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El último héroe del Olimpo: . (Percy Jackson y los dioses del Olimpo #Volumen 5)
by Rick RiordanLlega el esperado final de la trepidante serie nº 1 en ventas «Percy Jackson y los Dioses del Olimpo». La profecía largamente anunciada en torno al decimosexto cumpleaños de Percy se hace por fin realidad... Mientras en las calles de Manhattan se libra una despiadada batalla por la civilización occidental, Percy abriga la terrible sospecha de estar luchando contra su propio destino...Los mestizos han dedicado mucho tiempo a prepararse para la batalla decisiva contra los titanes, aunque saben que sus posibilidadesde obtener la victoria son mínimas. El ejército de Cronos es ahora más formidable que nunca y, con cada dios y cada mestizo que logra reclutar, aumentan los poderes del maligno titán. Tras fracasar en un primer intento de detener en alta mar las arrolladoras tropas de Cronos, Percy Jackson y los olímpicos se esfuerzan por mantener a raya la furia desatada del monstruo Tifón. Y cuando Cronos ordena el avance definitivo hacia Nueva York, donde el monte Olimpo, en lo alto del Empire State, se encuentra prácticamente indefenso, pararle los pies al implacable Señor del Tiempo dependerá exclusivamente de Percy y su hueste de jóvenes semidioses. ** Más vendidos del The New York Times y Publishers Weekly. ** Llevada a la gran pantalla a cargo de Chris Columbus, director de las dos primeras entregas de «Harry Potter». Sobre «Percy Jackson y los Dioses del Olimpo» se ha dicho:«No sigas buscando al nuevo Harry Potter: descubre a Percy Jackson, como lo han hecho ya legiones de admiradores.»Kirkus Reviews
El último novelista (o un lagarto muerto en el patio)
by Matthew KresselReuth Bryan Diaso, el último novelista conocido, viaja Ardabaab para morir. Allí conocerá a Pez, una niña con la que compartirá su pasión por los libros. El último novelista es la deliciosa historia de Reuth Bryan Diaso quien, tras perder hace mucho tiempo a su mujer y a su hija y enfermo terminal, viaja a otro planeta para pasar los pocos días que le quedan de vida. Él es el último que queda, el último que sigue escribiendo usando un bolígrafo y una libreta, que imprime sus libros y los encuaderna, que se emociona con el olor de la tinta sobre el papel. Su apesadumbrada situación cambiará cuando conozca a Pez, una niña apasionada por el dibujo y a quien legará todos sus conocimientos sobre los libros. El último novelista es un magnífico homenaje a la literatura, un relato (y un regalo) para los amantes de los libros.
El último unicornio
by C.C. HumphreysEsta es la historia de Elayne, una adolescente de quince años que viaja a otro mundo lleno de criaturas mitológicas, dónde deberá encontrar al último unicornio. Elayne es una adolescente de quince años como otra cualquiera: le encantan las novelas de romance paranormal, escuchar música en su iPod y callejear con sus amigos por Nueva York. Vive en el mundo real, y precisamente por eso no da crédito a la vieja historia familiar sobre un antepasado que viajó a un mundo poblado por criaturas mitológicas cruzando un tapiz. Es un bonito cuento, pero ella ya es mayorcita para cuentos. Hasta que un día visita el museo de Arte Medieval con el instituto y reconoce el tapiz: representa a un bello unicornio y lleva bordadas sus iniciales... De repente, siente una llamada en su interior y, casi sin darse cuenta, llega al otro lado.
El Último Vampiro: Después de las Guerras Vampíricas 1
by Tanja NeiseSeattle, año 2123 Después de que la humanidad cree que ha derrotado por fin a los vampiros, Olivia Morgan conoce al misterioso Robert, quien es cualquier cosa menos lo que ella se imagina. Desde el primer momento, ambos sienten que algo intangible los conecta. Una atracción que apenas puede explicarse. ¿Qué secreto esconde Robert Tensington? Cuando todos los seres queridos de Olivia están en peligro, ella debe decidir si realmente confía en Robert desde el fondo de su corazón.
