Esperando En El Estante

This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival mega-corporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than a speck at the edge of the universe. Now with enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to evacuate with a hostile warship in hot pursuit. But their problems are just getting started. A plague has broken out and is mutating with terrifying results; the fleet’s AI may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a web of data to find the truth, it’s clear the only person who can help her is the ex-boyfriend she swore she’d never speak to again. Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, maps, files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.

Childhood friends Patricia Delfine, a witch, and Laurence Armstead, a mad scientist, parted ways under mysterious circumstances during middle school. But as adults they both wind up in near-future San Francisco, where Laurence is an engineering genius and Patricia works with a small band of other magicians to secretly repair the world’s ever growing ailments. But something is determined to bring them back together—to either save the world, or end it.

The latest blockbuster suspense novel in the pulse-pounding Temperance Brennan series, from #1 New York Times bestselling author and forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs. For every case Temperance Brennan has solved, there remain innumerable unidentified bodies in her lab. Information on some of these is available online, where amateur sleuths sometimes take a stab at solving cases. One day, Tempe gets a call from Hazel “Lucky” Strike, a web sleuth who believes she’s successfully connected a body in Tempe’s lab to a missing persons report on an eighteen-year-old named Cora Teague. Since the bones in her lab do seem to match Cora’s medical records, Tempe looks into the case, returning to the spot where the bones were originally found. What seems at first to be an isolated tragedy takes on a more sinister cast as Tempe uncovers two more sets of bones nearby. When she then learns that the area is known as a viewing point for a famous unexplained light phenomenon with significance for a local cult, Tempe’s suspicious turn to murder by ritual sacrifice—a theory thrown into question when Hazel herself turns up dead. Still reeling from her mother’s diagnosis and the shock of Andrew Ryan’s potentially life-change proposal, Tempe races to solve the murders before the body count climbs further.

The longing of dreams draws the dead, and this city holds many dreams. After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O’Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. With her uncanny ability to read people’s secrets, she’s become a media darling, earning the title “America’s Sweetheart Seer.” Everyone’s in love with the city’s newest It Girl…everyone except the other Diviners. Piano-playing Henry DuBois and Chinatown resident Ling Chan are two Diviners struggling to keep their powers a secret—for they can walk in dreams. And while Evie is living the high life, victims of a mysterious sleeping sickness are turning up across New York City. As Henry searches for a lost love and Ling strives to succeed in a world that shuns her, a malevolent force infects their dreams. And at the edges of it all lurks a man in a stovepipe hat who has plans that extend farther than anyone can guess…As the sickness spreads, can the Diviners descend into the dreamworld to save the city? In this heart-stopping sequel to The Diviners, Printz Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray takes readers deeper into the mystical underbelly of New York City.

Jo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon—like all the girls in her class—she’ll graduate from finishing school and be married off to a wealthy bachelor. Which is the last thing she wants. Jo secretly dreams of becoming a writer—a newspaper reporter like the trailblazing Nellie Bly. Wild aspirations aside, Jo’s life seems perfect until tragedy strikes: her father is found dead. Charles Montfort accidentally shot himself while cleaning his revolver. One of New York City’s wealthiest men, he owned a newspaper and was partner in a massive shipping firm, and Jo knows he was far too smart to clean a loaded gun. The more Jo uncovers about her father’s death, the more her suspicions grow. There are too many secrets. And they all seem to be buried in plain sight. Then she meets Eddie—a young, brash, infuriatingly handsome reporter at her father’s newspaper—and it becomes all too clear how much she stands to lose if she keeps searching for the truth. Only now it might be too late to stop. The past never stays buried forever. Life is dirtier than Jo Montfort could ever have imagined, and the truth is the dirtiest part of all.

The year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. Her job: to scout for information by breaking into people’s minds. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant and, in the world of Scion, she commits treason simply by breathing. It is raining the day her life changes for ever. Attacked, drugged and kidnapped, Paige is transported to Oxford – a city kept secret for two hundred years, controlled by a powerful, otherworldly race. Paige is assigned to Warden, a Rephaite with mysterious motives. He is her master. Her trainer. Her natural enemy. But if Paige wants to regain her freedom she must allow herself to be nurtured in this prison where she is meant to die. The Bone Season introduces a compelling heroine and also introduces an extraordinary young writer, with huge ambition and a teeming imagination. Samantha Shannon has created a bold new reality in this riveting debut.

