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Entre dos mundos (Las tejedoras de destinos #Volumen 2)
by Gennifer AlbinAdelice está por toparse con varios peligros como consecuencia de su libertad. Perseguida por las fuerzas de Cormac, Adelice debe decidir en qué bando quiere luchar. El segundo libro de la saga Las tejedoras de destinos, anunciado en octubre de 2012 por Amazon.com como Libro del Mes. Seleccionado por los editores y por Publishers Weekly como el gran lanzamiento de otoño de 2012.Vida. Posibilidad. Elección. El gremio se lo arrebató todo. Entre las exuberantes ruinas del planeta Tierra, Adelice está apunto de descubrir los peligros que puede sufrir al tener libertad. La persiguen las fuerzas de Cormac, pero Adelice ha encontrado un mundo que está lejos de estar desierto.Es sencillo hallar aliados en el viejo planeta, pero no resulta tan fácil saber en quién confiar porque todos parecen esconder secretos importantes, especialmente aquellos a quienes Adelice más necesita. Son secretos por los que estarían dispuestos a matar. Secretos que lo cambiarían todo. Entre dos hermanos y dos mundos... La crítica ha dicho:"En el Coventry hay pasillos oscuros y lugares torcidos que los lectores querrán visitar". - The New York Times "Entre dos mundos es una historia fascinante en sí misma y una secuela sólida, a pesar de ser completamente diferente al tono de Las tejedoras de destinos. Nos ofrece interesantes respuestas a preguntas persistentes acerca de la construcción de todo un mundo ficcional; encontramos algunos maravillosos personajes nuevos, y terminamos con el panorama dispuesto para un emocionante tercer libro. Estoy muy interesada en esta serie y a la ansiosa espera del tercer libro". - Alice Marvel, blog. "¡Entre dos mundos es completamente fabulosa! Creo que incluso me gustó más que el primer libro, y gracias a Dios no tuve que padecer del desastroso fenómeno de siempre de un bajón en las segundas partes de las series!" - The Book Addict's Guide, blog.http://www.megustaleer.com.mx/
Las tejedoras de destinos (Las tejedoras de destinos #Volumen 1)
by Gennifer AlbinEn un mundo controlado por la Corporación, una joven trata de huir de su destino: convertirse en tejedora y así construir y controlar todo lo que la gente es. Un mundo de secretos e intrigas donde una joven puede controlar los destinos de todos menos el suyo... Inútil. Torpe. Las demás chicas lo susurran a sus espaldas. Pero la joven de dieciséis años Adelice Lewys tiene un secreto: sus errores son intencionados. Dotada de una habilidad fuera de lo común para tejer el tiempo, Adelice es exactamente lo que la Corporación está buscando, y en Arras ser elegida tejedora es todo a lo que una chica puede aspirar. Ser hilandera significa privilegios, riqueza y belleza eterna. Pero no solo eso, también significa tener la facultad de bordar la esencia de la vida. Pero para ello hay que pagar un precio que Adelice no está dispuesta a asumir, puesto que deberá controlar absolutamente todo lo quelas personas son: lo que comen, dónde viven, cuántos hijos tienen... Así que está decidida a fallar en las pruebas para ser hilandera, pero en su último examen sus dedos resbalan, el telar reacciona a su don... y la Corporación la identifica. A partir de ese momento, Adelice dejará de tener control sobre su vida y pasará a convertirse en un instrumento más de la omnipresente Corporación. Sin embargo, una vez dentro, el poder de Adelice irá creciendo mientras aprende a manejar su don y a decidir en quién confiar, a quién vigilar... y a quién amar. Lo que ha dicho la crítica: "Los salones del Conventry son lugares oscuros y retorcidos que los lectores querrán visitar" -The New York Times- "Cautivadora e intensa, un equilibrio perfecto de misterio, romance y drama" -Publishers Weekly- "Me encanta cómo en Las tejedoras de destinos el tiempo es una resplandeciente línea tangible que puede ser entretejida para crear una guarida segura dentro de un mundo letal. Original, artística, profunda y ágil... la novela de Albin es una lectura absorbente" -Caragh O´Brien, autora de la trilogía Marca de Nacimiento-
