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La profecía se ha cumplido y los clanes de brujas Omar esperan que Anaid, la elegida del cabello de fuego que posee el cetro de poder, acabe con las sanguinarias brujas Odish. Pero Anaid tiene quince años, está enamorada y es más vulnerable que nunca a los peligros que la acechan y que la obligan a huir en compañía de su madre. A lo largo de ese viaje desesperado, Anaid desentrañará la leyenda negra que se forjó en torno a Selene, durante su juventud alocada y rebelde, y conocerá su origen: forjada en la dureza de los hielos, hija de la nieve, hermana de la osa.

Being a woman is, largely, about performance - how we dress and modify our bodies, what we say, the roles we play, and how we conform to expectations. Gender stereotypes are still deeply embedded in our society, but Emer O'Toole is on a mission to rewrite the old script and bend the rules of gender - and she shows how and why we should all be joining in. Exploring what it means to "act like a girl", Emer takes us on a hilarious and thought-provoking journey through her life.

Sixteen-year-old princess Piper Parish is a disappointment to the citizens of Capalon, a STEM-structured kingdom where innovation is valued above all. Her older sister, the queen, views Piper's tears during their parents' funeral as a weakness, not to mention her strange affinity for singing. When Piper receives an anonymous note stating her mother is still alive and living in the enemy kingdom of Mondaria, Piper chooses to risk death and flees Capalon to prove, once and for all, that she's not just the queen's defective little sister.

Read by Olivia Colman, this stunning performance lifts P. L Travers’s words off the page, transporting us back to a time where classic storytelling is at the heart of any story. Be swept away by magic in the fourth enchanting book of Mary Poppins’ adventures. Whether it’s a lion loose in the park or story-book characters coming to life, when Mary Poppins is in residence in Cherry Tree Lane, you can be sure that wonderful adventures will follow.

United States of America, 2051 AD It has been 20 years since Eustace Fargo's justice bill was passed. There are new weapons on the streets, and vast city blocks rising to the sky, as the first human being sets out to visit another star system. New York, California and Texas cry out for autonomy, chafing against a federal government they feel has lost control. Reeling from news of Chief Justice Fargo's death in service, the nation asks: has it all been worth it?

CANTAN, BAILAN... ¡Y TIENEN SUPERPODERES! Escuadrón K es el grupo musical más famoso del mundo. Sus cinco componentes, Kasandra, Klaus, Kayla, Kevin y Koldo, se han hecho virales con canciones que recorren todos los rincones del planeta. Pero detrás de este fenómeno musical hay mucho más de lo que parece a primera vista. El día que cumple once años, Kasandra empieza a notar cosas muy extrañas… en poco tiempo desarrolla unas habilidades increíbles. ¿Superpoderes? ¿O simplemente una capacidad más allá de lo normal? Durante su primer concierto en directo, reciben un mensaje sorprendente de K, su mánager y descubridor.

Sana Parker's life is simple and she likes it that way: Go to school, do the work, and spend all her down time with her best friend Marcella. One more year until they're M.I.T.-bound. Then she literally runs into Kazi Sidana, a friend of her and Marcella's ex-boyfriend Mark, and her simple life gets very complicated. The only things that will get her through are her best friend and their combined super-smarts. Together, they can do anything, including create the technology that will change their relationship—and someday change the world.

It’s been years since Grace, Felicity, Alice, and Hannah were together. The “Wild Girls,” as they were once called, are no longer so wild. Alice is a teacher. Hannah has a new baby. Grace is a homebody. Only Felicity seems to have retained her former spark. Then Felicity invites them all on the weekend of a lifetime—a birthday bash in Botswana. It will be a chance to have fun and rekindle their once bomb-proof friendship… and finally put that one horrible night, all those years ago, behind them for good.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to run beside a jaguar or hang out with a hippo? Most of us have imagined how cool it will be to live side by side with the biggest and wildest of God’s creatures in heaven. Until then, most of these amazing creatures are best viewed from a safe distance. This is a collection of breathtaking true stories about God’s protection over those who had life-threatening run-ins with some of His most dangerous creatures.

