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Quinn Blackwood, un rico y excéntrico joven convertido en vampiro, pide la ayuda de Lestat para librarse del celoso control a que le somete Goblin, su doppelgänger. Desde que Quinn entró en el reino de los muertos, Goblin, otrora su sombra fiel, se ha convertido en una amenaza para los seres cercanos al atractivo gentleman. Lestat, intrigado, le pide a Quinn que narre la historia de su vida.

Prem Rawat, embajador mundial por la paz, nos ayuda a encontrar la armonía en el momento presente mediante el poder de la respiración. La respiración marca el inicio y el fin de la vida, es lo único que compartimos todos los seres humanos y, sin embargo, es uno de los aspectos más ignorados de nuestra experiencia. Cada aliento es una victoria sobre la muerte, una señal de nuestra presencia desafiante en el mundo, de nuestra voluntad de persistir.

Man…whoever thought being a god would make life easy needs a serious reality check. I mean, I offed humanity’s champion, then I hacked into the world’s System to literally erase the pesky Hero title once and for all, but I still can’t catch a break. Now Yamada’s inherited his brother’s title, and it looks like he and the other reincarnations are on their way to the elf village juuust when the demon army is looking to conquer it. Ugh, this is becoming way too big a headache...Time for plan B. I think I’ll have a little “chat” with Sariel.

Luck be a lady tonight! Seeking financial support in the fight against the Demon King’s army, Princess Iris visits the neighboring nation of Elroad to meet the prince: her husband-to-be. But Kazuma won’t hand over his little sister to just anyone! Scratch that. He won’t hand her over, period! Posing as her escort, he tags along in an attempt to derail yet another wedding (and rake in the dough). But no sooner than they arrive in Elroad are they informed that the engagement is off, and there won’t be any financial support at all!

The Art of War dates to the fifth century B.C and is arguably the most famous military treatise ever written. Throughout its history, The Art of War has been highly influential. Figures as diverse as Japanese daimyō Takeda Shingen, Chinese communist Mao Tse-Tung, and Finnish field marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim have cited the book as inspirational. During the Vietnam War the book served as an inspiration and guide for the Vietcong, which brought the book to the attention of the American military.

2044. The world of games changed long ago. "Ascension" has become one of the most popular VRMMO games. It is a huge world divided into a hundred Floors, with each Floor a boundless location with its own countries, tribes, and millions of players. The object of the game is to unlock all the gates and conquer the top. Having joined the game, Will Thomson doesn't realize that he is all by himself. Then he accepts the first quest...Cursed Rat: level 46....

I've traveled twenty-two years into the past to change the future and prevent the nightmare awaiting planet Earth. I've started altering the course of events in the present radically, creating every possible advantage for myself and my family. I need power and influence to save Earth from destruction.

Wounded five times and awarded numerous decorations for valor, Gottlob Herbert Bidermann saw action in the Crimea and siege of Sebastopol, participated in the vicious battles in the forests south of Leningrad, and ended the war in the Courland Pocket. In his memoir, he shares his impressions of countless Russian POWs seen at the outset of his service, of peasants struggling to survive the hostilities while caught between two ruthless antagonists, and of corpses littering the landscape.

Thanks to the silversmith Fran, Lawrence now has a map of the North. But Lawrence's gladness at the thought of finally being able to take Holo back to her home is short-lived, as upon revisiting Lenos he is embroiled in the strife surrounding a forbidden text. It is said that this mysterious book contains details of methods that threaten the land of Yoitsu itself. But in trying to get his hands on the book, Lawrence, who must return to the marketplace, finds himself running out of time to head for Yoitsu with Holo.

Something is not right with George the shepherd. His sheep have gathered around him outside the cozy Irish village of Glennkill to assess the situation. George has cared for the sheep, reading them books every night, and now he lies pinned to the ground with a spade. His flock, far savvier about the workings of the human mind than your average sheep, sets out to find George’s killer, led by Miss Maple, the smartest sheep in Glennkill (and possibly the world).

Mientras de niña Nora Davis dedicaba las tardes a hacer los deberes en su habitación, no tenía ni idea de que su padre estaba asesinando a mujeres en el sótano. Hasta el día en que la policía llamó a la puerta. Décadas más tarde, el padre de Nora pasa su vida entre rejas y ella es una cirujana de éxito con una existencia tranquila y solitaria. Nadie sabe que su padre es un famoso asesino en serie. Y ella está dispuesta a todo para que siga siendo así.

Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo - he's just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided to change his life by saying goodbye to everything he didn't absolutely need. The effects were remarkable: Sasaki gained true freedom, new focus, and a real sense of gratitude for everything around him.

An heir without an inheritance. A weak Mage with huge potential and a wealth of experience. A young man living a second life. That's me, Theodore the Babylonian. I am getting to grips with life in Liechtenstein, little by little. But the time has come to get back what is rightfully mine. Most importantly, however, I must show everyone that what's mine is sacred. And anyone who has their eye on it . . . Let's just say, I wouldn't want to be in their shoes.

Armed with the knowledge of his previous failure, the Master Hunter is able to piece together fragments of information necessary to take advantage of opportunities once missed. However even as he grows stronger, the need for trustworthy allies becomes evident as Trolls continue to jeopardize the salvation of humanity by sacrificing their own teammates to monopolize all the rewards. As history seems to be destined to repeat itself, a small but potent beacon of hope emerges from the darkest, most unexpected of places.

Gripped by the tale of a Messiah whose blood we drink and body we eat, the genre-defying author Emmanuel Carrère revisits the story of the early Church in his latest work. With an idiosyncratic and at times iconoclastic take on the charms and foibles of the Church fathers, Carrère ferries listeners through his "doors" into the biblical narrative. Once inside, he follows the ragtag group of early Christians through the tumultuous days of the faith's founding.

Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to publish a story exposing an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government. On the eve of publication, the two reporters responsible for the story are brutally murdered.

Arktania is a virtual game with a steampunk style. It's a place where magic spells, enchanted artifacts, steam-powered machines, firearms, and mechanical golems are a part of everyday life. Gamer Andrew Falk begins his journey in a small village on the border of Orcish territory. The locals are the keepers of many secrets, but their behavior is too realistic for characters in a game; so realistic, in fact, that Andrew starts to treat them as if they were real people.

On the day after Christmas, head of Department Q, Detective Carl Mørck, finds himself handcuffed in a police car headed for Copenhagen's Vestre prison. After fifteen years, a violent case from his past has caught up with him. Charges of drug trafficking and murder threaten to destroy his life and career. But he is being framed. Someone has a million-dollar bounty on his head to make sure he doesn't talk, putting him in grave danger among the prison's incarcerated criminals and corrupt officers. The question that remains is, Why?

Hace quince años, Mitch McDeere esquivó a la muerte. Y a la mafia. Tras hacerse con diez millones de dólares y desaparecer, vio cómo sus enemigos acababan en la cárcel o en la tumba. Ahora Mitch y su mujer, Abby, viven en Manhattan, donde él se ha abierto camino hasta convertirse en socio del bufete más importante del mundo.

En el gran bestseller internacional que ha desbloqueado la creatividad de grandes artistas internacionales durante décadas, El camino del artista, Julia Cameron compartió con sus millones de lectores las tres principales herramientas necesarias para despertar la creatividad.