How do you actually find meaning in the workplace? How do you find work that makes your heart sing, creates impact, and pays your rent? After realizing that his well-paying, prestigious job was actually making him miserable, Adam "Smiley" Poswolsky st
The sorority girls are real witches. From New York Times bestselling authors Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige comes a thrilling, dark contemporary fantasy about a prestigious sorority of witches and two girls caught up in its world of sinister magic a
CRIME AND PUNISHMENTStudents of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom—if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! After getting in a fight with students from Class C, Sudou is on the verge of expulsion. Ayanokouji and Horikita may have found a witness in Class D’s Sakura, but she’s reluctant to make waves and get involved. And even if she did, would anyone trust the word of a Class D student? Meanwhile, Ayanokouji and the others discover additional ways to earn points outside of test scores. But will it be enough to buy their way out of Class D? Or is the system truly rigged against them?
ON THE EDGE OF EXPULSIONStudents of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom—if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokouji Kiyotaka landed at the bottom of this cutthroat school’s hierarchy in the scorned Class D, and thanks to their terrible performance, they’ve found their supply of points completely cut off. Without points, the school’s luxurious amenities are out of reach, and things could get even worse. If any member of the class fails out of the program, it could mean dire consequences for everyone else! Together with Horikita and Kushida, can Ayanokouji figure out a way to keep his class’s worst students from bombing out?
The book you hold in your hands is revolutionary, a groundbreaking exploration of the science of intention.Drawing on the findings of leading scientists from around the world, "The Intention Experiment" demonstrates that "thought is a thing that affects other things." It is also the first book to invite you, the reader, to take an active part in its original research. Using cutting-edge research conducted at Princeton, MIT, Stanford, and many other prestigious universities and laboratories, "The Intention Experiment" reveals that the universe is connected by a vast quantum energy field.Thought generates its own palpable energy, which you can use to improve your life and, when harnessed together with an interconnected group, to change the world. In "The Intention Experiment," internationally bestselling author Lynne McTaggart takes you on a gripping, mind-blowing journey to the furthest reaches of consciousness.As she narrates the exciting developments in the science of intention, she also profiles the colorful scientists and renowned pioneers who study the effects of focused group intention on scientifically quantifiable targets -- animal, plant, and human. McTaggart offers a practical program to get in touch with your own thoughts, to increase the activity and strength of your intentions, and to begin achieving real change in your life. You are then invited to participate in an unprecedented experiment: Using "The Intention Experiment" website to coordinate your involvement and track results, you and other participants around the world will focus your power of intention on specific targets, giving you the opportunity to become a part of scientific history. A new Afterword by the author recounts the successes of the several Intention Experiments so far. "The Intention Experiment" forces you to rethink what it is to be human. It proves that we're connected to everyone and everything -- and that discovery demands that we pay better attention to our thoughts, intentions, and actions. Here's how you can.
¿Cómo debemos afrontar las dificultades y frustraciones que se presentan en nuestra vida? ¿Podemos aprender de nuestros propios fracasos? ¿Cómo adaptarse a los cambios? De una forma amena y práctica, No te rindas nos enseña a encarar de manera positiva las adversidades, miedos y dudas que nos asaltan en nuestro día a día, convirtiéndolos en un impulso para crecer y lograr nuevas metas.El prestigioso psiquiatra Enrique Rojas ofrece en este libro un original almanaque, organizado en doce grandes temas ?uno para cada mes del año?, con sabios consejos que nos acompañan de manera lúcida y cercana en las batallas que debemos librar en el arte del vivir cotidiano para conquistar la felicidad.
Cualquier estación es buena para disfrutar de los sabores y perfumes del huerto. Preparadas de mil maneras y sabiamente combinadas, las verduras son una óptima alternativa para un segundo plato, imaginativas y ricas en propiedades nutritivas, han sabido alcanzar su puesto en la más prestigiosa gastronomía. Todas las recetas que se presentan van acompañadas por consejos útiles, pequeños trucos y sugerencias.