El Último Vampiro - Después de las Guerras Vampíricas 2 (Después de las Guerras Vampíricas #2)
by Tanja Neise¡La segunda y última parte de la saga Las Guerras Vampíricas! Seattle, año 2123 Después de que Robert y Olivia se enamorasen, tuvieron que darse cuenta de que ahora tenían problemas muy diferentes a la genética alterada de Olivia. Mientras tanto, el interés de Anne se dirige repentinamente hacia el vampiro Dark, quien la tiene más que confundida. Pero ninguno de ellos tiene tiempo para una nueva aventura amorosa, porque no sólo un poderoso y viejo vampiro los persigue a los cuatro, sino que hay otros enemigos no menos peligrosos. ¿Podrán los cuatro afrontar juntos los peligros y encontrar la felicidad?
El último yeti (CriptoAnimales #1)
by Alberto MelisCosas muy extrañas están sucediendo en la mansión de Red Castle, la nueva casa de la familia Twist: pisadas, repiqueteos en plena noche, ruidos repentinos de objetos que caen al suelo... Valiant Twist ha decidido investigar qué está pasando y ya tiene la primera pista: una pequeña caja de ónix con un mensaje breve y misterioso.Con la ayuda de Violet, su hermana, y de su amiga Shaila, muy pronto descubrirá que el desván de su casa esconde la sede central de una organización secreta, S.O.S. Criptoanimales, que se dedica a proteger a todo tipo de criaturas fantásticas y que ahora necesita su ayuda...
Últimos cuentos
by Adolfo Bioy CasaresReunimos en este volumen los tres últimos libros de cuentos de Adolfo Bioy Casares: Historias desaforadas (1986), Una muñeca rusa (1991) y Una magia modesta (1997). En varios de los relatos que conforman los tres últimos libros de cuentos de Bioy Casares reunidos en este volumen -Historias desaforadas (1986), Una muñeca rusa (1991) y Una magia modesta (1997)-, además de la idea del viaje y el desplazamiento, es muy nítida la sensación de alerta, una especie de cuenta regresiva. Ese límite muy parecido al desasosiego lo encarna una insistente enfermedad en el célebre «Máscaras venecianas», mientras que en «Irse» lo que urge es el plazo para entregar una nota acerca de la desaparición de Correas; y, en «Una muñeca rusa», la necesidad del Pollo Maceira de hacer durar su dinero antes de casarse finalmente con Chantal, la mujer millonaria que casi por azar se enamoró de él, pero no paga ninguna cuenta. Esa cuenta regresiva está muy lejos de terminar cuando la espera finaliza. Abre, por el contrario, inesperadas puertas a desenlaces más o menos fantásticos que pueden propiciar desde apariciones efímeras que resignifican toda la trama hasta mundos subacuáticos, en algunos casos humor, conflictos diplomáticos, problemas de gigantismo y, por último, pero no por eso menos importante, algo muy parecido a la inmortalidad.
Los últimos días
by Juan Manuel López - BagoUna pandemia mundial que llevará a un pequeño grupo de personas a luchar por su supervivencia Juan es un sencillo padre de familia que vive en la ciudad de Ávila, en donde empieza toda su andadura, tras impactar un meteorito contra la tierra y que porta un virus mortal que se extiende por todo el mundo, convirtiendo a la mayor parte de los humanos en zombis. <P><P>El protagonista y su familia, junto con otros que se irán encontrando en su viaje hacia la supervivencia, deberán luchar contra los infectados, y superar las intrigas y traiciones de alguno de los supervivientes. Además, deberán viajar hacia otros lugares para cimentar su supervivencia, incorporándose nuevos personajes a la obra. <P><P>Los supervivientes, tanto civiles como militares, deberán luchar por sus vidas y colaborar para conseguirlo, a pesar, de los zombis y de las traiciones de algunos miembros que quieren imponer su voluntad al resto del grupo, generándose persecuciones, muertes y complots en el seno de la comunidad.
