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Primera novela de esta trilogía de fantasía épica con inspiración vikinga. Ha pasado un siglo desde que los dioses lucharon y se extinguieron. Ahora solo quedan sus huesos, que prometen un gran poder a aquellos lo suficientemente valientes como para buscarlos. Mientras los susurros de guerra resuenan en la tierra de Vigrið, el destino sigue los pasos de tres guerreros: una cazadora en una búsqueda peligrosa, una mujer noble que busca la fama en la batalla y un esclavo que busca venganza entre los mercenarios conocidos como los Hermanos de Sangre.

There are moments in life when magic happens. They occur when we feel something "click" inside us, like turning on the light in a dark room. It happens in an instant, but suddenly we know that nothing will ever be the same. We feel that "click" when a new idea or vision strikes us that will change our life, and perhaps the lives of others as well. How do these "clicks" that open new horizons occur? Are there ways to provoke them or, at least, to encourage them?

Segunda parte de la trilogía de fantasía vikinga. El hambre de los dioses es la continuación de la aclamada saga de fantasía épica de John Gwynne inspirada en la civilización nórdica, repleta de mitos, magia y venganzas sangrientas. Lik-Rifa, la legendaria diosa dragona, ha salido de su cautiverio eterno. Ahora urde una nueva era de sangre y conquistas. Mientras Orka continúa la búsqueda de su hijo desaparecido, los Hermanos de Sangre emprenden una desesperada carrera hacia el sur para salvar a uno de los suyos y Varg da sus primeros pasos en la senda de la venganza.

Última entrega de esta saga de fantasía de John Gwynne. Varg ha dejado atrás el sufrimiento de su vida pasada y se ha convertido en un miembro de pleno derecho de los Hermanos de Sangre. Pero, ahora, sus nuevos camaradas y él se enfrentan al mayor desafío de sus vidas: matar un dragón. Elvar dedica todos sus esfuerzos a consolidar su poder en Snakavik, donde tiene que hacer frente a amenazas internas y externas. Mientras lucha para imponer su autoridad ante la inminente Guerra, debe afrontar una tarea, sin duda, insuperable: dominar la ferocidad de un dios lobo.

Queen Lauriel hoards wealth and persecutes anyone with magic. She even cancels the Midwinter Glee festival, claiming that it wastes the Crown's money. But one cold night, the Wild Hunt rides across the sky, led by three majestic Fae. They've been called to teach the Queen a lesson, and if she can't learn it by their deadline, her throne won't be the only thing she'll lose.

Callie Winter is the kind of person who holds everything together—for her family, her friends, her coworkers. But this Christmas, she’s hoping to catch her breath in the Scottish Highlands and maybe rediscover a little joy along the way. A kiss with a charming stranger in a pub? The perfect holiday distraction. Until he rejects her.

Published in 1888, The Legacy of Cain is the last of Wilkie Collins’s completed novels. Two sisters, Helen and Eunice, are brought up by their father, Reverend Gracedieu. He has deliberately kept the girls in ignorance of their true ages, to disguise the fact that one of them was adopted after her birth mother was executed for the brutal murder of her husband. In time, both girls fall for the same man, Philip Dunboyne, but when he eventually chooses one of the sisters, events take a sinister turn.

Connor Bennett is a walking red flag I could see coming from miles away, but I'm a sucker for his rakish smile, his irresistible charm, and that world class behind always wrapped in a tight pair of Wranglers. I told myself I’d learned my lesson when I woke up and discovered he ghosted me, leaving a note behind on the pillow where his head should have been. Unfortunately, that wasn’t true. High emotions and too much booze during a mutual friend’s wedding lands me back in his bed, but this time I make sure I’m not the one left high and dry once the sun comes up.

When Damon survives a near-drowning, his life flashes before his eyes. Every memory is crystal clear—except one. A dead boy. A face he can’t place. A moment he doesn’t remember living. At first he tells himself it’s a trick of the mind. But everything else he saw was real. So why not this? With his waking life stalked by the disturbing scene, confusion quickly turns to obsession.

