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La historia de una mujer que se rompió… y tuvo la osadía de seguir bailando. Porque a veces perderlo todo es la única manera de volver a ser.Esta historia es un viaje sin retorno por la memoria, la l

Un texto único del gran maestro italiano que reescribe las reglas de lo que significa envejecerEn el último siglo se ha doblado la edad media del ser humano. En este ensayo único se explora la idea de que ninguna generacion anterior ha alcanzado la vejez en un numero tan grande y en un estado tan activo, y esto, sostiene Erri De Luca, la convierte hoy en una edad experimental. Es, por lo tanto, una oportunidad: la posibilidad de descubrir algo nuevo sobre uno mismo y sobre los demas, de entrenar el cuerpo y la mente con mayor conciencia y quizas con mas placer. No es, como muchos piensan, el momento de mirar solo hacia atras. Gracias tambien al contrapunto de Ines de la Fressange, celebre diseñadora y amiga del autor, La edad experimental invita a descubrir cuantas posibilidades encierra la tercera edad cada uno debe encontrar la suya, y De Luca menciona muchas y todas las ventajas de haber ganado "el impulso del tiempo acumulado".

Con este relato fascinante sobre el frágil límite entre el deseo y la aniquilación, J. G. Ballard transporta al lector a uno de sus paisajes más inolvidables.En su viaje a una remota región del este de Africa, el medico britanico Edward Sanders descubre un fenomeno inexplicable: los bosques han empezado a cristalizarse. Los arboles se transforman en joyas colosales, los cocodrilos reptan hacia el rio cubiertos por una piel centelleante y las pitones se alzan con ojos de gema en posturas heraldicas.Mientras muchos habitantes huyen aterrados, otros, deslumbrados por la belleza, vagan sin rumbo por un mundo petrificado que oscila entre la fascinacion y el miedo. En ese escenario irreal, un jesuita blande una cruz de cristal, un pistolero busca a su mujer y una tribu de leprosos ansia alcanzar el paraiso.

Juanito Santa Cruz, hijo único de una familia de ricos comerciantes de paños, es un joven apuesto, mimadísimo, ocioso, con más amor propio que conciencia. Acepta casarse, como ha dispuesto su madre, con su prima Jacinta, una chica de excelentes prendas, modestita, delicada, dejando atras al menos de momento la mania de lo popular que lo habia llevado a tener una aventura con Fortunata, una muchacha fogosa pero pobre, condenada a ser victima del hombre. Fortunata lo dice muy claro: Pueblo naci y pueblo soy; quiero decir, ordinariota y salvaje; pero al mismo tiempo hay en ella un fuerte impulso de ser honrada y un angel, como Jacinta. De la antitesis y finalmente la sintesis entre estas dos heroinas nace una de las cumbres de la literatura española del siglo XIX, Fortunata y Jacinta (1886-1887), de Benito Perez Galdos, que aqui presentamos en una nueva edicion a cargo de Ignacio Echevarria. La gran novela de Madrid, como se la ha llamado, recorre minuciosamente sus capas sociales en una extensa y memorable galeria de personajes secundarios a los que se dedica casi tanta atencion como a los protagonistas. El narrador dice conocerlos personalmente a todos ellos y, con su asombroso dominio del lenguaje coloquial, trata al lector de tu a tu. Su realismo, sin embargo, va mas alla de las formulas y da cabida a ambiguedades morales, al poder de los sueños y de lo irracional, y a misteriosas vinculaciones entre la santidad y el pecado, la razon y la sinrazon. Tal vez al final valores innegables como la virtud y la cordura sean demasiadas veces sinonimo de conveniencia social.

