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La Segunda Gran Guerra llega a su fin y el mundo emprende una tortuosa reconstrucción. Concluidas sus funciones como colaboradora de los Servicios Secretos británicos, Sira afronta el futuro con ansias de serenidad. Sin embargo, no lo logrará. El destino le tendrá preparada una trágica desventura que la obligará a reinventarse, tomar sola las riendas de su vida y luchar con garra para encauzar el porvenir. Entre hechos históricos que marcarán una época, Jerusalén, Londres, Madrid y Tánger serán los escenarios por los que transite. En ellos afrontará desgarros y reencuentros, cometidos arriesgados y la experiencia de la maternidad.

Sirena Esmeralda es una princesa... un poco rebelde. A Esmeralda le gusta explorar el fondo del mar y jugar con sus amigas sirenas. Y, desde que su mamá se casó con el rey Óster, ¡tendrá que aprender a ser una princesa! Sirena Esmeralda es una princesa un poco rebelde. En palacio han recibido la visita de otra familia real: los Dragones de Mar. A Esmeralda no le cae muy bien Rayo, el príncipe. Aunque igual eso podría cambiar... ¡Vive una increíble aventura bajo el mar con Esmeralda y Rayo!

Las arpías. Medusa. Las esfinges. Circe. La mitología de todas las civilizaciones está llena de monstruos representados bajo forma femenina: son mujeres que no respetan los límites, enfadadas, codiciosas, abiertamente sexuales. Fueron concebidas como engendros deformes, horripilantes, para con el paso del tiempo atribuirles una belleza e inteligencia sibilinas. Su pecado es poner en jaque el valor y la fortaleza masculinas, desafiar a los grandes héroes, amenazar la historia. En este ensayo que combina la crítica histórica y literaria con el manifiesto político y las memorias, Jess Zimmerman nos ofrece un repaso lúcido y combativo por esas grandes fealdades atribuidas a las mujeres desde el inicio de los tiempos, representadas en once monstruos legendarios. Porque, tal vez, aquello que nos hace peligrosas, o poco deseables, es en realidad nuestra mayor fortaleza.

A bizarre sleeping sickness called Aurora has fallen over the world. Its victims can’t wake up. And all of them are women. As nations fall into chaos, those women still awake take desperate measures to stay that way, and men everywhere begin to give in to their darkest impulses. Meanwhile, in the small town of Dooling, a mysterious woman has walked out of the woods. She calls herself Eve and leaves a trail of carnage in her wake. Strangest of all, she’s the only woman who can wake up.

It’s time for Sleepy Sheepy’s very first sheepover! But when it’s time for bed, Sleepy Sheepy CANNOT SLEEPY! You see, his blankets scratch, and his pj’s don’t match! Sleepy Sheepy…misses his home! Will Grammy and Grampy ever get their favorite little sheep to sleep? From acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins and brought to life by New York Times bestselling illustrator Pete Oswald (The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, The Smart Cookie, The Sour Grape), Sleepy Sheepy and the Sheepover is a fun and funny bedtime read-aloud that will appeal to any child who has felt a bit unsure at their first sleepover.

Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. But are these really our only choices? Long before the arrival of pinging inboxes and clogged schedules, history’s most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this timely and provocative book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to radically transform our modern jobs. Drawing from deep research on the habits and mindsets of a varied cast of storied thinkers – from Galileo and Isaac Newton, to Jane Austen and Georgia O’Keefe – Newport lays out the key principles of “slow productivity,” a more sustainable alternative to the aimless overwhelm that defines our current moment. Combining cultural criticism with systematic pragmatism, Newport deconstructs the absurdities inherent in standard notions of productivity, and then provides step-by-step advice for cultivating a slower, more humane alternative.

When Jessica Chen entered the workforce, she felt like everything she had been taught growing up in a Quiet Culture household—where deference, humility, harmony, and dogged hard work were praised—failed to set her up for success in the “real world.” Her ingrained values were in direct contrast with what was actually needed to stand out in a Loud Culture workplace. The result? Feeling underappreciated, passed over for opportunities and promotions, and completely stuck. Building on the lessons she learned as an award-winning TV news journalist, Chen—who now speaks at Fortune 100 companies and whose LinkedIn Learning courses have been watched by over 2 million people—introduces a new way of getting noticed at work, without being loud, aggressive, or boastful. In Smart, Not Loud, Chen teaches readers how they can look within, to the values they already hold, to more effectively show up.

Enclosed under a vast dome, Snowglobe is the last place on Earth that’s warm. Outside Snowglobe is a frozen wasteland, and every day, citizens face the icy world to get to their jobs at the power plant, where they produce the energy Snowglobe needs. Their only solace comes in the form of twenty-four-hour television programming streamed directly from the domed city. The residents of Snowglobe have everything: fame, fortune, and above all, safety from the desolation outside their walls. In exchange, their lives are broadcast to the less fortunate outside, who watch eagerly, hoping for the chance to one day become actors themselves. Chobahm lives for the time she spends watching the shows produced inside Snowglobe. Her favorite? Goh Around, starring Goh Haeri, Snowglobe’s biggest star—and, it turns out, the key to getting Chobahm her dream life. Because Haeri is dead, and Chobahm has been chosen to take her place. Only, life inside Snowglobe is nothing like what you see on television. Reality is a lie, and truth seems to be forever out of reach.

En la familia, en el trabajo, en la pareja, en la amistad... En todo. El dolor es necesario. El optimismo ha de ser realista, y el sufrimiento es inherente a la vida. Y hemos de contar con ello. Ahora bien, nunca más allá de lo que toca, que no es poco, porque, además, suele llegar en un momento inoportuno. ¿Cuándo es pertinente sufrir? Aparentemente nunca, pero, por otro lado, ¿acaso es concebible una vida sin dolor, sin disgustos, sin rupturas, sin duelos? Si el sinsabor ya es parte de la vida... ¿Por qué tenemos que complicarlo más? ¿Para qué? Precisamente de eso va este libro, de poder contar con unas herramientas útiles, sencillas y para cada uno de nosotros, universales, que nos enseñarán el camino para vivir tranquilos y confiados. Ejercicios, procesos y pautas para encontrar la posibilidad de disfrutar siempre que tengamos ocasión de ello: de vivir, de sentir, de hacer, de responsabilizarse y de enfrentarse a todo lo que dependa de nosotros, mientras siga dependiendo de nosotros; y gestionarlo de la mejor manera posible. Si eres, como yo, de los que quieren VIVIR, intensamente y con mayúsculas, todo el rato, ¡adelante!