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¿Qué secretos ocultaron durante siglos los templarios? ¿Quiénes eran en realidad los cátaros? ¿Qué verdades ha silenciado la historia sobre la masonería? Durante más de treinta años, Jordi Matilló ha recorrido castillos, leído manuscritos olvidados y desafiado los dogmas para traernos una obra que desmonta los tópicos y se atreve a mirar de frente a los enigmas más poderosos de nuestra historia. Templarios no es una novela, es una investigación valiente y apasionada. Un viaje trepidante por los recovecos del poder, la fe y la conspiración. Desde los túneles del Templo de Salomón hasta las hogueras inquisitoriales, desde las cruzadas a las logias masónicas, esta obra ofrece respuestas donde antes solo había sombras. Prepárate para cuestionarlo todo. Porque a veces, la verdad más incómoda es también la más luminosa.

El kitsch ha cambiado. Lo que antes se consideraba un estilo de mal gusto, relegado al ámbito decorativo y asociado a la estética burguesa, se ha transformado en un «neokitsch» global que impregna la arquitectura, el ocio, la moda, el mundo del espectáculo e incluso la comunicación digital. Su influencia ha crecido tanto que ha dado lugar a un «kitsch de lujo», adoptado por grandes marcas y élites financieras. Expansivo y omnipresente, ya no se limita a los objetos o las imágenes, sino que configura una auténtica civilización cimentada en la lógica del exceso: la civilización del «demasiado».

La historia de cómo las prácticas habituales de violencia de los imperios europeos redefinieron los contornos del mundo. "A la rapiña, el asesinato y el robo los llaman con nombre falso gobernar, y donde crean un desierto, lo llaman paz", Tácito puso estas palabras en boca de quien defendía sus tierras ante las legiones romanas. A partir del siglo XV, los imperios europeos llevaron estas antiguas prácticas a una escala nunca vista, cimentando sus conquistas en saqueos, esclavitud y pillaje generalizados. Autoafirmándose en un derecho al uso de la fuerza unilateral, estos imperios consiguieron acumular a través de los años un poder global. En un relato que abarca desde Asia hasta América, Lauren Benton muestra cómo la violencia ejercida por los imperios definió la naturaleza misma de la guerra y la paz. Los constantes enfrentamientos y las intervenciones armadas instauraron un estado de guerra de facto perpetua en todo el mundo. Estas disputas intermitentes desencadenaron atrocidades, desde masacres repentinas hasta largas campañas de despojo y exterminio.

Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology, travels to Prague to attend a groundbreaking lecture by Katherine Solomon—a prominent noetic scientist with whom he has recently begun a relationship. Katherine is on the verge of publishing an explosive book that contains startling discoveries about the nature of human consciousness and threatens to disrupt centuries of established belief. But a brutal murder catapults the trip into chaos, and Katherine suddenly disappears along with her manuscript. Langdon finds himself targeted by a powerful organization and hunted by a chilling assailant sprung from Prague’s most ancient mythology. As the plot expands into London and New York, Langdon desperately searches for Katherine . . . and for answers. In a thrilling race through the dual worlds of futuristic science and mystical lore, he uncovers a shocking truth about a secret project that will forever change the way we think about the human mind.

The war is over. The war has just begun. Three times throughout its history, Nikan has fought for its survival in the bloody Poppy Wars. Though the third battle has just ended, shaman and warrior Rin cannot forget the atrocity she committed to save her people. Now she is on the run from her guilt, the opium addiction that holds her like a vice, and the murderous commands of the fiery Phoenix—the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with her fearsome power. Though she does not want to live, she refuses to die until she avenges the traitorous Empress who betrayed Rin’s homeland to its enemies. Her only hope is to join forces with the powerful Dragon Warlord, who plots to conquer Nikan, unseat the Empress, and create a new republic. But neither the Empress nor the Dragon Warlord are what they seem. The more Rin witnesses, the more she fears her love for Nikan will force her to use the Phoenix’s deadly power once more. Because there is nothing Rin won’t sacrifice to save her country . . . and exact her vengeance.

Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin—alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go. This elegant hardcover—now available for the first time in the United States—is one of five Collector’s Editions of Tolkien’s most beloved works, and an essential piece of any Tolkien reader’s library.

How do you destroy the Justice League? The question has been plaguing Lex Luthor and his Legion of Doom since the two titanic groups first came to blows. When confronted with the colossal entities of Skull Island, Lex believes he's found the answer to their eternal question. It's Superman vs. Godzilla, Wonder Woman vs. Behemoth, Green Lantern vs. Scylla, Batman vs. Camazotz, and Supergirl vs. Kong in this all-out battle for the fate of the DC Universe. Can Superman stand up to the power of Godzilla? Can Lex Luthor harness the primal forces of Skull Island? It's time to find out the answers to these questions and more!

When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising. But surprises aren’t always good. Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many distinctions since its publi­cation in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize, was named the best novel of the twentieth century by librarians across the nation, and was voted by readers as America’s “most beloved novel” on PBS’s The Great American Read. It remains a staple of many high school reading lists across the coun­try and has been translated into more than forty languages, selling more than forty million copies worldwide. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, Scout Finch, and her brother, Jem, as their father, Atticus—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a Black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.