Ana quiere plantar una milpa en su traspatio, en plena Ciudad de MĂ©xico. Pero en la tierra hay altos contenidos de plomo y la privada donde vive estĂĄ plagada de ausencias. Su hermana muriĂł, sus papĂĄs estĂĄn de luto y sus hermanos de campamento; su Ășnica amiga se fue a buscar a quien la abandonĂł cuatro años atrĂĄs. Menos mal que queda Alfonso.
Alfonso es un antropĂłlogo especializado en alimentaciĂłn prehispĂĄnica. Es viudo y dueño de la privada Campanario. Ăl mismo la diseñó a partir de un esquema de la lengua humana y dio a las casas el nombre de cada uno de los cinco sabores que percibimos: Dulce, Salado, Amargo, Ăcido y Umami.
En duelo, los habitantes de la privada desearĂan echar el tiempo atrĂĄs. Tejida al revĂ©s, esta novela se los permite. Mientras Ana remueve la tierra y clava las semillas, sus vecinos hurgan en el pasado. Pero el traspatio de la memoria estĂĄ minado con preguntas: ÂżQuiĂ©n fue mi mujer? ÂżPor quĂ© se fue mi mamĂĄ? Y, ÂżcĂłmo es posible que se ahogara una niña que sabĂa nadar? Umami constituye una propuesta literaria original en su afĂĄn por explorar la amplia gama de sensaciones y emociones que el ser humano -en distintas etapas de la vida- experimenta.
Las autodenominadas «mujeres ardientes», que protestan contra una forma extrema de violencia domĂ©stica que se ha vuelto viral; una estudiante que se arranca las uñas y las pestañas, y otra que intenta ayudarla; los años de apagones dictados por el gobierno durante los cuales se intoxican tres amigas que lo serĂĄn hasta que la muerte las separe; el famoso asesino en serie llamado Petiso Orejudo, que sĂłlo tenĂa nueve años; hikikomori, magia negra, los celos, el desamor, supersticiones rurales, edificios abandonados o encantados... En estos doce cuentos el lector se ve obligado a olvidarse de sĂ mismo para seguir las peripecias e investigaciones de cuerpos que desaparecen o bien reaparecen en el momento menos esperado. Ya sea una trabajadora social, una policĂa o un guĂa turĂstico, los protagonistas luchan por apadrinar a seres socialmente invisibles, indagando asĂ en el peso de la culpa, la compasiĂłn, la crueldad, las dificultades de la convivencia, y en un terror tan hondo como verosĂmil.
«El terror, en los cuentos de Mariana Enriquez, se desliza como un jadeo de agua negra sobre baldosas al sol. Como algo imposible que, sin embargo, podrĂa suceder» (Leila Guerriero).
If thereâs one thing Mare Barrow knows, itâs that sheâs different. Mare Barrowâs blood is redâthe color of common folkâbut her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the princeâthe friendâwho betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.
Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors. But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat. Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?
The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world theyâve always knownâand pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.
Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society's mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within.
Finally, the time has come. But devotion to honor and hunger for vengeance run deep on both sides. Darrow and his comrades-in-arms face powerful enemies without scruple or mercy. Among them are some Darrow once considered friends. To win, Darrow will need to inspire those shackled in darkness to break their chains, unmake the world their cruel masters have built, and claim a destiny too long deniedâand too glorious to surrender.
"THEY THINK KING IS EVIL, BUT HE'S GOT NOTHING ON ME." -Mack
MY NAME IS MACK. And if I play my cards right, I will soon be dead. Permanently. Not even my powerful twin brother will be able to resurrect me. A good thing. Because a man like me has no business living. Not when I have killed. Not when I have betrayed everyone I have ever cared for. Not when I know I'm destined to do it again. This is why I have come looking for her--the only one capable of ending me once and for all. But will she think I'm just another insane patient? Or will she believe the truth? I am thousands of years old, my heart too dark to be salvaged.
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MY NAME IS TEDDI, short for Theodora. My entire life has been a canvas of grays, whites, and black. I can't feel, I can't understand joy, I've never truly lived. Until now. His name is Mack, and though he believes he's cursed, my degree in psychology tells me otherwise. Besides, someone who's capable of bringing so much light into my life can't be anything but good.
But I can save him. If he'll let me.
