Fleeing the respectable society that wants to "sivilize" him, Huck Finn shoves off with Jim on a rhapsodic raft journey down the Mississippi River. The two bind themselves to one another, becoming intimate friends and agreeing "there warn't no home like a raft, after all."
At a Texas county fair, children's book author Elle Portman is enjoying a rare night out with her favorite cowboy: her two-year-old son, Charlie. But just as they're about to head home, a shooter opens fire into the crowd
Ever since his show went off the air, Devin and his career have spiraled, but waking up naked in the woods outside his LA home with no memory of the night before is a new low. It must have been a coincidence that the once-in-a-century Wolf Blood Moon crested last night
Great Expectations traces the coming of age of a young orphan, Pip, from a boy of shallow aspirations into a man of maturity.
A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran Pastor unveils a slow massacre and a chain of events that go back to 217 Blackfeet dead in the snow. Told in transcribed interviews by a Blackfeet named Good Stab, who shares the narrative of his peculiar life over a series of confessional visits.
In 1958, now seniors at the Vaganova at the height of the Cold War, all Maya and Natasha and their classmates want is to dance with the Kirov, and to join the company on its tour to America next year. But a new law from the Kremlin upends Maya and Natasha’s lives
Though they have nothing in common, two must band together on a magical quest to defeat the evil that threatens Jenny's lake and Temperance's family, as well as the very soul of Britain.
This is the tumultuous tale of Ged's testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.
I’d hoped, this Christmas, that any self-respecting murderer would kick their feet up and take it easy over the holidays. I was wrong.So here I am, backstage at the show of world-famous magician Rylan Blaze, whose benefactor has just been murdered.
In this witty and fun rom-com debut from Annabelle Slator, rival coworkers become reluctant daters after they're forced to work together on a brand-new dating app in hopes of winning a promotion
A supernatural road-trip thriller featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors on the run from cultists and the government.
Mama’s want is stronger than her hunger sometimes, and when a beautiful, white-toothed stray named Eden turns up in the heart of a snowstorm, Margot must confront the shifting dynamics of her family, untangle her own desires, and make her bid for freedom.
El abogado Jonathan Harker viaja a Transilvania para ayudar al Conde Drácula a adquirir una casa en Londres. Extraños sucesos comienzan a ocurrir en Inglaterra. Se desata una batalla entre el Conde y sus adversarios en esta clásica novela gótica de terror, romance oscuro y suspense escalofriante.
Dos exes bisexuales reservan por accidente el mismo tour gastronómico y vinícola europeo y se retan a una competición de encuentros casuales para demostrar que ya lo han superado, aunque definitivamente no es así. Theo y Kit han sido muchas cosas: mejores amigos de la infancia, enamorados, y ahora exes distanciados.
Examina los riesgos que asumimos por amor, las cicatrices demasiado profundas para sanar y los finales que no podemos ver venir. Georgia sabe muy bien que el amor nunca funciona y está tan decidida como siempre a aprender de los errores de su bisabuela.
Quizás Henry y Natalia no tengan nada en común aparte de su deseo de preservar el antiguo castillo, pero la celebración del solsticio de invierno en un lugar encantado y un espíritu gruñón están a punto de unirlos para la Navidad más excéntrica de sus vidas, y tal vez para siempre.
Un ataque sorpresa a la capital lleva a Ashbree al frente, donde conoce a Ilian, un elfo oscuro que esconde muchos secretos. La futura emperatriz debe tener cuidado: la sangre plateada que corre por las venas de su apuesto adversario podría llevarla a la perdición, arrastrando consigo a todo el reino.
Bienvenidos a Santa Rita. Feliz día de los difuntos. Una pesadilla. Una tumba. Una desaparición. Secretos olvidados que aguardan entre sus muros, en la oscuridad. En el antiguo balneario de Santa Rita, todo está preparado para celebrar el día de los difuntos, pero este año, la muerte está aún más presente que de costumbre.
Dos cadáveres –el esqueleto de un bebé y el de un conocido especialista en historia del arte– encontrados entre escombros y algunas pinturas muy valiosas. La inspectora Lola Galindo, con la ayuda de Robles y algunos otros, investiga un caso lleno de enigmas y secretos, tanto en el mundo del arte del siglo pasado como en el actual.
