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El día en que Lucía pierde su empleo como programadora informática es también el día en que su vida va a dar un giro definitivo, tal vez por una sucesión de casualidades o tal vez porque ese era el destino que le estaba esperando desde su décimo cumpleaños. Como si de un algoritmo se tratara, Lucía establece los siguientes principios sobre los que basará su existencia futura: va a dedicarse a ser taxista; recorrerá las calles de Madrid - o tal vez Pekín - al volante de su taxi mientras espera pacientemente la ocasión de llevar en él a su vecino desaparecido.

Following the events of Lobizona, Manu and her friends cross the mystical border into Kerana - a cursed realm in Argentina - searching for allies and a hiding place. As they chase down leads about the Coven - a mythical resistance manada that might not even exist - the Cazadores chase down leads about Manu, setting up traps to capture and arrest her.

The climate apocalypse has come and gone, and in the end it wasn't the temperature climbing or the waters rising. It was the trees. They created enough pollen to render the air unbreathable, and the world became overgrown. In the decades since the event known as the Turning, humanity has rebuilt, and Izabel has grown used to the airtight domes that now contain her life. She raises her young daughter, Cami, and attempts to make peace with her mother's death. She tries hard to be satisfied with this safe, prosperous new world, but instead she just feels stuck.

Middle school is a dungeon… At least, that’s how Jess sees it. Luckily, she and her best friend Olivia know how to escape into the sprawling worlds of their own imaginations. The two friends have always loved making up stories, first with little kid games of make-believe, and more recently with the fantasy roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons. When they play, Olivia runs the game as Dungeon Master and Jess is the solo party member, playing a take-no-prisoners, lone-wolf fighter of her own design named Sir Corius.

"Reconozco que al principio, cuando "Panza de burro" solo había crecido unos capitulitos, pensé que sería una novela sencilla y hermosa que abriría un hachazo en esa tela de invernadero que parecía ocultar un imaginario y un mundo que debían ser mostrados. Más adelante, la grandeza del libro, la inteligencia y el salvajismo de Andrea, su pulso poético y su falta total de miedo hicieron trizas la rafia, y quedó a la vista una plantación intrincada, dolorosa, inmensa, nada sencilla.

París, 1939. La joven Odile Souchet lo tiene todo: un atractivo novio oficial de policía y un trabajo de ensueño en la Biblioteca Americana de París. Pero cuando estalla la guerra y los nazis marchan sobre París, Odile se expone a perder todo lo que le importa, incluida su querida biblioteca.

Con una prosa tan inteligente como conmovedora y unos personajes inolvidables, Margaret Atwood muestra en estas historias, profundamente íntimas e impregnadas de una gran humanidad, su genio como exploradora intrépida y desinhibida de estos tiempos convulsos y nos presenta un cuadro único de nuestro lugar en el mundo y del sentido de la vida.

Gaby is a single mom, trying to make ends meet as a coffee shop barista while taking night classes, caring for her five-year-old son, and supporting her widowed mother. Then her world comes crashing down when she witnesses an armed robbery—and the robber turns into a bear. Enter Derek Ruger, former military, tough-as-iron bear shifter and bodyguard. The instant he sees Gaby, Derek knows this is more than just another job.

Raised in an isolated shifter clan, I never realized I had a true mate somewhere in the world—until my clan-chosen mate rejected me and threw me out with two young children. Now I'm working in a small-town coffee shop, learning about human inventions like buses and microwaves (and my new favorite thing, hot chocolate). And I met my fated mate. He's kind. He's protective. He's great with my little kids. There's just one problem: the first time I touched him, my exile mark felt like it was on fire—and not in the good way.

El 12 de febrero de 1910 aparece en el Daily Mirror la fotografía de la visita del emperador de Etiopía y otros altos dignatarios al acorazado Dreadnought. Esta visita diplomática es, sin embargo, una broma organizada para burlarse de la Armada inglesa. Y, broma dentro de la broma, uno de los falsos etíopes ni siquiera es un hombre: la primera por la izquierda, de hecho, no es otra que Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) disfrazada.

