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El mapa de los anhelos
Alice Kellen • 2023
Una gran historia de amor llena de vida y esperanza.<br/>La autora que ha enamorado a 2 millones de lectores.<br/>¿Y si te diesen un mapa para descubrir quién eres?<br/>¿Seguirías la ruta marcada hasta el final?<br/>Imagina que estás destinada a salvar a tu hermana, pero al final ella muere y la razón de tu existencia se desvanece. Eso es lo que le ocurre a Grace Peterson, la chica que siempre se ha sentido invisible, la que nunca ha salido de Nebraska, la que colecciona palabras y ve pasar los días refugiada en la monotonía. Hasta que llega a sus manos el juego de El mapa de los anhelos y, siguiendo las instrucciones, lo primero que debe hacer es encontrar a alguien llamado Will Tucker, del que nunca ha oído hablar y que está a punto de embarcarse con ella en un viaje directo al corazón, lleno de vulnerabilidades y sueños olvidados, anhelos y afectos inesperados. Pero ¿es posible avanzar cuando los secretos comienzan a pesar demasiado? ¿Quién es quién en esta historia?
Una luna sin miel
Christina Lauren · 2022
Olive siempre tiene mala suerte. Su gemela, en cambio, es tan afortunada que ha conseguido organizar su boda ganando concursos en las redes. Sin embargo, cuando todos se intoxican con la comida de la fiesta, la luna de miel queda vacante. Solo Olive e Ethan, su némesis, están a salvo. Si quieren disfrutar de unas vacaciones en Hawái, el único precio que deberán pagar será fingir que se aman como recién casados. ¿POR CUÁNTO TIEMPO PODRÁ OLIVE SOSTENER LA MENTIRA?
Fuego y Sangre
Canción de Hielo y Fuego: Dinastía Targaryen I
All the Bright Places
Jennifer Niven · 2016
NOW A NETFLIX FILM, STARRING ELLE FANNING AND JUSTICE SMITH!<br/><br/>The New York Times bestselling love story about two teens who find each other while standing on the edge. And don’t miss Take Me with You When You Go, Jennifer Niven’s highly anticipated new book with bestselling author David Levithan!<br/><br/>Theodore Finch is fascinated by death. Every day he thinks of ways he might kill himself, but every day he also searches for—and manages to find—something to keep him here, and alive, and awake.<br/><br/>Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her small Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.<br/><br/>When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school—six stories above the ground— it’s unclear who saves whom. Soon it’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink. . . .<br/><br/>“A do-not-miss for fans of Eleanor & Park and The Fault in Our Stars, and basically anyone who can breathe.” —Justine Magazine<br/><br/>“At the heart—a big one—of All the Bright Places lies a charming love story about this unlikely and endearing pair of broken teenagers.” —The New York Times Book Review<br/><br/>“A heart-rending, stylish love story.” —The Wall Street Journal<br/><br/>“A complex love story that will bring all the feels.” —Seventeen Magazine<br/><br/>“Impressively layered, lived-in, and real.” —Buzzfeed
Gente normal
Sally Rooney · 2019
Juego de Tronos
Canción de Hielo y Fuego I
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid
El Arte de la Guerra
Su Tzu • 2014
El arte de la guerra
Cuando no queden más estrellas que contar
María Martínez • 2022
"Desde muy pequeña, Maya se ha sacrificado en cuerpo y alma por el ballet. Trabaja como solista en la Compañía Nacional de Danza y los ballets más prestigiosos han puesto sus ojos en ella. Sin embargo, un grave accidente acaba con su futuro prometedor. El único mundo que Maya conoce se ha derrumbado y su abuela, que ha guiado cada uno de sus pasos, la culpa por lo ocurrido. La ausencia de su madre pesa más que nunca. Y un hallazgo fortuito abrirá una profunda herida."--Provided by publisher.
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara • 2016
<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (<i>NPR</i>) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.<br></b><br><b><b><b><b><b><b><b>NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST <b><b><b>•</b></b></b></b> MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST <b>• <b><b><b><b><b> WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE</b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br><br><i>A Little Life</i> follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.