Los últimos héroes (Supernormal #Volumen 4)
by Greg James Chris SmithLa cuarta entrega de SUPERNORMAL, la divertida serie protagonizada por Murph Cooper. Hasta ahora, Supernormal y los Supercéroes se dedicaban a salvar el mundo en secreto. Pero de repente, todo el mundo sabe quiénes son. El repelente villano Nicholas Knox le ha contado a la población que los superhéroes son peligrosos. ¡Quiere encerrarlos a todos y apoderarse del mundo! *Nota: carcajada diabólica* Murph debe desbaratar el plan diabólico de Knox. O, de lo contrario,¡EL MUNDO DE LOS HÉROES ESTARÁ CONDENADO PARA SIEMPRE!
Ultra 85
by LogicFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Logic comes the highly anticipated second novel set in the far future as two friends uncover if the utopian planet Paradise lives up to its name. In the year 2115, when the Earth is no longer inhabitable, the remainder of humanity lives in Babel, a giant space station. Two pilots, Quentin and Kai, must find the planet Paradise, where only the most promising citizens are allowed to live. On their journey, Quentin and Kai encounter Quentin&’s estranged father, who left Babel for Paradise when Quentin was a child, and they discover just how different Paradise is from what they imagined—and how they must change it for the better. The bestselling author of Supermarket and platinum-selling hip-hop artist, Logic, returns to fiction with this gripping and propulsive sci-fi novel.
Ultra Spectrum
by John Russell Fearn Vargo StattenUnder the cover of darkness and a violent storm, electrical engineer Sidney Cassell thought he'd committed the perfect murder. But immediately after pushing his rival to his death from atop a pylon, he himself is struck by a live high-voltage cable. Cassell survives the accident, only to discover that the electrical shock has affected his body, causing him to glow with a strange inner light. Soon he becomes sucked into a vortex of murders and treachery, hunted by the police and unscrupulous scientists seeking the secret of his weird affliction.
Ultra Spectrum
by John Russell Fearn Vargo StattenA classic SF title from the prolific pulp author John Russell Fearn, writing here as Vargo Statten.
The Ultra Violets
by Sophie BellA smart superhero book for girls with plenty of glitter--perfect for fans of The Powerpuff Girls. It all started with the mysterious purple goo . . . What happens when four best friends find themselves splattered with a bubbling, genetically altering substance during a seemingly innocent sleepover in a secret, see-through, high-tech, futuristic lab? They develop superpowers, that's what! Iris, Cheri, Scarlet, and Opaline are destined to become . . . THE ULTRA VIOLETS IRIS: Visionary, artist, leader--the glitter glue that holds the group together! CHERI: A girly girl on platform rollerskates who's never met a rescue puppy or a nail polish she didn't immediately-and-madly love. SCARLET: Short enough that you won't see her sneaking up behind you. Freckled enough that you might mistake her for innocent. But look out! OPALINE: Loveable, huggable, supershy, sweet as pie . . . or is she? THE FUCHSIA IS NOW!
The Ultra Violets #2
by Sophie BellA smart superhero book for girls with plenty of glitter--perfect for fans of The Powerpuff Girls. It all started with a mysterious purple goo... What happens when four best friends find themselves splattered with a bubbling, genetically altering substance during a seemingly innocent sleepover in a secret, see-through, high-tech, futuristic lab? They develop superpowers, that's what! Iris, Cheri, Scarlet, and sometimes Opaline have become . . . THE ULTRA VIOLETS After a super baddie face-off with the mutants in the Mall of No Returns, the girls know Chronic Prep is in peril... Bursting with glitter rainbows IRIS must keep her crazy artistic skills a secret. CHERI and her sweetie skunk Darth Odor smell something fishy and none of the math is adding up. High-kick, ninja cha-cha dance moves win SCARLET the lead role in the school play but even that isn't enough to distract her from the truth. And it's all because OPALINE is turning their classmates into real debbie downers. Can the Ultra Violets stop her evil plan before their friends' brains are French fried? Better find out soon because...THE FUCHSIA IS NOW!
