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As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding’s compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, and even a vision of the apocalypse. But above all, it has earned its place as one of the indisputable classics of the twentieth century for readers of any age.

En esta obra, una de las creaciones cumbre de Conrad, relata a un grupo de atentos compañeros la tragedia de Jim, un hombre de mar que en cierto momento de su vida se ve traicionado por un fatal golpe de debilidad moral. A partir de entonces su existencia se convertirá en una despiadada lucha con su pasado, en un intento por alcanzar la redención.

Dos asesinatos, una investigación a ritmo frenético y un final que no olvidarás. «Axel, creo que he matado a alguien». Con este enigmático whatsapp de su compañera Loor Galván comienza la mañana del viernes 9 de marzo de 2023 para el inspector de policía Axel Nash. Loor terminó la noche anterior borracha y desnuda en la cama de una estrella de Onlyfans, y se despertó envuelta en sangre y abrazada al maltrecho cadáver. Por supuesto, no se acuerda de nada. Al mismo tiempo, un maniaco advierte a Axel, mientras está en directo en la tele, de la aparición de otro cadáver en el lago de la Casa de Campo de Madrid. El comisario Jorge Ortiz, presionado por las altas esferas del gobierno de la ciudad, se verá obligado a asignar el caso a su mejor hombre, Axel Nash. La víctima es una estrella del rock y lidera una de las bandas más exitosas en el panorama musical nacional. Axel y Loor se verán envueltos en una carrera contrarreloj en la que sospecharán y desconfiarán de todo y de todos. Sobre todo de ellos mismos. ¿Serán capaces Axel y Loor de resolver dos crímenes al mismo tiempo? ¿Es Loor una asesina? ¿Puede Axel confiar en ella?

A powerful exploration of how we pay attention that will transform the ways we connect with one another – at home, at work, and beyond. Paying attention is a crucial human skill, yet many of us have forgotten how to listen carefully and observe intentionally. Deluged by social media and hobbled by the increasing social isolation it fosters, we need to rediscover the deeply human ways we connect with others.

With a seven-year age difference, Ryke Meadows and Daisy Calloway have faced an uphill battle in the eyes of the world and their families. Known as the most adventurous, fast-paced couple, their next step has always been elusive to the rabid media. Behind the scenes, heartbreaking troubles continue to test Ryke and Daisy’s resilience and shape their future together. They promise: To never slow down. To never compromise who they are. To never abandon their love for each other. But preserving their happiness also means taking more risks. As a professional free-solo climber, Ryke is no stranger to danger, but his next step with Daisy wagers more than just his health. With their lives on the line, Ryke and Daisy head towards the vast, wild unknown.

“Were we gangsters? No. But did we know how to start a fire?” In 1980, a wealthy businessman named Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway, brutalized, and held for ransom. He is returned to his wife and kids less than a week later, only slightly the worse, and the family moves on with their lives, resuming their prized places in the saga of the American dream, comforted in the realization that though their money may have been what endangered them, it is also what assured them their safety. But now, nearly forty years later, it’s clear that perhaps nobody ever got over anything, after all. Carl has spent the ensuing years secretly seeking closure to the matter of his kidnapping, while his wife, Ruth, has spent her potential protecting her husband’s emotional health. Their three grown children aren’t doing much better: Nathan’s chronic fear won’t allow him to advance at his law firm; Beamer, a Hollywood screenwriter, will consume anything—substance, foodstuff, women—in order to numb his own perpetual terror; and Jenny has spent her life so bent on proving that she’s not a product of her family’s pathology that she has come to define it. As they hover at the delicate precipice of a different kind of survival, they learn that the family fortune has dwindled to just about nothing, and they must face desperate questions about how much their wealth has played a part in both their lives’ successes and failures.