Fiercely independent Camille "Cami" Camlin gladly moved on from her childhood before it was over. She has held down a job since before she could drive, and moved into her own apartment after her freshman year of college. Now tending bar at The Red Door, Cami doesnât have time for much else besides work and classes, until a trip to see her boyfriend is cancelled, leaving her with a first weekend off in almost a year.
Trenton Maddox was the king of Eastern State University, dating co-eds before he even graduated high school. His friends wanted to be him, and women wanted to tame him, but after a tragic accident turned his world upside down, Trenton leaves campus to come to grips with the crushing guilt. Eighteen months later, Trenton is living at home with his widower father, and works full-time at a local tattoo parlor to help with the bills.
Just when he thinks his life is returning to normal, he notices Cami sitting alone at a table at The Red. As the baby sister of four rowdy brothers, Cami believes sheâll have no problem keeping her new friendship with Trenton Maddox strictly platonic. But when a Maddox boy falls in love, he loves foreverâeven if she is the only reason their already broken family could fall apart.
Rachel Watts is suffering from recurring nightmares about her near-death experience in London. She just wants to forget the whole ordeal, but her boyfriend, James Mycroft, is obsessed with piecing the puzzle together and anticipating the next move of the mysterious Mr Wild - his own personal Moriarty.
So when Rachel's brother, Mike, suggests a trip back to their old home in Five Mile, Rachel can't wait to get away. Unfortunately, it's not the quiet weekend she was hoping for with the unexpected company of Mike's old school buddy, the wildly unreliable Harris Derwent.
Things get worse for Rachel when Harris returns to Melbourne with them - but could Harris be the only person who can help her move forward? Then a series of murders suggests that Mr Wild is still hot on their tails and that Mycroft has something Wild wants - something Wild is prepared to kill for.
Can Watts and Mycroft stay one step ahead of the smartest of all criminal masterminds? The stage is set for a showdown of legendary proportions.
Damianos of Akielos has returned. His identity now revealed, Damen must face his master Prince Laurent as Damianos of Akielos, the man Laurent has sworn to kill. On the brink of a momentous battle, the future of both their countries hangs in the balance. In the south, Kastor's forces are massing. In the north, the Regent's armies are mobilising for war. Damen's only hope of reclaiming his throne is to fight together with Laurent against their usurpers.
Forced into an uneasy alliance the two princes journey deep into Akielos, where they face their most dangerous opposition yet. But even if the fragile trust they have built survives the revelation of Damen's identityâcan it stand against the Regent's final, deadly play for the throne?
The universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds storiesâand secretsâthat are wondrous, vicious, and romantic. How did Cinder first arrive in New Beijing? How did the brooding soldier Wolf transform from young man to killer? When did Princess Winter and the palace guard Jacin realize their destinies?
With nine storiesâfive of which have never before been publishedâand an excerpt from Marissa Meyerâs novel, Heartless, about the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, Stars Above is essential for fans of the bestselling and beloved Lunar Chronicles.
The Others freed the cassandra sangue to protect the blood prophets from exploitation, not realizing their actions would have dire consequences. Now the fragile seers are in greater danger than ever before; both from their own weaknesses and from those who seek to control their divinations for wicked purposes.
In desperate need of answers, Simon Wolfgard, a shape-shifter leader among the Others, has no choice but to enlist blood prophet Meg Corbynâs help, regardless of the risks she faces by aiding him.
Meg is still deep in the throes of her addiction to the euphoria she feels when she cuts and speaks prophecy. She knows each slice of her blade tempts death. But Others and humans alike need answers, and her visions may be Simonâs only hope of ending the conflict.
For the shadows of war are deepening across the Atlantik, and the prejudice of a fanatic faction is threatening to bring the battle right to Meg and Simonâs doorstepâŠ
Hace dos años, se conocieron cuando mås se necesitaban y formaron el CLUB DE LOS INCOMPRENDIDOS. Sin embargo, algo ha cambiado y ahora ya no saben si pueden contar los unos con los otros.
Valeria no sabe si al dejarse llevar por lo que siente puede traicionar a su mejor amiga; Bruno escribe cartas de amor que no dan resultado; MarĂa es el patito feo que busca su sitio; ElĂsabet no estĂĄ acostumbrada a que le digan que no; RaĂșl no quiere equivocarse esta vez, y a Ester le gustarĂa gritar su amor a los cuatro vientos.
Amores desbordantes, dudas existenciales, secretos inconfesables y mucha, mucha diversiĂłn.
