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In 1822, a secret family moves into a secret cabin some thirty miles northeast of Baltimore, to farm, to hide, and to bear ten children over the course of the next sixteen years. Junius Booth—breadwinner, celebrated Shakespearean actor, and master of the house in more ways than one—is at once a mesmerizing talent and a man of terrifying instability. One by one the children arrive, as year by year, the country draws frighteningly closer to the boiling point of secession and civil war. As the tenor of the world shifts, the Booths emerge from their hidden lives to cement their place as one of the country’s leading theatrical families. But behind the curtains of the many stages they have graced, multiple scandals, family triumphs, and criminal disasters begin to take their toll, and the solemn siblings of John Wilkes Booth are left to reckon with the truth behind the destructively specious promise of an early prophecy.

Wren is used to being called a control freak. She doesn’t care; sticking to the list of rules she created for herself helps her navigate life. But when a cute guy named Asher walks through the door of her neighborhood coffee shop, the rulebook goes out the window. Asher is cute, charming . . . and being catfished by his online crush. So Wren makes an uncharacteristically impulsive decision—she pretends to be the girl he’s waiting for to save him from embarrassment. Suddenly she’s fake-dating a boy she knows nothing about. And it’s . . . amazing. It’s not long before Asher has her breaking even more of her own rules. But will he forgive her when he finds out she’s not who she says she is? Wren’s not so sure. . . . After all, rules exist for a reason.

A comienzos del siglo XIX, el doctor Vallejo viaja a Galicia junto con Marina, su joven hija, para servir como médico en un poderoso monasterio de Ourense. Allí descubrirán un mundo y unas costumbres muy particulares y vivirán la caída de la Iglesia y el fin definitivo del Antiguo Régimen. Marina, interesada en la medicina y la botánica pero sin permiso para estudiar, luchará contra las convenciones que su época le impone y se verá inmersa en una aventura que guardará un secreto de más de mil años. En nuestros días, Jon Bécquer, un inusual antropólogo que trabaja localizando piezas históricas perdidas, investi­ga una leyenda. Nada más comenzar sus indagaciones, en la huerta del antiguo monasterio aparece el cadáver de un hombre vestido con un hábito benedictino propio del siglo XIX. Este hecho hará que Bécquer, acompañado por el sargento Xocas, se interne en los bosques de Galicia bus­cando respuestas y descendiendo por los sorprendentes escalones del tiempo. La novela que anticipó el hallazgo de los anillos mágicos de Santo Estevo.

Reese Annesley was hiding in the bathroom hallway of a restaurant leaving a message for her best friend to save her from her awful date, when a gorgeous stranger overhears and offers her some dating advice. She proceeds to tell him to mind his own damn business his own tall, handsome, full-of-himself damn business and goes back to her miserable date, though she can't help but sneak hidden glances at the condescending jerk on the other side of the room. Of course, he catches her―and winks. When Chase Parker and his equally hot date suddenly appear at Reese's table, she's sure he's going to rat her out. But instead, he pretends he and Reese are old friends and joins them, telling elaborate, embarrassing stories about their fake childhood. And her date suddenly goes from boring to bizarrely exciting.

In this entertaining young readers edition of the environmental studies classic, Michael Pollan demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a reciprocal relationship. He links four fundamental human desires—sweetness, beauty, energy, and control—with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip, coffee, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species, Pollan illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind’s most basic yearnings. And just as we’ve benefited from these plants, we have also helped them to thrive.

«Nunca antes el dicho de «el que no arriesga, no gana» había tenido tanto sentido. María y Tomás son los protagonistas de una historia principalmente de amor donde el riesgo les hizo ganar.» María Pombo María y Tomás han conectado a la primera. Pueden pasar horas y horas hablando sobre sueños o cómo cambiar el mundo. Cuando están juntos la magia flota en el aire, aunque ellos sean los últimos en enterarse. Pero ni la vida es un camino de rosas ni este libro es un cuento de hadas. Ellos lo descubrirán enseguida. Como también descubrirán el dolor, el temor, la amistad y, sobre todo, el amor. Esta es una historia de decisiones difíciles, de hacerse mayor de golpe, de realidades que nunca se soñaron y de ilusiones que se cumplen a base de tesón. Pero también es una historia sobre el valor de tomar las riendas de tu propia vida. Botas de colores para días de lluvia te invita a disfrutar del sol tras la tormenta.