Resultados para "Candido" en Literatura y ficción

Cándida tiene claro que el verano es para disfrutar en compañía de las amigas del alma. Pero sus padres la envían a un pueblecito de La Rioja donde vive su abuela. Y lo peor: acompañada de sus hermanos Gustavo y Alicia. ¡Horror! ¿Hay algo má...

Paige has ticked off everything on her senior year bucket list except one tiny thing—she's never kissed anyone. And her best friend, Grayson Darling, is to blame. Grayson is the school hockey team's notorious enforcer, and he's been scaring away any eligible bachelors who so much as look in Paige's direction. With time running out, she demands that Grayson stop defending her honor. Instead, he'll become her dating coach, training her to win the guy of her dreams.

A Blue no le gusta ser Blue. Se conformaría con ser normal, aunque el mundo se esfuerce en recordarle que no encaja en esa definición. Jake no está seguro de ser feliz siendo Jake. Así que, cuando comienza a cruzarse con versos por el instituto, los va recogiendo y, sin darse cuenta, acaba embarcándose en la misión más loca de su vida: encontrar a la chica que los ha escrito.

Ceres es una hermosa chica pobre de Delos, una ciudad del Imperio, que se ve obligada por real decreto a luchar en el Stade, la cruel arena donde vienen guerreros de todos los rincones del mundo para matarse los unos a los otros. Se enfrenta a feroces contrincantes y sus probabilidades de sobrevivir son escasas. Su única oportunidad está en recurrir a sus poderes más recónditos y hacer la transición, de una vez por todas, de esclava a guerrera.

Corey was born intersex, but their father and stepmother didn't make a big deal about it. Then Corey's dad dies suddenly. Now Corey's disapproving mother wants Corey to "pick a side". Corey's old enough to say no to medical intervention—but not old enough to avoid being held in a youth psych ward when their mom makes an issue of Corey's refusal to conform to the gender binary.

If she can remove the monster's mask, she will earn her freedom… but failure will cost her life. Thirteen years ago, Princess Fiona fled the bloodshed within Ravenwood Castle. She has no desire to return to the place of her childhood nightmares, especially not as a prisoner locked in chains. Using the power of illusion, she glamours her appearance to conceal her royal identity, hoping that her facade won't crumble before she can escape.

Emilio Salaberry solo tiene ocho años cuando presencia la explosión de un barco en el puerto de su ciudad. Como superviviente de aquella escena que, sin saberlo, marcará su infancia y su destino, Emilio se sumerge en la literatura para buscar en ella otros mundos más amables. En su oficio como escritor encontrará no pocos argumentos para comprender que su vida y la de cuantos le rodean mantienen estrechos vínculos que trascienden más allá de las palabras.

The virus didn’t just infect the world. It’s starving it. It started with the plants—crops withered, forests died. When there was nothing left to consume, it turned to humans. Some recover. Others… change. The government calls them mutations. Everyone else knows they are monsters. Inside a military compound, Lily Walker is secure. The walls hold. Rations are controlled. The virus hasn’t found its way in. But Lily knows security isn’t the same as safety.

It seems like the summer of dreams come true for Hollywood princess Kaitlin Burke: the media loves her her boyfriend, and she's starring in a movie by her all-time favorite director Hutch Adams. What could be sweeter? But life on set is not as perfect as the (again), super-cute and funny Austin Meyers is finally makeup and costumes. And with an old love and a scheming new publicist on the scene, it's about to get a whole lot messier.

Prom fever has infected L.A. - especially Cindy's two annoying stepsisters, and her overly Botoxed stepmother. Cindy seems to be the only one immune to it all. But her anti-prom letter in the school newspaper does more to turn Cindy into Queen of the Freaks than close the gap between the popular kids and the rest of the students.

Archie Miller might be a dreamer, but he’s seen the complex mousetraps the stray barn cat builds, and he knows he’s right. When his late father wills him the “magic cat” as his only inheritance, Archie is ready to prove it, making a deal with the supposed faerie to gain his fortune. But the ornery brown tabby has plans of his own. And when Archie ends up entangled with a shapeshifting ogre and a reckless royal beauty, it seems he has unleashed more magical mayhem than he can handle.

Life has a way of surprising you when you least expect it. Sometimes those surprises come wrapped in paperwork and deeds, like the inheritance Jason Hunter never saw coming, an old farmstead on the outskirts of Summer Shandy, left to him by an uncle who always believed he could do more. It's not much to look at. The fields have gone wild, monsters prowl between the weathered fence posts, and the soil hasn't seen a plow in longer than Jason cares to guess. But there's potential here, buried under the weeds and waiting for someone stubborn enough to uncover it.

