Títulos em Literatura e Ficção

A miles de metros sobre el agua, la flota aérea británica y la napoleónica se enfrentan por el control de Europa. Tras una dura batalla, el navío Lionheart del capitán Fellowes acaba aterrizando en una isla poblada por náufragos, entre los que se encuentra Ellen Fellowes, la hija del capitán, quien lejos de la civilización ha descubierto la libertad. Ambos grupos aceptan colaborar para superar sus disputas, sobrevivir a los ataques de piratas y volver a Inglaterra. Sin embargo, los cimientos de esa alianza se tambalean cuando se produce un extraño asesinato que lo cambia todo.

Hay quienes definen cuatro tiempos para que dos amigos se enamoren el uno del otro: temporalmente, en el momento equivocado, demasiado tarde… o para siempre. Para Isabel parece ser el momento equivocado. Aunque desearía que su mejor amigo Justin demostrara más que un interés fraterno por ella, sabe que cualquier intento perjudicaría la única relación que le agrega felicidad a una vida con la que intenta conformarse. Una vida de conflictos con su madre, una relación nula con su padre y una apatía hacia el común de los adolescentes que la aísla de su entorno.

Morgan Enni has things to do. A science prodigy in a university full of mage-scientists, she’s notable for having no magical ability, which only increases her ambition and drive to prove herself. Her research has the potential to devastate every aetherworker in the galaxy and shake the crumbled foundations of the Stavenger Empire. It's no wonder she can't find anyone who wants to listen to her, much less fund her expedition. But Morgan is stubborn, and eventually her work catches the attention of a group of rebels, who hope it might turn the tide in their favour.

Most high-school seniors look forward to graduation and everything that comes after, but Lia Baker just wishes time would stand still. In a few months, while her best friends will be heading off to college, Lia will be stuck at home, buried under the pressure of a full-time job and her mother’s anxiety—or so she thinks, until a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is suddenly within reach.

Jessie 'Mouse' Swift needs to get the hell out of Seattle. A few days ago she admitted to wanting her abusive stepfather dead, only to come home and find his murdered body. So when a girl from school offers Jessie a ride in her vintage red Mustang, they embark on an unexpected road trip across America.

The occasionally magic, always superstitious town of Prior’s End is famous for three things: Whimsical charm at the annual Fall Festival. The legend of the wishing well hidden in a forest bristling with secrets. And Nova Marwood’s missing hiker father. Every year without him, it gets easier to pretend Nova doesn’t believe in myth and magic. Easier to pretend she’s doing okay. Easier to pretend she doesn’t have a secret crush on the girl she fake-hates. Kiara Mistry is the luckiest girl in town and the thief of every crush Nova had her heart set on first. In theory, Nova should resent Kiara.

A Silvia, la chica más guapa del instituto y de todo el barrio, se le presenta por fin la oportunidad de convertirse en una estrella de cine: André, un director polaco afincado en París, la contrata para hacer una película en la capital francesa. Y allí, en París, Silvia roza primero la gloria y después se topa con la decepción que producen los sueños incumplidos, y todo ello la obliga a hacerse definitivamente mayor.

Martina necesitaba huir y olvidar lo que ocurrió en la fiesta. Por eso se fugó en plena noche y acabó en ese pueblo cualquiera, lejos de la ciudad donde ya todos buscan a la chica que desapareció sin dejar ni rastro en el cumpleaños de su novio. "Yo era la sombra de la Araña; era como un complemento suyo, uno que no se quitaba nunca, pero que por sí mismo tampoco importaba apenas".

Henry’s quest to retrieve the seven Cisterns of Sin continues. Reunited with Alana, Henry is ready to discover the next world that awaits him on his travels through the interplanetary network of the Cross-Roads. But with his former best friend, and current arch rival, Karl hot on his trail, this isn’t going to be easy.

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Caleb no es un chico corriente. Ha tenido una vida complicada, quizá por las habilidades especiales que lo convierten, a sus ojos, en un monstruo. El destino lo ha llevado a trabajar para gente de moral dudosa, a hacer cosas que le han manchado las manos y el alma. Entonces, una de sus misiones se complica y se le asigna vigilar a Victoria, una humana tan normal como cualquier otra, con un trabajo rutinario, un apartamento pequeño y un gato extraño.

