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Learn what it means to be truly royal with all your favorite Disney Princesses in the next title in the bestselling Block Book series. Like other books in the hugely popular Block Book series, Disney Princess Block features die-cut shapes on every spread and has durable, interactive gatefolds, perfect for curious hands. Each spread showcases Disney Princess moments alongside a bouncy, rhyming text, making this book perfect for the youngest fans as well as seasoned collectors. Featuring all your favorite princesses—including Snow White, Belle, Aurora, Ariel, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Moana, and Raya—this book shows that there’s so much more to being royal than just a title. From being kind and generous to brave and adventurous, there’s more than one way to wear the crown. Illustrated in Peski Studio’s bright, graphic style, this is a must-have book for Disney princess enthusiasts everywhere. C

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Ignite your witchcraft with the mighty roar of your Leo sun sign. Featuring eye-opening insight and numerous spells, exercises, and stories, Leo Witch reveals what strengths and weaknesses this sign brings to both your practice and everyday life. Ivo Dominguez Jr. and Coby Michael, along with a variety of Leo contributors, teach you how to best connect with your sun sign energy. This book deepens your relationship to yourself, providing many ways to channel your natural tendencies into stronger witchcraft. Explore your moon and rising sign traits, discover what correspondences are best for Leo, perform a ritual to meet the spirit of your sign, and cleanse and shield yourself. This book in the Witch's Sun Sign Series helps you light up the night with your warmth, strength, and showmanship. Contributors include BronxWitch, Jaime Girones, Fio Gede Parma, Gwendolyn Reece, Lady Rhea, David Salisbury, Dawn Aurora Hunt, and Sandra Kynes.

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*The Embroidered Book shortlisted for the Aurora Award for Best Novel* From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes a glorious, lyrical retelling of one of Norse mythology’s greatest epics Brynhild is a Valkyrie: shieldmaiden of the Allfather, chooser of the slain. But now she too has fallen, flightless in her exile. Gudrun is a princess of Burgundy, a daughter of the Rhine, a prize for an invading king – a king whose brother Attila has other plans, and a dragon to call upon. And in the songs to be sung, there is another hero: Sigurd, a warrior with a sword sharper than the new moon. As the legends tell, these names are destined to be lovers, fated as enemies. But here on Midgard, legends can be lies… For not all heroes are heroic, nor all monsters monstrous. And a shieldmaiden may yet find that love is the greatest weapon of all.

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A secret world full of magic, unicorns and friendship! The brand-new series from the bestselling Daisy Meadows, author of RAINBOW MAGIC and MAGIC ANIMAL FRIENDS, and the most-borrowed author in UK libraries.Join best friends Emily and Aisha as they discover a secret world full of unicorns, magic and friendship! Journey with them to the beautiful kingdom of Enchanted Valley, where the beautiful Queen Aurora rules kindly over the unicorns and all other magical creatures. Emily and Aisha are delighted when they're whisked away for another adventure in Enchanted Valley. Canterpop the Party Unicorn's triplet foals need the girls' help to make Queen Aurora's birthday truly special. The young unicorns love making special occasions magical - but when evil unicorn Selena and her raccoon sidekick Bandit steal Canterpop's special lockets, disaster strikes. Can Emily, Aisha and the triplet foals find the lockets before Queen Aurora's surprise birthday party is ruined?

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Isaac Asimov’s Robot series – from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three Laws of Robotics, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intelligence to this day. On Aurora, the first and greatest of the Spacer planets, Elijah Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw investigate yet another seemingly impossible crime – this time, a roboticide. Someone has destroyed the positronic mind of R. Jander Panell, a humanoid twin to Daneel. His creator, the master roboticist Han Fastolfe, denies all involvement. So does Gladia Delmarre, the robot’s owner. And lover. Working in the heart of Spacer politics and civilisation, Baley and Daneel soon realise that their decisions will have profound consequences not only on relations between Earth and the Outer Worlds, but on mankind’s place in the galaxy.

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Este volumen quinto de la Correspondencia de Friedrich Nietzsche abarca la época inmediatamente posterior a Así habló Zaratustra. Durante este período Nietzsche escribe Más allá del bien y del mal y Genealogía de la moral, y prepara las nuevas ediciones de El nacimiento de la tragedia, Humano, demasiado humano I y II, Aurora y La gaya ciencia, a las que añade importantes nuevos prólogos y, a la última, su quinta parte.En la correspondencia se superponen una serie de planos de gran interés para conocer tanto la génesis de estas obras como la situación vital en la que se forjaron. Uno de los aspectos dominantes lo constituye su intento de recuperar sus derechos sobre las obras publicadas hasta el momento. Además de complicados procesos legales y del propósito de sacarlas de manos antisemitas, este intento revela un interés especial por lograr una perspectiva general acerca de lo hecho hasta el momento, lo cual significa un cierto balance, un cierre y la apertura de un nuevo horizonte.

