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La magia y la guerra son cosas que nunca deberían mezclarse.Sangre con sangre.Muerte con muerte.La magia llama a la magia. La sangre llama a la sangre.Londres, 1940Liang Shelby es una superviviente de la llamada Tragedia de la Academia Covenant. Intenta olvidar lo que ocurrio mientras trabaja como aprendiz en la Torre de Londres, soporta al Demonio que tiene como compañero y vagabundea por el East End de madrugada, tratando de ganar algo de dinero para ayudar a su familia. Hasta que una noche es testigo de algo que no deberia haber visto y su destino queda ligado a un objeto magico que ni siquiera deberia existir.Ahora, con la ayuda (si puede llamarse asi) de un viejo conocido de su familia, Liang debera proteger lo que guarda en su interior mientras las bombas asedian Londres cada noche, el Aquelarre comienza a sospechar de ella, los responsables de la Tragedia de la Academia la persiguen y un antiguo compañero invade sus dias... y sus sueños.

Dexter Jefferson, el aclamado bajista de la banda BG.5, tiene la palabra "desastre" adherida a su nombre, y prueba de ello son los sinfines de artículos publicados en Internet que se encuentran complicando su vida y los pasos hacia lo que considera su felicidad.Darse por vencido no es algo que forme parte de su naturaleza; es por ello que, cuando inesperadamente se topa con una niña que le recuerda a sus origenes, l no duda en cambiarles la vida a ambos, prometiendose a si mismo darle un hogar y sintiendose listo para ser su papa.Con un objetivo claro, el se siente preparado para hacer las cosas bien, pero eso se complica cuando su decision lo lleva a reencontrarse con la misteriosa chica que no recuerda, pero que inesperadamente cambio su vida y de la que se esta enamorando; solo hay un problema: ella esta prohibida, su relacion tiene que ser profesional.Sin embargo, no hay imposibles para Dexter, y el esta dispuesto a darlo todo para conseguir su final feliz. Esta comprometido a ser el mejor desastre de sus vidas y a demostrar que la "D" es por Dexter.

LIMITED PRINT RUN: EXCLUSIVE FIRST EDITION. The first printing includes an exclusive designed case! Available only while stock lasts.*A Book Riot Must-Read South Asian Book of 2022**A BuzzFeed Highly Anticipated YA Book of Summer 2022*She grew up battling the monsters that live in the black seas, but it couldn't prepare her to face the cunning cruelty of the ruling elite.Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and These Violent Delights, this South Asian-inspired fantasy is a gripping debut about the power of the elite, the price of glory, and one girl's chance to change it all.Sixteen-year-old Koral and her older brother Emrik risk their lives each day to capture the monstrous maristags that live in the black seas around their island. They have to, or else their family will starve.In an oceanic world swarming with vicious beasts, the Landersthe ruling elite, have indentured Koral's family to provide the maristags for the Glory Race, a deadly chariot tournament reserved for the upper class. The winning contender receives gold and glory. The othersif they're luckysurvive.When the last maristag of the year escapes and Koral has no new maristag to sell, her family's financial situation takes a turn for the worse and they can't afford medicine for her chronically ill little sister. Koral's only choice is to do what no one in the world has ever dared: cheat her way into the Glory Race.But every step of the way is unpredictable as Koral races against competitorsincluding her ex-boyfriendwho have trained for this their whole lives and who have no intention of letting a low-caste girl steal their glory. As a rebellion rises and rogues attack Koral to try and force her to drop out, she must chooseher life or her sister'sbefore the whole island burns.

Hotel Magnifique opened the door to a sumptuous and glittering world of magic and mysteries and left me enchanted. Perfect for fans of Caraval and The Night Circus. Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows and Small Favors Decadent and darkly enchanting, this lavish YA fantasy debut follows seventeen-year-old Jani as she uncovers the deeply disturbing secrets of the legendary Hotel Magnifique.All her life, Jani has dreamed of Elsewhere. Just barely scraping by with her job at a tannery, shes resigned to a dreary life in the port town of Durc, caring for her younger sister Zosa. That is, until the Hotel Magnifique comes to town. The hotel is legendary not only for its whimsical enchantments, but also for its ability to travelappearing in a different destination every morning. While Jani and Zosa cant afford the exorbitant costs of a guests stay, they can interview to join the staff, and are soon whisked away on the greatest adventure of their lives. But once inside, Jani quickly discovers their contracts are unbreakable and that beneath the marvelous glamour, the hotel is hiding dangerous secrets. With the vexingly handsome doorman Bel as her only ally, Jani embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of the magic at the heart of the hotel and free Zosaand the other stafffrom the cruelty of the ruthless maitre dhotel. To succeed, shell have to risk everything she loves, but failure would mean a fate far worse than never returning home.