Michael Hoffman has come a long way from his deprived childhood in Chicago's South Side. Now he's a young, successful partner in a major New York law firm, handling some of its clients' most prestigious M&A deals. With a beautiful wife, and two young da
A fully revised and updated twelfth edition of this major world atlas in the authoritative and prestigious Times Atlas range. This beautifully designed atlas has all the information you need, whether planning a trip, keeping in touch with world news, solving quizzes and crosswords or just exploring the world from your armchair.
Bob, Grat, Bill and Emmett Dalton were fearsome bandits; terrors of the Old West; legends in their own time. Until Lucky Luke put a final end to their reign of evil. Joe, Jack, William and Averell Dalton, on the other hand, aren't even footnotes in the back pages of newspapers. Bumbling, blundering and hapless, they nonetheless vow to emulate-and avenge-their prestigious relatives. But if their cousins couldn't best the Lonesome Cowboy, do they really stand a chance?
Winner of the prestigious Booker Prize--a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a playwright as he composes his memoirs Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the
Detective Patrik Hedstrom and Erica Falck are back, in an irresistible Scandi crime thriller for fans of Jo Nesbo and Lars Kepler.A community torn apartAs a heavy mist rolls into the Swedish coastal town of Fjallbacka, shocking violence shakes the small community to its core. Rolf Stenklo, a famous photographer, is found murdered in his gallery. Two days later, a brutal tragedy on a private island leaves the prestigious Bauer family devastated.A town full of secretsWith his boss acting strangely, Detective Patrik Hedstrom is left to lead the investigation.Tensions rise threatening cracks in the team of officers at Tanumshede police station and pressure mounts as the press demand answers.A reckoning in bloodIn pursuit of inspiration for her next true-crime book, Patrik's wife Erica Falck leaves behind their three children and travels to Stockholm to research the unsolved decades-old murder of a figure from Rolf's past. As Erica searches for the truth, she realizes that her mystery is connected to Patrik's case. These threads from the past are woven into the present and old sins leave behind long shadows.
Hailed as 'a monumental history ...more exciting than any novel' (NRC Handelsblad), David van Reybrouck's rich and gripping epic, in the tradition of Robert Hughes's 'The Fatal Shore', tells the extraordinary story of one of the world's most devastated countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo. Epic in scope yet eminently readable, penetrating and deeply moving, David van Reybrouck's 'Congo' traces the fate of one of the world's most critical, failed nation-states, second only to war-torn Somalia: the Democratic Republic of Congo. This extraordinary book is already an international bestseller, recipient of the prestigious Prix Medicis essai 2012 and the AKO Literature Prize, and is widely regarded as a modern masterpiece. Van Reybrouck takes us through several hundred years of history, bringing some of the most dramatic episodes in Congolese history.Here are the people and events that have impinged the Congo's development - from the slave trade to the ivory and rubber booms; from the arrival of Henry Morton Stanley to the tragic regime of King Leopold II; from global indignation to Belgian colonialism; from the struggle for independence to Mobutu's brutal rule; and from the world famous Rumble in the Jungle to the civil war over natural resources that began in 1996 and still rages today. Van Reybrouck interweaves his own family's history with the voices of a diverse range of individuals - charismatic dictators, feuding warlords, child-soldiers, the elderly, female merchant smugglers, and many in the African diaspora of Europe and China - to offer a deeply humane approach to political history, focusing squarely on the Congolese perspective and returning a nation's history to its people.
It's been a century since magic stopped being the stuff of fairy tales and became a practical technology. Siblings Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba have both been admitted to a prestigious magical prep school - and while Miyuki's excellent entrance-exam scores qualify her to be part of Course 1 (a "Bloom"), Tatsuya's poor performance relegates him to Course 2 (a "Weed"). Tatsuya's going to need every bit of clever thinking he can come up with in order to keep both himself and his sister safe in a place where the students are learning to manipulate reality itself!