El imperio final
Brandon Sanderson
Alba oscura
Jay Kristoff
1984
George Orwell • 2021
Edizione originale in lingua inglese, con nota introduttiva in italiano<br/><br/>”Il potere non è un mezzo, è un fine. Non si stabilisce una dittatura nell’intento di salvaguardare una rivoluzione; ma si fa una rivoluzione nell’intento di stabilire una dittatura. Il fine della persecuzione è la persecuzione. Il fine della tortura è la tortura. Il fine del potere è il potere.”<br/><br/>Il romanzo, pubblicato pochi anni dopo la conclusione del secondo conflitto mondiale, è una spietata e profetica riflessione sul potere. È considerato una delle più lucide rappresentazioni del totalitarismo e anche uno dei primi e più importanti esempi di romanzo distopico. L’azione si svolge infatti in un futuro prossimo del mondo (l’anno 1984) in cui il potere si concentra in tre immensi superstati: Oceania (con capitale Londra), Eurasia ed Estasia. Al vertice del potere politico in Oceania c’è il Grande Fratello (“Big Brother”), onnisciente e infallibile, che nessuno ha visto di persona ma di cui ovunque sono visibili grandi manifesti. Il Ministero della Verità, nel quale lavora il protagonista Smith, ha il compito di censurare libri e giornali non in linea con la politica ufficiale, di alterare la storia e di ridurre le possibilità espressive della lingua. Per quanto sia tenuto sotto controllo da telecamere, Smith comincia però a condurre un'esistenza “sovversiva”.<br/><br/>“Big Brother is watching you”: con questo slogan l’autore britannico ha mostrato la propria lungimiranza, ponendo l’accento su uno dei temi più caldi al giorno d’oggi: il controllo del potere sull’opinione pubblica perpetrato mediante i mezzi di comunicazione. Pietra miliare della letteratura inglese, 1984 è uno dei romanzi più conosciuti e forse più controversi del secolo scorso. Un romanzo in grado di smuovere le coscienze e di portare il lettore a riflettere sul passato, sul presente e soprattutto sul futuro.<br/><br/>George Orwell è lo pseudonimo di Eric Arthur Blair, nato in India da una famiglia scozzese nel 1903 e morto a Londra nel 1950. Giornalista culturale, saggista, critico letterario, Orwell è oggi considerato uno dei maggiori autori di lingua inglese del Novecento.<br/><br/>Con nota introduttiva.<br/>Collana Il Disoriente - Luoghi della lettura
El priorato del naranjo
Samantha Shannon
Un mundo dividido. Un reino sin su heredera. Un antiguo enemigo se despierta. Fantasía épica ideal para los lectores de Geroge R.R. Martin y J.R.R. Tolkien ... La Casa de Berethnet ha gobernado Inys durante mil años. Aún sin casar, la reina Sabran IX debe concebir una hija para proteger a su reino de la destrucción. Pero los asesinos cada vez están más cerca. Ead Duryan es una intrusa en la corte. A pesar de que se ha posicionado como dama de compañía, es leal a una sociedad oculta de magos. Ead vigila a Sabran, protegiéndola en secreto con magia prohibida. Al otro lado del mar oscuro, Tane ha entrenado toda su vida para ser una jinete del dragón, pero se ve obligada a tomar una decisión que podría romper su vida en añicos. Mientras tanto, el Este y el Oeste siguen divididos. Cada región tiene una religión diferente basada en los sucesos acaecidos mucho tiempo atrás. Los que adoran a los dragones, los que los detestan y quienes adoran al Sin Nombre aparentemente nunca se pondrán de acuerdo. Y las fuerzas del caos se despiertan de su letargo y parecen estar a punto de llegar. --
Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé • 2021
If We Were Villains
M. L. Rio 2017
<p><b>“Much like Donna Tartt’s <i>The Secret History</i>, M. L. Rio’s sparkling debut is a richly layered story of love, friendship, and obsession...will keep you riveted through its final, electrifying moments.”<br>—Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Nest<br></i></b><br><b>"Nerdily (and winningly) in love with Shakespeare...Readable, smart.”</b><br><b>—<i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br>On the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door. Detective Colborne wants to know the truth, and after ten years, Oliver is finally ready to tell it.<br><br>A decade ago: Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, a place of keen ambition and fierce competition. In this secluded world of firelight and leather-bound books, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingénue, extras. <br><br>But in their fourth and final year, good-natured rivalries turn ugly, and on opening night real violence invades the students’ world of make-believe. In the morning, the fourth-years find themselves facing their very own tragedy, and their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, each other, and themselves that they are innocent. <br><br><i>If We Were Villains</i> was named one of Bustle's Best Thriller Novels of the Year, and <i>Mystery Scene</i> says, "A well-written and gripping ode to the stage...A fascinating, unorthodox take on rivalry, friendship, and truth."</p>
Alejandra Pizarnik - Poesía Completa
Bride
Ali Hazelwood · (4.5⭐️)
El Ultimo Mago (Spanish Edition)
Lisa Maxwell · 2018
The Witcher
Lauren Schmidt Hissrich · 2019
Titans
Akiva Goldsman, Greg Berlanti, Geoff Johns · 2018
Balada de pájaros cantores y serpientes
Suzanne Collins
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2012
<b>WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012</b> <br> <br>Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.
BLACKWATER I. La riada
Michael McDowell · 2024
Descubre el primer volumen de la saga Blackwater.<br/><br/>Una saga matriarcal. Mujeres poderosas que luchan por el dominio durante generaciones. Una atmósfera única para una lectura adictiva. Un retrato realista con toques sobrenaturales. Escritura magistral y visual en un ambicioso proyecto entre el pulp y HBO.<br/><br/>«Michael Mcdowell: mi amigo, mi maestro. Fascinante, aterrador, simplemente genial. El mejor de todos nosotros.» STEPHEN KING<br/><br/>«Una sabia combinación entre Dumas y Lovecraft. Un cruce entre Stephen King y Gabriel García Márquez. Despiadadamente adictivo.» ROBERT SHAPLEN, THE NEW YORK TIMES<br/><br/>Las gélidas y oscuras aguas del río Blackwater inundan Perdido, un pequeño pueblo al sur de Alabama. Allí, los Caskey, un gran clan de ricos terratenientes, intentan hacer frente a los daños causados por la riada. Liderados por Mary-Love, la incontestable matriarca, y Óscar, su obediente hijo, los Caskey trabajan por recomponerse y salvaguardar su fortuna. Pero no cuentan con la aparición de la misteriosa Elinor Dammert. Una joven hermosa pero parca en palabras con un único objetivo: acercarse a los Caskey cueste lo que cueste.
Hojas de hierba
Walt Whitman · 2010
EL CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE ESCRIBA
GARCIA MARQUEZ Gabriel · 2013
Una obsesion perversa
Victoria Schwab · 2019
Victor and Eli began as college roommates?brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities.
