Fantasía

Este es el arranque fulgurante de este libro único, que nadie había tenido la oportunidad de escribir, entre otras razones porque el Vaticano jamás le había abierto de par en par sus puertas a un escritor. Pero, además de único, este es un libro de plenitud, donde su autor logra convertir una propuesta insólita en un relato propio y magistral: un thriller sobre el mayor misterio de la historia de la Humanidad.

San Francisco, 1866: una monja irlandesa, embarazada y abandonada por un aristócrata chileno tras una apasionada relación, da a luz a una niña a la que llama Emilia del Valle. Criada por su cariñoso padrastro, Emilia se convertirá en una joven brillante de gran personalidad, autónoma e independiente, que desafiará las normas sociales de su tiempo para profesar su verdadera pasión y vocación: la escritura.

El cerebro es un órgano plástico, que puede ser esculpido con la intención y la voluntad como herramientas. Conocer su capacidad para aprender y adaptarse al entorno es descubrir aquello que nos construye desde fuera. Pero, paradójicamente, es esa misma plasticidad neuronal la que nos brinda la oportunidad de transformarnos desde dentro.

James Clear nos brinda fantásticas ideas basadas en investigaciones científicas, que le permiten revelarnos cómo podemos transformar pequeños hábitos cotidianos para cambiar nuestra vida y mejorarla. Esta guía pone al descubierto las fuerzas ocultas que moldean nuestro comportamiento - desde nuestra mentalidad, pasando por el ambiente y hasta la genética - y nos demuestra cómo aplicar cada cambio a nuestra vida y a nuestro trabajo. Después de leer este libro, tendrás un método sencillo para desarrollar un sistema eficaz que te conducirá al éxito.

¿Te parece imposible la idea de defender tu presencia digital de amenazas invisibles? Aquí tienes una verdad contundente: no necesitas ser un experto en tecnología para dominar los conceptos básicos de ciberseguridad. De hecho, solo estás a un libro de transformar tu vida digital y proteger tu información personal y profesional contra las fuerzas oscuras del mundo cibernético.

Posdata: Dejarás de doler narra el emotivo viaje de Olivia, una mujer que, después de 20 años de matrimonio, se enfrenta a la devastadora realidad de que la persona que creyó que sería su compañero de vida ha decidido irse. A través de su voz, Olivia nos lleva por un viaje íntimo de dolor, aceptación y, finalmente, redescubrimiento personal, recordándonos que, aunque el corazón pueda romperse, siempre hay una oportunidad para redescubrir el amor propio y la felicidad.

Doscientos años después de la Conquista, la dinastía Targaryen vive su apogeo. Los Siete Reinos de Poniente atraviesan un momento de relativa paz en los últimos años del gobierno del rey Daeron. Es en este escenario que Dunk, un muchacho pobre del Lecho de Pulgas, tiene la oportunidad única de dejar su vida miserable y convertirse en el escudero de un auténtico caballero.

Amanece el día de los Quincuagésimos Juegos del Hambre y el miedo atenaza a los distritos de Panem. Este año, en honor al Vasallaje de los Veinticinco, se llevarán de sus hogares al doble de tributos. En el Distrito 12, Haymitch Abernathy intenta no pensar demasiado en sus probabilidades. Lo único que le importa es que se acabe el día para poder estar con su chica.

ChatGPT ofrece increíbles posibilidades tanto para principiantes como para usuarios experimentados, cerrando la brecha entre el uso básico y la destreza que mejora la carrera. Esta guía fácil de seguir revela el potencial que se encuentra en su interior, eliminando cualquier intimidación y reemplazándola con confianza y creatividad.

Verónica Llaca, autora de La Herencia, regresa con un caso que alcanzará a todos. En una madrugada de 1995 Miguel murió entre las llamas del incendio que acabó con Nueva Armonía, una secta liderada por el carismático James Cox. Aunque el pastor pretendía fundar el Paraíso en la Tierra, la ambición mesiánica, los secretos familiares y la sed de poder corrompieron su sueño, convirtiendo en un infierno lo que comenzó como una comunidad idílica.