Las tejedoras de destinos (Las tejedoras de destinos #Volumen 1)
by Gennifer AlbinUn mundo de secretos e intrigas donde una joven controla los destinos de todos menos el suyo. Inútil. Torpe. Las demás chicas lo susurran a sus espaldas. Pero la joven de dieciséis años Adelice Lewys tiene un secreto: sus errores son intencionados. Dotada de una habilidad fuera de lo común para tejer el tiempo, Adelice es exactamente lo que la Corporación está buscando, y en Arras ser elegida tejedora es todo a lo que una chica puede aspirar. Ser hilandera significa privilegios, riqueza y belleza eterna. Pero no solo eso, también significa tener la facultad de bordar la esencia de la vida. Pero para ello hay que pagar un precio que Adelice no está dispuesta a asumir, puesto que deberá controlar absolutamente todo lo que las personas son. Así que está decidida a fallar en las pruebas para ser hilandera, pero en su último examen sus dedos resbalan, el telar reacciona a su don y la Corporación la identifica. En su nueva vida como hilandera, además de lujos y poder, encontrará rivales y amigos, fieles seguidores al Régimen y maestros en la traición... amor y algunas sorpresas.
La gran cifra de París
by Julio AlbiAño 1808. Gaspar Príncipe, oficial de uno de los regimientos de infantería encargados en Dinamarca de preservar el tratado firmado por España y la Francia de Napoleón, se ve obligado a regresar a su país tras la sublevación del Dos de Mayo para luchar contra el que fuera su aliado. Con su regimiento masacrado en la triste batalla de Espinosa de los Monteros, Gaspar se echa al monte para unirse a la guerrilla. Y desde que su prometedora carrera militar se ha convertido en una lucha por la supervivencia, en su cabeza no deja de dar vueltas una idea: ¿y si consiguiera obtener y desvelar el código secreto, la cifra, con la que los franceses ocultan sus intenciones? Ni se imagina el precio que tendrá que pagar para conseguirlo.
The Bad Ones
by Melissa AlbertAuthor Melissa Albert returns with The Bad Ones, a supernatural horror novel about four mysterious disappearances in a town haunted by a sinister magical history <p><p> Goddess, goddess, count to five In the morning, who’s alive? In the course of a single winter’s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town. <p><p> Nora’s estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca’s disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town’s past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local lore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and Becca’s own childhood games. . . . <p><p> An arresting, crossover horror fantasy threaded with dark magic, The Bad Ones is a poison-pen love letter to semi-toxic best friendship, the occult power of childhood play and artistic creation, and the razor-thin line between make-believe and belief. <p> <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>
Cuentos desde Interior (La puerta del bosque #Volumen)
by Melissa AlbertUNA COLECCIÓN ILUSTRADA DE 12 CUENTOS DE HADAS ENMARCADA EN EL UNIVERSO DE LA PUERTA DEL BOSQUE Y LA TIERRA DE LA NOCHE Viaja a Interior, un mundo brutal y hermoso, y pasa una noche con el Exterminador...Oye el susurro de los huesos al viento... Conoce a una mujer que fue asesinada dos veces... y sobrevivió. Melissa Albert, autora de la dulogía La puerta del bosque, regresa con una recopilación de doce historias originales ilustradas de un modo fabuloso. La crítica ha dicho:«Cuentos de hadas tentadores y deliciosamente siniestros»Kelly Link «Esta original y cautivadora recopilación se lee igual que las antiguas historias fantásticas susurradas de mujer a mujer, antes de que llegaran los hermanos Grimm y limpiaran toda la sangre»Laura Ruby
The Hazel Wood
by Melissa Albert<P>Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. <P>But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: Her mother is stolen away—by a figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother's stories are set. Alice's only lead is the message her mother left behind: “Stay away from the Hazel Wood.”
