Resultados para "Siren" en Literatura y ficción

Vuelve a sumergirte en un tiempo inolvidable. Después de El tiempo entre costuras, SIRA, la nueva novela de María Dueñas. 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...

After successfully protecting the Kingdom of Merinard from the Principality of Diieharte and the Kingdom of Tigris, it's time for Kousuke to return home to the capital and enjoy a hard-earned rest. Well, that was the plan, anyway. When Serafeeta starts putting the moves on Kousuke, it sparks tension between him and Sylphy's two older sisters, Ifriita and Aqual. And while Kosuke's hands are full trying to keep all three of these beautiful women happy, another bomb drops--someone's pregnant! Can Kousuke catch a break?!

Former seamstress turned couturier turned spy Sira Quiroga is finally ready to embrace serenity with her British diplomat husband, Marcus, and the upcoming prospect of motherhood. But tranquility proves elusive. Fate has other plans for Sira. Installed in Jerusalem under the British Mandate, and enmeshed in the murky world of shady operators, political menace, and catastrophic violence, Sira finds her future with Marcus put to the ultimate test.

The Shadow Trials continue, but Aaron is no longer alone. With Mo'han and Talia, and more new arrivals every day, the pressure is on to push further and faster than before, and Aaron isn't about to be left behind. He's going to keep pressing on, regardless of how many times he dies. The pressure gets multiplied when his patron goddess Yendal gives him a Quest: defeat Mo'han Khan. Defeating the new universe's greatest prodigy is no small task, but Aaron was never one to back down from a challenge. He's not going to lose, even if it kills him. And it is definitely going to kill him.

Cuando sir Arthur Conan Doyle convirtió en personaje popular su Sherlock Holmes, el público incondicional, habituado a leer novelas por entregas en los periódicos y revistas, demandó vorazmente nuevas historias ingeniosas y divertidas. Su autor, que sin duda prefería el relato corto a la...

The fifth novel in Julia Quinn's globally beloved and bestselling Bridgerton Family series, set in Regency times and now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is Eloise's story.. My dear Miss Bridgerton, We have been corresponding now for quite some time, and although we have never...

The inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II. Between youth and adulthood... At age twelve, Sira Quiroga sweeps the...

Tras unos años en que Arthur Conan Doyle había decidido dejar descansar a su personaje de Sherlock Holmes, tal era el abrumador éxito que este había alcanzado, el escritor decidió volver a recrear uno de sus casos más famosos, relatado según los recuerdos del fiel doctor Watson. Holmes se...

En este relato de Henry James, una mujer con una personalidad un tanto extraña y misteriosa, que dice guiarse por premoniciones, va a explicar la historia de unos manuscritos que son encontrados por casualidad y que contienen una serie de declaraciones comprometedoras, a un escritor que ignora que a veces la felicidad está tan sólo a la vuelta de la esquina.

Sir Ralph Richardson reads 'The Tale', and 'The Black Mate' by Joseph Conrad.

Eloise Bridgerton é uma jovem simpática e extrovertida, cuja forma preferida de comunicação sempre foram as cartas, nas quais sua personalidade se torna ainda mais cativante. Quando uma prima distante morre, ela decide escrever para o viúvo e oferecer as condolências. Ao ser surpreendido por um gesto tão amável vindo de uma desconhecida, Sir Phillip resolve retribuir a atenção e responder. Assim, os dois começam uma instigante troca de correspondências.

El convenio de Sir Dominick relata la travesía de un noble a través de un antiguo bosque, y su encuentro con una vieja casa nobiliaria en ruinas. En estas ruinas, el hombre se encuentra con un peculiar sujeto, que le desvelará los secretos del dueño de la casa,

Tras la desaparición de su padre en circunstancias poco claras, la señorita Mary Morstan empieza a recibir perlas de alguien cuya identidad desconoce y que le ha citado para reunirse con ella. Mary recurre a Sherlock Holmes, quien acepta desentrañar el caso y, junto con Watson, acudir como...

The defiant, fierce heroine of Daughter of the Pirate King returns in this rip-roaring high-seas adventure Alosa's mission is finally complete. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners...

Un caso de identidad (título original: A Case of Identity) es uno de los 56 relatos cortos sobre Sherlock Holmes escrito por Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Fue publicado originalmente en The Strand Magazine y posteriormente recogido en la colección Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes. Ambientada en 1888, la historia gira en torno al caso de la señora Mary Sutherland, una mujer con grandes ingresos gracias a los intereses de un fondo creado para ella. Su prometido, un silencioso londinense, ha desaparecido recientemente.

Cale is more famous than ever after quashing an invasion in his hometown. Unfortunately for our wannabe slacker, more attention equals more responsibility—especially since his bold moves messed with the novel's plot! In a bid to weaken the Indomitable Alliance, he partners up with the Whale Tribe for an assault on the enemy's frozen shores. Knowing it'll take more than one battle to come out on the right side of history, he decides it's time for his homegrown heroes to take center stage!

Blade bees have suddenly attacked the guild's hunting grounds. Zig and his companions put up a mighty fight against the swarm, and while most lives are spared, others are sadly lost. But did this band of blade bees really come out of nowhere? Kirk, the vice president of the guild, has his doubts and hires Zig to investigate the incident. Relying on his carefully cultivated network of connections that includes blacksmiths, demi-humans, and even mafia members, Zig is determined to find out whether the bees' appearance was truly out of the blue...or part of a more sinister plan.

"Estudio en escarlata" es la primera historia del legendario detective Sherlock Holmes y de su amigo, el doctor Watson, un cirujano militar que regresa a Londres tras su participación en la guerra. Watson y Holmes se mudan al famoso número 221B de Baker Street, donde Watson se enfrenta a las...

A decade after a tragic accident claimed her parents, Ari Quinn is a girl defined by what she has lost . Raised by her Uncle Henry and Aunt Maggie in a house that always felt borrowed, Ari has spent years polishing lies to hide a hollow chest and a world that burned away when she was seven. She clings to a single silver bracelet—a final gift from her mother—as the only constant in a life of wreckage.

Rudeus's fourth child, Sieghart, is born with the same crop of bright-green hair that Laplace was once feared for. The omen grows ever more ill when a familiar of Perugius's appears and commands Rudeus to bring his newborn son to the floating fortress! Rudeus swears that his plans to fight Laplace are unchanged and that he'll accept any fate for the sake of his family...but will that be enough for Perugius?