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Pedro, Lorite, el Rubio, Sebas y Marcelo son amigos desde el instituto. Juntos han superado numerosas vicisitudes, han vivido momentos luminosos y afrontado desgracias. Y a pesar de que tomaron caminos distintos, y de que ya no se ven con la frecuencia de antaño, siguen permaneciendo unidos. Ellos y sus parejas forman el chat de whatsapp llamado Amigos para siempre. Y esta noche han quedado para celebrar el cincuenta cumpleaños del mayor del grupo, Pedro. El exitoso Pedro, CEO de una compañía industrial, dueño de un chalé en una de las zonas más exclusivas de la ciudad, casado con la elegante aunque inestable Belén, y aficionado al coleccionismo de arte. Allí acuden Lorite, abogado, y su mujer Aurora; el Rubio, artista del menudeo, y su novia, la joven y atractiva Noelia; Marcelo, profesor de instituto, y Luci, siempre combativa y deslenguada; y Sebas, el soltero gay del grupo, que atraviesa una etapa complicada. Se las prometen muy felices: habrá alcohol, música, buenos amigos, la vel

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Tal como predijo la astróloga más reputada de San Francisco, una oleada de crímenes comienza a sacudir la ciudad. En la investigación sobre los asesinatos, el inspector Bob Martín recibirá la ayuda inesperada de un grupo de internautas especializados en juegos de rol, Ripper."Mi madre todavía está viva, pero la matarán el Viernes Santo a medianoche", le advirtió Amanda Martín al inspector jefe y éste no lo puso en duda, porque la chica había dado pruebas de saber más que él y todos sus colegas del Departamento de Homicidios. La mujer estaba cautiva en algún punto de los dieciocho mil kilómetros cuadrados de la bahía de San Francisco, tenían pocas horas para encontrarla con vida y él no sabía por dónde empezar a buscarla.La crítica ha dicho...Los fieles seguidores de la literatura de Isabel Allende no se sentirán defraudados con El juego de Ripper y los amantes del género negro descubrirán a una escritora que juguetea en ese territorio.Aurora Intxausti

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Encuadernación: RústicaColección: Biblioteca FomentorEs verano en Suecia, cuando brilla el sol de medianoche y el largo invierno ha sido olvidado. En este tiempo mágico, una sacerdotisa luterana, Mildred, es hallada muerta con signos de tortura en la ciudad de Kiruna. Mildred era una declarada feminista, una luchadora amada y odiada por igual. Está claro que no todos en Kiruna aceptan que una mujer sea sacerdote, pero tres meses después del brutal asesinato la policía sigue sin tener una pista. Rebecka Martinsson vuelve a Kiruna, el lugar donde creció, a realizar una gestión para el bufete de abogados de Estocolmo en el que trabaja. Sin embargo, pronto se ve envuelta en este misterioso caso: Anna-Maria Mella, la policía local de Kiruna, acude a Rebecka en busca de ayuda; sabe que sólo ella es capaz de desenmascarar la oscura verdad que esconden los habitantes de esta gélida ciudad.Åsa Larsson sorprendió a los lectores con Aurora boreal, un éxito que la encumbró como la autor

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From Sensation to Society tracks the evolution of Mary Elizabeth Braddon's critique of Victorian marriage in the early phase of her long and prolific novel-writing career. The study begins with Braddon's two famous sensational novels, Lady Audley's Secret (1862) and Aurora Floyd (1863); it ends with her first novel of 'society,' The Lady's Mile (1865). In the novels of this period, Braddon proved herself to be a relentless critic of the patriarchal powers and privileges that determined the conditions of marriage for women. As she depicted in the lurid excesses of sensationalism, at its worst, marriage for women amounted to a sentence of cruel and unjust imprisonment in a world of insanely distorted values. Subsequent novels rigorously dissect the contradictions in the Victorian ideal of middle-class marriage and dramatize how the conditions of marriage undermine marital happiness and result in the compromise of marital fidelity. An advocate of moderate reform, Braddon offers alternative models of marriage in which companionate harmony prevails.

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Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm are back home in Lontown and finally settling in after their exhilarating—and secret—adventures in Erythea. Maudie’s sky-ak invention is a hit, and Harriet has just announced that she will share her sky-ship’s hydroelectric technology. But tensions are brewing. Pitch is becoming more and more difficult to mine, and the existence of super-sapient creatures on other continents threatens how the Explorers see themselves in the natural order of the world. When Arthur and Maudie begin hearing a strange song summoning them north—a song only they can hear—they know there’s an adventure waiting for them that may change the lives of everyone in the Wide. As the crew of the Aurora prepares for their trip, they’re joined by new members and old friends. But they’re not the only sky-ship journeying northward to uncover the region’s secrets. . . . Return to Vashti Hardy’s “marvelously imagined” world (Publisher's Weekly) in this sweeping and propulsive new addition to the Brightstorm series.

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Boost your magical practice and personal development with the power of your Aries sun sign. Ivo Dominguez Jr. and Diotima Mantineia share what strengths and weaknesses your sign brings to both witchcraft and everyday life. You'll learn how to best connect with Aries energy, cleanse and shield yourself, tailor-fit correspondences to your sign, and more. Featuring recipes and exercises, as well as stories and spells from Aries contributors, including Cat Castells, Jack Chanek, Danielle Blackwood, Lilith Dorsey, and Crow Walker, this book deepens your understanding of yourself as a witch. Explore your moon and rising sign traits, discover what crystals and plants are linked to Aries, perform a ritual to meet the spirit of your sign, and use self-care practices to recover from burnout. Encouraging and informative, this entry in the Witch's Sun Sign Series helps you fully embrace your fierce, fiery, and phenomenal self. Contributors include Cat Castells, Jack Chanek, Danielle Blackwood, Lilith Dorsey, Michael Cabrera, Sandra Kynes, Dawn Aurora Hunt, and Crow Walker.