La esperada novela sobre la vida de Tita Cervera.

Este volumen, preparado en exclusiva por su hijo Jeff Berlin para los lectores en español, reúne quince relatos inéditos en nuestro idioma, diez de ellos publicados originalmente en sus libros de cuentos, pero no incluidos en Manual para mujeres de la limpieza ni en Una noche en el paraíso; algunos solo aparecidos en revistas, como el impactante «Suicidio», y otros totalmente inéditos, como «Manzanas», su primer cuento, y «Las aves del templo», memorable retrato de la vida en pareja.

Caemos durante varios segundos, muchos más de los que esperaba. Por fin, me estrello contra el suelo. Eric cae sobre mí, todavía gritando. Miro a mi alrededor y le doy un empujón suave para que se quite de encima. Se suponía que era una misión sencilla, casi aburrida. Colarme en un museo para robar una reliquia mágica es pan comido. Pero algo debe haber salido mal, porque antes estábamos dentro de un edificio y ahora nos encontramos en plena naturaleza. Además, antes era de noche y ahora apenas está anocheciendo. ¿Cómo es posible? ¿Dónde estamos?

El verano se acerca a su fin y Whitney y Jacob han organizado una barbacoa para sus vecinos, a la que asisten Blair, la mejor amiga de Whitney, con su marido e hija; y Rebecca y Ben, una pareja sin hijos.

Once, music-loving Esme and proud clanlord Heikon were each other's everything. She danced only for him, and his love was the song that filled her world. And then a single act of treachery destroyed it all, their mate bond severed beyond repair. Esme retreated to her dance studio and music hoard to salve her broken heart. But Heikon believes some part of him still lives in her soul. There must be a way to fix it, to somehow win her back. If he can only figure out the steps of the dance that will make them true mates and partners again.

He takes care of other people's kids . . . but he craves a family of his own. Enter a single mom waitress with a broken heart and a whole lot of trouble behind her. Army vet Dan is still figuring out how to deal with being a three-legged bear, but it turns out kids don't care how many limbs he has as long as he's willing to be a climbing frame. He didn't come to Autumn Grove to be a babysitter, but before he knows it, he's got a job changing diapers and braiding hair.

Big, tatted-out bull shifter Maddox used to work as a thug for hire, but now he's a drifter with his old life in ruins. All he knows is that he wants to be better than he was. When he hitchhikes into the small town of Silvermine, Arizona, he's not planning to stay. But first he helps out a teenager in trouble, and the next thing he knows, the kid's alluring aunt walks into his life, and runs away with his heart. For the first time in his life, Maddox has something of his own to protect.

Billionaire dragon shifter Darius is a man in control—of his business, his family, his life. But stubborn, outspoken, redheaded Loretta and the rowdy preschoolers at her day care are about to turn his well-ordered life upside down. The fire at Loretta's apartment was no accident, and the closer he keeps her, the safer she'll be. But Loretta's not about to let anyone treat her like a treasure to be locked up for safekeeping.

What if the greatest deception wasn’t what we’ve been told—but what we’ve forgotten? From the very beginning, men and women were created with divine purpose—yet throughout history, that design has been misunderstood, distorted, and even weaponized. Why is wisdom personified as a woman? Why was Eve’s creation different from Adam’s? Why does the enemy target women with deception—and men with passivity? There is a hidden war over womanhood and divine order—one that has been waged since the Garden of Eden!

Curvy cat-rescue volunteer Tessa Davelos can't fix her wounded soul, so she's out to save the world instead, one kitten at a time. But when her tragic past comes back to haunt her in the form of an unstoppable dragon assassin, a drop-dead gorgeous cop cruises through the door of the cat shelter and into her broken heart . . .