William Stoner is born at the end of the 19th century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar's life, far different from the hardscrabble existence he has known. And yet as the years pass, Stoner encounters a succession of disappointments.

It's 1699 in the coastal settlement of Fount Royal in the Carolinas when Rachel Howarth is sentenced to be hanged as a witch. She's been accused of murder, deviltry, and blasphemous sexual congress, and the beleaguered, God-fearing colonial village wants her dead. But Matthew Corbett, young clerk to the traveling magistrate summoned to Fount Royal to weigh the accusations, soon finds himself persuaded in favor of the beguiling young widow.

A pesar de su juventud, Clay Carter ve su futuro con cierto cinismo. Hace años que ejerce de abogado público de oficio y la situación no parece que vaya a cambiar. De ahí su resignación al abordar un nuevo caso que promete ser como tantos otros: debe defender a un adolescente acusado de asesinato, un hecho corriente en la ciudad de Washington.

¡Sumérgete en una trepidante carrera a través de la Europa devastada por la guerra en este magistral thriller de espionaje de la Primera Guerra Mundial! Cuando los altos funcionarios de inteligencia británicos convocan a Richard Hannay desde las trincheras del Frente Occidental, se ve lanzado a una misión que podría cambiar el curso de la guerra. Una profecía misteriosa, un poderoso líder religioso y un complot para incitar una guerra santa en el mundo islámico; el destino de la civilización misma pende de un hilo.

The Grateful Dead is one of the most popular bands of all time and they have enjoyed incredible relevance to this day. But let's admit it, they were not exactly poster boys for corporate America. In Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the Grateful Dead, Deadhead and business scholar Barry Barnes proves that the Dead's influence on the business world will turn out to be a significant part of their legacy. Without intending to, the band pioneered ideas and practices that were subsequently embraced by American corporations.

John Locke and his works - particularly An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - are regularly and rightly presented as foundations for the Age of Enlightenment. His primary epistemological message - that the mind at birth is a blank sheet waiting to be filled by the experiences of the senses - complemented his primary political message: that human beings are free and equal and have the right to envision, create and direct the governments that rule them and the societies within which they live.

Audible exclusive. 'For me writing was a way of making sense of the world.' John Connolly joins us in the studios to discuss books, authors and the lure of writing. John Connolly is an Irish writer who is best known for his series of novels starring private detective Charlie Parker.

These letters by a seasoned, influential pastor address a variety of ministry issues, as well as physical suffering, overcoming sin, learning to forgive, spiritual warfare, etc. We learn that a leader should be the chief servant and that right attitudes come only from a heart changed by an encounter with God.

It's rush hour in Chicago when a system integration ends the world as Hal Riley knows it. Forced into its hardcore tutorial, Hal adapts, thrives, and emerges with the perfect class for an auto mechanic: [Voltsmith]. His new class promises to teach him the very secrets of the Universal Order. All he needs to do is understand the underlying principles of magical engineering, use them to build bigger weapons and greater tools, and perhaps even uncover the inner workings of the system itself.

¿Hablas en serio? ¿Se supone que voy a tener que vivir en una mansión malrollista en un pueblo lúgubre de costa con faro, lluvia perpetua, marineros y piratas, con tal de que mi archienemiga no se salga con la suya? Pues vale. Daisy Dooren: biotecnóloga licenciada en la universidad de joder-como-puedo-tener-tan-mala-suerte, con una obsesión (in)sana por las margaritas. Lugar de origen: Filadelfia, Pensilvania… más o menos. Destino: Saltwater, un pequeño pueblo de Maine. El problema llega cuando su nuevo ambiente de trabajo resulta ser un tanto… hostil.

Un método basado en la evidencia científica, del mayor experto en relaciones a nivel mundial. Ocho citas con tu pareja: es todo lo que necesitas. Este método práctico te ofrece reflexiones, preguntas y diálogos que reforzarán vuestra conexión: una puesta a punto para abordar la relación de una forma más enriquecedora y mejorar la comunicación. La confianza, la diversión, el sexo y la intimidad... La ciencia ha encontrado el secreto del amor para toda la vida, y está a tu alcance.