Mientras Bryce y Hunt profundizan en la parte más vulnerable de Crescent City, descubren un poder oscuro que amenaza todo y a todos los que aprecian, y encuentran, el uno en el otro, una pasión ardiente, una que podría liberarlos a ambos, si tan sólo déjalo.
La vida en lo que alguna vez fue Estados Unidos se llama ahora la República de Gilead, una monoteocracia que ha reaccionado al malestar social y a una tasa de natalidad en fuerte descenso volviendo a la intolerancia represiva de los puritanos originales y superándola. Gracioso, inesperado, horripilante y totalmente.
El régimen teocrático de la República de Galaad mantiene su control del poder, pero hay señales de que está empezando a pudrirse desde dentro. En este momento crucial, las vidas de tres mujeres radicalmente diferentes convergen, mientras cada mujer se ve obligada a aceptar quién es y hasta dónde llegará por lo que cree.
Cuando su hermano es enviado a la guerra de Vietnam, Frankie McGrath impulsivamente, sin dudarlo, se une al Cuerpo de Enfermeras del Ejército de EE. UU. para seguirlo. Se siente tan inmadura e inexperta como los jóvenes enviados a luchar en medio del caos y la destrucción de la guerra; y al regresar a casa, encuentra un país cambiado y profundamente dividido.
Un hombre es encontrado muerto. ¿Accidente o asesinato? Greta, una escritora, y Robles, un inspector de policía retirado, se involucran en la investigación del asesinato y revelarán, sin querer, aún más secretos, descubriendo un misterio mayor de lo que anticipaban.
Celehar’s investigations lead him to the Cemchelarna School for Foundling Girls, where all is not as it seems. Discovering the truth about its headmistress will lead him deep into the city's history - and into the shattering depths of the loss he fears the most.
For generations, Winston women have possessed an unspoken magical gift: they can heal with the touch of a hand. As Louise begins to embrace her unique legacy, she learns that it can also come with a mysterious cost. With a life hanging in the balance, she'll be forced to make the most impossible of choices..
Semiramis becomes caught in the politics and viciousness of ancient Assyria. No bartering with fate, Semiramis trains in war and diplomacy. And with each move, she rises in rank, embroiled in a game of power, desire, love, and betrayal, until she can ascend to the only position that will ever keep her safe.
When a mysterious tower appears in the skies over England, thirteen strangers are pulled from their lives to stand before it as a countdown begins. As the group fights to hold onto its humanity, the twisted horror of why they're here grows ever more apparent - and death stalks their every move.
A fairy tale can be as dark as it is beautiful. Black Woods, Blue Sky is a novel with life-and-death stakes, about the love between a mother and daughter, and the allure of a wild life - about what we gain and what it might cost us.
One by one they come for her, prepared to do anything to see their plans through to their evil end. Vida is no less prepared for them. Vida, the forest, and its formidable wonders are waiting. She will not rest until goodness and order have been restored.
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home.
A Victorian scientist propels himself into the year A.D. 802,701. Initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment, and peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi, he soon realizes the beautiful people are remnants of a once-great culture - now weak and childishly afraid of the dark.
Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in her Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Now she is about to embark on her most dangerous academic project yet: studying the inner workings of a faerie realm - as its queen.
A journey takes an unexpected turn when Marguerite, accused of betrayal, is brutally punished and abandoned on a small island. Once a child of privilege who dressed in gowns and laced pearls in her hair, she finds herself at the mercy of nature, discovering a faith she'd never before needed.
Callie, the unknown author of the Tex Miller series, decides twenty-plus years of living in anonymity is enough. Her plan? Kill the beloved Tex Miller. With a fierce agent, cut-throat editor, and a beyond-zealous fan base, she knows not everyone will be happy. And just wait until Tex hears about it.
As a Witness for the Dead, Celehar can, sometimes, speak to the recently dead: see the last thing they saw, know the last thought they had, experience the last thing they felt. No matter his own background with the imperial house, Celehar will stand with the commoners, and possibly find a light in the darkness.
El trazado de los caracteres y el análisis de las relaciones humanas sometidas a un rígido código de costumbres,elementos esenciales de la narrativa de la autora, alcanzan en Orgullo y prejuicio cotas de maestría insuperable.