'THE START OF SOMETHING TRULY EPIC' Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga'NO ONE BUILDS A UNIVERSE LIKE JAMES S. A. COREY' John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling authorFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself. Invasion is only the beginning . . .The Carryx - part empire, part hive - has waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy in its con_ict with an ancient and deathless enemy.When they descend on the isolated world of Anjiin, the human population is abased, slaughtered and put in chains. The best and brightest are abducted, taken to the Carryx world-palace to join prisoners from a thousand other species.Dafyd Alkhor, assistant to a prestigious scientist, is captured along with his team. Even he doesn't suspect that his peculiar insight and skills will be the key to seeing past their captors ' terrifying agenda.Swept up in a con_ict beyond his control and vaster than his imagination, Dafyd is poised to become humanity's champion - and its betrayer.This is where his story begins.'Terrifying alien overlords and a vast intergalactic war with humankind on the brink of annihilation . . The Mercy of the Gods is the start of something truly epic' Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga'Like The Expanse, The Mercy of Gods balances cosmic stakes with an astonishingly powerful human drama. Pitch-perfect storytelling' M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts'A fast-paced, intelligent book. Corey is always one of the most engaging voices in the genre' Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time'The Mercy of Gods radiates the dread and revelation of first contact, shaping new worlds and cultures that had me riveted' Bethany Jacobs, author of These Burning Stars'All the things you want in an alien invasion novel: overwhelming aliens, end-of-world terror, and plucky humans who never stop fighting . . . A bang-up read. I want more' Paolo Bacigalupi, New York Times bestselling author'A powerful, provocative masterpiece that I will be thinking about for a very long time' Ryka Aoki, author of Light from Uncommon Stars'Dazzling . . . This is space opera at its best' Publishers Weekly
Drawn from some of the world's most prestigious collections, this comprehensive work is a visual and historical reference exploring the craftsmanship and technical progress of German pistol development from 1871 to 1914. Using specially commissioned color
Despite their initial hesitation, living with Anne has softened the flock, so Max is keenly aware that it's time to leave. With Thanksgiving so near, though, all of them want to stay, at least until they've had their first ever Thanksgiving turkey! But danger is on the horizon as Jeb's plan advances, and while the flock's new school seems normal and safe, secrets are hidden beneath its prestigious facade...
THE EPIC AND SIZZLING YA ROMANTASY. SOON TO BE YOUR NEXT OBSESSION . . .THEY SAY LOVE CONQUERS ALL . . . BUT CAN LOVE WIN IN A WAR BETWEEN DEMONS AND EXORCISTS?OR WILL IT JUST TEAR THEM ALL APART . . . ?A brutal war between demons and humanity has raged across Europe for over a century. At its heart are two elite soldiers: Selene Alleva, a powerful exorcist trained at the prestigious Vatican Academy, and foot soldier, Jules Lacroix, unrivalled in battle.When their paths cross, despite initial distrust - then unwelcome attraction - Jules and Selene discover a terrible secret at the heart of the holy Vatican City . . .Soon Jules is forced to question everything he's ever known - including himself. And Selene, unable to ignore her growing feelings for Jules, must make an impossible choice between love and duty.Serpent and Dove meets Empire of the Vampire, with a star-crossed, enemies-to-lovers romance at its heart. Perfect for fans of Powerless, Fourth Wing and Divine Rivals.PRAISE FOR CRUEL IS THE LIGHT: 'Sinister magic, crackling banter, and sizzling tension'Emily Thiede, author of This Vicious Grace 'A masterclass in romantasy . . . Thoroughly scorching'Bea Fitzgerald, bestselling author of Girl, Goddess, Queen'A story of forbidden love with yearning so keen it cut. . . Bound to be your next obsession.'Eliza Chan, bestselling author of Fathomfolk'Drenched with dark magic, woven with complex morals and sprinkled with true love.'Kika Hatzopoulou, bestselling author of Threads That Bind'A powerhouse debut . . . Gripping, vivid and beautifully written'Vanessa Len, bestselling author of Only a Monster
Join the world of "Artemis Fowl", the number one bestseller by Eoin Colfer. Rumour has it Artemis Fowl is responsible for every major crime of the new century. Just twelve years old and already he's a criminal genius, plotting to restore his family's fortune with a spot of corruption and kidnapping. Kidnapping a fairy for ransom, to be precise. Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous - and extremely high-tech - fairies. But he may have underestimated their powers. They will fight back. Is the boy about to trigger a cross-species war? Let the misadventure begin. "Fast-paced, tongue in cheek ...laugh-out-loud". ("Sunday Times"). "A huge hit". ("The Guardian"). "Artemis is a brilliant creation". (Anthony Horowitz). Winner of the WHSmith Children's Book of the Year Award and Children's Book of the Year at the Children's Book Awards. It is shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award. Eoin Colfer was born and raised in Wexford in the south-east of Ireland. He began writing plays at an early age and, as an adult, continued to write."Artemis Fowl", his first book featuring the brilliant young anti-hero, was an immediate international bestseller and won several prestigious awards.
