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Que la vida es jodida ya lo sabemos todos. Káiser, de 17 años, camello de profesión y DJ por vocación, acaba de descubrirlo. A través de sus días gastados, sus noches interminables y sus constantes desfases aderezados con droga y música electrónica recorremos el Madrid de finales de los...

In 1879, eighteen-year-old Liv, like thousands of her fellow citizens, leaves the hard times in Norway for a new life in Minnesota. She’s accompanied by her beautiful sixteen-year-old sister, Marit, who vanishes within moments of arriving at Ellis Island. Officials dismiss the disappearance as confusion in the crush of immigrants, insisting that she must have wandered off. But Liv knows Marit would never do that. Dockworkers whisper darker possibilities. Even with the assistance of overworked officials, no trace of Marit can be found.

In the vein of The Book of M comes a “dynamic, fast-paced debut” (Publishers Weekly) and character-driven literary apocalyptic novel that explores life, love, and loss in a post-truth society. In the aftermath of a deadly outbreak—reminiscent of the 1962 event of mass hysteria that was the...

Como uma semente que vagou ao vento, Apolinária — ou Polu, para os íntimos — deixou para trás um marido que nunca amou em Tabocas do Brejo Velho, no interior da Bahia, às margens do rio São Francisco, e foi germinar em São Paulo, em 1946. Sozinha, se estabeleceu na periferia da capital paulista e criou dois filhos, trabalhando como servente e empregada doméstica. Neste romance, que consolida Bianca Santana como uma das principais escritoras brasileiras em atividade, as vozes da neta Bianca e da avó Polu se alternam, conforme a primeira tece com maestria memória familiar e pesquisa histórica.

Born during the Cuban revolution in 1959, Yocandra learns that for a woman to survive in the world of communist machismo, she must use all her assets - her body, her wits, and most importantly, her ability to transform disillusionment into wonder.

Después del fenómeno de ventas de La buena suerte, Álex Rovira y Fernando Trías de Bes creían haber logrado el éxito y, con él, la libertad para vivir conforme a sus deseos. Sin embargo, todavía les quedaba un largo camino hasta alcanzar algo más importante: la libertad vital. En este...

Jake Mercer’s life is spiraling out of control. As a criminal profiler and one of the senior homicide investigators in the Oakland Police Department, he’s spent the last twenty-five years getting inside the heads of killers and trying to understand the way they think. He’s the best at what he does, but constantly playing in the minds of madmen carries a heavy price, leaving Jake an out of shape, alcoholic loner suspended from active duty.

Blut ist es, durch das wir leben. Blut ist es, wofür wir kämpfen. Blut ist es, was wir vergießen. Wir vergessen nicht. Wir verzeihen nicht. Wir wollen Rache. Ich bin ein Mörder. Ich bin ein Monster. Ich bin ein Krimineller. Ich bin der Romano-Erbe. Ich tue alles für das Geschäft. Ich opfere jeden, um zu bekommen, was ich will. Ich bin der Mann, der seine Frau getötet hat. Ich bin der Mann, der nicht fühlt. Ich bin der Mann, der nicht liebt. Ich bin der Mann, der aus Eis besteht und auch du kannst das nicht ändern. Du kannst mich nicht auftauen.

Irruente e testarda, una vera calamita che attrae guai, Juliana Fiori si rifiuta di giocare secondo le regole della società. A causa del suo carattere impulsivo e ribelle è sempre al centro dei pettegolezzi di tutti i salotti di Londra ed è nata per dare scandalo... è esattamente il genere di donna da cui il duca di Leighton vorrebbe stare lontano... anzi, molto lontano.

Ashera del Cid is a talented demon hunter, but when she kills a demigod's pet dragon, the hunter becomes the hunted. Her only potential ally is Ramiel, a sexy-as-hell demon. Now the two must work together to battle dragons and demigods…and the chemistry crackling between them.

Mac is back. Framed for a murder he didn’t commit, Dewey “Mac” Mackenzie is a wanted man on a cattle drive heading west–as a chuckwagon cook. Though he’s never even boiled an egg, Mackenzie has a natural gift for cobbling together good trail drive grub. Now, with two trail drives under his belt, Mackenzie has proven to be more than a good chuckwagon cook. He’s good at serving up justice, too–with a side of hot lead.

Meine Liebe ist verschwendet wie Edelsteine im Staub, auf die ein unachtsamer Schuh getreten ist. Es dauert viele leidvolle Jahre und Schichten von Bergen, um aus Kohlenstoff einen Edelstein zu formen. Jetzt, wo ich geschliffen und hart wie ein Diamant bin, kann er mich nicht mehr zurück in den Dreck treten.

Mädchen wie ich wissen, wie man überlebt. Jede von uns hat ihre eigene Art zu überleben, aber wir erwerben diese Fähigkeiten im selben zarten Alter. Wenn man mich fragt, wie oft ein Mensch sterben kann, sage ich: viele Male. So oft, wie ein Mann dir mit Verrat in den Bauch sticht und dir mit Lügen das Herz aus dem Leib reißt. Mädchen wie ich überleben.

The education sector is in the midst of an edtech revolution, and Learning Designers are leading the charge. Online Learning: So, You Want to Be a Learning Designer? is a must-listen for any educator keen to adapt current skills and remain relevant in these rapidly changing times. As we adapt to a world where remote learning and working online have become the norm, are we prepared to design and deliver dynamic courses that meet learners’ needs? With better learning design, yes.

Dieter der Vermieter ist diesmal nicht gekommen, um die Miete einzutreiben, sondern weil er die Hilfe von Rufus T. Feuerflieg und seiner Assistentin Kreszenzia benötigt: Er hat eine junge Frau in einer Dating App kennengelernt, die ihm vor dem ersten Treffen eröffnet hat, dass sie eine Vampirin ist...

Raw, real, and relatable, this book is your guide to navigating life's fires. Bianca Olthoff is here to show that our struggles and hardships may be the fire that refines us instead of destroys us, brings us hope instead of despair, and leads us right into the arms of a God who loves us. Play...

Kira Navárez rêvait d'un monde nouveau. Elle vient de réveiller un cauchemar d'une ampleur intersidérale... Lors d'une mission de routine sur une planète inconnue, Kira découvre un organisme vivant d'origine extraterrestre. Fascinée, elle s'approche de l'étrange poussière noire. La substance s'étend sur tout son corps et commence à prendre le contrôle. Kira, en pleine transformation, va explorer les dernières limites de sa condition d'être humain.

In her first tell-all collection, writer and notorious tell-it-like-it-is sass machine, Kate Bailey regales us with her tales of all things lesbian sex, growing up gay, girls, guys, relationships, and everything else necessary to being a bad-ass bitch.

From “the queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) the author of Boleyn Traitor comes this New York Times bestseller featuring three very different women whose fates are each bound by a bloody curse: the legacy of the Boleyn family. After the death of his third wife, Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII...

Una extraña mujer le encarga a Rojo que encuentre a su marido. Él acepta, a cambio de una generosa suma. Lo que parece un asunto fácil de resolver, se convierte en un turbio caso que pondrá en peligro su vida. Han pasado algunos años desde su regreso a Alicante, los fantasmas del pasado lo perturban y Rojo no encuentra su lugar en la ciudad. Un error laboral le obligará a tomar una excedencia de un año. Sú única forma de seguir a flote es aceptando la oferta de una mujer, para que encuentre a su marido desaparecido, un extravagante empresario de la noche alicantina.