Crónica de una muerte anunciada
Gabriel García Márquez · 2003
Lightlark
Alex Aster
Anne sin filtros
Iria G. Parente, Selene M. Pascual · 2021
Anne Shirley Nació Para Contar Historias. Quizás Haya Llegado El Momento De Atreverse A Vivir La Suya. Anne Shirley Siempre Ha Soñado Con Ser Escritora Y, Aunque Nadie Lo Sepa, Lo Es: Online, La Conocen Como Lady Cordelia Y Sus Fanfics Sobre El Caballero Del Espejo, Una Serie De Televisión Sobre Leyendas Artúricas, Son De Los Más Aclamados Por El Fandom. Solo Diana, Su Mejor Amiga, Artista Y Colaboradora, Conoce Su Secreto. Al Menos Hasta Que Aparece Blythe, Un Nuevo Autor De Fanfiction Que No Tarda En Superar El Récord De Lecturas De Anne Y Que, Para Colmo, No Tiene Ningún Reparo En Mostrar Su Verdadera Identidad. Gilbert Blythe Es Tan Encantador Como Irritante, Y Desafiará A Anne A Enfrentarse A Sus Inseguridades Y A Sus Sentimientos, Tanto Por él Como Por Su Amiga Diana. Pero... Cuando Te Atreves A Mostrarte Sin Filtros, Tal Como Eres, Puede Ocurrir Cualquier Cosa. Reseñas: «una Historia Llena De Ternura Sobre La Amistad, El Amor Y Las Primeras Veces». Alice Kellen, Autora De Todo Lo Que Nunca Fuimos Y Nosotros En La Luna «iria Y Selene Han Conseguido Una Versión Contemporánea De Ana De Las Tejas Verdes Que Capta La Personalidad De Todos Los Personajes Con Una Precisión Y Una Sensibilidad Extraordinarias». Andrea Smith, Autora De Mi Plan D.
Al final mueren los dos
Silvera Adam • 2014
El fenómeno internacional que lleva más de 140. 000 ejemplares vendidos en español. Imagina un mundo en el que una organización avisa a las personas de la inminencia de su muerte. Imagina que ha empezado la cuenta atrás. Imagina cómo vivirías tu vida en solo un día. ¿Estarías preparado para decir adiós? Al final mueren los dos es un canto a la fuerza arrolladora de la vida, que transformará para siempre tu forma de comprender el tiempo, la amistad y el amor. Hola, te llamamos desde Muerte Súbita y lamentamos informarte de que morirás en algún momento de las próximas veinticuatro horas. Mateo Torrez y Rufus Emeterio no se han conocido en clase ni en una fiesta, como cualquier otro chico de su edad. Ellos lo han hecho a través de Último Amigo, una aplicación creada para que aquellas personas que han recibido la llamada de Muerte Súbita, una organización que anuncia que tu muerte está a la vuelta de la esquina, puedan acompañarse en sus últimas horas. Mateo y Rufus no podrían ser más distintos, pero pronto comprenderán que los une algo mucho más que un final inminente. Juntos, están a punto de descubrir que nunca es tarde para derribar los muros; ni para reparar todo aquello que habrías hecho de otra manera si pudieras empezar de cero. Y sí, puede que los dos hayan recibido la llamada de la Muerte, pero, a lo largo de este último día, la vida y el amor pueden encenderse en sus corazones con mucha intensidad. Llegó la hora de vivir su última gran aventura.
Crimen y castigo
Fiódor Dostoyevski · 2021
El joven Rodión Raskólnikov, antiguo estudiante, arrastra una existencia precaria en San Petersburgo. Cuando recibe una carta anunciándole la visita de su madre y su hermana en relación con los súbitos planes de boda de esta última, las fantasías de acabar con sus problemas a través del asesinato de la vieja prestamista a la cual suele recurrir van tomando cuerpo en su voluntad...<br/>Crimen y castigo (1866) es posiblemente la obra más lograda del autor. En ella, sirviéndose de una trama y de unos personajes que reúnen los mejores ingredientes de la novela del siglo XIX, se plantea el problema de la justificación o no de los actos, de la conciencia y de la culpa.<br/>Fiódor Dostoyevski (1821-1881) es, junto con Lev Tolstói, el gran novelista ruso del siglo XIX. Su vida y su creación literaria sufrieron un cambio radical después de que en 1849 fuera detenido y condenado a muerte, pena que se le conmutó en el último instante, por sus actividades contra el zar. Alianza Editorial tiene publicada prácticamente toda su obra.<br/>CENTENARIO DOSTOYEVSKI (1821-2021)
The Maze Runner
James Dashner · 2013
From Lukov with Love
Mariana Zapata • 2018
"If someone were to ask Jasmine Santos to describe the last few years of her life with a single word, it would definitely be a four-letter one. After seventeen years--and countless broken bones and broken promises--she knows her window to compete in figure skating is coming to a close. But when the offer of a lifetime comes in from an arrogant idiot she's spent the last decade dreaming about pushing in the way of a moving bus, Jasmine might have to reconsider everything. Including Ivan Lukov"--Page 4 of cover.