The Night Country: A Hazel Wood Novel (The Hazel Wood #2)
by Melissa AlbertThe New York Times bestseller! The Night Country is the highly anticipated sequel to Melissa Albert’s beloved, bestselling debut The Hazel Wood.In The Night Country, Alice Proserpine dives back into a menacing, mesmerizing world of dark fairy tales and hidden doors of The Hazel Wood. Follow her and Ellery Finch as they learn The Hazel Wood was just the beginning, and that worlds die not with a whimper, but a bang.With Finch’s help, Alice escaped the Hinterland and her reclusive grandmother’s dark legacy. Now she and the rest of the dregs of the fairy tale world have washed up in New York City, where Alice is trying to make a new, unmagical life. But something is stalking the Hinterland’s survivors—and she suspects their deaths may have a darker purpose. Meanwhile, in the winking out world of the Hinterland, Finch seeks his own adventure, and—if he can find it—a way back home...
Our Crooked Hearts: A Novel
by Melissa AlbertNATIONAL BESTSELLER * SIX STARRED REVIEWS * #1 INDIE NEXT PICK * A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR (USA Today, BuzzFeed, Tor.com, PopSugar, Publishers Weekly, and more)!Secrets. Lies. Super-bad choices. Dangerous magic. . . . This is Our Crooked Hearts, a contemporary fantasy "so precise and enthralling that the only explanation is that Albert herself is a witch" (Booklist, starred review).On the way home from a party, seventeen-year-old Ivy and her soon-to-be ex nearly run over a nude young woman standing in the middle of a tree-lined road. It’s only the first in a string of increasingly eerie events and offerings: a dead rabbit in the driveway, a bizarre concoction buried by her mother in the backyard, a box of childhood keepsakes hidden in her parents’ closet safe. Most unsettling of all, corroded recollections of Ivy and her enigmatic mother’s past resurface, with the help of the boy next door.What if there’s more to Ivy’s mother than meets the eye? And what if the supernatural forces she messed with during her own teen years have come back to haunt them both? Ivy must grapple with these questions and more if she’s going to escape the darkness closing in.Straddling Ivy’s contemporary suburban town and her mother’s magic-drenched 1990s Chicago, this bewitching and propulsive story rockets towards a conclusion guaranteed to keep readers up all night.
Our Crooked Hearts Chapter Sampler: A Novel
by Melissa AlbertGet a sneak peek of the first two chapters of Our Crooked Hearts by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Albert. Our Crooked Hearts is a darkly gripping young adult fantasy about a daughter and her mother, their powers as witches, and the super-bad choices that come back to haunt them. Our Crooked Hearts goes on sale June 28.
La puerta del bosque (La puerta del bosque #Volumen 1)
by Melissa AlbertUn original cuento de hadas: emocionante, fascinante y conmovedor a partes iguales. ¿Se puede cambiar el final de un cuento? A los cuentos de hadas les da lo mismo que no creas en ellos... Alice, una chica de diecisiete años, y su madre se han pasado la mayor parte de sus vidas de un sitio para otro, siempre un paso por delante de la extraña mala suerte que les pisa los talones. Pero cuando la abuela de Alice, la esquiva autora de un libro de cuentos espeluznantes, muere en su finca del bosque, Alice descubre hasta dónde puede llegar su mala suerte. Su madre desaparece y deja un extraño mensaje: no te acerques al bosque de los avellanos. Para recuperarla, Alice tendrá que adentrarse en el mundo en que nacieron las historias de su abuela y donde quizás encuentre la razón del monstruoso y estremecedor origen de su historia.