Por el autor de El silencio de los corderos y Hannibal, El dragón rojo es una novela de misterio y suspense donde Thomas Harris nos presenta por primera vez al asesino en serie Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
Morbidly Yours is an opposites-attract romantic dramedy about a shy, demisexual Irish mortician who must marry by his 35th birthday to keep his beloved family business, and the Texan widow escaping her past who moves in next door.
Motorcycle performer Rose Evans has spent a decade on the road with the Silveria Circus, and it suits her just fine, especially when she has the urge to indulge in a little murder. But when she ends up with an injured leg, Rose finds herself stuck at the home of the adorably nerdy town doctor.
When he botches a job for his boss’s biggest client, Lachlan knows he’ll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to hunt down a killer and she’ll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first.
When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, they find something elusive—the friendship of two like-minded, pitch-black souls who just happen to enjoy killing other serial killers.
Encuentros, desencuentros, un hotel con encanto y la receta del macaron perfecto.Dicen que París es siempre una buena idea y, a veces, las mejores historias de amor surgen cuando menos las esperas.
Murciélago tiene un problema: no puede dormir. Sus amigos le ofrecen remedios, pero ninguno parece funcionar. Finalmente, busca el consejo de Don Pistrelus, el más sabio de los murciélagos, quien le explica cómo se supone que los mamíferos voladores duermen, colgados boca abajo y durante el día.
Patina "Patty" Jones, una novata en el equipo de atletismo, debe aprender a confiar en su familia y sus compañeros de equipo mientras intenta superar a sus demonios personales.
Louise le Blanc huyó de su aquelarre a Cesarine y renunció a la magia. Obligada a aceptar una situación inesperada, el matrimonio, no puede ignorar sus sentimientos, pero tampoco puede cambiar quién es. Ella debe elegir...
A donde ella vaya, él irá. Donde ella se quede, él se quedará. Hasta que la muerte los separe. Lou, Reid, Coco y Ansel huyen no sólo del aquelarre, sino también del reino y de la Iglesia. Son fugitivos y no tienen dónde esconderse.
Kat y Liam están en camino de colisionar hacia el desastre, y cuando un miembro de la familia Sutherland muere, se dan cuenta de que ellos mismos podrían estar en la mira del asesino. De alguna manera, Kat y Liam son los nuevos objetivos y no pueden confiar en nadie, excepto en ellos mismos.
Cecilia tiene dos trabajos: una niña amante del fútbol y una traductora para sus padres hispanohablantes. Este libro captura un aspecto común de la vida de las familias inmigrantes y bilingües y al mismo tiempo ofrece un modelo de trabajo en equipo que ayuda a todos a sentirse comprendidos.
Lejos de ser un simple destierro, su conciencia se coloca dentro de un antiguo dron y se la deja valerse por sí sola. Pero más allá de los muros de Pocatel se encuentran otros alebrijes como Leandro que buscan un mundo mejor, así como monstruos mutantes, piratas del páramo, un oasis escondido y la verdad.
En esta traducción al español del histérico e inteligente libro ilustrado del cuento de hadas de la fractura que retuerce el punto de vista y la perspectiva, los lectores jóvenes finalmente escucharán el otro lado de la historia de “Los tres cerditos”.
Un cuento parecido a una fábula que aborda temas de soledad, amistad, amor y pérdida1. Cuenta la historia de un piloto que se estrella en el desierto y conoce al principito, quien le cuenta su viaje a través de los planetas y le enseña al piloto valiosas lecciones sobre el amor, la responsabilidad y la condición humana
Alicia cae por un agujero, encontrándose en un peculiar y extraño mundo, poblado por humanos y criaturas antropomorfas Considerada una de las mejores novelas del género Nonsense, su narrativa y estructura, junto con sus personajes, han sido una gran influencia tanto en la literatura popular cultura y literatura
Por orden del rey, los maji fueron perseguidos y aniquilados. Ahora, Zélie tiene una oportunidad de devolver la magia a su gente, pero para ello deberá ser más rápida y astuta que el príncipe heredero del trono, que está dispuesto a todo con tal de erradicar la magia para siempre.
In the deeply satisfying conclusion, seventeen-year-old sorcerer-queen Elisa travels into the unknown realm of the enemy to win back her true love, save her country, and uncover the final secrets of her destiny.