Breaking all the rules of life, love and death. Prepare yourself to be engulfed in two worlds. One within Catherineâs dreams, the other the life she is living.
Catherine will be left to navigate her way through an eerie sequence of events that threaten her both emotionally and physically in pursuit of the mystery that surrounds her love for James. Can she figure it out before itâs too late? Or will history repeat itselfâŠ
Brace yourself for the most astonishing, challenging, upsetting, and profoundly moving book in many a season. An epic about love and friendship in the twenty-first century that goes into some of the darkest places fiction has ever traveled and yet somehow improbably breaks through into the light. Truly an amazementâand a great gift for its readers.
When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their center of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that heâll not only be unable to overcomeâbut that will define his life forever.
In rich and resplendent prose, Yanagihara has fashioned a tragic and transcendent hymn to brotherly love, a masterful depiction of heartbreak, and a dark examination of the tyranny of memory and the limits of human endurance.
Antony and Cleopatra begins two years after Julius Caesar. Mark Antony was supposed to be in Egypt to conduct government affairs on behalf of the Roman Empire. Instead, he fell in love with the beautiful Queen Cleopatra, became her lover, and abandoned his duties to his wife and country. A messenger arrives bearing news that Antonyâs wife and brother are dead after attempting to kill Octavius Caesar, and one of Ceasarâs generals, Pompey, is gathering an army against the Roman leaders. Mark Antony has no choice but to return to Rome. When Antony returns to the capital, he argues with Ceasar over his loyalty to the empire and the other triumvirs. The only way that Antony can prove his fidelity to Caesar is to marry his sister, Octavia. The news of this marriage makes its way back to Egypt and its queen. The play was published in 1606 after the great success of Macbeth. This Standard Ebooks edition is based on William George Clark and William Aldis Wrightâs 1887 Victoria edition, which is taken from the Globe edition.
Cody and Meg were inseparable... Until they werenât.
When her best friend, Meg, drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everythingâso how was there no warning?
But when Cody travels to Megâs college town to pack up the belongings left behind, she discovers that thereâs a lot that Meg never told her. About her old roommates, the sort of people Cody never would have met in her dead-end small town in Washington. About Ben McAllister, the boy with a guitar and a sneer, and some secrets of his own.
And about an encrypted computer file that Cody canât openâuntil she does, and suddenly everything Cody thought she knew about her best friendâs death gets thrown into question.
I Was Here is a taut, emotional, and ultimately redemptive story about redefining the meaning of family and finding a way to move forward even in the face of unspeakable loss.
Mistborn: Secret History is a companion story to the original Mistborn trilogy. As such, it contains HUGE SPOILERS for the books Mistborn (The Final Empire), The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages. It also contains very minor spoilers for the book The Bands of Mourning.
Mistborn: Secret History builds upon the characterization, events, and worldbuilding of the original trilogy. Reading it without that background will be a confusing process at best. In short, this isn't the place to start your journey into Mistborn. (Though if you have read the trilogyâbut it has been a whileâyou should be just fine, so long as you remember the characters and the general plot of the books.) Saying anything more here risks revealing too much. Even knowledge of this story's existence is, in a way, a spoiler. There's always another secret.
Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds.
The Bands of Mourning are the mythical metal minds owned by the Lord Ruler, said to grant anyone who wears them the powers that the Lord Ruler had at his command. Hardly anyone thinks they really exist. A kandra researcher has returned to Elendel with images that seem to depict the Bands, as well as writings in a language that no one can read. Waxillium Ladrian is recruited to travel south to the city of New Seran to investigate. Along the way he discovers hints that point to the true goals of his uncle Edwarn and the shadowy organization known as The Set.
It happens quietly one August morning. As dawn's shimmering light drenches the humid Iowa air, two families awaken to find their little girls have gone missing in the night.
Seven-year-old Calli Clark is sweet, gentle, a dreamer who suffers from selective mutism brought on by tragedy that pulled her deep into silence as a toddler. Calli's mother, Antonia, tried to be the best mother she could within the confines of marriage to a mostly absent, often angry husband. Now, though she denies that her husband could be involved in the possible abductions, she fears her decision to stay in her marriage has cost her more than her daughter's voice.
Petra Gregory is Calli's best friend, her soul mate and her voice. But neither Petra nor Calli has been heard from since their disappearance was discovered. Desperate to find his child, Martin Gregory is forced to confront a side of himself he did not know existed beneath his intellectual, professorial demeanor.
