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Teaming up with New York Times best-selling author Jeffery Deaver, Suspense Magazine offers up a nail-biting anthology titled Nothing Good Happens After Midnight. This thrilling collection consists of 13 original short stories representing the genres of suspense/thriller, mystery, sci-fi/fantasy, and more.

Texas Flood provides the unadulterated truth about Stevie Ray Vaughan from those who knew him best: his brother Jimmie, his Double Trouble bandmates Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton and Reese Wynans, and many other close friends, family members, girlfriends, fellow musicians, managers and crew members.

Once Upon a Toon offers a unique perspective on life behind the scenes at one of England’s most famous football clubs. No other individual has had the immense privilege of working at Newcastle United in the capacity that Paul Ferris once did: as a player between 1981 and 1986, as a physiotherapist between 1993 and 2006, and finally as a key member of Alan Shearer’s management team in 2009.

The Allman Brothers Band’s Brothers and Sisters was not only the band’s best-selling album at over seven million copies sold, it was also a powerfully influential release, both musically and culturally, one whose influence continues to be profoundly felt.

Como esas embriagantes versiones en español de las baladas románticas premiadas en San Remo o Viña, estos Temas lentos, elegantes y sensuales, captan con la crítica, el diario íntimo o la viñeta satírica las modulaciones de las vanguardias (Duchamp y Warhol, ¡claro!, pero también Aira y Bolaño, Brecht y Beckett...) aplicadas a cuestiones pedestres: la orfandad, el inverosímil costumbrista de una Alemania costera.

Recluido en un apartamento, un pornógrafo responde las cartas que hombres y mujeres, devorados por la pasión, le escriben. Él es, o debería ser, aquel que los guíe en un laberinto hecho de vértigo y lujuria. Para rescatarlos o darles un sentido.

Invitado a pasar dos meses en una residencia de escritores en un puerto francés, un novelista argentino treintañero haragán, narcoléptico y celoso recalcitrante, emprende el viaje junto a su mujer como si fuera un programa turístico. No sabe hasta qué punto esa vacación europea se convertirá en la peor y más aleccionadora de las pesadillas.

Mezcla de autobiografía, ensayo cultural y documento imaginario, La vida descalzo es un homenaje al lugar común donde seguimos siendo felices sin miedo. Mar, arena, sol y la euforia de estar legalmente semidesnudos: la playa sigue vendiendo virtudes de paraíso natural, pero esa utopía salvaje es también el objeto eminentemente cultural, preñado de sentidos y valores sociales, que moldean la literatura, el cine y la comunicación de masas.

No piensa mudarse, pero busca departamentos en alquiler. Lee avisos y visita casas habitadas, intruso fugaz en vidas ajenas. No necesita nada (y lo exaspera la tecnología), pero vaga por internet comprando gadgets, cosas viejas, bichos embalsamados, por el placer de entrar en la historia de otros. Pero ¿qué pasa con Savoy—cincuentón quieto, aficionado a los roces inocuos—cuando se cruza con Carla, una treintañera feliz, sin apegos, que viaja de país en país cuidando casas, mascotas, plantas de marihuana? ¿Cuál de los dos mundos cambia, se ilumina, pierde más la cabeza con el impacto?

The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world, broadcast into 188 countries and watched by 3.2 billion people worldwide. It revolutionised football, transforming the beautiful game into a multi-billion-pound business and making its biggest stars millionaires. Fever Pitch tells the inside story of the formation of the league, from the early discussions with Rupert Murdoch about how Sky could be at the heart of this new league, to the bitter rivalries and radical new managers who changed the face of football forever.

For the Sake of the Game is the latest volume in the award-winning series from New York Times best-selling editors Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger, with stories of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and friends in a variety of eras and forms. King and Klinger have a simple formula: Ask some of the world's greatest writers-regardless of genre - to be inspired by the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. The results are surprising and joyous.

This guide from the American Academy of Pediatrics offers authoritative, accessible advice that parents can trust. Autism Spectrum Disorder: What Every Parent Needs to Know helps parents understand how ASDs are defined and diagnosed and offers an overview of the most current behavioral and developmental therapies. Topics covered include: symptoms, frequency, and types of ASDs; accessing care; services in the community; behavioral and developmental treatment; the role of complementary and alternative medicine; screening tools; and adolescence and transitioning into adulthood.

Crónica alucinada de cómo un escritor se fabrica un mundo atroz para acceder a la verdad del amor y la literatura.

¿Cuándo se termina el amor? ¿Cómo saber con exactitud su fecha de expiración? Tras una relación de más de una década, Sofía y Rímini se separan. Con treinta años, Rímini se aboca a su trabajo como traductor mientras intenta sostener relaciones más o menos duraderas con otras mujeres. Sin embargo, de a poco, va cayendo en la apatía, tironeado entre la literatura y la cocaína, sometido a las caprichosas reapariciones de Sofía, que, impulsada por una pasión inagotable, le impide poner fin a su historia.

Más que un conjunto de ensayos críticos, El factor Borges atraviesa los principales conceptos asociados a su obra - originalidad, tradición, biblioteca - para mapear no solo el núcleo de sus textos, sino también la configuración de su identidad. Una búsqueda tan profunda como incesante por la imagen que proyectó durante su vida y de forma póstuma y, por supuesto, esa maquinaria perfecta que se anticipó a su tiempo y trasciende su propia sintaxis.

Masterfully crafted, Rebel Lexis is the first volume in the celebrated, new Rings of Polaris series., fusing science fiction, dystopian, and action in an adventure giving Arthur C. Clarke a run for his money. Listeners, get ready to strap in with Captain of the Chameleon on a fast and exciting mission across the vast wasteland that of future Earth....

Listeners are invited to strap in with Jason and Rebel Lexis on a mission across the vast wasteland that was once Earth to the surface of Mars. While nobody will deny science fiction’s timeless popularity, both readers and critics are currently crying out for wholly-unique new narratives that don’t succumb to recycling of the “same old” concepts. Thankfully, Paul Alan has stepped up to the plate with gusto, serving up a compelling new series.

Jason Bjorn just wants to do his job and captain his ship, but when his employer - The Polaris Corporation - sends him on a trek across the wastelands of Earth, he encounters treachery, an ancient cult, and secrets that strike at the heart of Polaris’ control over the planet. Soon, fighting to stay alive is the least of his worries as he finds himself at the center of a conflict that could change everything with nobody on his side but Sofia, the seductively independent operating system that runs his ship.

Jason Bjorn just wants to do his job and captain his ship, but his employer - the Polaris Corporation - sends him to Mars, where he encounters treachery, an ancient cult, and secrets that strike at the heart of Polaris’ control over the planet Earth. Soon, fighting to stay alive is the least of his worries as he finds himself at the center of a conflict that could change everything, with nobody on his side but the seductively independent operating system that runs his ship.

Mitchell Thacker and Captain Rengar Falger travel to a strange world seeking alien technology that will give their cause help in undermining their nemesis, the Polaris Corporation.