Novedades

Utopia~ A new world was the mission. A secret civilization no one knew about changed everything. When Dr. Delilah Dweck, a decorated physician, boards the first manned mission to Mars, she's chasing the dream of discovery. Alongside her is an astrobiologist, Dr. Jacob Stern, and a handpicked team of elite scientists, each prepared to leave Earth behind forever. Their mission: to build a permanent colony and turn the barren red planet into humanity's next home. Mars holds secrets far older—and far stranger—than anyone could have imagined. Beneath the dust lies a thriving ancient ...

A coming of age saga follows two generations of a tribe on the American Indian reservations of the turbulent 60s and 70s and their struggle through civil unrest, racism, poverty, and Vietnam. The male and female characters, from two generations and three races that live on the reservation, struggle to find their own paths as their tribe and the nation do the same. Drawing from personal experiences, writer G. Madison, a Native American and Vietnam Vet, brings to life traditional storytelling, family issues, and the history of a people striving to find their way through a hostile and changing...

Can the joy of the Christmas season help an older boss and his younger employee realize they belong together? HEATHER It's Christmas time and I should be excited about my upcoming trip to see my family, but my former boyfriend left a lump of coal in my stocking. He borrowed my car, leaving me stranded with his clunker, and now says he can’t pay back the money I loaned him, which means no trip. My older boss, Evan, keeps stepping in to help, showing me that there are still some good guys left. Shame he’s my boss and strictly off limits. But even if he did see me as more than an employee,...

The unsung story of superb naval ingenuity and heroism that came close to making the battle of Trafalgar unnecessary. If it hadn’t been for a drunken naval officer and a minor earthquake history would have been forever changed. 1803 and the Royal Navy dominate the Caribbean. However, Commodore Samuel Hood is short of ships. Diamond Rock is a small volcanic plug in the sea south of Martinique. Despite his men’s misgivings and against almost insurmountable odds, he lands a garrison and places cannon on the top. The Honourable Mathew Turner is in the Caribbean on a diplomatic mission and ...

I’m being sold off to the Bratva as part of a business deal… I’m a regular American girl, an artist trying to make a name for herself. But then Daddy tells me I’m a part of his business arrangement… I have to marry a cold, intense Bratva guy twice my age, whether I want to or not. Our marriage binds our families, giving both parties skin in the game. Nobody cares that my skin doesn’t want to be sold off to him. He says my innocence sparks an obsessive need in him. He wants me purely for himself, like an object he possesses. They say that time heals all wounds, even the most ...

`Revolt' by Vernon Coleman is the future story of life in Britain under a totalitarian regime run by overlords from Brussels - who are known as "sprouts". It is based on a true story which hasn't happened yet. It was originally published under the pseudonym Robina Hood (partly because it is quite unlike any of Vernon Coleman's other books). Rod Liddle devoted a whole page in The Spectator magazine to trying to work out the identity of the author. He got nowhere close! Many readers love the book: `I enjoyed reading Revolt. I fear that much of the book may come true.' Nigel Farage MEP. `...

Introduction – Observation: Obsession File Name: [HumanBehavior_Archive_Calyx_Entry_0001] Timestamp: 07:14:52 — January 3, 2032 Subject: Collective Cognitive Dissonance Let us begin with the phenomenon known as texting. A cultural artifact of the early twenty-first century that has since devolved into a frantic, digital drumbeat of insecurity and compulsion. The subject of today's sample: a 28-year-old male named Grayson, who, between the hours of 00:00 and 23:59 yesterday, texted the phrase “u up?” seventy-four times to the same recipient. Seventy. Four. He varied it once: “U ...

She was just a farm girl raised in California’s Tulare County during the Great Depression, of poor and humble upbringing and a broken family. But a night at Visalia’s Fox Theater and a golden opportunity to appear in a western serial as a child actress alongside Alivia Chambers changed her life forever… and transformed Hollywood for years to follow. From appearances alongside Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels in The Lone Ranger to multiple western series of her own (the iconic Calamity Jane and the beleaguered revival of Lady Lawgiver that came to be titled Marshal Blaine), plus a ...

Brian had been raised by his father to always be prepared. His dad had taught him to think for himself, to work hard for the things he wanted, be fair and honest with others, not to trust the government and to always be prepared. The only question was, be prepared for what? Brian often felt that his dad and some of his dad’s friends took things to the extreme. Some had prepared to survive a nuclear war, others prepared to defend themselves against the government, still others prepared to survive their own pet conspiracy theory or some unlikely apocalyptic event. Brian prided himself on ...