Now these families are tied by the question of what happened to their children. And the answer is trapped in the silence of unspoken family secrets.
Wide Sargasso Sea, a masterpiece of modern fiction, was Jean Rhysâs return to the literary center stage. She had a startling early career and was known for her extraordinary prose and haunting women characters. With Wide Sargasso Sea, her last and best-selling novel, she ingeniously brings into light one of fictionâs most fascinating characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte BrontĂ«âs Jane Eyre. This mesmerizing work introduces us to Antoinette Cosway, a sensual and protected young woman who is sold into marriage to the prideful Mr. Rochester. Rhys portrays Cosway amidst a society so driven by hatred, so skewed in its sexual relations, that it can literally drive a woman out of her mind.
A new introduction by the award-winning Edwidge Danticat, author most recently of Claire of the Sea Light, expresses the enduring importance of this work. Drawing on her own Caribbean background, she illuminates the settingâs impact on Rhys and her astonishing work.
All her life, Ashlyn Darrow has been tormented by voices from the past. To end the nightmare, she has come to Budapest seeking help from men rumored to have supernatural abilities, not knowing she'll be swept into the arms of Maddox, their most dangerous memberâa man trapped in a hell of his own. Neither can resist the instant hunger that calms their tormentsâand ignites an irresistible passion. But every heated touch and burning kiss will edge them closer to destructionâand a soul-shattering test of loveâŠ
Though they carry an eternal curse, the Lords of the Underworld are irresistibly seductiveâand unimaginably powerful⊠Don't miss a single book in this stunning paranormal series from New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter!
Nach dem Tod seines Vaters, des ehemaligen Earl of Walsingham, reiĂt der zwölfjĂ€hrige Robin aus der Klosterschule aus und verdingt sich als Stallknecht auf dem Gut, das einst seiner Familie gehörte. Als Sohn eines angeblichen HochverrĂ€ters zĂ€hlt er zu den Besitzlosen und ist der WillkĂŒr der Obrigkeit ausgesetzt. Besonders Mortimer, der Sohn des neuen Earl, schikaniert Robert, wo er kann. Zwischen den Jungen wĂ€chst eine tödliche Feindschaft.
Aber Robin geht seinen Weg, der ihn schlieĂlich zurĂŒck in die Welt von Hof, Adel und Ritterschaft fĂŒhrt. An der Seite des charismatischen Duke of Lancaster erlebt er FeldzĂŒge, AufstĂ€nde und politische Triumphe - begegnet Frauen, die ebenso schön wie gefĂ€hrlich sind.
Doch das Rad der Fortuna dreht sich unaufhörlich, und wĂ€hrend ein junger, unfĂ€higer König England ins Verderben zu reiĂen droht, steht Robin plötzlich wieder seinem alten Todfeind gegenĂŒber.
Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her. Her unexpected visit forces Lucy to confront the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of her life: her impoverished childhood in Amgash, Illinois, her escape to New York and her desire to become a writer, her faltering marriage, her love for her two daughters.
Knitting this powerful narrative together is the brilliant storytelling voice of Lucy herself: keenly observant, deeply human, and truly unforgettable. In My Name Is Lucy Barton, one of America's finest writers shows how a simple hospital visit illuminates the most tender relationship of allâthe one between mother and daughter.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective Sherlock Holmes. These tales showcase Holmes' remarkable powers of deduction and the wide variety of cases that come his way, ranging from the bizarre to the highly dangerous. Aided by his loyal friend Dr. John Watson, Holmes solves each mystery with his signature wit and ingenuity.
This edition of the timeless classic ensures that the reader will be engrossed in the thrilling adventures of one of literature's most enduring characters. From the enigmatic 'Red-headed League' to the chilling 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band,' and the peculiar 'The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,' readers will be taken on a journey through the dark, foggy streets of Victorian London, where danger and intrigue lurk around every corner.
Two women on either side of the Silver and Red divide tell the stories no one else knows. Discover the truth of Nortaâs bloody past in these two revealing prequels to the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestseller RED QUEEN.
Queen Song
Queen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diaryâhow else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lie ahead for her in royal life.