Elantris
Brandon Sanderson • 2005
Powerless
Lauren Roberts • 2023
She is the very thing he’s spent his whole life hunting.<br/>He is the very thing she’s spent her whole life pretending to be.<br/><br/>Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya—the exceptional, the empowered, the Elites.<br/>The powers these Elites have possessed for decades were graciously gifted to them by the Plague, though not all were fortunate enough to both survive the sickness and reap the reward. Those born Ordinary are just that—ordinary. And when the king decreed that all Ordinaries be banished in order to preserve his Elite society, lacking an ability suddenly became a crime—making Paedyn Gray a felon by fate and a thief by necessity.<br/>Surviving in the slums as an Ordinary is no simple task, and Paedyn knows this better than most. Having been trained by her father to be overly observant since she was a child, Paedyn poses as a Psychic in the crowded city, blending in with the Elites as best she can in order to stay alive and out of trouble. Easier said than done.<br/>When Paeydn unsuspectingly saves one of Ilyas princes, she finds herself thrown into the Purging Trials. The brutal competition exists to showcase the Elites’ powers—the very thing Paedyn lacks. If the Trials and the opponents within them don’t kill her, the prince she’s fighting feelings for certainly will if he discovers what she is—completely Ordinary.
A la caza del fuego
Gallant
V. E. Schwab • 2022
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A KIRKUS BEST BOOK A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER “A bone-chilling standalone . . . which fuses Shirley Jackson’s gothic horror sensibilities with the warmth and dark whimsy of Neil Gaiman.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Gripping worldbuilding, well-rounded characters, and fantastic horror.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Unsettling and intriguing.”—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) Everything casts a shadow. Even the world we live in. And as with every shadow, there is a place where it must touch. A seam, where the shadow meets its source. #1 New York Times–bestselling author V. E. Schwab weaves a dark and original tale about the place where the world meets its shadow, and the young woman beckoned by both sides. The Secret Garden meets Crimson Peak in this stand-alone novel perfect for readers of Holly Black and Neil Gaiman. Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for Girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal—which seems to unravel into madness. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home to Gallant. Yet when Olivia arrives, no one is expecting her. But Olivia is not about to leave the first place that feels like home; it doesn’t matter if her cousin Matthew is hostile, or if she sees half-formed ghouls haunting the hallways. Olivia knows that Gallant is hiding secrets, and she is determined to uncover them. When she crosses a ruined wall at just the right moment, Olivia finds herself in a place that is Gallant—but not. The manor is crumbling, the ghouls are solid, and a mysterious figure rules over all. Now Olivia sees what has unraveled generations of her family, and where her father may have come from. Olivia has always wanted to belong somewhere, but will she take her place as a Prior, protecting our world against the Master of the House? Or will she take her place beside him? New York Times–bestselling author V. E. Schwab crafts a vivid and lush novel that grapples with the demons that are often locked behind closed doors. An eerie, stand-alone saga about life, death, and the young woman beckoned by both. Readers of Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, Melissa Albert, and Garth Nix will quickly lose themselves in this novel with crossover appeal for all ages.