Tales from the Hinterland (The Hazel Wood)
by Melissa AlbertA gorgeously illustrated collection of twelve “lush and deliciously sinister fairy tales” (Kelly Link) by the New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel Wood and The Night Country!Before The Hazel Wood, there was Althea Proserpine’s Tales from the Hinterland...Journey into the Hinterland, a brutal and beautiful world where a young woman spends a night with Death, brides are wed to a mysterious house in the trees, and an enchantress is killed twice—and still lives.Perfect for new readers and dedicated fans alike, Melissa Albert's Tales from the Hinterland features full-page illustrations by Jim Tierney, foil stamping, two-color interior printing, and printed endpapers.
La tierra de la noche (La puerta del bosque #Volumen 2)
by Melissa AlbertEl segundo libro de este original cuento de hadas: emocionante, fascinante y conmovedor a partes iguales. ¿Tienen los personajes que huyen de sus cuentos la oportunidad de un final feliz? El bosque de avellanos era solo el principio... Había una vez una niña llamada Alice Triple, una princesa vengativa en un sombrío cuento de hadas. Ahora, es solo Alice, tratando de llevar una vida alejada de la magia en Nueva York. Sin embargo, algo acosa a los supervivientes de Interior... y ella sospecha que sus muertes podrían tener un objetivo muy turbio. Mientras tanto, Ellery Finch, el compañero que la ayudó a escapar de Interior y a dejar atrás el oscuro legado de su abuela está cada vez más cansado de sus viajes a través de dimensiones alternativas, y descubre que sus pensamientos regresan a su hogar... y a Alice.
The Coming of the King (Descent of Kings #3)
by Maria AlbertDescent of Kings: Book Three"The world is ending. It is a cruel place and perhaps it should end. But then, there is Rion and you, and the brothers, and Rarnak, and those like you, those I might still find reason to fight for. So I look for Jargas, so he might help me, for I can stand alone against the darkness no longer." --Farad, Lord of House of Wolven After risking all to come to the aid of Rion and his friends, Farad believes his only hope for sanity and survival lies with Jargas. Yet it is Jarina who will either destroy or save him, at the cost of a lifetime of faith and loyalty to Prince Talon. Meanwhile, past the outskirts of Nalea, Aras and Leonas undertake a dangerous mission to parlay with the Hill People, never dreaming the fates of both their own people and Talon's rest upon the outcome. Ironically, consumed by suspicion and mistrust, believing Jargas to be the Enemy's minion and fearing Farad lost, Talon lashes out at Aras, with devastating results. The Amontir see agents of the Enemy everywhere, where there are none, and fail to see those who are beside them, ready to strike.
Descent of Kings: Prelude To War (Dreamspinner Press Bundles #36)
by Maria AlbertIn a fantasy world filled with Men, Elves, and Dwarves, these disparate kingdoms must unite to overcome a greater enemy who would see the world drown in darkness. Princes, guards, and average citizens all have a part to play when it comes to saving the world... and maybe finding a companion to ease the heart.See excerpt for individual blurbs.
The Final Battle (Descent of Kings)
by Maria AlbertDescent of Kings: Book Four"But I am just a Man! You all want so much of me! ...I am not a wizard. I am not even one of you. I have no magic. There is no fire in my eyes." --Rion of Ardock Rion wields a power of heart that touches all he meets. The wizard Circe once called him a lynchpin, a keystone of the world. When Rion is viciously attacked and maimed in Gosa, he believes Circe's family is retaliating for his betrayal of them to Crown Prince Elavar. Learning the horrific truth brings him to the brink of madness. Rion's friends take him to the River Elves of Salenia for aid, but the Elves send them onward, to King Talon. The company's perilous journey to the Watchtower is fraught with danger and filled with tragedy and triumph, but their trials have just begun. King Talon's army has been decimated by the Enemy's relentless attacks. After staggering losses, they are outnumbered ten to one and teeter on the brink of defeat--yet somehow their dwindling forces must overcome a being with the Power of a God.
