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La revolución está en el aire 1792. Un gobierno despótico está decidido a convertir Inglaterra en un poderoso imperio comercial. Y, desde el otro lado del mar, suenan tambores de guerra mientras Napoleón Bonaparte comienza su ascenso al poder y prepara un violento plan para convertirse en emperador del mundo. Kingsbridge se asoma al abismo Los nuevos avances industriales se imponen de manera implacable, sacudiendo las vidas de los trabajadores de las prósperas fábricas textiles de Kingsbridge. Las máquinas abren un mundo de oportunidades ligado, sin embargo, a la crueldad más despiadada. Una nueva tiranía surge en el horizonte Y a medida que el estallido de un conflicto parece cada vez más cerca, la historia de un pequeño grupo de personas -la decidida hilandera Sal Clitheroe, el idealista David Shoveller y Kit, el brillante hijo de Sal- se convertirá en el símbolo de la lucha de toda una generación que desea progresar y pelea por un futuro sin opresión...

Desde niño, Sabino, conocido como Sardi por sus amigos, ha luchado por ser quien quiere ser. Su carrera como modelo de pasarela para colecciones femeninas no le ha facilitado la vida. Ser un hombre heterosexual en un mundo donde su belleza y feminidad confunden o intimidan a las mujeres complica su búsqueda del amor. Sinaí, por su parte, lleva tantos años herida que ya ni siquiera se da cuenta de que lo está. Es agresiva, visceral e impredecible. Hay un fuego en su interior que la consume y que solo consigue sofocar con peleas o con sexo impetuoso, salvaje y variado. No es de las que repiten amante. Le gustan los hombres rudos, moteros como ella, con pinta de malotes y alérgicos al amor.

«Desde el principio supimos que la unión entre esos dos no era la recomendable para armar una familia como todos los que venían a la Villa». Un extraño matrimonio llega a un pueblo de la costa, con un pasado incierto detrás y la determinación de instalarse en el lugar. Comprar el Hotel Habsburgo será algo que nadie olvidará. En poco tiempo, ese noble húngaro dedicado al arte, esa mujer sensual que lleva adelante el negocio, y sus dos hijos aún más extraños que ellos, se irán volviendo de manera imperceptible, pero definitiva, el hilo que enhebra la miseria, la corrupción y las bajezas de todos los pobladores. Narrada por una voz profundamente literaria, Arderá el viento permite oír la conciencia que late en toda ciudad pequeña, y es capaz de capturar el horror en la vida de una villa de mar y la belleza que todavía anida en ella. Guillermo Saccomanno se apropia de un territorio, de sus habitantes, de su pasado y de sus secretos, para mostrar ese entramado de complicidad entre la política, el narco, la policía y el periodismo, en medio del cual las personas corrientes sobreviven a su propia existencia.

Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is . . . complicated. So when her real dad—a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago—suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, and what it actually means to be family.

Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter Debbie is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband Max arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay and without even a suit. But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband-to-be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past. Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, Three Days in June is a triumph, and gives us the perennially bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer at the height of her powers.

On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant. And only the chosen ones—those who are lost—will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets. Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop’s new owner to find it ransacked, the shop’s most precious acquisition stolen, and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike its other customers, for he offers help instead of seeking it. Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hana’s father and the stolen choice—by way of rain puddles, rides on paper cranes, the bridge between midnight and morning, and a night market in the clouds. But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her own—and risk making a choice that she will never be able to take back.

No one said fair trade needed to be “fair.” As the owner of Honeysuckle Salon, Jessie Barnes usually has everything managed and on track, but now in her third trimester of an unexpected pregnancy, she feels a bit lost and increasingly desperate after faulty plumbing floods her apartment. Unfortunately, her knight in shining armor is actually Dr. Drew Marshall, her best friend’s brother, and he’s also the man she chewed out not too long ago for being a chauvinistic dirtbag. Every moment Drew’s had to prove her wrong since then has failed, so Jessie’s opinion of him hasn’t improved. That remains the case when he agrees to let her stay with him during renovations, under one condition: She pretends to be his girlfriend for upcoming work festivities. For the sake of her brother, Jessie is willing to make the tough situation work, and giving Drew a taste of his own medicine sounds . . . intriguing. But when their rivalry sparks a deeper connection, Jessie’s future becomes even more unclear—and with a baby on the way, she’ll have to make a decision soon.

While her mentor may be the world’s most badass archaeologist, the only thing bad about Dr. Miriam Jacobs are her corny jokes. But when Miri is charged with leading an unmapped expedition through the Amazon for the fabled Lost City of the Moon, she finally has her chance to prove to her colleagues that she’s capable—and hopefully prove it to herself, too. Journalist Rafael Monfils has joined the archaeological team to chronicle their search for the lost city. Or at least, that’s what they think he’s doing. Rafa’s real goal? Make sure the team does not reach the Cidade da Lua, stopping the desecration of the holy city and protecting his mother’s legacy. All he needs to do is keep them on the wrong path.

Silicon Valley has lost its way. Our most brilliant engineering minds once collaborated with government to advance world-changing technologies. Their efforts secured the West’s dominant place in the geopolitical order. But that relationship has now eroded, with perilous repercussions. Today, the market rewards shallow engagement with the potential of technology. Engineers and founders build photo-sharing apps and marketing algorithms, unwittingly becoming vessels for the ambitions of others. This complacency has spread into academia, politics, and the boardroom. The result? An entire generation for whom the narrow-minded pursuit of the demands of a late capitalist economy has become their calling. In this groundbreaking treatise, Palantir co-founder and CEO Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska offer a searing critique of our collective abandonment of ambition, arguing that in order for the U.S. and its allies to retain their global edge—and preserve the freedoms we take for granted—the software industry must renew its commitment to addressing our most urgent challenges, including the new arms race of artificial intelligence. The government, in turn, must embrace the most effective features of the engineering mindset that has propelled Silicon Valley’s success.