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San Francisco, 1866: una monja irlandesa, embarazada y abandonada por un aristócrata chileno tras una apasionada relación, da a luz a una niña a la que llama Emilia del Valle. Criada por su cariñoso padrastro, Emilia se convertirá en una joven brillante de gran personalidad, autónoma e independiente, que desafiará las normas sociales de su tiempo para profesar su verdadera pasión y vocación: la escritura.

No te vi venir. Estaba a punto de salir a cazar porque es de noche, pero ahora que estas a qui lo hare mas tarde. Te ensenare sobre mi especie, el lince.

Ricardo Pérez y Slobotzky se ponen a cotorrear como siempre, pero ahora lo están grabando. Escúchalos todos los miércoles hablando de noticias extrañas, datos curiosos, anécdotas hilarantes y aliviana el ombligo de la semana. Nuevo episodio todos los miércoles y domingo

Cazzu es una de las traperas más importantes de Latinoamérica. No es casual que la llamen La Jefa. No es casual que su perreo moleste a muchos, interpele a tantas, y no deje indiferente a nadie. Durante años, Cazzu se enfrentó a una pregunta: “¿Cómo se siente tener éxito en un género musical tan machista?”. Y como le ocurre a casi cualquier mujer virtuosa y con notoriedad, le pidieron que diera explicaciones. Pero ¿por qué se lo preguntaban más a ella que a los hombres? Y, sobre todo, ¿es realmente machista el reggaetón?

El autor de los éxitos Tu vida tu mejor negocio y Empresa admirada nos trae ahora un texto para los líderes empresariales. En la actualidad existe una demanda de líderes que sepan resolver problemas, actuar con asertividad, dar respuestas rápidas y tener facilidad para conectar con las personas. Para muchos de ellos la tarea de transformar organizaciones representa un reto difícil de alcanzar en un entorno cada vez más competitivo y exigente. En este contexto de cambios e incertidumbre, el recurso más urgente y escaso es el liderazgo.

El poder de la mente subconsciente es un libro de autoayuda publicado por primera vez en 1963 por el autor Joseph Murphy. El libro sostiene que la mente subconsciente es una fuente de poder ilimitado que puede utilizarse para lograr cualquier objetivo.

Después de décadas de investigación, la doctora Carol S. Dweck, renombrada psicóloga de la Universidad de Stanford, encontró una idea simple pero revolucionaria: el poder de la mentalidad. En este libro, muestra de manera brillante cómo el éxito académico, laboral, deportivo, artístico y en casi todas las tareas humanas puede verse influenciado dràsticament por cómo pensamos acerca de nuestros talentos y habilidades.

James Clear nos brinda fantásticas ideas basadas en investigaciones científicas, que le permiten revelarnos cómo podemos transformar pequeños hábitos cotidianos para cambiar nuestra vida y mejorarla. Esta guía pone al descubierto las fuerzas ocultas que moldean nuestro comportamiento - desde nuestra mentalidad, pasando por el ambiente y hasta la genética - y nos demuestra cómo aplicar cada cambio a nuestra vida y a nuestro trabajo. Después de leer este libro, tendrás un método sencillo para desarrollar un sistema eficaz que te conducirá al éxito.

Uniendo el punto de vista científico, psicológico y humano, la autora nos ofrece una reflexión profunda, salpicada de útiles consejos y con vocación eminentemente didáctica, acerca de la aplicación de nuestras propias capacidades al empeño de procurarnos una existencia plena y feliz: conocer y optimizar determinadas zonas del cerebro, fijar metas y objetivos en la vida, ejercitar la voluntad, poner en marcha la inteligencia emocional, desarrollar la asertividad, evitar el exceso de autocrítica y autoexigencia, reivindicar el papel del optimismo....

Descubre los secretos para eliminar pensamientos y conductas negativas y desbloquear todo tu potencial para el éxito. Si te sientes atrapado, abrumado o incapaz de escapar de tus pensamientos negativos, este libro te pondrá en el camino correcto. Ya sea que esta negatividad provenga de una relación pasada que terminó mal, un trauma infantil, un fracaso profesional o simple inseguridad, este libro te ayudará a reconocer cómo la negatividad consciente (y muchas veces inconsciente) afecta tu personalidad, tu perspectiva y tus decisiones.

