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When CIA operative Jenny Silkwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security. Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in the wrong hands, endanger the lives of countless operatives. In need of someone who can solve the murder quickly and retrieve the missing information, the U.S. government knows just the chameleon they can call on. Ex-Army Ranger Travis Devine spent his time in the military preparing to take on any scenario, followed by his short-lived business career chasing shadows in the deepest halls of power, so his analytical mind makes him particularly well-suited for complex, high-stakes tasks. Taking down the world’s largest financial conspiracy proved his value, and in comparison, this case looks straightforward. Except small towns hold secrets and Devine finds himself an outsider again.

When professor turned crime-fighter Brandt "Doc" Savage and his girlfriend Kira Sunlight land on a desert island in the middle of the Atlantic, they think they've found a perfect utopia. An escape from their tumultuous pasts. But they don't have long to enjoy their newfound peace before they are violently separated and dragged to opposite ends of the Earth. Doc's search for Kira takes him from the coast of Brazil to northern Europe and the jungles of the Congo, and he discovers they are entangled in a global conspiracy that is bigger he ever could have imagined.

Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love touched the world and changed countless lives, inspiring and empowering millions of readers to search for their own best selves. Now, this beloved and iconic book returns in a beautiful 10th anniversary edition, complete with an updated introduction from the author, to launch a whole new generation of fans. In her early thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert had everything a modern American woman was supposed to want—husband, country home, successful career—but instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed by panic and confusion. This wise and rapturous book is the story of how she left behind all these outward marks of success, and set out to explore three different aspects of her nature, against the backdrop of three different cultures: pleasure in Italy, devotion in India, and on the Indonesian island of Bali, a balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence.

El lobo de mardramatiza el fortuito encuentro entre dos personajes que encarnan visiones opuestas de la condición humana. Humphrey van Weyden es un joven intelectual, refinado e idealista, que, tras naufragar a bordo de un ferry en aguas del Pacífico, es rescatado por un barco dedicado a la caza de focas y capitaneado por Lobo Larsen, un hombre cruel, despiadado y sin escrúpulos. Sometido a su tiránica autoridad, el joven descubrirá la dureza y la impiedad de un mundo primitivo que sin embargo le ayudará a consumar su aprendizaje moral.

Esta novela tiene una estructura singular. Tras una primera parte en la que el talento deductivo del inquilino más famoso del número 221B de Baker Street brilla más que nunca a la hora de enfrentarse a su antagonista el profesor Moriarty y descubrir al culpable de un asesinato imposible, Doyle nos ofrece un flashback ambientado en el mundo de las bandas criminales en la Pensilvania del siglo XIX que nos ayuda a comprender el origen del conflicto.

La quinta mujer: La placidez habitual de la ciudad sueca de Ystad se ve perturbada cuando, con cier­to intervalo de tiempo, tres hombres aparecen salvajemente asesinados. Las víctimas, dedicadas a la ornitología, el cultivo de orquídeas y la poesía, llevaban una vida sosegada y tranquila, lo cual hace aún más incomprensible la brutalidad de que han sido objeto. Durante la investigación del caso, Kurt Wallander descubre que debe enfrentarse a un asesino de una temible inteligencia: el inspector ha encontrado, por fin, un adversario de su talla. 4enning Mankeh (Estocolmo, 1948), novelista y dramaturgo, vive en Suecia y en Mozambique, donde dirige el teatro Avenida de Maputo. Autor de thrillers como El retorno del profesor de baile, El cerebro de Kennedy y, el más reciente, El chino, Mankell es conocido en todo el mundo por su serie de novelas policiacas protagonizadas por el ins­pector de policía Kurt Wallander, de la que La quinta mujer es el sexto título y una de las entregas más trepidantes.