Después de presenciar el asesinato de su padre cuando era tan solo una niña, Laris Leakarden vive únicamente para vengarse. Tras su paso por la institución de asesinas Hollerins, su odio la arrastra al recóndito lugar donde habita el monstruo que le arrebató todo.
El temible Lord de las Gárgolas responde a su amenaza de una forma inesperada: le abre las puertas de su propia fortaleza y le da la opción de matarlo a traición. Solo tiene una condición: debe permanecer entre sus murallas y estar dispuesta a realizar cualquier encargo que él le solicite en el exterior, pues Laris Leakarden, como humana, tiene una propiedad de la que él carece: inmunidad a la luz del sol.
"Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy."
So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.
Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation.
The Giving Tree is a meaningful gift for milestone events such as graduations, birthdays, and baby showers.
Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, and of classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit plus Runny Babbit Returns.
Este libro de autoayuda y superación personal como "De los sueños a la acción" es inspirar y guiar a los lectores a transformar sus aspiraciones en realidad mediante estrategias prácticas y herramientas emocionales. Busca empoderar a las personas para superar obstáculos, crear hábitos positivos y tomar decisiones que les acerquen a sus metas.
María siempre soñó con ser profesora de cosmetología, pero sentía miedo al fracaso y no sabía por dónde empezar. Un día decidió leer un libro de superación personal que le ayudó a identificar sus metas específicas y a trazar un plan de acción. Aplicó consejos prácticos, como establecer objetivos pequeños, rodearse de mentores y perseverar ante los contratiempos.
Después de TIEMPO de esfuerzo, María logro sus sueños y, aunque enfrentó desafíos, aprendió que el éxito no se trata solo de llegar a la meta, sino de disfrutar el proceso y crecer como persona. Su historia muestra cómo pasar de soñar a actuar transforma vidas. Por medio a la acción.
One evening Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight. But there wasn't any moon, and Harold needed a moon for a walk in the moonlight. Fortunately, he had brought his purple crayon. So he drew a moon. He also needed something to walk on. So he drew a path...
DOS RIVALES
DOS HISTORIAS
DOS CORAZONES
UN DESTINO
Tras permanecer dormidos durante siglos, los dioses vuelven a la guerra...
Lo único que la joven periodista Iris Winnow desea es mantener unida a su familia. Con un hermano obligado a luchar en el bando de los dioses y desaparecido del frente de batalla y una madre que se ahoga en su pena, la mejor opción de Iris es obtener el ascenso a columnista del Oath Gazette.
Pero cuando las cartas de Iris a su hermano caen en las manos equivocadas -las del apuesto pero frío Roman Kitt, su rival en el periódico-, se crea una extraña conexión mágica.
Inmersos en el centro de una guerra mística, armados con sus máquinas de escribir, ¿podrá su vínculo superar la lucha por el destino de la humanidad y, lo que es más importante, de su amor?
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.
For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .
Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.