Kim Dae Min tiene la voz más dulce y armoniosa que jamás se haya escuchado, él también ha tenido sobrepeso desde que tiene memoria, mira sus fotos de la infancia y no puede creer que una vez haya sido ese esbelto niño sin mas preocupaciones que jugar.Leen Yeon Gi no solo siente desagrado por las personas con sobrepeso, el simplemente las odia. Pero se enamora de una voz sin llegar a imaginar que el portador de ella es un hermoso joven de mejillas abultadas y algo de grasa en su estomago.

Jim Sturges is your typical teen in suburban San Bernardino one with an embarrassingly overprotective dad, a best friend named Tubby who shares his hatred of all things torturous (like gym class), and a crush on a girl who doesnt know he exists.But everything changes for Jim when a 45-year old mystery resurfaces, threatening the lives of everyone in his seemingly sleepy town. Soon Jim has to team up with a band of unlikely (and some un- human) heroes to battle the monsters he never knew existed.From the minds of horror geniuses Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus comes a new illustrated novel about the fears that move in unseen places.

An official tie in to the new Fantastic Beasts movie, which takes readers behind the scenes of J.K. Rowling''s wizarding world film.The eagerly awaited sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will transport fans once again to the wizarding world. Written by J.K. Rowling and directed by David Yates, the film follows the adventures of Magizoologist Newt Scamander, played by Academy Award-winner Eddie Redmayne.Packed with captivating facts and incredible images from the making of the film, this book features kid-friendly behind-the-scenes profiles on the characters, magical locations, beasts, and artifacts seen on-screen. This interactive volume will also come filled with bonus inserts-from maps and posters reproducing props from the film to lift-the-flaps and stickers.This book is the ultimate guide for any fan of J.K. Rowling!

Skulduggery, Valkyrie and Omen return in the 14th and penultimate novel in the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series and their most epic test yetIn a matter of days, the world will change.Billions of lives will be wiped away in a final, desperate search for the Child of the Faceless Ones she who is destined to bring about the return of humankind's ancient overlords.To prevent this, Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain have one last terrible option: the assassination of Damocles Creed. With protests stirring in the magical city of Roarhaven, with riots and revolutions on the horizon, Valkyrie must decide who she wants to be: the hero who risks everything for a noble ideal, or the killer who sacrifices her own soul for the fate of humanity.The decision must be made, and time is running out.

Grand finale to the prize-winning adventure series that's changed the lives of millions of readers. Breathtaking world-building on an epic scale. Pure escapism at its best. It is early spring, a turbulent, perilous time of sudden storms, frozen river fractures and drifting ice. Fleeing from a demon intent on devouring his souls, Wolf is swept out to Sea far from the Forest and his pack. The ocean too teems with danger: sea wolves, sharks and hunters of the deep, and the demon is gaining ground. Torak and Renn must race to save their pack-brother, battling the harsh, icy waves and merciless torrents. If they can't find Wolf in time, the bond between them will be severed for ever...Run wild with Wolf Brother for the last time in a Stone Age world we all want to be part of, with three-million-copy-selling author Michelle Paver, Creator of Legends.Read WOLFBANE as a standalone adventure or as part of the well-loved series.'Can easily be read as a standalone novel, so skilful is the storytelling... Paver powerfully presents a world view that's magical but never primitive' Financial Times on Skin Taker'Meticulously researched, atmospheric [...] and relentless... Introduces Paver to a new generation of readers' Guardian on Viper's Daughter

He was supposed to be having fun with his friends, not playing detective and stalking a serial killer. Theodore Boone - teenage lawyer and courtroom hero - is on a class trip seeing the sights of the capital city. But he hadn't counted on seeing the most wanted man in the history of his home town, Strattenberg. Suddenly Theo is caught in the hunt for an accused murderer, alongside the FBI. Theo knows he's getting in deep - and things could become even more dangerous. Because if this case goes back to court, it will be down to him. Will justice finally be done...or will the killer's criminal allies be out for revenge?