20 Cuentos Bíblicos para Niñas Y Niños es el compañero perfecto para la hora de dormir, diseñado para fortalecer la fe cristiana y sembrar valores esenciales en los corazones de los más pequeños. ¿Por qué elegir este libro? Historias inspiradoras y llenas de valores – Relatos bíblicos adaptados para niños y niñas de 9 a 12 años, con enseñanzas sobre la fe, el amor a Dios y la importancia de la gratitud. Fomenta el hábito de la oración – Cada cuento motiva a los pequeños a hablar con Dios y desarrollar una conexión especial con su espiritualidad. Ideal para compartir en...

Cuando la verdad es fabricada. La madrugada del 12 de julio de 2005 un joven empresario desapareció en extrañas circunstancias en la Ciudad de México. Su familia aseguró de inmediato que había sido víctima de un secuestro y, con el paso de los meses, las calles se llenaron de anuncios espectaculares llamando a la población para que ayudara a localizar a los plagiarios.

Si mantienes una relación sana o buscas la pareja adecuada que te haga sentir feliz y seguro, es posible que tus pensamientos excesivos te estén frenando. Los traumas de relaciones pasadas, las inseguridades personales y los problemas de confianza pueden ser una carga enorme para una relación que en realidad es buena para ti.

Tras casi dieciocho meses en el Colegio de Guerra Basgiath, Violet Sorrengail tiene claro que no queda tiempo para entrenar. Hay que tomar decisiones. La batalla ha comenzado y, con enemigos acercándose a las murallas e infiltrados en sus propias filas, es imposible saber en quién confiar. Ahora Violet deberá emprender un viaje fuera de los límites de Aretia en busca de aliados de tierras desconocidas que acepten pelear por Navarre. La misión pondrá a prueba su suerte, y la obligará a usar todo su ingenio y fortaleza para salvar a quienes más ama: sus dragones, su familia, su hogar y a él.

Uniendo el punto de vista científico, psicológico y humano, la autora nos ofrece una reflexión profunda, salpicada de útiles consejos y con vocación eminentemente didáctica, acerca de la aplicación de nuestras propias capacidades al empeño de procurarnos una existencia plena y feliz: conocer y optimizar determinadas zonas del cerebro, fijar metas y objetivos en la vida, ejercitar la voluntad, poner en marcha la inteligencia emocional, desarrollar la asertividad, evitar el exceso de autocrítica y autoexigencia, reivindicar el papel del optimismo....

Evelyn can remember all her past lives. She can also remember that in every single one, she’s been murdered before her eighteenth birthday by Arden, a supernatural being linked to her soul. The problem is that she’s quite fond of the life she’s in now, and her little sister needs her in order to stay alive. If Evelyn wants to save her sister, she’ll have to find the centuries-old devil who hunts her through each life before they find her first, figure out why she’s being hunted and finally break their curse, and try not to fall in love . . . again.

What would you do if left unattended during your reincarnation? What would you choose from an endless list of abilities for your next life? Time is short to select what skills you need in your next life. The hero of this story chooses a life of wealth and prosperity, but in a world of infinite magical possibilities, plans are quickly disrupted. Storme finds himself reincarnated into a Dyson Sphere stabilized with powerful aetheric magic. Fantastical creatures, terrible dangers, and treacherous dungeons are abundant. It doesn't take long before he succumbs to the adventurer's life.

Without any warning, Amber is transported from her dingy student apartment to a fantastical realm with magic, monsters, and a universal System. However, even though she is forcibly ripped from her home and thrust into a dangerous new life, for the first time ever, she finally feels free. There are no cheats for her. There are no gods to guide her, and some would even laugh in her face. But the pain, the hardships, and the challenges only give her strength. As the first Cursed Berserker seen in over a hundred years, Amber welcomes the world of Vir with a smile on her face.

Once long ago, a girl named Favre sacrificed her wings for love. Thana, the young goddess she so willingly gave them up for, sacrificed that same love for power. But everything has a cost. Favre never got over the loss of her wings. And Thana’s choices led to a life of eternal night, and later, their destruction. Favre has bided her time ever since, waiting for the chance to resurrect the girl she loves who turned her into the creature she hates.

Nine years ago, the war between the Kingdom of Night and the Kingdom of Rivers tore Àn’yīng’s family apart, leaving her mother barely alive and a baby sister to fend for. Now the mortal realm is falling into eternal night, and mó—beautiful, ravenous demons—roam the land, feasting on the flesh of humans and drinking their souls. Àn’yīng is no longer a helpless child, though. Armed with her crescent blades and trained in the ancient art of practitioning, she has decided to enter the Immortality Trials, which are open to any mortal who can survive the journey to the immortal realm.

