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En estas cinco historias entre la fantasía y la ciencia ficción, conoceremos las aventuras que viven unos atípicos viajeros espaciales que toman una píldora de la felicidad y la de unas criaturas que investigan un misterioso planeta primitivo. ¿Os imagináis qué pasaría si existiese una máquina del tiempo capaz de alterar la historia, o un aparato que hiciese posible vivir dentro de una película? A través de las páginas de este libro, Jordi Sierra i Fabra nos transportará a un universo mágico de fantasía y mucha diversión.

Los seis cuentos que constituyen "La claridad" -título que mereció el VI Premio Ribera del Duero- anuncian todo lo que deseamos y no alcanzamos, los miedos y los arrebatos, el amor y la traición y los pequeñísimos instantes de dicha. El brillo de la claridad es más brillo cuando se contempla desde la oscuridad.

En esta novela, publicada por entregas en internet, Víctor Conde nos vuelve a llevar al apasionante mundo de El tercer nombre del emperador, a su imperio de mil planetas y a la amenaza sin nombre que lo acecha. Naves, guerras intergalácticas, saltos en el hiperespacio y mucha, mucha acción es lo que nos ofrece esta nueva y trepidante space ópera de uno de los maestros del género.

Insatisfecho con su trabajo como ingeniero, el protagonista de "Basilisco" se traslada a California, donde conoce a dos personas que cambiarán su vida: Katharina, una joven que acabará siendo su mujer, y John Dunbar, un trampero, veterano de la guerra de Secesión y pistolero ocasional que lleva muerto más de un siglo. Dunbar encarna lo más genuino del Lejano Oeste. Huraño y temido, se ganó el sobrenombre de "Basilisco". Con él viajaremos a Virginia City, a Utah, con una expedición paleontológica, y en su huida de una banda de asesinos.

Una de las más escalofriantes novelas de Andreu Martín, un coqueteo con el terror dentro de su producción de novela negra y criminal que inspirará los más deliciosos malos sueños a quienes se acercan a ella. Ricardo Maristany, alias el Cardo, se traslada a un pueblo medio vacío para comenzar una plantación de marihuana. Pronto el llanto de un niño empezará a irrumpir en sus noches de sueño. Ricardo no tardará en descubrir que todos los habitantes del pueblo han muerto asesinados. La pesadilla acaba de compenzar.

Una historia con la mala leche y la ácida clarividencia necesaria para mantener la cordura en la época de las fake news, de la política desvergonzada y del neoliberalismo desatado. En ella seguimos las desventuras de un funcionario a quien se le encarga seleccionar mujeres para realizar un servicio patriótico en una isla asolada por guerras y enfermedades sin nombre. La locura, la ucronía, la distopía y la mentira más ultrajante se mezclan en esta sátira tan pegada a la realidad que casi resulta indistinguible.

La trastienda de la historia de España está llena de jugosos episodios, repletos de pasiones carnales, que alteraron el curso de los acontecimientos o los cambiaron por completo sin que oficialmente se reconozca. Marta Robles ha revisado nuestra historia en busca de todas esas aventuras amorosas y sexuales que protagonizaron reyes, reinas, mandatarios y otros poderosos: desde Rodrigo, el último rey visigodo, hasta Alfonso XIII, pasando por los demás representantes de las dinastías Astur, Borgoñona, Trastamara, Habsburgo y Borbón.

Become your best self. Figuring out how to make friends, develop relationships, and be confident is a step-by-step process. Now help is available in Embracing the Awkward, written by the popular teen-advice YouTuber, The Josh Speaks. This isn't another dry instructional book written by a boring adult disconnected from the millennial reality; it's a guide, a workbook, an empowering step towards trying things out, discovering who you are, and becoming your best self.

Sixteen-year-old Sierra has been so caught up in her own world of saving animal test subjects and her father's disappearance, she hasn't paid much attention. When she finally finds his location, she and her friend set off on a covert interplanetary mission to rescue him, and she begins to see the corruption firsthand. Discovering that her father has been on the front lines secretly trying to save human test subjects inspires her to join a revolution. But she is afraid of the collateral damage of hurting the people she loves.

From the author of the award-winning Game Changer comes a new novel about two student-athletes searching for stardom, a young reporter searching for the truth, and a crosstown basketball rivalry that goes too far.

Using the incredible story of how Pastor Choco chose to “love them anyway” to transform the crime-ridden community of Humboldt Park in Chicago, Love Them Anyway will inspire you to love in a way you never have. This book will pave a compelling path for you to both express and experience a truly transformative love on a deep level. It will tap into your deepest desires, expose your hesitations, connect you deeper with God's love, and help you take bold steps to love the people around you - and your love will change lives.

How is that hope both expressed and experienced in contemporary worship? In this volume in the Dynamics of Christian Worship series, pastor, theologian, and songwriter Glenn Packiam explores what Christians sing about when they sing about hope and what kind of hope they experience when they worship together. Through his analysis and reflection, we find that Christian worship is crucial to both the proclamation and the formation of Christian hope.

In this inclusive history and guide to skin care and beauty, journalist and founder of Very Good Light David Yi teaches us that self-care, wellness, and feeling beautiful transcends time, boundaries, and binaries - and that pretty boys can change the world.

Big hats, big trucks, big oil fortunes — Texas clichés all. And while those elements do flourish throughout Texas, they alone hardly define the place. The Lone Star State is and has always been a great melting pot, home to sprawling cities, trailblazing innovators, and treasured traditions from all over, many of which become ingrained in popular culture and intertwined with the American ideal.

Around the world, temperatures are rising, ice caps are melting, and innocent animals are in trouble. Humans had their chance to fix it and failed. It’s time for the animals to take their fate into their own paws. It’s time for...the Endangereds. When word reaches the Endangereds that one of the last of a species of nearly extinct sloths is in trouble, the team don’t hesitate to strap on their gear, fire up their helicopter, and rush off into action.

El Desafío plantea un estremecedor recorrido sin precedentes a través de uno los episodios más difíciles de España: los cincuenta años de actividad de la banda terrorista, ETA, que acabó con la vida de más de 850 personas y que ha marcado la historia de nuestro país. El documental se nutre de entrevistas exclusivas con varios expresidentes del Gobierno como Felipe González, José María Aznar o José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, y aborda los detalles más desconocidos de la organización a través de los testimonios de antiguos miembros y personas del entorno de la banda.

An adventurous tale about Josh, a polar bear cub that undertakes a challenging journey to keep a promise he made to his dad. Through the eyes of a young cub, we experience the importance of family, friends, and that it’s alright to be different. Join us on an epic adventure where bears show their true colors: love, loyalty, and embracing diversity.

Ramon's story is the story of a community coming of age during the turbulent decades of the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Through his personal accounts of deplorable housing conditions and an educational system bent on denying equal access. We witness a generation of "Boricuas" determined to resist and forge an identity based on pride and self respect.

The Adventures of Junior & Rubble series include stories about a young Haitian-American boy and his dog, Rubble, who have a strong connection to the natural world that began during a shared disaster. This connection allows Junior to do amazing things like manipulate the elements and take on attributes of plants and animals.

Tom Honeyman made his name cracking a horrific double murder in his hometown of Prosper, New York. He got an international best seller out of it, made a small fortune, and left his newspaper reporting days behind. But was it all based on a lie? Now, more than a decade after his only success, Honeyman’s life is in tatters. His wife committed suicide, his daughter hasn’t spoken to him in years, and his books don’t sell. But Tom Honeyman is not alone. An unseen stranger tells Honeyman he got it wrong all those years ago. And he has just four days to uncover the real murderer.