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At the Ministry for Fairytale Regeneration a new Sleeping Beauty programme has been prepared in Luke Lively and the Castle of Sleep. Princess Aurora is snoring away in the castle, but there is a problem. The Prince has run away. Is Luke Lively really their only hope? TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

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Princess Aurora is under a terrible curse when she touches a spindle, she will fall asleep for one hundred years. Her parents try as hard as they can to keep her safe, but eventually the spell claims her and the whole castle. Can Prince Florimond reawaken the princess? This classic tale is brought to life with magical illustrations and a fairytale twist. TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best-loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children's authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book. Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.

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En Kingsport corren extraños rumores, y hasta el Viejo Terrible admite algo que su abuelo no contó. Porque ahora, cuando el viento sopla tumultuoso del norte, azotando la casa elevada que se funde con el firmamento, se rompe al fin ese silencio siniestro y ominoso que siempre fue dañino para los campesinos de Kingsport. Y los viejos hablan de voces agradables que oyen cantar allá arriba, y de risas henchidas de una alegría más grande que la alegría de la tierra; y cuentan que al atardecer las pequeñas ventanas se ven más iluminadas que antes. Dicen también que la fiera aurora llega más a menudo al lugar, vistiendo al norte de brillante azul con visiones de helados mundos, mientras el despeñadero y la casa se recortan negros y fantásticos contra singulares centelleos.Adéntrate en el universo de H.P. Lovecraft con esta selección de relatos centrada en los Mitos de Cthulhu y disfruta del Horror Cósmico.

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Nada más salir su Parte XX de comedias a inicios de 1625, Lope debía de estar pensando ya en publicar la XXI. Pero el Consejo de Castilla, en marzo de ese año, decidió no conceder más licencias para imprimir comedias ni novelas por razones morales. La suspensión, que duraría un decenio, desbocó la impresión ilegal y apócrifa de comedias. Lope siguió escribiendo y, ya anciano, cuando se volvieron a conceder licencias, había compuesto algunas de sus obras maestras que quiso incluir en esta Veinte y una parte, reivindicada como verdadera frente a las de los impresores sin escrúpulo. Incluyó obras recientes y otras más antiguas que tal vez había barajado estampar hacía tiempo; tragedias como La bella Aurora, mitológica, y la de ambiente palaciego El castigo sin venganza la comedia palatina de La boba para los otros y discreta para sí, la tragicomedia de tema histórico-dinástico El piadoso aragonés, dramas historiales con casos de honra como

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Encuadernación: RústicaColección: PurpuraDel autor ganador de los premios Sintagma 2011 y Euskadi de Literatura 2012 por TangramNorteamérica profunda propone cinco itinerarios por la geografía e historia estadounidenses. En ellos el autor ha sabido plasmar el espíritu de un país que son muchos países, y cuya cultura forma hoy parte de la nuestra. Con una prosa cuidada y un lenguaje sobrio pero lleno de matices, Juan Carlos Márquez consigue conectar al lector con los sueños, frustraciones e inquietudes de colonos, aristócratas y nuevos ricos, expresidiarios y excombatientes; protagonistas que dan un paso al frente para narrarnos sus historias: esos momentos que fueron determinantes en sus vidas. Norteamérica profunda es un libro que invita a rasgar el banjo en el porche o cortar cabelleras; a servirse otro dry martini mientras se dilapida una fortuna europea o levantar ciudades en medio del desierto; a lanzarse a la carretera en persecución de la aurora boreal.

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Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm are devastated to learn that their famous explorer father has died in a failed attempt to reach South Polaris, the southernmost point in the world. To make matters worse, the Lontown Geographical Society finds Ernest Brightstorm guilty of sabotaging the expedition of his competitor, Eudora Vane, a respected and powerful member of the Society. But then a mysterious clue leads the twins to question the story they’ve been told. Joining the ragtag crew of the Aurora, a homemade sky-ship captained by the intrepid Harriet Culpepper, Arthur and Maudie race to South Polaris to salvage their family’s reputation. As the sky-ship sets sail, the twins must keep their wits about them if they are to uncover the truth about what happened on their father’s doomed expedition, and to prove themselves worthy explorers. Brightstorm is a propulsive, vividly imagined fantasy adventure set among vibrant landscapes and peopled with dynamic and unforgettable characters.