Don René está desesperado y a punto de abandonarlo todo. Se quiere morir. Su hijo acaba de nacer en Logroño y eso atrae sobre él todas las desgracias del universo. Por culpa de su lugar de nacimiento, el niño no podra ser torero. Pero ¿por que esta criatura no podria haber nacido en Sevilla o alrededores?Asi comienza Cuando el toro se llama Felipe, y a partir de ahi el disparate es de aupa. Esta fabula tauromaca es una de las primeras narraciones largas de Azcona y, hasta la fecha, no se habia vuelto a reeditar. Con el paisaje de fondo de la sociedad española de los cincuenta, estas Memorias de un señor bajito, cargadas de una finisima ironia, inequivocamente azconiana, relatan la peripecia vital de Juliano Fernandez, hombre normal donde los haya al que le ocurren cosas normales y al que no dejan de cruzarsele en el camino fenomenos paranormales. Asi conoceremos los cuidados que este peculiar picaro de posguerra le brindo a su abuelo, sus incursiones en el mundo de la economia, sus cursos de enseñanza por correo urgente, como consiguio la Cruz del Merito Agricola, en que consistio su labor de Inspector de Tontos de Pueblo, lo que le depararon sus agridulces noviazgos o como la carrera laboral de este antiheroe lirico y bufonesco cristalizo en una seria aversion al trabajo.

¿Y si tus recuerdos no fueran realmente tuyos?Lauro, un neurobiólogo en crisis, descubre que puede alterar la memoria de los demás. Pero lo que empieza como un escape a su frustración profesional y personal pronto se transforma en un dilema etico, mas cuando lo que era una ayuda clandestina a refugiados traumatizados se convierte en objetivo de los servicios secretos europeos.Entre misiones peligrosas y secretos familiares borrados, Lauro se enfrenta a un futuro incierto y desconcertante. Porque ¿puede alguien decidir que merece ser recordado y que no?, ¿y que queda de la identidad cuando alguien decide sobre tu conciencia?Memento es una pequeña joya. Una novela sobre la atraccion del poder, la relatividad de las certezas y la fragilidad de la verdad. Un mundo donde la memoria es campo de batalla y la identidad, un bien en disputa.

No quería que la llamaran por un nombre masculino, ni siquiera mientras gobernó Roma como Antoninus. Ella era sacerdotisa de Elāhagabāl en un imperio que nunca tuvo palabras para nombrarla. Tiempo de

Publicado originalmente em 2008 e vencedor do prêmio Jabuti de reportagem, O livro amarelo do terminal é um mergulho no cotidiano frenético do Terminal Rodoviário Tietê, em São Paulo. Aclamado por se

Em 1986, o mundo aguarda a passagem do cometa Halley. No Brasil, a redemocratização está em curso após 21 anos de ditadura militar. É esse o contexto da estreia literária de Maria Brant, um romance d

The Silent Garden opened againnot to lead her forward, but inward.The Garden Where Shadows Learned to Bloom is a lyrical fantasy tale about unfinished nights, hidden truths, and the quiet courage it takes to be seen. When a forgotten gate appears beneath a moonless sky, it leads not to danger, but to remembrance.Within the gardens deeper dusk, shadows move with intention, flowers bloom from silence, and a keeper named Lior tends what others abandon: memories without names, grief without language, and truths too heavy for daylight. As the garden listens, it begins to awaken something long buriedboth in the one who enters and the one who guards it.This story is not driven by conflict or conquest, but by recognition. It unfolds slowly, inviting the reader to linger in moments of stillness, tenderness, and transformation. Ideal for readers who love:Lyrical fantasy & poetic proseGentle, introspective storytellingMagical realism with emotional depthQuiet romance & symbolic connectionStories about healing, identity, and becomingThis is a story about shadows learning the shape of lightand a garden that blooms when silence is finally allowed to speak.

A richly atmospheric fantasy set across one day, as a ballet troupe of lost souls perform an ancient dance for the faerie realms, knowing they could be snatched away by their audience of faerie princes, imps and sprites at any moment.For fans of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Caraval by Stephanie Garber, Pantomime by Laura Lam and The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee.As dawn breaks on All Souls Day, the lingering mists part to unveil an unending vista of serried gravestones. Between them looms a theatre like a haunted house from a horror film and the sleek iron carapace of a steam train - the Pearl. On board are the cast, orchestra and crew of a travelling ballet company, performing a show called The Apple and the Pearl.Nine o clock in the morning and as he stumbles toward the restaurant car the lighting director, Zach, is introduced to a new recruit, Lara. "Have you ever worked in ballet before?" he asks her and quickly follows up with, "Have you had any contact with the supernatural?"Everyone from the principal ballerina to the first violinist, from the wardrobe mistress to the newest members of the corps de ballet does everything they can to get the show on stage and looking fantastic. But in the world of The Apple and The Pearl these artists also have to contend with the malevolent glamour of an audience of Fae creatures only too eager to snatch them away into the Otherworld.

