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«La rosa [está] escrita en la plenitud del autor, con ese estilo personal e inconfundible que lo acredita como uno de los prosistas castellanos cimeros de nuestro siglo».Santos Sanz Villanueva La ros

Regresa «El Dostoievski americano» (Joyce Carol Oates) con su controvertida versión de la muerte de Marilyn Monroe. «Nadie hace novelas criminales como él. Una de las mejores obras de Ellroy en años»

Repetir un examen és una cosa.Però repetir el curs sencer?Ni Zeus s'atreviria a tant. Soc la CLEO, i si pensaves que salvar el món una vegada era complicat… intenta fer-ho dues. Tot va començar amb u

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!Dark academia meets cosmic horror in this murderous tale of betrayal and broken hearts at an elite academy for the gods and monsters of the world, perfect for fans of The Atlas Six, If We Were Villains and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.The Hellebore Technical Institute for the Gifted is the premier academy for the dangerously powerful: the Anti-Christs and Ragnaroks, the world-eaters and apocalypse-makers.Hellebore promises redemption, acceptance, and a normal life after graduation. At least, thats what Alessa Li is told when shes kidnapped and forcibly enrolled.But theres more to Hellebore than meets the eye. On graduation day, the faculty go on a ravenous rampage, feasting on Alessas class. Only Alessa and a group of her classmates escape the carnage. Trapped in the schools library, they must offer a human sacrifice every night, or else the faculty will break down the door and kill everyone.

“Madrid é uma grande vilória em que se faz cortesanice da castiça simplicidade do velho castelhano.” “Não se pode andar a sonhar pelas ruas de Madrid, não tanto por medo de carros, elétricos e automó

Novela de Ramón Merino Collado donde el protagonista vive atrapado en un día que se repite sin fin, enfrentando enemigos y misterios en una ciudad oscura y recurrente.

Chilling FINANCIAL TIMESUtterly mesmericGUARDIANImpressive and unsettlingNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWEerie, shocking, provoking GILLIAN FLYNNRich in suspense, diabolical secrets and psychological insightECONOMISTA spellbinding novel of literary and psychological suspense about the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school.Who is Francis Fox? A charming English teacher new to the idyllic Langhorne Academy, Fox beguiles many of his students, their parents, and his colleagues at the elite boarding school, while leaving others wondering where he came from and why his biography is so enigmatic. When two brothers discover Foxs car half-submerged in a pond in a local nature preserve and parts of an unidentified body strewn about the nearby woods, the entire community, including Detective Horace Zwender and his deputy, begins to ask disturbing questions about Francis Fox and who he might really be.

Un intrigante libro de relatos de la autora de El invecible verano de Liliana, Premio Pulitzer de Memorias 2024. Las historias aquí contenidas, si bien evocan formas y temas que se antojan familiares, desafian las convenciones impuestas a cada una de ellas.Las explicaciones sobran, pues, como unica respuesta, Cristina Rivera Garza, como la Agripina de Juan Rulfo en Luvina, se alza de hombros para dejar que miremos por nosotros mismos el mundo en el que hemos desembarcado.

Penny Albright ha ardido noche tras noche para librar a su alma del contrato de Malin. Ahora, en Halstett se va a celebrar el baile de Samhain, que es de asistencia obligatoria. A medianoche, cuando el velo entre la vida y la muerte es mas fino, el guardian planea destruir la magia y a las brujas que la usan. Sin su familia ni sus amigas, Penny debe recurrir al hechicero que se encuentra encadenado en la novena planta de la biblioteca para que la ayude.Y el le ofrece un trato: una legion para luchar contra el guardian a cambio de su sangre.Solo una gota en el fuego eterno acabara con el reinado del guardian y liberara al hechicero.Una unica noche podria iniciar una guerra que destruira no solo el corazon de Penny, sino el mundo.

A dark thriller where a journalist uncovers a conspiracy that puts her life at risk.

Book 18 in the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series by worldwide bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith"It's like ice cream, Mr Flynn," Bertie continued. "When you have ice cream, you need to eat it straight away, otherwise it melts. If there are people who haven't got any, you should share it, if you can."When despair for the world grows, Bertie's theory of ice cream reminds us that it's the simple pleasures in life that we should hold onto. And everyone's favourite seven-year-old has a lot to put up with: at home, Irene is planning lessons on Irish Culture for Bertie; at school, he is forced to join Olive and Pansy's book group, and during a day out with his best friend Ranald Braveheart Macpherson, the boys find themselves unexpectedly invited to a wedding.Meanwhile, Bruce's latest property venture goes horribly wrong after trying to move a flat's front door to give it a more prestigious address. At Nine Mile Burn, Matthew and the triplets try to adopt an unwillingly-vegan dog. And Sister Maria-Fiori dei Fiore Montagna discovers the missing part of the Stone of Scone in Drummond Place Gardens.Filled with Alexander McCall Smith's trademark warmth and humour, this latest book in the series is a must-read.

«Lucky Luke se tendrá que enfrentar a un cazarrecompensas que amenaza con desestabilizar todo el orden establecido por una recompensa». Elliot Belt ha nacido para ser cazarrecompensas, tiene una rep

whimsical tale of transformation... magic is essential, and Okri can spin it.' Guardian'Full of rich hallucinatory imagery and enjoyably vibrant symbolism' Irish TimesWhat do you do when your heart has been made a wasteland by love?Viv, who's in the House of Lords, had the idea for the festival on the twentieth anniversary of the day her first husband left her. Six months later, crowds descend on the grounds of a dreamlike chateau in the South of France, avidly awaiting the experience of a lifetime, Viv's inaugural Festival for the Broken-Hearted.Everyone is in fancy dress. No one knows who anyone is. They wander the beautiful woods with just one night to change everything. And to crown it all, a very special guest is expected: world-renowned clairvoyant and fortune-teller Madame Sosostris, known as the wisest woman in Europe, and not seen since the pages of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land. She will attend for one night only.But will she actually appear at all, or will Viv's carefully orchestrated festival fall to pieces? Will Viv and her husband make it through the night? Will anyone else?

.maginar otra tierra se despliega en las llanuras infinitas de la fértil pampa argentina, recorridas por los rieles del ferrocarril que alguna vez la vaciaron de riquezas y por los alambrados de púa que en ella dibujaron el reparto propietario. Sobre esas

A charming romantic novel about second chances and the unexpected paths that lead to love.

A literary novel examining memory, identity, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.

Milions de joves lectors han gaudit amb les històries dels pitjors nens del món i ara es preparen per a... ELS PITJORS PARES DEL MÓN! Tots coneixem alguns pares que fan una mica de vergonya aliena, p

A gripping survival tale set in a remote landscape where danger lurks at every turn.