A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime. Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A Puffin Book. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes. A Wrinkle in Time is a classic sci-fi adventure for children by bestselling US author, Madeleine L'Engle. When Charles Wallace Murry goes searching through a 'wrinkle in time' for his lost father, he finds himself on an evil planet where all life is enslaved by a huge pulsating brain known as 'It'. How Charles, his sister Meg and friend Calvin find and free his father makes this a very special and exciting mixture of fantasy and science fiction, which all the way through is dominated by the funny and mysterious trio of guardian angels known as Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs Which. Madeleine L'Engle lived in New York and wrote over 60 books for children, including A Wrinkle in Time, the first in her Time Quintet series and winner of the highly prestigious Newbury Medal. She died in 2007, aged 88. Also available in A Puffin Book: Goodnight Mister Tom and Back Home by Michelle Magorian; Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little And The Trumpet Of The Swan by E. B.White; The Borrowers by Mary Norton; Stig Of The Dump by Clive King; Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor; A Dog So Small by Philippa Pearce; Gobbolino by Ursula Moray Williams; Carrie's War by Nina Bawden; Mrs Frisby and The Rats Of Nimh by Richard C O'brien; A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'engle; The Cay by Theodore Taylor; Tarka The Otter by Henry Williamson; Watership Down by Richard Adams; Smith by Leon Garfield; The Neverending Story by Michael Ende; Annie by Thomas Meehan; and The Family From One End Street by Eve Garnett.
This is the first in-depth exploration of the art and history of the kimono in Japan, told from the perspective of one of the country's oldest and most prestigious kimono houses still in operation today - the 460-year old House of Chiso. Kimono Couture
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN In Academy City, trouble is afoot at the prestigious all-girls' school Tokiwadai. Hokaze Junko is being stalked by a ghostly girl who needs Junko's help to find out who-or what-she is, since she has no memory of
When Solene Marchand, the thirty-nine-year-old owner of a prestigious art gallery in Los Angeles, takes her daughter, Isabelle, to meet her favourite boy band, she does so reluctantly and at her ex-husband's request. The last thing she expects is to make a connection with one of the members of the world-famous August Moon.
En este libro se nos propone un recorrido por las distintas etapas de la vida para enseñarnos a manejar nuestros propios recursos, a superar las dificultades en los diferentes momentos e ir sacando lo mejor de nosotros mismos para aspirar a una felicidad razonable.El prestigioso psiquiatra Enrique Rojas ha sabido hilvanar un libro ameno y práctico, lleno de sugerencias y observaciones psicológicas acerca de cómo alcanzar la felicidad. Asimismo, incorpora numerosos test creados a partir de sus casos resueltos, de manera que el lector puede evaluar su evolución psicológica.
- The most prestigious motor car in the world. The true definition of luxury - The exclusive first authorised tour of the new Rolls-Royce facility - A unique insight into Roll-Royce's manufacturing process - Compendium of historical Rolls-Royce pictures, m
Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love. Set against the backdrop of upper-class New York society during the 1870s, the author's combination of powerful prose combined with a thoroughly researched and meticulous evocation of the manners and style of the period, has delighted readers since the novel's first publication in 1920. In 1921 The Age of Innocence achieved a double distinction - it won the Pulitzer Prize and it was the first time this prestigious award had been won by a woman author.