Heir to the Throne (Descent of Kings)
by Maria AlbertDescent of Kings: Book Two"It would not be the first time I made such a grave tactical error. I have made many. It is not your responsibility to save this world from the evil that threatens to consume it, Aras. Do not blame yourself for my shortcomings." --Prince Talon of the Amontir When his bonds to his cousins Hunter and Beryl are unexpectedly severed, Talon is devastated, fearing his kinsmen dead. In his darkest hour, Talon succors a young Wood Elf, Aras, unaware of the crucial role his new friend is destined to play. Prince Jargas thought he would never learn the secret of his grandsire's line and his lost heritage. He never suspected the answer might lie in a Dwarven dungeon or that it could cost him the life of his beloved twin sister, Jarina. Young apprentice trader Rion and his guard, Tarrell, thought Athanark would be their new home until they met Talon and Aras. Friends become enemies and enemies become friends as new alliances are forged, men die, cities burn, and kingdoms fall. Everyone has secrets, and no one is who or what he seems.
Prelude to War (Descent of Kings)
by Maria AlbertDescent of Kings: Book One"Never make a mistake, Beryl. Never, in your youth or ignorance or arrogance, do something that might endanger your people, that might cause others harm." - Elven Prince Eladar Eladar, second son of the Elven King of Riviera, can never atone for his disastrous initial foray into the Lands of Men, but he yet hopes to make his family proud. Before his simple mission to meet Prince Talon of the shattered kingdom of Amontir is done, he saves lives and takes them, finds love, and stands to lose all he holds most dear as he leads Talon's cousin, Beryl, to sanctuary amongst his people. Caravan guard Alnas is searching for an unconventional love and thinks he's found it in Hardred, but he must first overcome the former mariner's tragic past. Neither man dreams their act of kindness in freeing Master Trader Oberas's snagged cargo vessel will trigger events that alter the fate of their world. The destinies and lives of these men and others become inescapably intertwined with that of Rion, son of a minstrel and a City Guard, in a world about to be consumed by war. Their trials and tragedies, mistakes, and triumphs will either save the world or destroy it.
Elmo's ABC Book
by Sarah AlbeeElmo the little monster cannot decide which is his favorite letter of the alphabet, because he has favorite things for almost every letter.
Hooray for Our Heroes! (Sesame Street)
by Sarah AlbeeCelebrate the nurses, doctors, delivery people, and other essential workers helping us all, along with Sesame Street's Elmo, Big Bird, and Super Grover.Elmo, Super Grover, Big Bird, and their Sesame Street friends point out all the heroes--and essential workers--that are right in our own neighborhoods. As the world deals with COVID-19, this hardcover picture book is terrific for helping young boys and girls feel protected and appreciative. Added content offers ways kids can thank the essential workers.
Playing Cupid: A Heartwarming Contemporary Debut (The Mythical Creatures Collection #1)
by Sc AlbanA debut YA Fantasy for fans of Colleen Hoover! For the past five years, seventeen-year-old Megan Cooper has built a wall around her heart with little room to experience true feelings. Her mother's passing has left her family fractured, driving a wedge between her and her father that has only gotten deeper with time. The only solution: graduate high school early and get out of Dodge. With one final standing between her and the rest of her life, Megan is paired with a Home Economics partner who seems destined to dump all the work on her. Constantly bailing at the last minute, with more excuses than she can keep track of, Jay Michaels seems determined to ruin her plan. That is, until she hits Cupid with her car. With his shooting arm is significantly injured, Megan has no choice but to take his place. As she races to find Cupid’s final three love matches in order to meet his quota by the start of the new year, she comes face to face with the very emotions she’s been pushing away for so long. Caught between what her head is saying and what her heart longs for, Megan must face old wounds, find forgiveness, and track down the perfect match for the one boy with all the excuses. This YA debut is a touching and heartwarming shot through the heart for teen and adult readers alike!