Six hundred years ago, Nightweavers, cursed beings with untamed power, claimed the continents for their own. The ocean was meant to be a safe haven for humanity, including seventeen-year-old Aster Oberon and her pirate family. But after Aster’s brother is killed in an epic battle at sea against Nightweavers, Aster and her family are thrust into a new life on land.

At sixteen, Honora "Nora" Holtzfall is the daughter of the most powerful heiress in all of Walstad. Her family controls all the money—and all the magic—in the entire country. But despite being the center of attention, Nora has always felt like an outsider. When her mother is found dead in an alley, the family throne and fortune are suddenly up for grabs, and Nora will be pitted against her cousins in the Veritaz, the ultimate magical competition for power that determines the one family heir.

All the women in Piper’s family know their true love at first sight, complete with butterflies, heart eyes, and a gut instinct. The kind of fated love that lasts forever. Piper grew up with her ancestors' epic love stories repeated like fairy tales, and yearns for the day she’ll start her own. Already singled out in her family due to her physical disability, Piper collects a second strike against her when her parents announce their divorce, which convinces her family that she’s doomed.

On a diplomatic mission, Brax and his rider, Carmen the assassin, encounter a ghostly vision of the Nameless Goddess. She's a part leopard, part crocodile deity, who warns them she is coming to conquer their world. Brax, in his usual snarky way, makes fun of her hairy legs and, after she vanishes, dismisses this threat. But things soon get a lot worse... When the duo arrives at the capital of the Akkad empire, they discover the emperor has been horrifically murdered by what looks to be an astral servant of that goddess, and his young nephew ascends to the throne.

One moment eighteen-year-old Snow White is taking a bite of an apple. The next, she blinks and finds herself in an enchanted and dangerous dream world. As it turns out, the Queen’s poison did more than place Snow White in an eternal sleep. It sent her subconscious to the Land of Diamant, a world crafted from gems and home to the Queen’s most sinister creations. After meeting some of the others cursed by the Queen, Snow White realizes the only way to save the people trapped in Diamant and her kingdom back in the real world, is to embark on a quest to find the mythical Ruby Heart.

There is no future for Lydia Brightwood. The Crimson Lord, a tyrant bent on destroying Lydia's country, made sure of that. Her only hope of a different life is to find the one person who could unite her country: a royal heir. There's just one problem . . . They're all dead.

Built by long-gone Saints, the city of Vaiwyn lives and breathes and bleeds. As a Keeper, Mina knows better than most what her care of Vaiwyn’s bells means for the sentient city. It’s the Strauss family’s thousand-year legacy—prevent the Vespers from ringing, or they will awake a slumbering evil. One afternoon, to Mina's horror, her bell peals thirteen times, shattering the city’s tenuous peace. With so much of the city's history and lore lost in a long-ago disaster, no one knows the danger that has been unleashed—until the city begins to fight back.

Agar has been crushed, and the high plains have been secured, but will Snowden’s new wealth draw the unwanted attention of others? James and Ciara have grown closer and are hoping for a peaceful moment to marry and finally find time for themselves in Solace. However, issues arise within their cherished Highveld that shocks them both. Meanwhile, events across the United Lands are gaining momentum, and long-held beliefs are being challenged as truths emerge. They will discover that the past holds more significance than they ever imagined. Will time itself bend to the power of the ...

Sigrid may be the last surviving royal of Vanaheim, but she’s more warrior than princess. Her world is collapsing under the onslaught of their enemies, who are ripping apart Sigrid’s home and everyone in it. Even astride Sleipnir, her legendary eight-legged horse, Sigrid can’t fight the darkness unleashed by the Night Elves. And at any moment, the god Loki could unleash chaos upon them all … With the fate of nine worlds perilously close to breaking, there’s only one way to restore the balance: by restoring Vanaheim’s gods-given magic.

The Last Monster on Earth: New Dawn is the second instalment of a the exciting series, from the author of Dragonfire and Age of Dragonfire. The epic adventures in the changed world continue. . You make the choice when it's really all on you... Then that's going to show who you really are. The world has changed. Monsters prowl every shadow, ghosts chatter on the radio. Months have passed since the mysterious event that left everyone on Earth an inhuman creature. While those few who remain sane now face the cold wrath of winter, more nefarious powers are stirring. Long free of HADES’ ...

