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Cuando Thad McAlister, un joven y exitoso autor de bestsellers de terror, empieza a escribir su nueva novela, siente que las palabras fluyen sin esfuerzo. Lo que Thad todavía no sabe es que, involuntariamente, ha abierto una puerta al pasado que pronto pondrá en peligro su vida y la de su familia. Mientras tanto, en su casa, su mujer se pregunta en secreto si, quizá, ella es la culpable de todo lo que está ocurriendo por un oscuro trato que hizo mucho tiempo atrás.

En "Campo de muerte", Poe y Tilly están desayunando, preguntándose cómo pasarán el resto de sus vacaciones, cuando su presencia es solicitada en un aeródromo de Cumbria. Un aeródromo que durante la crisis de la fiebre aftosa de 2001 se conocía como el campo de la muerte... En "¿Por qué no encogen las ovejas?" una pandemia global obliga a Poe y a Tilly a aislarse juntos. Las cosas no salen bien. Discuten y están a punto de pelear cuando Poe encuentra un viejo expediente: un misterio en el que ha estado reflexionando durante años.

"¿Qué clase de madre abandona a su hijo?" La frase tiene algo de bíblico y podría haberla pronunciado casi cualquiera en cualquier momento de la historia. También ahora, cuando nos replanteamos todos los matices políticos de la maternidad. Estamos programados para entender y perdonar que una mujer se separe de sus hijos por pura supervivencia material, pero una vez subimos un par de peldaños en la escala de necesidades la cosa se vuelve moralmente más brumosa.

El miedo al abandono es uno de nuestros miedos más primordiales, y con justa razón. Su dolor es abrumador y puede afectarnos el resto de nuestra vida. Inmersos en el dolor, nos es difícil pensar que hay mucho más que sentimientos de rechazo, vergüenza y traición. Susan Anderson, terapeuta especializada que durante 35 años ha atendido a personas que han sufrido pérdidas, desamor y abandono, nos comparte en esta edición los descubrimientos en neurociencia más recientes que le ayudarán a poner su dolor en perspectiva.

Hidden beneath layers of dust and decay, a diary lies forgotten in the corner of a long-abandoned cottage. When art student Lila stumbles upon the crumbling house during a weekend sketching trip, she’s drawn not just to the quiet beauty of its ruin, but to the strange aura it carries—an echo of something unfinished. The diary, bound in worn velvet and filled with delicate handwriting, tells the story of a girl named Isobel, who once lived in the cottage and vanished under strange circumstances.

Her entire life, Harlow has been the cuckoo in another bird's nest. With an unreliable junkie for a mother and an unknown father, her foster family, the kind, successful, and generous Bostons, are the brightest spot in her life. But even with a foster family like Harlow's, there are some things money can't buy - like the ability to fit in with the shallow socialites who act like her lack of pedigree is contagious.

Single and pregnant at eighteen was not what I had planned for my life, but after my fiancé skipped town on our wedding day, I had no choice. When his best man handed me the goodbye note, I thought my life was over. Three years later, his best man is now my best friend. My family likes him. My daughter adores him. And me? Well, I'm hopelessly in love with him. Too bad I can never tell him how I feel.

Más de 100.000 lectores. Cada ser humano, en su inmensidad y pequeñez, es una llama que brilla con luz propia y destaca sobre todas las demás. El mundo es un mar de fueguitos, cada uno con su particular historia. Una llama inmemorial que se transmite entre generaciones. Es inevitable que en ocasiones se agite, resplandezca y queme, del mismo modo en que se deja llevar por una pequeña brisa, enferma o incluso se apaga. Esta es una metáfora que ha servido durante siglos para definir nuestra existencia, que a veces nos duele o desafía más de lo que esperábamos.

Maggie is living from one day to the next and making things up as she goes. Her life is four kids and a whole lot of chaos, but the best kind. Two years ago, she gave up her dreams, and after a devastating loss, she may have to give up one more. With four kids depending on her and not a chance she'll let them down, she's about to learn just exactly how far she'll go to keep them safe.