"Magnus Chase, you nearly started Ragnarok. What are you going to do next?" It's been six weeks since Magnus and his friends returned from defeating Fenris Wolf and the fire giants. Magnus has adjusted to life at the Hotel Valhalla—as much as a once-homeless and previously alive kid can. As a son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus doesn't exactly fit in with the rest of Odin's chosen warriors, but he has a few good peeps among his hallmates on floor nineteen, and he's been dutifully training for Ragnarok along with everyone else. His days have settled into a new kind of normal. But Magnus should have known there's no such thing as normal in the Nine Worlds. His friends Hearthstone and Blitzen have disappeared. A new hallmate is creating chaos. According to a very nervous goat, a certain object belonging to Thor is still missing, and the thunder god's enemies will stop at nothing to gain control of it. Time to summon Jack, the Sword of Summer, and take action. Too bad the only action Jack seems to be interested in is dates with other magical weapons...

Království se střetnou. Pro Aelin Galathynius cesta na trůn teprve začala, zatímco se na obzoru rýsuje válka. Věrnosti byly porušeny i koupeny, přátele ztratila i získala a ti, kdo mají magii, se ocitají v rozporu s těmi, kdo ji nemají. Se srdcem zaslíbeným princovi-válečníkovi po svém boku a s věrností přísahanou lidem, které je odhodlaná zachránit, se Aelin ponoří do hlubin své moci, aby ochránila ty, které miluje. Když se však z hrůz minulosti vynoří monstra a temné síly se připraví zmocnit jejího světa, jediná naděje na záchranu bude spočívat v zoufalé výpravě, která může znamenat konec všeho, co je Aelin drahé. V tomto dechberoucím pátém díle bestsellerové série Skleněný trůn podle žebříčku New York Times si Aelin bude muset vybrat, co – a koho – obětovat, má-li zabránit tomu, aby se svět Eriley rozpadl.

In Sara Benincasa's contemporary retelling of The Great Gatsby, a teenage girl becomes entangled in the drama of a Hamptons social circle, only to be implicated in a tragedy that shakes the summer community. Everyone loves a good scandal. Naomi Rye usually dreads spending the summer with her socialite mother in East Hampton. This year is no different. She sticks out like a sore thumb among the teenagers who have been summering (a verb only the very rich use) together for years. But Naomi finds herself captivated by her mysterious next-door neighbor, Jacinta. Jacinta has her own reason for drawing close to Naomi-to meet the beautiful and untouchable Delilah Fairweather. But Jacinta's carefully constructed world is hiding something huge, a secret that could undo everything. And Naomi must decide how far she is willing to be pulled into this web of lies and deception before she is unable to escape. Based on a beloved classic and steeped in Sara Benincasa's darkly comic voice, Great has all the drama, glitz, and romance with a terrific modern (and scandalous) twist to enthrall readers.

The Talamasca, documenters of paranormal activity, is on the hunt for the newly born Lasher. Mayfair women are dying from hemorrhages and a strange genetic anomaly has been found in Rowan and Michael. Lasher, born from Rowan, is another species altogether and now in the corporeal body, represents an incalcuable threat to the Mayfairs. Rowan and Lasher travel together to Houston and she becomes pregnant with another creature like him, a Taltos. Lasher seeks to reproduce his race in other women, but they cannot withstand it. Rowan escapes and becomes comatose as her fully-grown Taltos daughter is born. The Mayfairs declare all-out war on Lasher and try to nurse Rowan back to heatlth. Michael remains entwined in the Mayfair family and learns how he comes by his strange powers. Michael's ghostly visiting from a long-dead Mayfair reveals the importance of destroying Lasher. In the investigation, Lasher's origins are revealed, the new Taltos Emaleth returns, and the climax of death and life engulfs the family. —annerice.com