The sequel to the New York Times bestseller and international multimedia phenomenon, Endgame: The Calling.Endgame is here. Earth Key has been found. Two keysand nine Playersremain. The keys must be found, and only one Player can win.Queens, New York. Aisling Kopp believes the unthinkable: that Endgame can be stopped. But before she can get home to regroup, she is approached by the CIA. They know about Endgame. And they have their own ideas about how it should be Played. Ideas that could change everything.Kingdom of Aksum, Ethiopia. Hilal ibn Isa al-Salt narrowly survived an attack that leaves him horribly disfigured. He now knows something the other Players do not. But the Aksumites have a secret that is unique to their line. A secret that can help redeem humanityand maybe even be used to help defeat the beings behind Endgame.London, England. Sarah Alopay has found the first key. She is with Jagoand they are winning.But getting Earth Key has come at a great cost to Sarah. The only thing that keeps the demons at bay is Playing. Playing to win.Sky Keywherever it is, whatever it isis next. And the nine remaining Players will stop at nothing to get it.

'Not since Nancy Drew has a nosy, crime-obsessed kid been so hard to resist' - New York Times John Grisham delivers high-intensity legal drama for a new generation of readers in the seventh novel in his bestselling Theodore Boone series - more details coming soon! *********************** Further praise for the Theodore Boone series 'If you aspire to turn your children into lawyers who will keep you in your old age, John Grisham's Theodore Boone, his first novel for young people, might be for you' - Sunday Times 'For any young readers tired of wizards, vampires and Greek gods, there's now a new kid on the young fiction block, and this one really does have serious powers: Theodore Boone, half-boy, half-lawyer... fans will be pleased to know there will be more of Theo's adventures to come' - Sunday Express 'Nobody does legal fiction better' - Daily Express 'Gripping . . . I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery. I think everyone will be enthralled by Theodore Boone' - Scholastic News

Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. He was known as the Dark One, and his weapon of choicecatastrophic events known as Drainsleveled cities and claimed thousands of lives. Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave everything they had to defeat him. After the Dark One fell, the world went back to normal . . . for everyone but them. After all, what do you do when youre the most famous people on Earth, your only education was in magical destruction, and your purpose in life is now fulfilled? Of the five, Sloane has had the hardest time adjusting. Everyone else blames the PTSDand her huge attitude problembut really, shes hiding secrets from them . . . secrets that keep her tied to the past and alienate her from the only four people in the world who understand her. On the tenth anniversary of the Dark Ones defeat, something unthinkable happens: one of the Chosen Ones dies. When the others gather for the funeral, they discover the Dark Ones ultimate goal was much bigger than they, the government, or even prophecy could have foretoldbigger than the world itself. And this time, fighting back might take more than Sloane has to give.

James and Cordelia must save London - and their marriage - in this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to the Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel. Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her.In only a few short weeks, she has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her marriage to James Herondale crumble before her eyes. Even worse, she is now bound to an ancient demon, Lilith, stripping her of her power as a Shadowhunter. After fleeing to Paris with Matthew Fairchild, Cordelia hopes to forget her sorrows in the city's glittering nightlife.

An Instant New York Times Bestseller!If I Stay meets Your Name in Dustin Thao's You've Reached Sam, a heartfelt novel about love and loss and what it means to say goodbye.Seventeen-year-old Julie Clarke has her future all planned outmove out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city; spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes.Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his belongings, and tries everything to forget him. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces memories to return. Desperate to hear him one more time, Julie calls Sam's cell phone just to listen to his voice mail recording. And Sam picks up the phone.The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam's voice makes Julie fall for him all over again and with each call, it becomes harder to let him go.What would you do if you had a second chance at goodbye?A 2021 Kids' Indie Next List SelectionA Cosmo.com Best YA Book Of 2021A Buzzfeed Best Book Of NovemberA Goodreads Most Anticipated Book

Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas's #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an epic, unforgettable conclusion. Aelin Galathynius's journey from slave to king's assassin to the queen of a once-great kingdom reaches its heart-rending finale as war erupts across her world. . .Aelin has risked everything to save her people-but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. Aware that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, though her resolve begins to unravel with each passing dayWith Aelin captured, Aedion and Lysandra remain the last line of defense to protect Terrasen from utter destruction. Yet they soon realize that the many allies they've gathered to battle Erawan's hordes might not be enough to save them. Scattered across the continent and racing against time, Chaol, Manon, and Dorian are forced to forge their own paths to meet their fates. Hanging in the balance is any hope of salvation-and a better world.And across the sea, his companions unwavering beside him, Rowan hunts to find his captured wife and queen-before she is lost to him forever.As the threads of fate weave together at last, all must fight, if they are to have a chance at a future. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever in the explosive final chapter of the Throne of Glass series.