From the groundbreaking author of Mistakes I Made at Work comes the perfect book for anyone who needs inspiration after dealing with rejection, failure, or is searching for a new beginning in the workplace. Featuring fascinating interviews with more than 25 women, including Keri Smith, Angela Duckworth, and Roz Chast, The Rejection That Changed My Life provides an exciting new way to think about career challenges, changes, and triumphs.

With one battle won, the war between the Northwood pack and the Long Claw pack rages on. Meanwhile, the demons continue to complicate matters. Their toxic and chaotic influence poisons everything—and everyone—they touch.

En suivant la piste d’un tueur en série, l'enquêtrice Lacy Stoltz se rapproche d'un suspect choquant : un juge en exercice. Il a une liste, avec les noms de ses victimes et de ses cibles. Comment Lacy pourra-t-elle le poursuivre sans devenir le prochain nom sur sa liste ?

After discovering a mysterious orb, Jayden undergoes a transformation into a vampire. Soon, he embarks on unusual quests that lead him to various realms. In these diverse worlds, he assumes different personas while growing more powerful and winning the affections of the most stunning women from each dimension.

This is a great way to learn a language with zero screen time involved. Kids Phonics teaches kids the words and phrases they need to quickly start speaking Hindi. Short, daily lessons to help kids stay engaged, with timed repetition over time to build retention. We also narrow down vocabulary to the most-used words and phrases, often terms a "frequency dictionary" approach, so that you are learning words that your kids will use and they can see quick results.

Todo el mundo sabe que en Omnia, la gran tienda virtual, puedes comprar cualquier cosa. En su catálogo encontrarás todo lo que puedas imaginar, e incluso objetos que ni siquiera sabías que existían. Por eso, cuando Nico tira a la basura por accidente el peluche favorito de su hermana pequeña, no duda en buscar en su web uno igual para reemplazarlo. Pero un error informático inesperado lo conducirá hasta el mismo corazón de Omnia, un inmenso y extraordinario almacén en el que la búsqueda del peluche será solo el comienzo de una emocionante aventura.

Mercedes has struggled all her life just to survive. Finding Chance and landing a professional job is a life-saver. Letting down her guard to make friends and set roots isn't so easy. She meets three other women who are starting over too and it all seems a little easier. Chance is a special town where they take care of their own. Mercedes isn't used to that and she's going to fight it every step of the way.

Penny and Jake live in a beautiful home in a beautiful neighbourhood with their beautiful baby boy. It's the perfect life. Except that Penny is desperately lonely and can't shake the feeling that she isn't bonding with her baby like she should be. So when Celia moves in across the street with her husband, Pete, and their gorgeous children, Penny is delighted to have a friend. But things aren't quite what they seem behind closed doors. Because Celia and Pete have a secret. And the truth threatens to devastate everyone around them.

Since they were kids, Edie, Jake and Ryan have been the closest of friends. It's been the three of them against the world. Edie thought the bonds between them were unbreakable. So when Jake is brutally murdered and Ryan accused of the crime, her world is shattered. Edie is alone for the first time in years, living in the remote house that she and Jake shared. She is grief-stricken and afraid—with good reason. Because someone is watching.

When Miss Catherine Symonds arrives to take up a position as governess at remote Locksley Abbey in the foothills of the Black Mountains, where England bleeds into Wales, she is apprehensive. It is not the echoing, near-empty house with its skeleton staff that frightens her, nor the ancient woods that surround the Abbey or even the dogs that the owner, Sir Rowland, encourages to stalk the grounds, baying for blood. It is Catherine herself who fears scrutiny: her reference and very identity are fraudulent. She is travelling in disguise to investigate the fate of the last governess at the house.

In the early years of its existence, the Times Literary Supplement published some of the finest writers in English: T. S. Eliot, Henry James and E. M. Forster among them. But one of the paper’s defining voices was Virginia Woolf, who produced a string of superb essays between the two World Wars. The weirdness of Elizabethan plays, the pleasure of revisiting favourite novels, the supreme examples of Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot and Henry James, Thomas Hardy and Joseph Conrad.