Una breve historia de casi todo
Bill Bryson · 2023
EL NOMBRE DEL VIENTO
Patrick Rothfuss · 2000
El día que aprendí que no sé amar
Aura García-Junco · 2022
La guerra de los huracanes
Thea Guanzon
Dos enemigos.<br/>Una alianza imposible.<br/>Un amor que podría salvar su mundo... o destruirlo.<br/>La sombra del Imperio de la Noche se extiende a lo largo del Continente y nada es capaz de contrarrestar su poderío. Con cada año que pasa, la Guerra de los Huracanes resulta más devastadora. Y, pese a todo, una esperanza se alza en la oscuridad.<br/>Una luz solitaria que planta cara al imperio.<br/>No te quedes sin leer una de las fantasías épicas y románticas más impactantes de los últimos tiempos.<br/>«Recuerda mis palabras: La Guerra de los Huracanes es una de esas novelas que te cambia la vida». -Ali Hazelwood, autora de La hipótesis del amor
Romper el círculo (It Ends with Us)
Colleen Hoover · 2022
Matar un reino
Alexandra Christo · 2019
With seventeen prince hearts in her possession, Lira is one of the most revered sirens in the sea. But a slip-up prompts her mother, the Sea Queen, to transform Lira into what she most loathes—a human. Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian’s heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human forever. Although he is heir to the largest kingdom on Earth, Prince Elian calls the ocean his only home. Hunting sirens is more than a hobby—it’s his life. When he rescues a drowning woman, she promises to help him find the key to exterminating all sirens, but can he trust her?
La quinta ola
Rick Yancey • 2013
En El Amanecer De La Quinta Ola, Cassie Está Huyendo Por Un Tramo Desolado De Autovía. Huye De Esos Seres Que Aunque Parezcan Humanos, Deambulan Por El Campo Matando A Cualquiera. Dispersando A Los últimos Supervivientes En La Tierra, Aislando A Los Resistentes, Intentando Vencer, Así, Los últimos Vestigios De La Humanidad. Cassie Sabe Que Mantenerse A Solas Es La única Opción Para Seguir Con Vida. Hasta Que Se Topa Con El Cautivador Y Misterioso Evan Walker. Un Joven Que Parece Capaz De Ayudarle A Encontrar A Su Hermano. Así Que Cassie Deberá Tomar Una Elección Definitiva: Confiar O Perder La Esperanza, Desafiar O Rendirse, Vivir O Morir… Abandonar O Levantarse Y Luchar.
El extranjero
Albert Camus · 2012
With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, The Stranger—Camus's masterpiece—gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. With an Introduction by Peter Dunwoodie; translated by Matthew Ward. Behind the subterfuge, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd" and describes the condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life. “The Stranger is a strikingly modern text and Matthew Ward’s translation will enable readers to appreciate why Camus’s stoical anti-hero and devious narrator remains one of the key expressions of a postwar Western malaise, and one of the cleverest exponents of a literature of ambiguity.” —from the Introduction by Peter Dunwoodie First published in 1946; now in translation by Matthew Ward.
Everything I Know About Love
Dolly Alderton · 2020
<p>New York Times Bestseller</p><p>Like Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true— a wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking memoir from the funny, sharp British journalist and podcast host, who Elizabeth Gilbert calls “a sparkling Roman candle of talent.”</p><p>“The older you get, the more baggage you carry. When you date at twenty-five, everyone walks into the bar with a very neat, light carry-on. When you date from thirty onwards, get ready to meet someone absolutely brimming with history, complications and demands.”</p><p>When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, writer Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else— realizing that you are enough.</p><p>Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton’s unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of every age.</p>
Almendra
Won-Pyung Sohn • 2024
El mayor fenómeno de la novela coreana, ahora en una nueva edición ilustrada.<br/><br/>¿CÓMO LLORAN LAS PERSONAS QUE NO PUEDEN SENTIR NADA?<br/>«La última sensación de la literatura surcoreana.» La Vanguardia<br/>«La propuesta de Sohn es realmente original y potente, y aunque el protagonista no las sienta, es una obra cargada de emociones.» El País<br/>«A través de la historia de un adolescente diagnosticado con alexitimia, la autora coreana Won-Pyung Sohn reflexiona sobre el complejo mundo de las emociones y la dificultad de comunicarnos a través de ellas de forma adecuada.» Vogue<br/>Yunjae está en la edad de las emociones desbordadas, el amor y la rabia. Pero sufre alexitimia ―las amígdalas de su cerebro son pequeñas, más pequeñas que una almendra― y por eso es incapaz de sentir nada. Ha aprendido a pasar desapercibido con la ayuda de su madre y de su abuela, con quienes vive en un pequeño piso decorado a base de coloridas notas adhesivas que le recuerdan cuándo debe sonreír y cuándo decir «gracias».<br/>Su vida da un vuelco en Nochebuena, el día de su cumpleaños, cuando un violento acontecimiento destroza su mundo y lo condena a vivir solo, sin deseo de derramar una lágrima, sin tristeza ni felicidad. Las personas menos pensadas serán las que quiebren su soledad y le tiendan la mano: una compañera del colegio, un antiguo amigo de su madre… y Goni, un adolescente abusón y problemático con el que Yunjae desarrolla un vínculo muy especial. Gracias a ellos descubrirá cómo el amor, la amistad y la perseverancia pueden cambiar una vida para siempre.<br/>EL GRAN FENÓMENO DE LA LITERATURA COREANA<br/>Incluye ilustraciones a todo color a cargo de Gema Vadillo, autora de Shizein y la ciudad donde ya no sale el sol y de El amarillo no existe.