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Embrace the dark and conquer landscape photography at night!In the past, landscape photography largely ended when the last light of dusk faded from the sky. Today it's only beginning. The latest digital cameras have made it much easier to create images of the landscape at night that film and early digital photographers could only dream of. Equipped with off-the-shelf cameras, more and more photographers are venturing into the night, far beyond the comforting glow of city lights, and returning with spectacular images of places both familiar and unknown that are unlike anything seen before. Dusk to Dawn: A Guide to Landscape Photography at Night, 2nd Edition, is your guide to this new photographic world. In it, photographer Glenn Randall author of the bestselling The Art, Science, and Craft of Great Landscape Photography teaches you how to plan, shoot, and process professional-quality images of the Milky Way, the aurora, lunar eclipses, meteor showers, comets, star trails and landsca

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The dream of clean energy has yet to be realized. For the transition into the post-fossil age, however, not only technical innovations, but also far-reaching transformation processes are required. The book rolls up the sustainability discourses of the present from the point of view of cultural history. The hopes that have been directed towards electricity as an energy close to nature since the 19th century are concentrated in all their radiance in the image of the "fairy of electricity". This contrasts with the imagery of the "Promethean Age", which formulates the consequences of a concept of progress that has fallen into crisis. Sybille Heidenreich shows that in the narrative of the light bearers, from the aurora in Ph. O. Runge's "Morgen" to the light fairies in poster art and the android of the present, ideas of new relationships with nature as well as an ethical embedding of technologies and Unfold the economy.

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As a Taurus witch, everything you need to improve your craft and personal development is right here. Ivo Dominguez Jr. and Thorn Mooney show how to enrich your spells, rituals, and daily life through astrology. You'll learn which practices come naturally to a Taurus, which herbs and crystals are ideal for your sign, how to clear and shield your energy, how your moon and rising signs affect your magic, and more. Featuring recipes and exercises, as well as stories and spells from a variety of Taurus contributors, this book reveals what strengths and weaknesses come from your sign. Discover how to avoid pitfalls, use Taurus-related correspondences, connect with your sign to improve rituals, and rest up with self-care practices. This entry in the Witch's Sun Sign Series helps you reach every goal and supports your grounded, sensual self. Contributors include Cheryl Costa, Khi Armand, Dodie Graham McKay, Chris Orapello, Selena Fox, Dawn Aurora Hunt, Sandra Kynes, and Christopher Penczak.

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The perfect gift for anyone with a desire to see the Northern Lights. Discover the incomparable beauty of the Northern Lights with this accessible guide for aspiring astronomers and seasoned night sky observers. Covers the essential equipment needed for observation and photography and full of stunning photographs. Tom Kerss covers the cultural and scientific context for auroras, and offers a comprehensive guide to forecasting and photography, so that readers can fuse their own technical mastery with the infinite creativity of nature. Read about the formation, properties and types of auroras Discover the mythology and history of The Northern Lights Find out about Aurora science from Antiquity to the modern day Learn how to take stunning photographs of the Northern Lights Includes a comprehensive travel and forecasting guide and a glossary of key terms. The Northern Lights will give you a complete understanding of one of the true wonders of the natural world and leave you prepared for the adventure of a lifetime.

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"DISUNITY"The smash hit series written by New York Times bestselling writers Scott Snyder (Wytches, AD: After Death) and Charles Soule (Curse Words, the forthcoming novel Anyone) with art by Giuseppe Camuncoli (The Amazing Spider-Man, Darth Vader, Hellblazer), newcomer Leonardo Marcello Grassi and Eisner-award winning colorist Matt Wilson (The Wicked and the Divine, Paper Girls) continues!The intrepid explorers of the Undiscovered Country have been torn asunder by the machinations of the American overmind, Aurora. Some have landed in a strange Zone obsessed with key moments in the history of the United States, while others are in a Zone focused on a future where America rules the entire world... and the rest are lost, their whereabouts unknown. As Undiscovered Country passes the halfway mark of its epic story, huge new revelations are on the way about where the series has been... and the wild ride yet to come.Collects UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY #19-24 and DESTINY MAN SPECIAL!

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A secret world full of magic, unicorns and friendship! The brand-new series from the bestselling Daisy Meadows, author of RAINBOW MAGIC and MAGIC ANIMAL FRIENDS, and the most-borrowed author in UK libraries.Best friends Emily and Aisha are thrilled when they're whisked away on a new series of adventures in the magical Enchanted Valley, where good Queen Aurora rules kindly over the unicorns and other magical creatures. In this series the girls find out about the magical healing crystals which help to keep every Enchanted Valley family safe and well. But there's a problem - the wicked unicorn, Selena, has stolen the Crystal Unicorns' lockets! First Emily and Aisha must find Rosymane's rescue crystal, to help heal bumps and bruises - with help from Springer, a young kangacorn (a kangaroo with a unicorn horn)!There are four exciting stories in this series:Rosymane and the Rescue CrystalFirebright and the Magic MedicineTwinkleshade and the Calming CharmRipplestripe and the Peace Locket

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The bestselling Frostheart trilogy concludes with this epic story of bravery, loyalty and friendship.Ash faces his greatest challenge yet as the EVIL Wraith leader Shaard unleashes the DREADED Devourer from its centuries-long imprisonment.Only by uniting can the peoples of the Snow Sea hope to stand against the monster's wrath, but as the Devourer targets the stronghold of Aurora, the tribes remain as divided as ever.In a last desperate move, Ash and the crew of the Frostheart journey to the yeti lands, where humans are forbidden, in search of the truth about the Devourer's origins, and the one weakness that may prove its undoing…Discover what readers are saying about Frostheart:'A feast for the eyes and the imagination!' Laura Ellen Anderson, bestselling author of Amelia Fang'A rip-roaring action adventure, full of humour, heart and unforgettable characters, all enhanced by Littler's wonderfully detailed black and white line drawings . . . expect big things.' The Bookseller

