your ability to focus, pay attention, and concentrate. You will be guided through an enjoyable and relaxing visualization to let go of any limiting beliefs that you have about not being able to focus.

En 1946, en un Londres en el que todavía se perciben las heridas de la guerra, Maurice Bendrix se encuentra por casualidad con el diplomático Henry Miles, a quien no veía desde hacía tiempo. Henry está casado con Sarah, con quien Maurice había tenido un affaire durante la guerra. Cuando Henry le confiesa que sospecha que Sarah le es infiel, será Maurice, empujado por la curiosidad y los celos, quien decida contratar a un detective privado para averiguar la verdad.

Vernon sigue en la calle y ha perdido todo contacto con el mundo real. El parque Buttes-Chaumont, al nordeste de París, es ahora su nuevo hogar, y allí convive con otros vagabundos, sin ser consciente de que se ha convertido en una especie de celebridad en internet y de que sus antiguos amigos, un heterogéneo grupo de individuos socialmente muy dispares, lo buscan desesperadamente. Todos quieren conocer las grabaciones que la estrella del rock Alex Bleach dejó en sus manos antes de morir.

Almost six years ago, Harper Harlow’s boyfriend was involved in a car accident and walked away from the scene. Severely injured, law enforcement believed him dead and gave up looking. It seems they were wrong. Quinn Jackson is back...and he’s very much alive. His memory isn’t what it used to be, but he’s quickly putting things together. One of the first people he wants to see when his life comes roaring back is the woman he left behind.

After her brush with death at Ian Crane’s compound, Talia Lyons feels like a prisoner, confined in her childhood home. Plagued with seizures - the result of an unidentified drug injected in her neck by Crane’s men - Talia must put her dream of becoming a Hunter on hold. So when Agency Director McDonough asks Talia to go undercover at the School for the Talented, to find the spy who set the trap for her in Nevada, Talia jumps at the opportunity.

America was founded on the concept of the innate and inalienable rights of humankind. Many Christians see an echo of the imago Dei—that every human being carries the image of God—within those ideals. Yet these rights were systemically withheld from the Black and enslaved residents of this country for centuries. Through it all, Black people have proclaimed the truth of their dignity and personhood in powerful and profound ways. Crowned with Glory collects many of the writings of these men and women, both familiar and lesser-known, to shine a light on what has always been there.

Jack has never been one for camping, and the truth is, he would’ve preferred anything but what they’ve got planned. Ivy, however, is desperate to prove that camping can be fun. What Jack wants most is for Ivy to have everything, so he gives in. He may live to regret it. That is if he doesn’t die first. What should’ve been an idyllic kayaking trip down the river, complete with gourmet meals and glamorous tents, turns into a mystery when one of the other guests finds blood on the ground on the second day. Jack and Ivy are suspicious...but they seem to be the only ones.

Tierra de Nadie transcurre a finales de agosto de 1937, en los días previos a la Batalla de Belchite de la guerra civil española, pero en absoluto se trata de una novela de guerra. Es una trepidante novela de aventuras repleta de humor, protagonizada por Alex Riley y su inseparable amigo, Joaquín Alcántara, quienes sin pretenderlo se verán envueltos en una temeraria misión de rescate bajo las mismas narices del ejército de Franco.

So far I’ve claimed two of the Morrígna talismans and been branded with two new magical runes in return. There’s no doubt that my powers are growing stronger, as well as merging with Cassie’s and Autumn’s. Still, while we’ve won a few battles, the dark goddesses sure seem to be winning the war. The only thing left to do at this point is to evacuate what’s left of the witch community to secure locations.

Ten-year-old Grace is in search of a subject for her fifth-grade history project when she learns that her four times-great grandfather once stabbed his lover to death. His grisly act was memorialized in a murder ballad, her aunt tells her, so it must be true. But the lessons of that revelation—to be careful of men and desire—are not just Grace’s to learn. Her family’s tangled past is part of a dark legacy in which the lives of generations of women are affected by the violence immortalized in folk songs like “Knoxville Girl” and “Pretty Polly” reminding them always to know their place.

It’s bad enough there's a dead body in the parking lot of the paper, but when the investigation into the death leads to drugs - and a tie to her own family - things continue to spiral downward. If she could focus on that, though, it would just be another normal week.

Before I can say café latte, Galloway’s dodging my calls, I’ve got a raccoon on my hands who’s decided mi casa es su casa, my ghostly best friend has a crush to die for, and local teenager Kira Melendez has turned up missing. So much for an easy day. I have a sneaking suspicion my life is about to become a whole new level of crazy.