Enda
by Aritz Albaizar Toti Martínez de Lezea<P>ENDA, un viaje hacia el pasado, hacia una época oscura en la que hombres y mujeres creían en gigantes y dragones; una época dura y real durante la cual las tribus que la poblaban se hubieron de enfrentar a invasores llegados de otras tierras. <P>Entre sus personajes sobresale la joven Endara, quien emprende un largo trayecto desde un valle perdido hasta la Montaña Sagrada, morada de la Diosa Madre Amari. Mientras, Ihabar lucha por ser reconocido como un gran guerrero, el escéptico Garr intenta olvidar la destrucción de su ciudad y la muerte de sus habitantes, el gentil Ozen espera el momento para vengar a sus padres y el dux Baladaste hace planes para adueñarse de Tierra de Enda. Estos y otros configuran un mosaico sorprendente de personajes, tan creíbles ayer como hoy, que se debaten entre la lealtad y la traición, la libertad, la justicia y la servidumbre, de la pluma de la reconocida escritora Toti Martínez de Lezea que, una vez más, sorprende a sus lectores con un registro diferente, innovador y, sin lugar a dudas, muy atractivo.
Enda Lur
by Aritz Albaizar Miren Arratibel Garmendia Toti Martínez de Lezea<P>ENDA LUR iraganera egindako bidaia da, gizon-emakumeek erraldoietan eta herensugeetan sinesten zuten garai ilun batera; garai gogorra eta erreala zen, eta garai hartako leinuek, gainera, beste lurretatik iritsitako inbaditzaileei aurre egin behar izan zieten.Endara neska gaztea gailentzen da eleberri honetako pertsonaien artean. Bide luzea egin beharko du ibar galdu batetik Mendi Sakraturaino, han bizi baita Amari Ama Lurra. <P>Bitartean, Ihabar eginahalean saiatzen da borrokalari handitzat onar dezaten, Garr eszeptikoak ahaztu egin nahi du nola erraustu dituzten bere hiria eta bertako biztanleak, Ozen jentila zain dago noiz helduko bere gurasoez mendekatzeko unea, eta Enda Lurrez jabetzeko planak ari da Baladaste duxa egiten.Horiek eta beste askok pertsonaia sorta harrigarria osatzen dute. Atzo bezala, gaur ere sinesgarriak gertatzen dira guztiz, borroka bizian leialtasunaren eta traizioaren, askatasunaren, justiziaren eta morrontzaren artean. Toti Martinez de Lezea idazle ospetsuaren eskutik emana dago Enda Lur, eta, berriz ere, bere irakurleak harrituta utziko ditu, erregistro desberdin, berrizale, eta dudarik gabe, erakargarri batekin.
Lost City Radio: A Novel
by Daniel AlarconFor ten years, Norma has been the on-air voice of consolation and hope for the Indians in the mountains and the poor from the barrios—a people broken by war's violence. As the host of Lost City Radio, she reads the names of those who have disappeared—those whom the furiously expanding city has swallowed. Through her efforts lovers are reunited and the lost are found. But in the aftermath of the decadelong bloody civil conflict, her own life is about to forever change—thanks to the arrival of a young boy from the jungle who provides a cryptic clue to the fate of Norma's vanished husband.
Bridge to Elsewhere
by Alana Joli Abbott, Julia RiosA spaceship's nothing without her crew.In the vastness of space, there's room for all types of adventures. Scientists seek to solve the mysteries of the universe. Explorers look for lost alien civilizations or new worlds to support life. Planet builders and planet smugglers create life and steal worlds. And some human spacefarers navigate with the help (or hindrance) of feline or feathered companions. The universe contains infinite possibilities—but while space is limitless, it's the people who travel it that make their adventures worth reading. And many of the decisions they make happen on the bridge of a spaceship.On these pages, you will meet:Revolutionaries struggling toward a better life.AI who take matters into their own, robotic hands.Cats and their crews (including those who clean the litterboxes).Voyagers seeking lost homeworlds or new worlds where they can begin again.New crews learning to work together.Astronauts facing their last moments in the vastness of space.And more.A ship is only as good as her crew. These are their stories.