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El mayor fenómeno editorial de los últimos años: un joven suizo de 27 años con un thriller monumental.Quién mató a Nola Kellergan es la gran incógnita a desvelar en esta incomparable historia policíaca cuya experiencia de lectura escapa a cualquier tentativa de descripción.Intentémoslo:Una novela de suspense a tres tiempos -1975, 1998 y 2008- acerca del asesinato de una joven de quince años en la pequeña ciudad de Aurora, en New Hampshire.En 2008, Marcus Goldman, un joven escritor, visita a su mentor -Harry Quebert, autor de una aclamada novela- y descubre que éste tuvo una relación secreta con Nola Kellergan. Poco después, Harry es arrestado y acusado de asesinato al encontrarse el cadáver de Nola enterrado en su jardín.Marcus comienza a investigar y a escribir un libro sobre el caso. Mientras busca demostrar la inocencia de Harry, una trama de secretos sale a la luz. La verdad solo llega al final de un largo, intrincado y apasionante recorrido.El me

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A partir del triunfo soviético en el país de los zares, el marxismo adquirió la categoría de mito político e ideológico, con predominio de lo primero en la mayoría de los territorios por los que se expandiese como aurora de una nueva humanidad. En la presente obra, que supone una aportación llamada a erigirse en referente obligado, el historiador José Manuel Cuenca Toribio, desde el bagaje que le brinda su extensa y laureada trayectoria, aborda con su proverbial rigor y claridad de análisis cómo el pensamiento marxista encontró progresivo acomodo en el ideario cultural español, con especial énfasis en la segunda mitad del pasado siglo.Ya en 1968, el marxismo se había instalado en los sectores intelectuales más dinámicos de la nación, informando un elevado porcentaje de su producción bibliográfica, y las principales editoriales del país ?sobre todo las radicadas en Barcelona, que ostentaba la capitalidad del libro español- acogían en sus equipos a profesores represaliados y a expuls

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Tras el éxito de La chica invisible y El puzle de cristal llega el desenlace de la Trilogía LA CHICA INVISIBLE.Cuando Julia comienza a estudiar Criminología en la universidad, uno de sus profesores percibe enseguida que la inteligencia de la joven destaca por encima de la de los demás y decide plantearle un controvertido ejercicio: analizar el caso de Pedro Juncosa, un psicólogo que murió ahorcado cinco años atrás. Todo parece indicar que aquel hombre se quitó la vida, pero la opinión del profesor y las posteriores investigaciones que hace le generan muchas dudas a Julia. Realmente fue un suicidio? Qué queda de aquel crimen si no fue una muerte voluntaria?Este nuevo caso altera, sin desearlo, todo lo que la chica tiene a su alrededor, incluida su historia de amor. Además, su inseparable amigo Emilio conoce en la universidad a una extraña joven que le recuerda a Aurora, la chica invisible, quien esconde un complicado pasado. Y Vanesa, que se ha recuperado com

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You loved BAD SUMMER PEOPLE. Now, get ready for something even more delicious...*****Three days in paradise.Ten dysfunctional colleagues.A billion-dollar deal.When Caitlin accepts a new high-powered job at Aurora, she already knows she's going to have to take the good with the bad.On the one hand, the senior team she's joining is full of big personalities, never happier than when nursing a bitter grudge or pursuing an illicit affair.On the other, the company is up for sale, and if they can just hold it together at their glamorous corporate retreat, each is set to make millions.But when the group heads out on the first night of the trip, everyone drinks too much. People say and do things they'll soon regret.And next morning, one of the team is missing.The stakes couldn't be higher. They are each on the brink of being set for life.Unless someone is intent on makin

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Genetically-modified teens try to bring down the organisation that made them, in this second action-packed installment in the 21% Monster series.The girl put her hands on her hips, cocked her head and answered: 'My name is Aurora María Ash-Valero and I'm here to kick your butt!" Since Darren Devlin and Marek Masters joined forces, there has only been one thing on their minds - taking down XSP, the secret organisation that transformed them into genetically-modified superhumans. Even with 21% monster Darren's incredible strength, and 19% alien Marek's super intelligence, XSP is more than a match for them.But what if there was another survivor of XSP's experiments? A tall, tough, athletic teen girl able to withstand sub-zero temperatures and track potential predators? A girl who's 17% sabre-tooth polar bear, and out for revenge.Two's company, but Three IS UNSTOPPABLE in this high-octane adventure, 21% Monster: Ice Giant.

