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The Dark Wolf God was a monster of legend—a shifter so powerful that he could lay waste to the world and make alphas bow before him. I didn’t believe he was real. Then four weeks ago, he attacked my pack and nearly ended my life.

Born with autism, both Temple Grandin and Sean Barron now live famously successful social lives. However, their paths were quite different. Temple's logical mind controlled her social behavior. She interacted with many adults and other children, experiencing varied social situations. Logic informed her decision to obey social rules and avoid unpleasant consequences. Sean's emotions controlled his social behavior.

As the world gathers for the Brussels International Exhibition, the city pulses with energy, ambition, and the excitement of innovation. Amid its grand boulevards and magnificent pavilions, Eva Moretti finds herself at a crossroads—leading efforts to unite global women’s movements and orchestrate an Art Exhibition, while quietly holding onto a vision she cannot forget: the return of Jed. Jed, a Mediator from the Inter–Galactic Alliance, has spent the past four years tracing a growing darkness across Europe—an invisible threat that could fracture the planet’s future. Now recalled ...

More Four! Fans of the Divergent series by number-one New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by "The Transfer", the first of four new short stories told from Four's perspective. Each brief story explores the world of the Divergent series through the eyes of the mysterious but charismatic Tobias Eaton, revealing previously unknown facets of his personality, backstory, and relationships.

This year’s selection of science fiction and fantasy stories, chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and bestselling author of the Divergent series Veronica Roth, showcases a crop of authors that are willing to experiment and tantalize readers with new takes on classic themes and by exchanging the ordinary for the avant-garde. Folktales and lore come alive, the dead rise, the depths of space are traversed, and magic threads itself through singular moments of love and loss, illuminating the circulatory nature of life, death, the in-between, and the hereafter.

El método revolucionario de Florencia Andrés y Verónica de Andrés organizado en 7 pasos claros y prácticos para mejorar en todos los aspectos de la vida.

The shadow of death is hanging over me, and the queen of the fae is coming. She's stolen my magic and is growing more powerful every day. Soon, no one will be able to oppose her, not even the Dark Wolf God. I hold the key to his prison, but can I trust him? Can gods really change?

Kingdom of Roses and Flame is a standalone Beauty and the Beast Romantasy that features a cursed dragon prince and a relentless heroine who will march into the heart of darkness to protect the people she loves. Prepare for action, danger, and a steamy romance with a HEA.

Todo el mundo en Londres susurra sobre que el señor Pherson mató a su esposa. Poco le importa. El conocido como Knife es un hijo de la noche, un hombre ruin que aprendió el valor de la lealtad más tarde que pronto. No precisa tener a una mujer a su lado, solo alguna que lo calme de vez en cuando. Un par de horas y luego las despacha sin compasión. Todas son traicioneras y ladinas, el jefe del club el Jardín de las Delicias no ha llegado a la cúspide sin sacrificar su humanidad y está orgulloso de haberlo logrado. Tiene el mundo a sus pies y es así porque Knife solo entiende de ...

Transportation planners, engineers, and policymakers in the United States face the monumental task of righting the wrongs of their predecessors while charting the course for the next generation. This task requires empathy while pushing against forces in the industry that are resistant to change. How do you change a system that was never designed to be equitable? How do you change a system that continues to divide communities? In Inclusive Transportation, expert Veronica O. Davis shines a light on the inequitable and often destructive practice of transportation planning and engineering.

April 14, 1912. It was an unforgettable night. In the last hours before the Titanic struck the iceberg, passengers in all classes were enjoying unprecedented luxuries. Innovations in food, drink, and décor made this voyage the apogee of Edwardian elegance. Veronica Hinke’s painstaking research and deft touch bring the Titanic’s tragic but eternally glamorous maiden voyage back to life. In addition to stirring accounts of individual tragedy and survival, The Last Night on the Titanic offers tried-and-true recipes, newly invented styles, and classic cocktails.

Llega la segunda historia de la serie Disolutos sin corazón, donde los hombres son reacios a apostar por la felicidad y las mujeres… todavía más. Lady Evangeline es la hija del difunto conde de Snow, hermosa, grácil… perfecta. En estos momentos, se ha vuelto metódica, fría y calculadora. Pese a su juventud, sabe lo que es ser una mujer abandonada y no volverá a entregar su corazón. Jamás. Está dispuesta a casarse y lo hará cueste lo que cueste y lo antes posible. No importa si el hombre es un notorio libertino o un enclenque sentimental, mientras sea alguien destacado. ...