A double dose of gripping psychological suspense, pairing two complete novels and two rare short stories, from six-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Joyce Carol Oates. Two serial killers one female, one male murder in the name of a higher cause. Ideal for fans of Alice Munro, Ann Patchett and Anne Tyler.Celebrating 40 Years of pseudonymous suspense from JOYCE CAROL OATESFour decades ago, acclaimed literary author Joyce Carol Oates penned her first novel of psychological suspense under the name "Rosamond Smith." In the Smith books, Oates explored themes of betrayal and deception, lust and murder, through stories involving twins, doubles, and hidden second identities initially, keeping her own double identity a secret.Hard Case Crime is proud to bring these extraordinary works of crime fiction, long unavailable in bookstores, back into print in definitive double editions, each pairing two complete novels and two never-before-collected Oates short stories, all linked thematically, to weave a sinister web filled with dark reflections.In This VolumeA female serial killer seeks refuge in her twin sisters home in STARR BRIGHT WILL BE WITH YOU SOON, while a male serial killer murders for the woman he craves in SOUL/MATE -- and the echoes continue in the rare short stories "The Murderess" and "An Unsolved Crime."

In this hilarious gay fantasy romance, a reclusive sorcerer is forced to protect a cowardly knight after a prophecy ties their fates together. Funny, touching and inventive, this brilliant debut is perfect for fans of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying and Dreadful.In Which Many Dangerous and Homosexual Things Happen.All his life, Sir Cameron has stayed as far away from danger as possible. He is quite frankly too handsome to die a pointless death in battle. But then the Church hands down a prophecy to his fellow knights: the only way to defeat their nemesis, the mad sorcerer Merulo, is to kill Sir Cameron. Short of ideas, Cameron throws himself on the mercy of the one person who now actually wants him to survive: the mad sorcerer.Merulo isnt thrilled to be babysitting a spoilt, attention-seeking knight, but transmogrifying him into a vulture is at least entertaining. Cameron, meanwhile, is on a voyage of self-discovery. It turns out hes really, really into surly sorcerers who lock him up and tell him what to do. Who knew?As a legion of knights surround their stronghold, the sorcerers poisonous ambitions draw ever closer to fruition. Cameron is quite invested in not dying, but he finds hes also invested in Merulo. And sometimes, supporting the sorcerer you care about means taking an interest in their hobbies. Even if that hobby is trying to kill God.Even if it might get you killed, too.Fall in love with this laugh-out loud, genre-bending romp full of concussed elves and queer romance like youve never seen before.

In this warm-hearted, witchy rom-com a young woman works to create the bookstore of her dreams, only to discover a powerful magic thats been lying dormantand a forbidden love she cant resist. Perfect for readers of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic.Rhea Wolfe lives a simple, if mundane, life in small-town Alabama with her pet cockatoo, Doris. But when her estranged grandmother dies, leaving everything to herincluding a magical heritage Rhea never knew she carriedshe finds herself in Arcadia Falls, the quaint mountain town her mother made her swear never to set foot in. When she plans to turn the defunct video store shes also inherited into a bookstore, Rheas lucky that resident handyman Hunter Blakely is more than happy to helpand more than easy on the eyes. Its just too bad hes the grandson of her grandmothers sworn rival in witchcraft.Yet as Rhea makes plans for the bookstore of her dreams, she learns that her grandmother made a terrible choice, one that could ruin her own chance at happiness. As she gets ever closer to solving the mystery of what exactly is happening, each clue points to Arcadia Falls magic hanging in the balance. To keep her new home safe, Rhea must step into her enchanted birthright and harness her newfound powers... before its too late.