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De El corazón de Livingstone se puede decir lo que de muy pocas novelas actuales: es distinta. Ganadora del Premio Ciudad de Alcalá de Henares de Narrativa por sus destellos de verdadera brillantez, nos promete un viaje extraordinario desde Camas (Sevilla) hasta Búfalo (EE. UU.) y de la Transición a su memoria. Las sorpresas van más allá de traer a una pequeña ciudad dormitorio las consecuencias más asombrosas del 23f, o del asesinato del que solo un caparazón de tortuga parece ser testigo, de las extravagantes aficiones sexuales del muerto, los interrogatorios en La Gavidia franquista o los bebés mecánicos del asilo de ancianos. Además de las vicisitudes que agitan a este grupo de personajes tan reales como insólitos, sorprenden la sabia arquitectura de los juegos temporales, el tratamiento irónico y a veces despiadado de la memoria de la Transición y sobre todo la fuerza de las imágenes con que nos estremece a cada página. Aurora Delgado clava las palabras y las enciende; a los lecto

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Una historia de relojes, sueños y azahar.Una sorprendente revelación de la literatura gallega, merecedora del Premio Xerais de novela.Fue en Moreda donde los habitantes arrojaron al mar sus relojes desde los acantilados bermejos de Mainar. Viven desde entonces ajenos al paso del tiempo, en ese pueblo donde, antes incluso de divisar los tejados, nos envuelve el olor de la bergamota y el azahar, aunque hace mucho que no quedan naranjales en la zona.Allí fue también donde a Amaro Oliveira, como nunca pudo navegar, se le pasó la vida hablando con los ángeles y construyendo en la huerta barcas de mil formas fabulosas. Va ya para siete años que desapareció entre las charamuscas de una noche de San Juan, y su mujer, Aurora dos Santos, se murió aguardando su regreso. Y todavía lo espera, cada vez que se le aparece al nieto Tristán en la galería de su vieja casona.Y allí regresan ahora de la India el lamparero Amir Alfarat y su

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La mística aurora boreal, la dualidad de la noche polar y el sol de medianoche, los espectaculares fiordos y las impetuosas cascadas hacen que la naturaleza de Noruega sea asombrosa. En contraste con este maravilloso paisaje, la mano del hombre se hace evidente en la arquitectura moderna de las ciudades, las experiencias vikingas sin igual, las obras maestras medievales, y las muchas actividades al aire libre que se ofrecen. Descubre la belleza de Noruega en todo su esplendor, donde la naturaleza y la cultura se unen para crear una experiencia única.Las guías clásicas de Lonely Planet se han renovado para satisfacer las necesidades de los viajeros de hoy, con más contenido local, nuevas formas de experimentar los puntos de interés más populares, con más rutas e itinerarios y con más recomendaciones fuera de ruta. Desde julio del 2023, nuestras guías cuentan con nuevo diseño más claro y visual y un nuevo enfoque.Esta guía incluye:- L

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Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm are back home in Lontown and finally settling in after their exhilarating—and secret—adventures in Erythea. Maudie’s sky-ak invention is a hit, and Harriet has just announced that she will share her sky-ship’s hydroelectric technology. But tensions are brewing. Pitch is becoming more and more difficult to mine, and the existence of super-sapient creatures on other continents threatens how the Explorers see themselves in the natural order of the world. When Arthur and Maudie begin hearing a strange song summoning them north—a song only they can hear—they know there’s an adventure waiting for them that may change the lives of everyone in the Wide. As the crew of the Aurora prepares for their trip, they’re joined by new members and old friends. But they’re not the only sky-ship journeying northward to uncover the region’s secrets. . . . Return to Vashti Hardy’s “marvelously imagined” world (Publisher's Weekly) in this sweeping and propulsive new addition to the Brightstorm series.

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Meet Aurora and Orion: Sister and Brother. Constellations in time. More than blood. More than just fam. They look after each other in their small London flat, filled with the memories of their parents' Black Love. When that love is threatened, they must confront their own worst fears as they find their way back to each other and to what it means to love whilst Black. Black Love by Chinonyerem Odimba, with music by Ben and Max Ringham, is an explosion of form-busting storytelling, combining real-life stories, imagined worlds, and new songs inspired by an R&B heritage. It was premiered in July 2021 in Paines Plough's the Roundabout as a co-production between Paines Plough and Belgrade Theatre in association with tiata fahodzi, co-directed by Odimba and Katie Posner, as part of Coventry City of Culture 2021, before touring the UK. Black Love won Best Musical Theatre Bookwriting at the 2022 Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards.

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Memoir typically places selfhood at the center. Interestingly, the genre's recent surge in popularity coincides with breakthroughs in scholarship focused on selfhood in a new way: as an always renewing, always emerging entity. Suzanne Bost draws on feminist and posthumanist ideas to explore how three contemporary memoirists decenter the self. Latinx writers John Rechy, Aurora Levins Morales, and Gloria E. Anzaldúa work in places where personal history intertwines with communities, environments, animals, plants, and spirits. This dedication to interconnectedness resonates with ideas in posthumanist theory while calling on indigenous worldviews. As Bost argues, our view of life itself expands if we look at how such frameworks interact with queer theory, disability studies, ecological thinking, and other fields. These webs of relation in turn mediate experience, agency, and lift itself.A transformative application of posthumanist ideas to Latinx, feminist, and literary studies, Shared Selves shows how memoir can encourage readers to think more broadly and deeply about what counts as human life.