On his way to claim his late father's title, highland chief Connor Brunwood stumbles upon an English lass in a deserted clearing. She's dressed like a man, in shirt and breeches, her blond tresses hidden under a large hat and a foil in her hand, as she practices the art of sword-fighting. Awed by the sight of her spirited, blue eyes, and graceful, yet alluring movements, Connor calls her bluff, vowing that he will make her his wife. However, that is easier said than done.

Este libro es una hermosa exploración de lugares donde la naturaleza florece en nuestra ausencia. Algunas de las únicas reses verdaderamente asilvestradas del mundo deambulan por una isla abandonada desde hace tiempo en el extremo norte de Escocia. En los terrenos irradiados de Chernóbil ha resurgido una variedad de vida silvestre que no se había visto en mucho tiempo.

Cuando la agente especial Riley Paige finalmente decide tomar un muy merecido descanso del FBI, una petición de ayuda llega de la persona menos pensada, su propia hija. La mejor amiga de April está devastada por la muerte de su hermana, una estudiante del primer año de la Universidad de Georgetown. Peor aún, está convencida de que el suicidio fue montado, y que su hermana fue asesinada por un asesino en serie. Riley descubre que este caso es mucho más retorcido de lo que parece, y que podría estar cazando al asesino más psicótico de toda su carrera.

Adoption is often painted as a happy, inspirational act—a baby finds a family and lives happily ever after. But the truth is that adopted children experience displacement and rupture from their mother and that trauma can impact an individual for a lifetime. Adoption can lead to feelings of loss and grief not just for the adoptee, but for the biological and adoptive parents as well. This startling fact comes vividly to life in Janet Sherlund’s heartbreaking memoir, Abandoned at Birth.

Sailing across the Pacific, the battle-scarred heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis had just delivered a secret cargo that would trigger the end of World War II. Heading westward, she was sunk by a Japanese submarine. In 12 minutes, some 300 men went down with her. More than 900 other spent four horrific days and five nights in the ocean with no water to drink, savaged by a pitiless sun and swarms of sharks. Incredibly, no one knew they were there until a navy patrol plane accidentally discovered them. In the end, only 316 crewmen survived. How could this have happened - and why?

The whole gang from Peabody: Scruggs, Penny, Annette, Jack, and Jean, board a flight for a vacation in New England with Aunt Betty and Uncle Bill. But they find themselves abandoned in a strange, seemingly endless forest in the mountains. With very little food and no gear, they must keep moving as they try to figure out who has left them here, and who is following them, and what they want.

Maupassant es, junto a Chèjov, el más importante autor de cuentos y relatos del siglo XIX. Escribió más de 300 relatos y inconcovelas. Son especialmente destacables sus cuentos de terror, género en el que es reconocido como maestro, a la altura de Edgar Allan Poe.

In her memoir, Monica, 54, tells the story of her childhood, when her mother, Betty Mount, forced her head under running bathroom taps and tried to strangle her. She had previously tried to kill Monica as a baby. Monica was taken into foster care, where her new parents ran a brutal regime. To the outside world, the family was devoutly religious and respectable, but behind closed doors, Monica was physically and sexually abused.

Peggy Bowden has not had an easy life. As a teenager, her mother was committed to an asylum, and then a local priest forced her into an abusive marriage. But when her husband dies in an accident, Peggy sees an opportunity to start again and trains as a midwife. In 1950s Dublin it is not easy for a woman to make a living, and Peggy sees a chance to start a business, and soon a lucrative maternity home is up and running. But when Peggy realizes that the lack of birth control is an issue for women, she uses their plight as a way to make more money. Very soon Peggy is on the wrong side of the law.

Meg Cabot, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Airhead novels, brings listeners the first installment in an exciting fantasy series about the underworld. When 17-year-old Pierce spots John Hayden, her first impression is that he’s a murderer. And she’s right—sort of. Fighting a strange attraction she feels towards John, Pierce struggles to discover what’s really behind a mysterious death—and what she discovers may make her wish she’d stayed in the dark.

A dog named Slipper almost ruined my life. The uncatchable stray snuck on the patio where I was waitressing and knocked me straight into Lee Powell's lap. My fist slammed into his junk. Then I accidentally flipped his breakfast platter onto his pants. I thought it couldn't get any worse, but when I bring my brother to baseball practice, I discover his new coach is none other than Lee, owner and founder of Powell Dog Sanctuary, and he's not happy to see me.