The Ultra Violets #3
by Sophie BellA smart superhero book for girls with plenty of glitter--perfect for fans of The Powerpuff Girls It all started with the mysterious purple goo . . . What happens when four best friends find themselves splattered with a bubbling, genetically altering substance during a seemingly innocent sleepover in a secret, see-through, high-tech, futuristic lab? The develop superpowers, that's what! Iris, Cheri, Scarlet, and maybe Opaline have become . . . THE ULTRA VIOLETS After a close encounter with Opaline's pugnacious perfume at her baddie birthday party in book 2, the Ultra Violets realize they have a lot of cleaning up to do. When IRIS lets her purple flag fly, the UVs decide to reveal their true colors to Sync City. CHERI is pleased with the applause, but after a little mathematical deduction, she knows the peace won't last long. BeauTek and the mutants are scheming up something sinister in the Mall of No Returns. And then SCARLET overhears the Black Swans whispering about a mysterious BeauTekification plan and decides to do a little investigating, dropkick style. Just as the skies are starting to look particularly stormy, OPAL asks to be an Ultra Violet again. Can the girls trust their previously evil friend? In this exciting third book, the Ultra Violets must team up to save SyncCity from the smelly Joan River--and kick some evil mutant BeauTek butt! Dorks are done and . . . the fuchsia is now!
Ultraball #1: Lunar Blitz
by Jeff ChenEnter the exhilarating game of Ultraball—fly over pass rushers and explode into slingshot zones—through Jeff Chen’s dazzling future world on the moon. Here Ultraball is life, and survival is all that matters. Perfect for sci-fi and sports fans alike. Strike Sazaki loves defying gravity on the moon in his Ultrabot suit. He’s the best quarterback in the league, but while Strike’s led the Taiko Miners to the Ultrabowl three years in a row, each one has ended in defeat. This year, Strike thinks he’s finally found the missing piece to his championship quest: a mysterious girl who could be his new star rocketback. But Boom comes from the Dark Siders, a mass of people who left the United Moon Colonies to live in exile. And not all his teammates are happy sharing a field with her.When rumors surface of a traitor on the Miners, Strike isn’t sure who he can trust. If Strike can’t get his teammates to cooperate and play together, they’ll lose more than just the Ultrabowl. The stake of the colony’s future is on his shoulders.
Ultraball #2: Deathstrike
by Jeff ChenThe stakes are extreme in the second book of Jeff Chen’s futuristic, action-packed Ultraball series. Win-or-lose turns into life-or-death in this thrilling middle grade adventure tailor-made for sports and sci-fi fans.Strike and the Miners are hungrier than ever for a championship after losing yet another Ultrabowl. When they suffer a shocking defeat in their season opener, Strike knows that something is off with his game, but the secret hampering his play is too large to reveal.If he can’t perform at the highest level, what chances do the Miners have against the unstoppable Neutrons?Worse yet, his powerful enemy, Raiden Zuna, knows Strike is hiding something. Zuna offers to help, and Strike is tempted—but the information Zuna wants in return threatens Strike’s friend Boom, as well as the growing Dark Side resistance. When rumors surface about Zuna’s mysterious grand plan, code-named Operation Deathstrike, Strike’s choice could have consequences he never anticipated.Even as the Ultraball games ratchet up in intensity, with teams using explosive new tactics to reach the Ultrabowl, Strike has bigger decisions to make if he wants to keep his teammates—and the moon—safe.