"Luna, dear” he said as he rubbed my pregnant belly, “just let my mother know she’s in charge.” “Mason,” I snapped, “If you wanted to marry a submissive woman, you should never have married a werewolf.” Why had I married Mason? Sure, he’s handsome. He’s charming. And a Prince of the Fae, a secret he had kept until now. Now, he blathered about Fae customs, the royal line-of-succession, trial by combat— “Wait! If I beat up a bunch of fairies, they’ll leave us alone?” I placed my hand on top of his, “Leave our children alone?” “Well, not exactly. You’d have ...

Traveling unexpectedly aboard the luxury liner Nebula Dream on its maiden voyage across the galaxy, Sectors Special Forces Captain Nick Jameson is ready for ten relaxing days, and hoping to forget his last disastrous mission behind enemy lines. He figures he'll gamble at the casino, take in the shows, maybe even have a shipboard fling with Mara Lyrae, the beautiful but reserved businesswoman he meets.

La vida de Lucien Maldith, duque de Phenton, corre peligro y no sabe quién es el responsable de los ataques que lleva años sufriendo. ¿Podría ser algún esposo celoso? Debería serlo, puesto que atrás quedaron los conflictos en los que participó siendo un espía de la Corona. La lista de enemigos es relativamente corta. En primer lugar, tal vez, pondría al conde de Albemarle, porque aunque ese hombre está considerado un héroe de guerra no puede soportar que su mujer alguna vez tuviese cierto interés en él. Tampoco ayuda el hecho de que Lucien comprometiese a su hermana, la dulce ...

When Dymitr is called back to the old country for the Empty Night, a funeral rite intended to keep evil at bay, it's the perfect opportunity for him to get his hands on his family's most guarded relic—a book of curses that could satisfy the debt he owes legendary witch Baba Jaga. But first he'll have to survive a night with his dangerous, monster-hunting kin.

Conocerse los obligó a ver más allá de lo que deseaban ver. Compartir sus miedos, a sentir más de lo que se atrevían. Enfrentarse puso en evidencia para Félix y Gabriela que no solamente guardaban secretos ante otros sino también ante sí mismos. Con la ruptura de la corta relación que tuvieron, ambos intentan regresar a sus vidas pero ni ellos ni sus existencias son las mismas que antes de que sus caminos se cruzaran. El hombre que se sentía poderoso, intocable y ajeno a su propia humanidad ahora apenas si puede despegarse de los sentimientos que lo abruman, y la mujer que se ...

Prólogo a cargo de la escritora Mile Bluett. Es un sueño de hombre. Eso se cree él. Eso le hacen pensar las mujeres pero… York está catalogado como un duque imposible de cazar. Además de su título de alto rango, es apuesto y rico. En su juventud sufrió un golpe en su orgullo varonil que lo llevó definitivamente a dejarse seducir por el libertinaje y la lujuria. Dos vicios, o uno según se mire, a los que estaba destinado a sucumbir por su físico y su posición social. A sus veintiocho años, Malcom W. Banstorn considera que es momento de encontrar una esposa que le asegure un ...

Adéntrate en el nuevo thriller de Lisa Jewell. Un día de junio de 2019 en Londres, a la orilla del río Támesis, aparece una bolsa llena de huesos; son los restos de una mujer que murió años atrás asesinada de un golpe en la cabeza. En la bolsa se hallan también las semillas de un árbol poco común que llevan al inspector de policía Samuel Owusu, responsable del caso, a una mansión en Chelsea. Mansión en la que, treinta años antes, fueron hallados tres muertos y un bebé abandonado.

Obra mais conhecida da escritora mineira Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de despejo reúne entradas dos diários que a autora manteve enquanto vivia na favela do Canindé, em São Paulo. Publicado em 1960, o livro narra o cotidiano de Carolina, a criação de seus filhos, seu trabalho como catadora de papel e escritora, suas preocupações literárias, afetos e a vida com outros moradores do Canindé. Quarto de despejo serve como porta de entrada para a escrita de uma autora fundamental, traduzida para inúmeros idiomas, que arrebata leitores de todo o mundo por sua precisão e força literária.