When a catastrophic scientific accident unleashes a virus that raises the dead, civilization collapses overnight. As cities fall and the government crumbles, a handful of survivors must navigate a landscape crawling with flesh-eating zombies and ruthless human predators.

Two gay men—one young, one ageless—sink their teeth into reclaiming their lives and identities from those who would silence them in this insatiable romantic horror novel from Hugo and Nebula Award–nominated author Kellan McDaniel.

Within the dazzling halls of London’s Crystal Palace, the event of the season has arrived: The Great Exhibition. An opportunity for the greatest minds of the century to come together under one roof in an unprecedented display of art and invention. And for two unlikely partners in crime, it’s about to become the score of a lifetime. Charming con man Kane Durante works alone—or on occasion with his best friend, Fletcher. But when his boss gives him the impossible task of stealing a priceless artifact from the Great Exhibition, he knows it’s a job he can’t pull off alone.

The monsters came without warning. And Justin is the only one who can stop them. Superhero fan Justin Wright knows they’re not just random. These monsters, called Anomalies for their enigmatic and unnatural appearances that appear to break the laws of reality itself, are tied to something bigger, and his father’s tech might be the key to stopping them. With the stolen Gate System, Justin can transform into different superheroes—each with powers perfectly suited for any challenge. But as the battle against the creatures intensifies, he discovers a darker secret about the world he ...

After surviving a car accident that claimed the life of her best friend, Teresa is now terrified to leave the safety of her bedroom. Since then, her only solace and window to the outside world has been the online community she found through streaming. But one night, the safe world Teresa created starts to break down. A shadowy figure appears in the background of her favorite's streamer's video, and his behavior mysteriously changes over the next few days before he dies in front of thousands of viewers.

Witches. Ghosts. An ancient secret. Enter a world of myth and magic through this contemporary fantasy and mystery reimagining of Jane Austen’s beloved classic, Sense and Sensibility. The small New England town of Tarryville, Maine is steeped in history, having been settled by the Dartwood and Farris families who fled Salem during the witch trials. The Dartwood sisters, Eden, Mariah, and Melissa, unexpectedly return home after their parents are found murdered. Upon their arrival, the girls are plagued by dreams in which dark spectral beings haunt them.

Tink, is a young dragon on the verge of adulthood, struggling with being different. His life is simple and unambitious. Until he is called on a great adventure. But, he will only survive with the help of family and friends. Embarking on a hero's journey, he realizes that being himself is the best way to be. This children's story, "The Very Littlest Dragon," teaches self-acceptance, much like Andersen's "Ugly Duckling." The Very Littlest Dragon speaks to all of us who grew up or will grow up believing they were or are—different. May we all find our inner dragon.

What happens when three college freshmen accidentally wake a cursed vampire in a crypt? Veronica, Kyle, and Cy thought their Sunday archaeological excursion would be just another extra-credit adventure—until they accidentally crack open an ancient crypt and summon vampire Kane Spencer, setting him free. He’s tall, dark, and terrifying… but also cursed, hunted, and in desperate need of Veronica’s help. Giving him her blood was meant to save him, but now she’s tied to a world of danger she never imagined. Kane’s past is coming for him—deadly twisted vampires, cryptic prophecies,...

She’s a witch with no powers. He’s a shape-shifting vampire. Trusting him could save her... or cost her everything. Brielle Gerrick can’t access her magic. In an effort to awaken her powers, she gets sucked into a time portal—to a castle in Spain in the year 1735. The castle is attacked by demons. Their leader is a shape-shifting vampire named Leo Serrano, an arrogant creep who enjoys taunting Brielle. When Brielle’s dark powers awaken, the others in the castle turn on her. They try to capture her and uncover the source of her magic before it unleashes itself.

A Valenda è l'antivigilia della Grande Festività e la città è in fermento. Rossella si sta occupando dei preparativi per lo Spettacolare Ricevimento che si terrà a palazzo, mentre Donatella è ossessionata dalla ricerca del regalo perfetto per Legend. E Legend... Be', Legend non è esattamente un fan della Grande Festività, ma Tella spera che il suo regalo possa fargli cambiare idea.