Steel Scars
Captain Farley was raised to be strong, but being tasked with planting the seeds of rebellion in Norta is a tougher job than expected. As she travels the land recruiting black market traders, smugglers, and extremists for her first attempt at an attack on the capital, she stumbles upon a connection that may prove to be the key to the entire operationâMare Barrow.
Paul Sheldon, a bestselling novelist, finds himself in a precarious situation when his biggest fan, Annie Wilkes, rescues him from a car accident. What seems like a stroke of luck turns into a nightmare as Paul realizes that Annie is not just a devoted reader, but also his nurseâand now his captor. Trapped in her isolated house, Paul is forced to confront the reality that Annie will do anything to keep him under her control.
As Annie's obsession grows, so does Paul's desperation. The situation takes a dark turn when Annie discovers that Paul has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain, in his latest book. Refusing to accept this, Annie demands that Paul write a new bookâone that revives Misery and satisfies her fanatical demands. With no escape in sight, Paul is thrust into a harrowing ordeal that tests the limits of his will to survive.
Passage, n.
i. A brief section of music composed of a series of notes and flourishes.
ii. A journey by water; a voyage.
iii. The transition from one place to another, across space and time.
In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles but years from home. And sheâs inherited a legacy she knows nothing about from a family whose existence sheâs never heard of. Until now.
Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea, free from the Ironwoodsâa powerful family in the coloniesâand the servitude heâs known at their hands. But with the arrival of an unusual passenger on his ship comes the insistent pull of the past that he canât escape, and the family that wonât let him go so easily.
Now the Ironwoods are searching for a stolen object of untold value, one they believe only Etta, Nicholasâ passenger, can find. In order to protect her, he must ensure she brings it back to themâwhether she wants to or not.
Together, Etta and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey across centuries and continents, piecing together clues left behind by the traveler who will do anything to keep the object out of the Ironwoodsâ grasp. But as they get closer to the truth of their search, and the deadly game the Ironwoods are playing, treacherous forces threaten to separate Etta not only from Nicholas but from her path home... forever.
From Colleen Hoover, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and It Ends with Us, a heart-wrenching love story that proves attraction at first sight can be messy. When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at first sight. They wouldnât even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction.
Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesnât want love, she doesnât have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her. Never ask about the past. Donât expect a future. They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they canât handle it at all. Hearts get infiltrated. Promises get broken. Rules get shattered. Love gets ugly.
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series soars to even greater heights with a new prophecy and five new dragonets ready to claim their destiny!
Peril has been loyal to Queen Scarlet, who used her fatal firescales to kill countless dragons in the SkyWing arena. Now, Peril is loyal to Clay, the only dragonet who has ever been her friend. So when Scarlet threatens Jade Mountain Academy, Peril sets off to find her former queen, stop her, and save the day, no matter what it takes.
There's just one problem: a strangely persistent SeaWing, Turtle, insists on coming along, too. Turtle is worried about his friends, who left to search for Scarlet and haven't returned. Peril is worried that she might accidentally burn Turtle â or burn him on purpose, for being so annoying â and frustrated that she keeps saying and doing the wrong things. She can't escape her firescales, and she can't escape her reputation as the deadliest dragon in Pyrrhia.
So when she's offered a chance to trade everything for a second chance, Peril has to decide who she's really loyal to... and whether her own scales might actually be worth saving.
Colleen Hoover, the New York Times bestselling author of Maybe Someday, brilliantly brings to life the story of the wonderfully hilarious and charismatic Warren in a new novella, Maybe Not.
When Warren has the opportunity to live with a female roommate, he instantly agrees. It could be an exciting change. Or maybe not.
Especially when that roommate is the cold and seemingly calculating Bridgette. Tensions run high and tempers flare as the two can hardly stand to be in the same room together. But Warren has a theory about Bridgette: anyone who can hate with that much passion should also have the capability to love with that much passion. And he wants to be the one to test this theory.
Will Bridgette find it in herself to warm her heart to Warren and finally learn to love? Maybe. Maybe not.
Rebels, royals, and monsters wage war over the Mytican throne in the shocking fourth book of the Falling Kingdoms series, from New York Times bestselling author Morgan Rhodes.
CLEO: Reeling after a bloody showdown in Limeros ending with Amaraâs abduction of the water crystal, and a vacancy in the Mytican throne, Princess Cleo must cast aside her feelings and look toward her kingdom with the eyes of a Queen.
