INFANTILES Y JUVENILES

«El director cree que no es conveniente que eso continúe ocurriendo. Quiere que te enseñe a cerrar tu mente al Señor Tenebroso.» Son malos tiempos para Hogwarts. Tras el ataque de los dementores a su primo Dudley, Harry Potter comprende que Voldemort no se detendrá ante nada para encontrarlo. Muchos niegan que el Señor Tenebroso haya regresado, pero Harry no está solo: una orden secreta se reúne en Grimmauld Place para luchar contra las fuerzas oscuras. Harry debe permitir que el profesor Snape le enseñe a protegerse de las brutales incursiones de Voldemort en su mente. Pero éstas son cada vez más potentes, y a Harry se le está agotando el tiempo...

«Con las manos temblorosas, Harry le dio la vuelta al sobre y vio un sello de lacre púrpura con un escudo de armas: un león, un águila, un tejón y una serpiente, que rodeaban una gran letra H.» Harry Potter nunca ha oído hablar de Hogwarts hasta que empiezan a caer cartas en el felpudo del número 4 de Privet Drive. Llevan la dirección escrita con tinta verde en un sobre de pergamino amarillento con un sello de lacre púrpura, y sus horripilantes tíos se apresuran a confiscarlas. Más tarde, el día que Harry cumple once años, Rubeus Hagrid, un hombre gigantesco cuyos ojos brillan como escarabajos negros, irrumpe con una noticia extraordinaria: Harry Potter es un mago, y le han concedido una plaza en el Colegio Hogwarts de Magia y Hechicería. ¡Está a punto de comenzar una aventura increíble!

«Hay una conspiración, Harry Potter. Una conspiración para hacer que este año sucedan las cosas más terribles en el Colegio Hogwarts de Magia y Hechicería.» El verano de Harry Potter ha incluido el peor cumpleaños de su vida, las funestas advertencias de un elfo doméstico llamado Dobby y el rescate de casa de los Dursley protagonizado por su amigo Ron Weasley al volante de un coche mágico volador. De vuelta en el Colegio Hogwarts de Magia y Hechicería, donde va a empezar su segundo curso, Harry oye unos extraños susurros que resuenan por los pasillos vacíos. Y entonces empiezan los ataques y varios alumnos aparecen petrificados... Por lo visto, las siniestras predicciones de Dobby se están cumpliendo....

¿Por qué los humanos somos imparables? La respuesta a esta pregunta es una de las historias más extrañas y fascinantes que hayas leído nunca, y es nuestra historia, la historia de la humanidad. ¿Cómo pasamos de dominar la Tierra a gobernarnos los unos a los otros? ¿Cómo se convirtieron nuestros antepasados cazadores y recolectores en agricultores? ¿Por qué se establecieron los reinos y las leyes? ¿Por qué el mundo es injusto? Prepárate para descubrir cómo los humanos crearon las civilizaciones y cambiaron la historia, en un viaje que recorre el desarrollo de la humanidad desde la revolución agrícola hasta el antiguo Egipto.

Due to the efforts of the great Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire covers a vast portion of the known world. In the shadow of his grandfather, Hulagu Khan, ruler of the Ilkhanate, is determined to create a single empire that covers the entire world. His method? Violence. His youngest son, Temujin Khan, struggles to find his place in his father’s bloody rule. After another failure, Temujin is given one last chance to prove himself to Hulagu, who is sure there is a great warrior buried deep inside. But there’s something else rippling under the surface… something far more powerful and dangerous than they could ever imagine… Reduced to the position of one of Hulagu’s many wives, the famed Blue Princess Kokochin is the last of her tribe. Alone and forgotten in a foreign land, Kokochin is unwilling to spend her days seeking out trivial pursuits. Seeking purpose, she finds herself wandering down a path that grants her more power than a wife of the Khan may be allowed. Kaivon, the Persian rebel who despises the Mongols for the massacre of his people, thirsts for revenge. However, he knows alone he cannot destroy the empire. When given the opportunity to train under the tutelage of Hulagu, Kaivon must put aside his feelings and risk his life for a chance to destroy the empire that aims to conquer the world.

Twelve years after the events of House of Salt and Sorrows, the Thaumas sisters are scattered across Arcannia. Despite dreams of adventures far beyond the Salann shores, almost-eighteen year old Verity has remained at Highmoor, lending a helping hand to older sister Camille. When Mercy sends word that the Duchess of Bloem wife to the celebrated botanist, Gerard Laurent is interested in having Verity paint a portrait of her son, Alexander, Verity jumps at the chance, but can’t understand why Camille won’t allow it. When an argument breaks out between the two, Camille reveals the truth: Verity is still seeing ghosts, she just doesn’t know it. Stunned, Verity flees Highmoor that night and with nowhere else to turn—makes her way to Bloem. At first, she is captivated by the lush and luxurious province and is also quickly drawn to Alexander Laurent, finding the heir charming, witty, and impossibly handsome. But it’s not long before she is plagued with nightmares, and the darker side of Bloem begins to show through its sickly-sweet façade.

She may be down . . . but her fangs are out. After defeating Lucifer and saving the world, Schuyler Van Allen woke up in an entirely different reality and learned she had to do it all over again. Find the villain, take him down, save the world. But after losing her only allies, Jack Force–who ran off to protect her–and Kingsley Martin–who was captured and killed by the enemy, Schuyler has to face facts. She’s going to have to do this alone . . . or is she? When a mysterious new girl named Eoife shows up at Duchesne Academy, Schuyler at first thinks she must be yet another enemy, but she soon finds out that Eoife could be the answer Schuyler’s been looking for. A member of an ages old secret society of heroes called the Palladins, Eoife is here to help–and she has friends–lots of them. United with another unlikely ally in Max Force, the group might just have a fighting chance–if they can find and rescue Jack, get Max’s Blue Blood powers back, solve the theory of chaos magic and take down a friend turned foe. Oh, and fight off an army of Silver Bloods and otherworldly monsters led by the devil himself. Can Schuyler finally put an end to the war between heaven and hell? Or will she have another world to save each time she opens her eyes?

Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico City. And she's all-but-invisible to her best friend Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, even though she's been in love with him since childhood. Then Tristán discovers his new neighbour is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he has a way to change their lives - even if his tales of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer fantasy. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta swears, his career vanished overnight. He is cursed. Now the director wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him shoot the missing scene and lift the curse... but Montserrat soon notices a dark presence following her, and Tristán begins seeing the ghost of his ex-girlfriend... As they work together to unravel the mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city, Montserrat and Tristan might find out that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies...

Nadia es una niña que nunca dice nada, ni cuando se enfada ni cuando está triste. Da igual que sus padres le digan que están orgullosos de ella o que su hermano se lleve toda la atención o que se sienta sola en el recreo..., ella nunca dice nada. Por eso, todos dicen: ¡Qué bien se porta Nadia! Pero ¿adónde va todo lo que Nadia nunca dice? Un libro maravillosoque pone de relieve la ansiedad infantil en el entorno familiar a través de Nadia, una protagonista muy especial que nos hará entender la importancia de aprender a expresar lo que sentimos con libertad y tranquilidad. Acompañado de las ilustraciones más espectaculares de Ricard López, este cuento es indispensable para todas las familias con niños y niñas de 4, 5 y6 años para abordar temas tan importantes como la ansiedad y la gestión de las emociones de una manera tranquila y accesible.