Gabriel de León ha perdido la oportunidad de acabar con la noche sin fin. Ahora, embarcado en una incierta alianza con una vampira, se propone recurrir a la enigmática estirpe Esani para averiguar cómo deshacer la muerte de los días...

Discute menos, habla más te ofrece estrategias fáciles de aplicar que cambiarán para siempre tu forma de comunicarte. Como abogado especializado en tribunales y experto en comunicación efectiva, Jefferson Fisher ha enseñado a millones de personas a discutir menos y hablar más. Ahora, ofrece un plan que te mostrará cómo transformar tu vida y tus relaciones de conversación en conversación.

Una novela encantadora de la reina del healing fiction japonés y autora de La biblioteca de los nuevos comienzos . Un refugio. Un respiro. Respuestas para el corazón. Bajo los cerezos que abrazan el río de Tokio, un pequeño café con tres mesas de madera ofrece más que una bebida caliente: es un refugio. Cada jueves, mientras el aroma del chocolate llena el aire, regresan sus visitantes habituales: una joven que escribe cartas en inglés, una publicista que intenta ser todo para todos, una profesora en busca de ilusión.

¿Sientes que tu mente nunca descansa? ¿Te cuesta dejar de darle vueltas a todo, incluso cuando sabes que no te lleva a ningún sitio? ¿Te gustaría, de una vez por todas, liberarte de las cadenas de tus propios pensamientos y recuperar el control de tu vida? Descubre el método de 30 días para dominar tu mente, eliminar el pensamiento negativo y vivir sin ansiedad. Si estás leyendo estas líneas, probablemente eres de los que le dan mil vueltas a cada decisión, revives errores del pasado o anticipas catástrofes futuras. No estás solo… pero seguir atrapado en esa dinámica puede ...

Susan Clayton trabaja en la sección de pasatiempos y enigmas de una revista. Un día es sorprendida por una nota anónima que la espera en el buzón de su casa. Horrorizada, descifra el mensaje oculto: «Te he encontrado». El mensaje es realmente inquietante, más aún en el mundo en que se ha convertido Estados Unidos: incapaz de frenar la escalada de violencia, todos atesoran armas para protegerse. Sólo una comunidad ha logrado sobreponerse a este infierno de inseguridad y crímenes: a cambio de renunciar a algunos derechos y libertades...

Imagine your best friend invites you on an all-expenses-paid trip. Luxury at its finest. A five-star resort, designer shopping sprees, fine dining, and balling out like there’s no tomorrow. She swears her new man is head over heels for her and doesn’t mind spending big. While she’s out on a date, you decide to unwind with a bubble bath. The warmth relaxes you, lulling you into comfort. You dip your head beneath the water, letting the silence consume you. But when you resurface, the silence is shattered. A man is standing there. Watching you. Before you can scream, darkness takes over.

If nothing else Rahlo is loyal. The five-letter word runs through his veins like blood and expels from his body like his next breath. With a new contract on the table, the rap star learns that fame and fortune don't necessarily change you. It changes the people around you. Taylor is living her best life! The plus-size beauty unapologetically challenges society's rules for big girls. With a slick mouth and dangerous curves, Taylor captures the eye of a rapper who has her questioning her current relationship.

Escape to Chateau Hills, California, home of the prestigious King Dynasty Resorts & Vineyard. CEO Zeno King faces pressure to maintain his late father's vision while also modernizing the family business. When alluring new sommelier Ayasha Black challenges Zeno's traditions, simmering attraction clashes with his lingering resistance to change.

Ex-convicts Remedy and Armor used their time behind bars for rehabilitation. When they were released, they built a real estate empire in their small town of Jasper Lane. The bad boys with good hearts have it easy when it comes to business, but their personal lives leave a lot to be desired. When Callie returns home, the last thing she expects is to not be able to find a place to live. One of the perks of having a best friend in real estate is supposed to be unlimited apartment opportunities, but that isn’t the case for Callie.

Kori Griffin has always lived her life according to expectations thrust on her by others, until she gets fed up and decides to play the game by her own rules. She quickly discovers, however, that being the architect of your own destiny is easier said than done. While doing what is necessary to ensure she is able to provide for herself, she's thrust into the path of the most unlikely person, Ezren Shaw—the superstar, lover-boy crooner known as Eccentric to his adoring fans.

