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¿Qué significa ser fan? Desde la historia de los fandoms hasta el panorama obsesivo actual, esta guía propia de su época lo explora todo, desde los acosadores hasta los superfans... Desde cómo y cuándo comenzó el concepto de fandom hasta las jerarquías de los fans, pasando por la cultura...

Tener presente la muerte ayuda a vivir con plenitud. La inminencia de la muerte va siempre acompañada de dolor pero, en ocasiones, cuando hay un tiempo de preparación para la persona y su entorno, esta situación ofrece también la oportunidad de completar de manera consciente la propia vida...

A deadly crash on the shores of a French abbey. A political conspiracy. A military lawyer betrayed. Captain Storm DeVries has been assigned to prosecute Major Skylar Diggs for joyriding twenty-eight souls to their deaths. She believes the Air Force has been too lenient with pilots who care more about their “Top Gun” antics than the value of human life. Storm is a general’s daughter and is just as loyal to the military as her father is. But there’s no doubt in her mind that Diggs is guilty. The question is whether she can prove it.

Viena, 1938. Samuel Adler es un niño judío de seis años cuyo padre desaparece durante la Noche de los Cristales Rotos, en la que su familia lo pierde todo. Su madre, desesperada, le consigue una plaza en un tren que le llevará desde la Austria nazi hasta Inglaterra. Samuel emprende una nueva etapa con su fiel violín y con el peso de la soledad y la incertidumbre, que lo acompañarán siempre en su dilatada vida.

The instant bestseller slick and addictive YA mystery thriller that celebrates the nuances and dramas of Nigerian family and culture, perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen M. McManus. Save the date . . . for a killer wedding! True-crime-obsessed Lara Oyinlola is heading to Lagos for her...

Do you struggle to get your little guy to settle down for bed? Is he a fan of roaring trucks, mighty tanks, fearless ninjas, and unstoppable superheroes? Bedtime Stories for Awesome Boys is the perfect solution!

In the world's most celebrated and lyrical love story, the sublime devotion of two young lovers transcends their earthly fate. The noble Veronese houses of Montague and Capulet are locked in a bitter feud. When Romeo (a Montague) and Juliet (a Capulet) fall in love, they are swept up in a series of violent events and cruel twists of fortune. Despite the passion and innocence of their love, they fall victim to the enmity between their families, and their story ends in tragedy.

You’ve read the books. You’ve led the teams. You’ve read about emotional intelligence. But now you’re ready for something more. Emotion Rules takes you past surface-level strategies and into the core of emotional wisdom: a framework for integrating heart + logic in every area of your life and leadership. In this robust and poetic guide, Freedman introduces 12 powerful Emotion Rules — principles that decode the deeper architecture of feelings so you can understand what they really mean and how to use them as allies in moving from success to significance.

When journalist Holland Tate is granted an interview with Catriona Bouchard, her former best friend turned mega-popular tradwife, she jumps at the chance to also possibly rewrite their bitter ending. But at the Bouchards’ gated compound, what she finds is not the independent woman she once knew. Cat may have six beautiful children and be married to the man she calls the love of her life, but she’s a ghost of her former self.

All Myth ever wanted was to graduate and work for the trade department. Instead she’s chosen to serve as the personal translator for Crown Prince Arvel. Myth is well versed in trade, economics, and the languages needed to discuss them. Royal families and politics? Not so much. But Prince Arvel needs an elvish translator, and Myth—with her knack for languages and love of books—is the best option.

Based on more than twenty years of clinical trials and practice, Unlearn Your Pain is a groundbreaking guide to reversing chronic pain, fatigue, anxiety, and depression. AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER Migraines, headaches, back pain, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic...

Verity is telling lies. And that's why she's about to be arrested for attempted murder. Serena has been lying for years. And that may have driven her daughter, Verity, to do something unthinkable. Poppy's lies have come back to haunt her. So will her quest for the truth hurt everyone she loves? Everyone lies. But whose lies are going to end in tragedy?

Michelle was a young mother when she was kidnapped by a local bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade, she endured unimaginable torture. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina De Jesus in 2004. Their escape on May 6, 2013, made headlines around the world. In Finding Me, Michelle will reveal her story, and how she has found the courage to now build a life worth living.

On the shores of this river, all the birds that fly, drink, perch on branches, and disturb siestas with the demonic squawking of the possessed—all those birds were once women. Welcome to Argentina and the fascinating, frightening, fantastical imagination of Mariana Enriquez. In twelve spellbinding new stories, Enriquez writes about ordinary people, especially women, whose lives turn inside out when they encounter terror, the surreal, and the supernatural. 

The Moon has been sucked through a wormhole in space and has arrived countless miles away from its proper place. The crew of Moonbase Alpha can only guess at the resultant devastation left behind on Earth. They must decide how best they can survive. Some Alphans find it difficult to let go of the notion of returning to Earth, others are facing the reality that they must find another home to ensure the survival of the human race. They can't survive on Alpha indefinitely.

Uno de los tesoros más codiciados y enigmáticos del mundo submarino se esconde en las profundidades del océano Atlántico. Una anciana historiadora naval podría tener la clave para rescatarlo, pero muere de repente en extrañas circunstancias. Pietro Rivas, un subinspector que acaba de llegar a la ciudad, será el encargado de investigar el caso junto con Nagore Freire, una extravagante inspectora de Patrimonio. Cuando las muertes comienzan a sucederse, la policía descubre que la clave para resolverlas reside en la historia del galeón Albatros Negro.

If bedtime feels stressful or your child struggles with anxiety, I'm here to help. With gentle, heartwarming tales, each story in this book follows a lovable character as they learn simple ways to manage big feelings—like breathing through nerves, writing down worries, or remembering their brave moments.

Brought to you by Penguin. The sequel to the international bestseller One of Us is Lying. Welcome back to Bayview High . . . It is a year after the action of One of Us Is Lying, and someone has started playing a game of Truth or Dare. But this is no ordinary Truth or Dare. This game is lethal...

From “weird, scary, ingenious” (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, an instant New York Times bestselling, brutally honest, and “laugh-out-loud funny” (Jennette McCurdy, #1 New York Times bestselling author) memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of...

Kurt Vonnegut is a master of contemporary American Literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Siren's of Titan in 1959 and established him as ""a true artist""* with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He is, as Graham Greene has declared...