THE GLOBAL LITERARY QUEST BESTSELLER'A masterpiece' The Times'The style as well as the sweep is Bolaño-esque' ObserverParis, 2018. Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer, discovers a legendary book titled The Maze of Inhumanity. It has an immediate hold over him. No one knows what happened to the author, T.C. Elimane, who was accused of plagiarism, his reputation destroyed by the critics.Obsessed with discovering the truth about Elimane's disappearance, Faye weaves past and present, countries and continents, following the author's labyrinthine trail from Senegal to Argentina and France and confronting the great tragedies of history.Will he get to the truth at the centre of the maze?A gripping literary quest novel and a masterpiece of perpetual reinvention, The Most Secret Memory of Men confronts the impact of colonialism and neo-colonialism, the holocaust in Europe, dictatorships in South America and the Caribbean, genocide in Africa, and collaboration and resistance everywhere. Above all, it is a love song to literature and its timeless power.WINNER OF FRANCE'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, THE PRIX GONCOURTTranslated by Lara Vernaud.
'This is not life. This is law.'Tessa Ensler is a brilliant barrister who's forged her career in criminal defence through sheer determination. Since her days at Cambridge, she's carefully disguised her working class roots in a male-dominated world where who you know is just as important as what you know. Driven by her belief in the right to a fair trial and a taste for victory, there's nothing Tessa loves more than the thrill of getting her clients acquitted.It seems like Tessa has it made when she is approached for a new job and nominated for the most prestigious award in her field. But when a date with a charismatic colleague goes horribly wrong, Tessa finds that the rules she's always played by might not protect her, forcing her to question everything she's ever believed in . . .
Una extraordinaria novela de personajes inolvidables cuyas vidas seentrelazan con momentos clave de la Historia, desde finales del sigloXIX hasta mediados del XX, y que recrea la vida en ciudades tanemblemáticas como San Petersburgo, París o Jerusalén.Dispara, yo ya estoy muerto es una historia llena de historias, unagran novela que esconde dentro muchas novelas, y que, desde suenigmático título hasta su inesperado final, alberga más de unasorpresa y emociones a flor de piel.Una extraordinaria novela depersonajes inolvidables cuyas vidas se entrelazan con momentos clavede la Historia, desde finales del siglo XIX hasta mediados del XX, yque recrea la vida en ciudades tan emblemáticas como San Petersburgo,París o Jerusalén.Julia Navarro es escritora y periodista.Después de escribir varios libros de actualidad política, publicó suprimera novela, La Hermandad de la Sábana Santa, con la que logró unéxito sin precedentes en Espa?a situándose durante meses en losprimeros puestos de las listas de ventas, tanto nacionales comoextranjeras.La Biblia de barro y La sangre de los inocentes afianzaron suprestigio entre la crítica y el público, consiguiendo llegar amillones de lectores en todo el mundo, con traducciones en más detreinta países.Su siguiente novela, Dime quién soy, es un retrato magistral de lahistoria del siglo xx, en unas páginas rebosantes de intriga,historia, espionaje, amor y traición que conquistaron de nuevo a loslectores.www.julianavarro.eswww.facebook.com/Julia.Navarro.Oficial
The latest in the Essentials series from internationally prestigious fashion brand, Vogue, celebrating the ultimate fashion power symbol, the high heel.
Leo Lyon Zagami uses the internal documents of the Illuminati to reveal confidential and top-secret events. His book contends that the presence of numerous Illuminati brotherhoods and secret societies--just as those inside the most prestigious U.S. univers
The 6th book in this mega selling series. Eoin Colfer was born and raised in the south-east of Ireland. Artemis Fowl, his first book featuring the young anti-hero, was an immediate international bestseller and won several prestigious awards.Das sechste Buch der erfolgreichen Serie. Eoin Colfer ist im Südosten Irlands geboren und aufgewachsen. "Artemis Fowl", sein erstes Buch über den jungen Antihelden, wurde sofort international zum Bestseller und ist mit mehreren bedeutenden Preisen ausgezeichnet worden.
This penultimate volume in Pelikan's acclaimed history of Christian doctine - winner with Volume 3 of the medieval Academy's prestigious Haskins Medal - encompasses the Reformation and the developments that led to it.
