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In a land of mountains and mist, tradition and superstition, Languoreth and her brother Lailoken are raised in the Old Way of their ancestors. But in Scotland, a new religion is rising, one that brings disruption, bloodshed, and riot. And even as her family faces the burgeoning forces of Christianity, the Anglo-Saxons, bent on colonization, are encroaching from the east. When conflict brings the hero Emrys Pendragon to her father’s door, Languoreth finds love with one of his warriors. Her deep connection to Maelgwn is forged by enchantment, but she is promised in marriage to Rhydderch, son of a Christian king.

Booka audiobooks presenta el Audiolibro de la premiada novela de culto Opio en Las Nubes de Rafael Chaparro. Ganadora del Premio Nacional de Literatura en 1992, Opio en las nubes está calificada como una de las mejores novelas colombianas escritas del siglo XX. Opio en las nubes se constituyó en todo un hito literario a través de la década de los noventa. En la actualidad es un libro mundialmente reconocido, leído y criticado.

AD 573. Imprisoned in her chamber, Languoreth awaits news in torment. Her husband and son have ridden off to war against her brother, Lailoken. She doesn’t yet know that her young daughter, Angharad, who was training with Lailoken to become a Wisdom Keeper, has been lost in the chaos. As one of the bloodiest battles of early medieval Scottish history abandons its survivors to the wilds of Scotland, Lailoken and his men must flee to exile in the mountains of the Lowlands.

Four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near an all-black town in America in the mid-1970s. The inevitability of this attack, and the attempts to avert it, lie at the heart of Paradise. Spanning the birth of the Civil Rights movement, Vietnam, the counter-culture and politics of the late 1970s, deftly manipulating past, present and future, this novel reveals the interior lives of the citizens of the town with astonishing clarity.

In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts.

¿Qué pasaría si un inocente juguete dinamitara nuestra noción de libre albedrío? ¿Y si fuera posible ponerse en contacto con versiones de nosotros mismos en otras líneas temporales? Si creáramos mascotas virtuales provistas de una inteligencia artificial que les permitiera aprender como...

Aunque parezca imposible, un asesino en serie está ajusticiando a sus víctimas con un garrote vil, el mismo instrumento usado por los verdugos siglos atrás y considerado la máquina de matar más cruel jamás construida. ¿Por qué recurre a un método tan macabro? ¿Qué tienen en común los muertos? ¿Por qué elige lugares especiales de Barcelona para abandonar los cuerpos como si la ciudad fuera una parte importante de su mensaje?

Frank Money is an angry, self-loathing veteran of the Korean War who, after traumatic experiences on the front lines, finds himself back in racist America with more than just physical scars. His home may seem alien to him, but he is shocked out of his crippling apathy by the need to rescue his medically abused younger sister and take her back to the small Georgia town they come from and that he's hated all his life. This is a deeply moving novel about an apparently defeated man finding his manhood - and his home.

Antonio Michelangelo è un uomo che ha attraversato il Novecento: dirigente di alcune delle maggiori aziende del paese, artista riconosciuto in più campi, i suoi risultati pubblici sono eguagliati solo dai disastri privati che è riuscito a inanellare. Un giorno, dopo anni di silenzio, i suoi cinque figli, avuti da quattro diverse compagne, ricevono da lui un solenne invito a raggiungerlo a Saltino di Vallombrosa, la località in mezzo ai boschi della Toscana dove si è ritirato.

La noche en que Daniel desapareció fue como si la oscuridad se lo hubiera tragado. No se halló el menor rastro del niño; solo encontraron el cuerpo de su madre estrangulada en la casa donde vivían, en un pequeño pueblo de los Pirineos. Siete años después, la criminóloga Lena Mayoral es contratada por la familia de la víctima para recabar nuevas pistas de ese caso que sigue envuelto en una densa bruma de misterio.

Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As Morrison follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family’s origins, she introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized Black world.

El libro más emblemático de Bradbury llega a Minotauro Esenciales. Un clásico de la literatura. Guy Montag es un bombero y el trabajo de un bombero es quemar libros, que están prohibidos porque son causa de discordia y sufrimiento. El Sabueso Mecánico del Departamento de Incendios, armado con una letal inyección hipodérmica, escoltado por helicópteros, está preparado para rastrear a los disidentes que aún conservan y leen libros.

Toni Bentley danced with Balanchine’s New York City Ballet and is the author of six books—all named New York Times “Notable Books" of the year. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and her essay, “The Bad Lion,” (originally published in the New York Review of Books) was selected by Christopher Hitchens for Best American Essays 2010. The Surrender was the winner of the Charity Erotic Awards Writer of the Year.

Princess Sarai of Ismah is cursed: on her 25th birthday she will fall into an endless, deadly sleep, plunging the kingdom into chaos and ruin. In a last-ditch attempt to save Sarai and their people, her father arranges her marriage to Prince Balior, a handsome young noble from a neighbouring kingdom. But another man is vying for her attention: Notus, the South Wind, god of the desert breeze, and Sarai’s ex-lover.

Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it is Wren’s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive the harsh and endless winter, but if the legends are to be believed, their home may not be safe for much longer. For three hundred years, the land surrounding Edgewood has been encased in ice as the Shade, a magical barrier that protects the townsfolk from the Deadlands beyond, weakens. Only one thing can stop the Shade’s fall: the blood of a mortal woman bound in wedlock to the North Wind.

At the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused her light-skinned mother to deny her even the simplest forms of love. There is Booker, the man Bride loves, and loses to anger.

Emory might be a student at the prestigious Aldryn College for Lunar Magics, but her healing abilities have always been mediocre at best—until a treacherous night in the Dovermere sea caves leaves a group of her classmates dead and her as the only survivor. Now Emory is plagued by strange, impossible powers that no healer should possess. Powers that would ruin her life if the wrong person were to discover them. To gain control of these new abilities, Emory enlists the help of the school’s most reclusive student, Baz—a boy already well-versed in the deadly nature of darker magic.

¿Sientes que tienes una relación más con tus pensamientos que con tu pareja? ¿Estás cansado(a) de sobrepensarlo todo y aun así sentirte incomprendido(a)? ¿Amar a tu cónyuge se ha convertido en una carga mental más que en una conexión emocional? El sobrepensamiento es el peso oculto que asfixia los matrimonios modernos. Quieres estar presente, pero tu mente no deja de girar. Anhelas conexión, pero tus pensamientos crean distancia. Te estás esforzando, pero de alguna manera todo sigue sintiéndose más difícil de lo que debería.

Stop Being Nice exposes the hidden truths of dark psychology and how to protect yourself from them. With practical tools and sharp insights, you’ll build unshakable inner strength and ethical influence. Whether you're escaping toxic dynamics or stepping into your power, this book is your guide to becoming unapologetically confident.

Daughter of a Narcissistic Mother is your roadmap back to yourself. It’s not just about understanding her, it’s about finally healing you. It helps you break free from guilt, rebuild your identity, and reclaim the voice that was buried under years of emotional control. With clear steps and deep insight, it guides you toward lasting freedom and inner peace.