Die #1 der "New York Times"-Bestsellerliste: Dick UND schön? Unsicher UND mutig? Dumplin' ist all das und noch viel mehr. Willowdean - "16, Dolly-Parton-Verehrerin und die Dicke vom Dienst" - wird von ihrer Mutter immer nur Dumplin' genannt. Bisher hat sie sich in ihrem Körper eigentlich immer wohl gefühlt. Sie ist eben dick - na und? Mit ihrer besten Freundin Ellen an ihrer Seite ist das sowieso total egal. Doch dann lernt sie den sportlichen und unfassbar attraktiven Bo kennen. Kein Wunder, dass sie sich hoffnungslos in ihn verknallt - dass er sie allerdings aus heiterem Himmel küsst, verunsichert sie völlig.

En su primera colección de cuentos, Rainbow nos regala nueve historias de amor bellamente narradas. Una chica conoce a un chico acampando fuera de un cine. Mejores amigos discuten sobre los méritos de los bailes escolares. Un príncipe enamora a una troll. Una chica enamora a un chico imaginario. Y el mismísimo Simon Snow regresa para una aventura navideña. Este es un festín de personajes irresistibles, diálogos hilarantes y una narrativa espectacular. En resumen, todo aquello que se esperaría de un libro de Rainbow Rowell.

Crown Princess Taryn is fully prepared to marry the man her parents have chosen for her in order to save her kingdom from ruin—until she falls for the son of her family’s greatest enemy, Crown Prince Xander. Despite their struggle to be the enemies expected of them, they cannot resist the secret friendship that transforms into a forbidden love. Regardless of their fear of discovery and the obstacles barring their way, they’re determined to find a way to be together, no matter the cost.

Princess Gemma has been trapped for years within a magical turret, a fate she deems fitting for a sickly princess with little purpose. The enchanted walls offer security, which she'd do anything to maintain, for though she knows she should want to escape, her prison seems far safer than the outside world. But the magic of the tower has begun to fade. The tower's shifting magic isn't the only thing changing, for the longer Gemma spends with her faithful guard, Quinn, the more she realizes that her feelings for him are inappropriate for one of her royal status.

Princess Reve of Malvagaria has no idea who she truly is. Hidden away in a cottage in the mountains, she believes she’s a peasant girl named Primrose, a reality frequently challenged by confusing snippets of forgotten royal memories. For there’s a darkness inside her head, one that is slowly claiming her identity, memory by memory. Everything changes when Reve encounters a rugged hunter, a man who offers her a hopeful future despite her blank, forgotten past.

Island hat Elin tief in seinen Bann gezogen. Aber die Pferdeinsel im hohen Norden birgt ein düsteres Geheimnis. Etwas Bedrohliches braut sich zusammen und nicht nur Ljósadís und ihr Fohlen sind in großer Gefahr. Auf einmal liegt nicht weniger als die Zukunft Islands in Káris und Elins Händen. Aber wem können sie noch vertrauen? Und was plant Freyja, Káris Freundin aus Kindertagen? Es steht viel auf dem Spiel und Elin muss Entscheidungen treffen, die ihr ganzes Leben beeinflussen... Ein packendes Pferdeabenteuer im Land der Elfen, Feen und Trolle mit einem Hauch Romantik.

Elin ist zurück auf Island! Sie kann es kaum erwarten, Ljósadís wiederzusehen, die kleine Stute, die so sehr um ihr verlorenes Fohlen trauert. Und sie hofft darauf, Kári wiederzutreffen, den geheimnisvollen, isländischen Jungen, der so gut mit Pferden umgehen konnte und sie mehrfach gerettet hat. Der Junge, in den sie sich sogar ein kleines bisschen verliebt hat. Aber Kári ist spurlos verschwunden. Bei einem Wanderritt durchs Hochland hat Elin das Gefühl, als könnten beide irgendwo da draußen sein. Elin kommt einem magischen Geheimnis auf die Spur.

Falsely accused of being the notorious Magic Thief, the non-magic Marcel Ellsworth, Baron of Carrington, wants nothing more than to stay away from enchanters and sorcerers. Unfortunately, he soon discovers his mentor, the Duke of Henly, is head of a family of proud enchanters - and that they’re the next target of the Magic Thief, a servant of the sorcerers.