Eles tomaram tudo de mim e não restou quase nada. Eu não tinha nada a perder.... até ele.Lana Meyers perdeu tudo, e agora só lhe resta ir em busca daqueles que destruíram sua vida e sua família. Depo

A lycan-powered punk with a heart of gold finds himself under attack by a lethal new breed of enemy as this thrilling LitRPG fantasy series continues.Young Gary Dem has come a long way from the streets of Tier-3 Slough. With the ever-increasing power of his ill-gotten Werewolf System, hes risen from street slug to Howler gang leader to legit scrapper at the Altered Fighting Academy. Unfortunately, trouble follows him everywhere, bringing not only the usual battles, bloodshed, and general chaos but also the introduction of an all-new nemesis.Known for their brutality, the Scatterbugs are a gang from the Tier-2 town of Notsburg with an unpleasant reputation for doing whatever it takes to get what they want. Taking over the Howlers territory seems to be at the top of their to-do list, but Gary isnt one to stand down easily. And when his best friend, Kai, is savagely maimed and mutilated, things get personal.With his friends, his gang, and what few other allies he can gather by his side, Gary sets out on a blood crusade for revenge. It should be a fight like any other, but the Scatterbugs have a surprise of their own. It seems a werewolf is among their ranks. And not enhanced or tech-driven either. Rather, a real, dyed-in-the-pelt, nightmarish werewolf.Now, facing off against an absolutely ruthless opponent more powerful than him, Gary will need to muster all his strength if he hopes to avoid being the creatures next prey . . .The sixth volume of the hit urban fantasy serieswith more than five million views on WebNovelnow available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!Tropes include: secret identity, gangster wars, unbridled ambition, and loyalty and friendship.

Em seu terceiro romance, Laurent Binet constrói uma fascinante história alternativa da modernidade e examina os impactos da colonização, da construção de impérios e da eterna busca humana pela domina

Power can be taken.Or it can be negotiated.The Collar Broker is a collection of eight dark, psychologically charged stories exploring dominance, submission, and the moment when desire becomes a conscious decision. Across boardrooms, penthouses, galleries, fitting rooms, and private spaces, one figure moves quietly through the lives of othersevaluating, confronting, and revealing what they already know about themselves.These stories are not about punishment or ownership.They are about recognition.Each encounter is structured as an appraisal: of posture, breath, resistance, and need. Some collars are offered. Some are refused. Some are never meant to fit. And in the final reckoning, the broker himself is forced to confront the only collar he has never claimed.Power Plays Volume 4 blends slow-burn erotic tension with psychological depth, ritualized control, and deliberate pacing. It is erotic fiction for readers who value consent, restraint, and the quiet authority of intention over noise or excess.Ideal for readers who enjoy:Psychological erotica with power dynamicsDominance & submission rooted in choiceSlow-burn, ritualistic encountersErotic short stories with depth and structureDark, elegant, contemporary settingsThis is not a book about selling control.It is about understanding who was always meant to wear it.

El presente volumen es el resultado de varios años de trabajo de la traductora, Cristina Gómez-Baggethun, y reúne cuatro dramas de Henrik Ibsen que complementan los ocho publicados en el primer volumen.En su epoca, sus obras fueron consideradas escandalosas por una sociedad dominada por los valores victorianos, al cuestionar el modelo preponderante de familia y de sociedad. No han perdido vigencia y es uno de los autores no contemporaneos mas representados en la actualidad. Ibsen influyo en otros autores de su tiempo como en los entonces jovenes Strindberg y Chejov.

LA ÚLTIMA BATALLA HA COMENZADO. Y ESTA VEZ, LA OSCURIDAD DECIDIRÁ QUIÉN SE SALVA.Una guerra olvidada está a punto de estallar de nuevo. Mientras el vínculo entre Kelewan y Midkemia se debilita, Arutha reune sus fuerzas para enfrentar a un enemigo que trasciende el tiempo y la muerte. Macros el Negro ha regresado, y su hechiceria oscura amenaza con romper el delicado equilibrio del universo.En Sethanon, heroes y enemigos se enfrentaran en una batalla sin retorno, donde cada decision puede inclinar la balanza hacia la luz o hacia el abismo.