Extremadura, 1941. Isabel Mola, esposa de un importante jefe de lafalange, espera con su hijo Andrés la llegada del tren que lostraslade a Lisboa y, de ahí, a una vida so?ada libre de maltratos ysufrimientos. Pero su intento se ve frustrado cuando un hombre ladetiene y le arrebata de sus brazos a su hijo Andrés.Barcelona, 1981.María es una abogada de modesto prestigio que hace a?os se alejó de su padre, hasta que la llamada de un médico los junta de nuevo en sucasa de San Lorenzo. El caso de un hombre que, por un supuesto ajustede cuentas, deja en coma a otro, las lanza a ella y a su socia Gretaal estrellato. Pero ninguna de las dos sabe que todo ha sido uncomplot.
MANUAL PARA COBARDES narra la extraordinaria historia de un niño vasco en la posguerra que se convertirá en un prestigioso abogado en el Madrid de los años 70. ¿Por qué llegó tarde Franco a su encuentro con Hitler en Hendaya? ¿Conocía la CIA los planes de ETA para asesinar a Carrero Blanco? Y, si así era, ¿por qué no advirtió del atentado al gobierno español?Las respuestas a estas preguntas sobre dos momentos tan importantes y decisivos en la historia de nuestro país, se esconden en la vida de Eduardo Zuloaga, un niño resuelto y soñador en la Hondarribia de posguerra al que, su aventura personal de búsqueda de la verdad sobre sus padres, le arrastrará a una aventura mucho mayor cuyas consecuencias, para él y para todo el país, no puede ni imaginar.
Galaxy 'Alex' Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. A dropout and the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved crime, Alex was hoping for a fresh start. But a free ride to one of the world's most prestigious universities was bound to come with a catch. Alex has been tasked with monitoring the mysterious activities of Yale's secret societies - well-known haunts of the rich and powerful. Now there's a dead girl on campus and Alex seems to be the only person who won't accept the neat answer the police and campus administration have come up with for her murder. Because Alex knows the secret societies are far more sinister and extraordinary than anyone ever imagined.They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And sometimes they prey on the living . . .
Nothing sings as sweetly as love, or burns quite like betrayal Rosanna Menici is just a girl when she meets Roberto Rossini, the man who will change her life. In the years to come, their destinies are bound together by their extraordinary talents as opera singers and by their enduring but obsessive love for each other - a love that will ultimately affect the lives of all those closest to them.For, as Rosanna slowly discovers, their unison is haunted by irreversible events from the past ...Rosanna's journey takes her from humble beginnings in the back streets of Naples to the glittering stages of the world's most prestigious opera houses. Set against a memorable backdrop of Lucinda Riley's trademark evocative locations, The Italian Girl unfolds into a poignant and unforgettable tale of love, betrayal and self-discovery.First published as Aria under the name Lucinda Edmonds, now extensively rewritten
Acción, historia y aventura se dan cita como un torbellino en lasinolvidables páginas de esta primera novela de la serie «Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste», que comienza cuando el valeroso protagonistaacepta un peligroso encargo...«No era el hombre más honesto ni el máspiadoso, pero era un hombre valiente.»Con estas palabras empieza Elcapitán Alatriste, la historia de un soldado veterano de los terciosde Flandes que malvive como espadachín a sueldo en el Madrid del siglo XVII. Sus aventuras peligrosas y apasionantes nos sumergen sinaliento en las intrigas de una Espa?a corrupta y en decadencia, lasemboscadas en callejones oscuros entre el brillo de dos aceros, lastabernas donde Francisco de Quevedo compone sonetos entre pendencias y botellas de vino, o los corrales de comedias donde lasrepresentaciones de Lope de Vega terminan a cuchilladas. Todo ello dela mano de personajes entra?ables y fascinantes: el joven Í?igoBalboa, el implacable inquisidor fray Emilio Bocanegra, el peligrosoasesino Gualterio Malatesta, o el diabólico secretario del rey, Luisde Alquézar.La crítica ha dicho...