Yetunde awakens aboard a slave ship en route to the United States with the spirit of her dead sister as her only companion. Desperate to survive the hell that awaits her at their destination, Yetunde finds help in an unexpected form—the Devil himself. The Devil, seeking a way to reenter the pearly gates of heaven, decides to prove himself to an indifferent God by protecting Yetunde and granting her a piece of his supernatural power. In return, Yetunde makes an incredible sacrifice.

When Nick goes to avenge Chill, things don't go as planned and he ends up laying helpless on the floor praying he gets a second chance at life. Dixon is still having a hard time collecting Keys’s money but with the help of Snoop she just may be on the brink of a breakthrough. Tasha and Krystal are both trying to figure out life without Nick, only they both end up with him back in their lives one way or the other. Who will walk away from Chill and Tish’s wedding weekend into their own happily ever after and who will feel the wrath of all the drama they caused? Still On Chill With A ...

Spanning over a hundred and fifty years, Morgan Jerkins’s extraordinary novel intertwines the stories of these star-crossed lovers and their descendants. As Tirzah's family moves across the country during the Great Migration, they challenge authority with devastating consequences, while of the legacy of heartbreak and loss continues on in the lives of Harrison's progeny.

Psalm Reign is the IT specialist for his family's online brokering business. When his brother is shot and sent home under 24-hour nursing supervision, he moves in to assist with caring for his brother and watching his back. As handsome and successful as Psalm is, he's always been more into gaming and computers than the fairer sex. When the gorgeous chocolate nurse gains his attention, he starts to wonder if there is more to life than his family's crime empire and designing games.

Grayson "Gray" Deeds is a ruthless bill collector for organizations that operate above the law. Rain Ellington is his childhood neighbor and best friend. Gray has been wanting to make Rain his forever, but she wasn't willing to risk their friendship, not until her long-term relationship came to an end. When they finally link up, Rain instantly becomes obsessed with Gray and regrets waiting so long to give in to his advances. What they don't know is that someone else is mutually obsessed with Gray and will stop at nothing to make him hers.

James es un libro fascinante. Una reescritura de Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn de Mark Twain desde el punto de vista de Jim, el esclavo. Con el humor típico de Percival Everett y una inteligencia sobrecogedora, el lector vive una gran aventura, la de la libertad. James es el nombre de la dignidad. El esclavo ha visitado de forma clandestina la biblioteca de su amo y ha aprendido a leer y escribir. Cuando se entera de que lo han vendido y lo van a separar de su mujer y su hija decide escaparse.

Against her controlling father’s protest, Doctor Janelle St. John worked hard to become a veterinarian and open a practice with her best friend. As much as she loves her family, she can’t stomach dealing with her father’s betrayal. While she thought her parents would live happily ever after, he was cheating on her mom and starting a family with one of Janelle’s childhood best friends. Seeing how her parents’ happy marriage was just a fraud gave Janelle the realization that love was a hoax at a young age.

What happens when gang loyalty is tried by a generation of children who are loyal to a fault? Savion Saint and Gianna Lewis fall into a situation and quickly realize that everything they’ve been taught can be defied with one act of love. With Savion Saint naturally filling into the shoes of his late father and Gianna Lewis being the gateway to all the answers he has, they learn that everything isn’t black and white. Can the love that Savion and Gianna found blossom while being on opposite sides of the tracks? Take the ride with them and find out.

Life has been a relentless storm for Kavalli, each tragedy crashing over her like a wave, leaving her battered and bruised. Just when it seems like the sun might finally peek through the clouds, the unthinkable happens, and her world is shattered once again. Years later, she's learned to make peace with the wreckage of her dreams. Her life may not be what she once imagined, but she clings to the hope that those who've wronged her will one day face the consequences of their actions.

Amari Moody, the daughter of a powerful mafia boss, is navigating her life with a mental health disorder and a troubled past. Just as she is finding her footing, her world is turned upside down when her father arranges a marriage between her and Domonick Rivera, the son of a rival cartel leader. Amari is hesitant, but as she gets to know Domonick, she finds herself drawn to him in ways she can't explain. Meanwhile, finding out her best friend Britt is pregnant with Amari's brother Channing's child causes a rift in their lifelong friendship.