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline · 2011
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov · 1989
Awe and exhiliration--along with heartbreak and mordant wit--abound in <b>Lolita</b>, Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. <b>Lolita</b> is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. Most of all, it is a meditation on love--love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation.
Me alegro que mi madre haya muerto
Jennette McCurdy · 2023
El Hombre en Busca de Sentido
Viktor E Frankl · 2019
<p>Este libro se centra en varios hallazgos cruciales del Doctor Viktor E. Frankl que ponen de manifiesto nuestro deseo inconsciente de descubrir un sentido definitivo a la vida, tanto si deriva de una fuente espiritual como si proviene de otro tipo de inspiracion o influencia. </p><br/><p>Se trata de un tema de especial relevancia, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que la sensación de que nuestra vida carece de un significado auténtico ha penetrado considerablemente en los cimientos de la sociedad contemporánea. Como demuestran tanto el caso del adolescente que sufre ante la inseguridad y la duda como el del anciano que padece aislamiento y rechazo, lo cierto es que la cultura actual parece definitivamente sumida en la vulnerabilidad y la desesperación. A partir de ahí, el doctor Frankl demuestra de una forma brillante que el ser humano aún puede encontrar un cierto sentido a su vida cotidiana. Habla del «deseo de significado» como fuerza central motivadora y presenta evidencias específicas de que la vida puede hablarnos de su propio sentido en cualquier momento o situación. Incluso aquellas personas que deben soportar sobre sus hombros la carga de la culpabilidad, o tienen que hacer frente a un sufrimiento inevitable, disponen, en principio, de oportunidades para convertir sus súplicas en logros o, dicho de otro modo, su tragedia personal en un triunfo de la humanidad. El hombre en busca del sentido último afirma también, no obstante, que esta búsqueda de significado puede conducir igualmente a resultados indeseados, como los celos enfermizos, la fobia racista o la obsesión por la ética y la moral. Y, en este sentido, el doctor Frankl cree que sólo la tolerancia y la persistencia podrán allanarnos el camino para la consecución de una vida plena. </p>
Nuestra parte de noche
Mariana Enríquez • 2019
Brevísima historia del tiempo
Stephen Hawking · 2018
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley • 2006
Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring masterwork must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit<br/>"A masterpiece. ... One of the most prophetic dystopian works." —Wall Street Journal<br/>Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine” (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New World likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.<br/>"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." —Chicago Tribune
The Spanish Love Deception
Elena Armas • 2021
A wedding. A trip to Spain. The most infuriating man. And three days of pretending. Or in other words, a plan that will never work.Catalina Martín, finally, not single. Her family is happy to announce that she will bring her American boyfriend to her sister's wedding. Everyone is invited to come and witness the most magical event of the year.That would certainly be tomorrow's headline in the local newspaper of the small Spanish town I came from. Or the epitaph on my tombstone, seeing the turn my life had taken in the span of a phone call.Four weeks wasn't a lot of time to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic-from NYC and all the way to Spain-for a wedding. Let alone, someone eager to play along my charade. But that didn't mean I was desperate enough to bring the 6'4 blue eyed pain in my ass standing before me.Aaron Blackford. The man whose main occupation was making my blood boil had just offered himself to be my date. Right after inserting his nose in my business, calling me delusional, and calling himself my best option. See? Outrageous. Aggravating. Blood boiling. And much to my total despair, also right. Which left me with a surly and extra large dilemma in my hands. Was it worth the suffering to bring my colleague and bane of my existence as my fake boyfriend to my sister's wedding? Or was I better off coming clean and facing the consequences of my panic induced lie?Like my abuela would say, que dios nos pille confesados.The Spanish Love Deception is an enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating, SLOW-BURN romance. Perfect for those looking for a steamy slow-burn with the sweetest Happily Ever After.