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Memoir typically places selfhood at the center. Interestingly, the genre's recent surge in popularity coincides with breakthroughs in scholarship focused on selfhood in a new way: as an always renewing, always emerging entity. Suzanne Bost draws on feminist and posthumanist ideas to explore how three contemporary memoirists decenter the self. Latinx writers John Rechy, Aurora Levins Morales, and Gloria E. Anzaldúa work in places where personal history intertwines with communities, environments, animals, plants, and spirits. This dedication to interconnectedness resonates with ideas in posthumanist theory while calling on indigenous worldviews. As Bost argues, our view of life itself expands if we look at how such frameworks interact with queer theory, disability studies, ecological thinking, and other fields. These webs of relation in turn mediate experience, agency, and lift itself.A transformative application of posthumanist ideas to Latinx, feminist, and literary studies, Shared Selves shows how memoir can encourage readers to think more broadly and deeply about what counts as human life.

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'This bubbly, inclusive story, filled with meticulous detail, will be a winner for 7+ dance fanatics' - GuardianPirouette your way into the Shimmer & Shine dance studio, where the ballet besties are ready to put on a show!When Yara joins Shimmer & Shine, a community dance school, she meets lots of other children her age, who are there to either start their training or just for the fun of it. Soon she has a group of ballet besties she loves to dance with.But then Dame Clougston-Wilmott, their grumpy, dance-hating landlady, threatens to close the studio. Suddenly it's up to Yara and her new friends to keep Shimmer & Shine open!Will putting on a performance of The Sleeping Beauty reawaken the Dame's love for dance? Will Yara have the chance to dance her dream role of Aurora? And most importantly of all, can the ballet besties save their studio?A fun, inclusive and accessible series that will b

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A history of the Soviet Navy''s cruisers, from the opening shots of the October Revolution through to the combat they saw during World War II.The Soviet Navy of World War II boasted a cruiser fleet that was among the most eclectic to see service. In this book, noted military historian and Soviet specialist Alexander Hill explains the role of cruisers in the Soviet Navy from the dramatic days of the October Revolution of 1917 through to the struggle they fought with Nazi Germany during World War II. Illustrated throughout with rare photos and original artwork, including a cutaway of Aurora, famous for its role in the Bolshevik October Revolution, and with profiles of the key classes, this book outlines the Soviets'' development of a cruiser force. Having inherited a number of cruisers from the Imperial Russian Navy, the new Soviet Navy went on to complete two unfinished Tsarist light cruisers during the 1920s. In the late 1930s, the Soviets built their first large warship

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Grania regresa a su Irlanda natal dispuesta a empezar una nueva vida, pero un viejo y oscuro secreto familiar se interpone en su caminoUna figura diminuta y descalza al borde del acantilado, una melena pelirroja que se mueve con las ráfagas de viento, un vestido blanco hasta los tobillos... Así es la niña la primera vez que Grania Ryan la ve. "Si le digo algo podría asustarse y caer, pero igualmente la podría arrastrar el viento", piensa. Grania se ha refugiado en casa de sus padres, en Irlanda, después de que la relación con su novio en Nueva York haya terminado. Allí entabla una íntima amistad con esa niña, Aurora Lisle, y su padre, viudo. Sin embargo, esta inesperada relación reaviva un profundo resentimiento entre las dos familias de cuyo origen nadie quiere hablar.Reseña:Una fascinante y romántica novela sobre la recuperación de las riendas de la vida, la redención, las nuevas oportunidades y el amor perdido.Booklist

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Quan la Julia comença a estudiar Criminologia a la universitat, un dels seus professors percepde seguida que és més intelligent que la majoria i li planteja un exercici controvertit: analitzarel cas de Pedro Juncosa, un psicòleg que va morir penjat cinc anys abans. Tot apunta aun suïcidi, però l?opinió del professor i de les investigacions posteriors generen molts dubtesa la Julia.Aquest nou cas altera tot el que envolta la noia, fins la seva història d?amor. A més, l?Emilio,el seu amic inseparable, coneix a la universitat una noia estranya, que li recorda l?Aurora, lanoia invisible. I la Vanesa rep una visita inesperada que li complicarà la vida.La mort torna a sacsejar la vida de la noia de la ment meravellosa. Set sospitosos. Amistatsperilloses. Amors. Desenganys. Mentides. I girs impredictibles. La història més Blue Jeans detotes, on es barreja l?essència de les dotze novelles anteriors.El joc ha començat.