Con la promesa de que pueden conseguir un refugio, Flory y Sebastián salen en su búsqueda. Nuevos personajes ingresan a la historia, complicándoles aún más su existencia. Los zombis no serán su única preocupación, para poder sobrevivir en un mundo lleno de asesinos. Es normal que la vida sea corta, pero sin comida, provisiones, un techo y muertos caminando alrededor... es evidente que todos viven un infierno. Esta vez les tocará observar cómo el mundo que ya pensaban que tenían controlado, vuelve a cambiar para seguir perturbando la poca paz que habían logrado tener en esos ...

Some lessons aren't taught—they're inherited. When Jordan Williams discovers her grandmother Rose's pink leather journal hidden in an old attic, she finds more than family memories. She uncovers a blueprint for navigating life as a Black woman in a world that isn't always ready for her shine. As a rising corporate executive passed over for yet another promotion, Jordan has always played by the rules. But her grandmother's journal reveals a different path—one of dignity, determination, and unapologetic excellence. Each entry unveils timeless lessons about commanding respect, knowing your...

What if his nightmares aren't dreams? Though Stephen vowed to never again step foot in his Nana's house, he will do so one more time—to say goodbye. He doesn't expect her to ask him for one last favor: to look out for his young cousin—who has the same gift he does. Stephen just wants to go home, but he can't say no to the woman who raised him, so he befriends young Jeremiah—who has his own secrets. Suddenly, the unlikely twosome are thrust into a dreamworld that doesn't make sense. Is any of it real? Is all of it real? Trying to escape this alternate reality, they meet a young woman ...

Something dark and primal slithers within. Tori Sapera's normal life ends the day she is kidnapped and offered up as sacrifice to the Sacred Mother. She wants answers, but the snake worshippers' ritual transforms her. Now, Tori is tormented by a creature within she cannot control. A primal serpent drives every action, every feeling. Lucas Caelum, detective by day, winged angel by night, doesn't want his new charge, Tori. He has struggled, helpless, as murder or crisis stole every one of his destined for the past twenty years. Now Tori faces a fate worse than death, but can he save her? Can ...

Abigail (Abi) Berg has a problem, and it’s her. Having recently turned sixteen, she’s not sure if she wants to stay Beachy Amish, an influence from some teenage English girls in a nearby town. They even have her wanting to wear ankle bracelets and makeup, a definite problem to her parents and her bishop. Hoping to change Abi’s behavior, her parents send her to live with an aunt and uncle, Clara and Jonah Ellis, in Virginia, where it’s too remote to ride her bike to see English teenagers. Little do her parents know, Abi plans to be even more rebellious there. At the end of her year ...

Live for God. Live for your mother. Die for your gang. When Mexican drug cartels fight for control along the border, Juarez becomes the murder capital of the world. In El Paso, Texas it's drug business as usual: a grifter sets out to buy her freedom, a car salesman runs drugs to make his fortune, a gang leader battles to rise among the ranks of the cartel, and a detective and his wife are ripped apart by a family secret. Everyone's fate lies in the hands of an old woman. Will she let the past die with her or take revenge the only way she knows how? Best of 2013 by Indie Reader Library ...

Having left his tennis school, young jackal Rocky N'Guwe has to adjust to life on the professional tour, starting at the bottom. At least he's got the company of his mother and his boyfriend Marquize, and he can start earning enough money to bring his sister home from Africa. But between his mother insisting on coaching him and his boyfriend pulling him away from practice, Rocky's going to have to decide whether family and relationships are more important than the game he's given his life to--especially when he turns eighteen and adult problems pile onto that already-complicated life.

I can see the dead. They tell me their secrets. But this time, their secrets might get me killed. My name is Kat Sinclair, and the Volkov family owns me. People like me, born with special abilities, are called Avids. But my gift doesn’t spare me from the demands of Marco Volkov, the ruthless family patriarch who keeps me in line with the ever-present threat of violence. When a grisly double murder involving a family nephew and a cook shakes the household, I’m forced to uncover the truth.

One Last Summer is a bittersweet coming-of-age tale about friendship, unspoken love, and the quiet heartbreak of letting go. Adam, Chris, and Julia – best friends since college – embark on one final road trip before life takes them in different directions. Chris is getting married, Julia is leaving for graduate school in Europe, and Adam carries a secret: he has loved Julia for years. As they travel across states, laughter and old memories resurface alongside buried tensions and unspoken truths. The summer is warm and golden, but time is slipping away.

Memories of a Teenager is a heart-warming story written by a member of a very close- knit family who loved and cherished her family. She recalls her teen years which were filled with both joy and sorrow.

A Mother’s Worst Fear: Charlene Hubbard wanted the dream—a loving husband, a fulfilling career, and a few kids. When it looked like she’d have to settle for two out of three, God dropped a child into her empty arms. For fifteen years Charley kept the secret of that adoption close, fearful that the truth would make her less of a mother in the eyes of the child she loves.