Malibu Rising: A Novel
Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2021
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today • From the author of Carrie Soto Is Back, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo . . . “Irresistible . . . High drama at the beach, starring four sexy, surfing siblings and their deadbeat, famous-crooner dad.”—People ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Time, Marie Claire, PopSugar, Parade, Teen Vogue, Self, She Reads Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, the family drama that ensues will change their lives forever. Malibu: August 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over—especially as the offspring of the legendary singer Mick Riva. The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Oh, and maybe Hud—because it is long past time for him to confess something to the brother from whom he’s been inseparable since birth. Jay, on the other hand, is counting the minutes until nightfall, when the girl he can’t stop thinking about promised she’ll be there. And Kit has a couple secrets of her own—including a guest she invited without consulting anyone. By midnight the party will be completely out of control. By morning, the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames. But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family’s generations will all come rising to the surface. Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them . . . and what they will leave behind.
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood • 1998
<b><b><b><b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER </b>• An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (<i>The New York Times</i>) • The sixth and final season of the award-winning Hulu series starring Elisabeth Moss is now streaming</b><br><br>Look for <i>The Testaments</i>, the <b>bestselling, award-winning</b> sequel to <i>The Handmaid’s Tale<br></i></b></b><br>In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, <i>The Handmaid’s Tale </i>is a modern classic.<br><br><b>Includes an introduction by Margaret Atwood</b>
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury • 2013
"Sixty years after the original publication, Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel 'Fahrenheit 451' stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family." But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn't live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. This sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman ; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author ; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Nelson Algren, Harold Bloom, Margaret Atwood, and others ; rare manuscript pages and sketches from Ray Bradbury's personal archive ; and much more. Here, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literature."--taken from back cover.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab • 2023
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER<br/>USA TODAY BESTSELLER<br/>NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER<br/>THE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER<br/><br/>In the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab’s genre-defying tour de force.<br/><br/>Recommended by Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, NPR, Slate, and Oprah Magazine<br/>#1 Library Reads Pick―October 2020<br/>#1 Indie Next Pick―October 2020<br/>BOOK OF THE YEAR (2020) FINALIST―Book of The Month Club<br/><br/>A “Best Of” Book From: Oprah Mag * CNN * Amazon * Amazon Editors * NPR * Goodreads * Bustle * PopSugar * BuzzFeed * Barnes & Noble * Kirkus Reviews * Lambda Literary * Nerdette * The Nerd Daily * Polygon * Library Reads * io9 * Smart Bitches Trashy Books * LiteraryHub * Medium * BookBub * The Mary Sue * Chicago Tribune * NY Daily News * SyFy Wire * Powells.com * Bookish * Book Riot * Library Reads Voter Favorite *<br/><br/>A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.<br/><br/>France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever―and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.<br/><br/>Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.<br/><br/>But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.<br/><br/>Also by V. E. Schwab<br/><br/>Shades of Magic<br/>A Darker Shade of Magic<br/>A Gathering of Shadows<br/>A Conjuring of Light<br/><br/>Villains<br/>Vicious<br/>Vengeful
El amor en los tiempos del Colera
Gabriel Garcia Marquez • 1985
El suicidio de un refugiado antillano y otros pormenores...