MAGNUS: With the kingdom in chaos, Princess Lucia still missing and quite possibly in danger, and a shocking realization about Cleo, the steely prince is once again torn between love and duty, leaving him wondering whether heâs strong enough to rule his people.
LUCIA: The young sorceress has had her vengeance after the cruel death of her first and only love. Heartbroken and unable to trust anyone, she allies with the awoken Fire god, who also seeks revenge.
JONAS: After escaping death by the skin of his teeth, the defeated rebelâalong with a mysterious strangerâleader reunites with Princess Cleo, only to find himself a mere pawn in a dangerous hunt for the elusive Kindred.
KING GAIUS: Abandoned by Melenia and betrayed by his own children, Gaius flees Mytica and sails to Kraeshia, where he attempts to ally with the famously brutal emperor across the Silver Sea.
Murder Red Ink by Mord McGhee takes readers on an imaginative journey into the incomprehensible depths of horror and human nature. This novel captures the brutal reality of the monster behind the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888.
Allena Gould navigates a future Chicago filled with technological ghosts and historical interface programs that can be rewritten and interacted with. Once a talented prodigy, she battles through unimaginable nightmares.
Experience torture and murder through the eyes of the Ripper himself in a science fiction whirlwind of the darkest sort. McGhee's vision of apocalyptic dread is a literary odyssey meant for those who enjoy being terrifically disturbed.
In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected â and making the extraordinary come true.
What if? Why not? Could it be?
When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (an elephant! An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe itâs true.
With atmospheric illustrations by fine artist Yoko Tanaka, here is a dreamlike and captivating tale that could only be narrated by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo. In this timeless fable, she evokes the largest of themes â hope and belonging, desire and compassion â with the lightness of a magicianâs touch.
Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tigerâa real-life, very large tigerâpacing back and forth in a cage.
What's more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his.
As they learn to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some thingsâlike memories, and heartaches, and tigersâcan't be locked up forever.
In the tenth volume of One-Punch Man, titled Pumped Up, the excitement continues as the hero hunter Gato ramps up his attack. In response, the ever-unconcerned Saitama decides it's the ideal moment to enter a combat tournament. As the battles intensify, the Class-S hero Metal Bat embarks on a mission to protect a Hero Association executive and his son. But it doesn't take long for trouble to find them, setting the stage for a series of events that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
The legacy of the Black Dagger Brotherhood continues in a spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author...
Paradise, blooded daughter of the kingâs First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocratic female. Her strategy? Join the Black Dagger Brotherhoodâs training center program and learn to fight for herself, think for herself...be herself.
Itâs a good plan, until everything goes wrong. The schooling is unfathomably difficult, the other recruits feel more like enemies than allies, and itâs very clear that the Brother in charge, Butch OâNeal, a.k.a. the Dhestroyer, is having serious problems in his own life. And thatâs before she falls in love with a fellow classmate.
Craeg, a common civilian, is nothing her father would ever want for her, but everything she could ask for in a male. As an act of violence threatens to tear apart the entire program, and the erotic pull between them grows irresistible, Paradise is tested in ways she never anticipatedâand left wondering whether sheâs strong enough to claim her own power...on the field, and off.
Di Undici Foglie Ăš la prima âekpyrotic novelâ scritta, illustrata e impaginata da Dino Olivieri. Questo romanzo non convenzionale racconta una storia che ripropone in chiave moderna archetipi immortali, illustrata con imago serigrafici, rigorosamente in bianco e nero, ispirati ai maestri illustratori vissuti a cavallo tra la metĂ dellâ800 e i primi anni del 900.
Luce e Siri, un giovane uomo e una giovane donna, si incontrano in un universo morente. Le loro vite si scontrano intrecciandosi, come in Natura le materie affini si attraggono unendosi. Miti e leggende si destano da un lungo torpore. Canti dimenticati riportano alle memorie segrete profezie. Audaci potenze cosmiche risorgono e combattono. Due visioni della vita e della morte duellano allâultimo sangue per compiere i loro supremi epiloghi avversi.
Tre Giorni. Tre Lai. Versi ed echi di poemi perduti. Canti in lingue di incerta memoria. TrentatrĂ© serigrafie misteriose, storie nella storia, mappe cifrate di mondi ed anfratti oscuri. Imago accompagnati da trentatrĂ© Arcani, parti di un Oracolo Occulto, primo Arcrypticon dellâAutore, ultima sfida al Lettore piĂč capace e curioso.
