Títulos em Literatura e Ficção

La maggior parte delle scuole aspira all'eccellenza. Ma non la Calder Academy. Rifugio dei reietti, di chi infrange le regole o perde il controllo, la scuola è l'incubo a occhi aperti di ogni creatura sovrannaturale. E lo sa bene Clementine, che è intrappolata sull'isola dove sorge l'accademia e non ha alcuna possibilità di scappare. Ogni diciassettenne pensa che la madre sia una tiranna, ma la sua è proprio la temibile preside della scuola, e Clementine sa di essere un bersaglio facile. Per questo evita per quanto possibile sia le situazioni pericolose che i suoi coetanei, bravissimi a seminare il caos.

Ugliness is power, and the Virus of Beauty is spreading causing panic throughout the witch population. Wilf Gilvary is a teenage wizard who is terrified of using magic. When his father dies under mysterious circumstances ,the same day the Mages Crystal shatters, Wilf is plunged into the middle of a political struggle between the witches and wizards in the Magical Realm.

Kiera Cass, autora best seller internacional ha cautivado a millones de lectoras en todo el mundo. "La corona" es la quinta entrega de la maravillosa serie "La Selección". En "La heredera" se inició una nueva era en el mundo de "La Selección". Han pasado ya veinte años desde que America Singer y el príncipe Maxon se enamoraron.

El mundo es una escala de grises, pero siempre lo vemos en blanco y negro. El blanco de quien es inocente y se acerca a la prisión con miedo a convertirse en una víctima. El negro que inunda las celdas de aislamiento. Y el gris que envuelve el lugar, plagado de matices. Un día me dijeron: «Leire, no vayas a la cárcel, hay gente peligrosa».

Veinte años atrás, America Singer concursó en La Selección y conquistó el corazón del Príncipe Maxon. Ahora ha llegado el momento de La Selección para la Princesa Eadlyn. Ella no espera que su Selección vaya a ser la gran historia de amos como lo fue la de sus padres, pero al comenzar la competición, ella descubrirá que para descubrir su propia felicidad no será tan imposible como ella siempre había pensado.

Tras lo acontencido en las partes previas de esta serie de "La selección", la situación se vuelve cada vez más acuciante y la disyuntiva en la que se encuentra America tampoco es mucho mejor: debe escoger entre su primer amor, Aspen, y el príncipe Maxon, quien poco a poco ha ido conquistándola. Eso sin tener en cuenta que el príncipe debe escogerla a ella también de entre las seis seleccionadas que podrían convertirse en su esposa y que aún permanecen en palacio.

A soli diciassette anni, Ross Quest è tra i ladri più abili, in particolare nei piani di fuga. Fino a quando il piano che ha ideato per scappare dalla sua famiglia di ladri leggendari non prende una svolta inaspettata, lasciando la vita di sua madre in pericolo. In un tentativo disperato, Ross partecipa al Gioco dei Ladri, una serie di rischiose rapine internazionali in cui tutto è ammesso, perfino uccidere la concorrenza, e dove il primo premio è un desiderio per qualsiasi cosa al mondo, un desiderio che potrebbe salvare sua madre.

Tru has been hiding all her life. Her parents taught her to conceal her bastion Talent: indestructible skin, muscles, and bones. In a world where Talents are common and varied, no one trusts a bastion—they’re too powerful. Hiding failed to keep Tru’s parents alive, but moments before their murder, Tru’s mom pointed her to Logan Dire, a famed recluse assassin who adopted and trained orphaned Tru. At seventeen, she’s still hiding. Not even her closest friends know her true name or Talent, or that she’s balancing high school with knife and stealth training.

Vuelven los Sinclair, la familia de mentirosos que ha revolucionado Booktok. Una isla privada azotada por el viento frente la costa de Massachusetts. Un océano hambriento, repleto de secretos y tristeza. Una heredera apasionada y adicta. Un chico irresistible e impredecible. Un verano de traiciones imperdonables y errores terribles. Bienvenida de nuevo a la familia Sinclair. Siempre fueron mentirosos.