Lisa Brooks arriva alla scuola di Shadyside ad anno già iniziato. Ambientarsi non è facile, ma presto comincia a frequentare un gruppo di ragazzi con cui si trova molto bene: Saralynn, Nate e Isaac. Una sera, però, tutto cambia. Un terribile incidente d'auto dà inizio a una serie di incubi e allucinazioni che Lisa prova a combattere con l'aiuto di famiglia e amici. Per tenersi occupata e non lasciarsi sopraffare dall'angoscia, decide anche di fare da babysitter dopo la scuola a un bambino dolcissimo, Harry, che abita in Fear Street.

Eigentlich will die fünfzehnjährige Maxima nur noch dieses eine Schuljahr in der zehnten Klasse hinter sich bringen. 165 Schultage lang. Möglichst still und unsichtbar, um weniger gemobbt zu werden. Doch alles wird anders, als der selbstbewusste Bastian in ihre Klasse kommt: körperbehindert und mit Hilfe eines Sprachcomputers sprechend. Bastian wird Maxima als Projektpartner zugeteilt, und damit sind die Blicke der anderen nicht nur auf ihn, sondern auch auf Maxima gerichtet.

Rachel ha una cotta per Brendan Fear sin dalle medie. Quando lui la invita alla sua festa di compleanno nella villa di famiglia a Fear Island è al settimo cielo. La sua migliore amica Amy e il suo ex fidanzato Mac, però, provano a dissuaderla, perché sulla famiglia del ragazzo circolano strane leggende. Si dice che siano maledetti, proprio come la strada che porta il loro nome. Ma Rachel è testarda e per nulla al mondo rinuncerebbe a quell'evento, anche perché le feste di Brendan sono famose per gli eccessi e il divertimento, e per i giochi inquietanti che il ragazzo ama organizzare.

When John wakes up one morning, he doesn’t realize his life is about to change. First, his parents are missing, the TV isn’t working, the social apps aren’t functioning, and the time doesn’t seem to change. But the strangest thing is the silence surrounding him.

Neglected by self-absorbed parents who wind up divorcing by the time she’s sixteen, Carly Klein is sustained by her best friend, Lauren. But when Lauren and her family move away, Carly is forced to find new ways to entertain herself. It doesn’t take her long to locate the perfect subject: her therapist mother’s patients. Carly soon becomes obsessed with one patient in particular—Daniel, a blind junior at Columbia College—and, desperate to become part of his life and knowing he’ll never go for a high school girl, gets close to him by pretending to be a student at neighboring Barnard College.

After their home in Sendirian City burns to cinders, Eden Fittell leaves school and gets a job to try and support her family and keep her alcoholic father away. But the city is being stalked by crime boss Kore Luddan, who is using Izrod, the strongest in his crew of freaks, to kidnap people off the street. Most of them are never seen again, killed or driven mad by Kore’s experiments.

Писатель использует все богатство и мощь русского языка, чтобы в ярких красках и романтических ощущениях передать всю красоту и величие природы. По сути, он создает красочные, удивительные по силе воздействия на чувства читателей миниатюры. Его любовь к природе и ее обитателям безгранична. В сборник вошли известные рассказы Константина Паустовского: Летние дни, Золотой линь, Последний черт, Заячьи лапы, Кот-ворюга, Резиновая лодка, Барсучий нос, Сивый мерин, Жильцы старого дома, Собрание чудес, Подарок, Прощание с летом.

Charlotte was happy living alone since escaping the Sparrow Corporation, but the pull of saving someone like her drew her back into their web. Now safely hidden in Miami, Charlotte must cope with a newly broken Sev and the annoying passenger he'd brought along with them.

Celia Gilbert is the perfect friend—loyal, trustworthy, and committed to mending her best friends’ broken hearts. She’s the reason the trio is spending the summer in Lovesick Falls, the idyllic little town where Touchstone’s sort-of-uncle’s cabin was waiting to be house-sat by three unsupervised (but totally responsible) teenagers. After all, Celia, Ros, and Touchstone have been best friends since childhood. Sure, Celia is in love with Ros, and Touchstone was once in love with Celia—but that’s the beauty of a place like Lovesick Falls. If you fell in love, you could fall out.