Teje la historia de Malinalli (Malinche, Malintzin o Marina), quien se convierte en la intérprete y asesora de Hernán Cortés, durante un período complejo para dos naciones, en donde el arte de su palabra hizo posible crear puentes de entendimiento entre hombres y pueblos, asimismo, nos empapa de la historia de una mujer que revoluciono su tiempo a traves del poder de sus palabras.

Bow Before Your Queen Or Bleed Before HerFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes book three in her Blood and Ash series.She's been the victim and the survivorPoppy never dreamed she would find the love shes found with Prince Casteel. She wants to revel in her happiness but first they must free his brother and find hers. Its a dangerous mission and one with far-reaching consequences neither dreamed of. Because Poppy is the Chosen, the Blessed. The true ruler of Atlantia. She carries the blood of the King of Gods within her. By right the crown and the kingdom are hers.The enemy and the warriorPoppy has only ever wanted to control her own life, not the lives of others, but now she must choose to either forsake her birthright or seize the gilded crown and become the Queen of Flesh and Fire. But as the kingdoms dark sins and blood-drenched secrets finally unravel, a long-forgotten power rises to pose a genuine threat. And they will stop at nothing to ensure that the crown never sits upon Poppys head.A lover and heartmateBut the greatest threat to them and to Atlantia is what awaits in the far west, where the Queen of Blood and Ash has her own plans, ones she has waited hundreds of years to carry out. Poppy and Casteel must consider the impossibletravel to the Lands of the Gods and wake the King himself. And as shocking secrets and the harshest betrayals come to light, and enemies emerge to threaten everything Poppy and Casteel have fought for, they will discover just how far they are willing to go for their peopleand each other.And now she will become Queen

Manhattan, 12 de diciembre de 2054. Tres parejas de chicos de trece años, representando a Europa, Asia y America, acuden a New York para participar en la Gran Final de la Confederación de Naciones Unidas, un exitoso concurso mundial basado en la resolucion de enigmas sobre la historia de la humanidad.Hasta llegar a la Gran Manzana, habian tenido que superar sucesivos enfrentamientos a nivel nacional y continental. Eran, por tanto, los ganadores entre millones de chicos de secundaria a escala mundial. En esas pruebas previas eliminatorias, los potentes buscadores en la nube habian sido sus aliados, pero en la Gran Final, todo iba a ser muy diferente, tambien mucho mas peligroso y menos previsible.Nos encontramos en un contexto en el que los libros fisicos han dejado de existir y la tecnologia lo ocupa todo, algo que termina por cobrar un gran protagonismo, ya que los jovenes tendran que descifrar enigmas buscando en textos escritos en papel, accediendo al sotano de la iconica Biblioteca Publica de la Quinta Avenida, o en Libercity, una inmensa biblioteca escondida en la realidad virtual a la que solo podran llegar a traves de inquietantes viajes en el tiempo.Por si fuera poco, mientras Nueva York espera la llegada de la Navidad, los jovenes tambien se veran involucrados en un

The New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist Killers of the Flower Moon is now adapted for young readers.This book is an essential resource for young readers to learn about the Reign of Terror against the Osage people--one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes.In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, thanks to the oil that was discovered beneath their land. Then, one by one, the Osage began to die under mysterious circumstances, and anyone who tried to investigate met the same end.As the death toll surpassed more than twenty-four Osage, the newly created Bureau of Investigation, which became the FBI, took up the case, one of the organization's first major homicide investigations. An undercover team, including one of the only Native American agents in the bureau, infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest modern techniques of detection. Working with the Osage, they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.In this adaptation of the adult bestseller, David Grann revisits his gripping investigation into the shocking crimes against the Osage people. The book is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward Native Americans that allowed the murderers to occur for so long.