Die größten Fantasywerke des 20. Jahrhunderts sind J. R. R. Tolkiens Der Herr der Ringe und Ursula K. Le Guins Erdsee-Zyklus. Bedauerlicherweise hat der Erdsee-Zyklus nicht den Ruhm und die Verkaufszahlen von Tolkiens Trilogie erreicht. Glücklicherweise sind im 21. Jahrhundert neue Erdsee-Bücher erschienen, und sie sind ebenso kraftvoll, schön und einfallsreich wie die ersten vier Romane. Der fünfte Roman und das sechste Buch des Erdsee-Zyklus ist Rückkehr nach Erdsee. Der Zauberer Alder besitzt die Macht des Heilens, doch sie könnte zur Macht der Zerstörung geworden sein: Jede Nacht träumt er von der Mauer zwischen dem Land der Lebenden und dem Land der Toten, und die Mauer wird abgetragen. Wird die Mauer durchbrochen, werden die Toten in Erdsee eindringen. Ged, einst Erzmagier von Erdsee, schickt Alder zu König Lebannen. Nun müssen Alder und der König sich mit einer verbrannten Frau, einem Zauberer verbotenen Wissens und einem Wesen, das zugleich Frau und Drache ist, auf eine unmögliche Suche begeben, um Erdsee zu retten. Ursula K. Le Guin erhielt neben vielen anderen Auszeichnungen den National Book Award, fünf Nebula- und fünf Hugo-Preise sowie die Newbery Medal. Rückkehr nach Erdsee erfüllt die Erwartungen an einen der größten Fantasy-Zyklen. —Cynthia Ward

Die fesselnde Fortsetzung von TINTENHERZ, dem von der Kritik gefeierten internationalen Bestseller von Cornelia Funke, einer Autorin, die sich zu einer wahrhaft modernen Klassikerin der Kinderliteratur entwickelt. Obwohl ein Jahr vergangen ist, vergeht kein Tag, an dem Meggie nicht an TINTENHERZ denkt, das Buch, dessen Figuren Wirklichkeit wurden. Doch für Staubfinger, den aus Worten zum Leben erweckten Feuerschlucker, ist der Wunsch, in die Geschichte zurückzukehren, verzweifelt geworden. Als er einen zwielichtigen Geschichtenerzähler findet, der ihn zurücklesen kann, lässt Staubfinger seinen jungen Lehrling Farid zurück und stürzt sich in die mittelalterliche Welt seiner Vergangenheit. Verzweifelt macht sich Farid auf die Suche nach Meggie, und schon bald sind auch beide im Buch gefangen. Doch die Geschichte droht sich auf eine Weise zu entwickeln, die keiner von ihnen sich je hätte vorstellen können.

Canta'm, Musa, l'home, l'home de molts ardits, que va ser desviat una vegada i una altra del seu rumb, després d'haver saquejat les sagrades altures de Troia. Així comença la magnífica traducció de l'Odissea de Robert Fagles. Si la Ilíada és la gran epopeia bèl·lica del món, l'Odissea és la més grandiosa evocació literària del viatge de l'home comú al llarg de la vida. La confiança d'Odisseu en el seu enginy i la seva astúcia per sobreviure a les trobades amb forces divines i naturals, durant el seu viatge de deu anys de retorn a Ítaca després de la guerra de Troia, és alhora una història humana intemporal i una prova individual de resistència moral. En els mites i les llegendes que aquí es relaten de nou, Fagles ha captat l'energia i la poesia de l'original d'Homer en un llenguatge audaç i contemporani, i ens ha ofert una Odissea per llegir en veu alta, assaborir i estimar pel seu pur domini líric. La magnífica introducció i el comentari textual del reconegut hel·lenista Bernard Knox aporten noves perspectives i informació de context tant al lector general com a l'erudit, i intensifiquen la força de la traducció de Fagles. Aquesta és una Odissea que farà les delícies tant de l'especialista en clàssics com del gran públic, i captivarà una nova generació d'estudiants d'Homer. — Robert Fagles, guanyador de la Medalla PEN/Ralph Manheim de Traducció i d'un Premi de Literatura de l'American Academy of Arts and Letters el 1996, ens presenta el poema d'Homer més estimat i accessible en una esplèndida nova traducció en vers modern.

More than anything, Joel wants to be a Rithmatist. Rithmatists have the power to infuse life into two-dimensional figures known as Chalklings. Rithmatists are humanity’s only defense against the Wild Chalklings. Having nearly overrun the territory of Nebrask, the Wild Chalklings now threaten all of the American Isles. As the son of a lowly chalkmaker at Armedius Academy, Joel can only watch as Rithmatist students learn the magical art that he would do anything to practice. Then students start disappearing—kidnapped from their rooms at night, leaving trails of blood. Assigned to help the professor who is investigating the crimes, Joel and his friend Melody find themselves on the trail of an unexpected discovery—one that will change Rithmatics—and their world—forever.