Fireheart's traitorous enemy Tigerclaw has been vanquished and exiled from ThunderClan--but Fireheart can't shake the feeling that he is lurking in the forest, waiting for a chance to strike.
Fireheart is determined to find out the truth about the mysterious death of the former ThunderClan deputy Redtail. But as he searches for answers, he uncovers secrets that might be better left hidden
Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness. Elisa is the chosen one. But she has always felt powerless, useless. Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king--a king whose country is in turmoil.
Betrayal, love, and untold power fuel the heroic adventure of a seventeen-year-old princess turned warrior-queen.
After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray has killed the King and kickstarted a Resistance throughout the land. Now she’s running from the one person she had wanted to run to.
Fireheart is a ThunderClan warrior now, but his troubles are far from over. The cats of rival RiverClan grow restless, while WindClan is weak and faces threats from all sides. Now Fireheart faces not only imminent battle, but betrayal from within his own Clan.
For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their ancestors. But the warrior code has been threatened, and the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger.
When Paeydn unsuspectingly saves one of Ilya’s princes, she finds herself thrown into the Purging Trials. The brutal competition exists to showcase the Elites’ powers—the very thing Paedyn lacks.
Mr. Willy Wonka might be a genius with chocolate, but Charlie and his family don't trust his flying skills one bit. And right now, he's at the helm of a giant glass elevator that's picking up speed and hurtling through space -- with Charlie and the entire Bucket family stuck inside!
The indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands.
Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside.
A legendary smuggler. A cowardly prince. A dangerous quest across the desert to find a magical lamp. In a world where story is reality and illusion is truth, Loulie discovers her enemy, her magic, even her own past - is not what it seems. She must decide who she will become in this new reality.
News of the city Solas being captured by the human leader, Cadmus Pryde, forces Eva into action once again. With help from an unlikely ally, Eva tries to thwart Loroc's ultimate plan for both mankind and the alien life on Orbona.
With victory over a terrifying, sorcerous army, her place as queen should be secure. It isn't. Enemies come at her like ghosts in a dream, from foreign realms and even within her own court. Elisa must journey from the hidden catacombs beneath her own city to treacherous seas and a long-forgotten island.
As the Four Nations teeter on the brink of conflict and she begins to unravel the power-hungry Zongdu Chaisee's true agenda, Yangchen is forced to measure the worth of humanity, and how much can be sacrificed in the name of balance.
Olivia is excited about career day. When Officer Tracy Moore visits her class, Olivia's eyes are opened to possibilities she did not know existed. Inspired by what she learns, Olivia looks in the mirror and imagines herself becoming a police officer, something she never considered a "girl" could be.
Plagued by the voices of Avatars before her for as long as she can remember, Yangchen travels to Bin-Er in the Earth Kingdom where she partners with an informant named Kavik and soon learns to rely on her own wisdom and continue her journey from uncertain young woman to revered leader.
Coyote hasn't been home in in five years. When she learns that the park in her old neighborhood is being demolished - the same park where she, her mom, and her sisters buried a treasured memory box - she devises an elaborate plan to get her dad to drive 3,600 miles back to Washington state…
Mav's got everything under control, until he finds out he's a father – a baby who depends on him for everything. But it's not so easy to sling dope, finish school, and raise a child. He'll have to figure out for himself what it really means to be a man.
From its "discovery" by Europeans to the first Thanksgiving, the story of America's earliest days has been carefully misrepresented. From the perspective of the New England Indigenous Nations the outsiders found when they arrived, this is the true story of how America as we know it began.
Meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. A place where you wash your shadow, plant diamond gardens, shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist.
Determined to receive a good education, Junior leaves the rez to attend an all-white school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Despite being condemned as a traitor and enduring great tragedies, he attacks life with wit and humor, discovering a strength inside that he never knew existed,.
Iris Winnow just wants to hold her family together - her mother is suffering from addiction, her brother is missing from the front lines. Her best bet is to win the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette. When two young rival journalists find love, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever.
An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.
Redes narra, a través de los ojos de una adolescente, una historia que se ha convertido en la realidad de todos nosotros. ¿Cuántos likes vale tu felicidad?
Un libro que nos muestra poco a poco las piezas de un puzle que nosotros, como lectores, debemos ordenar para obtener una visión completa de la historia que se está contando. Duro, real y necesario.