«Arturo Pérez-Reverte, entre cuyas obras anteriores cabe destacar LaReina del Sur, ha creado Alatriste con un afecto evidente. El autorcomparte con el espadachín un indudable talento. El capitán Alatristeestá escrito con brillantez y un contagioso entusiasmo hacia el género que intenta revivir...»Janet Maslin, The New York Times«[...]tenemos como resultado unanovela fascinante, que agarra nada más empezar y sujeta hasta suúltima página. [...] la novela me ha subyugado con tanta fuerza que la vista se adelantaba al texto porque el corazón estaba en suspenso ose aceleraba a causa de los azarosos sucesos que pasaban en elpapel.»Santos Sanz Villanueva, El Mundo«Digámoslo claro: nunca se agradecerálo bastante a Reverte haber hecho entrar a tantos lectores en esaliteratura y esa historia cautivándolos con unas narracionesapasionantes y, por la fascinación que produce el héroe, implicándolos como coprotagonistas.»Francisco Rico«El estilo recrea la lengua del Siglo de Oro, con suléxico, modismos y frases hechas, numerosos versos e incluso algunasvoces de germanía, todo ello bien integrado en un texto de sumaeficacia narrativa.»Ángel Basanta«Su sabiduría narrativa, tan bien construida siempre, tan exhaustivamente detallada, documentada y estructurada, hasta el punto que, frente a todo ello, la historia real resulta endeble y a veceshasta tópica.»Rafael Conte«Al capitán Alatriste le cabe el honor de ser una de esascriaturas de ficción que han ingresado en el selecto club de los mitos literarios, aquellos personajes que gozan en el imaginario colectivode una personalidad propia y de una vigencia intemporal. Todo unmérito, si tenemos en cuenta que a este club de élite pertenece solootra media docena de miembros espa?oles, nada menos que de lainfluencia histórica y el prestigio cultural del Cid, la Celestina,don Juan o don Quijote.»Alberto Montaner
Juan Mari Arzak is the third generation of chefs at the restaurant in San Sebastian that bears his family name. Arzak has held three Michelin stars, the maximum that can be awarded, since 1989. It is a member of many of the world's most prestigious associa
Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune: winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written. Melange, or 'spice', is the most valuable - and rarest - element in the universe; a drug that does everything from increasing a person's life-span to making intersteller travel possible. And it can only be found on a single planet: the inhospitable desert world Arrakis. Whoever controls Arrakis controls the spice. And whoever controls the spice controls the universe.When the Emperor transfers stewardship of Arrakis from the noble House Harkonnen to House Atreides, the Harkonnens fight back, murdering Duke Leto Atreides. Paul, his son, and Lady Jessica, his concubine, flee into the desert. On the point of death, they are rescued by a band for Fremen, the native people of Arrakis, who control Arrakis' second great resource: the giant worms that burrow beneath the burning desert sands. In order to avenge his father and retake Arrakis from the Harkonnens, Paul must earn the trust of the Fremen and lead a tiny army against the innumerable forces aligned against them.And his journey will change the universe.
Una edición especial en formato estuche que reúne las cinco obras cumbre de Juan Gómez-Jurado, las novelas del universo Reina roja. El fenómeno que ha enganchado a más de 2.000.000 de lectores. Reina roja Antonia Scott es especial. Muy especial. No es policía ni criminalista. Nunca ha empuñado un arma ni llevado una placa, y, sin embargo, ha resuelto decenas de crímenes. Pero hace un tiempo que Antonia no sale de su ático de Lavapiés. Las cosas que ha perdido le importan mucho más que las que esperan ahí fuera. Tampoco recibe visitas. Por eso no le gusta nada, nada, cuando escucha unos pasos desconocidos subiendo las escaleras hasta el último piso. Sea quien sea, Antonia está segura de que viene a buscarla. Y eso le gusta aún menos. ________________ Loba negra Antonia Scott no tiene miedo a nada. Solo a sí misma. Pero hay alguien más peligroso que ella. Alguien que podría vencerla. La Loba negra está cada vez más cerca. Y Antonia, por primera vez, está asustada. ________________ Rey blanco «Espero que no te hayas olvidado de mí. ¿Jugamos?». Cuando Antonia Scott recibe este mensaje, sabe muy bien quién se lo envía. También sabe que ese juego es casi imposible de ganar. Pero a Antonia no le gusta perder. Después de todo este tiempo huyendo, la realidad ha acabado alcanzándola. Antonia es cinturón negro en mentirse a sí misma, pero ahora tiene claro que si pierde esta batalla, las habrá perdido todas. ________________ Cicatriz Simon Sax podría ser un tipo