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No pocas personas sueñan con realizar un viaje al Ártico para contemplar sus majestuosos paisajes esculpidos por el hielo y el viento. Seguramente, aun muchas más desean fervorosamente retener en su mirada y en sus cámaras fotográficas el que posiblemente sea el mayor espectáculo natural sobre la faz de la tierra: la aurora boreal. Hacerlo no resulta siempre una empresa sencilla, debido a la dificultad añadida de la climatología y la complicada orografía de este enigmático lugar.Si no concibes la idea de hacer un viaje sin tener constantemente tu cámara en la mano y eres de quienes aceptan el reto de embarcarse en la aventura de viajar por las gélidas tierras de Escandinavia, este libro ayudará a traerte de vuelta un buen puñado de imágenes de las que sentirte verdaderamente orgulloso.Ilustrada con sorprendentes imágenes, esta obra desvela muchos de los secretos esenciales para cualquier viajero apasionado por la fotografía.Acierta con el equipamiento

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Acerca de Chesterton, alguna vez dijo Jorge Luis Borges que no hay una página suya que no encierre una sorpresa o una felicidad. Lo que no tiene nada de extraño si consideramos a Borges el autor hispánico más influido por Chesterton, pero que también resulta sumamente aleccionador si tenemos en cuenta que Borges es, quizás, y aun sin quizás, el más grande autor de todo el siglo XX.As I Was Saying... (1936), Como estaba diciendo..., es una recopilación de artículos aparecidos originalmente en Illustrated London News, revista en la que Chesterton colaboró semanalmente durante más de veinte años. Esta es, tardía pero felizmente, la primera vez que se publican, traducidos por Aurora Rice, en español.Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) es conocido, sobre todo, entre el gran público, por sus relatos policiales del padre Brown y por su novela El hombre que fue Jueves, pero el gran escritor inglés destacó en todos los géneros literarios, especialmente en el menos convencional y menos ce

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Edited by experts from one of the world’s largest leukemia centers, this book provides information on the biology of the variety of leukemic disorders, up-to-date diagnostic testing and many new developments in therapy. Chapters covering new treatments present an outlook for the future and explain the rationale for ongoing clinical trials. Topics include: Targeted therapy, e.g. tyrosine kinase inhibitors (Flt3, Aurora kinase inhibitors, kit inhibitors, BCR-ABL inhibitors) Ras inhibitors Epigenetic therapy (hypomethylaters and histone deacetylase inhibitors) Lenalidomide analogs New chemotherapy drugs, e.g. clofarabine, cloretazine, sapacitabine, forodesine Combinations of chemotherapy with kinase inhibitors (e.g. ALL induction protocols in combination with dasatinib or imatinib) New monoclonal antibodies (lumiliximab, humaxCD20, anti-CD40) Thrombopoietic agents Leukemias: Principles and Practice of Therapy Includes practical information to guide you in challenging situations, such as treatment of elderly patients, pregnancy, relapsed and refractory disease Incorporates chapters on supportive care and pharmacologic information about the most frequently used drugs in this area

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Celebrating the 20th anniversary of its publication, this trade paperback edition of Czerneda's Aurora Award-winning sci-fi novel features an all-new author’s note and an introduction by Tanya Huff, plus the finale short story “The Franchise”!With Earth overcrowded by its own population, humanity must look to the stars to survive. Advance crews of terraformers prepared alien worlds in advance of the colonists to come.When those terraforming crews introduced the alien Quill to worlds where they did not belong, they saw them only as a mindless form of fungal life. But the Quill multiplied and mutated until they were no longer harmless, making the planets impossible for humans to inhabit. People expecting their new homes were crowded into space stations waiting for a solution to be found. In the ensuing chaos, many stations were lost.For the survivors, their only hope rests in finding a way to wipe out the Quill before the final stations fail.

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A secret world full of magic, unicorns and friendship! The brand-new series from the bestselling Daisy Meadows, author of RAINBOW MAGIC and MAGIC ANIMAL FRIENDS, and the most-borrowed author in UK libraries.Join best friends Emily and Aisha for a springtime adventure in a secret world full of unicorns, magic and friendship! Journey with them to the wonderful land of Enchanted Valley, where the beautiful Queen Aurora rules kindly over the unicorns and all other magical creatures.The girls are thrilled to find themselves on a new adventure in Enchanted Valley. Everyone is looking forward to springtime, but the creatures' traditional Springtime Beginning celebration is put at risk when the wicked unicorn Selena steals the magical springtime lockets. Now the sun won't be strong enough to lengthen the days, plants and flowers won't grow properly and - worst of all - no new animal babies will be born. Can Emily and Aisha, together with their unicorn friends, find the stolen lockets and stop Selena's horrible plan?

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The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure in the New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships.For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defence and trade.Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war.Everyone knows it''s coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger, and Spire Albion stands alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora''s Armada and its new secret weapon--one capable of destroying the populations of entire Spires.A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an opportunity for the Spirearch, Lord Albion, to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war, and to that end

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Welcome to a secret world full of magic, unicorns and friendship! A perfectly magical series from the bestselling Daisy Meadows, bestselling author of RAINBOW MAGIC and MAGIC ANIMAL FRIENDS.Join best friends Emily and Aisha for a very special adventure in the wonderful land of Enchanted Valley - a magical world full of unicorns and friendship! Good Queen Aurora rules kindly over the unicorns and other magical creatures in Enchanted Valley, and when she needs help she calls on Emily and Aisha. But this time she's summoned the girls for a different and very happy reason - there's going to be a wedding! Everyone is delighted for the happy couple, and sets to work organising a truly magical celebration ... but when the wicked unicorn Selena hears about Queen Aurora's wedding she's determined to ruin it. Can Emily and Aisha, together with their Enchanted Valley friends, recover the three magical lockets Selena has stolen and make the wedding day go with a swing after all?

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