Ultrabot's First Playdate
by Josh SchneiderBoy + Bot meets School's First Day of School in this hilarious and reassuring take on first experiences and making new friends, from a Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner.Ultrabot is a big robot with a big problem. Its professor is planning a playdate with Becky Tingle, the little girl from next door. But Ultrabot has never been on a playdate, and it doesn&’t know Becky. What if she&’s mean? What if she breaks all of Ultrabot&’s toys? What if she won&’t share? Packed with loads of fun details and visual humor, this reassuring friendship story speaks to the shy giant robot in all of us.
Ultraman: The Official Novelization
by Pat CadiganAdapting the classic Ultraman series from the 1960s, experience this bold take on Earth&’s iconic defender!Pursuing a fugitive space monster, a Being of Light enters Earth&’s atmosphere. Accidentally colliding with a patrolling jet, piloted by Science Patrol Agent Shin Hayata, the Being merges with the pilot to save his life and vows to defend the Earth. Now whenever the planet is threatened by alien invaders, terrifying monsters or any threat beyond the capabilities of humanity, Shin Hayata transforms into the towering Ultraman to restore peace and save the day.Dive into the action-packed adventure as told by Hugo, Clarke and Scribe Award-winning author Pat Cadigan.
The Ultramarines Omnibus (A Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus)
by Graham McneillContents include Chains of Command; Nightbringer; Warriors of Ultramar; and Dead Sky, Black Sun.
Ultraviolet (Carolrhoda Ya Ser.)
by R.J. AndersonOnce upon a time there was a girl who was special.This is not her story.Unless you count the part where I killed her.Sixteen-year-old Alison has been sectioned in a mental institute for teens, having murdered the most perfect and popular girl at school. But the case is a mystery: no body has been found, and Alison's condition is proving difficult to diagnose. Alison herself can't explain what happened: one minute she was fighting with Tori - the next she disintegrated. Into nothing. But that's impossible. Right?
Ultraviolet (Carolrhoda Ya Ser.)
by R.J. Anderson“Once upon a time there was a girl who was special. This is not her story. Unless you count the part where I killed her.” Sixteen-year-old Alison wakes up in a mental institution. As she pieces her memory back together, she realizes she’s confessed to murdering Tori Beaugrand, the most perfect girl at school. But the case is a mystery. Tori’s body has not been found, and Alison can't explain what happened. One minute she was fighting with Tori. The next moment Tori disintegrated—into nothing. But that's impossible. No one is capable of making someone vanish. Right? Alison must be losing her mind—like her mother always feared she would. For years Alison has tried to keep her weird sensory abilities a secret. No one ever understood—until a mysterious visiting scientist takes an interest in Alison’s case. Suddenly, Alison discovers that the world is wrong about her—and that she’s capable of far more than anyone else would believe.
Ultraviolet
by Yvonne NavarroHumans versus vampires. In a dark futuristic metropolis, humans are fighting a civil war against a subculture group of humans known as "hemophages." Genetically modified by a vampire-like disease, these outcasts pit their great speed and strength against the humans' relentless weapons in the gritty urban streets. Violet is an infected person, a beautiful, intelligent woman who possesses razor-sharp survival instincts. Caught up in the middle of this escalating conflict, Violet must protect an extraordinary nine-year-old boy named Six. While the vampires and humans seek to use the boy's unique genetic makeup to eliminate each other, Violet has no idea of his terrifying secret-- one that can destroy both races...
The Ultravores: Book 13 (Nelly the Monster Sitter #13)
by Kes GrayNelly's monster sitting adventures are always full of surprises. Things just seem to get stickier and stickier when she monster sits for the Ultravores but it doesn't compare to how lost for words she is at the Rimes. And with even more fighting with Asti to add to the mix, her time with the Wattwatts is shocking to say the least!Flies are on the menu for dinner tonight in the Ultravore home. Little does Nelly know that she might be too...
The Ultroom Error
by Jerry SohlSmith admitted he had made an error involving a few murders--and a few thousand years. He was entitled to a sense of humor, though, even in the Ultroom!