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The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men. The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not leave his warrior ways behind when he comes to the marriage bed. The Lady knows his hostile, suspicious court will be a game of strategy, requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive. But the Lady does not know her husband has occult secrets of his own. She does not know that prophecy girds him like armor. She does not know that her magic is greater and more dangerous, and that it will threaten the order of the world. She does not know this yet. But she will.

“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.

¡La mejor edad de la vida es estar vivo! Descubre la filosofía de vida de Mafalda: una manera rebelde, concienciada, inteligente y sobre todo divertida de estar muy vivo. «Con ustedes, la filósofa con lacito con la que han crecido varias generaciones, […] la Greta Thunberg de la historieta. […] Por su espíritu contestatario, humor cuchillero y costumbrismo con guiños progres, Mafalda jamás pasará de moda. […] Quino se ganó la inmortalidad y los amantes de las viñetas una heroína para todos los públicos. Una que, a la que te descuidas, te suelta en plan filósofa: ¿Qué te gustaría ser si vivieras?». –El Mundo ¿Tiene la vida moderna más de moderna que de vida? ¿Uno va llevando su vida adelante o la vida se lo lleva por delante a uno? ¿Por qué esa vida que uno se gana tiene que desperdiciarse en trabajar para ganarse la vida? ¿Qué te gustaría ser si vivieras? Estas son algunas de las muchas preguntas que se hacen Mafalda y sus inseparables amigos mientras juegan, caminan por las calles de su ciudad, van al colegio o de vacaciones, y se preguntan qué querrán ser de mayores. En definitiva: mientras viven. Nuestra presencia en el mundo nos llena de asombro y suscita interrogantes de todo tipo, a los que esta pequeña filósofa humanista se enfrenta con curiosidad, inteligencia y muchas dosis de humor.

With our heroes divided, they must find a way to stop the Night Coats and to reunite before it’s all too late. With their freedom and the magic of the Memris on the line, each Mapmaker will have to decide — what is the future they want for their world? And what are they willing to pay to make it happen? This epic conclusion comes to an end as Alidade, Lewis, Blue, and their new friends and Mapmakers, finally take on the Night Coats who ruin any chance of hope for their homes and family. With dark magic and plenty of action, will Alidade be able to free everyone of the Night Coats?

There’s nothing cooler than Magical Girls – pretty superheroes fighting villains with the power of friendship and glitter? What could be better than that! This year in middle school, Kira is going to be cool and popular and have SO many friends because she’s going to be a MAGICAL GIRL! …Or not. Frustrated beyond belief, Kira makes a wish on a shooting star that her life will change – and when Catacorn, a cat-unicorn-space-princess, crashes into Kira’s backyard, it seems her wish has come true…kinda…maybe… Oh no. Is Kira’s dream of being a Magical Girl really possible…or is Catacorn not really what she promises to be?

Welcome to the Wombatton Academy of Better Magic! Hilo’s favorite warrior-cat-friend, Polly’s adventures with Hilo have landed her in trouble! So when Polly breaks one too many rules, she gets sent to Wombatton–the magical boarding school for bad kids. But something strange is going on at Wombatton–why does everyone pick on Polly’s roommate? And why have students started disappearing? Can Polly get to the bottom of this magical mystery and reunite with Hilo and her friends on Earth?! Full of action, humor, and lots of heart—the New York Times calls Hilo, “A story that can be enjoyed by the entire family.” Don’t miss out on the latest installment of this beloved series that kids and grownups love!

It’s as if her life only began once Moon appeared in it. The desultory copywriting work, the boyfriend, and the want of anything not-Moon quickly fall away when she beholds the idol in concert, where Moon dances as if his movements are creating their own gravitational field; on livestreams, as fans from around the world comment in dozens of languages; even on skincare products endorsed by the wildly popular Korean boyband, of which Moon is the youngest, most luminous member. Seized by ineffable desire, our unnamed narrator begins writing Y/N fanfic—in which you, the reader, insert [Your/Name] and play out an intimate relationship with the unattainable star. Surreal, hilarious, and shrewdly poignant, Y/N is a provocative literary debut about the universal longing for transcendence and the tragic struggle to assert one’s singular story amidst the amnesiac effects of globalization. Esther Yi’s prose unsettles the boundary between high and mass art, exploding our expectations of a novel about “identity” and offering in its place a sui generis picture of the loneliness that afflicts modern life.

El libro El arte de la guerra ha inspirado a líderes en todo el mundo con sus brillantes estrategias para prevalecer sobre los adversarios, a pesar de lo grande o intimidante que estos sean. Estrategia, posicionamiento, planeamiento, liderazgo, todo esto es esencial para convertirse en un oponente más fuerte y con mejores bases. Los propietarios de pequeños negocios que contienden por el mercado, pueden en la misma forma, vencer a grandes negocios, incluyendo las grandes potencias de la industria.

Ignore los libros de marketing, los cursos e incluso las charlas TED que ofrecen explicaciones hipotéticas que suenan sensatas y adopte el enfoque sistemático y probado de R.E.D. Marketing, que el reciente CEO y actual director de marketing de Yum! Brands llevó a cabo para dirigir Taco Bell y KFC a un crecimiento de dos dígitos. Este libro, repleto de marcos sencillos e historias interesantes, ayudará a todos los miembros de su empresa a comprender qué funciona realmente para impulsar el crecimiento sostenible de la marca y el éxito empresarial.