Dino Olivieri narra e illustra un universo in uno scrigno, una storia dâamore eterno, una nuova leggenda senza tempo, una visione, un sogno ricevuto all'ombra di un albero eccelso ornato di fronde âDi Undici Foglieâ.
Six of Crows is a fantasy novel written by the Israeli-American author Leigh Bardugo, published by Henry Holt and Co. in 2015. The story is set in the city of Ketterdam, loosely inspired by Dutch Republic-era Amsterdam, and follows a thieving crew.
The narrative unfolds from the third-person viewpoints of seven different characters. Kaz Brekker, a criminal prodigy, is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. However, he cannot pull it off alone and must rely on:
Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destructionâif they don't kill each other first.
Six of Crows is the first book in the Six of Crows Duology and is part of the larger Grishaverse.
Deep in the dark woods, seventeen-year-old Leira Sky mourns the death of her mother, with only the trees around her for company. But when those trees begin to change, alerted by the presence of a peculiar boy named Tristan Harper, Leira finds herself propelled into a strange new worldâone thatâs home to bizarre bark-covered creatures, invisible beasts, and a demented king who waits in his dark tower, curling his fingers at the sight of foreign blood.
But Leira quickly realizes that it may be too late to undo what sheâs done. Because nowâthey know sheâs there. And when Leiraâs fate is sealed, and her life begins to unravel, Leira and Tristan must race against time to see if love is enough to change her fate.
Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.
That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.
Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were hereâit's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show up.
Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, and a mystery. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell storyâbut far, far more monsters.
She is the story of Cambridge professor Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey, and their journey to a lost kingdom in the African interior. The journey is triggered by a mysterious package left to Leo by his father, to be opened on his 25th birthday; the package contains an ancient shard of pottery and several documents, suggesting an ancient mystery about the Vincey family.
Holly and Leo eventually arrive in eastern Africa where they encounter a primitive race of natives and a mysterious white queen, Ayesha, who reigns as the all-powerful "She" or "She-who-must-be-obeyed" and who has a mysterious connection to young Leo.
The story expresses numerous racial and evolutionary conceptions of the late Victorians, especially notions of degeneration and racial decline prominent during the fin de siĂšcle. In the figure of She, the novel notably explored themes of female authority and feminine behaviour.
The Golden Braid is a delightful retelling of the classic Rapunzel story. This version proves that the one who needs rescuing isnât always the one in the tower.
Rapunzel is no ordinary girl. She can throw a knife better than any man and paints beautiful flowering vines on the walls of her plaster houses. Her voice is so sweet, it can coax even a beast to sleep. However, there are two things she fears her mother might never allow her to do: learn to read and marry.
Devoted fiercely to Rapunzel, her mother is suspicious of every man who so much as looks at her daughter, warning that no man can be trusted. After a young village farmer proposes to Rapunzel, her mother decides to move them to the large city of Hagenheim.
The journey to Hagenheim proves treacherous. Rapunzel is rescued by a knightâSir Gerek. But in a twist of fate, Rapunzel rescues him later down the road. Grateful, Sir Gerek agrees to repay his debt by teaching Rapunzel to read. Could there be more to this knight than his arrogance and desire to marry for riches and position?
As Rapunzel adjusts to life in the new city, she uncovers a mystery that will forever change her life. In this unique retelling, a world of secrets and treachery is revealed after seventeen years of lies. How will Rapunzel finally take control of her own destiny? And who will prove faithful to a lowly peasant girl with no one to turn to?
Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallonâs last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist.
Can Benâs relationship with Fallonâand simultaneously his novelâbe considered a love story if it ends in heartbreak? Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with an unforgettable love story between a writer and his unexpected muse.
Mitch Albom creates a magical world through his love of music in this remarkable novel about the power of talent to change our lives.
This is the epic story of Frankie Prestoâthe greatest guitar player who ever livedâand the six lives he changed with his six magical blue strings. Frankie, born in a burning church, abandoned as an infant, and raised by a music teacher in a small Spanish town, until war rips his life apart.
At nine years old, he is sent to America in the bottom of a boat. His only possession is an old guitar and six precious strings. His amazing journey weaves him through the musical landscape of the 1940s, â50s, and â60s, with his stunning playing and singing talent affecting numerous stars including Duke Ellington, Hank Williams, and Elvis Presley.