When Burgandi ran from her husband into the arms of her side piece, she thought she had escaped the fire; until one phone call threw her into the pit. Alacrán, a seductive kingpin and leader of Hijos del Alacrán, has craved Burgandi since the night Crypt handed her over like a gift. He promised it wouldn’t be the last time, and he never breaks a promise. When she steals from him and tries to frame her husband, her plan spirals into a nightmare. Snatched and imprisoned in his Castillo de Veneno, also known as the Castle of Venom, Burgandi is trapped among his wives and children; forced ...

*This is part of a series* After breaking the vow he swore he’d never betray, Kael Daniels finds himself pulled deeper into a dangerous entanglement of love, power, and betrayal. His relationship with Amira St. James intensifies, challenging his instincts and unraveling the emotional armor he spent years building. But every moment of peace they steal together is shadowed by enemies moving in silence and secrets clawing their way to the surface. Amira is no longer just a threat to his father’s empire. She’s a lifeline and possibly the only one who can help him escape a twisted contract...

A JUICY URBAN FICTION ROMANCE FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR, JADE JONES Holland thought she had it all figured out. At 26, she’s running game alongside her younger boyfriend, Crash—a hot-headed street kid with a dark past and a dangerous temper. Together, they’ve been finessing wealthy men with smooth setups and quick getaways. But when their latest scheme spirals into something deadly, Holland finds herself caught between guilt, survival, and the man she’s grown used to enduring. Meanwhile, her best friend, Pleasure, is in her own lane—using her beauty and charm to secure the lifestyle...

Marquez has been a free man for almost 72 hours. But he still hasn't gotten that release of tension that he's been yearning for. When he sits down and talks with Kalisha, he realizes that he's not going to be able to wait any longer. His body yearns for her. And he can see from the look in her eyes and the tone of her voice, that she's feeling the same way. But right before they're about to sneak off together, a woman from his past explodes on the scene. She threatens to ruin everything. She drops a bombshell on him. One that could completely destroy all of the plans he has going forward. ...

To the naked eye, Khan looked like your typical hustler, but that was far from the truth. He was living his best immortal life while he waited for his mate… until he laid his eyes on Choice. He knew from their first encounter that she was his. Choice was a sweet and caring young lady living her life like any other normal female her age… that was until the mysterious Khan entered her life and changed what her definition of normal was. Will Choice accept her fate or try to deter it at every turn?

After the passing of her granny and with her sister in prison, the weight of the world seems to be fitting uncomfortably on Honesty Barret's shoulders. Now, her only living situation in Parkway Gardens appears to be in jeopardy as her aunt and her pimp bombard their way into her granny's home. With aspirations of moving out of the Gardens and creating a better life for herself by doing hair, unbeknownst to Honesty, her dreams are about to become a reality, but not in the way that she expects.

Written from the heart, When Angels Speak of Love is a book of fifty love poems by bell hooks, one our most beloved public intellectuals, and author of over twenty books, including the bestselling All About Love. Poem after poem, hooks challenges our views and experiences with love—tracing the links between seduction and surrender, the intensity of desire, and the anguish of death.

After losing his grandfather, Sonshyne “Shyne” Williams is trying to get used to a new normal. Reign Williams took his one and only grandson under his wing and taught him everything he knew about manhood and the art of being a barber, and just like that, he is gone. At the reading of his grandfather’s will, Shyne is shocked to find out he now owns the barber shop his grandfather built from the ground up. Some don’t think he’s the man for the job, but he vows to make his grandfather proud.

But the same fire that fueled her rise burned everything down. Branded as unstable and unredeemable, she disappeared from the world she once ruled. Now, after years away, Janae is stepping back into the industry she left behind, determined to reclaim her voice and prove she’s more than the headlines.

Shaunie had beauty. Shaunie had brains. Shaunie had a successful career as a real estate agent. But Shaunie felt empty, missing out on the one thing that would make her life complete—a child. After her ex betrayed her in the worst way, she embraced life as a single woman and moved forward with making her dream of motherhood a reality.