afortunado. Es joven, listo y está punto de convertirse en multimillonario si vende su gran invento -un asombroso algoritmo- a una multinacional. Y, sin embargo, se siente solo. Su éxito contrasta con sus nulas habilidades sociales. Hasta que un día vence sus prejuicios y entra en una web de contactos donde se enamora perdidamente de Irina, con la inexperiencia y la pasión de un adolescente, a pesar de los miles de kilómetros que los separan. Pero ella, marcada con una enigmática cicatriz en la mejilla, arrastra un oscuro secreto... ________________ El paciente El prestigioso neurocirujano David Evans se enfrenta a una terrible encrucijada: si su próximo paciente sale vivo de la mesa de operaciones, su pequeña hija, Julia, morirá a manos de un psicópata. Para el doctor Evans se inicia una desesperada cuenta atrás cuando descubre que el paciente que debe morir para que su hija viva no es otro que el presidente de Estados Unidos. La crítica y los lectores opinan...«Es literalmente imposible no engancharse. Antonia Scott es lo mejor que le ha ocurrido al thriller internacional en los últimos años».ABC «El mejor escritor de thriller de Europa es Juan Gómez-Jurado».Zenda «Gómez-Jurado, autor en auge internacional, ha hilado un personaje cautivador, el de Antonia Scott».La Vanguardia «Atrapa irremediablemente al lector».Booklist «Tiene la fórmula del éxito, ha conseguido conectar con el público y la crítica».Jot Down «Marca un nuevo estándar de oro para los thrillers».USA Today «Juan Gómez Jurado demuestra que el suspense patrio raya a la altura de la mejor factoría anglosajona».El Cultural «Respira hondo antes de empezar a leer. No volverás a tener tiempo hasta el final».Javier Sierra
El prestigioso historiador Hugh Thomas describe con minuciosidad lariqueza de la civilización azteca, el poderío de Moctezuma y laaudacia de Cortés, en una emocionante narración que transmite desde la primera página la fascinación del autor por este memorable episodio.
For fans of "The Hunger Games", comes a twisting and compelling thriller in which the students of the prestigious St.Aidan the Great boarding school, discover that they are in fact the ones being hunted during a country retreat weekend organised by the richest boy in school...Ages: 12+
A little white lie. A little white wedding. A pair of roommates in over their heads. Days before she's set to move across the country and start a prestigious graduate program, a con artist leaves Emmy with no where to live and les
The Professor By Charlotte Bronte Following the mysterious disappearance of her history professor, Nicole Costello discovers that her prestigious university is home to an elite secret society with questionable moral standards. Can Nicole crack the case of
Summer in London can only mean one thing: tennis. For two weeks Wimbledon hosts the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world and this year everyone is talking about player Kieran O'Sullivan, the infamous bad boy of the sport with one last chance to win a Grand Slam. Everyone, that is, except Flora Hendrix. Flora might live in Wimbledon, but she's renting out her flat for the summer while she explores the fresh start that she's longing for. Except when Flora's plans unexpectedly fall through, the last thing she expects is her house guest to refuse to leave. Especially when it's none other than Kieran O'Sullivan. Thrown together for the summer, sparks fly between Flora and Kieran. But they're not going to let a few sparks distract them from finally following their dreams. Are they? A brand new spicy sports rom-com, full of sizzling chemistry and epic romance for fans of ICEBREAKER and THE FAKE OUT.
Where did Italo-Hungarian sabre fencing come from? It's not JUST Barbasetti...The Hungarians dominated Olympic sabre fencing for the majority of the 20th century. It is well-known that Radaelli's northern-Italian lineage became dominant in Austro-Hungarian fencing, under the immensely skilled tutelage of Barbasetti (and later, the Santellis). But little has been said about the Hungarian fencing-masters themselves and how they adapted the Radaellian sabre lineage to fit their own ideas. For the first time, the sabre fencing manual of Károly Leszák, primary sabre instructor at the prestigious Ludovica Military Academy, is made available in English. A must-read for historical fencers wishing to understand the evolution of Italo-Hungarian fencing, and for modern Olympic fencers curious where their methods come from.