He makes records. He is adored. But Frankie Prestoâs gift is also his burden, as he realizes the power of the strings his teacher gave him, and how, through his music, he can actually affect peopleâs lives. At the height of his popularity, tortured by his biggest mistake, he vanishes. His legend grows. Only decades later, having finally healed his heart, does Frankie reappearâjust before his spectacular deathâto change one last life.
With the Spirit of Music as our guide, we glimpse into the lives that were changed by one man whose strings could touch the musicâand the magicâin each of us.
Itâs the book FALLEN fans have been waiting for: Camâs story, the brooding, bad-boy dark angel readers love.
High school can be hell. Cam knows what itâs like to be haunted. Heâs spent more time in Hell than any angel ever should. And his freshest Hell is high school, where Lilith, the girl he canât stop loving, is serving out a punishment for his crimes.
Cam made a bet with Lucifer: he has fifteen days to convince the only girl who really matters to him to love him again. If he succeeds, Lilith will be allowed back into the world, and they can live their lives together. But if he failsâŠthereâs a special place in Hell just for him. Tick-tock.
Spread your wings and cry as bad boy dark angel Cam finally reveals his anguished heart in the epic new FALLEN novel, UNFORGIVEN.
Patricia Highsmith's story of romantic obsession may be one of the most important, but still largely unrecognized, novels of the twentieth century. First published in 1952, the book soon became a cult classic.
Based on a true story from Highsmith's own life, Carol tells the riveting drama of Therese Belivet, a stage designer trapped in a department-store day job. Her routine is forever shattered by a gorgeous epiphanyâthe appearance of Carol Aird, a customer who comes in to buy her daughter a Christmas toy. Therese begins to gravitate toward the alluring suburban housewife, who is trapped in a marriage as stultifying as Therese's job.
They fall in love and set out across the United States, ensnared by society's confines and the imminent disapproval of others, yet propelled by their infatuation. Carol is a brilliantly written story that may surprise Highsmith fans and will delight those discovering her work.
Coinman is one of life's victims, the receiver of subtle bullying in an office environment and thinly disguised control in his own home, but remains true to his desire to be polite and accepting of how he is treated by everyone. Then an incident at work changes all that.
COINMAN, a thoroughly modern Indian folktale, presents a humorous portrait of a nonconformist who triumphs without trying. Coinman, a junior level office worker in India, has a number of eccentricities. The laughingstock of the office, he finds no relief at home; his wife Imli, an obsessed actress, completely vanishes into each role. When tough bully, Hukum, beautiful enchantress, Tulsi, and the office sage, Ratiram, unite the office to conspire against Coinman, they have no inkling of an apocalypse looming inside the office.
Years ago, family loyalty caused Fain Hauk to give up everything he loved: His military career. His planet. His fiancée. Even his name.
Now, decades later, everything has changed. He's built a new life out of the ashes of his old, and he's vowed to never let anything threaten his loved ones again.
But when old enemies align themselves with new ones, he's caught in the middle of a brutal war. And when fate throws his former fiancée back into his world and she has her own agenda that includes taking his head for what he did to her years ago, more than just his life is at stake.
The fate of the Ichidian universe and that of his brothers-in-arms hangs in the balance. It's kill or be killed, and never has the battle been more fierce...Or more fun!
UssisĂ”nade oskamine ei tĂ€henda teoses ainult metsarahva looduse mĂ”istmist, vaid ka vĂ”imu ja valitsemist selle asukate ĂŒle. Need tarkused vĂ”tab Leemet lapsepĂ”lves ĂŒle oma onu Vootelelt.
Kogu Leemeti elu kĂ€ib aga heitlus maailma mĂ”istliku tajumise ĂŒle â ĂŒhel pool end poolearuliseks loitsinud hiiekummardajad, teisel pool silmakirjalikud kristluse kummardajad, kes on ka ise kĂ”ik endised metsaasukad, koos raudmeeste ja munkadega. VĂ€heseid huvitab, mis ĂŒmbruses tegelikult toimub.
Tasapisi metsaasundus siiski hÀÀbub ning selle tarkust, juuri ja PĂ”hja Konna jÀÀb hoidma ainult Leemet â viimane mees, kes teadis ussisĂ”nu.
Set in a fantastical version of medieval Europe, this book follows a young boy, Leemer, who lives with his hunter-gatherer family in the forest and is the last speaker of the ancient tongue of Snakish, a language that allows its speakers to command all animals.