So much is forgotten in the Republic: the way the seasons used to turn like pages in a book, the technology that once made life easy for everyone, even the art of reading. For fifteen-year-old June, the forgetting goes even deeper, ever since a mysterious accident six years ago stole her mother and her memory. When a strange circus with ties to her family comes through town, she follows them without a second thought. In the outside world, June has to navigate a landscape and society pushed to the edge by the powerful forces of climate change, and to decide who she can trust.

Soviet tanks thunder into the city, changing everything. Josie receives a cryptic message from a shrouded stranger on a mist-covered bridge, and soon she and Laurent are propelled onto a collision course with nefarious villains and unstoppable forces, as they rush to uncover a shadowy conspiracy before the city falls.

After her adventures in “Grand Jeté,” Gina continues working to become a ballerina at the School of American Ballet in New York City. Feeling inadequate and untalented, she longs for acceptance at the academy. In spite of new boyfriend Charlie, she misses her best friend, Tina, with whom she studied ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Reapers, the first book in The Reapers Trilogy, is a dystopian tale with a supernatural twist. Taking place in a futuristic, urban setting, this first book in a planned trilogy will appeal to fans of The Hunger Games and similar fast-paced stories for young adults. Along with a blend of real life and imagination, it delivers action, danger, and suspense through the adventures of three teenagers, Phoenix, Singapore, and Shanghai, Reapers who collect the souls of the dying or already dead and transport them to the Gateway where they will travel to their final destination ... or so they are told.

"¿Por qué todos aquellos a los que amamos en la vida tienen que desaparecer?" Se pregunta Pancho, el protagonista de esta novela. Durante las vacaciones, Pancho y otros sobrinos de Tacho y Chabela llenan de alegría la casa familiar de San Miguel. En esas breves temporadas, los tíos olvidan la tristeza que la muerte de su hijo les dejó.

Las cartas ficcionadas entre Amado Nervo y su hijastra Margarita revelan su amor platónico. Las emociones entre el poeta y la adolescente se ven intensificadas tras quedarse Margarita en México, mientras que Nervo, por mandato de Carranza, es enviado al extranjero como ministro en numerosas ocasiones.

Embark on a voyage less traveled, blur the edges of place and time, where countries become constrictions to divide yours from mine. Follow the protagonist, Max, and the antagonist, Price, as they struggle to cruise toward broader horizons across every region of the world.

Reapers collect the souls of the dead, including wayward ghosts who wander the city streets, and transport them to the eternal Gateway, believing they are going to a better place. But are they? Phoenix and Shanghai find a holographic recording left behind by a fellow Reaper who was recently executed. The message leads them on a journey to learn the answer to a crucial question: Does the Gatekeeper, the tyrannical ruler of the world, consume energy from souls in order to maintain power and live for centuries?

Ever since Cinderella disappeared with Prince Mather the queendoms have been in disarray. Now with her magical power completely unchecked, Galatea intends to exact revenge on humans for using the Entente. Her plan? Send Bari off to find a new prince and take over one queendom at a time. But Bari's mission is complicated when South joins her and sparks begin to fly . . . Meanwhile, Farrow is on her own journey to reunite with Cinderella and Prince Mather in the first Queendom.

Al escritor Gonzalo Moure le interesa contar las peripecias de personajes de jóvenes singulares, impares, cuyas vidas constituyen arquetipos de la diferencia. Le interesa narrar sus historias desde los puntos de vista frente al mundo que encarnan, distintivos, generadores de particulares miradas hacia la experiencia de vivir. En ''A la mierda la bicicleta'' escoge a un arriscado muchacho que vive en los campos semi-abandonados de la España interior, insertado plenamente en la naturaleza que le rodea, que observa, cuida y goza.

Laurel discovers her passion for investigative journalism when she writes an article for her school paper about a person experiencing homelessness who's been living at the school. Eager to write more articles with impact, she launches an investigation of a cheating scam at her high school. Laurel's efforts cause her classmates to turn against her. Nobody is interested in seeing her article go to print, not even her own brother.