In the City of Lights, two star-crossed lovers battle a fate that is destined to tear them apart again and again for eternity. When Kate Mercier's parents die in a tragic car accident, she leaves her life—and memories—behind to live with her grandparents in Paris. For Kate, the only way to survive her pain is escaping into the world of books and Parisian art. Until she meets Vincent. Mysterious, charming, and devastatingly handsome, Vincent threatens to melt the ice around Kate's guarded heart with just his smile. As she begins to fall in love with Vincent, Kate discovers that he's a revenant—an undead being whose fate forces him to sacrifice himself over and over again to save the lives of others. Vincent and those like him are bound in a centuries-old war against a group of evil revenants who exist only to murder and betray. Kate soon realizes that if she follows her heart, she may never be safe again.

Galen is the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he's heard can communicate with fish. Emma is on vacation at the beach. When she runs into Galen—literally, ouch!—both teens sense a connection. But it will take several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, for Galen to be convinced of Emma's gifts. Now, if he can only convince Emma that she holds the key to his kingdom... Told from both Emma and Galen's points of view, here is a fish-out-of-water story that sparkles with intrigue, humor, and waves of romance.

You stop fearing the devil when you’re holding his hand… Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town… until River West comes along. River rents the guest house behind Violet’s crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard. Is River just a crooked-smiling liar with pretty eyes and a mysterious past? Or could he be something more? Violet’s grandmother always warned her about the Devil, but she never said he could be a dark-haired boy who takes naps in the sun, who likes coffee, who kisses you in a cemetery... who makes you want to kiss back. Violet’s already so knee-deep in love, she can’t see straight. And that’s just how River likes it. Blending faded decadence and the thrilling dread of gothic horror, April Genevieve Tucholke weaves a dreamy, twisting contemporary romance, as gorgeously told as it is terrifying—a debut to watch.

Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids in the Pacific Northwest. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy. With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics, Ryan Dean manages to survive life’s complications and even find some happiness along the way. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what’s important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart. Filled with hand-drawn info-graphics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teen’s experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.

Knox was born into one of the City’s wealthiest families. A Patron, he has everything a boy could possibly want—the latest tech, the coolest clothes, and a Proxy to take all his punishments. When Knox breaks a vase, Syd is beaten. When Knox plays a practical joke, Syd is forced to haul rocks. And when Knox crashes a car, killing one of his friends, Syd is branded and sentenced to death. Syd is a Proxy. His life is not his own. Then again, neither is Knox’s. Knox and Syd have more in common than either would guess. So when Knox and Syd realize that the only way to beat the system is to save each other, they flee. Yet Knox’s father is no ordinary Patron, and Syd is no ordinary Proxy. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a secret society of rebels, test both boys’ resolve, and shine a blinding light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay. Some debts, it turns out, cannot be repaid.

Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere. It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone A wants to be with—day in, day out, day after day.

Robinson Crusoe es la obra más famosa de Daniel Defoe, publicada en 1719 y considerada la primera novela inglesa. Se trata de una autobiografía ficticia del protagonista, un náufrago inglés que pasa 28 años en una remota isla tropical. Probablemente la historia tuvo como inspiración hechos reales ocurridos a Pedro Serrano y Alexander Selkirk, a partir de donde construiría, con una trama sencilla y auténtica, un símbolo del colonialismo, del hombre perfecto y de la moral suprema. Robinson Crusoe es la clásica novela de aventuras por antonomasia. Aunque por lo general a esta obra se le conoce simplemente por el nombre del protagonista, el título original, tal como aparece en la portada de su primera edición es: «La vida e increíbles aventuras de Robinson Crusoe, de York, marinero, quien vivió veintiocho años completamente solo en una isla deshabitada en las costas de América, cerca de la desembocadura del gran río Orinoco; habiendo sido arrastrado a la orilla tras un naufragio, en el cual todos los hombres murieron menos él. Con una explicación de cómo al final fue insólitamente liberado por piratas. Escrito por él mismo».